Hannah Wiley was trained as a dancer and later became a teacher and choreographer, but now she finds herself creating DVDs, thanks to a grant from the UW’s Royalty Research Fund.
January 12, 2006
January 12, 2006
Hannah Wiley was trained as a dancer and later became a teacher and choreographer, but now she finds herself creating DVDs, thanks to a grant from the UW’s Royalty Research Fund.
Doctors treating overweight or obese patients often prescribe exercise as part of a regime to take off pounds.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Partnership for Youth is looking for about 50 volunteers to participate in the annual count of those living on the streets in the University District.
UW School of Music faculty violist Melia Watras will host violists of all ages at Viola Day, Saturday, Jan.
Polyester aside, the disco dancers of the ’70s may have been on to something.
The College of Forest Resources kicks off its Distinguished Alumni Seminar Series today with presentations by Court Stanley, senior vice president and chief forester at Port Blakely Tree Farms; and Sue Joerger, executive director of Puget Soundkeepers alliance.
On Wednesday, Jan.
The tiny rabbitlike American pika, an animal species considered to be one of the best “canaries in a coal mine” for detecting global warming in the western United States, appears to be veering toward the brink of extinction in the Great Basin.
A derivative of the sweet wormwood plant used since ancient times to fight malaria and shown to precisely target and kill cancer cells may someday aid in stopping breast cancer before it gets a toehold.
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts will be a busy place over the next week as it is visited by an acrobatic troupe, a string quartet and a dance company.
The UW is in the top 10 among schools identified as good values in education by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
Scientific insights come at the darnedest times.
The Ford Foundation has selected the UW as one of 27 higher education institutions to receive $100,000 grants for projects that promote academic freedom and constructive dialogue on campus.
Corporations like Enron that overemphasize outcomes such as profits might make their leaders blind to ethics and limit their abilities to recognize ethical or moral issues when they surface, according to a UW study.
Consider, say, a quarterback and coach reviewing a play from last week’s football game.
January 11, 2006
When a personal finance magazine named the 100 public universities that provide a stellar education at a relatively low cost, the University of Washington made the top 10.
January 9, 2006
Corporations like Enron that overemphasize outcomes such as profits might make their leaders blind to ethics and limit their abilities to recognize ethical or moral issues when they surface, according to a University of Washington study.
January 5, 2006
The experiences of Insitu Corp.
It’s all there, even down to the details — the red brick and white trim, the evergreen trees, even the classic portico.
Who says Red Square has to be red?
Black flagstones might beautify that sea of brick.
Members of the University community:
I am pleased to announce the arrival of the new Voluntary Investment Program (VIP) online enrollment/change enhancement to Employee Self-Service (ESS).
“Frequencies” is the name for a fence of 2-inch diameter branches that doesn’t simply mark one’s property line, it undulates along it.
UW Medicine’s Mini-Medical School will offer six sessions this year, Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 p.
Celebrations of the legacy of Dr.
It sounds like water — a “gloink” sound — said Elena Fox of the UW’s U-Pass office.
UW researchers have found a genetic pathway linking nutrient response and the aging process, they report in the Nov.
As a Washington state trooper patrolling the streets of Olympia, 39-year-old Matt Stone was trained to expect the unexpected.
Occupants of Johnson Hall were busy moving in to their renovated quarters this week.
When the UW gives out its annual awards this spring, there will be a new one added to the list.
Cancer survivor and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was the keynote speaker at the second annual UW Medical Center Survivors Celebration Breakfast held Dec.
The urban campus and restored brick warehouses of UW Tacoma have earned recognition from the Sierra Club as one of the country’s best new development projects.
Jim Antony gets pretty excited when he talks about the new Masters Program in Intercollegiate Athletics Leadership, to be offered by the College of Education starting this summer.
Starting this quarter, students will be able to work toward a minor in diversity at the UW.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Academic opportunities
Participants wanted for Continuums of Service conference
Washington Campus Compact and the Western Region Campus Compact Consortium announce the dates, location, theme, and call for proposals for the Ninth Annual Continuums of Service Conference.
A GRAND FILM: A group of UW Tacoma students won the short-film contest sponsored by the city’s Grand Cinema right before the break, producing a five-minute film in just 72 hours with only a few actors, minimal sets and equipment, and a clunky required line of dialogue.
Last summer, University Week sent out e-mail to all the faculty and staff we could find who have worked here for at least 35 years.
The Stardust landing will be covered live on UWTV2, which will be broadcasting from NASA-TV starting at 1:30 a.