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Year: 2009
A comment Erika Kreger made in passing to a colleague 17 years ago served as the inspiration for a fascinating historical project that has just now come to fruition.
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) announced Oct.
The Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE) program kicked off its orientation for a new cohort of eight students on Aug.
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By Delia Ward
UW Medicine Advancement
For her first Thanksgiving in Seattle, Andrea B.
The Burke Museum presents a monthly pub quiz for science buffs, culture gurus, and museum lovers.
Over its 53 years in existence, Taylor’s choreography has become the “gold standard” of modern dance.
About 90 percent of autism spectrum disorders have suspected genetic causes but few genes have been identified so far.
Learn about refinancing, home equity loans, reverse mortgages, how to avoid predatory lenders and more.
While end-of-life-care issues have come front and center in the current health care reform debate, physicians in the Pacific Northwest now have access to intensive training and new board certification in palliative medicine and hospice care.
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will receive an honorarydegree from the University of Washington Oct. 26
The newly named lab has equipment to test the safety of aircraft and automobile structures built out of composite materials.
A performance, and a discussion of Fandango Sin Fronteras, a movement of musicians and organizers in Veracruz and California building a transnational community dedicated to social justice.
The Place of the Falling Waters, a powerful documentary about the Salish and Kootenia tribal histories and the building of the Kerr hydropower dam on Montana’s Flathead Lake, will be shown at 6:30 p.
César Chavez and California’s San Joaquin Valley are what come to most people’s minds when farmworkers’ struggles for decent wages and working conditions are mentioned.
An event will be held Tuesday to formalize a partnership between the UW and Automobili Lamborghini on composites research for sports cars.
UW Northwest Genomics Center to explore genetic origins of common heart, lung, and blood disorders
Be the first to view the new Henry exhibition Vortexhibition Polyphonica, an unusual and dynamic approach to exhibiting objects from the Henry’s permanent collection.
Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise will talk about his incredible experiences and present this year’s Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Award.
UWTV, is reshaping itself to portray what happens at the UW to the rest of the world
A newly discovered species of fish will soon be named in honor of Margaret “Maggie” Walker, a distinguished UW alumna who has helped raise millions of dollars for the College of Arts and Sciences and has served on the boards of many University and community organizations.
Last week UW Professional and Continuing Education/Extension celebrated the grand re-opening of its expanded and remodeled classroom facilities at Puget Sound Plaza in downtown Seattle.
The UW School of Drama’s TBA Collective has won the Edinburgh Festival Insider Best Newcomer Award for its production of The Grind Show 2009.
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Looking for a campus building, phone number of game time? The answer may be in your pocket.
UW conservationist Dee Boersma is among 10 recipients of the Heinz Family Foundation awards given to people whose achievements have fostered a cleaner, greener and more sustainable world.
The last remaining vacant building on the Pacific Avenue side of the UW Tacoma campus is set to receive a total makeover, completing the four-block-wide “face” of the campus.
A project whose gestation period spans nearly a decade reached fruition with a ceremony Sept.
A course called, simply, Justice is one of the most popular in Harvard University’s history, with nearly a thousand students filling a Harvard theater each week to hear Michael Sandel, professor of government, talk about justice, equality, democracy, and citizenship.
The ancient city of Rome was not built in a day.
When it comes to writing, the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard.
Open to Question, the exhibit about University District activism that has been outdoors at the UW Tower, is finding a new home near Allen Library this week.
TV STARS: The Ken Burns series about the National Parks that has been running on PBS this week, America’s Best Idea, features film from the UW’s own Special Collections.
It’s not every day you find clues to the planet’s inner workings in aquarium scum.
America’s oldest professional musical organization, the Marine Band, will perform at 3 p.