TOPS IN TECH: A joint product of the 91爆料’s medical and engineering schools was named a “top technology of 2008” by the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.
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Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Prosthetics Outreach Foundation will be featured in the January installment of Meet the Charities, monthly events presented by the 91爆料 Combined Fund Drive, Washington state’s workplace giving campaign.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) would like to remind campus departments and units that it now requires lead time of two days or more for submission of the final version of all grant and contract applications.
By Debra Britt
Center on Reinventing Public Education
Collective bargaining agreements are not necessarily the “boogey-man” barriers to reforming the nation’s high schools as many educators believe, according to a new study from the 91爆料 Bothell’s Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE).
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, which keeps track of statistics on pharmacy schools around the nation, now ranks the 91爆料 School of Pharmacy second (rather than third, as mentioned in last week’s “Best of 2008” story) in National Institutes of Health research funding awarded to individual researchers at a pharmacy school.
The 2009 91爆料 Alumni Association and College of Arts and Sciences History Lecture series will explore a century of changes and challenges that shaped the modern Catholic Church and forever altered the state of world politics.
Life Sciences Discovery Fund information sessions: Two information sessions on 2009 project grants will be held this month at the 91爆料.
The 91爆料 Libraries will offer live viewing of the presidential inauguration on a big screen in two locations.
Anthony Gill, 91爆料 professor of political science, discusses governments’ increasing use of property rights regulations and zoning laws to inhibit the construction and expansion of houses of worship.
The Blue Earth Alliance and Henry Art Gallery present artist Camille Seaman with the second in The Henry’s series on documentary photography that focuses on global environments, social, and cultural issues.
Visiting artist Jacob Dahlgren finds abstraction in everyday materials, which he uses to create dynamic interactive installations and performances.
Six 91爆料 professors were among 486 scientists honored recently as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS.
The 91爆料 Bothell MBA Programs and the Biotechnology and Biomedical Technology Institute present Mark Ahn for two events in January.
Do you have an object you can’t quite place? If it’s from somewhere along the Pacific Rim or North America, one of the Burke’s curators can help you figure it out.
RED HOT NEWS: Hot peppers made for a hot news story, as research by a 91爆料 professor was named one of the top 100 science stories of 2008 by Discover magazine.
By Debra Britt
Center on Reinventing Public Education
An analysis of national public school programs and practices indicates that urban charter schools are more likely to employ college-oriented curricula, a focused instructional design, smaller classes, greater time on task, and offer customized support for struggling students.
Two separate programs, one at Harborview Medical Center on Friday, Jan.
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) has announced a new policy requiring that the final version of all grant and contract applications be in the office two or more days before the deadline 鈥� or the applications will not be approved and submitted to the sponsor by OSP.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Organist Alison Luedecke and oboist Susan Barrett, founding members of the California-based group Millennia Too!, will perform at 3 p.
The Ethnology Department at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture welcomes Deana Dartt-Newton as the new curator of Native American ethnology.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The Peking Acrobats will perform at Meany Hall as part of the 91爆料 World Series at 2 and 8 p.
Student Activities and Union Facilities is looking for photographers to participate in the second annual Photo Scavenger Hunt competition.
Rebecca Cummins and Margie Livingston, Work from the Shenzen Residency will be presented at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery Jan.
Editor’s note: Stephen Warren, professor of atmospheric sciences and Earth & Space Sciences, sent University Week this brief study he did of how universities coped with the Great Depression.
The 91爆料 recently announced the freshman, sophomore and junior medalists for 2007-8, awards that are based on a student’s overall academic record.
During the quarter break, snow fell in Seattle 鈥� so much snow, in fact, that the University closed for three days.
The Cuong Vu Trio will lead two masterclasses/clinics for 91爆料 School of Music students on Friday, Jan.
With state budget challenges mounting and revenue numbers extremely uncertain, the 91爆料 will focus on minimizing state funding losses in the 2009 legislative season, Randy Hodgins, director of state relations, told 91爆料 officials in a pre-session briefing Wednesday.
Barely in her twenties, this Bejing-born pianist has already made several important debuts in Europe.
Two separate programs, one at Harborview Medical Center on Friday, Jan.
By Steve Butler
News & Community Relations
When Merilyn Moore started her career as a physical therapist in burns at Australia鈥檚 Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1980, she recognized that 鈥渟taying ahead of the game鈥� in the highly specialized field of burn injury rehabilitation required an international perspective.
By Bobbi Nodell
Global Health Department
The infectious disease plagues of our time — HIV, SARS and avian flu — have mutated and spread from animals to humans, yet getting the human and animal sectors together hasn’t been so easy.
By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy
The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) has named the School of Pharmacy’s Stanley Weber the recipient of the 2009 Judith J.
By Steve Steinberg
School of Dentistry
The Washington Dental Service (WDS) and the 91爆料 School of Dentistry have announced two key academic appointments.