October 15, 2009
Talk traces long journey of Japanese art treasure
Heather Blair, assistant professor of religious studies at Indiana University, will give a talk titled Sacred, Scrap, or Art? The Modern Career of Zao Gongen at 2:30 p.
Streissguth garden is all in the family
By Catherine O’Donnell
News & Information
The Streissguth Gardens began when Daniel Streissguth and Ann Roth Pytkowicz fell in love.
UW Astrobiology Program to present lecture series ‘Life and the Universe’ through Nov. 17
The UW Astrobiology Program presents a series of lectures by renowned experts in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescopic discoveries and the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Combined Fund Volunteer: Mendez understands problems immigrants face
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.
October 14, 2009
AYPE Exhibit Tours.
The last of three public tours of the Libraries Special Collections exhibit The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: When the World Came to Campus.
October 13, 2009
Sylvia Toran.
This solo piano recitalist’s career has taken her to Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand.
Presidential address.
UW President Mark A.
October 9, 2009
Reading the Constitution.
You may be surprised at the familiarity or newness of this amazing document as 100 readers bring it to life for the fourth annual reading.
Indigenous healing.
Columbia University’s Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart will discuss historical trauma for indigenous peoples and the historical trauma response, and will present an intervention aimed at facilitating healing.
October 8, 2009
Paul Taylor dance.
Over its 53 years in existence, Taylor’s choreography has become the “gold standard” of modern dance.
Burke Trivia Night.
The Burke Museum presents a monthly pub quiz for science buffs, culture gurus, and museum lovers.
Bodemer Lecture 2009.
Dr.
The Friends of UW School of Medicine marks 60 years of service
By Delia Ward
UW Medicine Advancement
For her first Thanksgiving in Seattle, Andrea B.
There’s something fishy going on–but what is it? Help the library identify this week’s Lost and Found Film
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.
Golden West Winds Airforce Woodwind Quintet to perform Oct. 15
The Golden West Winds Airforce Woodwind Quintet, the resident woodwind quintet of the United States Air Force Band, will give a free recital of chamber music at 7:30 p.
Etc: Campus news and notes
SCIENCE INTO ART: UW oceanographer Neil Banas will have the rare experience of having his scientific data turned into art this weekend.
Department of Energy grant will assist UW move to hybrid, electric vehicles
The UW has received a $283,400 grant from the U.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Newsmakers
POLLUTION PONZI: David Barash, UW professor of psychology, frequently contributes to The Chronicle Review, the magazine of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Oct.
Study: Portfolio school districts are still works in progress
Portfolio school districts are promising new developments but they still have big problems to solve,” is how Paul Hill describes reforms in the four big cities being studied by his team at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at UW Bothell.
Emmert to address UW community Oct. 13
President Mark Emmert will deliver his annual address to the UW community at 3:30 p.
Sculpture park to host UW display on sea level and climate change
The UW is creating a display at the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park that illustrates how projected changes in sea level due to climate change could affect Seattle’s waterfront, as well as other more vulnerable waterfront cities elsewhere in the world.
Communication professors featured in Town Hall lecture series
The UW Department of Communication is partnering with Town Hall in Seattle to present a four-part lecture series on journalism, digital media and civic engagement.
Management changes at UWTV aimed to widen channel’s role
UWTV, the UW’s television station and production facility, is reshaping itself to occupy a more central role in portraying what happens at the UW to the rest of the world.
Home Movie Day comes to Allen Auditorium Oct. 17
The UW Libraries Special Collections, in collaboration with Media Bay Productions, will sponsor Home Movie Day from 2 to 5 p.
UW Combined Fund Drive to hold Charity Fair Oct. 14
The UW Combined Fund Drive, the UW’s workplace giving campaign, will kick off its 25th anniversary with a Charity Fair from 11 a.
October 7, 2009
Managing mortgages.
Learn about refinancing, home equity loans, reverse mortgages, how to avoid predatory lenders and more.
October 6, 2009
Son de Madera.
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.
October 5, 2009
Powerful documentary to be shown Nov. 6 at the Ethnic Cultural Center
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.
October 2, 2009
Astronaut Fred Haise.
Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise will talk about his incredible experiences and present this year’s Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Award.
Henry Art21.
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.
October 1, 2009
Psychiatrist dedicated to improving lives, deaths of older adults
Judith Yarrow
Health Promotion Research Center
For the past 10 years, Dr.
‘Wondrous Cold’: Smithsonian exhibit on Antarctica visits Burke; UW Antarctic research also featured
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.
H1N1 influenza recommendations include “common sense”
By Chris Tachibana
Special to UW Health Sciences
Even before classes started, the first suspected cases of H1N1 influenza hit campus.
Stimulus money to boost study of AIDs, cancer and more
By Mary Guiden, News and Community Relations
& Catherine O’Donnell, News and Information
The money continues to roll in.
UW Medicine/Seattle Public Library Lecture Series begins Oct. 7
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.
This one’s just trashy — but what’s it all about? Help the library identify this week’s Lost and Found Film
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.
Bulbs galore at the Arboretum’s Fall Bulb & Plant Sale
The Arboretum Foundation’s annual Fall Bulb and Plant sale takes place from 10 a.
Choe is a champion — in smart commuting
Yang-Sook Choe, program manager for Area C Custodial Division, has been named the first ever “Commute Champion” by UW Transportation Services.
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