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Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote is one of those books that everybody has heard of but almost nobody has read.

The UW has convened a group of international innovators in doctoral education to explore the forces that are driving change around the globe and the forms that innovation is taking.

PREMIER COURSEWARE: A group of faculty and students in the UW’s College of Engineering has won an award for an interactive CD tutorial the team created to use in an engineering class.

Infants begin pulling off an amazing feat sometime in the final three months of their first year of life.

Infants begin pulling off an amazing feat sometime in the final three months of their first year of life.

Record amounts of cash have gone to statewide ballot initiatives this year in Washington, according to data compiled by a student research team at the University of Washington.

The University Police have released their breakdown of campus crime statistics for the calendar year 2004, and have made the report available to all online.

Where are we?  The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

The University of Washington Retirement Association (UWRA) offers its next Long-term Care Insurance Workshop from 5 to 7 p.

The campus community is invited to meet with the first candidate to visit, Matthew O’Donnell, Jerry W.

The UW Alumni Association is sponsoring a Homecoming Rally beginning at 8 p.

Pacific Northwest eighth- and ninth-graders identified by teachers as being at or above the 95th percentile through national standardized testing — and with an interest in marine and ocean sciences — attended a day of exploration Oct.

A pilot project in participatory democracy will begin later this month in King County, pairing local policymakers with young adults who were once in foster care and are now existing on minimum-wage incomes.

Meany Hall’s International Chamber Music Series continues with a program of classical and romantic music performed by the Paris Piano Trio at 8 p.

When the UW School of Music opens the comic opera Tartuffe on Friday, Nov.

Community leaders and several UW faculty and staff who promoted diversity at the University and in the community will be honored when the UW Alumni Association and the Multicultural Alumni Partnership hold the 11th annual Bridging the Gap Breakfast on Saturday, Nov.

What would you call an alien if you encountered it on the street tomorrow? What if that alien didn’t come from another world but rather was created in a laboratory right here on Earth and functioned differently from other Earth life?

Either way, Peter Ward has the beginnings of an answer.

The chill in the air means it’s time to become familiar with the University’s inclement weather and suspended operations policies and the new numbers to call for the latest information on possible disruption of operations.

What if you had to work all day in a language not your own? How would you feel if, despite education in your native tongue, you couldn’t fully grasp the nuances of the language around you each work day?

Such is the case for a number of UW employees who are not native speakers of English, from maintenance crews to research fellows.

Ten UW faculty members have been awarded the distinction of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS.

A pilot project in participatory democracy will begin later this month in King County, pairing local policymakers with young adults who were once in foster care and are now existing on minimum-wage incomes.

What would you call an alien if you encountered it on the street tomorrow? What if that alien didn’t come from another world but rather was created in a laboratory right here on Earth and functioned differently from other Earth life?

Either way, Peter Ward has the beginnings of an answer.

The level and breadth of interest in the subject of climate change and its effects in Washington state was evidenced Thursday as a capacity crowd of more than 600 attended “The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be: Planning for Climate Disruption,” sponsored by King County and various state agencies.

Marilla Svinicki, associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, will be the speaker at the Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning, scheduled for 2 p.

The University of Washington Retirement Association (UWRA) offers its next Long-term Care Insurance Workshop from 5 to 7 p.

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Provost Phyllis Wise will hold her first Town Meeting with the University community from 3:30 to 5 p.

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Where are we?  The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

To publish academic and scholarly writing and research is to swim against an ever-growing tide of pop celebrity blather, exploitive tell-alls and diet crazes.

When the press picks up on research a university professor is doing, he or she can win a bit of notoriety, but it’s a rare day that a professor winds up in a comic strip.

Many baffled parents have wondered whether their teenagers would ever stop growing.

Karen VanDusen, director of the UW’s Environmental Health & Safety unit, has been named by Gov.

UNDER THE SEA: A recent New York Times article described how networks of tiny sensors are being used by scientists to “help fill an observational gap between microscopes and telescopes” in studies of forests, rivers, plate tectonics and undersea environments.

The School of Public Health and Community Medicine has been chosen to receive $3.