After a decade of planning and two years of construction, PACCAR Hall debuts as the gleaming hub of the Foster School of Business.
October 7, 2010
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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Photographers Group: New exhibit is all about ‘Doubt’
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Photographers Group has a new exhibit called Doubt — and they invite you to take a look and see what the images mean to you.
Two sides to this story: Save paper with double-sided copying
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø leaders are hoping the campus community will be saying “make mine a double” this fall, but not at the coffee counter or the local bar.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tumor Vaccine Group to hold open house Oct. 14
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tumor Vaccine Group is hosting an open house for the public Thursday evening, Oct.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center nurse volunteers to help in Haiti, rallies co-workers, too
Laura Sawin Brown’s experiences caring for earthquake victims convinced others to join her.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers land $24 million in patient-centered research grants
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Burke Trivia Night.
The return of the Burke Museum’s monthly pub quiz for science buffs, culture gurus and museum lovers.
Depression during pregnancy increases risk for preterm birth and low birth weight
Clinical depression puts pregnant women at increased risk of delivering prematurely and of giving birth to below-normal weight infants, according to a report published Oct.
Compagnie Jant-Bi.
Combining movement and music from traditional dance forms with contemporary themes and dynamic physical virtuosity, Jant-Bi takes African dance in captivating new directions.
October 6, 2010
Greatest warming is in the north, but biggest impact on life is in the tropics
Rising temperatures are most obvious in colder climates, but the impact of warming on life could be much greater in the tropics.
October 5, 2010
Media advisory: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medicine Tumor Vaccine Group holds open house, lab tours
Media advisory: ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medicine Tumor Vaccine Group holds open house, lab tours
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers land $24 million in patient-centered research grants
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers land $24 million in patient-centered research grants
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-built device reveals invisible world teeming with microscopic algae
It just got easier to pinpoint biological hot spots in the world’s oceans where some inhabitants are smaller than, well, a pinpoint.
October 4, 2010
Depression during pregnancy increases risk for preterm birth and low birth weight
Rates of premature birth are even higher among depressed pregnant women living in poverty in America or in developing nations
‘Living Voters Guide’ invites Washington voters to hash out ballot initiatives
Voters across the country are entering the season of ballot measures.
Latino Film Festival.
A free screening of No Son Invisivbles (They Aren’t Invisible): Mujeres Mayas & Microfinances as part of the Seattle Latino Film Festival.
Lee Konitz New Quartet.
Alto saxophonist Lee Konitz has enjoyed one of the most creative and prolific careers in modern jazz, performing with the Claude Thornhill Orchestra, Stan Kenton’s Orchestra and the Miles Davis Capitol Orchestra (aka Miles Davis Tuba Band).
October 1, 2010
Henry Art Gallery Open House
View the latest exhibits, dance to live sixties soul with The Witness, view a glow-in-the-dark slideshow from Sol Hashemi and more as the Henry kicks off another year of great art and activities.
September 30, 2010
Scarless brain surgery is new option for patients
The procedure is performed through the eye socket, thereby eliminating removal of the top of the skull to reach the brain.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø leading $7.5 million study of animal flight and aerial vehicles
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a five-year, $7.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøTV kicks off fall TV season with brand new, original shows
Have you ever seen lightning strike the hood of a Lamborghini? Or wondered what makes Lolcats.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø leading $7.5 million study of animal flight and aerial vehicles
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a five-year, $7.
Volunteer with Jumpstart and help local preschoolers prepare for kindergarten
In Seattle, more than 80 percent of children living in poverty under the age of 5 enter kindergarten without the skills necessary to learn.
Interim President Phyllis Wise: The University’s needs won’t wait
Editor’s note: Interim President Wise will give the annual president’s address to the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community at 3:30 p.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Program aims to help Indonesian universities host international students
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is one of six US institutions that will be working with six Indonesian universities to help them build the capacity to provide high-quality study abroad programs for U.
Burke Museum to show off collection of hand-woven textiles in ‘Weaving Heritage’
The Burke Museum has been collecting international textiles for over a century and holds a permanent collection of over 2,000 hand-woven pieces.
80 percent of agricultural expansion in tropics came at expense of forests
Tropical forests — and not previously cleared land, as some have contended — were the primary source of new agricultural land in the tropics from 1980 through 2000, according to a paper published online in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Eight ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professors elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
Eight ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professors are among 17 scientists newly elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing scientific achievements.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Bothell debuts new principal preparation program
This year, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Bothell begins its new Leadership Development for Educators Program (LEDE), which will support teacher instructional leaders and help them document their learning so that it contributes to requirements for a masters degree and state residency principal certificate.
New faculty get orientation, too — in the Faculty Fellows Program
Chantel Prat was nervous.
Young investigators will hunt clues at Burke Museum in ‘Seek Your Own Proof’ online game
This fall, the Burke Museum will be visited by a number of secret agents, each on a special mission, seeking information vital to their task.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Bothell nursing students in first ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø program offered in Everett
The first ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø program to be offered in Everett begins Oct.
Memorial planned Oct. 3 for Randolph ‘Ran’ Hennes
A memorial service for Randolph “Ran” Hennes, former associate director of the University Honors Program and history department lecturer, will be held at 1 p.
Etc: News & Notes from around campus
GREEN ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø: The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø was a winner of a 2010 Green Washington award from Seattle Business magazine, which recognized those companies and organizations that are “in the forefront of making our state a greener place to live and work” according to the magazine.
U.S. poised to repeat mistakes concerning nuclear wastes, researchers say
Much of the problem of dealing with high-level nuclear waste — from both defense wastes and spent fuel from commercial nuclear power — is political and social, yet the search to date for workable solutions has been dominated by technological remedies, says Thomas Leschine, a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor of marine affairs.
Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity awarded Student Support Services grants
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity (OMA&D) was recently awarded a pair of grants from the U.
‘Now Urbanism’ kicks off with panel discussion Oct. 7
Today, half of the world’s population lives in cities.
Campus in 2010 is one big construction zone (and that’s a good thing)
If it seems as if the campus is one large construction site right now, that’s because it is.