By Gene Woodard
Facilities Services
Gene Woodard, director of the Custodial Service Division of UW Facilities Services, is training for the UW Medical Center Seattle Marathon which will be held Sunday, Nov.
Year: 2007
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Birds that hang out in large urban areas seem to have a marked advantage over their rural cousins — they are adaptable enough to survive in a much larger range of conditions.
A new partnership between the UW and Seattle Central Community College is creating an education pathway for prospective elementary school teachers and encouraging a sense of community among the participants.
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25 years old.
For two generations of physicists, it has been a standard belief that the neutron, an electrically neutral elementary particle and a primary component of an atom, actually carries a positive charge at its center and an offsetting negative charge at its outer edge.
The UW Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medicine is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding with a two-day symposium to be held Oct.
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old — called perennial ice — may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a UW polar scientist says.
Thomas Hinckley, professor of forest ecology at the UW College of Forest Resources, is the recipient of the college’s new David R.
UW Custodial Services is giving the old mop and water bucket the heave-ho in favor of a more ecologically friendly way of cleaning floors — and also switching to a new fragrance-free foam soap in campus bathrooms.
Neile Graham leads a double life.
The UW School of Drama will open its first production of the 2007-08 season, Jean Anouilh’s, Ring Round the Moon, Oct.
Tickets are on sale now for the annual Bridging the Gap Breakfast and silent auction, slated for Saturday, Oct.
Elections are beginning for employee representatives to the 11 UW organizational health and safety Committees.
The staff of the Government Publications Office of UW Libraries seeks your help with the second annual “UW Reads the Constitution” event.
Registration is full but you might still get a chance to hear sound and media artist Trimpin give a presentation about his work at 7 p.
Faculty organist Carole Terry performs works by Mendelssohn, Duruflé, Bolcom, Reger, and others in a recital co-sponsored by St.
UW staff are being sought to serve on the University Faculty Adjudication Panel.
Three new department chairs have been appointed in the UW School of Medicine.
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old – called perennial ice – may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a University of Washington polar scientist says.
From the stage, to the digital studio, to the gallery, the Arts at the University of Washington present creative cultural experiences that are open to everyone.
It was about 8 a.
Scott Preston and his colleagues at UW Emergency Management help departments and units plan responses to disasters such as fires, earthquakes, pandemics and plain old human error.
It’s the last call for Brooklyn, the UW office building, that is.
Getting ready for the next disaster is a bit like tying your shoelaces: If you don’t, you’ll probably trip.
Nearly half of the 10 departments in the College of Engineering are ushering in changes at the top.
The UW community no doubt knows the Paul G.
For those who have been around the UW campus for a while, the Visitors Information Center isn’t where it used to be.
A small grant made in 2004 to facilitate groundbreaking discussions and works across disciplines supported a three-campus, five-department project to create an online resource of high-quality images in the fields of art, architecture, history and culture.
Events last spring at the UW and nationwide have put the spotlight of public attention on how university campuses react to emergency situations, be they natural disasters, accidents or acts of violence.
Last week the UW unveiled and dedicated a permanent exhibit honoring alumni who, as UW undergraduates, achieved prestigious recognition as Rhodes Scholars.
The film and television series M*A*S*H featured the song Suicide is Painless, but new research refutes that idea and indicates that being victimized because of sexual orientation is a chief risk factor for suicidal behavior among gay, lesbian and bisexual college students.
Sociology Professor Bob Crutchfield is looking for 99 friends to join him when he runs the Seattle Half Marathon on Nov.
Award-winning British guitarist Michael Partington, a UW School of Music alumnus and a new faculty member, presents his debut recital at 7:30 p.
Starting this year, UW students will be able to major in American Indian Studies for the first time.
If you pick up a copy of Technology Review magazine this month, you’ll see this year’s winners for the top 35 young innovators.
This quarter for the first time, the UW will be offering American Sign Language (ASL) for credit.