Current news and events happening on campus and in the community designed to improve quality of life and foster economic vitality.
Seattle Parks and Recreation invites the community to a public meeting for the development of 1101-1137 NE Boat Street on Portage Bay. You are encouraged to attend and learn about the new shoreline park coming to the University District.
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Time: 6-7:30 pm
Place: Bryant Building, 1117 NE Boat Street, Seattle, WA 98105
University of Washington geography professors Victoria Lawson and Sarah Elwood are leading the effort to alter how we perceive and study poverty around the world. Co-founders of the Relational Poverty Network, they are looking to shift thinking about “the poor and poor others” to thinking about relationships of power and privilege at a time when issues of economic inequality are part of the national and local dialogue.
Read about this important work on UW Today or visit the Relational Poverty Network’s site.
Don’t miss this wildly creative fashion show featuring sustainable eco-fashions!
From the wild to the runway, this show collides “fashion forward” with “socially and environmentally responsible.” The runway will be alive with animal-inspired designs and performances, and all designs are ethically and sustainably constructed for both people and the planet. This runway show will feature Project Runway winners and participants, as well as a number of local and international designers and performers. This unique and exciting event will be held on Wednesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. at Gould Hall.
The UW Conservation in Style student group was formed by students Ava Holmes and Olivia Moskowitz, who’ve partnered with The Gabby Wild Foundation to host a second Conservation Catwalk. Conservation in Style focuses on eco-friendly fashion to raise awareness and funds for endangered species. The Gabby Wild Foundation is a US-based charity that partners with international NGO’s, research organizations and accredited charities to promote the conversation of wildlife and management of ecosystems. The Gabby Wild Foundation celebrates the intersection of art and science by raising awareness and creating fundraising campaigns that feature sustainable fashion and support hands-on conservation research, field and veterinary work.
The “Elements of the Wild” fashion show will feature five runway segments representing the four elements essential to life:
A secret fifth element will also be featured and benefit all organizations.
Attendees will also hear from renowned wildlife conservationists speaking about each of the four elements, and the event will also include exhibits and an auction to further benefit the animals and these organizations.
This impressive list of Project Runway winners and participants will be showing their designs on the runway:
The runway will also feature the following local and international designers and performers:
Click here to get tickets or here to see the Facebook page for this event. All the proceeds will support wildlife conservation.
See you at the runway!
Nathan White, M.D., M.S., is an adjunct assistant professor of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering at the UW with a particular interest in bleeding and blood clotting. As an attending physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Harborview Medical Center, he has seen firsthand how bleeding to death before reaching the hospital is responsible for 30 to 40 per cent of trauma-related deaths. Dr. White began to see this as a “treatable problem.”
Dr. White collaborated with Dr. Suzie Pun, of the Pun Laboratory, and UW professor of Bioengineering and adjunct professor of Chemical Engineering, and graduate students of Bioengineering such as Leslie Chan, to develop polymers that enhance blood clotting in patients following traumatic injuries. Injected by first responders, this revolutionary blood-clotting technology could significantly increase the survival rate of trauma victims.
In the video, Dr. White says, “The point that I’m trying address, is getting these patients, and more of these patients, alive to the hospital. And if you make it to the hospital, you have a really great chance of surviving.” He adds, “This is really team science. So this is bringing experts together from various fields, coming together, working towards a specific goal.”
Click here to learn more about the UW Department of Bioengineering Pun Laboratory.
Bring your natural and cultural objects to the Burke Museum for their collection experts to evaluate on Artifact ID Day between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 9. This is the one day a year where all the Burke’s research and collections staff are in one place to help you learn more about your treasured, or found, objects.
These experts, who specialize in baskets, blankets and other cultural objects from Native American cultures, the Pacific Islands and Asia, as well as archaeological artifacts, bones, fossils and rocks, will help you find out about the origins of your objects and their cultural, natural, and historic significance.
The Burke Museum proudly reports that past Artifact ID Days have uncovered such rare items as a 5,000-year-old stone tool, a twined basketry doll made by a Tlingit weaver, and a drinking cup made from a walrus’ tusk.
What objects do you have at home that you’re curious about?
Artifact ID Day is included in museum admission and is free for Burke members. Please bring a limit of three items per visitor.
Click here to see more about the event.
See you at the Burke!