The latest news from the UW

UW Transportation Services advises motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians to avoid Husky Stadium on Saturday, June 12, due to the UW commencement ceremony beginning at 1:30 p.

Dr. Marcio Da Fonseca was most recently the director of Inpatient Care at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

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The Common Book this year will be a UW original.

It started innocently enough, with a forwarded news article.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

We’re back to the public opinion lab this week.

When Dave Miller was a Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil during the late 1960s, he designed and helped build inexpensive but sturdy houses for the working poor.

Solar, wind, and biomass resources are the three leading options for renewable energy production at a scale that will make a difference in the U.

The University Singers, Women’s Choir, and Men’s Glee Club present a captivating array of sounds in this popular year-end concert.

The DXARTS program presents the work of 10 graduating seniors graduating with Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees.

The Henry Art Museum presents the School of Art Master of Fine Arts annual exhibition in the North Galleries.

Student composers present original works in an evening of music directed by Joel-Francois Durand.

Biofuels are increasingly popular, but also controversial.

World percussion music and jazz are among offerings in coming days from the UW School of Music.

The Husky Student Union has been duly celebrated and will soon shut its doors for a major, two-year remodeling project.

UW Bothell has announced that Mahnaz Aflatooni Javid will speak at its commencement ceremony June 13.

Art historian Aldona Jonaitis will talk about her book, The Totem Pole: An Intercultural History, at 7 p.

Ron Carter is a Grammy winner and has recorded with such stellar names as Lena Horne, Dexter Gordon, Bill Evans, B.

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The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.

From now until Tuesday, June 8, Sound Transit’s contractor will be performing storm drainage work across Montlake Blvd (see map for details).

The UW can proudly claim eight Congressional Medal of Honor recipients as Huskies.

The UW Board of Regents today approved a 17-member Presidential Search and Advisory Committee to find a successor for President Mark Emmert.

Worldwide mortality in children younger than 5 years has dropped from 11.

The UW Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) program has received a four-year, $2.

Astronomers hunting for planets orbiting nearby stars similar to the sun are looking for signs of rocky, Earth-like planets in a “habitable” zone, where conditions such as temperature and liquid water remain stable enough to support life.

Students in Pat Brown’s Disability Law, Policy & the Community class will present the results of their quarter-long studies of public disability policy from 9:30 to 11:30 a.

A scientist known internationally for research on climate and ecosystems — and who has a track record of getting wide-ranging groups of experts to focus on environmental issues — has been named the inaugural dean of the UW’s College of the Environment, now in its first academic year.

Nick Bond has been doing climate research at the UW since 1990, but he wants to learn even more about climate and its history in Washington state.

The end of the school year is bringing vocal offerings from the UW School of Music.

On May 24, the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences launched a multi-year, multimillion-dollar initiative that will develop insights into how children learn.

In nature, ultraviolet radiation from sunlight is not the amphibian killer scientists once suspected.

The UW chapters of the Young Americans for Liberty and the Federalist Society host a health reform debate between Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and UW School of Law Professor Stewart Jay.

The speakers include the UW Autism Center director, a UW family physician, and the head of autism services at Seattle Children’s.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

UW music students perform works for piano.

Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.