The latest news from the UW

PENNY PINCHING: The University of Michigan, responding to health care expenditures that have doubled in the last five years, will force employees to pay a share of the costs beginning in January 2004.

There are still openings in the summer programs for kids sponsored by UW Educational Outreach.

The rapidly advancing Internet, where things happen in “real-time,” will have to endure a moment of reflection next month.

Students aspiring to secure seed money to nurture future ventures showcased their brightest ideas last week during the investment round of the UW Business School’s Center for Technology Entrepreneurship (CTE) Business Plan Competition.

Three UW scholars have won prestigious fellowships from two different foundations.

The UW and three other organizations are joining forces to build a world-class telescope to search the heavens for supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, near-Earth asteroids and dark energy, the mysterious force behind the expansion of the universe.

Pacific Islander Partnerships in Education (PIPE) and the Center for Multicultural Education are being honored with the 2003 Jeff and Susan Brotman Diversity Award.

An oceanographer striving to find the limits of life, a marine policy expert helping resource managers and citizens prepare for global climate change and a neurobiologist investigating the mechanism underlying the sense of smell became the University of Washington’s newest members of the National Academy of Sciences this week.

It’s a fact of life that everyone gets older, but everyone may not get the same health care as they age, suggests research from the Institute of Medicine.

An oceanographer striving to find the limits of life, a marine policy expert helping resource managers and citizens prepare for global climate change and a neurobiologist investigating the mechanism underlying the sense of smell became the University of Washington’s newest members of the National Academy of Sciences today.

WHAT:
The annual Arbor Day Fair for first-, second- and third graders.

A group students in the University of Washington Department of Mathematics – all but one of them local residents and most products of public education – have taken top honors in an international mathematics competition, edging out teams from such math powerhouses as MIT, Harvard and Harvey Mudd College.

A group of students in the UW Department of Mathematics — all but one of them local residents and most products of public education — have taken top honors in an international mathematics competition, edging out teams from such math powerhouses as MIT, Harvard and Harvey Mudd College.

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

Even with the Internet at their fingertips, people who really need information are more likely to seek it from other people — especially people they know.

Award-winning writer and filmmaker Sherman Alexie will deliver the commencement address at the UW on June 14 in Husky Stadium.

The UW today announced a major gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enhances the University of Washington’s position as the emerging world leader in genomics research.

The UW, Tacoma’s Urban Studies Program is launching a certificate program in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in September.

A new law that went into the books in January gives employees in Washington state more freedom to use accrued leave.

If a recent student survey is to be believed, UW students are a pretty tech-savvy group and would like to be more so by the time they graduate.

The University of Washington today announced a major gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enhances the UW’s position as the emerging world leader in genomics research. The $70 million gift is by far the largest single private donation ever to an institution of higher education in the Northwest.

Even with the Internet at their fingertips, people who really need information are more likely to seek it from other people — especially people they know.

Award–winning writer and filmmaker Sherman Alexie will deliver the Commencement address at the University of Washington on June 14 in Husky Stadium.

Psychologists at the University of Washington trying to understand the underlying causes of childhood and adolescent depression and conduct disorder are looking for 240 Seattle-area 8- to 12-year-olds and one of their parents to participate in a new study.

Students aspiring to secure seed money to grow future ventures will put their brightest ideas forward during the investment round of the University of Washington Business School’s Center for Technology Entrepreneurship (CTE) Business Plan Competition.

Nominees for the Distinguished Staff Award were honored at a reception recently.