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Cheerful Givers, the nonprofit group that provides toy-filled birthday bags to low-income children, is having a gift bag-assembling event on Nov.
Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, will give a lecture titled Rethinking Computing at 4:15 p.
Volunteer tutors are needed Saturday and Sunday Nov.
The UW has announced a new program to make it easier for students entering the University with a high number of advanced placement and/or Running Start credits to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years.
Environmental leader Lester Brown, author of books such as Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge and his latest Plan B 4.
Gary Karr, considered by many to be the most iconic double bassist of our time, will return to the School of Music for the second part of an extensive interview with Barry Lieberman at 2 p.
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.
Are you a smoker thinking of taking a break from the habit for the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Members of the UW School of Art photography faculty will present their work in an exhibit at Seattle’s Benham Gallery.
Civil War historian Lorraine McConaghy will talk about her new book, Warship under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West, at 4 p.
Remember last year’s snow? Of course you do.
Want to help keep the UW a green campus? Then volunteer to help plant 50 of the new trees the University is receiving, thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with Toyota.
Founded in East Berlin in 1985 and still going strong with its original members.
In collaboration with La Raza Commission and other Latino organizations, the Ethnic Cultural Center hosts this annual event.
Thirty-eight award-winning performers from China’s national acrobatic Troupe, astounding audiences with their phenomenal prowess and artistry.
Join the iconic literary detective as he and his faithful sleuthing partner, Dr.
Screening and discussion of Chinese films as part of the ongoing celebration of 30 years of U.
By William Heisel
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
A study by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the UW and Harvard University has been named the best open-access medical paper of the past five years by the journal PLoS Medicine.
By Joel Berg
Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry
In August of this year I was invited by the Peruvian Academy of Pediatric Dentistry to lecture and represent the Early Childhood Oral Health (ECOH) program abroad.
Every day you work alongside people who are fabulous at what they do.
UW Medicine’s Tumor Vaccine Group holds its third annual open house Thursday, November 5, from 5 to 9 p.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Nov.
Editor’s note: Through the duration of the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight members of the UW community who are personally involved with one of the 2,800 agencies supported by CFD funds.
Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and editor and Emmy Award-winning producer/correspondent, will speak on Who Are the New Polluters at 6:30 p.
International multicultural education will be the theme for a daylong conference at the UW Friday, Oct.
UNDERSTANDING JAPAN: The UW Japan Studies Program has received the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award for 2009.
The Walker-Ames Room of Kane Hall will reverberate with the sounds of spooky organ music when students of Carole Terry perform the beloved annual concert of organ classics on the UW’s Littlefield Organ at 7:30 p.
Employees who serve on the UW Health and Safety Committees help ensure the safety of everyone in the campus community — and nominations are now open for the next two-year committee terms, which will begin on Jan.
You can learn about today’s hearing aid options at “Ear-Responsible?” an informational seminar about hearing loss and hearing aids geared for those who are not familiar with
hearing aids or who may be interested in getting new hearing aid technology.
In honor of the ideals of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The UW Postdoctoral Association will host its fifth annual Postoctoral Research Symposium from 2 to 5 p.
When UW retirees Jerri McCray and Helen Remick established the Service Employees Opportunity Fund, they hoped to help the University’s lowest-paid employees or their children to get an education.
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.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) presents an evening of tape and computer music, with Barry Truax as guest composer.
Looking for items to promote your department or organization? There will be a number of vendors on hand to discuss your needs and give you additional ideas for future promotions.
Francisco Goldman, an acclaimed novelist who specializes in recreating poignant episodes in the political and social history of the Americas, will discuss his painstakingly researched account of the assassination of a Guatemalan bishop, Msgr.
Open enrollment is from Oct.