The latest news from the UW

Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana.

The UW Dance Program’s annual showcase of new work by undergraduate students.

Rob Williams, 2009-10 Canada-US Fulbright visiting research chair, will discuss his research on two transboundary issues in marine conservation: evaluating the effects of ocean noise on whales, and estimating the amount of salmon required to support resident killer whale populations.

Phyllis Byrdwell leads the 100-voice UW Gospel Choir in songs of praise and revelation, hymns, call-and-response numbers, and other expressions of the gospel tradition.

Shipwrecks survive as archaeological examples of their time and provide insights into their home cultures.

Hanson Hosein’s documentary film, Rising From Ruins, recounts the emotional experiences of the men and women who returned to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

In this faculty recital, Michael Partington is joined by a diverse cast of colleagues in a program of gems from the chamber repertoire for guitar, with music ranging from Boccherini to Takemitsu.

A screening of WABAN-AKI: People from Where the Sun Rises, by Canadian filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin, a member of the Abenaki Nation and one of Canada’s most distinguished documentary filmmakers.

For five months, students have been organizing every aspect of the upcoming Dance Majors Concert.

Everyone has an opinion about Wal-Mart, whether they love it or hate it.

The trove is vast:

Fifty years of audio recordings.

As biologists and ecologists propose ever-larger conservation areas in the tropics, ones that encompass multiple countries, social scientists say it’s local people banding together with their community leaders who ultimately determine the success or failure of such efforts in many parts of the world.

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, March 18, at UW Tacoma.

South African guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet-activist Vusi Mahlasela will perform at 8 p.

Homeful is not a word, but perhaps it should be.

When Pam Schreiber was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, she took a job as a resident adviser in student housing.

There will be a free hearing aid informational seminar from 1 to 2:30 p.

A five-person team sent to evaluate damage from the devastating magnitude-7 earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan.

The UW School of Music will offer a program of guitar music on Feb.

As the world’s top athletes complete their competition in Vancouver, BC, a global competition of another kind is getting under way in Seattle — the sixth annual Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC).

Despite big changes over recent decades, workplace gender inequalities endure in the United States and other industrialized nations around the world.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: UW alumnus Wolf Bauer, legendary mountaineer, kayaker, environmental educator and conservationist, will be honored by the Washington state Legislature for his many achievements and for his 98th birthday on Friday, Feb.

Max Hunter, a former drug dealer, will explain how he came to accept violence as a legitimate tactic for achieving his ends and how he made a transition to nonviolent action in a lecture at 6 p.

The deadline for nominating an outstanding woman for the annual “Celebrating UW Women” has been extended to Friday, March 5.

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

It’s become a kind of mantra that in lean times, UW offices must do more with less — and this time of year, nowhere is that more true than at the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

The biosimilars are coming.

Poet, critic, teacher and “sometime curator” Berkson will read from a new publication, Portrait and Dream.

English Professor Shawn Wong and UW alumna Tanya Egan Gibson will discuss fiction, publishing and the differences between academic and creative writing.