May 18, 2006
Intimate partner violence (IPV), also called domestic violence, is common and damages women’s physical and mental health significantly, according to a Group Health study reported in two papers in the June issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The UW’s newly formed Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine will hold its first public event next week when Dr.
Tammy Wilber has a sash and a crown, and all the usual trappings of a winner of a statewide pageant.
Some of the world’s leading researchers working with the genetics of model organisms, such as yeast, roundworms, fruit flies, fish and mice, will be at the UW next week to take part in the 5th annual daylong Genome Sciences Symposium.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSES
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.
We love the online journals the UW Libraries provide.
If English isn’t your first language and you would like to improve your ability to speak it more clearly, a new program starting at the UW Speech and Hearing Clinic may be of help.
Designated smoking areas are springing up on all three campuses, as the UW begins the process of adapting to the requirements of I-901, the initiative passed by the voters last November.
Who’s up for dinner with author Sherman Alexie? Or maybe a week in London, or a 10-day cruise through the Caribbean? Such lofty experiences and more will be on the block when the UW’s Experimental Education Unit (EEU) holds its annual fundraising auction and dinner on May 20.
Washington’s first formal ocean policy, the blueprint for which is due on the gover-nor’s desk by the end of the year, aims to prepare for looming changes along the shores of a state renowned for its natural resources.
Academic advisers at the UW are faced with a daunting task.
Helping paraplegics to walk upright and enabling the blind to “see” computer graphics.
If you’re interested in football or basketball season tickets for next year, the Athletics Office is offering some discounts for both.
The short, intriguing history of the Black Panthers in Seattle will come to life again when the Black Panther Party History and Memory Project Web site is unveiled Saturday at a public event at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center.
Last summer, University Week asked faculty and staff who have been here for 35 years or more to submit reminiscences about their time at the University.
On May 15, the UW’s Department of Housing and Food Services (HFS) opened its first 100 percent Fair Trade Certified TM coffee outlet, the Atrium Café in the HUB.
TOPS IN TECH: The UW’s Office of Learning Technologies has snagged the Technology Leadership Award given by the Northwest Academic Computing Consortium.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The Board of Regents reviewed on May 18 a proposed operating budget for the coming fiscal year that calls for the use of $18 million in local funds to supplement salary increases funded by the state legislature for faculty, professional staff, librarians and teaching and research assistants.
May 16, 2006
The short, intriguing history of the Black Panthers in Seattle will come to life again when the Black Panther Party History and Memory Project Web site is unveiled Saturday at a public event at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center.
May 15, 2006
WHAT: Ninth annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of Washington.
May 11, 2006
If you’re interested in how the next phase of construction on Stevens Way will impact you this summer, the Capital Projects Office will host a brown bag presentation on the project from noon to 1 p.
Concerts at the School of Music this week feature music from around the world, as well as music featuring guitars and harps.
As part of the UW School of Music’s “Music in American Cultures” series, Gerard Schwarz, music director of the Seattle Symphony, will speak on Contemporary American Composers and the Symphony Public on Wednesday, May 17 at the School of Music.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
When Duane Wright heard about the Ride of Silence, a national event honoring bicyclists who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways, he thought it was a nice idea and that someone ought to sponsor a Seattle ride.
John Delaney, professor of oceanography, has been named the first holder of the Jerome M.
A bust of the late Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson was moved outdoors this week, where it will greet visitors to Thomson Hall, the home of the Senator’s namesake Jackson School of International Studies.
A new home for the hollies — the design for which includes both elegant and humorous elements — is being planned at the Washington Park Arboretum, a part of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
Perhaps it was inevitable that as dean since 1998 of the UW’s largest college , as an administrator with an excellent track record for fundraising who also has led the effort of transforming education within the college, David Hodge would be seen as presidential material.
The University Police Department’s Annual Report is a sort of statistical potpourri — various categories of crime show small increases and declines each year, set against a backdrop of ever-improving campus protection policies making increasing use of technology.
Ten UW students recently received word that they’ve been awarded a Bonderman Travel Fellowship.
Reference Update
The following UW policies and orders were recently created or revised:
May 9, 2006
Two years ago I wrote a column that began, “My local gas station ran out of the number ‘2.
May 8, 2006
This year’s University of Washington-led North Pole Environmental Observatory program, which ran April 10 through early May, was followed immediately by another UW-led expedition concerning what’s called the freshwater switchyard of the Arctic Ocean, which is underway until about May 17.
May 4, 2006
University of Washington TechTransfer announced today it has licensed a computer-aided cardiovascular analysis system to VPDiagnostics, Inc.