December 6, 2007
While central Puget Sound voters were debating the merits of and then defeating the $18 billion package of roads and other transit projects called Proposition 1 last month, a smaller group of citizens was putting together its own proposals to improve the region’s congested transportation network.
The floor is open for nominations for the 2008 R1edu Award for Distinguished Faculty Contributions to Online Learning.
The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) has announced its Grant Competitions for 2008: LSDF 08-01 and 08-02.
Jeffrey Eaton, a senior at the UW, has been selected as a Marshall scholar, one of the highest awards available to college graduates in the U.
The University is seeking to recognize a number of distinguished outstanding individuals at next June’s commencement, and wants the campus community to help in identifying them.
With Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney scheduled to address the nation about his Mormon beliefs tonight, Democratic and Republican debates in Iowa next week, the Iowa caucuses only a month away and seemingly endless political discussion fueled by religion, a new book co-authored by a UW professor explains how politicians are using God talk to garner votes.
Pianist Antti Siirala performs as part of the World Series at Meany Hall on Tuesday, Dec.
After a recent makeover, the little Drama Library, tucked in the ground floor of Hutchinson Hall, is looking pretty good for an old locker room.
They call it the Capital Projects Office (CPO) version of speed dating.
Still haven’t contributed to the Combined Fund Drive? Don’t worry, there’s time.
Operation Peanut Butter: Carlos Pellegrini, chair of the Department of Surgery, with only some of the thousands of pounds of peanut butter collected in 2005 for local Northwest Harvest food banks.
The UW School of Dentistry and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center have announced they are joining forces to combat the growing crisis of childhood dental disease with the development of a new pediatric dental facility, to be located in Magnuson Park.
Pamela Mitchell, associate dean for research in the School of Nursing, has received the 2007 Pathfinder Distinguished Research Award from the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research.
The Scribner Courage in Health Care Award is bestowed to a health care professional who has made an extraordinary contribution to the health of people in the Pacific Northwest through the exhibition of personal courage, within or outside of traditional systems.
The UW’s first inventory of greenhouse gas emissions shows that the University reduced overall emissions 10 percent from 2000 to 2005.
December 4, 2007
As food prices rise, the costs of lower-calorie foods are rising the fastest, according to a University of Washington study appearing in the December issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
With Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney scheduled to address the nation about his Mormon beliefs this Thursday, Democratic and Republican debates in Iowa next week, the Iowa caucus only a month away and seemingly endless political discussion fueled by religion, a new book co-authored by a University of Washington professor explains how politicians are using God talk to garner votes.
November 30, 2007
The first multi-disciplinary study to examine the status of doctoral students in the social sciences at least five years after receiving their degree concludes that doctoral programs need to be brought into the 21st century.
November 29, 2007
UW School of Medicine alumnus Dr.
By Mary Guiden
News & Community Relations
Former patient Annette Rivlin-Gutman gave birth to son Jory three years ago at UW Medical Center with the help of UW midwives and obstetrician Dr.
Certain white blood cells, called phagocytes, engulf and destroy harmful bacteria.
The UW Collegium Musicum, an early music ensemble, will present a concert of medieval music in the Commons of Mary Gates Hall on Saturday evening, Dec.
In the mood for some music? There are many opportunities this week.
Mary Guiden
News & Community Relations
UW Medical Center has always taken patient safety seriously.
“Don’t poke the ink sack.
The University’s newest singing group is, in a way, also one of its oldest.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Got a midday errand? If you could bike there, would you do it?
Next question: Would you be more likely to use a bike for that errand if it was one you didn’t necessarily have to pedal?
Think it over, because come next fall, you’ll likely have such a choice on the UW campus.
University of Washington graduate student Peter Kithene has won $25,000 as a CNN Heroes honoree.
A gift from a UW librarian has spawned a three-phase oral history project, chronicling the influx of South Asians to the Seattle area from post-World War II to the 1990s.
POT DOSES: Washington state law allows medical marijuana patients to possess up to a 60-day supply of pot for their personal needs.
Maybe you’ve read about Martha Groom.
Ted Van Dyk, who spent decades working in national politics and policy, has written a memoir called Heroes, Hacks & Fools: Memoirs from the Political Inside and will discuss the book at 7:30 p.
The Combined Fund Drive (CFD), the state of Washington’s workplace giving campaign, runs this year from Oct.
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) has announced that Ben Larson, a UW graduate student in Oceanography, as the initial recipient of its new Science Writing Fellowship.