ACING CASE: The UW picked up plenty of awards in the Council For the Advancement and Support of Education’s District VIII competition, starting with a Grand Gold in fundraising and special event publications for the program of the Annual Recogniton Gala by UW Marketing, Jo-Ann Sire and Creative Communications.
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Back in 2003 the University decided to try out a new idea by offering four short-term study abroad “Exploration Seminars” during the time between summer and fall quarters.
School districts can take steps to level out salary inequities caused by maldistributions of teachers, according to researchers at the UW’s Center on Reinventing Public Education.
A lecture by Pita Aatami, president of the Makivik Corporation for the last 10 years, who will describe how the Inuit of Nunavik, Quebec, have gone from igloos to the Internet and self-governance in barely a generation.
The second of two Chopin concerts celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth and the 40th anniversary of Ohlsson, a master interpreter of Chopin’s work, winning the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition.
A resource fair to show options for eating and activities while the HUB is being remodeled.
Vocal audition competition for opera singers 20-30 years of age, from the NW Region comprising Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.
The School of Drama joins the Seattle Rep to present a new play reading series featuring current graduate student actors and professional actors from the Seattle community.
The 1954 Japanese classic starring Toshiro Mifune and directed by Akira Kurosawa.
As the youngest of Leakey fossil-hunters, Louise, daughter of Richard Leakey, has been true to her family legacy with her adventurous spirit, ambitious research, and unwavering focus on the advancement of science and our understanding of human origins and evolution.
From the Dachshund’s stubby legs to the Shar-Pei’s wrinkly skin, breeding for certain characteristics has left its mark on the dog genome.
A demonstration and celebration of Ethnomed, used by health-care providers and patients alike, will take place Feb. 9. Take a tour of the ne
The UW School of Drama is offering a play reading series dubbed “Looking Up at Down” as part of the Great Depression in Washington State project.
With the escalation of the “great recession” a year ago, UW historian James Gregory started getting telephone calls asking him to compare it to Great Depression of the 1930s.
The Washington State Department of Transportation is holding two sessions on campus in February to gather comments and provide information on its Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the SR520 project, which includes replacing the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge.
UW Bothell and Northwest Film Forum are presenting sound artist, poet, photographer, mixed-media practitioner and interdisciplinary performer Cris Cheek for two events.
It’s almost showtime for a new weekly, magazine-style television program co-produced by UWTV and The Daily, the UW’s student newspaper.
The eScience Institute will offer “eScience on Tap” at 6 p.
LEGALLY ART: An exhibit of art by UW law student Peter Boome featuring a series of hand-pulled screen prints in the Pacific Coastal Salish style has been installed in William H.
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
Guitar students of Michael Partington will present a program of music from the classical and romantic eras for guitar duo and trio, and guitar with voice.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
This weekend some new actors tackle a new play, offering audience members a brand new experience.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, Feb.
At their meeting last week, senators approved a plan to restructure the Faculty Senate, reducing it from 267 to 110 members.
As the youngest of Leakey fossil-hunters, Louise, daughter of Richard Leakey, has been true to her family legacy with her adventurous spirit, ambitious research, and unwavering focus on the advancement of science and our understanding of human origins and evolution.
Marigrace Becker will pick up her UW master’s degree in social work next month, but she isn’t planning to look for a job as a social worker.
Medical researchers were shocked to discover that virtually all human embryonic stem cell lines being used in 2005 were contaminated.
Housing and Food Services is about to break ground on a huge student housing project on the west side of the Seattle campus that will, in its first phase, bring four new residence halls totaling 600,000 square feet and beds for about 1,600 additional students by late 2012.
Editor’s Note: This is part three of University Week’s four-part series describing the work of the Center for Experiential Learning.
Having studied with both the Amadeus and Guarneri quartets, the Auryn Quartet has emerged as one of the most important quartets of its generation.
Join acclaimed pianist Leon Bates and guest singers Louise Toppin and Robert Sims for a evening’s celebration of the legendary American composer whose timeless works include They Can’t Take that Away from Me, Summertime and Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.
Winners of the November concerto competition perform with the University Symphony.
Commandeering a host’s energy resources is how hepatitis C viruses survive and propagate.
Chris Martin, the new executive director of Airlift Northwest, didn’t hit the ground running when she came on board in March.
Lucio Costa of UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health will talk on
Trainees as well as experienced surgeons will get ready by first performing procedures on a virtual reality simulator.
Research still needed to clarify biological mechanisms behind these findings
Let’s say you’re a mother, and your 7-year-old daughter tells you she wants to play the bagpipes.