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A performance, and a discussion of Fandango Sin Fronteras, a movement of musicians and organizers in Veracruz and California building a transnational community dedicated to social justice.

The Place of the Falling Waters, a powerful documentary about the Salish and Kootenia tribal histories and the building of the Kerr hydropower dam on Montana’s Flathead Lake, will be shown at 6:30 p.

Be the first to view the new Henry exhibition Vortexhibition Polyphonica, an unusual and dynamic approach to exhibiting objects from the Henry’s permanent collection.

Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise will talk about his incredible experiences and present this year’s Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Award.

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The next regular meeting will be Thursday, Oct.

A newly discovered species of fish will soon be named in honor of Margaret “Maggie” Walker, a distinguished 91±¬ÁÏ alumna who has helped raise millions of dollars for the College of Arts and Sciences and has served on the boards of many University and community organizations.

Last week 91±¬ÁÏ Professional and Continuing Education/Extension celebrated the grand re-opening of its expanded and remodeled classroom facilities at Puget Sound Plaza in downtown Seattle.

The 91±¬ÁÏ School of Drama’s TBA Collective has won the Edinburgh Festival Insider Best Newcomer Award for its production of The Grind Show 2009.

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Looking for a campus building, phone number of game time? The answer may be in your pocket.

91±¬ÁÏ conservationist Dee Boersma is among 10 recipients of the Heinz Family Foundation awards given to people whose achievements have fostered a cleaner, greener and more sustainable world.

The last remaining vacant building on the Pacific Avenue side of the 91±¬ÁÏ Tacoma campus is set to receive a total makeover, completing the four-block-wide “face” of the campus.

A course called, simply, Justice is one of the most popular in Harvard University’s history, with nearly a thousand students filling a Harvard theater each week to hear Michael Sandel, professor of government, talk about justice, equality, democracy, and citizenship.

The ancient city of Rome was not built in a day.

When it comes to writing, the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard.

Open to Question, the exhibit about University District activism that has been outdoors at the 91±¬ÁÏ Tower, is finding a new home near Allen Library this week.

TV STARS: The Ken Burns series about the National Parks that has been running on PBS this week, America’s Best Idea, features film from the 91±¬ÁÏ’s own Special Collections.

It’s not every day you find clues to the planet’s inner workings in aquarium scum.

America’s oldest professional musical organization, the Marine Band, will perform at 3 p.

The 91±¬ÁÏ announced recently that its annual trademarks and licensing royalties surpassed $1 million for just the second time in the history of the institution’s licensing program and the first time in over a decade.

A community open house will be held to celebrate the grand re-opening of the renovated School of Drama’s Playhouse Theatre, now called the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater.

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Heather McHugh, Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Creative Writing Program of the English Department of the 91±¬ÁÏ, has been named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow by the John D.

Welcome to the new school year.

A group of leading research universities has launched Futurity (<A href="http://www.

The effect of the eugenics movement on people with disabilities in Washington state will be the subject of a daylong symposium sponsored by the 91±¬ÁÏ Disability Studies Program on Friday, Oct.

Playwright, filmmaker and actor Girish Karnad will give a Danz Lecture, Entertaining India, at 6:30 p.

91±¬ÁÏ Libraries Government Publications holds the fourth annual “91±¬ÁÏ Reads the Constitution,” from noon to 1:30 p.

Yang-Sook Choe, program manager for Area C Custodial Division, has been named the first ever “Commute Champion” by 91±¬ÁÏ Transportation Services.

The Arboretum Foundation’s annual Fall Bulb and Plant sale takes place from 10 a.

There is new evidence that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse or dependency are interrelated conditions among young adult women but not men.

The 91±¬ÁÏ was one of three regional organizations honored recently by the Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT) with the ACT Leadership Award, which recognizes the 91±¬ÁÏ’s outstanding contributions to the field of transportation demand management.

Editor’s Note: The 91±¬ÁÏ Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.