Expect traffic congestion at Hec Ed
Traffic may be congested around Hec Edmondson Pavilion this week as it hosts several events related to the Dalai Lama’s visit to Seattle.
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Darlene Feikema, director of the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Life, likes small things.
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Evolutionary biologist to speak on organism-environment interaction
Richard Lewontin, Alexander Agassiz research professor emeritus of comparative zoology at Harvard University, will deliver a free Jessie and John Danz lecture at 6:30 p.
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FANTASTIC FLEET: The Web site 100 Best Fleets has ranked the UW’s Fleet Services (formally Motor Pool) 37th among the 100 top fleets in North America for 2007.
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Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
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Now hear this: New Outdoor Alert emergency broadcast system tested and ready
Maybe you heard the test announcement on Thursday, March 27, from one of the new campus emergency loudspeakers.
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Community health-trained docs tend to help underserved
UW researchers have found that family medicine physicians trained in community health centers were more likely to work in underserved settings than their non-community health center-trained counterparts.
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Going to extremes: Physician-athlete studies endurance
The 4 Deserts races traverse some of the most beautiful, inhospitable terrains in the world: the Gobi, Sahara, Antarctic, and Atacama Crossing in Chile.
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Getting to know Carlos Pellegrini
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Researchers link genetic errors to schizophrenia
A team of researchers at the UW and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories has uncovered genetic errors that may shed light on the causes of schizophrenia.
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UW Medicine and Premera host Health Summit
As major employers and payers of health care benefits, businesses have a vested interest in reducing health care costs and improving the health status of their employees.
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Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells
A new approach is able to create a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories.
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April 9, 2008
Photos of convocation at UW April 14 with Dalai Lama receiving honorary degree
These photos were shot by Kathy Sauber, UW photographer.
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Repeated methamphetamine use causes long-term adaptations in brains of mice, researchers find
Repeatedly stimulating the mouse brain with methamphetamine depresses important areas of the brain, and those changes can only be undone by re-introducing the drug, according to research at the University of Washington and other institutions.
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April 8, 2008
Hubble maps the changing constellation of Internet ‘black holes’
You’re trying to log on to a Web site and it’s not working.
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Expect congestion in Montlake area this week
Traffic may be congested around Hec Edmondson Pavilion this week as it hosts several events related to the Dalai Lama’s visit to Seattle.
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April 4, 2008
Finalists for UW police chief to visit campus
Two finalists for the position of chief of the University of Washington Police Department will be visiting campus later this month.
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April 3, 2008
International Humanitarian award for UW Engineers Without Borders project in Bolivia
When members of the UW’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter heard that they had won the 2007/2008 EWB International Humanitarian award, they were overjoyed–and surprised.
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Engineers Without Borders students in Bolivia
The UW student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has made three trips to Yanayo, a remote community in Bolivia.
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Musical theater symposium slated April 11-12
A two-day symposium on American musical theater organized by Larry Starr, the Ruth Waters Endowed Professor in Music History at the UW School of Music, will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, in Brechemin Auditorium.
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Irish pianist teaches, performs at UW
The UW School of Music will present a Celebration of Beethoven with Irish Pianist John O’Conor at 7:30 p.
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Satellites can help Arctic grazers survive killer winter storms
Rain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens in the far north it can mean lingering death for reindeer, musk oxen and other animals that normally graze on the Arctic tundra.
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Spring training for parents? Youth sport programs would benefit
As cries of “play ball” ring out this spring, they undoubtedly will be followed by complaints of anxiety and stress from young athletes wanting to quit sports.
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Campus paint markings mean a new, georeferenced campus map is under way
Students come to the UW to find their place in the world.
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Slideshow: Columns come home to Sylvan Theater
The Sylvan Theater is back to normal after several months without its columns.
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Burke Museum summer camps: Dinosaurs, DNA, polar bears and climate change
The Burke Museum will offer hands-on natural science learning experiences in five camps this summer for students from second through 12th grade — including a new all-day, weeklong camp for high school students combining environmental science and video production.
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Williamson to give Samuel E. Kelly Lecture April 23
Black Students, Campus Activism, and the Reform of Higher Education: History and Legacy is the title of this year’s Samuel E.
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Task Force students investigate college apparel industry in Guatemala
The Guatemalan woman feared talking with the professor and her students.
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Compassion is theme as students work during Alternative Spring Break
Lucy Brennan, a UW sophomore in art and the comparative history of ideas, worked with third and fourth-graders at Forks Elementary School during Alternative Spring Break the last week of March.
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Attendees at first-ever Women’s Summit explore issues
Leadership training, child care and communication were three of the issues that came to the fore at the first ever Women’s Summit, held March 12 on campus.
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Free tickets available for artist’s lecture
Free tickets will be available beginning today for the lecture by artist Brian Tolle, set for 7 p.
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Then and Now: Dawgs in space
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25.
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Libraries staffers enjoy spring (rolls) a little early
The first day of spring was the last day of spring rolls for the UW Libraries’ staff.
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Study reveals competitiveness of pro staff total compensation
How does UW’s compensation package compare to other local employers? Better than you might expect, according to Milliman, an independent consulting firm that conducted a total compensation study of professional staff compensation.
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Public meeting on proposed increases to parking, U-PASS set for April 9
With gas prices and bus fares rising and a new parking tax in place, the cost of UW parking permits and U-PASS cards will also likely go up.
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Three UW students honored as medalists
Three UW students have been honored as medalists for having the strongest academic record in their class for the previous year.
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Conference acts as matchmaker for business and life sciences
Think you have a million-dollar idea? What about a 10-million-dollar idea, or a 100-million-dollar idea?
If so, you wouldn’t have been the only one at this year’s Invest Northwest meeting to think so.
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Lectures explore faith, finance in American politics
Presidential candidates use issues of faith and finance to build political platforms, create campaign strategies, and justify their positions on such issues as education, health care, immigration and the environment.
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Get your tickets now for UW Community Celebration
April 16 is the deadline for faculty and staff to RSVP for the annual party in their honor.
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