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Vocal jazz ensembles to perform

The UW Vocal Jazz 1 and UW Diva Vocal Jazz ensembles perform standards by Horace Silver, Stephen Sondheim, Keith Jarrett, Bobby Sharp, Madeline Peyroux, and others in a concert at 7:30 p.

The Tree Salvage Program would give new life to reclaimed wood

A beloved elm tree that stood at the entrance to what is now the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse is about to enjoy a new life in the lobby.

Invisibility research has led to discovery of ‘wormholes’

Three years ago, mathematicians in the United States and Great Britain announced the discovery of an invisibility cloak.

Project Runway: Business students combine marketing, management, fashion

After a grueling 10 weeks of research, design and endless challenges, six teams make finishing touches to their models’ garments and go over their business plans one last time.

‘University Week’ comes out next on June 25

This is the last edition of University Week for the 2008-2009 school year.

June 2, 2009

‘Northwest Trek.’

Geoffrey Boers conducts the Chamber Singers in a program of works by Northwest composers, including UW faculty member Giselle Wyers and UW Chorale Conducting students Eric Barnum and Laurie Betts Hughes.

June 1, 2009

Love and the UW Chorale.

The University Chorale explores both the nature of love and love of nature in this year-end concert, which features “I Died for Beauty,” an Emily Dickinson poem set to music by American composer Jerry Ulrich and dedicated to the University Chorale, plus new works by UW composer Giselle Wyers.

May 30, 2009

Student digital videos.

The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) presents a special screening of video shorts created by students in the course Experiments in Digital Video: The Architecture of Time.

May 29, 2009

‘The Duchess of Langeais.’

Last in the second annual French and Francophone Film Festival.

‘Building’ Korea.

A book launch for Building Ships, Building a Nation: Korea’s Democratic Unionism Under Park Chung Hee by Hwasook Nam, UW professor of history and international studies.

May 28, 2009

‘Three Degrees.’

A student-led effort aimed at challenging legal scholars, NGO leaders, and policy makers to confront the humanitarian crisis at the heart of climate change.

‘Constructions.’

The UW Wind Ensemble and symphonic, concert and campus bands perform Symphony #7 by David Maslanka and other works.

1909 exhibition’s darker side explored in the Burke’s ‘A-Y-P: Indigenous Voices Reply’

In August of 1909, during the third month of the immensely popular Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Mrs.

Eileen Bulger named Harborview Emergency Services director

Dr.

J. Randall Curtis named president of the American Thoracic Society

Dr.

Sen. Cantwell advocates for primary care

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Three AYPE exhibits open June 1 at Suzzallo/Allen Library

When Carla Rickerson was the Pacific Northwest librarian at the UW 25 years ago, she created an exhibit on the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to commemorate its 75th anniversary.

Plants from UW Botanic Gardens grace By George outdoor eating area

The outdoor eating space next to By George is a little more attractive these days, thanks to a partnership between the UW Information and Visitors Center and UW Botanic Gardens, with a little help from Odegaard Undergraduate Library.

Provost to hold town hall meeting June 2

Provost Phyllis Wise invites UW faculty, staff and students to join her to discuss the accomplishments and budgetary challenges of the current academic year and to look forward to the University’s future.

Etc.: Campus news & notes

CHANGE AGENT: Marguerite Roza, research associate professor in the College of Education, received one of two Change Agent of the Year Awards at the NewSchools Venture Fund annual summit.

Architecture students propose redesigns for three historic Seattle fire stations

OK, so what do you do with an old fire station that no longer works for fighting fires but those honking big front doors have to be kept because of historic preservation rules?

You get some architecture students at the UW to come up with some nifty designs.

Hydrogen Road Tour brings hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to UW Bothell

In a joint effort, King County, City of Bothell and UW Bothell are providing a unique opportunity to see what the transportation future holds when the Hydrogen Road Tour makes a stop in Bothell during its border-to-border, nine-day trek.

Students who like to jam create Improvised Music Project festival May 28-30

The Improvised Music Project’s first festival, a three-day event May 28-30, is intended to jump start a UW-based effort at rejuvenating the local scene for new music.

Coalitions, voting power are topics of upcoming lecture

The third lecture in the MathAcrossCampus Colloquium Series features Andrew Gelman, professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University, speaking on the topic, Coalitions, Voting Power, and Political Instability.

Lots of singing on tap in School of Music concerts

It’s a fine week for singing, starting June 1 on campus.

Third location of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute opens today

The third location of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute opens today in Everett.

New technique could find water on Earth-like planets orbiting distant suns

Since the early 1990s astronomers have discovered more than 300 planets orbiting stars other than our sun, nearly all of them gas giants like Jupiter.

Peer Portfolio

MOWER POWER TO THEM: Every year, hundreds of people bring their power mowers to the University of Missouri campus for its annual tune-up clinic, according to the campus newspaper, MizzouWeekly.

Photo of Suzzallo takes prize in photo contest, one more week to go

The second week of our photo contest is over and we have another winner! Drum roll please: The prize goes to Lisa Jones, who answers phones and takes emergency calls at the University, for her photo, Suzzallo Reading Room in Reflection.