October 25, 2009
‘The Tempest.’
Shakespeare’s final play is a wonder of invention — an exuberant celebration of theatrical art and artifice.
October 24, 2009
‘Women Working.’
UW School of Music alumna Becky Billock performs works by American women composers, including Marion Bauer, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Jennifer Higdon, Libby Larsen, Amy Beach, Emma Lou Diemer and Margaret Bonds.
October 23, 2009
Henry Open House.
Join the Henry to celebrate new exhibitions Vortexhibition Polyphonica, Allan Sekula: Waiting for Tear Gas, Polaroids: Mapplethorpe, and Eirik Johnson: Sawdust Mountain with karaoke and cupcakes, too.
Purple and Gold Day.
By order of Gov.
October 22, 2009
A recliner on wheels: Help identify this week’s Lost and Found Film
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
UN Secretary-General receives honorary UW degree
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the UW at a formal academic convocation Monday, Oct.
The UW’s ‘green honor roll’
The University has received many honors and awards for its sustainability efforts.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Nov.
Record enrollments at UW Bothell, Tacoma this fall
As the 2009-1010 academic year gets under way, the UW’s Bothell and Tacoma campuses are bulging at the seams with record enrollments.
Etc: Campus News and Notes
LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT: If you’re looking for some sparkly entertainment, stroll down to Westlake Park between 5 and 9 p.
Metal Artist to speak at UW Libraries
Mary Lee Hu, retired UW professor of metal arts will speak at 7 p.
The UW School of Music offers two concerts this weekend
Pianist Becky Billock, a School of Music alumna, will perform works by American women composers at 7:30 p.
Eirik Johnson.
Join the artist as he discusses the Henry exhibition Sawdust Mountain.
Noise abatement study to cause some noise near SR 520 starting Oct. 26
The Washington State Department of Transportation will be conducting a test pile noise abatement study starting on Oct.
UW Chamber Dance Co.
The company resurrects old dances from the 1930s in a program titled The Shape of Dissent, a reminder that poverty and homlessness are not new events in America.
Peer Portfolio
MP3 ART: About 300 students wearing red, blue, green and yellow shirts gathered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus at 12:30 p.
Motulsky to receive inaugural award for lifetime of work in human genetics
Dr.
Where are we?
The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Uplift International — from earthquakes to human rights – shaking up health
By Emily Lee
Special to UW Health Sciences
Uplift International, a Seattle-based NGO, is run with the support of Beth Rivin, UW research associate professor of law and director of the Global Health and Justice Project.
New UW Photographers Group show opens Oct. 27
The UW Photographers Group will hold its eighth annual exhibition, Chiaro e Scuro, from Oct.
October 20, 2009
‘Playing French.’
The third annual Playing French Seattle festival of dramatic works will feature Romanian-born playwright Matei Visniec and also includes work by Georges Feydeau, Honore de Balzac and Samuel Beckett, all staged in French.
October 19, 2009
Picturing AYPE.
Join Nicolette Bromberg and John Stamets, author and photographer of Picturing the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a new book by UW Press with photos of the fair site then and now.
October 17, 2009
Home Movie Day.
A celebration of amateur films and filmmaking.
October 16, 2009
Race and AYPE.
How did the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition reflect, reproduce and perhaps challenge prevailing notions of race and empire? “Race and Empire at the Fair: The Alaksa-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Historical Perspectives” explores that question.
Savery Hall open house.
The departments of economics, philosophy and sociology invite the campus community to stop by and explore the newly renovated building.
October 15, 2009
UW’s Carole Terry to perform at St. Mark’s Cathedral
Carole Terry, professor in the School of Music, will perform works by Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn and Schumann on the St.
Combined Fund Volunteer: Mendez understands problems immigrants face
Editor’s note: Through the duration of the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight members of the UW community who are personally involved with one of the 2,800 agencies supported by CFD funds.
Economic stimulus awards top $100 million, include funds for work in Latin America and with Native Americans
By Mary Guiden and Catherine O’Donnell
News & Information
The UW has passed the $100 million mark in economic stimulus awards.
NASA shuttle astronaut, energy ‘smart grids,’ cyber-security talks the focus of College of Engineering fall lecture series
A space-walking astronaut, a pair of cyber-security experts and energy-saving “smart grids” will be topics for the College of Engineering’s fall lecture series, which this year it titled <A href="http://www.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents work by Garvens
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents Devices: Works by Associate Professor Ellen Garvens now through Oct.
UW Dental Alumni Association director gives son special gift
By Steve Steinberg
School of Dentistry
Randy Newquist took a little extra time off this summer, but he wasn’t slacking.
Big chill: Experts discuss the last Ice Age in Oct. 18 event at the Burke
12,000 years ago residents of the Puget Sound lived in the coldest temperatures the region has ever known.
Inventor of the Year Awards honor work on cystic fibrosis drug
Drs.
Faculty artist Stephen Fissel to perform on bass trombone Oct. 19
UW faculty artist and Seattle Symphony Orchestra trombonist Stephen Fissel will step from the back of the orchestra to the front of the stage to present solo music for the bass trombone in a concert at 7:30 p.
A place in space for Praczukowski — help identify this week’s Lost and Found Film
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Oct.
UW Medical Genetics Clinic celebrates 50th anniversary
By Mary Guiden
News and Community Relations
UW Medical Genetics Clinic faculty, administration and staff will celebrate the clinic’s 50th anniversary Nov.
Playing French Seattle to feature works by Feydeau, Balzac, Beckett and Romanian-born playwright Matei Visniec
The third annual Playing French Seattle festival of dramatic works will feature Romanian-born playwright Matei Visniec and also includes work by Georges Feydeau, Honoré de Balzac, and Samuel Beckett.
An ‘accumulation’ of old cars — starring a 1937 Plymouth sedan
By Peter Kelley
University Week
Mike Harrell says he doesn’t collect cool old cars, exactly — it’s more that he accumulates them.
Talk traces long journey of Japanese art treasure
Heather Blair, assistant professor of religious studies at Indiana University, will give a talk titled Sacred, Scrap, or Art? The Modern Career of Zao Gongen at 2:30 p.
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