This May, the Whole U and faculty and staff across the University of Washington marked Global Health and Fitness Month, exploring and celebrating the many ways we move at work. We got things going in a big way early when more than 1,100 faculty, staff, and students convened at Husky Stadium for a fun workout [...]

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Weight Watchers at Work! Weight Watchers is a weight management program that encourages healthy eating, increased physical activity, and healthy weight management behaviors. The program includes: Practical strategies to help you reach your goals. Step-by-step guidance and materials. Led by trained individuals who have lost weight with Weight Watchers—and have kept it off. Confidential, discreet [...]

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The academic year is coming to a close, but summer is just around the bend. With the fresh start to the season comes a host of new events, seminars, and our signature summer team wellness challenge, Raise the Bar! If you’re spending summer on campus with us, you definitely don’t want to miss out on [...]

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When Jim Gawel looks at a lake, he sees an opportunity to learn—not just for the students he instructs as an associate professor of environmental chemistry and engineering in UW Tacoma’s School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, but for entire populations who rely on and reside by those water bodies. “Especially in urban areas, lakes [...]

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It’s the middle of May and summer is just around the corner. The upcoming long weekend will usher in one of the best times of year to get outdoors, spend time with family and friends, fire up the grill, connect over food, and truly enjoy all Washington and surrounding region has to offer! At The [...]

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A few minutes into my conversation with Ricardo Garcia and it’s clear he prefers to let his guitar do most of the talking. Perched on a chair in an office in the Music Building, he plucks out series after series of palos, the stylistic and geographic variations of his chosen art form, flamenco. Like Garcia, [...]

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Be a part of Seattle’s biggest summer dance party! From July 12 through 15, join La Clave Cubana and The Whole U for Seattle Cuban Dance Fest 2018, the first and only festival dedicated to showcasing Cuban traditional dances! This year’s line-up includes some of the finest Cuban dance instructors on the West Coast with 4 days of social dancing, world-class performances, live percussionists, [...]

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It’s been a busy start to 2018 at the Whole U! From our Dare to Do New Year’s Wellness Challenge to UW Fitness Day, our commitment to providing the UW community with inclusive and engaging opportunities to improve health and wellness has never been stronger.  Outside of our events, activities, seminars, articles, and social media [...]

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When Amy Lambert first set foot in Washington, she never imagined she’d one day return for a master’s degree—let alone to devote nearly two decades to documenting and conserving one of North America’s rarest butterflies. At the time, Lambert was merely stopping through—a rising junior pursuing a BFA in Sculpture at Florida State University on [...]

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“Thank your body for giving you this opportunity to move. Savor this joyous event and hold your body in gratitude.” —Bonnie Duran Last Wednesday, the “Greatest Setting in College Football” was setting to something never before witnessed in University of Washington history. Beginning at 11:15 am, more than 1,100 University of Washington faculty, staff, and [...]

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If the thought of snuggling up with an adorable kitten, making toys for homeless cats during their stay in the shelter, and learning more about the PAWS mission to care for dogs, cats and wild animals in need sounds like a good way to spend lunch, we’ll see you at Play Time with PAWS in [...]

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Where do brain science, yoga, and elite athletics come together? Where else but UW Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day? On Thursday, April 26, more than 230 University of Washington faculty and staff members and their children joined The Whole U for a full day of activities that threw open the doors onto the [...]

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