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February 11, 2010

Go to the poles in your imagination at annual Polar Science Weekend

Hands-on exhibits, UW polar experts and a bit of imagination will transport you and your family to the extreme environments of the Arctic and Antarctica later this month during Polar Science Weekend at Pacific Science Center.


Center for Experiential Learning helps undergraduates through the competitive scholarship process

Editor’s Note: This is the last part of University Week’s four-part series describing the work of the Center for Experiential Learning.


UW bands unite for ‘Songs and Dances for Band’

The UW symphonic, concert and campus bands will perform Thursday, Feb.


February 10, 2010

‘Igloos to Internet.’

A lecture by Pita Aatami, president of the Makivik Corporation for the last 10 years, who will describe how the Inuit of Nunavik, Quebec, have gone from igloos to the Internet and self-governance in barely a generation.


February 9, 2010

Garrick Ohlsson.

The second of two Chopin concerts celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth and the 40th anniversary of Ohlsson, a master interpreter of Chopin’s work, winning the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition.


HUB remodel.

A resource fair to show options for eating and activities while the HUB is being remodeled.


February 7, 2010

Opera auditions.

Vocal audition competition for opera singers 20-30 years of age, from the NW Region comprising Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.


February 4, 2010

Come celebrate the updated Ethnomed cross-cultural health resource Feb. 9

A demonstration and celebration of Ethnomed, used by health-care providers and patients alike, will take place Feb. 9. Take a tour of the ne


Elders hit their stride with Sound Steps Program, run by UW graduate student

Marigrace Becker will pick up her UW master’s degree in social work next month, but she isn’t planning to look for a job as a social worker.


School of Drama has staged readings of two Depression-era plays

The UW School of Drama is offering a play reading series dubbed “Looking Up at Down” as part of the Great Depression in Washington State project.


UW students recreate story of Great Depression that transformed Washington

With the escalation of the “great recession” a year ago, UW historian James Gregory started getting telephone calls asking him to compare it to Great Depression of the 1930s.


Evergreen Point Floating Bridge replacement is subject of two meetings

The Washington State Department of Transportation is holding two sessions on campus in February to gather comments and provide information on its Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the SR520 project, which includes replacing the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge.


3-D scaffold provides clean, biodegradable structure for stem cell growth

Medical researchers were shocked to discover that virtually all human embryonic stem cell lines being used in 2005 were contaminated.


Poet, multimedia artist to perform at UW Bothell

UW Bothell and Northwest Film Forum are presenting sound artist, poet, photographer, mixed-media practitioner and interdisciplinary performer Cris Cheek for two events.


UWTV’s student-created show, ‘The Daily’s Double Shot,’ debuts Friday night

It’s almost showtime for a new weekly, magazine-style television program co-produced by UWTV and The Daily, the UW’s student newspaper.


eScience on Tap on Feb. 8 and monthly thereafter

The eScience Institute will offer “eScience on Tap” at 6 p.


West campus story: HFS begins major student housing project

Housing and Food Services is about to break ground on a huge student housing project on the west side of the Seattle campus that will, in its first phase, bring four new residence halls totaling 600,000 square feet and beds for about 1,600 additional students by late 2012.


Etc.: Campus news & notes

LEGALLY ART: An exhibit of art by UW law student Peter Boome featuring a series of hand-pulled screen prints in the Pacific Coastal Salish style has been installed in William H.


Lost and Found Film: Help identify the goings-on at Thomson Hall

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.


UW undergraduate research: Everything from bioengineering to dance

Editor’s Note: This is part three of University Week’s four-part series describing the work of the Center for Experiential Learning.


Students perform ‘Music from the Golden Age of Guitar’

Guitar students of Michael Partington will present a program of music from the classical and romantic eras for guitar duo and trio, and guitar with voice.


New play workshop.

The School of Drama joins the Seattle Rep to present a new play reading series featuring current graduate student actors and professional actors from the Seattle community.


Mystery Photo

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


‘Seven Samurai.’

The 1954 Japanese classic starring Toshiro Mifune and directed by Akira Kurosawa.


Actors tackle new script in staged reading of ‘Lidless’ at the Jones Playhouse

This weekend some new actors tackle a new play, offering audience members a brand new experience.


Louise Leakey.

As the youngest of Leakey fossil-hunters, Louise, daughter of Richard Leakey, has been true to her family legacy with her adventurous spirit, ambitious research, and unwavering focus on the advancement of science and our understanding of human origins and evolution.


Notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, Feb.


Plan to reduce size of Faculty Senate moves closer to passing

At their meeting last week, senators approved a plan to restructure the Faculty Senate, reducing it from 267 to 110 members.


Researchers track the marks of selective breeding on the dog genome


From the Dachshund’s stubby legs to the Shar-Pei’s wrinkly skin, breeding for certain characteristics has left its mark on the dog genome.


Louise Leakey.

As the youngest of Leakey fossil-hunters, Louise, daughter of Richard Leakey, has been true to her family legacy with her adventurous spirit, ambitious research, and unwavering focus on the advancement of science and our understanding of human origins and evolution.


Rehab medicine doc Krabak heads to Vancouver games

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February 3, 2010

Auryn Quartet.

Having studied with both the Amadeus and Guarneri quartets, the Auryn Quartet has emerged as one of the most important quartets of its generation.


January 30, 2010

‘Gershwin on Broadway.’

Join acclaimed pianist Leon Bates and guest singers Louise Toppin and Robert Sims for a evening’s celebration of the legendary American composer whose timeless works include They Can’t Take that Away from Me, Summertime and Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.


January 28, 2010

Airlift Northwest Executive Director Chris Martin is off to a flying start

Chris Martin, the new executive director of Airlift Northwest, didn’t hit the ground running when she came on board in March.


New manager to help make travel abroad safer for UW community

The arrival of the UW’s first-ever travel security and information manager, Brent Barker, marks an important step in making travel abroad by members of the UW community safer and more secure.


Expert on nerve-damaging environmental toxins to give Public Health Distinguished Faculty Lecture

Lucio Costa of UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health will talk on


Two veteran technology executives to lead UW’s New Ventures Group

The UW Center for Commercialization (UWC4C) has announced that two senior technology executives are bringing their expertise to the center’s support for entrepreneurial faculty.


Study to measure effect of a pre-operative ‘warm-up’

Trainees as well as experienced surgeons will get ready by first performing procedures on a virtual reality simulator.


UW Tacoma enrollment hits all-time high for winter

Continued demand for higher education drove enrollment numbers to an all-time high at the UW Tacoma for winter quarter.


Severe complications of diabetes higher in depressed patients

Research still needed to clarify biological mechanisms behind these findings



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