91̽»¨Botanic Gardens will present a program on greening your home at 7 p.
May 29, 2008
May 29, 2008
91̽»¨Botanic Gardens will present a program on greening your home at 7 p.
Last August, Taso Lagos was terrified he, his program assistant and his 13 undergraduates would be caught in wildfires raging across central and southern Greece.
Jen Drumm, The coordinator of Dawg Daze, the annual event welcoming new students to campus, is looking for faculty and staff who are interested in participating.
When Herbert Blau received an honorary degree recently, the occasion was particularly poignant.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Biofuels based on ethanol, vegetable oil and other renewable sources are increasingly popular with government and environmentalists as a way to reduce fossil fuel dependence and limit greenhouse gas emissions.
Former Surgeon General of the United States C.
By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy
The National Cancer Institute estimates that more than 62,400 new cases of melanoma — a malignant form of skin cancer — will occur in the United States in 2008.
Two faculty members in the Department of Medicine were recently appointed to endowed professorships.
The School of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology will present the 21st Annual Edwin G.
May 27, 2008
Biofuels based on renewable sources are increasingly popular as a way to reduce fossil fuel dependence and limit greenhouse gas emissions, but new research shows that some of the most popular current biofuel stocks might have exactly the opposite impacts than intended.
May 22, 2008
Washington Sea Grant (WSG) celebrated its 40th year at the 91̽»¨last week by hosting an open house for a devoted cadre of supporters among marine scientists and resource users.
After 40 years of work on behalf of diversity at the UW, many of the challenges which prompted the initial protests still remain, but the agenda has broadened in ways that no one back in 1968 could have predicted.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 1 p.
More than 200 invited guests will help “ring in” the new bells in Gerberding Hall’s tower on Saturday, May 31.
In the run-up to river restoration following the planned dismantling of two hydroelectric dams on the Elwha River — the largest dams, by far, to be removed anywhere — scientists led by 91̽»¨researchers have undertaken the complex task of documenting what’s in the river valley now.
Class title: “Critical Studies of Homeless Youth Issues,” General studies/Nursing.
Ignatius Rigor would be the first to say he’s no expert on polar bears, their listing as a threatened species last week or the policies of George W.
When the world’s most powerful subatomic particle collider begins gathering data this summer, it will be a major milestone for a number of 91̽»¨scientists.
Bionic contact lenses.
91̽»¨HERO: Northwest Dollars for Scholars has selected 91̽»¨President Mark A.
What happens when you venture into the forest? For many fairy tale characters, a journey through the forest functions as a test of character and affects their lives forever–for better or worse.
The 91̽»¨School of Drama presents The Misanthrope from May 25 to June 8 in the Penthouse Theatre.
Dancing in the Digital Domain, a concert exploring the interplay of movement and technology, opens at the UW’s Meany Studio Theatre on May 29 and runs through June 1.
If you happened to glance to the right of our main photo on the University Week home page last week, you would have seen the first of a series of new features we’re introducing — the UWeek Classifieds.
The Devil’s Highway: A True Story, by Luis Alberto Urrea, has been selected as the third 91̽»¨Common Book by Undergraduate Academic Affairs.
The 91̽»¨Board of Regents last week received a preliminary blueprint for a new college that will position the 91̽»¨to be the leader in environmental research and education, and to better resolve complex regional, national and international environmental challenges, according to Provost Phyllis Wise.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Human subjects panel May 28
The Medical History & Ethics Department will present a panel discussion, Lost in Translation, on Institutional Review Board processes on Wednesday, May 28, from 11:30 a.
A hospital building is much like the people inside of it.
The platypus seems to have been engineered with spare parts from a duck, lizard and beaver.
Just as fire engines arrive quickly at the scene to save people and property, the cells that fight viruses have to reach the site of an infection promptly to mount a protective response.
The Harborview Medical Center Employee and Manager of the Year for 2008 are Benito (Bennie) Sy and Kathy Schahrer.
The 91̽»¨Medicine Alumni Association will honor four alumni with its annual awards, which will be presented during a reception June 7 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle.
May 21, 2008
91̽»¨ scientists played a central role in building part of the Atlas detector, part of the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, which goes online this summer and is hoped will resolve some long-standing physics problems.
May 20, 2008