An associate professor at the Department of Communication who says trusting students is the key to a vibrant classroom has been named Washington professor of the year.
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While fines imposed by regulators and courts on companies that falsify records may seem substantial, a new study finds the largest monetary penalties suffered by these companies are the result of a damaged reputation when news of their misconduct was reported.
An associate professor in the Department of Communication who says trusting students is the key to a vibrant classroom has been named Washington Professor of the Year.
A flamenco dance company and a classical pianist are on tap in the next week at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts.
Playing games for a serious purpose will be in the spotlight as “Games for Change,” a forum on video games and education, is held from 7 to 9 p.
His first Fulbright grant brought him from Poland to the UW, where he was ultimately hired by the School of Marine Affairs and became a naturalized citizen.
Notice of Public Hearings (no smoking policy)
Notice is hereby given that three public hearings will be held for the purpose of allowing all interested persons an opportunity to present their views, either orally or in writing, on the proposed amendments to Chapter 478-136 WAC, “Use of University of Washington Facilities,” concerning the UW’s No Smoking Policy.
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, a Canadian physics research facility with substantial involvement by UW scientists, this month will complete more than seven years of neutrino measurements using a heavy water detector core.
With a potentially huge supply of woody material thinned from Washington forests, the state’s pulp and paper mills could become the “biorefining” backbone for turning woody plant material into fuel and other products, a UW professor says.
As we head into the season when snow and other severe weather is possible, UW employees need to be aware that there is a hotline they can call to find out if the University is operating as usual.
Such changes as switching to cleaner fuels and using more hybrid vehicles are part of a larger effort at making more environmentally sound, sustainable choices, says David Carr, manager of the UW Motor Pool.
It can’t bring Seattle any sun from Salamanca, but a Cervantes Institute, newly created at the UW, promises culture from Spain and Latin America plus courses in Spanish online.
The School of Music will offer six different concert experiences through November — from chamber singers and ensembles to campus bands and even jazz.
It’s loosely patterned after a map of two islands along the Seine in Paris, but Floating Plaster/City Motion, the latest multimedia presentation of the Henry Art Gallery’s New Works Laboratory, remains happily open to interpretation, its creators agree.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The Dance Program at the UW opens its annual performance season with a concert featuring work and performances by its nationally recognized faculty.
Paul Farmer came to the UW on Monday, urging his listeners to regard health care not as a privilege but as a right, something that must be part of the social contract.
It can’t bring Seattle any sun from Salamanca, but a Cervantes Institute, which opened this fall at the University of Washington, promises culture from Spain and Latin America plus online Spanish courses.
A new study suggests that brain and behavior relationships may have changed in a profound way as larger, more complex insect societies evolved from smaller, simpler ones.
While fines imposed by regulators and courts on companies that falsify records may seem substantial, a new study finds the largest monetary penalties suffered by these companies are the result of a damaged reputation when news of their misconduct was reported.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
By Leila Gray
News & Community Relations
Researchers at the UW are working on an implantable electronic chip that may help establish new nerve connections in the part of the brain that controls movement.
Patricia Wahl, UW professor of biostatistics, has been dean of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine since 1999.
It’s mid-afternoon in the School of Drama’s studio theater in Hutchinson Hall, and physician Paul Farmer and his colleagues — here looking impossibly young — are having an argument about treatment protocol, while author Tracy Kidder looks on, listening intently.
By Larry Zalin
Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center
Natural and manmade disasters, including the terrorist attacks of Sept.
Television is not going away.
Interested in seeing the work of young emerging artists? Artwork by young artists from Coyote Central, Seattle’s premier youth art program, is on display in the Harborview Cafeteria through Friday, Nov.
The UW Center for AIDS and STD will sponsor a one-day research symposium from 10 a.
Deadlines in December, January; ceremony will be June 7, 2007
Nominations are now being solicited for the University’s annual awards — awards that honor outstanding teachers, staff, mentors and those engaged in leadership and public service.
Can’t see as well as you used to?
The Refractive Surgery Center at UW Medical Center-Roosevelt is one of the nation’s leading providers of vision correction services.
The UW will host Hendrik Lenstra as part of the VIGRE Distinguished Lecturer Series, designed to honor stellar ambassadors of mathematics and to expand public interest in and understanding of mathematics.
SLEUTHING FOR FUNDS: The Financial Management Department takes care of serious accounting work all year long.
Cognitive neuroscience and imaging are in the process of taking a giant leap forward at the UW.
The UW School of Music will offer two concerts on Saturday, Nov.
In the world of computing, the Holy Grail is power.
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Peter Lape describes his graduate school archaeological field work in Southeast Asia as “a total nightmare most of the time.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Last week, newspapers trumpeted a report in Science magazine that predicted the collapse of all seafood fisheries by 2048.
Gwen Davis
University Week Intern
The UW is known for the colorful variety of its study-abroad programs.