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January 28, 2010
Butterfly vision through the eyes of an engineer
Some people might spend their retirement relaxing at a beachside condo.
The carillon carries on: Continuing a century-old School of Music tradition
Resonant, bell-like tones from Denny Hall sound the Westminster Chimes and mark the hours each day.
Nominations open until Feb. 28 for ‘Celebrating University of Washington Women’
Do you know of an outstanding female UW student, staff or faculty member who deserves recognition? Consider nominating her for “Celebrating University of Washington Women.
State’s chief justice to speak at UW law school
Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Barbara Madsen will meet with students at the UW School of Law from noon to 1:30 p.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
DYNAMIC RESEARCH: Thomas B.
‘Prisoner Release’: What’s the story on 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.
Preview the flower show, support the Arboretum
The Northwest Flower & Garden Show returns to the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in early February, and once again the Arboretum Foundation will kick off the event with its annual Arbor Eden Preview Gala.
Combined Fund Drive offers coin, donation drive for Haiti assistance
Little things can add up to a lot, and until Feb.
Managing Pacific Northwest dams for a changing climate
Civil engineers at the UW and the U.
New formula helps gauge the winds of change
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said that change is the only constant.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 3 p.
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.
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.
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.
UW experts among those to decode multiple sclerosis on UWTV
You’ve seen the commercials and the billboards: The Northwest has a higher incidence of multiple sclerosis than most anywhere on Earth, and no one knows why.
How many argon atoms can fit on the surface of a carbon nanotube?
Phase transitions – changes of matter from one state to another without altering its chemical makeup – are an important part of life in our three-dimensional world.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Steady growth for charter schools — and a boost from President Obama, UW center says
Thanks to President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, charter schools are being promoted as an important tool for improving U.
Learning from the community: Center for Experiential Learning brings three community-service programs together
Editor’s Note: This is part two of University Week’s four-part series describing the work of the Center for Experiential Learning.
Shadow scene
Peter Kelley Workers on the site of the new molecular engineering building appeared in shadow during a recent lunchtime “sun break.”
January 27, 2010
Peter Ward speaks.
The Annual Faculty Lecture, this year by Peter Ward, professor of Earth and space sciences, and titled “Who is Afraid of the Big, Bad Climate? What is the Worst that Global Warming Could Do?” Reception to follow in the Walker-Ames Room.
January 26, 2010
Science of optics.
Charles Falco shares research findings from his collaboration with artist David Hockney.
January 23, 2010
Artifact ID Day.
The Burke Museum’s 25th annual day for figuring out unidentified cultural artifacts and learning where they came from and the stories behind them! Burke Museum curators and experts will be on hand to give you the inside scoop about your treasures.
January 22, 2010
Postspatial China.
Postspatial China.
January 21, 2010
Richard Alston Dance.
Founded in 1994, the Richard Alston Dance Company has grown into one of Britain’s most avidly-followed contemporary companies.
H1N1 Flu Clinic.
This seasonal and H1N1 Flu Clinic is open to UW faculty and staff eligible for any of the PEBB medical plans, including Group Health Cooperative.
On the Cedar River: 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.
Beyond ‘book learning’ Center for Experiential Learning offers undergraduates educational experiences outside the classroom
Editor’s Note: Today University Week begins a four-part series describing the work of the Center for Experiential Learning.
Why hasn’t Earth warmed as much as expected? New report explores reasons
Earth has warmed much less than expected during the industrial era based on current best estimates of Earth’s “climate sensitivity” — the amount of global temperature increase expected in response to a given rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide.
Got an odd old item? Bring it to Artifact ID Day at the Burke Museum
Got an odd historical or cultural artifact or a specimen from the natural world lying around that you’ve always wondered about? Maybe curators at the Burke Museum can help you figure out what it is.
Don’t be in the dark: Get your bike lights, reflectors tested Jan. 27
It’s another dark, rainy winter here in sodden Seattle — are your bicycle lights and reflectors as good as they need to be?
You can find out in a class being offered Wednesday, Jan.
UW perspective on the Haitian earthquake disaster: seismology, damage and volunteer medical response
The Jan. 12 earthquake was magnitude 7. It’s impossible to measure the abundant compassion of UW Medicine and UW health sciences faculty, st
Etc.: Campus news & notes
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO… Two UW Computer Science & Engineering alumni will head to Hollywood on Feb.
More from less: Faculty Senate considers plan for reducing and restructuring Senate
The shape of a restructured Faculty Senate emerged last week with approval from the Senate Executive Committee and the Faculty Council on Faculty Affairs (FCFA).
Faculty lecture: Climate change seen through the prism of the fossil record
Peter Ward has never been one to shy away from controversy.
An evening of Gershwin? S’Wonderful, s’marvelous show at Meany Jan. 30
You can spend an evening with composer George Gershwin on Jan.
You can help Haiti through spaghetti feed or Combined Fund Drive donation
You can have home-made spaghetti sauce while helping out the victims of the Haiti earthquake at a spaghetti feed hosted by Facilities Services from noon to 1 p.
Stand witness to School of Drama’s ‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’
The UW School of Drama invites you to the trial of the centuries in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Stephen Adly Guirgis’ entertaining exploration of history’s most legendary betrayal.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Notices
Alcohol & drug abuse research grants
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University of Washington researchers for its Small Grants research awards.
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