October 12, 2006
How far would you go to learn about your ancestors?
Dena Petersen has done all those things, and she’s still at it, 10 years after her interest was kindled.
Tina Mankowski
News & Community Relations
What do 3,300 people interested in academic medicine have in common? The 117th Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) annual meeting.
Trio con Brio Copenhagen will open the 2006-07 International Chamber Music Series at 8 p.
As a 17-year-old senior at Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, David Knechtges found himself annoyed.
Editor’s note: For the duration of the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight some of the UW faculty and staff who volunteer at agencies supported by the fund.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
“Balancing property rights and growth management: a discussion of the implications of I-933” is the title of a forum to be held from noon to 2 p.
Since school has started there have been 10 car prowls reported on campus.
We’ve seen the horrific photos from the “war on terror.
The UW has joined with other major Seattle employers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are a result of their business operations.
BARGAINING AHEAD? The Employee Forum, a staff group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has passed a resolution calling for the repeal of a North Carolina law banning collective bargaining, according to an article in the campus newspaper, The University Gazette.
An event next week at UW Bothell will kick off a new media collection that puts the emphasis on diversity.
Work has begun on the University’s biennial transportation survey that measures the commuting patterns of people on campus and monitors the effectiveness of the U-PASS program.
Professor Lawrence Schiffman of New York University will deliver three public lectures on “The Religion of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Creation, Revelation and Redemption” as part of the Stroum lecture series.
FOOD AND MUSIC: Ethnomusicologists are in the business of studying music, not food.
Launched by singing, drumming and words of thanks, T’xwelátse is finally on his way home after a century-long visit at the Burke Museum.
Are you a customer of Purchasing and Stores? Most everyone on campus is.
Even in the high-technology world of the UW Computing & Communications organization, when it comes to emergencies, people will always come first.
The UW and Washington State University have announced the launch of a joint center to assist in addressing hard-to-resolve social, economic and environmental issues in Washington.
Alcohol/drug abuse grants available
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
October 11, 2006
Relying on easy-to-measure factors like how many Internet access points a place has presents a simplistic picture of today’s digital divide.
University of Washington President Mark A.
October 10, 2006
The University of Washington and Washington State University will announce on Tuesday (Oct.
October 6, 2006
David Auth, former University of Washington professor of electrical engineering, has been awarded the 2006 Inventor of the Year Award.
October 5, 2006
David Fluharty, a University of Washington marine affairs expert, has been named to chair the science advisory board of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency that manages and conducts research about the nation’s ocean and atmospheric resources.
Virtual reality gives users the illusion of going inside SnowWorld, an interactive computer-generated virtual place where children at UW Harborview Burn Center escape their extreme pain during wound care procedures for severe burns.
Craig Degginger
News & Information
The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH) Center has received a new five-year, $6.
People who experience emotional ambivalence — simultaneously feeling positive and negative emotions — are more creative than those who feel just happy or sad, or lack emotion at all, according to a new study.
David Fluharty, a UW marine affairs expert, has just been named to chair the science advisory board of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency charged with conducting research about and management of the nation’s ocean and atmospheric resources.
Prizewinning pianist Melody Quah will perform at 2 p.
The 2006 Combined Fund Drive kicked off Wednesday on the UW campus with words of inspiration, a special song and a whacking-loud group percussion performance by the campaign coordinators.
President Mark Emmert will give his annual address to the University community at 4 p.
Where are we? The photo at right was taken somewhere on campus.
Kathy Sauber Library Technician Lorna Aites warms up for the UW’s first-ever Constitution Readathon by reading the Declaration of Independence aloud. About 100 people, mostly library employees, are expected to participate in the readathon, to be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, outside the Suzzallo Reading Room. The readathon is sponsored by the libraries’ Government Publications Office as a belated celebration of Constitution Day, which was Sept. 17. Joining Aites are, left to right, Hilary Reinert, library…
For the first time Seattle’s urban ecology researchers and managers are gathering for a day-long symposium to exchange their respective insights about protecting and restoring natural ecosystems in urban settings.
The UW Bothell will add a new Community Psychology option for Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences students interested in careers in human services, community development, mental health, youth, prevention, and program evaluation.
Seeking an evening of elegance on campus? The Seattle-based company Dance for Joy is sponsoring “An Evening in Vienna,” a Viennese ball in the grand tradition, Sunday, Oct.
A public forum, “Organizing our Futures: Labor, Knowledge and the Economy,” will be held on Oct.