Walter Isaacs, the first director of the UW School of Art, is featured in an exhibit at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, along with two of his colleagues–Ray Hill and Boyer Gonzales.
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The University of Washington community gathered on Saturday, June 11, in Husky Stadium to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2011. With banners flying and playfully decorated caps on their heads, the degree candidates took the field to the cheers and applause of 40,000 family members and friends. 239206|default.xml|Downscale Only|Cross Fade|Beam|Off| Contact Info: University Photography 70 Kane Hall, Box 353095 Phone: (206) 543-2518 E-mail: uphoto@u.washington.edu
A public hearing scheduled for Friday, June 3, at the UW School of Law will consider state telecommunications policies, particularly broadband service. It will be from 4 to 6 p.m. in 119 William H. Gates Hall.
“The University of Washington educates a diverse student body to become responsible global citizens and future leaders through a challenging learning environment informed by cutting-edge scholarship.” UW Vision and Values Based on our Vision statement, the University of Washington makes these commitments to our students: First, the quality of the student experience will always be our primary goal. Second, we will work with student leadership to invite and obtain representative input from our students about those decisions that most directly…
“How do you tell the sex of a banana slug?” Its a typical question in Biology 492A, biology for teachers, a popular class that graduates often describe as “the most practical class Ive ever taken.”
W.H. Auden likened poets to makers of “verbal objects.” Filmmakers attempt to bring those objects to life. As part of National Poetry Month — and in connection with the 2011 Common Book, You Are Never Where You Are — the UW Libraries is presenting a series of films with poetry connections. The selection ranges from an animated tale to an all-consuming affair to an antagonistic beatnik… all of which have their roots in poetry. All films will be shown in…
Talley, who died March 22, spent 20 years at the University before his retirement in 2007. His memorial will be at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the UW Club.
Investing in Women in Pakistan & the Muslim World is the title of a talk to be given by Humaira Shahid at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10 in 110 Kane. Shahid is a member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly, a human rights activist and a journalist.
Interim President Phyllis Wise will hold a town hall meeting for the UW community at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in 130 Kane. The meeting will be webcast live on UWTV.org.
Whatever rainwater falls on campus soil is likely to end up in Lake Washington, because of the campus topography. The UW works closely with the city of Seattle, which has been at the forefront in developing cutting-edge ways of managing storm water, says Jim Morin, a facilities project engineer and storm water expert in Facilities Services. The University adheres to city guidelines to mitigate the effects of storm water runoff created by any new campus buildings. Most of these mitigation…
School of Music voice students will perform arias and ensemble pieces from the opera repertoire in the Voice Division Recital for this concert in Brechemin Auditorium.
DAISY awards recognize nurses for extraordinary compassion, kindness, sensitivity and communication skills. Nearly 250 nurses from the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and UW Medicine have received the DAISY award since its inception.
Seismic/geology issues John Vidale, UW professor, Earth and space sciences – 310-210-2131, vidale@uw.edu. Stephen Malone, UW emeritus professor, Earth and space sciences – 206-685-3811, steve@ess.washington.edu. Craig Weaver, U.S. Geological Survey – 206-459-6457, craig@ess.washington.edu. Kenneth Creager, UW professor, Earth and space sciences – 206-685-2803, kcc@ess.washington.edu. Bill Steele, UW seismology lab coordinator – 206-685-5880, wsteele@uw.edu. Joan Gomberg, U. S. Geological Survey, affiliate UW faculty – 206-616-5581, gomberg@usgs.gov. Derek Booth, UW affiliate professor of civil and environmental engineering – 206-914-5031, dbooth@uw.edu. Engineering…
UW occupational hygienist and noise researcher Rick Neitzel tells how to protect your hearing while enjoying your favorite music or sports.
UW research scientist Rick Neitzel comments on noise reduction for light rail. He is an occupational hygienist in the UW Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences.
The Henry Art Gallery, UW Libraries and UW Press team to create a beautiful book and exhibition about the “painterly” photographers of the Seattle Camera Club in 1924.
A UW Regents meeting on Feb. 17, blood drives, and the Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites grant applications.
A Board of Regents meeting, some blood drives and a reminder of the anti-kickback, conflict of interest and whistleblower regulations.
Fans of the UW womens basketball team will be able to watch all the home games except the Jan. 30 game against WSU live on UWTV. Commentator Dan Giuliani will call home games for UWTV, along with former UW women’s basketball letter winner Sara Mosiman.
School districts should consider restructuring the way they supply benefits for teachers, according to a new fiscal analysis by the UWs Center on Reinventing Public Education.
UW researchers were part of an international consortium to conduct the first-ever analysis of how the genome functions in roundworms. The basic principles they uncovered apply to many forms of life, including humans.
Doug Massey says harsh anti-immigration reforms over the past 30 years are causing Latinos to become the new American underclass. His talk is the first in a three-part public lecture series focusing on the concept of diversity.
Kenny G and The Canadian Tenors will perform live together Dec. 9 at the Seattle Sheraton event. Dr. Mitchell Gold, president of Dendreon, will be the keynote speaker.
The Bracero Program was established to replace an alleged wartime labor shortage with temporary workers from Mexico, however, research reveals that it intended to undermine farm-worker unionization.
Students of the School of Music perform works for piano.
UW Medical Center was recognized by the Health Resources and Services Administration (<A href="http://www.
Primary-care clinicians know teen depression is common, but they’ve lacked a reliable screening test for it.
Among all the construction on campus, there’s a little destruction too.
In high school, Heather Krasna helped form a club that focused on environmental issues.
Night Catches Us, a soon-to-be-released film about the Black Panthers that was produced by UW graduate Ron Simons, will be screened at 7 p.
A team of UW undergraduate students was among 65 research groups that have just learned they have won one of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grants.
The Burke Museum invites the public to see, touch, and learn about the museum’s extraordinary collection of mammals at the annual Meet the Mammals family day from 10 a.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
More than 1,600 members of the UW community have pledged to try something different with their commutes when the Huskies play the Bruins on Nov.
Thomas Harper directs students from the UW Voice Division in the fully-staged production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy tale opera Hansel and Gretel Nov.
When Dance Professor Jennifer Salk gave presentations at conferences, people often asked her if they could record her performance so they could look at it later for reference.
The acoustics of Meany Hall are splendid, so when musicians play, the audience hears everything beautifully.