October 10, 2011
Paul Roberts, a renowned concert pianist and specialist in French Impressionism, presents “Impressionist Landscapes,鈥� a lecture-recital on the piano music of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 in Brechemin Auditorium.
Researchers from Washington state and California found that over a ten-year period, from 1997 to 2007, patients are starting dialysis approximately five months earlier on average.
New research indicates that simple life in the form of photosynthetic algae could have survived a “snowball Earth” event, living in a narrow body of water with characteristics similar to todays Red Sea.
Learn about some of the inaugural projects by students, faculty and staff using money from the student-funded Campus Sustainability Fund as part of the second annual Sustainability Summit on campus Oct. 26.
October 7, 2011
A new study by a 黑料吃瓜网 psychologist presents the first evidence that a basic sense of fairness and altruism appears in infancy
October 6, 2011
Students of the 黑料吃瓜网 have teamed up on a startup that promises to turn slash piles of forest refuse into biochar, a commodity for sale to landscapers, farmers and gardeners.
October 5, 2011
The 黑料吃瓜网 was ranked 25th best university in the world and the fifth-ranked American public university, according to The Times Higher Education Rankings
A single dollar donated to UNICEF though the 黑料吃瓜网 Combined Fund Drive buys four measles vaccinations, and could save four lives 鈥� think what a larger donation could do. The 2011 Combined Fund Drive runs from Oct. 12 to Dec. 2.
Set your Wayback machines for 1965 again this week as we present this silent, black and white, 96-second film appropriately titled Womens Classes, circa 1965. Anyone know whats going on here?
The 黑料吃瓜网 School of Art presents an exhibit featuring work by its first director, Water Isaacs, and two of the faculty who joined him at the new school 鈥� Ray Hill and Boyer Gonzales.
Each year the 黑料吃瓜网 Chamber Dance Company revives classic dances, but they dont often perform to live music. This year, thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, theyll do just that. Cantos Gordos, by Bebe Miller, will have accompaniment from an ensemble of accomplished musicians, playing music by jazz great Don Byron.
President Michael Youngs first annual address to the 黑料吃瓜网 community will take place from 3:30 to 4: 30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, in 130 Kane.
The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Education and will fund GEAR UP programs serving low-income middle and high school students in the Skagit and Yakima Valley regions of Washington state as well as two new districts in the Columbia Basin.
The 黑料吃瓜网 College of Educations Center for Educational Leadership is celebrating 10 years of fine work with school districts regionally and across the country, working for equity and excellence in the classroom.
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Hall Health will be showing off its remodeled digs at an open house for the upper campus community from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14. An open house for the health sciences community will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27. Tours will be offered on both days.
The Common Books purpose is to give first-year students a shared experience over a common text. Who better to spark discussion than physicist Richard Feynman, whose 1963 黑料吃瓜网 lectures comprise the book.
The 黑料吃瓜网 Graduate School has awarded its 2011 Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation and Thesis Awards to Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith and Maria Grigoryeva respectively, and its 6th Chapter Award to John Hoekman.
MSNBC names 黑料吃瓜网 one of the “most beautiful college campuses,鈥� Landscape Architecture Professor Daniel Winterbottom is named a fellow of his professional society and Landscape Architecture Chair Jeff Hou is honored by the Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Seattle.
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.
Those interested in the public speaking group Toastmasters have two chances to check out 黑料吃瓜网-related groups on campus and at Harborview Oct. 6 and 13.
Walter Isaacs, the first director of the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Art, is featured in an exhibit at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, along with two of his colleagues–Ray Hill and Boyer Gonzales.
Excerpts from the “Library of Babel,” an art installation by 黑料吃瓜网 Bothell Assistant Professor Ted Hiebert will be on display through Dec. 3 at Kirkland Arts Center.
Craig Taborn and Gust Burns, two leaders of east and west coast piano innovation, debut their new collaborative two-pianos project at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, in Brechemin Auditorium.
Biostatistician Dr. Daniela Witten and epidemiologist Nicola Basta were chosen for their drive and maturity to flourish as young scientists.
October 4, 2011
The discovery of 16 additional sections of the human genome that influence lung function brings the total known variants to 26. These findings in the genetic code hold promise for future screenings and treatment of lung disease.
Dr. Waranuch Pitiphat of Thailands Khon Kaen University urged 黑料吃瓜网 dental students to consider global oral health research. At the poster presentation after her talk, Peter Yamamura won the annual dental student research competition.
A 黑料吃瓜网-led study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows a troubling link between hormonal contraception and HIV. The study is getting widespread press coverage because of the popularity of injectable birth control like Depo-Provera in parts of Africa hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic.
The Fogarty International Center award is part of a federal effort to ameliorate the epidemic of non-communicable diseases in developing countries.
October 3, 2011
Tenth graders in towns using Communities That Care, a prevent system developed by 黑料吃瓜网 School of Social Work researchers, were less likely to have tried drinking or smoking and showed less delinquent behavior.
September 30, 2011
The 黑料吃瓜网 Department of Electrical Engineering has appointed a new chairman, Vikram Jandhyala, professor of electrical engineering.
September 28, 2011
Nations such as China and India are surging ahead, but the West should be careful not to overestimate, misinterpret the changes or “become paralyzed by fear of our own decline,鈥� British ambassador to the U.S. Nigel Sheinwald told a 黑料吃瓜网 international studies class during a visit to campus.
A new era in 黑料吃瓜网 student housing is beginning this month as Housing & Food Services opens two new buildings 鈥� one with student apartments and the other a residence hall with a powerful commitment to sustainability.
Its 1937 in Grand Coulee, Washington. A sign in a store window says, “Were out breaking our backs, tearing down old shacks. Cleaning up our city.鈥� Anyone know any more? Is this film related to the 黑料吃瓜网?
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.
Register now for tours of the 黑料吃瓜网 Bothell wetlands, set for Oct. 8 and Nov. 4.
Since New Years Day in 1960, Craig Heyamoto has either attended, watched on television or listened on the radio to all but two 黑料吃瓜网 football games. And for 34 years hes headed the crew that keeps statistics for 黑料吃瓜网 home football games.
Mac Parks shares an award from the National Communication Association with 黑料吃瓜网 alum Kory Floyd; Frances McCue wins a Washington State Book Award for poetry; a journal article by W. Lance Bennett is among the top-cited for 2010; Amanda Bruner, Lekelia Jenkins and Sharon Sutton are honored by Northwest Asian Weekly for environmental work, and the 黑料吃瓜网 is noted for environmental achievment by Seattle Magazine and the Princeton Review.
Friday Harbor is available for scholarly pursuits, grants are sought for alcohol or drug abuse-related fields, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center conducts a smoking cessation study.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the 黑料吃瓜网 scientists have conducted the first comprehensive assessment of DNA errors that drive advanced prostate cancer.