January 18, 2011
On Tuesday, Jan. 18, the chief executive officers of 91探花Medicine and Valley Medical Center announced the signing of a non-binding Letter of Intent to explore a strategic alliance in which Valley Medical Center, Public Hospital District #1 of King County County, would join 91探花Medicine.
Today, Jan. 18, the chief executive officers of 91探花Medicine and Valley Medical Center announced the signing of a non-binding Letter of Inten
January 13, 2011
Faculty artist Donna Shin and pianist Casey Robards of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University will perform at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16 in Brechemin Auditorium. Faculty artists Shannon Spicciati, oboe, and Michael Partington, guitar, also appear.
Sarah Nash Gates is a “culture maker鈥� and Custodial Services cleans up with it second award for green cleaning. The latest accomplishments by your campus colleagues.
January 12, 2011
With materials normally applied to shaping a radiant smile, first-year orthodontic residents create works of art in an annual competition.
‘The New York Times’ profiles Jake Locker. Also, comments on colds, Kindles (or not), obesity, teaching impact and accidents in sports, and more. Your colleagues in the national news.
A Board of Regents meeting, some blood drives and a reminder of the anti-kickback, conflict of interest and whistleblower regulations.
Hungry? Need a cuppa? Housing & Food Services is adding to its campus food and coffee options.
Theft and burglary are up, but overall, the 91探花campus is safer than most: A look at campus crime reports.
Ludo Max, associate professor of speech and hearing sciences, says that ‘The Kings Speech’ is an accurate portrayal of stuttering and of the techniques used to overcome the speech disorder during the 1930s and 1940s. But there are some inconsistencies with what is known today about stuttering.
A 91探花Medicine neurosurgeon suggests an easy-to-remember tip to check for a stroke, and tells why to summon help immediately if you suspect a ‘brain attack.’
A January 14 concert and workshop by Brazilian-born multi-instrumentalist Jovino Santos Neto and his trio kicks off the School of Musics Performing Ethnomusicology Series, running through Winter Quarter 2011.
Ed Taylor, vice provost and dean of undergraduate academic affairs, shows how Martin Luther King Jr.s writings shed light on the crises of today.
A group promoting awareness of conditions in Haiti constructed a simulation of a typical improvised Haitian tent city on the 91探花Tacoma campus Jan. 12, including tarps for roofs, rudimentary cooking conditions and buckets for toilets.
The Henry Art Gallery is inviting 91探花faculty to review how the museums resources can be used for research and teaching. The University Faculty Information Reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, in the Reed Collections Study Center.
Philharmonia Quartett Berlin performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Meany Hall. The program includes works by Shostakovich, Beethoven and Debussy.
Stuart Dempster, a trombonist and professor emeritus of the School of Music, teams with keyboardist David Gamper and accordionist Pauline Oliveros for a special appearance at Seattle’s Town Hall on Saturday, Jan. 15.
The Graduate School Public Lecture Committee is accepting nominations for the Walker Ames Scholars Program, Jessie and John Danz Lecture Series and Mary Ann and John D. Mangels Lecture Series until Jan. 31.
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.
Want to hear one of the biggest icebergs of the last decade crack up? 91探花researchers compressed a five-hour event in Antarctica into a two-minute audio file that you can listen to.
A friend knew that if anyone could solve a Canlis 60th anniversary scavenger hunt, Greg Barnes could. After all, hed already solved the 2007 Emerald City Search. And sure enough鈥�
This spring the Oncology Nursing Society will present Donna Berry with the 2011 Distinguished Researcher Award in Boston at its annual congress.
Charles T. Campbell, the Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Endowed Professor of Chemistry, and G. Stanley McKnight, a professor of pharmacology, have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
While legislators meet in Olympia, the Organizational Effectiveness Initiative looks for a “sustainable academic business plan鈥� to carry the 91探花to a secure future. Its part the Two Years to Two Decades Initiative.
January 10, 2011
Can you tell a story in two minutes or less? The 91探花Pocketmedia Film Festival is open for entries. Films must be less than two minutes and include this year’s Common Book, “You Are Never Where You Are.”
January 7, 2011
President Phyllis Wise has been selected by Asian Pacific Fund as the recipient of the fifth annual Chang-Lin Tien Education Leadership Award, which recognizes the professional accomplishments and leadership of Asian Americans in higher education.
January 5, 2011
Study volunteers needed for an HIV vaccine trial, a Board of Regents meeting and two blood drives.
There is a new kind of open enrollment taking place until March 1 鈥� its for adding dependents age 20 to 26, and was a result of the 2010 health care reform legislation.
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo, returning this week after an absence. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.
Think of an Indian 鈥� a Native American 鈥� and many people will think of poverty. Not fine art, opera tickets, personal airplanes and ballet lessons for the kids. But in a new book, Rich Indians: Native People and the Problem of Wealth in American History, 91探花American Indian Studies professor Alexandra Harmon explores historical and contemporary examples of wealthy Indians.
A fair for volunteer opportunities, a discussion with Julian Bond and Gregory Hicks, Health Sciences events and the 91探花Tacoma Unity Breakfast and a talk by Michael Honey 鈥� there are many ways to honor and learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this year.
Fans of the 91探花womens basketball team will be able to watch all the home games except the Jan. 30 game against WSU live on UWTV. Commentator Dan Giuliani will call home games for UWTV, along with former 91探花women’s basketball letter winner Sara Mosiman.
The Rules Coordination Office has finally brought the often-unwieldy world of institutional policies into the 21st century with the creation of the 91探花Policy Directory. The new site includes many documents that formerly were in the University Handbook, but much more besides.
Rigorous studies in science, technology, engineering and math, with industry mentoring for both students and teachers, and maybe even a longer school year 鈥� these are key features of a new five-year, $4.1 million grant for the UWs Institute for Science and Mathematics Education and several partner organizations.
Join Bill Steele from the 91探花Department of Earth and Space Sciences on Thursday, Jan. 6, to learn about the Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network and more. It’s part of an information meeting planned by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the UW
91探花Medicine CEO Dr. Paul Ramsey talks with 91探花Today about the latest developments in academic medicine at the University. See what’s on the list of institutional –and his personal — resolutions for the year ahead.
It may be winter, but the UWs conference coordinators are already thinking summer. Thats because when most students leave campus, conference attendees arrive, and theres lots of work necessary to prepare for them.
Assunta Ng, founder and publisher of the Seattle Chinese Post and Northwest Asian Weekly who has devoted her life to promoting and mentoring women and youth, is the 2011 recipient of the 91探花s Charles E. Odegaard Award, Vice President for Minority Affairs and Vice Provost for Diversity Sheila Edwards Lange announced.
Sound Transit will host a community meeting on Jan. 12 which will feature the latest design of the pedestrian connection from the 91探花Link Light Rail station at Husky Stadium to the campus.
The Regional Transit Task Forces meeting will be to open a dialogue between Seattle transportation groups and community members.