Sea Change Summit: Saturday 10/3 @ 5 pm, Brickworks

If you love our ocean and planet the way that we do, you won’t want to miss our upcoming Sea Change Summit on October 3rd at 5 PM at Brickworks! We’ll be hosting talks from Rick Spinrad (NOAA administrator ’21-’25) and Alex Gagnon (UW Oceanography professor) about the climate, our oceans, and reasons for optimism. 

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Tide Bite – October 2026

Graduate students whose research is centered at FHL go off to postdocs and jobs in various segments of society. We don’t keep statistics, but in my experience the majority head for academic jobs, others into federal and state agencies, non-profits, and consulting companies. 

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Tide Bite – September 2026

Managing the many requests for public tours of FHL has always been a challenge, but several years ago a dedicated volunteer, Rita Pampanin, created an FHL docent program from scratch and has educated and entertained hundreds of visitors with the help of co-collaborator Carolyn Eberhard. 

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Sunflower Star Lab Update

Learn about the latest activities at FHL’s Sunflower Star Lab, including media coverage on a recent collaboration with the Samish Indian Nation. To support Sunflower Star research and restoration, make a gift today! 

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Tide Bite – August 2026

Echinoderms – seastars, urchins, cucumbers and others – are often used as symbols of the sea; they are found neither on land nor in freshwater so this is appropriate.  So those of us who have a lifelong enchantment with marine critters would often list these as some of our favorite organisms – certainly I do.  

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Hiring: Custodial Supervisor

Follow one of these links to apply:

If not currently employed by UW (external applicants) apply here:

wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recru…133823

Current UW employees (internal applicants) use the new Jobs Hub:

https://hr.uw.edu/jobs/internal-applicants

  

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Tide Bite – July 2026

We have often written about the ‘stickiness’ of FHL, where people return year after year, changing roles with time. Morrigan’s Tide Bite shows that some start this process very early, in this case as a first-year student at UW – and already they have come back as an undergraduate Teaching Assistant (TA). 

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FHL Hiring: Custodians & Computer Support Tech.

Follow one of these links to apply:

If you are NOT a current UW employee, go here: Non-UW Employees – UW Hires

Current UW employees should log in with their NetIDs here: UW Employees UW Hires Link
 

Computer Support Technician – Apply by 6/30

Temp Hourly Custodial Position – Apply by 6/23  7/7 Application deadline extended 

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2026 Summer Seminar Series

Our 2026 Summer Seminar Series starts on June 10th!  The talks are generally scheduled for every Wednesday at 5 pm (with one or two exceptions – see flyer), in the FHL Commons.   

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Illg Lecturer July 6 & 7

We’re excited to announce the 2026 Illg Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Patrick Krug!  Dr. Krug will be presenting talks at 7 pm July 6 (at FHL) and July 7 (at Friday Harbor Brickworks). 

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