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Smaller works featured at Lawrence gallery

The Jacob Lawrence gallery is hosting an exhibition featuring smaller 2D & 3D work through Dec.

UW-China relations.

“Popular and Cultural Relations between U.

Retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern to speak on U.S. intelligence policy

Retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern will present two lectures at the UW this week.

CFD’s Meet the Charities event Nov. 18 also winds up Mission Undercover

Have you ever been philanthropic with underwear? Probably not, but on Nov.

Meet the Mammals at the Burke on Saturday

The Burke Museum’s annual Meet the Mammals day will be from 10 a.

November 11, 2009

Medal of Honor Memorial dedication.

The dedication of the UW’s new Medal of Honor Monument begins with a parade down Memorial Way followed by an address by Gen.

November 9, 2009

Finding federal jobs.

The UW Career Center presents a workshop on how to find and apply for federal jobs.

November 8, 2009

Littlefield organ.

Tamara Still, associate director of music at Portland’s Trinity Episcopal Church, performs Marking Time: Music for the Spiritual Journey.

November 7, 2009

Bora Ju.

Visiting artist Bora Ju, renowned for her exquisite and bold playing of the gayageum, a traditional Korean zither, performs traditional solo pieces known as sanjo, as well as contemporary works accompanied by Peter Joon Park on janggu drum.

November 6, 2009

Postdoc research.

The annual Postdoctocal Research Symposium will showcase the important contributions of postdoctoral researchers to the research mission of the University.

November 5, 2009

Antarctic explorer, scientist to speak about ‘Dinosaurs on Ice’ at Burke

Dinosaurs on Ice: Jurassic Dinosaurs from Antarctica is the title of a lecture by William Hammer scheduled for 7 p.

UW first educational institution to offer mobile tool for BlackBerry devices

The UW will be the first educational institution to provide campus information on BlackBerry hand-held devices.

Staffer gets satisfaction in helping others through MS Society

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.

School of Art faculty photographers display at Benham Gallery

Members of the UW School of Art photography faculty will present their work in an exhibit at Seattle’s Benham Gallery.

Help Cheerful Givers prepare gift bags for tots Nov. 7

Cheerful Givers, the nonprofit group that provides toy-filled birthday bags to low-income children, is having a gift bag-assembling event on Nov.

Historian to talk about Civil War era ship Nov. 12

Civil War historian Lorraine McConaghy will talk about her new book, Warship under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West, at 4 p.

Microsoft’s Craig Mundie to speak today on ‘Rethinking Computing’

Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, will give a lecture titled Rethinking Computing at 4:15 p.

Film and lecture series focuses on 70th anniversary of Spanish Civil War

Seventy years after the Spanish Civil War, Spain continues to struggle with the legacy of a war that shattered hopes for a fledgling democracy.

Volunteers needed for Dream Project’s annual admissions workshop weekend

Volunteer tutors are needed Saturday and Sunday Nov.

Let it snow — but this you should know

Remember last year’s snow? Of course you do.

Help keep the UW green — plant a tree on campus on Nov. 19

Want to help keep the UW a green campus? Then volunteer to help plant 50 of the new trees the University is receiving, thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with Toyota.

Making Music: UW seminar works to build community through the arts

Often art is considered elitist or unattainable, but UW students are working to help debunk this belief and show that art can be used as a tool to build community.

Once the AYPE Hoo Hoo House, the UW Club celebrates its centennial

This month the University of Washington Club is giving a free lunch to its 100th customer every day.

Black veterans were vital in the civil rights movement, says book by UW prof

When Robert F.

UW Evans School of Public Affairs to collaborate with X Prize Foundation

The Evans School of Public Affairs at the UW and the X Prize Foundation are launching the X Prize Lab@UW, which will produce new ideas for X Prizes.

A matter of pluck: Staff member Ben Thompson chronicles history’s grittiest characters

By day, Ben Thompson helps research the world’s most pressing public health problems as a program assistant at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

UW’s newly-formed Puget Sound Institute to advise in the clean-up of the Sound

The $50 million appropriated by Congress last week to the Puget Sound Partnership for the clean-up of Puget Sound includes $4 million for the UW to launch an institute to provide expert advice about the Sound, based on the best-available science, to the partnership, policy makers and citizens.

A CSI investigation, UW style: 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.