Undergraduates working with 蘑菇视频 Information School Professor Joe Janes looked to American and European history for their own installments of Janes’ podcast series, Documents that Changed the World.
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A record 5,300-plus graduates and an audience of more than 40,000 are expected to attend the 139th 蘑菇视频 commencement ceremonies June 14.
The 蘑菇视频 is the only U.S. university named as a 2014 Sustainable Campus Excellence Award winner.
The 蘑菇视频 School of Music’s Ethnomusicology Program is helping to bring roots and hill music collected decades ago by folklorist Alan Lomax back to its place of origin, with teaching materials and local ceremonies.
As spring quarter comes to a close and summer quickly approaches, we encourage you to take advantage of some of the final arts events until next fall. Highlighting the week are a variety of performances from the School of Music, School of Drama’s “The Workroom” and the Undergraduate Theater Society’s “Dog Sees God.”
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.
Recent 蘑菇视频 health sciences news: E-health in small practices, summer safety, stopping farm worker assaults
Interviews from the 1990s by Seattle-area activist Gary Greaves on how the area changed after the 1962 World’s Fair are now offered online by 蘑菇视频 Libraries.
蘑菇视频’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences has a new online library to showcase the latest in how young children learn 鈥� and what their caregivers can do to help kids be ready to start school.
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Rounding out spring quarter is a variety of events to keep you entertained. From the Undergraduate Theater Society’s production of “Dog Sees God” to various music performances presented by the School of Music at Meany Theater, prepare yourself for the rest of spring quarter because it鈥檚 looking bright!
A cost-analysis of post-traumatic stress disorder treatments shows that letting patients choose their course of treatment 鈥� either psychotherapy or medication 鈥� is less expensive than assigning a treatment and provides a higher quality of life for patients.
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 鈥� as it does every year.
Swamp once site of historic Yesler sawmill being restored with 蘑菇视频 student and neighborhood help.
蘑菇视频 undergraduate and alumni dancers work with with famed choreographer Robert Moses to create the piece “Draft,” one of five pieces to be performed by Robert Moses’ Kin May 29-31 in the Meany Studio Theatre. Read the story and watch a film by 蘑菇视频Video.
As we head into a long weekend, take the time to indulge in some of the innovative performances and exhibits happening on campus.
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 蘑菇视频 Health Sciences and 蘑菇视频 Medicine
Eric Ames, 蘑菇视频 professor of Germanics and editor of the new book, “Werner Herzog: Interviews,” discusses the work.
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Dance, opera, exhibition openings and the Roethke Reading fill this especially busy week in the arts. From the MFA Dance Concert to School of Music and Pacific MusicWorks’ production of G.F. Handel’s “Semele,” there鈥檚 plenty to see and do on the main stages.
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.
Join your colleagues at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday, May 16.
Researchers affiliated with the 蘑菇视频’s School of Social Work tailored a parenting program known to improve communication in non-foster families for use in foster families, who often say they don’t feel connected and have trouble communicating, but few resources exist that nurture their bonding.
A significantly greater number of students fail science, engineering and math courses that are taught lecture-style than fail with active learning according to the largest analysis ever of studies comparing lecturing to active learning in undergraduate education
Washington state’s housing market finished weaker in the first quarter of 2014 when compared to the end of 2013, according to the 蘑菇视频’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.
Stephanie Camp, 蘑菇视频 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.
The Board of Regents heard an update Thursday on implementing recommendations from a task force on sexual assault prevention and response on all three 蘑菇视频 campuses.
Recent headlines sadly explain why Joe Janes chose the latest installment in his Documents that Changed the World podcast series 鈥� he’s writing about airline flight data recorders, or “black boxes.”
蘑菇视频 electrical engineers have developed telerobotics technology that could make disaster response faster and more efficient. They are working with a large team as part of the SmartAmerica Challenge, an initiative that encourages new technologies that help society in our increasingly connected world.
This week, enjoy a bevy of events that range from the Painting + Drawing exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery to IMPFest at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse.
Career transitions, conflicts with colleagues, grades, student housing and more are issues that arise for the 蘑菇视频 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 蘑菇视频 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,鈥� said Harry Bruce, dean of the Information School. “Eliza had a calling…
Hadi Partovi of Code.org will talk May 8 at 蘑菇视频’s Seattle campus about the impact of the Hour of Code and what parents, educators and policymakers in Washington state can do to prepare students for science, technology, math and engineering jobs.
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 蘑菇视频 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.
Todd London, artistic director of New Dramatists, a playwriting center in New York, has been named the new executive director of the 蘑菇视频 School of Drama.
The forecast is looking bright not only in relation to the weather but also for the arts on campus!
The Super Bowl of high school marine studies, the National Ocean Sciences Bowl, takes place this weekend on the 蘑菇视频 campus. The theme of this year’s event is ocean acidification.
Benjamin Hall and Eric D鈥橝saro are among the 84 new members elected fellows the National Academy of Sciences.
The 蘑菇视频 School of Social Work will host the series “Working Together for Labor Justice” during Labor History Month in May.
Jerry Franklin and Arthur Fine have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences