The UW announced recently that its annual trademarks and licensing royalties surpassed $1 million for just the second time in the history of the institution’s licensing program and the first time in over a decade.
Year: 2009
A community open house will be held to celebrate the grand re-opening of the renovated School of Drama’s Playhouse Theatre, now called the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Heather McHugh, Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Creative Writing Program of the English Department of the University of Washington, has been named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow by the John D.
Welcome to the new school year.
A group of leading research universities has launched Futurity (<A href="http://www.
The effect of the eugenics movement on people with disabilities in Washington state will be the subject of a daylong symposium sponsored by the UW Disability Studies Program on Friday, Oct.
Playwright, filmmaker and actor Girish Karnad will give a Danz Lecture, Entertaining India, at 6:30 p.
UW Libraries Government Publications holds the fourth annual “UW Reads the Constitution,” from noon to 1:30 p.
Yang-Sook Choe, program manager for Area C Custodial Division, has been named the first ever “Commute Champion” by UW Transportation Services.
The Arboretum Foundation’s annual Fall Bulb and Plant sale takes place from 10 a.
There is new evidence that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse or dependency are interrelated conditions among young adult women but not men.
The UW was one of three regional organizations honored recently by the Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) with the ACT Leadership Award, which recognizes the UW’s outstanding contributions to the field of transportation demand management.
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 move was less than half a mile, but the route was treacherous and the item to be moved unwieldy.
If you’ve been on campus this year, you’ve probably seen photos made by Frank Nowell.
Does caffeine reduce the risk of skin cancer? Research suggests that consuming caffeine in coffee and other beverages may lower the risk of skin cancer.
By Mary Guiden, News and Community Relations
& Catherine O’Donnell, News and Information
The money continues to roll in.
By Chris Tachibana
Special to UW Health Sciences
Even before classes started, the first suspected cases of H1N1 influenza hit campus.
At the first annual meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Sept. 14-16 in Bethesda, Md., it was clear that global health was not a fad — that universities were planning on a playing a huge role to match the surge in student interest. UW President Mark Emmert, participating in a panel discussion with four other university presidents (Boston University, Duke, Emory, Johns Hopkins), said global health today is what civil rights was to baby boomers. “Our generation…
What’s it like to live and work in Antarctica, the world’s coldest, windiest, driest and most remote continent on Earth? A new traveling exhibit coming to the Burke Museum called Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey explores the question through the dramatic, large-format photography of Joan Myers, who spent more than a year on the frigid continent.
Judith Yarrow
Health Promotion Research Center
For the past 10 years, Dr.
Two departmental chairs at the School of Dentistry have announced that they will be stepping down from their posts.
Tiny archaea play a huge role in the planet’s nitrogen cycle, according to new research.
While surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in patients without an indication of severe nerve damage (denervation) provides better outcomes than non-surgical treatment, the clinical relevance of this difference is modest.
Less than a year ago a UW engineering lab was the first to generate ceramic objects in a 3-D printer. Now they’ve done it again, for glass.
On Thursday (Sept.
There is new evidence that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse or dependency are interrelated conditions among young adult women but not men.
Heather McHugh, Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Creative Writing Program of the English Department of the University of Washington, has been named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow by the John D.
UW scientists will evaluate the impact of climate change on human health in the Pacific Northwest
David Horsey, Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist, will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington’s 26th Annual Freshman Convocation, which begins at 10:30 a.
Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, a 281-bed full service acute care hospital, will expand its program agreement with UW Medicine to become an integral part of the UW Medicine health system.
UW was among 9 research institutions that operated multiple biomedical robots from sites in U.S., Europe and Asia.
When it comes to writing the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard.
University of Washington researchers at the UW Medicine Eye Institute have successfully used gene therapy to cure color blindness.
WHAT: An informal backgrounder for reporters on injury prevention and health protection in elite winter athletes.
The ancient city of Rome was not built in a day.
The University of Washington announced today that its annual trademarks and licensing royalties surpassed $1 million for just the second time in the history of the institution’s licensing program and the first time in over a decade.