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Countless times a day people judge their confidence in a choice they are about to make — that they now can safely turn left at this intersection, that they aren’t sure of their answer on a quiz, that their hot coffee has cooled enough to drink.
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Staiger appointed UWMC medical director
Dr.
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Wickizer to deliver Public Health’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture, May 18
By Holly Weese School of Public Health
Tom Wickizer, UW professor of health services, will deliver the School of Public Health’s Spring Quarter Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Reflections on 10 years of Collaborative Research to Improve Health and Health Care for Injured Workers in Washington State.
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Pharmacy student creates medication-safety program in Uganda
Last summer, when Meg Melchiors arrived at the small clinic in Ibulanku, a village in Uganda’s Iganga District, she discovered medications were being dispensed in small white paper envelopes with cryptic numerical instructions.
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Better diets more costly, enjoyed by the most educated
A study conducted at the UW has revealed new connections between food, incomes and education.
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Pain medicine chief reports on division’s accomplishments
More than 100 UW Medicine faculty members, staff and employees attended an April 29 “State of the Division” presentation by Dr.
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‘El Ultimo.’
A bilingual production by Teatro Milagro that takes place in Patagonia and explores the power struggle when nature, indigenous Mapuche Shamans and timber interests collide.
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May 6, 2009
UW will be prominent in space shuttle mission to service Hubble telescope
When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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On Pakistan.
A lecture titled Pakistani Attitudes Towards Militancy In and Beyond Pakistan, by Christine Fair of the Rand Corporation, presented by the Comparative Religion Program.
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May 4, 2009
New UW poll shows strong Hispanic support for Obama
A new national poll of registered Latino voters indicates strong support for President Barack Obama’s actions during his first 100 days in office.
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UW, state launch project to improve understanding, coverage of mental illness
A new program designed to improve public understanding and news reporting of mental health and mental illness is being launched today by the University of Washington’s School of Social Work and the Washington State Mental Health Transformation Project.
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Why fractals?
Young Ko, a retiree from Weyerhauser Company, presents Fractals Are Everywhere: Why and So What?.
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Why the arts matter.
A panel discussion on the arts and why they matter more than ever in this economic crisis.
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After the raids.
A seminar by the West Coast Poverty Center titled Immigrant Family Life Following Immigration Raids, presented by Ajay Chaudry, director of New York’s Urban Institute Center on Labor, Human Services and Population.
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May 3, 2009
‘Mushroom Maynia.’
Sample mushroom treats, use dyes and crayons made from mushrooms to create art, attend a cultivation workshop and more.
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May 2, 2009
Sing Sing.
Experience the musical traditions of the indigenous peoples of Australia, Papua New Guinea and West Papua.
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Vocal jazz.
UW vocal students perform vocal jazz solos.
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May 1, 2009
Better diets more costly, enjoyed by the most educated
A study conducted at the University of Washington has revealed new connections between food, incomes and education.
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April 30, 2009
Finding a stereotype that is true: Mexicans more sociable than Americans
Stereotypes often paint a partial or false picture of an individual or group.
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Plugged in: UW is tweeting its way into a new social media ecosystem
Make way: Social media is bulldozing the time-worn landscape of traditional media, one 140-character “tweet” at a time.
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Vocal Jazz ensembles to perform
Members of the UW Vocal Jazz ensembles, under the direction of Dave Cross, perform solo vocal works in a concert at 7:30 p.
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Gregoire to speak at UW Tacoma Commencement
Gov.
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Behind the stereotypes: Research with students from Mexico, U.S. shows difference in sociability
Stereotypes often paint a partial or false picture of an individual or group.
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Seaglider monitors waters from Arctic during record-breaking journey under ice
The UW has surpassed its 2-year-old world record for operating a glider under the ice, this time by successfully operating one of its seagliders for six months as it made round trips hundreds of miles in length under the ice at Davis Strait.
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Remembering Robert Heilman through a life of letters
In the summer of 1947, Robert Heilman, then of Louisiana State University, visited Seattle to discuss joining the UW as chairman of the English Department.
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Protecting Puget Sound is subject of symposium
Take an afternoon next month to consider how we might protect and restore Puget Sound with two panels of some of the region’s top experts on science and policy concerning the Sound.
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Missing planets attest to destructive power of stars’ tides
During the last two decades, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
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Go mad for mushrooms at the Burke’s Mushroom Maynia!
How do I know if a mushroom is poisonous or not? Do I need a permit to harvest mushrooms in Washington State? How do mushrooms help my garden? Curious fungi fanatics looking for answers to these questions and more are invited to attend the second annual Mushroom Maynia! event at the Burke Museum, from 10 a.
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Political analysts Christine Fair and Walter Russell Mead to speak at Luce Symposium
Global religion and human security are the topics of a three-day Comparative Religion symposium May 6-8, and political scientist Christine Fair will bring ideas not only about those topics but also about food.
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Organization of the Week: The Campus Business and Professional Women
Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the UW faculty and staff.
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UW receives top ranking for sustainability
For the third year in a row, the UW received a grade of A- on the College Sustainability Report Card, issued by the Sustainability Endowments Institute.
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Annual Spring Celebration of Service and Leadership features student projects
On May 6, more than 100 UW undergraduates will showcase their civic engagement projects that benefit the local nonprofit organizations, schools, and campus programs with which they volunteer.
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