The School of Drama opens its season next week with a production of Anton Chekhov’s classic, The Seagull.
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A more personalized job placement program has led to nearly nine out of 10 91̽ Business School master’s in business administration graduates obtaining jobs within three months — surpassing the average at the nation’s so-called Top 30 business schools.
Future studies may find that ACE inhibitors, a class of drugs now taken by people with high blood pressure, could slow down or prevent the development of aortic valve calcium, say 91̽ researchers.
The 91̽’s Seattle campus enrollment for Autumn Quarter 2002 is 39,216, including 1,418 non-matriculated students (those who are not seeking degrees) enrolled in credit courses through University Extension.
A 91̽ and Washington State University program helping rural communities gain access to the latest technology and training for managing woodlands has received the highest national award for private-forestry education given by the National Woodland Owners Association and the National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges.
The scanners are watching.
A $5 million Department of Education grant announced recently will set up a network of resources aimed at improving the nation’s approach to educating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
By training, Mary Lidstrom is a biologist.
The UW’s Office of Educational Partnerships and Learning Technologies and its partners in Eastern Washington — Northwest Communities Education Center and Horizons Inc.
An international conference on the global epidemic in human trafficking will be held on the 91̽campus Oct.
The 91̽will play host to the fifth International Conference of the Learning Sciences Oct.
Summer is a long way off, but not for Hannah Wiley, who directs the UW’s Summer Arts Festival.
The University Book Store and the 91̽Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP) are sponsoring a Diversity Book Talk Series, which brings authors of color, as well as white authors who write on race, diversity, and multicultural issues, to the 91̽to read and discuss their work.
The 91̽School of Law and the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology have established an internship program sponsored by Sen.
Researchers have launched a hunt in Washington and 15 other states for 250 families with two or more autistic children to participate in a $10.2 million 91̽ study to uncover the genetic and neurobiological causes of autism.
An expert on children who were taken from their homes in the United Kingdom and shipped off to labor in other countries will speak at the 91̽ on Nov. 15 about issues related to reuniting children and personal identity.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences Monday (Oct. 14) presented this year’s Gustav O. Lienhard Award for the advancement of personal health services to two leaders in understanding infant development: Dr. Kathryn E. Barnard, founder and director of the Center for Infant Mental Health and Development at the 91̽, and Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, president and chair of the Brazelton Foundation Inc.
Dr. Bertil Hille, professor of physiology and biophysics in the 91̽ School of Medicine, is one of 65 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences.
The 91̽ School of Dentistry is one of two schools on the West Coast to receive a grant of almost $1.5 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to increase the underserved population’s access to oral health care.
A free, public lecture on the search for extraterrestrial life
Dr. Edward A. Walker, professor and vice chair of the 91̽Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been named medical director of 91̽ Medical Center, announced Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. Dr. Walker will also serve as an associate dean of the School of Medicine.
Last issue’s answer was of the trees outside of the Oceanography Teaching Building.
Despite experiencing a two-year period in which general merit raises were granted just once, the 91̽professional staff’s salaries remained at the same level compared to the market as in 2000.
The fall Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning will feature sessions on three different days, led by 91̽instructors speaking on their experiences teaching large classes at the UW.
The second seminar in the series on “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations and the 91̽Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, will cover patents.
From the Office of the President, Members of the University Community:
The University is committed to maintaining an educational and employment environment that is enjoyable and respectful.
The 91̽ Department of Urology announced today that it has received a $1 million grant from The Paul G. Allen Foundation for Medical Research to support continuing research by Dr. Richard Berger on chronic pelvic pain in men.
Fifty students from Muir elementary under the direction of Peter Lape, the Burke’s curator of archaeology, and 91̽archaeology students are participating in an urban dig that runs through Saturday in the Rainier Valley.
An international gathering of computer scientists, students and technology mavens
Recent research at the 91̽ shows that Medicare patients who have difficulties performing the typical activities of daily living are more likely to also report dissatisfaction with their health care than those without these problems.
The S. Sterling Munro Public Service Faculty Fellowship is awarded to a 91̽faculty member demonstrating exemplary leadership in community-based instruction, including service learning, public service internships and community-partnership projects. It is named after an aide to U.S. Sen. Henry M. Jackson who was also an administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration.
The Outstanding Public Service Award is presented to a faculty or staff member to honor the recipients extensive local and/or national public service.
When your doctor sends you for an ultrasound, you have this year’s Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus to thank that he can use that technology to help him diagnose and treat illnesses.
Geoff and Judy Vernon died last fall in the crash of a sightseeing plane in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Roy Chan is this year’s President’s Medalist.
Excellence in Teaching Awards are given to graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate outstanding skills in the classroom.
Excellence in Teaching Awards are given to graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate outstanding skills in the classroom.
Study finds that newsmagazines’ coverage paralleled government, military communication strategies.
Educational mission will be documented on the Internet