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Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
By Anita Wahler
Department of Bioengineering
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Smart Screen Summit May 18
The Washington State Smart Screen Time Summit takes place Friday, May 18, from 8:30 a.
Each year, faculty and staff generously give back to support patient care, teaching, and research programs at the UW.
At the recently concluded 55th annual meeting of the Association of University Radiologists, UW School of Medicine faculty member, Dr.
Three UW professors — Donald Brownlee in astronomy, Anthony Greenwald in psychology and Raymond Huey in biology — last week were named Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The UW Bothell will host its sixth annual Intercultural Night from 5:30 to 9 p.
Class Title: Field Research: the Seattle Region (Geography 490), taught by Douglas Mercer
Description: In this class on the Seattle region, students can eat sushi, bike around Vashon Island or participate in an earthquake awareness meeting.
The Reed-Osheroff lecture featuring Latino poet Martin Espada, originally scheduled for May 10, has been rescheduled to 7:30 p.
A public memorial gathering honoring David C.
Stanford News Service
Rice farming in Indonesia is greatly affected by short-term climate variability and could be harmed significantly by long-term climate change, according to a new study by researchers at the UW, Stanford University, and the University of Wisconsin.
Writer, teacher, social critic and mixed-race studies specialist Andrew Jolivette will speak at 7 p.
Guitar duets, Schubert and Beethoven on piano, a faculty recital on bassoon and a choir of more than 100 voices lifted together in gospel music are all being presented by the UW School of Music in coming days.
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Mapping invasive burrowing shrimp in Willapa Bay, understanding biodiversity pathways in working forests and the pressures to convert forests to other uses in Western Washington are among the topics Thursday, May 17, during reports from a half-dozen of the UW College of Forest Resources’ research centers and initiatives.
For the past several years, the outreach and education team at the Center for Ecogenetics & Environmental Health has hosted the 8th grade class of Olympic View Middle School in Mulkiteo at the UW.
Wim Hol, professor of biochemistry and biological structure, will present the Distinguished Science in Medicine Lecture, Structural Biology in the Fight Against Tropical Diseases, Thursday, May 10, at noon in Hogness Auditorium, Health Sciences Center.
Global outsourcing of clinical trials, May 4
Adriana Petryna, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses Global Outsourcing of Clinical Trials: Ethical Challenges, Friday, May 4, from noon to 1 p.
Washington’s state Legislature adjourned sine die (without a plan for reconvening this session) on Sunday, April 22, right at the deadline for its session to end.
The Search Advisory Committee on the Vice President for Minority Affairs and Vice Provost for Diversity has announced that the two final candidates for the position will be giving public presentations to the campus the week of May 14.
GREEN POWER: The UW was recognized recently by the U.
Brian Atwater, an affiliate professor of Earth and space sciences and a geologist with the U.
Space Telescope Science Institute
Astronomers have long thought that globular star clusters had a single “baby boom” of stars early in their lives and then settled into a quiet existence.
Editor’s Note: The murder of Rebecca Griego here at the UW and the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech University have brought issues of workplace violence and safety into the national spotlight.
Two well-known American poets, Robert Bly and Martin Espada, will speak at the UW Thursday, May 10.
Red Square smelled of smoke at midday Friday — barbecue smoke, rising from the grills upon which thousands of burgers and dogs got cooked for the enjoyment of faculty and staff during the UW Community Celebration.
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Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
A faculty recital on clarinet, a concert featuring piano and cello and student performances are being offered by the UW School of Music in coming days.
The UW Dance Program presents an evening of new work choreographed by current MFA candidates, Snapshots from History.
“Hidden Health Hazards: Everyday Exposures to Toxic Chemicals,” a look at common consumer products such as air fresheners, dryer sheets, cleaners and hand sanitizers which can have unlisted ingredients that are toxic chemicals, is the first of four lectures on the University of Washington campus concerned with how one can stay healthy in a chemical world.
The UW Medical Center (UWMC) hosted Governor Christine Gregoire May 2, when she signed into law a broad array of health care legislation.
Work has begun to turn the courtyard between Pacific Street and the Rotunda at the base of the Health Sciences Building’s I wing into a delivery and staging area for the project to remodel the G and H wings of the building.
Last week, three graduate students from the School of Medicine received the 2006 China National Award for Outstanding Overseas Students at a ceremony at the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco.
The UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine will present Perspectives in Public Health — A Matter of Health and Safety: Public Health Looking Back, Leading Forward Thursday, April 26, from 6 to 8:30 p.