Students in the UW’s highly regarded Professional Actor Training Program give solo performances.
January 9, 2010
The latest news from the UW
January 8, 2010
‘Spirit Level.’
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett discuss their book, The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger.
January 7, 2010
Tremors between slip events: More evidence of great quake danger to Seattle
For most of a decade, scientists have documented unfelt and slow-moving seismic events, called episodic tremor and slip, showing up in regular cycles under the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state and Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
Low-cost temperature sensors, tennis balls to monitor mountain snowpack
Fictional secret agent Angus MacGyver knew that tough situations demand ingenuity.
Of girls and geeks: Environment may be why women don’t like computer science
In real estate, it’s location, location, location.
New director of state relations ready to meet challenges of ‘incredibly difficult’ legislative session
Margaret Shepherd’s first foray into politics was in ninth grade, when she served as vice president of her class.
First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland
When scientists confirmed in October that they had detected the first rocky planet outside our solar system, it advanced the longtime quest to find an Earth-like planet hospitable to life.
The UW Residential FIG Program: Living and learning in Lander Hall
When most people’s alarm clock rings in the morning, it’s time to pick out an outfit and get dressed in order to start the day.
Gregoire appoints Orin Smith to UW board of regents
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, Jan.
Toxicants detected in Asian monkey hair may warn of environmental threats
Testing hair from Asian monkeys living close to people may provide early warnings of toxic threats to humans and wildlife, according to a study published online last week in the <A href="http://www3.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Newsmakers
HUMAN FUTURES: Peter Ward, UW professor of Earth and space sciences, crushed some cliches with lively responses in an article about the future of human evolution on the Web site LiveScience.
UW World Series offers dance package at bargain price
The World Series at Meany is offering a package of three performances from its World Dance Series at the bargain price of $75, which is 40 percent off the regular price.
The world on film: See Movies at Kane series offers free international films
A series of 10 films, each from a different country, will be offered Thursday evenings in Kane Hall from Jan.
Say hello to new MFA art students at Lawrence gallery exhibit
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the UW starts the new decade with Introducing, a show featuring the work of the first-year MFA students from the UW Art Program.
Who is that caped man? New plaque tells the story
Who is that figure on the pedestal below Red Square, looking west to the Olympic Mountains?
It’s George Washington, of course.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
TOPS IN DOGGEREL: Professor of Anthropology Steve Harrell got an award that was out of his field recently.
Libraries reduce journal subscriptions and book orders; budget cuts affect online as well as print materials
In response to significantly reduced funding, the University Libraries has substantially cut subscriptions to journals; many cuts were effective Jan.
School of Drama defers admitting new students to graduate programs due to budget cuts
When school begins in the fall of 2010, the UW School of Drama will not be welcoming new classes in its graduate acting and design programs.
UW raises a record $2 million in Combined Fund Drive donations
The UW faculty and staff have contributed more than $2 million to the Combined Fund Drive, the highest UW total in the 25 years of the statewide workplace donation campaign.
Columbia prof to speak on separation of church and state
Mark Lilla, professor of humanities at Columbia University, will speak at 7:30 p.
Weisband chosen as director for UW Bothell Business Development Center
Barry Weisband has been named the new director of the Business Development Center (BDC) at UW Bothell.
Six UW researchers named Fellows of AAAS
Six UW-affiliated researchers are among 531 new Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Community and mutual support: The Black Faculty and Staff Association
Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the UW faculty and staff.
Bringing creativity to the banal: Students create benches tailored to their campus sites
A nifty way to make a bench more than just a bench: Give small groups of students in a UW landscape architecture class $400 apiece and five weeks to design, build and install their creations.
Hoop talk and classic Husky matchups: New sports features come to UWTV
UWTV is stepping into the world of UW sports with new programs featuring commentary from coaches and players, game previews and recaps — and rebroadcasts of some of the greatest sports matchups in Husky history.
Information session for ninth- and tenth-graders slated Jan. 11
Students, parents and teachers of current ninth and tenth grade students are invited to learn more about the UW Academy early entrance program at the UW at an information session on Monday, Jan.
Salmon stars: Help identify this week’s Lost and Found Film
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.
Crane installation a milestone in construction of Molecular Engineering Building
While many in the campus community were taking a break for the holidays, the workers building the Molecular Engineering Building passed a major milestone.
American Hospital Association president calls for more efficient, integrated health care system
Richard Umbdenstock, president, CEO and director of the American Hospital Association (AHA), says we need “a national framework for change” when it comes to U.
Potential genetic links to lung disease risk found
An analysis of data from more than 20,000 people has uncovered several DNA sequence variations associated with impaired lung function.
Re-imagining news.
A three-day, open-ended “unconference” about the future of journalism.
January 5, 2010
First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland
If the orbit of the newly discovered planet is not almost perfectly circular, then the planet might be rocked fierce volcanic eruptions.
January 4, 2010
Toxicants detected in Asian monkey hair may warn of environmental threats
Testing hair from Asian monkeys living close to people may provide early warnings of toxic threats to humans and wildlife, according to a study published online last week in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
December 23, 2009
University of Washington’s Dr. Edwin G. Krebs, recipient of 1992 Nobel Prize for discovering biological switch in cells, dies at 91
Dr. Edwin G. Krebs, who shared the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a biological regulatory mechanism in cells, d
December 21, 2009
Air bags not a risk to pregnant women in motor vehicle crashes, study finds
Motor vehicle crashes affect an estimated 32,800 pregnant women each year in the United States.
UW raises a record $2 million in Combined Fund Drive donations
The University of Washington 2009 Combined Fund Drive raised a record amount for charities.
December 19, 2009
Seattle Women’s Chorus.
Joy, laughter and inspiration will fill the air as the angelic (and mighty) voices of the Women’s Chorus melt your holiday cares away with an eclectic program of traditional and very untraditional songs of the season.
December 17, 2009
Scientists witness for first time magma streaming from volcano in deep ocean
For the first time scientists have seen molten lava flowing from a deep-ocean seafloor volcano.