October 15, 2009
Where are we?
The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Streissguth garden is all in the family
By Catherine O’Donnell
News & Information
The Streissguth Gardens began when Daniel Streissguth and Ann Roth Pytkowicz fell in love.
UW oceanographer is a lead scientist in largest airborne survey of polar ice
By Sandra Hines
News & Information
During the next six years Operation Ice Bridge will use aircraft to conduct what NASA says is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at the Earth’s polar regions.
UW Astrobiology Program to present lecture series ‘Life and the Universe’ through Nov. 17
The UW Astrobiology Program presents a series of lectures by renowned experts in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescopic discoveries and the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s theory of evolution.
October 14, 2009
AYPE Exhibit Tours.
The last of three public tours of the Libraries Special Collections exhibit The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: When the World Came to Campus.
October 13, 2009
Sylvia Toran.
This solo piano recitalist’s career has taken her to Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand.
Presidential address.
UW President Mark A.
October 9, 2009
Indigenous healing.
Columbia University’s Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart will discuss historical trauma for indigenous peoples and the historical trauma response, and will present an intervention aimed at facilitating healing.
Reading the Constitution.
You may be surprised at the familiarity or newness of this amazing document as 100 readers bring it to life for the fourth annual reading.
October 8, 2009
Newsmakers
POLLUTION PONZI: David Barash, UW professor of psychology, frequently contributes to The Chronicle Review, the magazine of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Oct.
Paul Taylor dance.
Over its 53 years in existence, Taylor’s choreography has become the “gold standard” of modern dance.
Study: Portfolio school districts are still works in progress
Portfolio school districts are promising new developments but they still have big problems to solve,” is how Paul Hill describes reforms in the four big cities being studied by his team at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at UW Bothell.
Burke Trivia Night.
The Burke Museum presents a monthly pub quiz for science buffs, culture gurus, and museum lovers.
Emmert to address UW community Oct. 13
President Mark Emmert will deliver his annual address to the UW community at 3:30 p.
Bodemer Lecture 2009.
Dr.
Sculpture park to host UW display on sea level and climate change
The UW is creating a display at the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park that illustrates how projected changes in sea level due to climate change could affect Seattle’s waterfront, as well as other more vulnerable waterfront cities elsewhere in the world.
The Friends of UW School of Medicine marks 60 years of service
By Delia Ward
UW Medicine Advancement
For her first Thanksgiving in Seattle, Andrea B.
Communication professors featured in Town Hall lecture series
The UW Department of Communication is partnering with Town Hall in Seattle to present a four-part lecture series on journalism, digital media and civic engagement.
There’s something fishy going on–but what is it? Help the library 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.
Management changes at UWTV aimed to widen channel’s role
UWTV, the UW’s television station and production facility, is reshaping itself to occupy a more central role in portraying what happens at the UW to the rest of the world.
Golden West Winds Airforce Woodwind Quintet to perform Oct. 15
The Golden West Winds Airforce Woodwind Quintet, the resident woodwind quintet of the United States Air Force Band, will give a free recital of chamber music at 7:30 p.
Home Movie Day comes to Allen Auditorium Oct. 17
The UW Libraries Special Collections, in collaboration with Media Bay Productions, will sponsor Home Movie Day from 2 to 5 p.
Etc: Campus news and notes
SCIENCE INTO ART: UW oceanographer Neil Banas will have the rare experience of having his scientific data turned into art this weekend.
UW Combined Fund Drive to hold Charity Fair Oct. 14
The UW Combined Fund Drive, the UW’s workplace giving campaign, will kick off its 25th anniversary with a Charity Fair from 11 a.
Department of Energy grant will assist UW move to hybrid, electric vehicles
The UW has received a $283,400 grant from the U.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
October 7, 2009
Managing mortgages.
Learn about refinancing, home equity loans, reverse mortgages, how to avoid predatory lenders and more.
October 6, 2009
Son de Madera.
A performance, and a discussion of Fandango Sin Fronteras, a movement of musicians and organizers in Veracruz and California building a transnational community dedicated to social justice.
October 5, 2009
Powerful documentary to be shown Nov. 6 at the Ethnic Cultural Center
The Place of the Falling Waters, a powerful documentary about the Salish and Kootenia tribal histories and the building of the Kerr hydropower dam on Montana’s Flathead Lake, will be shown at 6:30 p.
October 2, 2009
Astronaut Fred Haise.
Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise will talk about his incredible experiences and present this year’s Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Award.
Henry Art21.
Be the first to view the new Henry exhibition Vortexhibition Polyphonica, an unusual and dynamic approach to exhibiting objects from the Henry’s permanent collection.
October 1, 2009
‘Open to Question’ exhibit occupies new site near Allen Library
Open to Question, the exhibit about University District activism that has been outdoors at the UW Tower, is finding a new home near Allen Library this week.
Bulbs galore at the Arboretum’s Fall Bulb & Plant Sale
The Arboretum Foundation’s annual Fall Bulb and Plant sale takes place from 10 a.
Legendary Harvard “Justice” professor visits UW School of Law
A course called, simply, Justice is one of the most popular in Harvard University’s history, with nearly a thousand students filling a Harvard theater each week to hear Michael Sandel, professor of government, talk about justice, equality, democracy, and citizenship.
Choe is a champion — in smart commuting
Yang-Sook Choe, program manager for Area C Custodial Division, has been named the first ever “Commute Champion” by UW Transportation Services.
UW’s Dee Boersma honored by Heinz Foundation
UW conservationist Dee Boersma is among 10 recipients of the Heinz Family Foundation awards given to people whose achievements have fostered a cleaner, greener and more sustainable world.
Hear the Constitution read next week at Suzzallo
UW Libraries Government Publications holds the fourth annual “UW Reads the Constitution,” from noon to 1:30 p.
Downtown dawgs: Find everything Husky at Husky Central
On Sept.
Evolution of entertainment in India is Danz lecturer’s topic
Playwright, filmmaker and actor Girish Karnad will give a Danz Lecture, Entertaining India, at 6:30 p.
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