Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
January 18, 2007
January 18, 2007
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Wylie Burke, professor and chair of the Department of Medical History and Ethics, became president of the American Society of Human Genetics on Jan.
Wes Cowan, star of the PBS television series History Detectives and guest appraiser on Antiques Roadshow, will share his antiquing adventures as the guest of the Burke Museum at 7 p.
In a study of non-human primates infected with the influenza virus that killed 50 million people in 1918, an international team of scientists has found a critical clue to how the virus killed so quickly and efficiently.
The 91̽»¨will be well represented in a quilt show opening at the Seattle Convention and Trade Center this weekend, and not all of the exhibitors are from the School of Art.
Most days, Ethelyn Abellanosa is just like other staffers who labor at the 91̽»¨.
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and 91̽»¨cooperative institute dedicated to understanding climate and its effects is starting its 30th year with a new director.
Robin McCabe, director of the 91̽»¨School of Music, will perform with a very special guest on Jan.
The University Symphony, under the baton of Peter Eros, will perform at 7:30 p.
The people have pledged and the numbers are in.
The 91̽»¨International Chamber Music Series will present the internationally acclaimed Vertavo String Quartet in concert at 8 p.
The Winter Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning is partnering with the Catalyst Spark Session to address issues related to teaching in wireless classrooms on campus.
When Charlene Reyes landed in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago, it was her first time outside the three west-coast states.
Michael Collins, author of Death of a Writer, will speak at the Friends of the 91̽»¨ Libraries Annual Meeting at 7 p.
Frances Contreras, 91̽»¨assistant professor of Education Leadership and Policy Studies, will be among those honored by the newspaper Northwest Asian Weekly in its Women of Color Empowered luncheon series.
A new building at the 91̽»¨is just the 11th in the country and the second at a higher education institution to be rated as LEED-CS Gold by the U.
Career Discovery Week, now in its eighth year at the UW, is not only an excellent way for students to learn about the professional options that await them, it’s also a chance for 91̽»¨faculty, staff and alumni to shine by sharing their own experiences.
Justice Albie Sachs of the Constitutional Court of South Africa will speak at the 91̽»¨School of Law from 3:30 to 5 p.
Students who entered college when they were 12 to 14 years old don’t fit the stereotype of unhappy “nerds” who are humorless, isolated misfits, according to a new study.
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Pilot project funding
The Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health (CEEH) is offering pilot project funding in broadly defined areas of “gene-environment interactions.
January 17, 2007
For information regarding the portions of this study conducted by the University of Wisconsin, contact Terry Devitt, <A href="mailto:trdevitt@wisc.
January 16, 2007
Students who entered college when they were 12 to 14 years old don’t fit the stereotype of unhappy “nerds” who are humorless, isolated misfits, according to a new study.
January 11, 2007
The 91̽»¨World Dance Series continues with Shen Wei Dance Arts Jan.
The 91̽»¨Purchasing Department has passed its latest audit by the federal government with flying colors, and has been approved for another three years.
Randy Hodgins will always wonder what might have been.
As of Tuesday, about 900 members of the 91̽»¨community had signed up to help on the Martin Luther King Jr.
Many faculty and staff were instrumental in making 91̽»¨Health Sciences a site of excellence in the second half of 2006.
Paleontologist Christian Sidor is unwrapping 260 million-year-old fossils with the same enthusiasm as a kid under a Christmas tree.
Denise Anderson’s adventure as a volunteer English teacher in a small village in China’s central Shaanxi Province began when her husband, who was working on a remodeling project, decided he should stay home during their usual September vacation break.
Avian virus mutations
It was buried on Page 6 of the University of Wisconsin newspaper, Wisconsin Week, but it reads like front-page news: “Scientists find mutations that let bird flu adapt to humans.
Virginia “Ginger” Warfield, 91̽»¨senior lecturer in math, always knew she’d become a mathematician — it was in the genes, you might say.
Sitting in a classroom and listening to a professor talk about how the human body responds to the extreme environment of a mountaintop is one thing.
Earth’s inhabitants are used to temperatures that vary, sometimes greatly, between day and night.
A 91̽»¨College of Forest Resources think tank says Washington forests are being threatened from within.
Presentations on lung biology and stem cells and a speech by 91̽»¨Medicine Chief Executive Officer Paul Ramsey will lead off lectures being presented in the new year.
The Atlantic Ocean doesn’t receive the mother lode of fixed nitrogen, the building block of life, after all.
The Fifth Western Regional International Health Conference will be held on the 91̽»¨campus, Feb.
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