The ideal Valentine’s Day present for people seeking their sweethearts might be a package of self-knowledge.
Year: 2006
Last month President Mark Emmert was appointed by Gov.
Senior Jennifer Glass was back in class Monday after returning from Ecuador where she had a chance to lead a group making the first detailed maps of a seafloor rift that’s part of the hot spot responsible for the formation of the Galapagos Islands.
The sun, uncharacteristically of late, was out on Tuesday afternoon — a harbinger of springtime to come.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Soprano Carol Vaness’ Jan.
A roundtable on technology in traditional classrooms will be held at 3:30 p.
Nominations are now open for the Extra Mile Awards, which are given to individuals or teams of state employees who “surpass expectations for exemplary public service.
Loyola Marymount sociologist Margaret Hunter, author of Race, Gender and the Politics of Skin Tone, will discuss and read from her work from 11 a.
With the state poised to allow the first freshmen at UW Bothell and UW Tacoma in 2006, both schools have formalized agreements promising transfer students more than half of their undergraduate seats.
Changes ranging from a longer bereavement leave to additional performance evaluation options are coming to the Professional Staff Program Feb.
The 2005 Combined Fund Drive has ended, and with a record-setting total, too.
The Burke Museum is one of only four venues in the United States presenting Toi Maori: The Eternal Thread, an exhibition celebrating Maori weaving.
Vintner Gary Jackson, owner of the St.
Former Seattle Mayor Norman B.
A professor and a visiting fellow from the University will be among those speaking when a new exhibit, The Smallest Witnesses: The Conflict in Darfur Through Children’s Eyes, comes to the Odegaard Library Feb.
The Washington State Senate will announce its supplemental budget proposal for the remainder of the 2005-07 biennium on Feb.
Care at a trauma center lowers the risk of death for injured patients by 25 percent compared to treatment received at non-trauma centers, according to the results of a nationwide study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Career Discovery Week is a three-ring affair this year, but it’s hardly a circus.
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Pilot project funding available
The Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health (CEEH) is offering pilot project funding in broadly defined areas of “gene-environment interactions.
When the Stardust sample return canister was opened at Johnson Space Center in Houston Tuesday, Donald Brownlee was delighted by what he saw.
Move over Good Housekeeping seal of approval.
The UW School of Music plans three concerts next week.
Last summer, University Week sent out e-mail to all the faculty and staff we could find who have worked here for at least 35 years.
New generation coming
“Here Comes Generation Why! Interacting with the Next Generation of Learners” is a new faculty development workshop offered by the Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics and the School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Development.
The CEO Lunch Series, sponsored by the UW Business School and Alumni Association, will feature the presidents of regional giants Nordstrom Inc.
The Washington Technology Center’s Microfabrication Laboratory will hold a forum and workshop titled “AccessIQ: A Forum for Innovation in Micro and Nano Process Development” from 7 to 9 a.
Changes in the public broadcasting industry will be the topic when veteran National Public Radio broadcaster Marcie Sillmann speaks at the annual meeting of the Friends of the UW Libraries.
A free public lecture on the national nursing shortage and its impact on patient safety is set for 5:30 p.
Bill Beaty isn’t really a mad scientist — he just plays one on the Internet.
Thanks to the Byrds, you don’t have to be a Biblical scholar to be familiar with the verses from Ecclesiastes, the ones about there being “a time for every purpose under Heaven.
What happens if a pandemic flu strikes the Pacific Northwest? How will the region respond?
As part of disaster management preparation, Harborview Medical Center and Public Health-Seattle and King County are sponsoring a one day Regional Pandemic Flu Conference, Monday, Jan.
Regular exercise is associated with a delay in the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a Group Health Cooperative/UW study that appears in the Jan.
MILLIONS: Wecve all seen those promotions where a customer walks into a store and suddenly a horn is blaring as she is surrounded by balloon-bearing staff declaring her the millionth customer.
The Washington Supreme Court will take its work on the road with a community visit to the UW School of Law on Thursday, Jan.
Lisa Kagan’s brief political career is over — for now
It started a week or so back, when the Seattle City Council asked for candidates to succeed outgoing Councilman Jim Compton.
A new undergraduate course will explore how yearning for justice, vengeance, bravery, and honor — all manifested in the hero figure — has satisfied the psychological needs of Japanese and Chinese readers for centuries, and how that tradition is now being used to serve the psychological needs of American readers and moviegoers.