The Office of Undergraduate Education has officially changed its name to Undergraduate Academic Affairs and promoted one of its own to associate dean.
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Robert Schenkkan set out to be the next Orson Welles — an actor/writer/director.
Editor’s note: Through the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight some of the UW staff and faculty who volunteer at agencies supported by the fund.
In late October, a British government report strongly warned that lack of response to global warming could push the world economy into a serious downturn.
UW employees have until November 22 to offer their opinions about dining services on campus by filling out an online survey.
Researchers who are trying to unlock the secrets of what causes some children to have delayed development are looking for 25 children who are delayed in some aspect of their development and 25 typically developing children 18 to 30 months of age from the Puget Sound area to participate in a University of Washington study.
University of Washington faculty members are able to provide background on the ways local watersheds have been managed, the effects of land-use changes on watersheds or other information concerning flooding and landslides as the region continues to experience wet weather.
Insects have proven to be highly adaptable organisms, able through evolution to cope with a variety of environmental changes, including relatively recent changes in the world’s climate.
For years, UW advisers have been urging students to study abroad, without, in most cases, knowing what awaited them in the countries where they landed.
Twenty-five small businesses that supply goods and services to the UW will be showcased in a vendor fair Tuesday, Nov.
In the mid-1940s, Alice Skellenger trod the boards at the UW School of Drama.
Organizers of Local Choices, Global Consequences have changed some of the logistics listed in the Oct.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded a new institute at the UW to promote the participation of people with disabilities in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
How can businesses and UW departments and units continue to serve clients effectively in the event of a disaster? The answer is business continuity planning, according to the UW Emergency Management Office (UWEM).
The UW Schools of Music and Drama will present two one-act operas on Nov.
The Burke Museum is featuring Tibet, China and Mongolia in November with a number of events.
Which Web site is your home page? Media Relations and Communications at the UW is conducting a one-question survey to find out.
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The UW School of Drama is currently presenting Anton in Show Business, written by Jane Martin and directed by R.
David Orr, currently professor and chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College, will speak on Design on the Edge: Climate Change, Posterity, and the Design Professions at 6:30 p.
Members of the UW community should expect some delays along NE 45th Street as workers begin constructing concrete bus pads.
Where are we? The photo to the right was taken somewhere on campus.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Housekeeping amendments to various Title 478 WAC, University of Washington rules.
Richard Peck, the only children’s book author ever to receive the National Humanities Medal, will be the featured speaker at the 2006 Spencer G.
Masizakhe: Let us Build Together, a film by Scott and Angelica Macklin, will be presented at 7 p.
A 730-mile road trip in mid-September found long-tenured College of Forest Resources profs rubbing shoulders with faculty so new some hadn’t fully unpacked since moving to Seattle.
Phyllis Wise will take questions and report on initiatives from her first year as provost during a “Town Meeting” conversation Tuesday, Nov.
Harborview Medical Center has received unanimous approval (9-0) from the Metropolitan King County Council for the development and construction of the Ninth and Jefferson Building (NJB), a critical component of the expansion project for the medical center.
Public health communications professionals from around the country honored a joint effort by the UW and Public Health-Seattle & King County to prepare public health workers and people in related fields to get emergency information out to residents quickly and effectively.
While the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was running a six-part series on problems plaguing Puget Sound, UW undergraduates, graduate students and faculty were at work on board the UW’s 274-foot research vessel gathering information needed to help puzzle out some of the sound’s most pressing problems.
Veterans will be honored in this year’s Joint Service Veterans’ Day Ceremony on Thursday, Nov.
Editor’s Note: During the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week is featuring UW faculty and staff who actively volunteer.
UW President Mark Emmert has announced a reorganization of UW Medicine, which includes the UW School of Medicine, UW Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Physicians, and the UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics.
Dialogue, not a monologue, is the basis of all good communication.
NOTE: Last week newspapers trumpeted a report in Science magazine that predicted the collapse of all seafood fisheries by 2048.
Insects have proven to be highly adaptable organisms, able through evolution to cope with a variety of environmental changes, including relatively recent changes in the world’s climate.
Twenty-five small businesses that supply goods and services to the University of Washington will be showcased in a vendor fair Nov.
A CAT PROBLEM: If a single female cat is left unspayed, how many offspring can she produce in seven years? That’s the problem Math Professor Jerry Folland was presented with recently.
Where are we? The photo to the right was taken somewhere on campus.