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Regional & Community Relations

Good news, bad news in Washington’s housing market

Posted under UW News & Events, UW in the Community by Kathleen Dannenhold 

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News from the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies shows that Washington’s year-end housing market reflects high seasonally-adjusted sales but declining median home prices. Based in the College of Built Environments, the Runstad Center is a service organization, operating a leading real estate program that helps advance best practices in the industry.

CUCAC Meeting Notice

Posted under CUCAC, CUCAC Meeting Notices by Kathleen Dannenhold 

The University of Washington Community Advisory Committee (CUCAC) will meet on Tuesday, February 14, 7:00 – 8:30 PM at UW Tower.

Items on the agenda will include a presentation about the Burke Gilman Trail Improvement Project and a discussion of the environmental impact statement for UW Intramural Field Renovation and Relocation.

Celebrate Black History Month

Posted under UW in the Community by Kathleen Dannenhold 

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February is the perfect month to visit the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) in the Central District.  Brian J. Carter, a graduate of the UW’s Museology Program, is  its education director and five other staff members hail from the UW College of Arts and Sciences. NAAM is featured in the Central Seattle web portal of the new UW in Your Community website spotlighting neighborhoods throughout Seattle.

UW leads in connecting scholarship with community

Posted under UW in the Community by Kathleen Dannenhold 

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Certificate in Public Scholarship program from the Simpson Center for the Humanities is among the first in the country devoted to creating graduate level research that gives back to the public.

College presidents at Town Hall on Wednesday

Posted under UW News & Events, UW in the Community by Kathleen Dannenhold 

Michael_Young.jpgThe Greater Good Campaign will host a conversation with the state’s six four-year university presidents (including President Young, above) and three key business leaders this Wednesday at 7 pm at Seattle Town Hall. Topic: what it means for Washington citizens to have a high-quality, well-funded higher-education system and the risks of continued cuts.

UW English professor hits big screen

Posted under Community Updates, UW News & Events by Kathleen Dannenhold 

shawn_wong.jpg Ready to talk about something besides snow?  “Americanese”, the film version of UW English Professor Shawn Wong’s novel “American Knees”, will be shown at the SIFF Cinema Uptown in lower Queen Anne at 7 pm Tuesday, January 24. Wong and director Eric Byler will speak at the screening. (University of Washington Press has rereleased the novel.)

 

 

 

 

Student journalists report on 2012 campaign

Posted under Community Updates, UW News & Events by Kathleen Dannenhold 

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The UW Department of Communication is joining with the Seattle Times to present Election Eye 2012, an on-the-ground blog that will cover part of the 2012 primary campaign “as seen through the eyes of UW students and faculty.”

Tuition 101

Posted under Community Updates by Kathleen Dannenhold 

Bioblitz_VolunteerIinvertegrates-sm..jpgTwenty years of decreasing state funding has led to an increasing reliance on tuition. But did you know that the UW has one of the lowest tuitions among its peer institutions? Or that increased tuition has resulted in a 45% increase in financial aid for low and middle income families? A tuition fact sheet from the Office of External Affairs explains how the UW is working to provide a top-ranked university education in tough economic times.

New art & literary journal debuts

Posted under Community Updates, UW News & Events by Kathleen Dannenhold 

Stratus, showcasing the work of graduates from UW Professional  and Continuing Education, will begin accepting submissions for its second issue in May 2012, with publication expected in July. The new 100-page journal includes novel excerpts, short stories, children’s literature, narrative nonfiction and memoir, as well as drawings, paintings and photographs.

A new year for Libya

Posted under UW News & Events by Kathleen Dannenhold 

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At a recent news conference, Ali Tarhouni, a senior lecturer at the UW’s Foster School of Business who took a leave last February to help lead the revolution in Libya, discusses what he found there and the United States’ “moral and courageous stand” in supporting the cause against Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi.

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