UW and the community
April 3, 2012
For volunteer naturalist, the beach is a stage
Deborah Trout has spent her life helping to create artificial worlds. Maybe thats why she turns to the natural one when she isnt working. She is a costume designer in the School of Drama, and in her spare time she hits local waterfront parks as a beach naturalist
Ingrid Daubechies: Using math to identify art forgeries, reconstruct extinct animals' diets
Ingrid Daubechies, a professor of mathematics at Duke University and head of the International Mathematical Union, will give a public talk Monday, April 9 in the Paul Allen Center. She will give another more technical talk Tuesday morning.
March 30, 2012
Photo Friday: Open window to campus wild areas
Enjoy plants and animals of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens as captured by UW alumnus Art Wolfe in a slideshow for the current edition of Columns magazine.
March 29, 2012
UW invites kids, families for ‘paws-on’ science activities this weekend
Head for Paws-On Science: Husky Weekend, March 30, 31 and April 1, at Pacific Science Center, for 50 stations featuring UW research. UW faculty, staff, students and their families receive a 20 percent discount on admission during the event, as do UW alums.
March 28, 2012
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to be commencement speaker
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will be the University of Washingtons commencement speaker in ceremonies June 9 at CenturyLink Field.
March 27, 2012
News Digest: Effective charter schools, annual 'Trash-In'
Similarities of effective charter schools studied || UW “Trash-In” set April 11
Obituary: John S. Edwards
John S. Edwards, emeritus professor of zoology, died March 25 at the age of 80.
March 26, 2012
Former prison inmates and UW honors students share class together
In early 2012, 10 UW honors students and eight former prison inmates came together for an unusual course: life after time in prison.
March 22, 2012
Cherry blossom watch 2012: Any bloomin’ day now
The answer is: Any day now — probably by the weekend — and for about three weeks, depending on the weather. And dont worry, they’ll be spectacular. And of course the question is, when will the blossoms bloom?
March 21, 2012
UW Medical Center is first in Pacific Northwest to discharge a Total Artificial Heart patient
Christopher Marshall, of Wasilla, Alaska, left UW Medical Center today without a heart. Instead he used a portable power supply for his recently implanted circulatory device.
News Digest: Summer youth programs at UW, speaker says don’t ignore playtime head injuries
UW Summer Youth Programs open for registration || Parents shouldn’t ignore children’s head injuries
March 20, 2012
Web tool, phone app pinpoint tsunami dangers, quick getaway routes
A new online portal and smartphone app lets Washington and Oregon residents enter the addresses of their homes, schools, workplaces or kids’ day care centers to check if they’re in harm’s way should a tsunami hit. The tool, being publicized on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the Tohoku tsunami, was developed by researchers at the Applied Physics Laboratory.
March 19, 2012
UWTVs flagship television series, UW|360, to air on KOMO 4
UWTV and KOMO 4 today announced a new broadcast partnership to share stories about the people, places and discoveries from the University of Washington through the UWTV television series, “UW|360.” Beginning on Saturday, March 24 at 4:30 p.m., KOMO 4 will air “UW|360” right before their evening news broadcast.
March 15, 2012
News Digest: Nanomedicine’s potential, business-diversity honor, autism events, school-closure politics, ‘green’ nominations due
Lecture on nanomedicine, treating cancer || Honor: business-diversity efforts recognized || UW plans Autism Awareness Month events for public || Papers uncover political, human sides of school closure || Husky Green Award nominations due March 26
March 13, 2012
University of Washington offers admission to Fall 2012 freshman class
The University of Washington began this week notifying applicants to the Seattle campus of their acceptance into the freshman class starting fall 2012.
March 9, 2012
Lost and Found Films: ‘Inaugural’ from 1958
Return with us to 1958 for the latest installment of Lost and Found Films, where readers help identify and describe old film clips from UW Libraries audio visual collections.This weeks film clip is titled “Inaugural,” and probably shows part of the inaugural dinner for UW President Charles Odegaard, which was indeed in November of 1958.
March 7, 2012
UW and Seattle City Hall to host Unemployed Nation Hearings
A partnership of Seattle city government, local labor and University of Washington departments and schools is seeking people willing to share their experience of long-term joblessness.
March 6, 2012
One year later: Japan quake, tsunami a cautionary tale for Pacific Northwest
On the one-year anniversary of Japan’s great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, UW scientists said the devastating event has some important lessons for the Pacific Northwest – most notably, that a similar event will happen here, and this region is much less prepared than Japan.
March 4, 2012
Lower Duwamish Waterway health study to inform EPAs final cleanup plan for Superfund site
Environmental health researchers will assess the effects of the proposed cleanup on people who use or live on South Seattle’s polluted Duwamish River.
February 29, 2012
UW Medicine’s newest primary-care clinic to hold open house
See the new UW Neighborhood Northgate Clinic from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 3.
February 28, 2012
An unusual (un)conference: Women Who Rock 2012
For its second “(un)conference,” March 2-3, the UW-based Women Who Rock Collective is expanding and going multimedia as it continues to explore the unheralded roles of women — especially women of color — in music. But dont expect the participants to rock any less, because thats just not part of the plan.
February 24, 2012
Kids can explore icy worlds with scientists at Polar Science Weekend (with video)
Learn about polar bears and penguins. Center a two-foot tusk on your forehead and imagine youre a narwhal exploring your icy-ocean home. For these activities and more, grab the kids and head for Polar Science Weekend, March 1 to 4, sponsored by the UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory and Pacific Science Center.
School of Dentistry lowers fees for Medicaid-eligible patients
The UW School of Dentistry wants to make dental care affordable to people affected by state cutbacks in coverage.
February 23, 2012
Stop putting the squeeze on tiger territory, says UW alum, now chief scientist with World Wildlife Fund
The plight of the tiger – none of the worlds 350 protected areas in the tigers range is large enough to support a viable population – is the subject of the UWs “Sustaining our World” lecture March 1. Eric Dinerstein, the World Wildlife Funds chief scientist and a UW alum, will speak on “All Together Now: Linking Ecosystem Services, Endangered Species Conservation and Local Livelihoods” at 6 p.m., in Kane 220.
February 22, 2012
AAAS Notebook: Elephant toothpaste as catalyst to engage public in science
Schoolchildren came in droves for the popular Family Science Days Feb. 18-18 during the American Association for Advancement of Science meeting in Vancouver, BC. UW faculty and students were there offering hands-on demonstrations at the National Science Foundations booth .
February 15, 2012
Design begins this spring for longhouse-style Intellectual House
Design should begin this spring, with construction scheduled to start in the summer of 2013, for Intellectual House, a longhouse-style facility on the University of Washington campus that will be a resource for the university, tribal and surrounding communities.
February 13, 2012
A Peruvian slum gets a massive green makeover — with slide show
In a Peruvian desert slum, UW faculty, students and the local community created a garden and park on a vacant sand dune.
February 10, 2012
Robot flash mob: Bots come out to dance, assist humanity on Red Square
Its a little-known secret on the UW campus that if you ask really nicely, robots may come out and dance in Red Square. Such was the case Friday, Feb. 10, for an 11-year-old boy named Alex.
February 9, 2012
Good news, bad news in Washingtons year-end housing market
Washingtons housing market in the final quarter of 2011 saw the highest seasonally-adjusted sales since the second quarter of 2010, according to the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies at the UW.
February 8, 2012
UW launches technology startup incubator, aims to double startups in three years
A business incubator unveiled today is one element in a larger commercialization initiative announced by UW President Michael Young that will double the number of startups produced by the university – from an average of 10 a year to 20 – during the next three years.
Public funeral for William Stacey to be Feb. 11 in Meany Hall
The University of Washington community will honor the life of Sgt. William (Will) Stacey in a public funeral service at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, in Meany Hall. An informal reception will follow in the lobby.
February 7, 2012
If a tree falls in the ‘forest, UW Botanic Garden arborists hear — view slide show
Like dominoes, two of Seattles signature oaks in the Washington Park Arboretum toppled under Januarys heavy snows. It turned out that the root balls of each tree had not pulled out of the ground and thus began an effort to pull a 60-foot oak tree, estimated to weigh more than 8,000 pounds, back into the upright position in order to save both trees.
February 6, 2012
UW retirees donation remembers ‘lost generation of Chinese immigrants
A retired longtime UW staff member gives a donation to UW Libraries Special Collections that helps document the experience of immigrants from China in the “second wave,” between the 1930s and 1960s.
Shifting the pharmaceutical care model in Hong Kong
One of the world’s most densely settled places, Hong Kong is restructuring pharmacy practice to meet the healthcare needs of its populace.
February 3, 2012
UW Medicine joins forces with First Lady Michelle Obama to serve America's military families
The First Lady praised academic institutions for dedicating resources and reinforcing their commitment to the health needs of veterans.
Public lectures explore the brain and behavior
The psychology departments annual public lecture series will cover the relationships between brains and behavior, exploring hearing, vision and memory.
February 1, 2012
UW Tacomas Joy Building receives highest green-building certification
The University of Washington Tacomas Russell T. Joy Building has earned LEED Platinum certification, the highest, most rigorous certification under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design system.
January 27, 2012
Lost and Found Films: ‘University Parking, 1960
It’s a new round of News and Informations Lost and Found Film clips, where readers help identify historic bits of film from the UW’s Audio Visual Materials Library. This time, a 1960 film about campus parking — so then why is a referred to as a “basketball” film?
UW Bothell launches first Innovation Forum
UW Bothell launches its first Innovation Forum, Feb. 13 to 16, to encourage discourse between the university and the community
January 26, 2012
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: Environmental protection need not cost jobs
In a Town Hall meeting at the UW on Jan. 25, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson told a packed auditorium that President Barack Obamas push for green jobs and protecting the environment can also help rebuild the economy.
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