October 19, 2005
Immigrants are more dispersed and far more entwined with American-born people when measured by the households in which they live rather than counted individually on the traditional basis of census tract, neighborhood, metropolitan area or state.
October 18, 2005
The 2005 Engineering Lecture Series, Engineering the Unexpected, focuses on how University of Washington engineers are taking the lead in designing ways to respond when disaster strikes.
October 17, 2005
The search is on again for the brightest fifth- through eighth-grade students across Washington.
October 13, 2005
UW President Mark Emmert will give his annual address to the UW community at 4 p.
The UW Information School will hold three public events in coming days related to its search for a new dean.
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Proposals wanted for CSSS Seed Grants The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants.
Collier & Dean, the duo featuring UW Music Professor Tom Collier and his friend Dan Dean, will perform their 40th Anniversary Concert at 7:30 p.
Jane Brown, professor of Germanics, has received a Humboldt Research Award in recognition of lifetime achievements in research.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A new office is opening on campus alongside the By George Café in the Odegaard Undergraduate Library: The Husky Card Account & ID Center will be a convenience for students and some staff.
It’s a lot like an art class on upper campus.
Recurrent miscarriage (RM) can have devastating emotional effects on a woman and her partner.
The third Russell Ross Endowed Lecture will be given by Dr.
UW physicians featured on KING-TV Friday
UW Medicine physicians and researchers, including Dr.
About 30 exhibits and hands-on demonstrations were set up in the Health Sciences Lobby and adjacent courtyard as part of the Dawg Daze orientation program for new entering freshmen and transfer students in late September.
All over the world, researchers are trying to find the answer to making spinal cords whole again after they have been injured.
It’s not every day that a UW assistant professor leaves Mary Gates Hall to head a foreign delegation at a major overseas conference of the United Nations.
Aspiring set designers in the UW School of Drama are going to be studying with a teacher who knows his way around Broadway — and pretty much everywhere else good theater is made.
The UW Faculty Senate is taking nominations from those interested in becoming vice chair for the next school year, 2006-2007.
As an astronomy major, Ethan Owens saw student and faculty computers within the department being used to study galaxy formation and orbital mechanics.
Have you noticed the colorful signs planted strategically around campus these days that say: “Dismount zone”? They’re also signs of a new awareness of bicycle safety at the UW.
CYBER SLEUTH: Dave Dittrich, researcher and senior security engineer at the Information School, has been named one of the world’s top seven security professionals by Information Security magazine, which put him on the cover of its October edition.
The fossil cast of one of the largest birds that ever lived was installed at the Burke Museum this week.
With clever engineering and being in the right spot, under the right satellite, UW oceanographers working with Computing & Communications and the ResearchChannel became the first team in the world to broadcast high-definition video from the seafloor to selected sites around the world Sept.
October 11, 2005
Puget Sound men and women with an opiate addiction and women with suicidal behavior are needed as volunteers for two studies at the University of Washington designed to refine a therapeutic treatment for borderline personality disorder.
October 6, 2005
Vince Gallucci, whose work includes developing mathematical and statistical models to link biological studies to future population changes and management options, has been named director of the UW’s Center for Center for Quantitative Science in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife.
The UW has once again topped the nation in biomedical engineering research funding from the National Institutes of Health.
Friends, family and colleagues of Anthony Qamar, UW professor of Earth and Space Sciences, will gather in a special memorial service at 7 p.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UW Recycling is continuing its Stop-Think-Recycle campaign this week.
More than 100 charitable and nonprofit agencies filled the HUB Ballroom Wednesday for the kickoff to the UW’s annual Combined Fund Drive — a gala invitation to the UW community to donate a little bit each pay period to help others.
Mary Lidstrom, professor of chemical engineering and of microbiology, and holder of the Frank Jungers chair of engineering, has been appointed vice provost for research, effective Nov.
Airlift Northwest is holding a memorial service today, Oct.
The CEO of Sonosite, a firm headquartered in Bothell that produces handcarried diagnostic ultrasound devices and revenues of more than $100 million, is the Oct.
The UW’s World Dance Series begins a new season with Blueprint of a Lady: The Once and Future Life of Billie Holiday, a multi-arts performance piece based upon the life and legacy of the late jazz vocalist Billie Holiday.
UW President Mark Emmert and UWT Chancellor Patricia Spakes will host the the 15th anniversary celebration for UW Tacoma on Oct.
President Emmert has supplied one-year pilot money for an effort to create leadership and professional development opportunities for graduate and professional students.