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December 3, 2009
Get holiday greens and more at Arboretum sale, reception
The Arboretum Foundation’s beloved holiday sale returns to the Graham Visitors Center at the Washington Park Arboretum from 2 to 8 p.
Early intervention for toddlers with autism highly effective, study finds
A novel early intervention program for very young children with autism — some as young as 18 months — is effective for improving IQ, language ability and social interaction, a comprehensive new study has found.
Modern dance and period music mix in the Faculty Dance Concert’s ‘Brahms Waltzes’
The title Brahms Waltzes may bring to mind ladies in long dresses whirling around the dance floor in the arms of tuxedo-clad men, but that isn’t what viewers will see when the dance is performed as part of the Faculty Dance Concert this weekend.
History cubed: Burke Boxes are like traveling museums
They were started by Erna Gunther, the Burke Museum’s educator and later director, back in the 1930s.
It’s a grand night for singing at CarolFest Dec. 8
The holidays are a time when people want to come together and celebrate.
Surgeon brings together voice-related professionals, students
Al Merati is a new father, a musician, a husband and a busy surgeon at the UW.
Program with UW involvement a finalist for ‘Changemaker’ award, and you can vote for it
Since last May, the UW School of Social Work, funded by the Mental Health Transformation Project out of the Governor’s office, has been helping to build the Washington State Coalition to Improve Mental Health Reporting, which aims to build relationships between journalists and community members with the goal to improve the public’s understanding of mental health and wellness through accurate news reporting.
Class Notes: Astrobiology studies the nature of life — starting with Earth
Class title: Astrobiology 115: Life in the Universe.
Originality will rule at School of Music’s Composers’ Workshop on Dec. 4
Student composers will present original works for traditional instruments, electronic realizations and works for newly created instruments in the Composers’ Workshop, 7:30 p.
Environmental health professor answers questions about MRSA found on Washington beaches
A number of news media articles followed environmental microbiologist Dr.
Etc.: Campus news and notes
COURTING SUCCESS: UW School of Law students Lisa Benedetti, Andrew Gardner and Justin Andrews won the regional National Moot Court Competition last weekend, defeating Seattle University in the final rounds.
U District Food Bank needs holiday help, and don’t forget other Combined Fund Drive agencies
The University District Food Bank is asking for some holiday help.
UW student athlete graduation rate tops average of other Division I institutions
Figures released Nov.
Now hear this: Hearing aid seminar coming Dec. 7
There will be a free hearing aid informational seminar from 1 to 2:30 p.
Old music, new buildings: Collegium Musicum performs three concerts
Three medieval music events will echo through the campus next week, with music written for a 12th century cathedral presented in two resonant 21st century campus spaces — the Allen Center and Mary Gates Hall.
Area agencies need your help on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Jan. 18
How are you with a hammer? How about a paint brush, a broom or some cleaning products? Whatever your skill level, there’s a local agency that needs your help on the ninth annual Martin Luther King Jr.
A plethora of musical performances from the School of Music
The School of Music will have two events to choose from on Monday, Dec.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents meeting for December has been canceled.
Switch to recycled paper: It’s the law
If your office hasn’t already switched to recycled paper for printing and copying, you have one additional reason to make the switch: it’s the law.
Make art, not yard waste, ecological restoration students learn
When life hands you brambles, make art.
Forum to take up issue of child safety and the courts
Should the legal standards for returning a child to his or her biological parents be the same as those that dictate removal? That is just one of the questions to be discussed at an event sponsored by the UW School of Law Court Improvement Training Academy (CITA).
UW Photographers Group opens exhibit
Repetition at the Intersection is the title of an exhibit by the UW Photographers Group that opens Monday, Dec.
December 1, 2009
‘Songs of Transition.’
The UW Chamber Singers and University Chorale team up for Between the Now and the Not Yet: Songs of Transition.
November 30, 2009
Referencing Dali.
When Gabriela’s husband returns from the Persian Gulf she struggles to reconnect with a changed man in this evocative, moving story rooted in magical realism.
November 24, 2009
Lise de la Salle.
One of the true surprises and highlights of the 2007-08 President’s Piano series, Lise de la Salle astonished Seattle audiences with the maturity, expressiveness, and depth of her playing.
November 21, 2009
Shadmehr Aghili.
An Iranian musician, singer and songwriter.
AYP Symposium.
This daylong public symposium about the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition will feature keynote speaker Robert Rydell, the premier world’s fair historian.
November 20, 2009
Little Big Band.
The Burke Museum presents a rocking evening of Native American rock, blues, jazz, storytelling and dance at Meany Hall.
November 19, 2009
German unity.
Konrad Jarausch of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill kicks off a two-day conference marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall called “Legacies of Unification: Twenty Years of German Unity” with a lecture titled “Germany 1989: A New Kind of Revolution?” Conference continues on Nov.
A conductor at work, but why the movie? 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, Nov.
Exome sequencing proved effective in gene discovery for rare disorders
For the first time, scientists have successfully used a method called exome sequencing to quickly discover a previously unknown gene responsible for a mendelian disorder.
110 local infants needed for autism brain imaging study
Images of the growing brain at the cellular level may help researchers understand what goes wrong with brain development in infants who later develop an autism spectrum disorder and better identify early risk factors for autism.
Business Diversity Supplier Fair set for Dec. 3
The UW Business Diversity Program presents its annual UW Business Diversity Supplier Fair from 11 a.
Helping provide ‘a decent and affordable place to live’ is volunteer’s reward
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.
UW Medical Center awarded prestigious Baby-Friendly designation
UW Medical Center was recently awarded the international designation of a Baby-Friendly birth facility.
UW Chorale, Chamber Singers present combined concert Dec. 1 in Meany
The UW Chorale and Chamber Singers present a concert, Between the Now and Not Yet: Songs of Transition, at 7:30 p.
Celebrating an uncommon Common Book, written by a president-to-be
A Common Book event at the UW usually means an appearance by the chosen book’s author.
A soldier and his wife at the center of School of Drama’s new production
Jose Rivera’s riveting examination of military families, References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, is the next production for the UW School of Drama.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
Harborview staffer Bruce Taylor invites the public to celebrate with him the nomination of his book, Kafka’s Uncle and Other Strange Tales for the &Now Award for Innovative Writing, as well as the launch of his new Web site, <A href="http://www.
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