The latest news from the UW

Artists have vision, creativity, often a unique world view, and the courage to pursue their work in a society that isn’t always supportive.

Patricia W.

Technology Review magazine today announced it has recognized three members of the University of Washington’s College of Engineering as being among the world’s top innovators under the age of 35.

In this era of not surrendering to age, some claim that 60 is the new 40.

It’s an odd combination of Navier-Stokes equations and NASCAR driving.

Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth’s soil supply, a new study confirms.

University of Washington President Mark A.

Despite marketing claims, parents who want to give their infants a boost in learning language probably should limit the amount of time they expose their children to DVDs and videos such as “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby.

Experts and their areas:

Charles Roeder
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: (206) 543-6199
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You could understand if a half-dozen Magellanic penguins developed a “big bird is watching” phobia before this month is over, but the surveillance really will be for their own good.

UW Commuter Services is urging staff and faculty to take one car off the road by biking, busing or sharing a ride to campus during the I-5 lane closure.

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

Beginning Aug.

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents has cancelled its August meeting.

Every summer, the UW plays host to some of the smartest high school students in the state.

Susan Jeffords has been named interim vice chancellor for academic affairs at UW Bothell, subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.

In very real ways, graduate students Tim Harris and Marisa Gaalema are already leaders, on the job and in life.

Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, UW scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor.

A UW-based chemistry research center, poised to become a leader in science that will lead to new products and processes, has been awarded $3 million a year for five years by the National Science Foundation.

LICENSE TO GIVE: A 1990 graduate of the UW School of Dentistry recently became the proud holder of UW specialty license plate number W2007A.

Watch Frank Ching’s hands.

Erin Lennon, who will be entering her third year in the UW Law School, has been selected as student regent at the UW for the 2007-08 academic year.

Perhaps it was just a matter of sympathy, but tremors rippled the landscape of Vancouver Island, the westernmost part of British Columbia, in 2002 during a major Alaskan earthquake.

The UW received more than $1 billion in grant and contract research funding for the most recent fiscal year, marking the first time it has reached this level.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researchers are looking for 60 Seattle-area women to participate in a study to test the effectiveness of yoga on quality of life, fatigue and weight change in women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Before work on new systems and interiors can begin, the old ones have to be demolished.

Dr.