April 16, 2009
Would you like to hear about a program that helps advanced doctoral students learn to succeed in an interdisciplinary environment? How about a class that allows students to connect with researchers in the field and then to pass along what they learn to the general public?
These are just two subjects you could explore at the annual 91探花Teaching and Learning Symposium, which is scheduled for 2:30 to 4:30 p.
Given projected sea level rise, the Marshall Islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean are expected to be underwater in 90 years.
Private companies, universities and government agencies are joining forces to bring scientific research into the era of “cloud computing,” the name for massive clusters of computers connected through the Internet.
If Mark Twain were alive today he might rephrase his frequently cited observation about everyone talking about the weather but not doing anything about it to say, “Everyone reads or watches weather forecasts, but many people don’t understand them.
Faculty artist Tom Collier and his 91探花percussion students present their annual concert of music for marimba at 7:30 p.
The Program on Values in Society and the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities are sponsoring a conference on Global Justice in the 21st Century April 17-18.
Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the 91探花faculty and staff.
Voicing in Fitz(Maurice) and Starts is the title of a participatory workshop to be offered by Gin Hammond from 7 to 8:30 p.
Attention campus Scorceses, Coppolas and Tarantinos 鈥� your moment in the spotlight may have arrived.
DAILY DELIGHT: The 91探花Daily, under the leadership of publisher Kristin Millis, has recently received several national and regional honors.
The work of six painters from the 91探花School of Art will be featured in the Sandpoint Gallery’s next exhibition, New Works, which will be on display at the gallery, in Magnuson Park, from April 23 to May 8.
The budget conversation that Provost Phyllis Wise had planned to hold on Friday, April 17 has been postponed until the budget situation is clearer.
Arab Public Opinion: Change and Continuity since 9/11 is the title of a lecture by Shibley Telhami to be presented Wednesday, April 22.
In 1984, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino testified that Ronald Cotton was the man who raped her.
If you’re a sports fan and a 91探花faculty or staff member, you can enjoy Husky football, basketball and other sports at a discount.
A compliance audit is not usually an occasion for celebration, but Environmental Health and Safety employees Matt Moeller and Doug Gallucci left their last audit with smiles on their faces and an award in their hands.
The world report card on ecosystem-based fisheries management is not encouraging.
By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, 91探花 researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 percent, compared to 45 percent for the scorpion venom alone.
Biology Professor Sam Wasser will present a lecture titled Using DNA Forensics to Combat the Burgeoning Illegal Ivory Trade from 6:30 to 8 p.
Earth Day is becoming Earth Week at the 91探花this year, with a host of events and activities at the 91探花Tacoma and on the Seattle campus.
Public Meeting to Discuss the Transitioning of the College of Forest Resources into the College of the Environment
As part of the process for reviewing the reorganization, elimination, or consolidation of academic programs (RCEP, Ch.
A lecture by Chloe Ragazzoli, University of Sorbonne, Paris, presented by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization.
The 91探花Institute for Translational Health Sciences is hosting a symposium on drug and device development early next month.
Patient- and family-centered care is more than a buzz word at 91探花Medical Center.
What are the role of international nonprofits in Sudan, the ethics of short-term experiences abroad and the benefit of public interventions in global health? These were some of the hard questions being asked to leaders in global health at the Transcending Global Health Barriers: Education & Action conference held at the 91探花April 3-5.
On a blustery morning in early April, Dr.
A biochemical pathway that helps keep cells alive when oxygen is low also plays a role in longevity and resistance against some diseases of old age, according to a report to be published April 16 in the journal Science.
April 15, 2009
The 91探花 and Oregon Health & Science University, together with a number of partner institutions across the northwest, have received federal funding to form a regional research center aimed at combating emerging or reemerging infectious diseases that pose a serious threat to human health.
The annual 91探花Seattle Spring Career Fair, the largest general career fair on campus, brings more than 100 employers to campus who are looking to hire for internship and full-time entry-level opportunities.
April 14, 2009
Private companies, universities and government agencies are joining forces to bring scientific research into the era of “cloud computing,” the name for massive clusters of computers connected through the Internet.
If Mark Twain were alive today he might rephrase his frequently cited observation about everyone talking about the weather but not doing anything about it to say, “Everyone reads or watches weather forecasts, but many people don’t understand them.
This coffee grower, social activist, founder of Sweet Unity Farms and co-founder of the Mshikamano Farmers Group in Tanzania, will share his commitment to challenging the contradiction of rural poverty within the multi-billion dollar coffee industry by developing a direct trade model wherein economic growth and human development move forward together.
The opening reception for Ceramics + Photography, the capstone exhibition for graduating BFA students.
April 13, 2009
Alice O’Connor, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and teaches and writes on poverty, wealth, social and urban policy and inequality.
April 10, 2009
First Nations at the 91探花presents its 38th annual Pow Wow, Friday through Sunday, April 10, 11 and 12.
April 9, 2009
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Recently, someone asked Beverly Naidus why she gave up the glamour of the New York art world to teach socially engaged art to college students 鈥� on a university campus that doesn’t even have an art degree.
In 1982 Dee Boersma began making friends with the Magellanic penguins who hang out at Punta Tombo on Argentina’s southern Atlantic Coast, and data from that first research season was compiled in her 91探花lab the following spring.