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November 7, 2009
Bora Ju.
Visiting artist Bora Ju, renowned for her exquisite and bold playing of the gayageum, a traditional Korean zither, performs traditional solo pieces known as sanjo, as well as contemporary works accompanied by Peter Joon Park on janggu drum.
November 6, 2009
Postdoc research.
The annual Postdoctocal Research Symposium will showcase the important contributions of postdoctoral researchers to the research mission of the University.
November 5, 2009
UW’s newly-formed Puget Sound Institute to advise in the clean-up of the Sound
The $50 million appropriated by Congress last week to the Puget Sound Partnership for the clean-up of Puget Sound includes $4 million for the UW to launch an institute to provide expert advice about the Sound, based on the best-available science, to the partnership, policy makers and citizens.
UW Evans School of Public Affairs to collaborate with X Prize Foundation
The Evans School of Public Affairs at the UW and the X Prize Foundation are launching the X Prize Lab@UW, which will produce new ideas for X Prizes.
Once the AYPE Hoo Hoo House, the UW Club celebrates its centennial
This month the University of Washington Club is giving a free lunch to its 100th customer every day.
Help keep the UW green — plant a tree on campus on Nov. 19
Want to help keep the UW a green campus? Then volunteer to help plant 50 of the new trees the University is receiving, thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with Toyota.
Let it snow — but this you should know
Remember last year’s snow? Of course you do.
Film and lecture series focuses on 70th anniversary of Spanish Civil War
Seventy years after the Spanish Civil War, Spain continues to struggle with the legacy of a war that shattered hopes for a fledgling democracy.
Historian to talk about Civil War era ship Nov. 12
Civil War historian Lorraine McConaghy will talk about her new book, Warship under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West, at 4 p.
School of Art faculty photographers display at Benham Gallery
Members of the UW School of Art photography faculty will present their work in an exhibit at Seattle’s Benham Gallery.
UW first educational institution to offer mobile tool for BlackBerry devices
The UW will be the first educational institution to provide campus information on BlackBerry hand-held devices.
Honoring the men behind the Medals of Honor with ceremony, exhibit
Maybe Harry S.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
‘University Week’ seeks Great American Smokeout participants — and more, for stories
Are you a smoker thinking of taking a break from the habit for the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov.
Powerful documentary to be shown Nov. 6 at the Ethnic Cultural Center
The Place of the Falling Waters, a powerful documentary about the Salish and Kootenia tribal histories and the building of the Kerr hydropower dam on Montana’s Flathead Lake, will be shown at 6:30 p.
Barry Lieberman presents double bassist Gary Karr, Part II on Nov. 15
Gary Karr, considered by many to be the most iconic double bassist of our time, will return to the School of Music for the second part of an extensive interview with Barry Lieberman at 2 p.
Speaker has plan for path to global sustainability
Environmental leader Lester Brown, author of books such as Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge and his latest Plan B 4.
UW smoothes pathway to three-year bachelor’s degree
The UW has announced a new program to make it easier for students entering the University with a high number of advanced placement and/or Running Start credits to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years.
A matter of pluck: Staff member Ben Thompson chronicles history’s grittiest characters
By day, Ben Thompson helps research the world’s most pressing public health problems as a program assistant at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Black veterans were vital in the civil rights movement, says book by UW prof
When Robert F.
Making Music: UW seminar works to build community through the arts
Often art is considered elitist or unattainable, but UW students are working to help debunk this belief and show that art can be used as a tool to build community.
Volunteers needed for Dream Project’s annual admissions workshop weekend
Volunteer tutors are needed Saturday and Sunday Nov.
Microsoft’s Craig Mundie to speak today on ‘Rethinking Computing’
Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, will give a lecture titled Rethinking Computing at 4:15 p.
Help Cheerful Givers prepare gift bags for tots Nov. 7
Cheerful Givers, the nonprofit group that provides toy-filled birthday bags to low-income children, is having a gift bag-assembling event on Nov.
Staffer gets satisfaction in helping others through MS Society
Editor’s note: Through the duration of the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight members of the UW community who are personally involved with one of the 2,800 agencies supported by CFD funds.
Antarctic explorer, scientist to speak about ‘Dinosaurs on Ice’ at Burke
Dinosaurs on Ice: Jurassic Dinosaurs from Antarctica is the title of a lecture by William Hammer scheduled for 7 p.
Tag(s): dinosaurs
Visiting artist from Korea to perform Nov. 7 in Brechemin Auditorium
Ethnomusicology visiting artist Bora Ju will give a concert at 7:30 p.
Economist David Cutler will give Nov. 13 Hogness Symposium on Health Care lecture
David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University Department of Economics, will give the 19th Hogness Symposium on Health Care lecture Friday, Nov.
Stress-induced changes in brain circuitry linked to low mood and cocaine relapse
Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain parts of the brain can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking, based on mouse studies published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Small-town pharmacy business plan wins national student competition
Frick’s Rexall Drug Store in Sequim, Wash.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Nov.
Video highlights unusual ‘art’ display illustrating the effects of rising sea level
A new video shows a recent project from the UW Program on Climate Change to demonstrate the many changes to the Puget Sound region expected because of rising sea level.
A CSI investigation, UW style: 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.
November 4, 2009
UW to dedicate new Medal of Honor memorial on Veterans Day
WHAT: Dedication of the Medal of Honor memorial at the University of Washington.
UW first educational institution to offer mobile tool for BlackBerry devices
The m.UW mobile campus tool is now available on the BlackBerry. The UW is the first educational institution to offer a BlackBerry app.
Vogler Quartet.
Founded in East Berlin in 1985 and still going strong with its original members.
November 3, 2009
Black veterans were vital in the civil rights fight, says book by University of Washington political science professor
Military service had shown them they could effectively combat both enemies on the battlefield and racism in the ranks.
Media advisory: UW Medical Genetics Clinic celebrates 50th anniversary
WHO:
- Keynote Speaker Dr.
November 2, 2009
Media advisory: UW Medicine Tumor Vaccine Group hosts third annual open house
WHO: Dr.
UW Evans School of Public Affairs to collaborate with X Prize Foundation
Awards of $10 million or more go to teams that solve problems facing humanity and create new opportunities
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