Doug Black didn’t set out to earn one of the UW’s Distinguished Teaching awards; he didn’t even set out to have an academic career.
Year: 2007
Now well into his third decade of service at the UW, Lauro Flores, professor and chair in the Department of American Ethnic Studies, is a consummate teacher and a passionate advocate of diversity and inclusion.
For many, David Goldstein is a natural choice as recipient of a 2007 Distinguished Teaching Award.
You could say teaching is in Crispin Thurlow’s blood.
Long before the National Security Agency began eavesdropping on the phone calls of Americans, young song sparrows were listening to and learning the tunes sung by their neighbors.
Peter Barletto, who has more than three decades of experience with submarine cable systems and networks, started work at the University of Washington Monday, joining the project team tasked with developing detailed engineering specifications for a cabled underwater research facility to be built off the coast of Washington and Oregon.
There will be a reception from 7 to 9 p.
The music of an opera, a symphony, a wind ensemble, a percussion ensemble featuring marimbas and vocal performances by jazz groups and chamber singers are among offerings coming shortly from the UW School of Music.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
By Elizabeth Fischtzuir
UW Bothell
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Jill Carnell Danseco
UW Tacoma
UW Bothell will be honoring Suzanne Sikma as the 2007 Worthington Faculty Scholarship Award recipient, while UW Tacoma has named Anthony D’Costa the winner of the 2007 Distinguished Research Award.
Career development and growth here at the UW can mean promotions or transfers, or just finding new inspiration in the position you already have.
The words and photographs work together like peanut butter and jelly, one making the other better.
Class Title: CHID 498A/Nursing 445C, “Bringing it Home: Integrating International Experiences,” taught by Britt Yamamoto and Josephine Ensign.
On the one hand, UW faculty are encouraged to help disseminate UW-created innovations beyond the world of academe.
When the Undergraduate Theatre Society’s production of Into the Woods closes on June 3, the theater in which it’s being performed will close too — for nearly two years.
Each year, faculty and staff generously give back to support patient care, teaching, and research programs at the UW.
Smart Screen Summit May 18
The Washington State Smart Screen Time Summit takes place Friday, May 18, from 8:30 a.
By Anita Wahler
Department of Bioengineering
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The Washington State Quality Award (WSQA) was established by the state Legislature to help make Washington a better place to live, learn and work.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
After 31 meetings with hundreds of members of the UW community, representatives of Perkins + Will return to campus next week to give their impressions of what a revamped Husky Union Building might be.
Four score years and a couple of months ago, in 1927, the Henry Art Gallery first opened its doors.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
PLANNING CAROLINA NORTH: Plans and public meetings continue at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about the future development of Carolina North, a 970-acre tract of land near the campus, including where a small airport now stands.
For the first time, astronomers have created a rough map of a planet orbiting a distant sun-like star, using a technique that eventually could allow mapping of planets with Earth-like characteristics.
LEGAL LIGHTS: Three current or former School of Social Work students played key supporting roles in the successful effort to secure passage of the new family leave act signed into Washington state law recently.
The UW School of Nursing honored outstanding nurses and volunteers at its 2007 annual Nurses Recognition Banquet May 10 at the W Hotel in Seattle.
The Pacific oyster — a tasty shellfish that happens to be the most cultivated aquatic animal on the planet — is the subject of the talk, The Top Five Reasons for Loving Bivalves, set for Thursday, May 17.
A pilgrimage in song, faculty performances, a composers’ workshop and a special evening featuring several bands will be offered by the School of Music in coming days.
Looking back, I find it remarkable how one thing has led to another.
The Board of Regents will be reviewing today (Thursday) a draft operating budget for fiscal year 2008 that includes salary increases for faculty, professional staff and librarians that are well above those provided from funds allocated by the State Legislature.
Elise Saba, who will be receiving a bachelor’s degree in English, has been awarded a President’s Medal for scholarship as a transfer student — an award given to a student who entered the UW with at least 60 transfer credits from a Washington community college.
Minh-An Nguyen, 21, majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, has been named a President’s Medalist — the outstanding four-year student in this year’s senior class on the basis of her overall academic record, including grades.
- The University of Washington has been allocated $2.