November 9, 2006
It’s mid-afternoon in the School of Drama’s studio theater in Hutchinson Hall, and physician Paul Farmer and his colleagues — here looking impossibly young — are having an argument about treatment protocol, while author Tracy Kidder looks on, listening intently.
Patricia Wahl, UW professor of biostatistics, has been dean of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine since 1999.
By Leila Gray
News & Community Relations
Researchers at the UW are working on an implantable electronic chip that may help establish new nerve connections in the part of the brain that controls movement.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
November 7, 2006
University of Washington faculty members are able to provide background on the ways local watersheds have been managed, the effects of land-use changes on watersheds or other information concerning flooding and landslides as the region continues to experience wet weather.
November 2, 2006
NOTE: Last week newspapers trumpeted a report in Science magazine that predicted the collapse of all seafood fisheries by 2048.
Dialogue, not a monologue, is the basis of all good communication.
UW President Mark Emmert has announced a reorganization of UW Medicine, which includes the UW School of Medicine, UW Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Physicians, and the UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics.
Editor’s Note: During the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week is featuring UW faculty and staff who actively volunteer.
Veterans will be honored in this year’s Joint Service Veterans’ Day Ceremony on Thursday, Nov.
While the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was running a six-part series on problems plaguing Puget Sound, UW undergraduates, graduate students and faculty were at work on board the UW’s 274-foot research vessel gathering information needed to help puzzle out some of the sound’s most pressing problems.
Public health communications professionals from around the country honored a joint effort by the UW and Public Health-Seattle & King County to prepare public health workers and people in related fields to get emergency information out to residents quickly and effectively.
Harborview Medical Center has received unanimous approval (9-0) from the Metropolitan King County Council for the development and construction of the Ninth and Jefferson Building (NJB), a critical component of the expansion project for the medical center.
Phyllis Wise will take questions and report on initiatives from her first year as provost during a “Town Meeting” conversation Tuesday, Nov.
A 730-mile road trip in mid-September found long-tenured College of Forest Resources profs rubbing shoulders with faculty so new some hadn’t fully unpacked since moving to Seattle.
Masizakhe: Let us Build Together, a film by Scott and Angelica Macklin, will be presented at 7 p.
Richard Peck, the only children’s book author ever to receive the National Humanities Medal, will be the featured speaker at the 2006 Spencer G.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Housekeeping amendments to various Title 478 WAC, University of Washington rules.
Where are we? The photo to the right was taken somewhere on campus.
Members of the UW community should expect some delays along NE 45th Street as workers begin constructing concrete bus pads.
David Orr, currently professor and chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College, will speak on Design on the Edge: Climate Change, Posterity, and the Design Professions at 6:30 p.
The UW School of Drama is currently presenting Anton in Show Business, written by Jane Martin and directed by R.
Galsan Tschinag,.
Which Web site is your home page? Media Relations and Communications at the UW is conducting a one-question survey to find out.
The Burke Museum is featuring Tibet, China and Mongolia in November with a number of events.
The UW Schools of Music and Drama will present two one-act operas on Nov.
How can businesses and UW departments and units continue to serve clients effectively in the event of a disaster? The answer is business continuity planning, according to the UW Emergency Management Office (UWEM).
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded a new institute at the UW to promote the participation of people with disabilities in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
Organizers of Local Choices, Global Consequences have changed some of the logistics listed in the Oct.
In the mid-1940s, Alice Skellenger trod the boards at the UW School of Drama.
Twenty-five small businesses that supply goods and services to the UW will be showcased in a vendor fair Tuesday, Nov.
For years, UW advisers have been urging students to study abroad, without, in most cases, knowing what awaited them in the countries where they landed.
Insects have proven to be highly adaptable organisms, able through evolution to cope with a variety of environmental changes, including relatively recent changes in the world’s climate.
October 30, 2006
Insects have proven to be highly adaptable organisms, able through evolution to cope with a variety of environmental changes, including relatively recent changes in the world’s climate.
October 27, 2006
Twenty-five small businesses that supply goods and services to the University of Washington will be showcased in a vendor fair Nov.
October 26, 2006
Nominations sought for Senate Vice Chair
Nominations for vice chair of the Faculty Senate are being sought.
The UW Photographers Group is holding its annual group show through Nov.
By Peter Lewis
News & Information
Imagine a toxic garbage dump the size of the U-District inhabited by thousands of people who survive by picking through other people’s garbage.