Global Justice in the 21st Century is topic of conference

The Program on Values in Society and the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities are sponsoring a conference on Global Justice in the 21st Century April 17-18.

Tom Collier, Marc Seales in two concerts, April 17 and 24

Faculty artist Tom Collier and his UW percussion students present their annual concert of music for marimba at 7:30 p.

Mystery Photo

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

April 15, 2009

Career fair.

The annual UW Seattle Spring Career Fair, the largest general career fair on campus, brings more than 100 employers to campus who are looking to hire for internship and full-time entry-level opportunities.

April 14, 2009

BFA art.

The opening reception for Ceramics + Photography, the capstone exhibition for graduating BFA students.

Meet David Robinson.

This coffee grower, social activist, founder of Sweet Unity Farms and co-founder of the Mshikamano Farmers Group in Tanzania, will share his commitment to challenging the contradiction of rural poverty within the multi-billion dollar coffee industry by developing a direct trade model wherein economic growth and human development move forward together.

April 13, 2009

Beyond poverty.

Alice O’Connor, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and teaches and writes on poverty, wealth, social and urban policy and inequality.

April 10, 2009

Annual pow wow.

First Nations at the UW presents its 38th annual Pow Wow, Friday through Sunday, April 10, 11 and 12.

April 9, 2009

Toward peace.

The first day of a three-day conference April 9-11 sponsored by the World Peace Buddhist Club called “Transforming the Human Spirit, From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace.

Student pianists.

UW music students perform on piano in this installment of the Brechemin Piano Series.

Alison Weir speaks.

Controversial journalist Alison Weir is executive director of “If Americans Knew,” a think tank focusing on Israel and Palestine and specializing in media analyses.

Pharmacy professor receives prestigious biotechnology award

Rodney Ho, associate dean for research and new initiatives and the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Professor of Pharmaceutics at the UW School of Pharmacy, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Paul R.

Motulsky honored for lifetime of pioneering work in medical genetics

When Arno Motulsky was first recruited to the UW in 1953 as a hematology instructor, his research in genetic blood diseases attracted him to the emerging broader field of medical genetics.

Healthy Aging Lecture: Growing Old Doesn’t Mean Sleeping Poorly, April 16

Sleep quality and aging is the focus of the Spring Healthy Aging Lecture, sponsored by the UW School of Nursing’s de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging.

Elkon receives lupus research award

Keith Elkon, UW professor of medicine and head of the division of rheumatology, recently received a 2009 Kirkland Scholar Award from the Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research.

UW Medical Center expansion project reroutes Health Sciences Express shuttles

Due to the UWMC expansion project, there will be changes to the existing shuttles serving South Campus.

Symposium focuses on the role of genes in behavior

Each year, the UW Department of Genome Sciences holds its Annual Symposium, involving a series of talks by world-renowned researchers on contemporary topics in genetics, genomics computation, and related tools and technologies.

Two student-organized panels to discuss the economic crisis April 14 and May 4

Two presentations sponsored by student advisory boards of so-called “learning links” are happening in the next month.

Violist Susan Gulkis Assadi to lead master class April 17

Susan Gulkis Assadi, principal violist with the Seattle Symphony, will lead a master class with students of faculty violist Melia Watras at 1:30 p.

Pianist Boris Berman to perform April 16

Boris Berman, professor of piano at Yale University, will perform works by Chopin and Debussy in a concert at 7:30 p.

Spring BFA shows to open at Lawrence gallery

Who are the next generation of great artists? What traditions and inspirations are they drawing upon to create the next great work? One answer can be found at The Jacob Lawrence Gallery as it presents the UW School of Art spring BFA shows.

‘Early Bloomers’ kicks off the garden season

The Arboretum Foundation’s annual Early Bloomers Plant Sale returns from 10 a.

Etc.: Campus news & notes

ATHENA ACHIEVER: Susan Eggers, Microsoft Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, has won the Athena Lecturer Award, given to women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to computer science.

Increased transit costs lead to U-PASS and parking rate increase proposals

In order to continue the U-PASS program in the face of unprecedented transit cost increases, Commuter Services is proposing parking and U-PASS rate changes.

Newsmakers

PENGUINS PROVE IT: Penguins are showing us that climate change has already occurred, UW Biology Professor Dee Boersma told The New York Times in a recent interview.

Organization of the week: UW Photographers Group

Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the UW faculty and staff.