The latest news from the UW

Eight public school students, working with the UW-based SoundCitizen organization, have launched what is probably the nation’s first effort to sample plasticizers in marine waters.

People with cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that clogs airways with thick mucous, frequently have lung infections that defy treatment.

Three UW faculty members are among 118 recipients of Sloan Research Fellowships, given by the Alfred P.

David Shields’ newest book explores a new genre that blurs the line between fiction and nonfiction.

Have you ever felt physically or emotionally threatened at the UW because of your sexual orientation or gender status? It’s the sort of thing the Q Center is looking to learn with a new campuswide survey.

Harnessing brain signals to control keyboards, robots or prosthetic devices is an active area of medical research.

Baltasar Garzón, an investigating judge with Spain’s National Court who indicted Chilean dictator Augosto Pinochet, will speak at the UW School of Law at 6 p.

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting today, Thursday, Feb.

PROSTATE CANCER AND SUICIDE: Men are nearly twice as likely to commit suicide and more likely to suffer heart-related ailments in the months after getting a prostate cancer diagnosis, according to a recent study.

Seattle Symphony Orchestra double bassist Jordan Anderson will perform original compositions and the Concerto for Doublebass by Eduard Tubin at 2 p.

The UW Percussion Ensemble will perform a variety of contemporary music composed for metallophones, membranophones, and idiophones in an evening called Meany Beat, at 7:30 p.

“Oh My Aching Back!” is the topic of the March 3 free public lecture at the downtown Seattle Public Library.

What do you do if you are a scientist who studies space physics and electromagnetic properties of the atmosphere and a powerful force — namely, lightning — interferes with your work? If you are Robert Holzworth, you study the interference.

Senior leaders at the UW have decided to donate 5 percent of their salaries to the University in support of student scholarships and academic programs.

The annual Art + Design juried show will be on exhibit at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery Feb.

By Shari Ireton
UW School of Law

A 14-year nightmare ended Feb.

The Henry Art Gallery is presenting the first comprehensive, touring survey of artist Kiki Smith’s work in photography.

PATRIOT SALUTED: UW Tacoma History Professor Mike Allen is getting national attention since a book he co-authored, A Patriot’s History of the United States, hit the number one spot on Amazon.

Dennis Lettenmaier, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Helping UW scientists compete more effectively for energy-related research projects is one goal of a Universitywide Web site just unveiled.

They were three young people not long out of college.

Boaters considering a cruise to Southeast Alaska will get valuable information at a one-day workshop cosponsored by Washington Sea Grant and the Seattle Yacht Club.

When a humanitarian crisis arises, it seems to be part of human nature to want to help.

To have been at the UW in 2009 was to hear a great deal about the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Centennial a century back, in 1909.

Arun Majumdar, inaugural director of the <A href="http://arpa-e.

When Dr. Mike Linden takes to the ice, curling lets him unwind from his residency training in pathology and laboratory medicine.

It was a huge honor to have his design selected as the new flag of the African Union and to watch as the flag was presented at the recent African Union Summit, says Yadesa Bojia, a graphic designer in Housing and Food Services.

UW students using marginal urban land to grow vegetables, a class helping re-prioritize conservation sites on the Columbia River Plateau and a project drawing on indigenous people’s knowledge to manage the threat of wildfires are among the topics during a “Conservation Colloquium” March 3.

While millions of college students spend hours playing the Facebook phenomenon FarmVille, planting and harvesting cyber crops, a group of UW students are doing the real thing on the <A href="http://students.

Class title: Law, Societies and Justice 490/Political Science 401 — Guantanamo and Its Legacy.

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.