November 27, 2007
While central Puget Sound voters were debating the merits and then defeating the $18 billion package of roads and other transit projects called Proposition 1 earlier this month, a smaller group of citizens was putting together its own proposals to improve the region’s congested transportation network.
November 22, 2007
For more than a decade geoscientists have detected what amount to ultra-slow-motion earthquakes under Western Washington and British Columbia on a regular basis, about every 14 months.
Earth tremors not linked to volcanic activity first turned up in seismic observations several years ago, but those tremors were almost exclusively in subduction zones such as the Cascadia region off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
November 20, 2007
University of Washington Provost Phyllis Wise announced that she has selected Ana Mari Cauce as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, which provides a liberal arts education to more than 25,000 students, with faculty who conduct research or scholarship in the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.
November 15, 2007
The UW College of Architecture and Urban Planning will celebrate its three latest inductees at a Roll of Honor event the evening of Jan.
The UW Dance Program will offer its annual Faculty Dance Concert Nov.
Some salmon make one heck of a commute.
The International Beginning of U.
By Mary Guiden
News & Community Relations
Senior Genetic Counselor Robin Bennett was honored on both the local and national levels in recent months.
Voices will be raised in song at the School of Music in the week following Thanksgiving — in art songs, arias and songs of celebration in keeping with the coming season.
The UW has long arranged cost savings on various goods and services for its employees.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Class Title: English 121– Composition: Social Issues, “Service Learning, Sonic Culture and Media Activism,” taught by Jentery Sayers.
By the end of this week, the roof will be off of the old Playhouse Theatre on University Way.
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25.
The only global-ocean climate-monitoring system — comprised of satellites and specialized floats — passed a milestone earlier this month when a UW and Scripps Institution of Oceanography expedition was in a position to deploy Argo float No.
OPEN KIOSK: Most university employees work at computers all day, but not all.
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at noon on Thursday, Nov.
David Laskin will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the writing life when he speaks at 7 p.
The Chiara String Quartet will perform at 8 p.
Some Pacific Northwest salmon make one heck of a commute.
Editor’s Note: Uniquely Washington is a column featuring one of the University’s most valuable resources — its people.
Debra Schwinn, UW professor and chair of anesthesiology, has been awarded the American Society of Anesthesiologists Award for Excellence in Research for her outstanding research advancing the science of anesthesiology.
Leroy Hood, UW affiliate professor of genome sciences, immunology, and bioengineering, has joined an elite group of people who have been elected to all three National Academies, the societies recognizing the nation’s scientists, physicians, researchers, and engineers.
Two UW faculty members, Karen Horvath and Richard Shugerman, have received one of the highest awards granted to residency program directors.
The Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) presented the 2007 Malcolm Peterson Award to Dr.
By Suzette Riley
HIPRC
Dr.
November 8, 2007
PRODUCTIVE FACULTY: Forty-two areas of study at the UW have been rated in the top 10 on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, and three of those have been rated number one.
A University of Washington poll shows Gov.
When obesity overloads the body with excess nutrients, parts start to fail.
Third-year medical students in the Great Falls, Mont.
To take care of the sick.
By Mary Guiden
News & Community Relations
UW Medical Center took ownership of the Collegiana, a small former inn located across 12th Avenue N.
Too much stress and anxiety in your life?
Dr.
By Kathy Hall
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Richard Fenske, professor and associate chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA) for his contributions to the assessment and mitigation of human exposure to chemical hazards.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Provost Phyllis Wise will hold a town meeting at 3:30 p.
As the plot of Arabian Nights, the next play from the UW School of Drama, is slowly revealed, so will the specially created floor covering begin to show its true pattern.