Learning
March 30, 2012
Bigger, bolder, greener: The 2012 UW Environmental Innovation Challenge (with video)
The fourth Environmental Innovation Challenge was the biggest yet. The winning team proposes to replace concrete lane dividers with ones made from recycled rubber tires. Other student teams presented their prototypes for emergency shelters, rooftop gardens, nonstick cookware and other green businesses.
March 29, 2012
Second annual All Health Professions Error Disclosure Day teaches important team skills
In case scenarios, medical, nursing, and pharmacy students learned how to tell a patient’s family that a serious error has occurred.
March 23, 2012
Tech survey shows students want better connections, faculty want more flexible classrooms
Students want better wireless and electrical connections on campus, while faculty would like more consistent and more flexible configurations of classroom technology, a new survey shows.
March 19, 2012
Medical school celebrates students' residency placements at Match Day 2012
UW graduating medical students — along with newly minted M.D.s across America — learned March 16 where they will do their residency training.
March 9, 2012
Students uncloak ‘hidden topics for April 27-29 global health conference
Social justice, climate change, mental health, and marginalized populations will top the agenda.
March 1, 2012
UW students to design alternative-fuels vehicle for EcoCAR 2 competition
Over the next three years, a team of UW students will convert a 2013 Chevy Malibu into a fuel-efficient, low-emissions vehicle that still meets consumer demands for a driver-friendly car. The UW is one of 15 schools participating in the EcoCAR 2 contest, sponsored by General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy.
February 21, 2012
Design eye for the science guy: Drop-in clinic helps scientists communicate data
The Design Help Desk offers scientists a chance to meet with a student who can help them create more effective figures, tables and graphs. This visual equivalent of a Writing Help Desk is also a study on how to teach data visualization.
February 17, 2012
To create a font: A design class with an international expert — with slide show
This week, students in Karen Chengs Art 377 class, Marks and Symbols, have been studying type fonts with French typeface master Jean François Porchez — and even creating their own fonts. The students were asked to bring in photographs of font designs they had seen around Seattle, and then design complete fonts from those beginnings.
February 15, 2012
Design begins this spring for longhouse-style Intellectual House
Design should begin this spring, with construction scheduled to start in the summer of 2013, for Intellectual House, a longhouse-style facility on the University of Washington campus that will be a resource for the university, tribal and surrounding communities.
Say woof?: Psych 101 students have unusual guest lecturer – with video
Chantel Prat, a UW assistant professor of psychology, uses her pet dog “Cocco” to demonstrate learning in a psychology 101 class.
February 14, 2012
Global health a world-class program at UW, President Young says in speech
Young spoke an an open house at the new central location for global health faculty, staff and students to gather on south campus.
February 10, 2012
‘Dr. Chocolate seeks worlds best chocolate
A UW Bothell lecturer describes her worldwide study of the cocoa and chocolate trade.
Grant to Schools of Pharmacy, Public Health creates graduate research certificate
The program will hone students’ investigative skills in comparing the benefits and risks of different treatment choices.
February 6, 2012
Shifting the pharmaceutical care model in Hong Kong
One of the world’s most densely settled places, Hong Kong is restructuring pharmacy practice to meet the healthcare needs of its populace.
January 27, 2012
UW Bothell launches first Innovation Forum
UW Bothell launches its first Innovation Forum, Feb. 13 to 16, to encourage discourse between the university and the community
January 24, 2012
UW leads in connecting scholarship with community
Research that gives back to the public is an emerging trend in higher education, and the UW is among the first U.S. universities to establish a path of study for it.
Discover whats on the health horizon at UW Medicine Mini-Medical School 2012
The general public and the UW community can register to attend the 2012 UW Medicine Mini-Med School. Learn the latest in research, clinical advances and physician training.
January 23, 2012
Pharmacy students impress judges with clinical knowledge at New Orleans competition
Students Stephanie Friedman and Linda Lei put their pharmaceutical expertise to the test at a national competition, and won first place.
January 20, 2012
Hip-hop lesson plans teach Seattle students about social issues, arts – with playlist
Hip-hop music teaches middle- and high schoolers about social movements, poetry and art in a UW-coordinated project.
January 13, 2012
Opinion: Reflections on Dr. King and a mothers life well lived
Ed Taylor, UW vice provost and dean of undergraduate affairs, remembers the life and achievements of his mother in the context of the work of Dr. King. “At her funeral, I was profoundly aware of my responsibility to live a life that is as decent, kind, caring and humane as my mother’s.”
January 12, 2012
UW-IT seeks faculty for pilot projects using eTexts
UW Information Technology is seeking faculty members interested in using electronic texts, or eTexts, in their classes for participation in a pilot project.
December 22, 2011
From crate to plate: Students study how to improve campus access to fresh local food
Recipes that come boxed with fresh ingredients ready to cook? How about a monthlong incentive program inspiring a commitment to fresh local food? A design class studies how to get it done.
December 20, 2011
Just messy or is it hoarding? Sorting out darker reality hidden inside clutter
We joke about being pack rats or collectors, but hoarding is a common and extremely hard problem to treat. A psychologist tells UW students how to identify and treat hoarding.
December 9, 2011
Small lifestyle changes can prevent diabetes
Learn some tips keep your weight in check over the winter holidays, and other ways to prevent type 2 diabetes, as well as recognize its symptoms.
December 8, 2011
Undergraduates asked to compete in "Be the Change" contest for global health
UW undergrads can propose solutions to the worlds pressing health challenges in preparation for the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair. Applications due Jan. 13.
December 7, 2011
New journal debuts for Professional and Continuing Education arts students
Professional and Continuing Education has been offering arts classes for almost all of its nearly 100 year history, but now, for the first time, graduates of those programs have a journal in which to publish their work.
December 5, 2011
Free college preparation for high-school students with disabilities
High-school students who need help due to disability can apply for a special program with mentoring and support for their college prep.
December 2, 2011
Law students from Ethiopia learn as part of nation building
Some students go to law school to build a practice in corporate, criminal or other branch of the law. But five students who arrived from Ethiopia late this past summer are different — they want to build a nation.
November 30, 2011
New online guide aids recruitment, retention of minority graduate students
How does a department increase its pool of diverse applicants for graduate programs? The Graduate School has tried to demystify the process by compiling a guide of “best practices.”
November 29, 2011
A prescription for managing seasonal depression
If dark, rainy days have got you down, here are some ways to lift winter depression
November 22, 2011
Award-winning organization inspires underrepresented students to explore sciences
In a few short years, the UW chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science has come a long way and won honors — all for helping to bring greater diversity to the study of science at the UW.
November 21, 2011
UW seniors Byron Gray and Cameron Turtle named Rhodes Scholars
Byron Gray and Cameron Turtle, University of Washington seniors, are among 32 Rhodes Scholars just named for 2012.
November 16, 2011
Pharmacy students lead Honduran medical brigade
Twenty-nine UW pharmacy students, along with some faculty members,alumni and health professionals from other fields, offered a free, temporary clinic in Joya Grande. When they arrived, a long line of Honduran villagers were waiting to welcome them.
November 15, 2011
iSchool students archive Buddhist monastery material (with slide show)
Joe Tennis and his students in the Information School are helping the San Francisco Zen Center organize its archives, “everything from the sacred to the mundane.” Along the way, they have meditated daily.
November 10, 2011
Bothell Education Professor Wayne Au to discuss new book
Wayne Au, assistant professor of education at UW Bothell, will speak on his new book, “Critical Curriculum Studies: Education, Consciousness, and the Politics of Knowing,” Friday, Nov. 18, in the Petersen Room of Allen Library.
November 9, 2011
Laboratory chemical safety video available online
The UWs Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Department would like to share a film with the UW community to help raise awareness about chemical safety in laboratories and to help prevent serious accidents from occurring in the future.
November 7, 2011
Class notes: From construction site to park in a day — hypothetically
When students showed up for Design Foundations Studio (Landscape Architecture 301) on Oct. 31, a quick, one-day assignment awaited them — they were asked to imagine converting a construction staging area into a park.
November 2, 2011
Training students to prevent cybercrime
The UW has won a $2.1 million federal grant to train graduate students in the burgeoning field of information assurance and cybersecurity.
Volunteers needed for the Dream Project's Admissions Weekend
Want to help local high school students achieve the dream of getting to college? The Dream Project, which does just that, is looking for volunteers.
October 26, 2011
Class notes: Information School studies Occupy Seattle
For the first assignment in her Library Information Science 510 course, titled Information Behavior, Professor Karen Fisher allowed students to visit Occupy Seattle, among other locations, to study the ongoing protest — a sort of growing community — from an information perspective.
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