May 5, 2005
In the UW Alumni Association lecture series, 鈥淲orld War II: The War That Changed America,鈥� seven distinguished history professors will talk about the many ways this watershed event affected life away from the battlefield 鈥� positive and negative.
Issues of diversity and interdisciplinary work dominated the discussion when the first of three scheduled candidates for provost visited the campus this week.
The results of the most recent legislative session may not have satisfied all of the University鈥檚 aspirations for enhanced support, but it was certainly better than most experts would have predicted four months ago.
BOSTON — A leading scientist trying to understand and treat autism suspects that a failure to engage in such normal social activities as looking at a parent’s face or listening to speech sounds early in life may help explain the profound impairments in social and language development shown by most children with the disorder.
Earth’s climate is being changed substantially by a buildup of atmospheric greenhouse gases, but a group of leading climate scientists contends the overall impact is not understood as well as it should be because data are too scarce on how much energy the planet reflects into space.
May 3, 2005
Sick and injured children come in all sizes, challenging their caregivers to provide them with appropriate doses of medication and other necessary therapies.
There is currently no waiting list for community college students eligible to transfer to the 糖心原创 in Seattle.
More than 1,100 fifth through eighth graders from across Washington will be honored Saturday on the Seattle campus of the 糖心原创 for their outstanding verbal and/or mathematical talents.
May 2, 2005
WHAT: Briefing on proposals for Congress to improve oversight and accountability of charities.
April 29, 2005
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen (1805 鈥� 1875), Suzzallo Library will feature a special exhibition from May 3 to Aug.
April 28, 2005
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Aw, just take a walk, why dontcha.
The Honorable Robert E.
When Dan White was tried for the 1978 murders of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and member of the Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk, was it an execution of justice as in carrying out justice, or was it an execution of justice as in killing justice?
The double meaning is entirely deliberate in the title of the School of Drama鈥檚 latest production, Execution of Justice, which opened last night in Meany Studio Theater and will run through May 8.
The UW Alaska Salmon Program, the world鈥檚 longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.
UW Tacoma broke ground this week for Court 17, the new housing and parking complex to be developed through a public/private partnership.
The UW Office of Minority Affairs’ Ronald E McNair Program/ Early Identification Program and the Graduate School’s Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program will hold their 13th annual spring research conference Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7, in the HUB.
Student digital portfolios have become an increasingly popular means to assess student learning.
Concerns are heightened on the UW campus over the fate of the federally funded programs grouped under the title TRIO, whose aim is to increase higher education access for low-income students and those who are the first in their families to attend college.
The tsunami that devastated south Asia coastlines and killed more than 200,000 people last December is a powerful reminder of just how dangerous those waves can be to humans.
A proposed change in the writing requirement for students in the College of Arts and Sciences will be among the items under discussion next week at a meeting sponsored by the college鈥檚 Writing Council.
The Washington State Legislature passed a budget for higher education in the coming biennium that was a compromise between versions passed by the state House and the Senate.
Spokane pediatrician Dr.
April 26, 2005
The tsunami that devastated south Asia coastlines and killed more than 200,000 people last December is a powerful reminder of just how dangerous those waves can be to humans.
The 糖心原创 Alaska Salmon Program, the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.
The Honorable Robert E.
April 25, 2005
Washington’s Child Restraint Law, passed in 2002 as the first such law to be enacted in the U.
April 21, 2005
We affect the environment by what we build, but what we build, in turn, affects us and our health.
Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2004-2005 academic year.
It鈥檚 all in the heels and toes, 鈥淭one鈥� says.
It all started with an old hole in the ground discovered on the 301-acre site of the Colonial Williamsburg living museum in Virginia.
The biggest mass extinction in Earth history, some 251 million years ago, was preceded by elevated extinction rates before the main event and was followed by a delayed recovery that lasted for millions of years.
Patricia Spakes believes it鈥檚 her destiny to be at UW Tacoma.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
COVER GUYS: Housing and Food Services鈥� Paul Brown and Jean-Michel Boulot grace a magazine cover this month, but it isn鈥檛 Gentleman鈥檚 Quarterly.
Editor鈥檚 note: This is one in a series of articles by the chairs of Faculty Senate committees and councils.
We affect the environment by what we build, but what we build, in turn, affects us and our health.
Faculty workshop
Presentation skills: Everyone knows what sitting through a bad lecture is like, but not everyone knows how to create a great presentation.
Exposure to toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning can result in a mutation that makes some clams much more resistant to the toxin, which can then pose a greater danger to humans, according to a study published April 7 in the journal Nature.