The latest news from the UW

Spencer Hoveskeland will perform on double bass accompanied by pianist Rie Ando in a concert in the Barry Lieberman and Friends series at 2 p.

Board of Regents

There is no Board of Regents meeting for April.

They came, they saw, they bragged: The My Team is Great contest has a winner — a clever screencast by the folks at Student Fiscal Services Outreach, in Schmitz Hall.

Imagine you’re a professional kayaker, and you’re also into protecting the environment.

Professional development for school district administrators, curriculum directors and math coaches will be the topic at the Math Leadership Academy, being held Friday and Saturday at UW Tacoma.

Dick Thornburgh is mostly known as the former United States attorney general who also served as two-term governor of Pennsylvania, but he’s also the father of a son who has physical and intellectual disabilities.

RENOWNED RECYCLERS: The Washington State Recycling Association has selected the UW Department of Housing and Food Services (HFS) as the winner of the 2008 Washington State Recycler of the Year award in the category Institution of Higher Learning.

While many newspapers are worrying about the future, the UW’s student paper, The Daily, remains healthy and independent, and has two big recent awards to prove it.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

The faculty of the University of Washington, some 4,000 strong, is a wonderful thing to behold.

Scientists have feared that gradual acidification of the world’s oceans would wreak havoc with organisms that build protective outer shells.

It’s shortly after 6:30 p.

UW scientists have uncovered details about the mechanisms through which dietary restriction slows the aging process.

Public attention to the health of the world’s population has skyrocketed over the past decade as have efforts to cover global health stories such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, hunger, and emerging threats of avian flu, SARS and extremely drug resistant tuberculosis.

“I’ll be in rooms H-204 and H-210,” said Assistant Professor Jane Sullivan with a smile, “so those are really important rooms to work on.

UW scientists and researchers have received a $5.

On Friday, April 25, the newest addition to the UW campus — the UW Tower — will be dedicated, and everyone is invited.

Are you wondering what to do with your child this summer?

The Seattle’s Child Summer Activity Guide 2008 lists hundreds of summer programs for kids aged 2-18.

Free tickets are available today at the Henry Art Gallery admissions desk for a panel discussion on the Black Panthers slated for 7 p.

Renowned faculty pianist Craig Sheppard will perform Book II of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier in concert at 7:30 p.

Mehr and Sher Ali perform qawwali music with their ensemble at 8 p.

Tools such as microfinance, better health care and enlightened social policies are alleviating poverty in Third World nations.

WHAT’S FUNNY?: The University of Michigan seems to have an ongoing interest in humor.

Porous Sovereignty, Walled Democracy is the title of a lecture by Wendy Brown, Solomon Katz Distinguished Lecturer in the Humanities, slated for Tuesday, April 22.

The UW School of Drama presents the world premiere of Fair Play by Seattle playwright Anna Rosa Parker April 27 through May 11 in the Meany Studio Theatre.

The UW will lead a multi-institutional group pushing the limits of computers’ ability to interpret data and ultimately predict the behavior of complex systems.

What’s in a name? Quite a bit, it turns out.

A new center based at the UW Information School aims to draw researchers across campus who conduct related work but haven’t collaborated.

Wildlife photographer Keith Lazelle, whose splendid images of the Hoh River valley are going on display at the Burke Museum and in a new book, says that though he shoots scores of exposures, he usually knows it right away when he has the photo he wants.

The North American Plant Collection Consortium has granted member status to the UW Botanic Gardens’ Acer (maple) collection at the Washington Park Arboretum.

The UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic, Concert, and Campus bands will perform works by Cecile Chaminade, Herbert L.

ARTSLINK, an organization by students for students, will present ARTS EXPO(SED), a showcase of art-oriented departments at the UW, from noon to 4 p.