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The 91探花’s 44th annual Awards of Excellence ceremony was conducted June 12.
91探花Today profiles some of 2014’s highest-achieving graduates.
The Board of Regents will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, June 12, at 11:45 a.m. in the Petersen Room of Allen Library. The full agenda is available online.
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The Board of Regents will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, May 8, at 12:30 p.m. in the Petersen Room of Allen Library. The full agenda is available online.
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at Noon on Monday, May 12, 2014, in Room 142 of Gerberding Hall, on the 91探花Seattle campus.聽 The purpose of the hearing is to allow all interested persons an opportunity to present their views, either orally or in writing, on the proposed amendments to WAC 478-136-041, “Alcoholic Beverage Policy,” and WAC 478-137-050, “Limitations on Use.” Due to recent changes in the state Liquor Control Board鈥檚 rules for the…
Hadi Partovi of Code.org will talk May 8 at UW’s Seattle campus about the impact of the Hour of Code and what parents, educators and policymakers in Washington state can do to prepare students for science, technology, math and engineering jobs.
Health Digest is a selection of recent news and features from the 91探花Health Sciences/ 91探花Medicine.
Benjamin Hall and Eric D鈥橝saro are among the 84 new members elected fellows the National Academy of Sciences.
91探花 Determination of Significance and Request for Comments on Scope of SEIS Project Name: Animal Research and Care Facility Proponent: 91探花 Description of Proposal: Construction of a two-story, below-grade building, connecting to both the Foege Building and Hitchcock Hall at the first level below grade. The facility will provide flexible housing for large and small animals (primarily rodents) and non-human primates. It will include laboratories, procedure rooms, imaging facilities, cage and equipment wash facilities, storage, and…
Jerry Franklin and Arthur Fine have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Health Digest is 91探花Today’s round-up of news stories from 91探花Health Sciences.
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The Ellen Show made a surprise visit to the 91探花 Monday, and hundreds of students turned out for a shot at appearing on national TV.
91探花faculty analyze $15 minimum wage | Panel discussion on climate change April 1 | 91探花group helps pass suicide prevention bill
The 91探花School of Medicine plans to establish Spokane as the center of an effort called “Next Generation WWAMI.”
91探花Health Innovators Collaborative kicks off || Law student activism prompts legislation || 91探花CareLink seminars || Graduate students best two Canadian universities
Informational forum March 18 about state’s Dream Act || Commuter Services extends hours for start of quarter || Lecture March 21 discusses changing field of biomedical technology
The Regular meeting of the Board scheduled for Thursday, April 10, is canceled. The next Regular meeting of the Board is scheduled for Thursday, May 8, in the Petersen Room of the Allen Library. Agendas and schedule will be available Friday, May 2.
Nominations due March 17 for annual faculty lecturer || Nominate outstanding 91探花women by Friday || Book: Should English be the language of science?
The Board of Regents will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, March 13, at 12:30 p.m. in the Tacoma Room of the Garretson Woodruff Pratt Building on the 91探花Tacoma campus. The full agenda is available online.
Writers to gather in Seattle for literary conference || Classics department wins new award for professional equity
Subject of Possible Rule Making:聽 WAC 478-136-041, Alcoholic Beverage Policy, and WAC 478-137-050, Limitations on Use Statutes Authorizing the University to Adopt Rules on This Subject:聽 RCW聽28B.20.130. Reasons Why Rules on This Subject May Be Needed and What They Might Accomplish:聽 Due to recent changes in the state Liquor Control Board鈥檚 rules for the special occasion license, the University proposes making administrative changes to its alcoholic beverage policy.聽 The University also proposes to clarify rules pertaining to third-party vendors, restrictions…
The vote Feb. 18 “was a vote of confidence in students and their importance to the future of our state,” 91探花president said.
Anti-Kickback, Conflict of Interest and Whistleblower Regulations Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR 52.203-7) require the University to implement procedures designed to prevent and detect violations of the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (41 USC 51-58). This is published as a reminder of the policies and procedures in place at the 91探花 1. Kickback Defined. 鈥淜ickback鈥� as defined by FAR means any money, fee commission, credit, gift, gratuity, thing of value or compensation of any kind that is provided directly or…
Washington state’s housing market softened in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the quarter before, but remained stronger than a year ago, according to the UW’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.
Care packages offered this week to carpoolers, vanpoolers || Washington state fourth in exonerations nationwide || Husky Green Award nominations sought through March 10
The Board of Regents will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 12:15 p.m. in the Petersen Room of the Allen Library. The full agenda is available online.
The Human Subjects Division has updated and streamlined its forms, which should bring some administrative relief to 91探花researchers involved in the university’s 6,000 active studies using human subjects.
91探花president, provost headline campus-wide data science event Friday || Participant deadline Feb. 14 for Paws-on Science || Green Seed Fund awards $279,000 to initial slate of projects
Samoan cruise with blog, shrunken heads || First high school ethics bowl || Odegaard renovation architects honored
Clinic offers free Seahawk 12th Man earplugs || Volunteer for MLK Day of Service
As provost and president of the 91探花, Ana Mari Cauce and I fully endorse the statement from the Association of American Universities, the 62 leading public and private universities in North America and of which the 91探花 is a member, opposing a proposed boycott by American higher education institutions of universities and their faculties in Israel. We believe such a boycott of academic institutions and their faculties has no place in higher education institutions founded on…
For us writers in the 91探花News office, the year’s end gives us some time to think about the big research news stories of the year. Those that drove up page views, flooded our servers (thank you 91探花web team for keeping us afloat!), and generated interesting reader responses in the comments section. We took a look at the Google Analytics of 91探花Today to get a sense of the 2013’s most popular online stories. We listed them by…
Check out Huskies Fight Hunger site || 91探花online academic planner to be extended to community, technical college students || 91探花Tower data center now Energy Star certified || Nominations due Jan. 31 for graduate school public lectures
Five 91探花 researchers are among new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
“StormReady” status ups UW’s ability to cope with weather extremes || Ryan Calo blogs for Forbes || First Green Seed Fund proposals due Dec. 3 || Ease Net access at 5,500 institutions with “eduroam”
Brainy crows subject of TEDx talk Saturday || Town Hall talk “Stories from My Pet Rocks” tonight