News and Events | Friday Harbor Laboratories

May 28, 2025 | Citizen Science, Events, General Interest

Paul Illg Distinguished Lecturer 2025

Dr. Leslie Babonis from Cornell University
Public lecture:
Mon. June 30th
7pm @ Brickworks
“How some stinging cells have lost their sting”
Free of charge, No RSVP, Refreshments to follow.
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Scientific Lecture:
Wed.

May 22, 2024 | Citizen Science, Events, General Interest

Paul Illg Distinguished Public Lecture, August 5, 2024

Monday August 5, 2024
San Juan Community Theatre
7:00pm
We are pleased to announce this year’s Illg Distinguished Lecturer: Dr. Amro Hamdoun
Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California at San Diego.

Mar 1, 2024 | Events, General Interest

Open House 2024

Saturday, May 18th, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Free and open to the community! Guests may meander about the campus and experience touch tanks, science demonstrations, seaweed pressing, a science speaker series, scuba demonstrations, live music by Kubatana Marimba Band, and more!

Apr 25, 2023 | Events, General Interest

Open House 2023

Saturday, May 13th, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Free and open to the community! Guests may meander about the campus and experience touch tanks, science demonstrations, seaweed pressing, a science speaker series, scuba demonstrations, live music by Kubatana Marimba Band, and more!

Sep 11, 2020 | General Interest

FHL YouTube Channel

Check out the FHL channel for an overview of our facilities, recorded FHL seminars, student presentations, and more!

Friday Harbor Labs YouTube

Jun 9, 2020 | General Interest

Friday Harbor Labs stands in support of Black Lives Matter

FHL Community, Faculty, and Staff:
The recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery at the hands of police have brought the problem of pervasive, systemic racism in America to the forefront.

Feb 13, 2020 | Events, General Interest, People

CANCELLED: Annual Open House

Cancelled for now. It’s possible we’ll reschedule this for early Oct, stay tuned!
Sat May 16, 11 am – 4 pm

Please join us on San Juan Island to explore UW’s internationally-acclaimed marine labs.

Jan 18, 2020 | Events, General Interest

Friday, January 24th: Dinner & Lecture!

Join us in the FHL Dining Hall for this special event.
Dinner at 6 pm, than a talk by Véronique Robigou and John Delaney: “Weaving Art & Science to Create Ocean Tapestries”
Call the FHL Office at 360-378-2165 to reserve your spot!

Dec 24, 2019 | General Interest, Publications

2019 Annual Newsletter

We mailed out copies of our annual newsletter in early December, and are also posting a PDF here for reference. If you did not receive a paper copy but would like to be on the mailing list in the future, you may send an email to kjkull@uw.edu.

May 30, 2019 | Events, General Interest

Jazz at the Labs 2019

The 19th annual Jazz at the Labs is coming!! Friday Harbor Laboratories will again host this popular event, with dinner and amazing music.
August 24, 2019 from 6:00 – 9:30 p.m.