The month of May was National Bike Month and we had some superstars pedaling to, from, and around campus! Many cyclists created teams and competed in The Commute Challenge from Cascade Bicycle Club. They were able to log their miles with Luum, a commute management program. We talked with five of this year’s competitors to [...]

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Lauren Hartzell Nichols is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy with appointments in the Program on the Environment and the Program on Values in Society. She teaches about environmental ethics, climate change, and animal welfare. “Students think that I’m going to tell them what the right thing to do is,” Hartzell Nichols said. “Instead, I give them 10 or 12 arguments about what the right thing is, and they all conflict. And I push them to sort through it.”

June in Seattle means longer, sunnier days — light jackets in the morning and rolled-up sleeves by noon. As we approach June 21, the first official day of summer this year, here’s a half-indoor, half-outdoor mix of activities to bid farewell to spring.   If you’ve hit a wall in your fitness, high-intensity interval training [...]

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From groundbreaking memoirs to award-winning fiction, noteworthy new books and their authors are filling University Book Store all summer long. Here are a few coming through this month. That Thing You Do With Your Mouth by David Shields Written by bestselling author and UW professor David Shields, this groundbreaking new memoir pushes the boundaries of [...]

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This weekend, doctors from around the globe are swapping out their white coats and stethoscopes for evening attire and music stands. Representing more than 40 countries and roughly 30 medical specialties, the World Doctor Orchestra is an international collective of 800 doctors who double as performing artists. Subgroups of 100 members gather twice a year [...]

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