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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.
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.
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.
A study conducted at the UW has revealed new connections between food, incomes and education.
More than 100 UW Medicine faculty members, staff and employees attended an April 29 “State of the Division” presentation by Dr.
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.
When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
A lecture titled Pakistani Attitudes Towards Militancy In and Beyond Pakistan, by Christine Fair of the Rand Corporation, presented by the Comparative Religion Program.
A new national poll of registered Latino voters indicates strong support for President Barack Obama’s actions during his first 100 days in office.
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.
Young Ko, a retiree from Weyerhauser Company, presents Fractals Are Everywhere: Why and So What?.
A panel discussion on the arts and why they matter more than ever in this economic crisis.
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.
Sample mushroom treats, use dyes and crayons made from mushrooms to create art, attend a cultivation workshop and more.
Experience the musical traditions of the indigenous peoples of Australia, Papua New Guinea and West Papua.
UW vocal students perform vocal jazz solos.
A study conducted at the University of Washington has revealed new connections between food, incomes and education.
Stereotypes often paint a partial or false picture of an individual or group.
Make way: Social media is bulldozing the time-worn landscape of traditional media, one 140-character “tweet” at a time.
Members of the UW Vocal Jazz ensembles, under the direction of Dave Cross, perform solo vocal works in a concert at 7:30 p.
Stereotypes often paint a partial or false picture of an individual or group.
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.
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.
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.
During the last two decades, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
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.
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.
Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the UW faculty and staff.
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.
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.
David Fleming, director and health officer of Public Health-Seattle & King County, will headline a panel discussion on the evolving swine flu outbreak at 5:30 p.
Two UW retirees have set up a fund that will benefit UW service employees and their families.
Benjamin Schmidt, associate professor of history, has received a highly selective fellowship designed for advanced training of faculty members in subjects that are outside their own disciplines.
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