Foege honored for global health work
UW School of Medicine alumnus William Foege, senior fellow at the Gates Foundation, has received the 2008 Advancing Global Health Award from the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI).
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Reviewed 9/22
The University of Washington has great benefits but some of us are too busy to take advantage of everything that is offered.
The UW School of Music will offer concerts of jazz, guitar pieces and world music in coming days.
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HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU: Babak Parviz, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, can now visit one of his creations at the London Science Museum.
There were 440 of them, all American citizens and the largest group of minority students on the UW campus in 1941.
Bob Smith knows a lot about the world of academia and the world of bells.
The American String Project will bring 15 world-class string musicians to Seattle to perform May 14-18 as a unique ensemble — a conductorless string orchestra.
The Martin-Zambito Fine Art Gallery, at 721 E.
The UW was ranked fourth among American public research universities and 12th among both public and private institutions, in a recent report by the Center for Measuring University Performance.
Most collegiate wind musicians have spent a large part of their careers playing in symphonic bands and wind ensembles.
School of Drama graduate student Evan Ritter spent portions of last summer creating an opera set out of 100 yards of fabric.
Vice Provost for Global Affairs Search Under Way
Provost Phyllis Wise has appointed a committee, chaired by Patricia Wahl, to begin the search for a senior faculty member to fill the position of Vice Provost for Global Affairs.
UW Medicine’s presence in South Lake Union continues to grow.
The bell tower in Gerberding Hall — which has stood empty since the building’s construction in 1953 — has acquired a new set of eight bells.
Randall Moon, director and the William and Marilyn Conner Professor for the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, will give the next Science in Medicine Lecture from noon to 1 p.
Avram Hershko, professor of biochemistry at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, and 2004 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, will give the 24th Annual Hans Neurath Lecture on Thursday, May 8, from 4 to 5 pm in Foege Auditorium (S-060) of the Genome Sciences Building.
Two UW professors have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for their excellence in original scientific research.
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For UW employees who need a little help, the services UW WorkLife Office, part of Human Resources, can come in handy.
A panel discussion from 4 to 6 pm.
Judy Mayotte, author of Disposable People? The Plight of Refugees, will be at the UW to share her experiences in a talk titled History of Modern Civilization: Building a New World Through Reconstruction and Reconciliation, from 3:30 to 5 p.
The Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to Meany Hall May 1-3 as part of the UW World Series.
Sam Buxton, a UW window washer, left, holds the prize he won at the April 23 UW Community Celebration — a pair of tickets to watch the Huskies play the Oregon State University Beavers at Husky Stadium on Oct.
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Nobel laureate Linda Buck, Ph.
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25.
A discussion of transnational issues in mentoring and supervision of doctoral education will be held from noon to 2 p.
Internationally renowned author, poet, and playwright Carlos Andres Gomez will read his poetry on Thursday, May 8 at UW Tacoma.
The School of Music will present an evening of solo performances by members of the Vocal Jazz I and the Women’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.
Changes in ocean circulation and what they may mean for the climate in the future will be the subject May 8 of the UW’s Program on Climate Change’s seventh annual public lecture.
Public attention to the health of the world’s population has skyrocketed over the past decade as have efforts to cover global health stories such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, hunger, and emerging threats of avian flu, SARS and extremely drug resistant tuberculosis.
The faculty of the University of Washington, some 4,000 strong, is a wonderful thing to behold.
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RENOWNED RECYCLERS: The Washington State Recycling Association has selected the UW Department of Housing and Food Services (HFS) as the winner of the 2008 Washington State Recycler of the Year award in the category Institution of Higher Learning.
Dick Thornburgh is mostly known as the former United States attorney general who also served as two-term governor of Pennsylvania, but he’s also the father of a son who has physical and intellectual disabilities.
Professional development for school district administrators, curriculum directors and math coaches will be the topic at the Math Leadership Academy, being held Friday and Saturday at UW Tacoma.
Spencer Hoveskeland will perform on double bass accompanied by pianist Rie Ando in a concert in the Barry Lieberman and Friends series at 2 p.
Talented UW percussion students will perform a variety of music written for the marimba in a concert at 7:30 p.