Bioengineering’s Yongmin Kim selected to lead South Korean institution
Posted: August 17, 2011
Professor Yongmin Kim was named President of POSTECH-Pohang University of Science and Technology in his native South Korea. Read more »
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Lost and Found Film: ‘Kazakh Reel 6
Posted: August 17, 2011
Scenes of village life are featured in this weeks film, "Kazakh Reel 6,” but can you help with the location, who is depicted, and why it was filmed? Read more »
UW Medicine study finds caffeine guards against certain ultraviolet-induced skin cancers at molecular level
Posted: August 15, 2011
Caffeine guards against certain skin cancers at the molecular level, according to a study appearing online August 15, 2011, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more »
Lost and Found Films: ‘The American Dream, 1965
Posted: August 9, 2011
Still images of famous people and the titles "The American Dream” and "The Living End?!” make for an odd little film. Can you help Hannah Palin, UW film archives specialist, figure out who made this and why? Read more »
Lost and Found Films: ‘UW Penthouse, circa 1956
Posted: August 3, 2011
Scenes from the UW Penthouse Theatre as it was in 1956. Hannah Palin, film archives specialist with UW Libraries Special Collections,is looking for any information available. Can you help? Read more »
Shes got that swing: Bethany Staelens sings jazz as few can
Posted: August 3, 2011
She might have been a star as a jazz singer, but at Seattles Tulas she still is. And each workday Bethany Staelens stars at Educational Outreach. Read more »
Five UW professors named Fellows of American Chemical Society
Posted: August 3, 2011
Five UW professors are among 213 scientists named Fellows of the American Chemical Society. The honor is bestowed upon distinguished scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS, the worlds largest scientific society. Read more »
Lost and Found Films: ‘University District, circa 1965
Posted: July 27, 2011
Two young women walk in the University District in about 1965, apparently shopping. But what are they shopping for, and why was the film made? Hannah Palin, film archives specialist with UW Libraries Special Collections, is looking for any information available. Can you help? Read more »
Sound Transit seeks artists for Brooklyn, Roosevelt stations
Posted: July 27, 2011
The lead artist in each station will work with architects and engineers to produce unique works of art to be integrated into the stations. Read more »
The cable has landed: Ocean science history in the making — with slideshow
Posted: July 22, 2011
Submarine cables for the nations first regional cabled ocean observatory, a project led by the University of Washington, made landfall last week on the Oregon coast. Read more »
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