March 30, 2006
Students who want to know what employers should do for their employees from both economic and moral perspectives will have the chance to learn from some of the region’s most respected employers this quarter in a new class co-taught through the UW’s School of Social Work and the Business School.
Two new groups on campus, the Black Faculty and Staff @ UW Association and Qolors, will hold meetings in coming days.
On April 2, the public printer of the United States will be giving a speech in Seattle.
The traditions of two countries will be on display at Meany Theater over the next week.
Julian Schwarz, son of Seattle Symphony Maestro Gerard Schwarz, will be featured on the violoncello at the “Barry Lieberman & Friends” concert Sunday, April 2.
A team of students from the UW’s graphic design program has created a bold new look for the University’s specialty license plate.
UW Anthropology Professor Devon Peña will give the Samuel E.
The UW Physicians Network, made up of eight primary-care Neighborhood Clinics, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
In December 2005, Provost Phyllis Wise created a new Office of Global Affairs, to be led by Vice Provost Susan Jeffords.
Lynne McKechnie, the first Visiting Cleary Professor in Children and Youth Services at the UW’s Information School, will deliver her first UW lecture April 11 on the role of public libraries in the development of children as readers.
University Catering is now Bay Laurel Catering, a change much more than just cosmetic.
The University will honor 22 individuals, one team and one unit this year as part of the annual Universitywide awards program.
The UW is launching a new national program that will consolidate its position as a leader in helping people with disabilities enter the world of computing.
March 28, 2006
Sariah Khormaee has been selected as a National Institutes of Health – Marshall Scholar in Biomedical Research.
ATLANTA — Rare metabolic diseases such as Tay-Sachs, Fabry and Gaucher syndromes are caused by enzyme deficiencies and typically have crippling, even fatal, consequences starting at very early ages.
Students who want to know what employers should do for their employees from both economic and moral perspectives will have the chance to learn from some of the region’s most respected employers this quarter in a new class co-taught through the University of Washington’s School of Social Work and the Business School.
March 27, 2006
The University of Washington is launching a new national program that will consolidate its position as a leader in helping people with disabilities enter the world of computing.
If you think you’ve got a bad boss, one who loves to chew people out, or if you work with backstabbing co-workers, be thankful you are not a wasp.
March 23, 2006
With warming temperatures as the possible underlying cause, scientists wonder what is pushing Greenland’s glaciers out to sea as much as 50 percent quicker than before.
March 22, 2006
A team of students from the University of Washington’s graphic design program has created a bold new look for the University’s specialty license plate.
March 21, 2006
I have a 10th-grade daughter.
March 20, 2006
A decade into the information society, key computing and communication technologies are even more concentrated in a few countries, not less, according to a University of Washington report to be released today.
Lynne McKechnie, the first Visiting Cleary Professor in Children and Youth Services at the University of Washington’s Information School, will deliver her first UW lecture April 11 on the role of public libraries in the development of children as readers.
March 16, 2006
At its regular monthly meeting today, the University of Washington Board of Regents increased the salary of President Mark Emmert by 5.
The University of Washington has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over faculty salaries.
Matthew O’Donnell, chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan and a researcher who explores imaging technologies in biomedicine, has been named new dean of the University of Washington College of Engineering and first holder of the Frank and Julie Jungers Endowed Deanship in Engineering.
March 15, 2006
A new project at the University of Washington in collaboration with Syracuse University is aimed at addressing what is perhaps the most difficult problem in evaluating information gathered on the Internet: credibility.
March 14, 2006
Was part of your March Madness fandom a small, just-for-fun bet on your favorite Division I basketball team? Maybe a wager as a sign of support for the Husky men, the Husky women, or the Gonzaga Bulldogs?
Friendly wagers can be a pleasant, camaraderie-building diversion, and informal betting pools are generally legal in Washington.
March 13, 2006
A new model developed at the University of Washington provides an accurate estimate of one-, two-, and three-year survival rates and average years of survival for patients with heart failure.
Scientists analyzing recent samples of comet dust have discovered minerals that formed near the sun or other stars.
Harmful drinking is one of the leading causes of death in the U.
March 9, 2006
The UW Teaching Academy’s Institute for Teaching Excellence is offering 16-20 UW faculty a chance to reflect with peers on their teaching methods and goals in a weeklong workshop June 11-17 at the Olympic National Resource Center, located on the Olympic Penninsula.
Maya Lin, the award-winning artist who designed the evocative Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.
Scientists analyzing recent samples of comet dust have discovered minerals that formed near the sun or other stars.
Like an armada of small rototillers, female salmon can industriously churn up entire stream beds from end to end, sometimes more than once, using just their tails.
Several nationally-known experts on how media can affect the health of young people and how media literacy can minimize these effects, will speak at a two-day conference at the University of Washington.