April 13, 2006
National Book Award Winner Charles Johnson will deliver the keynote speech at the Friends of the UW Libraries’ first “Literary Voices,” a dinner where guests dine at tables with authors, one of the events of Washington Weekend, April 27-29, on campus.
UW School of Law Professor Paul Steven Miller will be featured in Little People, Big World, a reality show produced by The Learning Channel, at 8 p.
The importance of educating girls and raising the status of women around the world will be the focus of a program next week featuring Kavita Ramdas, president and CEO of the San Francisco-based Global Fund for Women.
Double bass player and singer Irina-Kalina Goudeva, with Joshua Parmenter providing live electronics, will present “Lavarayaha,” a solo spectacle for voice, double bass, electronics, visual effects, acting and dancing at 7:30 p.
Stabilizing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at tolerable levels may be possible using cost-effective technology that already exists.
The UW School of Law recently announced the selection of the inaugural five recipients of the William H.
When the Department of Electrical Engineering first came into existence at the UW, electricity remained a luxury in many areas of the country.
The UW International Chamber Music Series concludes its 2005-06 season with the Daedalus String Quartet and guest pianist Byron Schenkman.
The concert by soprano Juliana Rambaldi, scheduled for Monday, April 17, in Meany Theater, has been cancelled.
Karen Cheng, an associate professor of design in the School of Art, has written a new book about creating typefaces titled Designing Type, and will discuss it tonight from 6 to 8 p.
April 11, 2006
The responses I’ve received from readers about my columns on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) graduation requirement are almost evenly split between those in favor and those opposed.
With few of the Pacific Northwest’s 200 coastal rivers remaining unaltered by human development, watershed scientists are meeting this week to consider emerging policy issues and scientific challenges they foresee in the decade ahead.
April 7, 2006
More than 65 exhibitors will demonstrate the latest in research and technology in health sciences and medicine at the 31st University of Washington Health Sciences Open House from 9 a.
April 6, 2006
The small UW Bothell campus looked like it needed something special, in real life as well as on its Web cam.
Perhaps it’s not surprising that the UW’s top-rated School of Nursing is also a leader in philanthropy.
Despite a negative (normal) genetic test for mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, about 12 percent of breast cancer patients from high-risk families carried previously undetected cancer-associated mutations, according to a study in the March 22/29 issue of JAMA.
The School of Medicine’s top ranking in primary-care training and in its teaching programs in family medicine and in rural health are clearly related to the strength of regional programs and training sites, medical school leaders said.
What’s cultural competency?
A development workshop, open to health sciences faculty will explore what cultural competency means in different settings and present tools and skill sets for use in medical settings.
As part of the two-day Health Sciences Open House, slated for Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29, a global health forum and free film screening will be held on Saturday at noon in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center.
A new model developed at the UW provides an accurate estimate of one-, two-, and three-year survival rates and average years of survival for patients with heart failure.
Academic Opportunities
Ethnic Studies
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from University of Washington faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States.
When the School of Drama’s production of The Who’s Tommy opens April 12 (previews April 9 and 11), the cast will be wearing costumes designed at the last minute.
The moral standards one might use to critique actions by ourselves, or others, when charges of human rights violations are raised will be considered by leading scholars on human rights from Oxford University, University of Pennsylvania and the University of Washington on Monday, April 10.
WHERE ARE WE? The photo at right was taken somewhere on campus.
People conversing on the streets in Tokyo differ from those on the streets of Seattle in ways other than the language they’re using.
Attorney and human rights activist Van Jones will present his vision of Green Jobs, Not Jails at 7 p.
First, staffers Ara Erickson and Matt McLaughlin of the College of Forest Resources say, came the challenge from Dean Bruce Bare last October.
Last summer, University Week wrote to faculty and staff who have worked here at least 35 years and asked for their reminiscences.
BOY OH BOY: An employment discrimination case brought to the U.
The UW again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
This week, as construction fences go up and equipment is mobilized at the More Hall Annex, the closing chapter of an era in UW engineering will begin.
Friday, April 28, will be a day for saying thank you.
April 5, 2006
Just because you don’t know much about biology or medicine won’t stop you from helping to someday cure diseases like malaria, HIV, or cancer.
April 4, 2006
When you think about economics and mergers, you probably think about merging two companies into one, a la Boeing and McDonald Douglas.
Nearly 700 fifth through eighth graders from around Washington have been honored for their outstanding verbal and/or mathematical abilities by the University of Washington.
April 3, 2006
All the research and learning business students receive from classroom discussions and textbooks may be helpful for standardized tests, but this week, a complex, current global economic issue presented in the form of a case study will require much more of students participating in the University of Washington Business School’s Global Business Case Competition.