February 4, 2010
Housing and Food Services is about to break ground on a huge student housing project on the west side of the Seattle campus that will, in its first phase, bring four new residence halls totaling 600,000 square feet and beds for about 1,600 additional students by late 2012.
Medical researchers were shocked to discover that virtually all human embryonic stem cell lines being used in 2005 were contaminated.
Marigrace Becker will pick up her UW master’s degree in social work next month, but she isn’t planning to look for a job as a social worker.
As the youngest of Leakey fossil-hunters, Louise, daughter of Richard Leakey, has been true to her family legacy with her adventurous spirit, ambitious research, and unwavering focus on the advancement of science and our understanding of human origins and evolution.
At their meeting last week, senators approved a plan to restructure the Faculty Senate, reducing it from 267 to 110 members.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, Feb.
This weekend some new actors tackle a new play, offering audience members a brand new experience.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Guitar students of Michael Partington will present a program of music from the classical and romantic eras for guitar duo and trio, and guitar with voice.
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.
LEGALLY ART: An exhibit of art by UW law student Peter Boome featuring a series of hand-pulled screen prints in the Pacific Coastal Salish style has been installed in William H.
The eScience Institute will offer “eScience on Tap” at 6 p.
It’s almost showtime for a new weekly, magazine-style television program co-produced by UWTV and The Daily, the UW’s student newspaper.
UW Bothell and Northwest Film Forum are presenting sound artist, poet, photographer, mixed-media practitioner and interdisciplinary performer Cris Cheek for two events.
The Washington State Department of Transportation is holding two sessions on campus in February to gather comments and provide information on its Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the SR520 project, which includes replacing the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge.
With the escalation of the “great recession” a year ago, UW historian James Gregory started getting telephone calls asking him to compare it to Great Depression of the 1930s.
The UW School of Drama is offering a play reading series dubbed “Looking Up at Down” as part of the Great Depression in Washington State project.
A demonstration and celebration of Ethnomed, used by health-care providers and patients alike, will take place Feb. 9. Take a tour of the ne
From the Dachshund’s stubby legs to the Shar-Pei’s wrinkly skin, breeding for certain characteristics has left its mark on the dog genome.
As the youngest of Leakey fossil-hunters, Louise, daughter of Richard Leakey, has been true to her family legacy with her adventurous spirit, ambitious research, and unwavering focus on the advancement of science and our understanding of human origins and evolution.
The 1954 Japanese classic starring Toshiro Mifune and directed by Akira Kurosawa.
The School of Drama joins the Seattle Rep to present a new play reading series featuring current graduate student actors and professional actors from the Seattle community.
February 3, 2010
Having studied with both the Amadeus and Guarneri quartets, the Auryn Quartet has emerged as one of the most important quartets of its generation.
February 2, 2010
material derived from crustacean shell and algae supports the growth of new stem cells.
January 30, 2010
Join acclaimed pianist Leon Bates and guest singers Louise Toppin and Robert Sims for a evening’s celebration of the legendary American composer whose timeless works include They Can’t Take that Away from Me, Summertime and Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.
January 28, 2010
Scientists have devised a way to explore how phase changes of matter from one state to another function in fewer than three dimensions.
With the escalation of the “great recession” a year ago, University of Washington historian James Gregory started getting telephone calls asking him to compare it to Great Depression of the 1930s.
Peter Kelley Workers on the site of the new molecular engineering building appeared in shadow during a recent lunchtime “sun break.”
Editor’s Note: This is part two of University Week’s four-part series describing the work of the Center for Experiential Learning.
Thanks to President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, charter schools are being promoted as an important tool for improving U.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Phase transitions – changes of matter from one state to another without altering its chemical makeup – are an important part of life in our three-dimensional world.
You’ve seen the commercials and the billboards: The Northwest has a higher incidence of multiple sclerosis than most anywhere on Earth, and no one knows why.
Continued demand for higher education drove enrollment numbers to an all-time high at the UW Tacoma for winter quarter.
The UW Center for Commercialization (UWC4C) has announced that two senior technology executives are bringing their expertise to the center’s support for entrepreneurial faculty.
The arrival of the UW’s first-ever travel security and information manager, Brent Barker, marks an important step in making travel abroad by members of the UW community safer and more secure.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 3 p.
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said that change is the only constant.
Civil engineers at the UW and the U.