October 14, 2010
Some tiny crustaceans living in clear-water alpine ponds high in Washington state’s Olympic Mountains have learned how to cope with the sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays without sunblock — and with very little natural pigmentation to protect them.
Board of Regents
The Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Can video games be art? Tools for education? Instruments for change?
Ed Chang and Timothy Welsh tend to think so.
A Celebration of Life for Otis Pease, a history professor at the UW for nearly 30 years, will be held at 2 p.
UW Libraries will participate in the national Open Access Week with three panel discussions at Odegaard Library.
Hannah Palin, Film Archives Specialist at the UW Libraries Special Collections, is once again involved in producing Home Movie Day, scheduled for noon to 4:30 p.
The UW’s first ever Sustainability Summit Wednesday, Oct.
This year is the 25th anniversary of Dawg Dash, one of the UW Alumni Association’s most popular annual events.
UW Medicine patient Turner Prewitt talks about his “second life” following a heart transplant:
I was given the “gift of life,” a new heart on Aug.
Editor’s note: Through the 2010 Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight agencies that receive CFD funds and members of the UW community who volunteer for such organizations.
Three virtuoso members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center are playing together in a concert presented by the UW World Series.
When Rita Deverell was a 26-year-old actress, she met someone she thought of as “a harmless elderly woman.
Sometimes in her work at the UW, Julie Dunlap puts on her shorts and running shoes.
For American students, spending a semester or two studying in a foreign country means the opportunity to improve foreign language skills and become immersed in a different culture.
The Burke Museum presents a day of exhibits and talks on what life was like during the coldest time the state has ever known – the last Ice Age.
The problem: Plenty of UW Health Sciences students were willing to volunteer for service learning projects and plenty of projects needed their help, but there was no central clearinghouse, no place where the two groups could connect.
What leadership qualities should the next permanent UW president have? The Presidential Search Advisory Committee is welcoming input from the UW community and friends of the University in the search process in a series of public discussions in coming weeks.
Seasonal flu shot clinics for UW faculty and staff.
UW Medicine comprises seven entities with a single mission of improving health, both locally and globally.
Joint the Computer Science and Engineering department for A Conversation with Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO.
October 13, 2010
How many barrels of oil per day were spewing into the Gulf of Mexico after the BP disaster? Desperate for an accurate assessment, the federal government pulled together a high-stakes task force that included two UW Engineering faculty members — James Riley and Alberto Aliseda.
October 12, 2010
Water fleas from clear-water alpine ponds are better able to withstand UV radiation than those in murkier ponds nearby.
A new buoy designed to collect information in ice floes and open ocean is being air dropped today into the Arctic Ocean today.
The University of Washington will be teaming up with the University of Nairobi as part of a massive effort to transform African medical education and dramatically increase the number of health care workers.
Seasonal flu shot clinics for UW faculty and staff.
October 11, 2010
When in Rome: Study-abroad students increase alcohol intake
October 8, 2010
Listen to all or part of the U.
October 7, 2010
UW Medicine launched its new marketing and messaging campaign with a special event for its leadership team at Meany Hall on Sept.
The meeting at UW Eagleson Hall is open to all persons interested in voice
UW Regent Bill Gates Sr.
Board of Regents
The Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Pierre Welander, Oceanography, 1979-80
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Asbjorn Aarseth, Comparative Literature, 1979-80
Dangfish Aarskog, Pediatrics, 1980-81
Rolf Eide, Psychology, 1980-81
Rolf Manne, Chemistry, 1981-82
Lorentz Irgens, Epidemiology, 1982-83; 1993-94
Anne Bjorg Tveit, Dentistry, 1982-83
Orm Overland, English, 1983-84; 1992-93; 2001
Alf Grannes, Slavic Languages & Literature, 1983-84
Alex Haerem, Law, 1983-84
Jan Mossin, Finance, 1983-84
Knut K.
Grants totaling $17.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Health care reform may address a variety of current problems, but one that it scarcely touches is long-term care.
Voters across the country are entering the season of ballot measures.