The latest news from the UW

Founded by two Alvin Ailey alumni, this troupe draws inspiration from point to pop and uses a variety of music and media.

The dedication of the UW’s new Medal of Honor Monument begins with a parade down Memorial Way followed by an address by Gen.

The UW Career Center presents a workshop on how to find and apply for federal jobs.

Tamara Still, associate director of music at Portland’s Trinity Episcopal Church, performs Marking Time: Music for the Spiritual Journey.

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.

The annual Postdoctocal Research Symposium will showcase the important contributions of postdoctoral researchers to the research mission of the University.

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.

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.

This month the University of Washington Club is giving a free lunch to its 100th customer every day.

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.

Remember last year’s snow? Of course you do.

Seventy years after the Spanish Civil War, Spain continues to struggle with the legacy of a war that shattered hopes for a fledgling democracy.

Civil War historian Lorraine McConaghy will talk about her new book, Warship under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West, at 4 p.

Members of the UW School of Art photography faculty will present their work in an exhibit at Seattle’s Benham Gallery.

The UW will be the first educational institution to provide campus information on BlackBerry hand-held devices.

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Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Are you a smoker thinking of taking a break from the habit for the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov.

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.

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.

Environmental leader Lester Brown, author of books such as Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge and his latest Plan B 4.