Author: Bob Roseth

The University of Washington’s Seattle campus enrollment for autumn quarter 2003 is 39,136, including 1,652 non-matriculated students (those who are not seeking degrees) enrolled in credit courses through University Educational Outreach.

An ambitious new venture in scholarly publishing is aiming to broaden access to current research and to lower costs for academic libraries.

The open enrollment period for the state medical and dental plans, which runs from Oct.

Patricia Carson, a senior vice president at United Airlines, will become the vice president for human resources, beginning Monday, Oct.

The UW World Dance Series at Meany Hall, which opens with the Martha Graham Dance Company tonight, brings a touch of the old as well as the new, the familiar along with the eclectic.

The UW is part of an ambitious effort to develop new tools for assessing students’ skills in information and communication technologies (ICT).

Two recently designated “scholar-citizens” are receiving support from brand new graduate fellowships this fall.

A major international event honoring the legacy of director Federico Fellini is occurring on campus and around Seattle.

If you want to prevent your valued documents from becoming brittle and yellow, you might use permanent paper, which isn’t permanent but is likely to last longer than you do.

University of Washington Interim President Lee Huntsman announced today a set of initiatives, designed in collaboration with student leaders, to address issues of noise, disturbance and security in the neighborhood bordering the University north of 45th St.

At least one thing became clear during a recent seminar: digital scholarship is changing the way things are done on campus. Participants said librarians will be at the forefront of storing and sharing information that often never makes it to print.

When the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department played host to a delegation of consuls from Spain, Mexico and eight other Latin American and Caribbean countries recently, it was just part of the outreach it’s doing in an effort to grow.

The University of Washington, Seattle, today announced a new transfer admissions agreement with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC).

Esteban Maldonado is a college recruiter.

Now that the UW Board of Regents and the city of Seattle have removed the “lease lid” that limited UW leases outside of campus boundaries, there is not likely to be an immediate move for the University to lease off-campus properties.

The first-ever study at the UW to investigate perceptions, uses and expectations of educational technology shows the challenges ahead in meeting the desires of students and engaging more faculty.

The UW has commissioned a major sculptural work for the area north of Parrington Hall.

The state Legislature has finally concluded its work, with two special sessions, and the UW fared pretty well, considering.

Shortly after he came to work in the Capital and Space Planning Office (CASPO) eight years ago, Dan Trythall was asked to produce a study of how space was being used in Gerberding Hall.

Writing and the teaching of writing are drawing record numbers of school teachers to classes and seminars here.

What constitutes “good work?”

This is the central question explored in an innovative class offered by Britt Yamamoto, doctoral candidate in geography.

Scott Macklin’s first full-length film was just around the corner, but he didn’t know it.

Kelly Clingan, who is majoring in both Women Studies and Music Education, has found the perfect way to combine her interests: she is conducting an all-girl jazz band in a performance of music composed or arranged by women.

Last week, 75 UW faculty and staff from 30 departments took a day out of their normal schedules, piling onto buses and heading to the Yakima Valley to learn more about current UW partnerships in that region and to think about potential future partnerships.

Award–winning writer and filmmaker Sherman Alexie will deliver the Commencement address at the University of Washington on June 14 in Husky Stadium.

Business as usual will temporarily stop for some at the UW on Wednesday, April 23. Interim UW President Lee Huntsman has set aside the day, a “Time of Reflection: The War in Iraq,” so that the campus community can come together and explore the meaning and consequences of the war and its aftermath.

The University of Washington is No. 1 among primary care medical schools, and No. 1 among nursing schools in the new U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of graduate programs and professional schools.

The Simpson Center for the Humanities is hosting a project that is the first of its kind in the country: An Institute on the Public Humanities for Doctoral Students.

While there is no guarantee of success in the presidential search process, those involved should focus on what they regard as the essential qualities for the new president, a panel of former university presidents told members of the Board of Regents, the Search Advisory Committee, and the public in a forum March 20.

Two friends are taking a conversation that has gone on for years and inviting other friends, and the community, to sit in on it.

This is the story of how Professor of English Shawn Wong became a television star.

Craig Sheppard has performed more than half of Beethoven’s sonatas over the years.

Next week’s Faculty Dance Concert will offer a new interpretation of a scene from one of the world’s great operas.

The UW Graduate School has recently completed research on what skills employers expect in their employees with doctoral degrees — and which valued skills are not commonly acquired in doctoral programs.

John F. “Randy” Hodgins, who has served as senior staff coordinator in the Washington State Senate Ways and Means Committee since 1996, has been appointed Director of State Relations at the University of Washington, effective Jan. 9, 2004.

What’s the difference between a patent and a copyright? And what laws govern them? Ask even productive researchers and you may be regarded with a blank stare.

The UW launched a new home page in mid-December, the first result of a committee that was created to develop a strategy for orienting the page to the external community — including prospective students, donors and prospective donors, visitors, patients and others.

The Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) has announced a new Record of Invention Form to more effectively serve the process of commercializing inventions arising from UW research.

Laboratory safety has taken on a whole new meaning since Sept.

Washington state may have been more lucky than smart in its recent economic history.