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Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.

What’s in a name? On television, it’s a key component of the show.

The distinctions between human and Neandertal genomes may reveal what set ancient humans apart from the now-extinct, human-like beings

The Burke Museum is hosting two museum interns from Japan who are participating in a first-ever cultural exchange between the indigenous Ainu of Japan and Native American communities in Washington state.

If you’re looking for a little night music next week, there will be three concerts to choose from.

Central offices of urban school districts have been able to shift their focus from administration and compliance to improvement of teaching and learning districtwide by making five key changes, according to a new report by researchers from the 91̽»¨College of Education.

Shakespeare’s magic is transplanted to the 91̽»¨campus in A U-Dubber Night’s Dream, opening May 26 in the Jones Playhouse, with previews May 23 and 25.

A new pool of nearly $340,000, created through the sustained work of student activists, will fund student, faculty and staff projects that help make the 91̽»¨more sustainable.

The next time you purchase one of those cards that can be used repeatedly for satisfying your coffee habit, you have an opportunity to support the UW.

If you’ve passed Husky Stadium recently, you’ve no doubt noticed that something big is going on.

Washington MESA Day, a one-day event of academic challenges for middle and high school students representing seven MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement) Centers from across the state, will be held Saturday, May 22, from 8:30 a.

When Mark McDermott was chair of the Department of Physics, he had many goals, but one of his major ones was to get his department moved into a new building that would better serve its needs.

A new book from the Center for Reinventing Public Education takes an in-depth look at the connection between charter schools and special education, and recommends ways such schools can improve their ability to serve special students’ needs.

If you’re intrigued by old and odd films, you might want to set aside some time on Wednesday, May 26.

RISING CONSERVATIONIST: Julian Olden, assistant professor of aquatic and fishery sciences, has received this year’s Early Career Conservationist Award from the Society for Conservation Biology, a 10,000-member organization.

Five high-tech and biotech industry veterans with extensive experience as innovators, developers, entrepreneurs, and executive-level managers have signed on as Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIR) at the UW’s Center for Commercialization, Vice Provost for Technology Transfer Linden Rhoads has announced.

Class title: Informatics 100 — Fluency in Information Technology, taught by D.

This is the story of a frog who tried really hard to catch a dragonfly, and just barely missed — and the man who captured the moment on high-speed film and sent it out to the world.

Editor’s Note: The 91̽»¨Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.