Choreographer and company founder Angelin Preljocaj has been creating evocative works for his company since 1984.
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The Leadership at the Crossroads speaker series, which features dynamic leaders working at the intersection of the private, public and nonprofit sectors, presents the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, who will speak on Serving the Public: Ethics and Public Office.
Linda Wordeman, UW professor of physiology and biophysics, has been named a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow.
How does the social and physical context of place affect human well-being?
A broadly interdisciplinary group of scholars will explore this topic at the Place, Health and Equity Conference at the UW Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 8.
The UW and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) with a number of partner institutions across the Northwest have received federal funding to form a regional research center aimed at combating emerging or reemerging infectious diseases that pose a serious threat to human health.
A villain with a black cape who twirls his moustache and leers at a victim tied to the railroad tracks — this is what most of us think of when someone says melodrama.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Six members of the UW community — active and retired — are among 210 new Fellows named this week to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Elizabeth Blackburn, the Morris Herzstein Endowed Professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, will give the Science in Medicine Lecture, from noon to 1 p.
Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the UW faculty and staff.
Editor’s note: The Emergency Management Division of the Washington Military Department is offering a tip a month to help people get prepared for a disaster.
Those of us who work on the UW’s Seattle campus may not think we need to take a campus tour, but a series of tours being offered beginning this weekend may teach us some things we don’t already know.
With dinosaurs, fossils, climate change studies and now even video production — the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture has much to offer young students of all grades with its summer programs, and registration is already open.
Chairs, directors and faculty on the Seattle campus are invited to participate in the academic procession at the UW’s 133rd commencement ceremony, Saturday, June 13, in Husky Stadium.
Frank Drake, a world leader in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), will speak at 7 p.
ARTIST PROFESSOR: Kazimierz Poznanski, a professor at the Jackson School, currently has a show of his paintings at the Kobo Gallery in the International District.
How to View a Mountain in Medieval China is the title of a lecture to be given by David Knechtges, UW professor of Asian languages and literature, at 7 p.
On Sunday, April 26, Paul Richard Olson, organist and choirmaster of Grace Church in Brooklyn Heights, N.
UW School of Music faculty artists Robin McCabe and Craig Sheppard, joined by Rachelle McCabe, director of piano studies at Oregon State University (and Robin’s sister), will alternate in dynamic duo-piano performances in Triple Play, a concert at 7:30 p.
A series of national workshops at the UW will try a novel approach to boost the number of women faculty in university science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments.
The Arboretum Foundation’s FlorAbundance, the region’s largest plant sale, returns to Building 30 of the Warren G.
SciBlogging: A Roundtable Discussion on Science Blogs, will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.
Jet lag is the bane of many travelers, and similar fatigue can plague people who work in rotating shifts.
Those in need are in need all year long, not just at the holidays.
It’s the time of year when major scholarships are announced and student futures are planned.
The UW again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
The UW Wind Ensemble and symphonic, concert, and campus Bands will present Spotlight!, a concert featuring winners of the UW Bands concerto competition, at 7:30 p.
Before the TV show Sex and the City made popular the image of the successful, independent, Cosmo-sipping woman of the new millennium, there was the Modern Girl, a worldwide figure of the 1920s and 30s who dressed provocatively, sought romantic love and seemed to buck the roles of dutiful daughter, wife and mother.
Shibley Telhami, a Middle East scholar at the University of Maryland and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, will speak on Arab Public Opinion: Change and Continuity Since 9/11 for the Farhat J.
Journey behind the scenes at the Burke Museum.
Crocker, who served as U.
A celebration at the Henry, including announcement of the Brink Award, music and projections by local musician Leeni.
On a blustery morning in early April, Dr.
What are the role of international nonprofits in Sudan, the ethics of short-term experiences abroad and the benefit of public interventions in global health? These were some of the hard questions being asked to leaders in global health at the Transcending Global Health Barriers: Education & Action conference held at the UW April 3-5.
Patient- and family-centered care is more than a buzz word at UW Medical Center.
The UW Institute for Translational Health Sciences is hosting a symposium on drug and device development early next month.
A lecture by Chloe Ragazzoli, University of Sorbonne, Paris, presented by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization.