The UW Dance Program presents its annual concert of undergraduate choreography March 3-6 in the Meany Studio Theater.
February 23, 2011
The latest news from the UW
UW Mens Glee Club to perform in community concerts March 4, 5
The UW Mens Glee Club will will appear with the a capella group The Coats at Eckstein Middle School March 4, and will be part of an a capella festival March 5.
French dance company performs at Meany March 3-5
The dance company Compagnie La Baraka performs at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, March 3-5, in Meany Hall. The groups choreography blends a variety of modern dance styles with lyrical ballet.
‘Baroque Celebration features UW ensemble with Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
Students from the UW Baroque Ensemble will perform orchestral works and chamber music selections with the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra Feb. 28 in Meany Hall.
Original student works to be performed in 'Composers Workshop' March 4
Student composers in the UW School of Music will present original works in the “Composers Workshop” in Brechemin Auditorium.
‘Seattle Superstar to be chosen at performance Feb. 26
Six UW students are betting fans of Americas Got Talent will come out for the final round of their own competition, Seattle Superstar Search, on Saturday, Feb. 26 in 130 Kane.
Student voices ring out in Voice Division Recital March 1
School of Music voice students will perform arias and ensemble pieces from the opera repertoire in the Voice Division Recital for this concert in Brechemin Auditorium.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
UW staffers take home a number of awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
Mystery Photo: How well do you know the campus?
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.
Official Notices
The Board of Regents March meeting, several blood drives and grants available for alcohol and drug abuse research.
2010 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Ei-ichi Negishi, speaks this week at UW
Ei-ichi Negishi, a 2010 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and professor of chemistry at Purdue University, will speak Friday, Feb. 25, at 1:30 p.m. in 210 Kane.
February 22, 2011
Minority Law Students Association to host Feb. 24 panel discussion on race and criminal justice
What creates racial disparities in the criminal justice system and what could address them? A six-member panel moderated by Mary Fan, UW assistant professor of law, will explore these issues and related ones.
February 21, 2011
Foggy, volcanic Kuril Islands illuminate limits of where humans can live (with slideshow)
Ben Fitzhugh, a UW anthropologist, is leading an international team of anthropologists, archaeologists, geologists and earth and atmospheric scientists in studying the history of human settlement on the Kuril Islands.
February 18, 2011
Staff member in doctoral program receives prestigious EPA STAR fellowship
Cynnie Curl held down a full-time job at the UW while taking one graduate class at a time. She finished her doctoral general exam, and has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the Environmental Protection Agency to fund her research on pesticides in food.
Winners named in Pocketmedia Film Festival
Money 4 Drugz! — the story of seeking grants to develop new drugs for infectious diseases — is the winner of this years Pocketmedia Film Festival.
February 17, 2011
Supercomputing expert to talk at UW on the future of extreme computing
The director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications will speak at the UW on Tuesday, Feb. 22, on the future of extreme scientific computing.
February 16, 2011
Spokane Lane to be widened, regraded
Why is part of Spokane Lane, between Kane and Savery halls, blocked off and torn up?
Sound Transit chooses design for Brooklyn Station
After evaluating two design options and taking input from the community, Sound Transit has decided to move forward with a single entrance design for Brooklyn Station.
Professional and Organizational Development plans ‘Network session March 1
A light breakfast and some talk on an interesting topic and youre still heading to work by 9 a.m. Thats what “Network,” a new event from Professional and Organizational Development, is all about.
DAISY Foundation celebrates 10-year nurse awards anniversary
DAISY awards recognize nurses for extraordinary compassion, kindness, sensitivity and communication skills. Nearly 250 nurses from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and UW Medicine have received the DAISY award since its inception.
Official Notices
A Board of Regents meeting on Feb. 17, some blood drives, and applications for small grants are being taken by the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute.
Newsmakers
Teach for America, Egypts revolution and the defeat of the Dream Act are three of the things UW faculty were asked to comment on in national media.
Mark your calendars for Global Health Week Feb. 28 to March 4
Global Health Week has a great line-up of events — lectures, an award-winning film, trivia night, career fair, and more — brought to you by the Global Health Resource Center.
Presenters sought for Teaching and Learning Symposium
Presenters are needed for the seventh annual Teaching and Learning Symposium at the UW, scheduled for 2-4:30 p.m. April 19, in the Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall.
Northwest imagery, original music make unusual vision for ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Bertolt Brecht wasnt thinking of Seattle when he wrote The Caucasian Chalk Circle, a play with songs, in 1944. But director Alyson Roux kept the Northwest in mind when directing the show, opening soon at the Jones Playhouse.
Ren Sun's ink drawings of Mt. Rainier and Mt. Everest on display at Harborview
Ren Sun’s quiet ink drawings stir discussion of retreating glaciers and what their rapid melt means for the world’s water supply. His art is on exhibit in the Harborview Medical Center Cafeteria now through Feb. 28.
‘Romeo and Juliet to be presented by Undergraduate Theater Society
The Undergraduate Theater Society Will present Shakespeares ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Feb. 24-March 6 in the Cabaret Theater in Hutchinson Hall.
‘Meany Beat: UW Percussion Ensemble to perform Feb. 22
The UW Percussion Ensemble will perform a diverse program of music on Feb. 22 in Meany Hall. And Tom Collier will perform a piece by James Beale, music professor emeritus, who died last year.
University Symphony to perform Haydn, Shostakovich Feb. 24
Jonathan Pasternack, the School of Musics director of orchestral activities for 2010-2011, will conduct.
Mystery Photo: How well do you know the campus?
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.
New report examines promises, pitfalls of charter school autonomy
Charter schools are free of many school district mandates and can operate in innovative ways. But budget woes, huge administrative demands and expectations of what a school “should look like” tend to pull the schools back to traditional practice, a new report states.
Dinosaur hunter Philip Currie to speak at UW Feb. 25
Currie will discuss his travels uncovering dinosaur fossils from around the world to learn how these amazingly diverse animals were so successful for more than 130 million years.
UW College of Education states bold intentions with ‘Vision for 2015 strategic plan
Innovation, diversity, collaboration, evidence-based research and the flexibility to stay current in a changing world — a bold plan of action to keep the college relevant and competitive in coming years.
Stargazing days: Jacobsen Observatory announces open houses for the season
The Jacobsen Observatory at the UW will open its new season of tours and open houses in a few weeks. Come see the universe you’ve been living in.
Virginia Armbrust named director of UW School of Oceanography
A marine microbiologist and faculty member since 1996, Armbrust will lead a school with 50 faculty and 100 staff.
Ten years after Nisqually quake, Northwests seismic dangers still lurk
A decade after the Nisqually earthquake shook Western Washington, scientific ideas about the region’s seismic danger have evolved and the ability to study and prepare for it has improved immensely.
Experts on Pacific Northwest earthquakes
Seismic/geology issues John Vidale, UW professor, Earth and space sciences – 310-210-2131, vidale@uw.edu. Stephen Malone, UW emeritus professor, Earth and space sciences – 206-685-3811, steve@ess.washington.edu. Craig Weaver, U.S. Geological Survey – 206-459-6457, craig@ess.washington.edu. Kenneth Creager, UW professor, Earth and space sciences – 206-685-2803, kcc@ess.washington.edu. Bill Steele, UW seismology lab coordinator – 206-685-5880, wsteele@uw.edu. Joan Gomberg, U. S. Geological Survey, affiliate UW faculty – 206-616-5581, gomberg@usgs.gov. Derek Booth, UW affiliate professor of civil and environmental engineering – 206-914-5031, dbooth@uw.edu. Engineering…
February 15, 2011
Celebration of Alena Suazos life to be held Feb. 16 at UW School of Law
A memorial service will mark the life of Alena Suazo, who graduated from the law school in June.
Six faculty from engineering, chemistry and genome sciences awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
UW engineers and chemists have been awarded Sloan Research Fellowships, prestigious awards for early-career scientists.
If greenhouse gas emissions stopped now, Earth still would likely get warmer
As debate continues about potential policies to curb greenhouse gas emissions, new UW research shows the world is already committed to a warmer climate because of emissions that have occurred up to now.