June 3, 2010
THE VALUE OF ETHNIC STUDIES: James Banks, professor of education and director of the UW Center for Multicultural Education, discussed the teaching of ethnic studies on a recent segment of National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation series.
LIFETIME ACHIEVER: Psychology Professor Alan Marlatt will receive the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy’s Career/Lifetime Achievement Award at the Association’s convention in San Francisco in mid-November.
When the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences was formed 40 years ago, Peter Breysse was one of its founding faculty members.
Ask a Bonderman travel fellow where she is going — or where he has been — and settle in for a fascinating conversation.
The 2010 Undergraduate Bonderman Fellows are Zachary Triber Brown, Joseph Andrew Cramer, Autumn Cutter, Luke Jensen, Brittany Ann Lichty, Nina Tan, and Alex Win.
When Alena Suazo graduates from the UW School of Law in June, she’ll have the degree that qualifies her for the public defender job she wants.
Parents and guardians are encouraged to attend the Saturday, June 5 session of the three-day “UW Conference on Early Learning: From Research into Action,” giving them an opportunity to join the educators and other professionals who are attending to conference.
From towering aluminum headgear to outsized stainless steel pillows, interactive note cards, posters promoting good social works and even a device to better document medical emergencies, there’s a lot to peruse and ponder at the annual MFA Thesis Exhibition, now open at the Henry Art Gallery.
Christine Ingebritsen is a keen scholar of Scandinavian diplomacy, committed enough that’s she’s written books about it.
Cub Scouts from Issaquah, Wash.
Did you know:
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.
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.
June 1, 2010
The UW is moving to a process whereby admissions decisions are not made until all applications have been received and assessed.
The DXARTS program presents the work of 10 graduating seniors graduating with Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees.
May 28, 2010
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.
May 27, 2010
The UW Board of Regents today approved a 17-member Presidential Search and Advisory Committee to find a successor for President Mark Emmert.
You might call it comparing apples and oranges, but lining up different species’ genomes is common practice in evolutionary research.
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.
Board of Regents
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.