March 29, 2007
The UW has become a member of the Leadership Circle of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, by which the University agrees to adopt policies that minimize global warming emissions and integrate sustainability more firmly into the curriculum, and also to provide leadership in encouraging other universities and colleges to join in the effort to address global climate change.
UW Tacoma has named Sharon Parker as its new assistant chancellor for equity and diversity.
Gail Stygall, chair of the UW Faculty Senate, is inviting all faculty campuswide to a meeting to discuss faculty salary policies from 3:30 to 5 p.
Provost Phyllis Wise has announced that Gregory A.
Maybe you are thinking that because you ride the bus to work every day, you can’t participate in the 2007 Walk In, which this year runs through the month of April.
The UW Bothell will feature Stephanie Skura as its next Artist in Residence, April 4-6th.
The UW World Music & Theatre Series will continue with Jigu! Thunder Drums of China.
It is an inevitability of life — you are born and you begin to age.
School of Nursing receives Lance Armstrong Foundation grant
Researchers at the UW School of Nursing have received a $247,000 grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation to study a new parenting program for parents recently diagnosed with cancer.
Of the 164 graduating students at the UW School of Medicine, 155 of them participated in the National Resident Matching Program’s “Match Day,” on March 15.
Internationally renowned physician, author and motivational speaker Dr.
March 27, 2007
Imagine a single pair of glasses with lenses that can be transparent or dark, and in shades of yellow, green or purple, all on command.
March 26, 2007
Little children never cease to amaze.
March 21, 2007
The search advisory committee for the position of chancellor of the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) has announced that the first two finalists for chancellor will be visiting campus in the next two weeks.
March 19, 2007
The University of Washington has become a member of the Leadership Circle of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, by which the UW agrees to adopt policies that minimize global warming emissions and integrate sustainability more firmly into the curriculum, and also to provide leadership in encouraging other universities and colleges to join in the effort to address global climate change.
The computer chip industry is facing a predicament: as chips get smaller they are reaching a physical limit.
March 16, 2007
A new antimicrobial approach can kill bacteria in laboratory experiments and eliminate life-threatening infections in mice by interfering with a key bacterial nutrient, according to research led by a University of Washington scientist.
More than 150 scholars, community leaders and activists will participate in the 2007 Pacific Northwest Regional Conference of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies next Thursday and Friday (March 22 and 23) on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington.
March 14, 2007
Departure set for Friday, March 16, 3 p.
March 13, 2007
It is an inevitability of life — you are born and you begin to age.
March 12, 2007
The University of Washington has joined 26 universities offering a Department of Energy-sponsored program to reduce electricity use in manufacturing plants.
If Phil Howard’s calculations prove true, by year’s end the 2 billionth personal record — some American’s social-security or credit-card number, academic grades or medical history — will become compromised, and it’s corporate America, not rogue hackers, who are primarily to blame.
Employers would be better at keeping workers if they focused on why their employees want to stay rather than what kinds of things make them quit, according to researchers from the University of Washington and Truman State University.
March 8, 2007
Boys and girls who played basketball for coaches trained to emphasize personal improvement, giving maximum effort, having fun and supporting their teammates reported lower levels of sport anxiety compared with athletes playing for untrained coaches.
Maybe it’s the long hours alone on the bike that provide the inspiration, or maybe it’s all that dreary rain.
Ready for Web 3.
On Tuesday, March 20, Parking Service’s main office (located at 3901 University Way NE) will be closed from 1:15 to 3:45 p.
Academic Opportunities
Applications invited for Small Grants Research Awards
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University of Washington faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
What can the average UW employee do to ensure that the UW lives its values in the work place?
A daylong seminar last week, attended by close to 100 staff and faculty, used a combination of case studies and events involving major historical figures to explore how individual decision-making helps create — or undermine — an organization’s stated core values.
A UW effort to help rebuild a community along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast is a drop in the bucket stacked against the $110 billion the government has budgeted for recovery.
It’s not every day a musician gives a concert and a three-story gingerbread cookie shows up.
A run/walk event beginning at 10 a.
The Comparative Religion Program presents Christopher Evans speaking on Baseball: an American Religion? at 7:30 p.
Three UW students receiving medals for high scholarship for the 2005-6 academic year were honored at a private reception hosted by President Mark Emmert Friday, March 2.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Canadian-American double bass virtuoso Gary Karr will discuss “My Life in Music” with UW School of Music double bassist Barry Lieberman at 2 p.