The Burke Museum will offer hands-on natural science learning experiences in five camps this summer for students from second through 12th grade — including a new all-day, weeklong camp for high school students combining environmental science and video production.
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The Sylvan Theater is back to normal after several months without its columns.
Students come to the UW to find their place in the world.
As cries of “play ball” ring out this spring, they undoubtedly will be followed by complaints of anxiety and stress from young athletes wanting to quit sports.
Rain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens in the far north it can mean lingering death for reindeer, musk oxen and other animals that normally graze on the Arctic tundra.
The UW School of Music will present a Celebration of Beethoven with Irish Pianist John O’Conor at 7:30 p.
A two-day symposium on American musical theater organized by Larry Starr, the Ruth Waters Endowed Professor in Music History at the UW School of Music, will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, in Brechemin Auditorium.
The UW student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has made three trips to Yanayo, a remote community in Bolivia.
When members of the UW’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter heard that they had won the 2007/2008 EWB International Humanitarian award, they were overjoyed–and surprised.
Cells are coded with several programs for self-destruction.
Adam Drewnowski, director of the UW Center for Obesity Research and a professor of epidemiology and adjunct professor of medicine, has received a new $1.
James Garlick is a 24-year-old accomplished violinist who recently debuted as concertmaster of the Cascade Symphony Orchestra, where he performed as featured soloist and joined Seattle Symphony principal cellist Joshua Roman in a duo-encore.
By LaDeana Huyler
Microsoft Accessibility
The following article was featured in the Microsoft Accessibility Update newsletter.
The 2008 Health Sciences Open House, “A Path with Promise,” is almost here.
The University will honor 25 individuals this year as part of the annual Universitywide awards program.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The Graduate School will kick off spring quarter with its annual Graduate and Professional Education Week March 31-April 5.
Many people on campus already know that Kerri Everly is an effective and successful campus coordinator for the Combined Fund Drive.
PANEL PARTNERS: UW Tacoma Professor Joel Baker has been selected to chair the Puget Sound Partnership’s Science Panel, while the Applied Physics Laboratory’s Principal Oceanographer Jan Newton will be the vice chair.
Marilyn Cox, currently assistant vice provost for capital planning at UW Seattle, will become the new vice chancellor for administration and planning at UW Bothell, UWB Chancellor Kenyon S.
In addition to being home to intense geological and climatological change, Alaska’s Glacier Bay hosts one of the richest cold water marine environments including a great diversity of top-level marine predators, such as seabirds and marine mammals.
Feeling a little hemmed in at home? Then you might want to check out the Home Improvement Fair offered on campus on Wednesday, April 9, by UW Benefits in partnership with HomeStreet Bank.
Class title: Asian Languages and Literature 207/Comparative Literature 272: “Asian Martial Arts Films: Conventions, Institutional History, and Ideology.
Star Trek uniforms, hand-made robots and spacey headgear ruled the day on Wednesday, March 19, at the HUB, when BizTech2008, the UW’s annual in-house business and technology fair, launched into a daylong orbit.
Some medical devices such as implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are now equipped with wireless technology, allowing for remote device checks and freeing patients from repeated doctor visits.
The fossil record, human evolution, the origin of the species and even the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria will be subjects of the discussion-based lecture series “Evolution in the Evening,” starting April 3 on the UW campus.
The UW Photographers Group will have an exhibit, The Healing Show: Image as Remedy, March 18–April 28, in Skylight Gallery (also known as the Barrel Vault) behind the Information Desk at UW Medical Center.
This month, the UW will host more than 600 members of Engineers Without Borders-USA.
Macedonian pianist Simon Trpèeski will make his third appearance as part of the UW World Series at 8 p.
Black Grace, a hit group from New Zealand that combines contemporary Samoan and Maori dance, music and even acrobatics, will play three shows at Meany Hall, Thursday through Saturday, April 3-5.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Thursday, March 20, at UW Tacoma.
There’s new evidence supporting the idea that bigger brains are better.
When a guy who works for UW Parking Services decides to write a novel, it’s not surprising that he’d choose a title like Secluded Parking.
Students in the UW School of Medicine joined more than 15,000 other medical students around the country in participating in the National Resident Matching Program, which pairs them with medical residency programs throughout the nation.
For the 15th consecurive year, U.
“Pharmacist-Driven Health Care: Asheville and Beyond” is the topic for the Pharmacy Alumni Association’s annual Katterman Lecture, set for 8:30 a.
Lorie Wild has been appointed chief nursing officer of UW Medical Center.
The 16th Annual UW Medicine Salute Harborview Gala, held Saturday, March 1, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, raised more than $2 million in gross revenues for Harborview’s Mission of Caring Fund.