October 8, 2007
Priorities the Washington Department of Natural Resources might consider when spending the $70 million it has available to bolster the amount of working forestland in the state were on the agenda last month during the Northwest Environmental Forum at the UW.
Four faculty members from the University of Washington (including two who are also UW alumni) and two other alumni from the UW health sciences have been elected to the Institute of Medicine.
Undergraduate astronomy students at the University of Washington combing through images from a specialized telescope have discovered more than 1,300 asteroids that had never before been observed.
A pilot course taught at the University of Washington has been expanded into a national program that shows students how to program using tens, hundreds or thousands of computers.
October 4, 2007
The University of Washington has been selected as a study center in the National Children’s Study to assess the effects of environmental and genetic factors on child and human health in the United States.
By Gene Woodard
Facilities Services
Gene Woodard, director of the Custodial Service Division of UW Facilities Services, is training for the UW Medical Center Seattle Marathon which will be held Sunday, Nov.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Birds that hang out in large urban areas seem to have a marked advantage over their rural cousins — they are adaptable enough to survive in a much larger range of conditions.
A new partnership between the UW and Seattle Central Community College is creating an education pathway for prospective elementary school teachers and encouraging a sense of community among the participants.
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25 years old.
For two generations of physicists, it has been a standard belief that the neutron, an electrically neutral elementary particle and a primary component of an atom, actually carries a positive charge at its center and an offsetting negative charge at its outer edge.
The UW Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medicine is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding with a two-day symposium to be held Oct.
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old — called perennial ice — may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a UW polar scientist says.
Thomas Hinckley, professor of forest ecology at the UW College of Forest Resources, is the recipient of the college’s new David R.
UW Custodial Services is giving the old mop and water bucket the heave-ho in favor of a more ecologically friendly way of cleaning floors — and also switching to a new fragrance-free foam soap in campus bathrooms.
Neile Graham leads a double life.
The UW School of Drama will open its first production of the 2007-08 season, Jean Anouilh’s, Ring Round the Moon, Oct.
Tickets are on sale now for the annual Bridging the Gap Breakfast and silent auction, slated for Saturday, Oct.
Elections are beginning for employee representatives to the 11 UW organizational health and safety Committees.
The staff of the Government Publications Office of UW Libraries seeks your help with the second annual “UW Reads the Constitution” event.
Registration is full but you might still get a chance to hear sound and media artist Trimpin give a presentation about his work at 7 p.
Faculty organist Carole Terry performs works by Mendelssohn, Duruflé, Bolcom, Reger, and others in a recital co-sponsored by St.
UW staff are being sought to serve on the University Faculty Adjudication Panel.
Three new department chairs have been appointed in the UW School of Medicine.
September 28, 2007
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old – called perennial ice – may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a University of Washington polar scientist says.
September 27, 2007
From the stage, to the digital studio, to the gallery, the Arts at the University of Washington present creative cultural experiences that are open to everyone.
It was about 8 a.
Scott Preston and his colleagues at UW Emergency Management help departments and units plan responses to disasters such as fires, earthquakes, pandemics and plain old human error.
It’s the last call for Brooklyn, the UW office building, that is.
Getting ready for the next disaster is a bit like tying your shoelaces: If you don’t, you’ll probably trip.
Nearly half of the 10 departments in the College of Engineering are ushering in changes at the top.
The UW community no doubt knows the Paul G.
For those who have been around the UW campus for a while, the Visitors Information Center isn’t where it used to be.
A small grant made in 2004 to facilitate groundbreaking discussions and works across disciplines supported a three-campus, five-department project to create an online resource of high-quality images in the fields of art, architecture, history and culture.
Events last spring at the UW and nationwide have put the spotlight of public attention on how university campuses react to emergency situations, be they natural disasters, accidents or acts of violence.
Last week the UW unveiled and dedicated a permanent exhibit honoring alumni who, as UW undergraduates, achieved prestigious recognition as Rhodes Scholars.
The film and television series M*A*S*H featured the song Suicide is Painless, but new research refutes that idea and indicates that being victimized because of sexual orientation is a chief risk factor for suicidal behavior among gay, lesbian and bisexual college students.