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May 2, 2014

Teaching kids the language behind their devices — Code.org co-founder to speak

Hadi Partovi of Code.org will talk May 8 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’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.

Healing art at Hall Health

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.

April 25, 2014

Online ‘Legislative Explorer’ uses big data to track decades of lawmaking

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ political scientist John Wilkerson has matched data visualization with the study of lawmaking to create a new online tool for researchers and students called the Legislative Explorer. Think of it as big data meeting up with How a Bill Becomes a Law. “The goal was to get beyond the ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ narrative and let users discover the lawmaking process for themselves,” said Wilkerson, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor of political science and director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Center for American Politics…

April 24, 2014

Determination of Significance and Request for Comments on Scope of SEIS — Animal Research and Care Facility

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Determination of Significance and Request for Comments on Scope of SEIS Project Name: Animal Research and Care Facility Proponent: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Description of Proposal: Construction of a two-story, below-grade building, connecting to both the Foege Building and Hitchcock Hall at the first level below grade. The facility will provide flexible housing for large and small animals (primarily rodents) and non-human primates. It will include laboratories, procedure rooms, imaging facilities, cage and equipment wash facilities, storage, and…

Roger Roffman chronicles society’s long struggle with pot in ‘Marijuana Nation’

Roger Roffman, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ professor emeritus of social work who has studied marijuana dependence interventions for 30 years, talks about his new book, “Marijuana Nation: One Man’s Chronicle of America Getting High: From Vietnam to Legalization.”

April 18, 2014

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ moving to online course evaluations to save paper, money

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.

April 16, 2014

Arts Roundup: Film, University Symphony – and ‘The Beggar’s Opera’

There’s much to see and do this week in the arts. Join the Burke Museum this Saturday for Native Arts and Artists Day or Head to the Jones Playhouse for the debut of “The Beggar’s Operaâ€� presented by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Drama.

April 9, 2014

Arts Roundup: Exhibits, lectures – and Music of Today

From the Burke’s new exhibit “Imagine That.,� highlighting some of the interesting objects they have amassed over the years, to an intimate Music of Today performance presented by the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media and the School of Music, don’t miss out on these exciting events!