Some people might spend their retirement relaxing at a beachside condo.
January 28, 2010
January 28, 2010
Some people might spend their retirement relaxing at a beachside condo.
Let’s say you’re a mother, and your 7-year-old daughter tells you she wants to play the bagpipes.
Research still needed to clarify biological mechanisms behind these findings
Trainees as well as experienced surgeons will get ready by first performing procedures on a virtual reality simulator.
Lucio Costa of UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health will talk on
Chris Martin, the new executive director of Airlift Northwest, didn’t hit the ground running when she came on board in March.
Commandeering a host’s energy resources is how hepatitis C viruses survive and propagate.
Winners of the November concerto competition perform with the University Symphony.
January 27, 2010
Baseball pitchers warm up in the bullpen and basketball players practice lay-ups before hitting the court.
Depression raises risks of advanced and severe complications from diabetes, according to a prospective study of Group Health primary-care patients in western Washington.
The Annual Faculty Lecture, this year by Peter Ward, professor of Earth and space sciences, and titled “Who is Afraid of the Big, Bad Climate? What is the Worst that Global Warming Could Do?” Reception to follow in the Walker-Ames Room.
January 26, 2010
UW research devises formula to examine just what types of change occur over time among complex and integrated structures.
Charles Falco shares research findings from his collaboration with artist David Hockney.
January 25, 2010
The act encourages undocumented students to go to college and stay in U.S. afterward
January 23, 2010
The Burke Museum’s 25th annual day for figuring out unidentified cultural artifacts and learning where they came from and the stories behind them! Burke Museum curators and experts will be on hand to give you the inside scoop about your treasures.
January 22, 2010
The Husky Promise program provides free tuition for poorest students
Postspatial China.
January 21, 2010
Civil engineers at the University of Washington and the U.
A new resource, sponsored by the UW Alumni Association, is working to create greater awareness of the UW’s contributions and provide opportunities to communicate the university’s value to elected officials, the news media and friends.
UW Medicine’s 2010 Mini-Medical School is a series of lectures of interest to the general public.
The UW Office of Technology Transfer is changing its name to the Center for Commercialization, or UWC4C, thus better reflecting what its leader sees as its expanded role at the University.
The UW Symphony will perform with the winners of the November concerto competition on Thursday, Jan.
Most of the technology that will be installed as part of the UW smart grid demonstration project is commercially available.
It looked like an emergency, but it was just a drill.
Read about UW research on the next generation of smart grids <A href="http://uwnews.
NoticesAlcohol & drug abuse research grants The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University of Washington researchers for its Small Grants research awards. Mystery PhotoWhere are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. Stand witness to School of Drama’s ‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’The UW School of Drama invites you to the trial of the centuries in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Stephen Adly Guirgis’ entertaining exploration of history’s most legendary betrayal. You can help Haiti through spaghetti feed or Combined Fund Drive donationYou can have home-made spaghetti sauce while helping out the victims of the Haiti earthquake at a spaghetti feed hosted by Facilities Services from noon to 1 p. An evening of Gershwin? S’Wonderful, s’marvelous show at Meany Jan. 30You can spend an evening with composer George Gershwin on Jan. Faculty lecture: Climate change seen through the prism of the fossil recordPeter Ward has never been one to shy away from controversy. More from less: Faculty Senate considers plan for reducing and restructuring SenateThe shape of a restructured Faculty Senate emerged last week with approval from the Senate Executive Committee and the Faculty Council on Faculty Affairs (FCFA). Etc.: Campus news & notesAND THE OSCAR GOES TO… Two UW Computer Science & Engineering alumni will head to Hollywood on Feb. UW perspective on the Haitian earthquake disaster: seismology, damage and volunteer medical responseThe Jan. 12 earthquake was magnitude 7. It’s impossible to measure the abundant compassion of UW Medicine and UW health sciences faculty, st Don’t be in the dark: Get your bike lights, reflectors tested Jan. 27It’s another dark, rainy winter here in sodden Seattle — are your bicycle lights and reflectors as good as they need to be?
You can find out in a class being offered Wednesday, Jan. Got an odd old item? Bring it to Artifact ID Day at the Burke MuseumGot an odd historical or cultural artifact or a specimen from the natural world lying around that you’ve always wondered about? Maybe curators at the Burke Museum can help you figure out what it is. Why hasn’t Earth warmed as much as expected? New report explores reasonsEarth has warmed much less than expected during the industrial era based on current best estimates of Earth’s “climate sensitivity” — the amount of global temperature increase expected in response to a given rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. Beyond ‘book learning’ Center for Experiential Learning offers undergraduates educational experiences outside the classroomEditor’s Note: Today University Week begins a four-part series describing the work of the Center for Experiential Learning. On the Cedar River: Help identify this week’s Lost and Found FilmEditor’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. |