The fossil record, human evolution, the origin of the species and even the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria will be subjects of the discussion-based lecture series “Evolution in the Evening,” starting April 3 on the UW campus.
March 13, 2008
The latest news from the UW
Implantable wireless: Blessing and threat
Some medical devices such as implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are now equipped with wireless technology, allowing for remote device checks and freeing patients from repeated doctor visits.
A video stroll through the aisles of BizTech2008
Star Trek uniforms, hand-made robots and spacey headgear ruled the day on Wednesday, March 19, at the HUB, when BizTech2008, the UW’s annual in-house business and technology fair, launched into a daylong orbit.
Bruce Lee to Jackie Chan: Film and martial arts
Class title: Asian Languages and Literature 207/Comparative Literature 272: “Asian Martial Arts Films: Conventions, Institutional History, and Ideology.
Home Improvement Fair helps you maximize space
Feeling a little hemmed in at home? Then you might want to check out the Home Improvement Fair offered on campus on Wednesday, April 9, by UW Benefits in partnership with HomeStreet Bank.
Follow the ‘fleet’: You can look through a virtual window to research in Glacier Bay, Alaska
In addition to being home to intense geological and climatological change, Alaska’s Glacier Bay hosts one of the richest cold water marine environments including a great diversity of top-level marine predators, such as seabirds and marine mammals.
Cox named vice chancellor at UW Bothell
Marilyn Cox, currently assistant vice provost for capital planning at UW Seattle, will become the new vice chancellor for administration and planning at UW Bothell, UWB Chancellor Kenyon S.
Etc: campus news and notes
PANEL PARTNERS: UW Tacoma Professor Joel Baker has been selected to chair the Puget Sound Partnership’s Science Panel, while the Applied Physics Laboratory’s Principal Oceanographer Jan Newton will be the vice chair.
United Way honors Everly for coordinator role
Many people on campus already know that Kerri Everly is an effective and successful campus coordinator for the Combined Fund Drive.
Graduate, professional students celebrated
The Graduate School will kick off spring quarter with its annual Graduate and Professional Education Week March 31-April 5.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Universitywide award recipients announced
The University will honor 25 individuals this year as part of the annual Universitywide awards program.
2008 Health Sciences Open House set for April 25 & 26
The 2008 Health Sciences Open House, “A Path with Promise,” is almost here.
Empowering patients, preserving dreams
By LaDeana Huyler
Microsoft Accessibility
The following article was featured in the Microsoft Accessibility Update newsletter.
A pair of passions
James Garlick is a 24-year-old accomplished violinist who recently debuted as concertmaster of the Cascade Symphony Orchestra, where he performed as featured soloist and joined Seattle Symphony principal cellist Joshua Roman in a duo-encore.
Obesity study to examine geographic, economic disparities
Adam Drewnowski, director of the UW Center for Obesity Research and a professor of epidemiology and adjunct professor of medicine, has received a new $1.
Study links cell death and inflammation
Cells are coded with several programs for self-destruction.
Robert Knopp named first McMillen Professor
March 12, 2008
U.S. News & World Report gives health sciences programs top ranking
For the 15th consecurive year, U.
UW medical students participate in residency match day
Students in the UW School of Medicine joined more than 15,000 other medical students around the country in participating in the National Resident Matching Program, which pairs them with medical residency programs throughout the nation.
March 11, 2008
Which came first, social dominance or big brains? Wasps may tell
There’s new evidence supporting the idea that bigger brains are better.
Researchers find implantable cardiac defibrillators may expose patients to security and privacy risks; potential solutions suggested
Some medical devices such as implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are now equipped with wireless technology, allowing for remote device checks and freeing patients from repeated doctor visits.
March 10, 2008
How do infections and toxins launch a cell’s self-destruct and alarm system?
Cells are coded with several programs for self-destruction.
March 6, 2008
UW Chorale sings with Seattle Symphony, Marvin Hamlisch
The UW Chorale will make its Seattle Symphony debut in March in an American musical theater extravaganza conducted by Seattle Symphony’s newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor, Marvin Hamlisch.
Opera star, 100-voice combined choirs, symphony combine for ‘A Sea Symphony’ March 14
World-renowned opera performer Jane Eaglen will make her UW School of Music performance debut, along with Northwest tenor Gregory Carroll, when Peter Eros conducts the 100-voice combined choirs and University Symphony in A Sea Symphony, Vaughan Williams’ evocative tour de force for choir, soloists and orchestra.
U District ‘Museum Without Walls’ Seeks Community Input
Do you consider yourself a community activist? Have you ever participated in a political or social protest? Do you have a story to tell about activism in the University District? These are questions being asked by the University Arts and Heritage Committee as it begins a project called University District Museum Without Walls.
Naturalist to speak March 7 at Suzzallo
UW Libraries and the UW Alumni Association present Lyanda Lynn Haupt at 7 p.
UW, Pacific Science Center expand Polar Science Weekend activities
Smash ice, turn your tongue into a salinometer to experience how saltiness differs in the world’s oceans, explore an igloo and field camp, predict polar climate, dive into the world of oceanographic moorings and get your hands on real scientific instruments during the third annual Polar Science Weekend today through Sunday at Pacific Science Center.
Architect was inspired by television’s talking horse
Jim Nicholls thinks that maybe he became an architect because of Mister Ed.
Leila Haddad & the Ghawazee Musicians of Luxor Perform at Meany Hall
Leila Haddad & the Ghawazee Musicians of Luxor perform in Meany Hall at 8 p.
Building community campuswide with faculty/staff groups
The “C” in LCVI stands for community.
Mystery Photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Then and Now: The events surrounding Gerbfest, June 1995
Class Notes: Learning by teaching, writing and service
Class titles: What We Know and How We Know it; Teaching What We Know and Serving Others with What We Know — a three-term sequence in Undergraduate Honors, taught by Frances McCue, writer in residence in the Undergraduate Honors Program and part-time lecturer in the College of Education.
Students polish language skills by performing plays in Spanish
Students in Donald Gilbert-Santamaria’s Spanish 449 Class are learning by playing this quarter.
Mother-daughter conflict, low serotonin level may be deadly combination
A combination of negative mother-daughter relationships and low blood levels of serotonin, an important brain chemical for mood stability, may be lethal for adolescent girls, leaving them vulnerable to engage in self-harming behaviors such as cutting themselves.
UW president selected as member of Council on Foreign Relations
UW President Mark A.
Shah wins Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship
Paul Jenny chosen as UW’s vice provost for planning and budgeting
Celebration of life planned for UWB’s Jane Decker
The UW Bothell invites the community to honor one of its founding faculty members, Jane Decker, at a celebration of life event at 10 a.