The latest news from the UW

The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) presents an evening of tape and computer music, with Barry Truax as guest composer.

Shakespeare’s final play is a wonder of invention — an exuberant celebration of theatrical art and artifice.

UW School of Music alumna Becky Billock performs works by American women composers, including Marion Bauer, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Jennifer Higdon, Libby Larsen, Amy Beach, Emma Lou Diemer and Margaret Bonds.

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Join the Henry to celebrate new exhibitions Vortexhibition Polyphonica, Allan Sekula: Waiting for Tear Gas, Polaroids: Mapplethorpe, and Eirik Johnson: Sawdust Mountain with karaoke and cupcakes, too.

Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the UW at a formal academic convocation Monday, Oct.

The UW Photographers Group will hold its eighth annual exhibition, Chiaro e Scuro, from Oct.

The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

For an animal that has a brain about the size of two grains of sand, a lot of plasticity seems to be packed into the head of the tropical paper wasp Polybia aequatorialis.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), the naturalist and transcendental philosopher, inspired audiences but also irritated them.

“There’s no such thing as a traditional production of The Tempest.

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and apparently it takes at least two adult birds to teach a young song sparrow how and what to sing.

There aren’t many college professors who would (or could) write a column called The Naked Truth, but those who know Sociology Professor Pepper Schwartz won’t be surprised that she’s doing just that.

MP3 ART: About 300 students wearing red, blue, green and yellow shirts gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus at 12:30 p.

It’s best to pay close attention to the changes in UW medical plans for 2010 — many employee out-of-pocket costs are going up dramatically, and there is a new audit that requires you to prove eligibility for your dependents or lose that coverage.

The Washington State Department of Transportation will be conducting a test pile noise abatement study starting on Oct.

Pianist Becky Billock, a School of Music alumna, will perform works by American women composers at 7:30 p.

Two UW School of Law students have brought the issue of climate change as it relates to human rights to the forefront and recently went on the road presenting their work at Stanford Law School and in Europe.

Mary Lee Hu, retired UW professor of metal arts will speak at 7 p.

Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have taken an important step in converting methane gas to a liquid, potentially making it more useful as a fuel and as a source for making other chemicals.

LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT: If you’re looking for some sparkly entertainment, stroll down to Westlake Park between 5 and 9 p.

As the 2009-1010 academic year gets under way, the UW’s Bothell and Tacoma campuses are bulging at the seams with record enrollments.

Chinese Film Week, October 26-31, offers discussions and screenings of award-winning writer and director Peng Xiaolian’s films, as well as an appearance by Peng herself.

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Nov.

The University has received many honors and awards for its sustainability efforts.

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.