December 8, 2010
Despite working within a construction site, the staff of Hall Health Center have managed to meet with every client, student or non-student, who needed care with only a slight increase in the number of complaints about the centers environment.
Dr. Paul G. Ramsey will discuss the challenges ahead as well as major developments in the past year at UW Medicine.
Students may have wondered what the extra Coke machine was doing in By George on Friday, Dec. 3. Then it came alive and started handing out prizes.
Some of the best examples of UW architecture student drawings from 1914 to 1947 are on display in Allen Library until March 12.
Jordan Anderson, principal bass of the Seattle Symphony, will give a master class at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, in Brechemin Auditorium.
Jonathan Pasternack conducts the University Symphony Friday, Dec. 10, in a performance of works by Stravinsky, Ravel, Massenet, and Tchaikovsky. Violinist Ron Patterson will be featured on Ravels Tzigane.
The UW Tacoma is part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation to transform how K-8 mathematics teachers can be trained as they face classrooms in which many students are not native English speakers.
Based on a successful two-year technology pilot program, UW Medicine will expand its use of Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System. The data aggregation platform will support multiple clinical and research initiatives.
Based on the successful results of a two-year technology pilot program, UW Medicine will expand its use of Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS), a data aggregation platform, to support multiple clinical and research initiatives across the health organization.
December 7, 2010
A survey of court cases shows that when battered women living abroad flee their abusive husbands and return to the United States, many times their children are sent back, usually to their fathers.
International law permits abusive fathers custody of children
December 6, 2010
New research shows that notches carved by rivers at the bottom of glacial valleys in the Swiss Alps survive from one glacial episode to the next, protected in part by the glaciers themselves.
UW Police officers come to the rescue to make a faculty members interview possible during the snow, Music Professor Patricia Campbell chairs the Smithsonian Folkways, the undergraduate landscape architecture program is honored, and Computer Science & Engineering Professor Ed Lazowska is named to a U.S. Department of Energy committee.
December 5, 2010
Research shows that notches carved by rivers at the bottom of glacial valleys in the Swiss Alps survive from one glacial episode to the next
December 3, 2010
The Forum on Science, Ethics and Policy will have its first general meeting of the year at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8 in 228 Mary Gates. The group of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows provides an opportunity for dialogue about the impact of science in our world.
December 2, 2010
Do you have opinions or experiences to express about disabilities and interior/universal design? You can share your views in a public forum on disabilities called Have Your Say.
December 1, 2010
Economics Professor Dick Startz talks about his blog, which is intended to offer up the scientific evidence on K-12 education reform.
Doug Massey says harsh anti-immigration reforms over the past 30 years are causing Latinos to become the new American underclass. His talk is the first in a three-part public lecture series focusing on the concept of diversity.
In 2011, all students who participate in programs abroad offered through International Programs & Exchanges will be required to purchase study abroad insurance as part of a new program designed to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff who travel on University of Washington related study or business.
St. Josephs Baby Corner provides baby supplies to low-income King County families. Its one of the charities you can support through the Combined Fund Drive.
A hearing on administrative changes in parking, some blood drives and a notice about regents meetings.
Step into a world that, until now, youve only stepped on, says the book jacket of the newest book by David Gordon.
Petticoats, nipped-in waists, Edwardian walking suits — members of the group Somewhere in Time Unlimited step out in historical fashions, just for fun.
Animals are capable of making instinctive safety decisions, a UW researcher has learned. Professor of Psychology Jeansok Kim demonstrated that rats weigh their odds of safely retrieving food pellets placed at varying distances from a perceived predator.
In a study by researchers at the University of Washington, 90 percent of high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders showed a discrepancy between their IQ score and their performance on reading, spelling and math tests.
Doug Massey says harsh anti-immigration reforms over the past 30 years are causing Latinos to become the new American underclass. His talk is the first in a three-part public lecture series focusing on the concept of diversity.
What does a philosopher, or a creative writer, have to say about an oil spill? Thats what a group of honors students have been finding out this quarter as they take Honors 100, the required first course in the new honors curriculum.
Karl Bohringer, Gaetano Borriello, Paul Kinahan, James Ritcey and Steve Seitz have been honored for their outstanding records of accomplishment in engineering.
Women age 40 and over should have annual mammograms, but its hard to find the time. The MammoVan is coming to help on Dec. 6 and 20.
The gallery is offering a 30-minute exploration of its current exhibitions in a UW Art Break staff tour at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 15.
The Arboretum Foundation’s holiday sale, Gifts & Greens Galore, returns to the Graham Visitors Center at the Washington Park Arboretum on Saturday, Dec. 11 and Sunday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Jazz guitarist John McLaughlin will talk about improvisation and its development in the afternoon, and voice students will perform in the evening in Brechemin Auditorium.
The School of Musics annual Carolfest gets underway at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, in Meany Theater. The Chamber Singers, University Chorale, University Singers, Womens Choir, and UW Mens Glee Club will perform carols and seasonal music from around the world.
The UW School of Dramas production of Rona Munros The Last Witch opens Friday, Dec. 3 and runs through Dec. 12 at the Jones Playhouse.
Simon Shaheen, one of the most significant Arab performers and composers of his generation, will appear at Meany Hall at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4.
The Studio Jazz Ensemble directed by Cuong Vu and Ivan Arteaga, and the Modern Band, directed by Cuong Vu, perform big band arrangements, repertory selections, and new originals in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8 in Meany Theater.
Curator Daniele Di Lodovico brings his exhibit, Suitcase, to the Jacob Lawrence Gallery Dec. 7-18. The exhibit is his way of combining his travels, love of art and affable personality in the form of small works from a globally diverse selection of artists.
Student composers present their original works, using traditional and not-so-traditional instruments, in a concert Friday, Dec. 3 in Brechemin Auditorium.
The UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic and Campus Bands present an evening of music for wind band ensembles at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, in Meany Theater.
International efforts are directed at maternal and child health, food and water security, injury control, medications, tropical medicine, and implementation science.