April 28, 2009
The University of Washington 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.
April 27, 2009
During the last two decades, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
The first event of Sexual Assault Awareness Month is an art exhibition.
The Wind Ensemble and Symphonic, Concert, and Campus Bands perform in a concert featuring winners of the UW Bands concerto competition.
April 26, 2009
The Littlefield Organ Series presents Paul Richard Olson, organist and choirmaster of Grace Church in Brooklyn Heights, N.
April 25, 2009
A benefit for the University Libraries by the Friends of the Libraries.
April 24, 2009
Many believe that the Pacific Northwest is the world’s serial murder capital, that the violent crime rate continues to spiral upward, and that this is the most dangerous time to live in U.
The Center for West European Studies, the Division of Spanish and Portuguese, the Instituto Cervantes and the Northwest Film Forum present “Spanish Cinema: Woman on the Other Side of the Lens,” an international symposium featuring a Spanish woman film director and four distinguished scholars of Spanish film for an afternoon of discussion.
Faculty artist Marc Seales and special guests perform original works from The Paris Suite and from Seales’ upcoming recording, American Songs.
April 23, 2009
Six members of the UW community — active and retired — are among 210 new Fellows named this week to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Before the TV show Sex and the City made popular the image of the successful, independent, Cosmo-sipping woman of the new millennium, there was the Modern Girl, a worldwide figure of the 1920s and 30s who dressed provocatively, sought romantic love and seemed to buck the roles of dutiful daughter, wife and mother.
The UW Wind Ensemble and symphonic, concert, and campus Bands will present Spotlight!, a concert featuring winners of the UW Bands concerto competition, at 7:30 p.
The UW again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
It’s the time of year when major scholarships are announced and student futures are planned.
Those in need are in need all year long, not just at the holidays.
Jet lag is the bane of many travelers, and similar fatigue can plague people who work in rotating shifts.
SciBlogging: A Roundtable Discussion on Science Blogs, will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.
The Arboretum Foundation’s FlorAbundance, the region’s largest plant sale, returns to Building 30 of the Warren G.
A series of national workshops at the UW will try a novel approach to boost the number of women faculty in university science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments.
UW School of Music faculty artists Robin McCabe and Craig Sheppard, joined by Rachelle McCabe, director of piano studies at Oregon State University (and Robin’s sister), will alternate in dynamic duo-piano performances in Triple Play, a concert at 7:30 p.
On Sunday, April 26, Paul Richard Olson, organist and choirmaster of Grace Church in Brooklyn Heights, N.
How to View a Mountain in Medieval China is the title of a lecture to be given by David Knechtges, UW professor of Asian languages and literature, at 7 p.
ARTIST PROFESSOR: Kazimierz Poznanski, a professor at the Jackson School, currently has a show of his paintings at the Kobo Gallery in the International District.
Frank Drake, a world leader in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), will speak at 7 p.
Chairs, directors and faculty on the Seattle campus are invited to participate in the academic procession at the UW’s 133rd commencement ceremony, Saturday, June 13, in Husky Stadium.
Indus script encodes language, reveals new study of ancient symbols
With dinosaurs, fossils, climate change studies and now even video production — the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture has much to offer young students of all grades with its summer programs, and registration is already open.
Those of us who work on the UW’s Seattle campus may not think we need to take a campus tour, but a series of tours being offered beginning this weekend may teach us some things we don’t already know.
Editor’s note: The Emergency Management Division of the Washington Military Department is offering a tip a month to help people get prepared for a disaster.
Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the UW faculty and staff.
Elizabeth Blackburn, the Morris Herzstein Endowed Professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, will give the Science in Medicine Lecture, from noon to 1 p.
Six members of the UW community — active and retired — are among 210 new Fellows named this week to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A villain with a black cape who twirls his moustache and leers at a victim tied to the railroad tracks — this is what most of us think of when someone says melodrama.
The UW and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) with a number of partner institutions across the Northwest have received federal funding to form a regional research center aimed at combating emerging or reemerging infectious diseases that pose a serious threat to human health.
How does the social and physical context of place affect human well-being?
A broadly interdisciplinary group of scholars will explore this topic at the Place, Health and Equity Conference at the UW Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 8.
Linda Wordeman, UW professor of physiology and biophysics, has been named a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow.
The Leadership at the Crossroads speaker series, which features dynamic leaders working at the intersection of the private, public and nonprofit sectors, presents the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, who will speak on Serving the Public: Ethics and Public Office.