David Briggs, professor emeritus of environmental and forest sciences, will be remembered Sunday, Aug. 17 at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Club.


David Briggs, professor emeritus of environmental and forest sciences, will be remembered Sunday, Aug. 17 at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Club.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Michael K. Young and Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced today the selection of Rovy Branon as the new vice provost for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Educational Outreach, effective Oct. 15, 2014. The appointment is subject to approval by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Board of Regents. “Rovy Branon’s prior leadership experiences make him uniquely qualified for this important leadership position,â€� Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Provost Ana Mari Cauce said. “There is wide ranging consensus that his values, vision, and goals are similar to those of…

News from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Health Sciences: Alzheimer’s impact on our aging population, hunger cues, trauma treatment study, avoiding burnout, training new neuroscientists, an AIDS-free generation

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ is recognized as a “Great College to Work Forâ€� by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Michael K. Young and Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced Monday the selection of Sean D. Sullivan as the new dean of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Pharmacy, effective Sept. 15. The appointment is subject to approval by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Board of Regents. “Dr. Sullivan occupies a very prominent position nationally and internationally in pharmacy practice and education,â€� said Cauce. “We have had the great good fortune to have him on our faculty for the past 22 years….

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s New Ventures Facility has been named emerging incubator of the year in a global ranking of top university business incubators.
The former news planning editor for Aljazeera.com, the online home of Al Jazeera America cable news channel, is the new director of the Office of News and Information.

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ units have won medals in the annual awards program sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

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The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s 44th annual Awards of Excellence ceremony was conducted June 12.

John Stamets, longtime Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ photographer and lecturer in the Department of Architecture, died last weekend. He was 64. He is remembered as a talented photographer and a dedicated teacher and mentor to students. There will be a public celebration of Stamets’ life and work from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 15, in the courtyard on the main floor of Gould Hall. Stamets joined the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty in 1992 and ran the Architecture Photo Lab in the…

Stop outside the botany greenhouse to see an agave plant that’s grown a 9-foot-plus flower spike and is about to bloom for the first time in 25 years.

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Some 480 faculty and staff members retired between spring 2013 and spring 2014 and were invited to the event earlier this month at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Club

With autobiographical oil paintings, informational graphics, a wall-sized photomontage and sculptures resembling inside-out cameras, the annual spring exhibition of graduate student art at the Henry Art Gallery offers a lot for the visitor — as it does every year.

Designing medical apps for your phone, treating alcohol-dependent homeless individuals, and enhancing wellness in older disabled adults are some of the developments at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Health Sciences and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Medicine

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The costly effects of cutbacks on maternal/child services, assuring a pure water supply, and what you need to know about Middle East respiratory syndrome.

Stephanie Camp, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ associate professor of history, died on Wednesday, April 2. There will be a memorial service and reception in remembrance and celebration of Camp’s life at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8, in Kane Hall room 210.

Career transitions, conflicts with colleagues, grades, student housing and more are issues that arise for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Office of the Ombud, which has released an annual report detailing the scope of their work during 2013.

Eliza Dresang, a well-loved professor in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Information School, died on Monday, April 21. She is remembered as a respected friend, colleague, teacher and community member. She was 72. There will be a campus memorial for Dresang from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, in the Husky Union Building Lyceum (room 160). “Our hearts ache with the loss of our dear friend and colleague,â€� said Harry Bruce, dean of the Information School. “Eliza had a calling…

What began as an effort to “make the walls look pretty” after renovations has become an eclectic permanent collection of art by students, staff and faculty at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Medicine’s Hall Health Center.
And a couple of times a year, Mark Shaw, the center’s director of health promotion, arranges exactly that. The next Hall Health Art Walk will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m., May 6.

Benjamin Hall and Eric D’Asaro are among the 84 new members elected fellows the National Academy of Sciences.

Jerry Franklin and Arthur Fine have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Network with representatives of environmentally minded campus units and learn who won this year’s Husky Green Awards during Earth Day activities Tuesday on the HUB lawn.

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ is expanding online course evaluations to reduce its use of paper. The online evaluations are expected to save the university tens of thousands of dollars every year in paper costs while giving faculty and administrators more direct access to evaluation results.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ recognizes achievements in teaching, mentoring, public service and staff support.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student speaker series at Town Hall starts Wednesday || Home Improvement Fair Thursday || Time to renew annual parking permits, U-Pass

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Health Innovators Collaborative kicks off || Law student activism prompts legislation || Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ CareLink seminars || Graduate students best two Canadian universities

The official announcement of the results of the National Residency Matching Program is an annual rite of passage for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ medical students and their peers across the United States. The wait is over.

Winter quarter ends this week but the campus has plenty of events to keep you entertained over spring break — from a film screening at the Henry Art Gallery to an Australian cirque group at Meany Hall. And while you’re at it, enjoy the cherry blossoms that are almost in full bloom.

Informational forum March 18 about state’s Dream Act || Commuter Services extends hours for start of quarter || Lecture March 21 discusses changing field of biomedical technology

The cherry trees in the Quad are at about 75 percent of their full bloom, according to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ arborist.

Nominations due March 17 for annual faculty lecturer || Nominate outstanding Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ women by Friday || Book: Should English be the language of science?

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ music faculty and composers Richard Karpen and Juan Pampin discuss their collaboration with the visiting JACK Quartet.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Matthew Bush has been selected as one of 126 Sloan Research Fellows for 2014.
The Human Subjects Division has updated and streamlined its forms, which should bring some administrative relief to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers involved in the university’s 6,000 active studies using human subjects.