The Whole U’s eight-week Dare to Do challenge to make positive, lasting improvements in all areas of life is set to begin Monday, January 7. Each week of the challenge will focus on a different area of wellness, setting you up for success with a holistic approach for making healthy changes into enduring habits. Register here [...]

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As 2018 comes to a close, University Book Store looks back on some of our favorite reads from the past year. These are titles that have inspired us, made us laugh, made us cry, and have lingered with us long past the last page. So, to welcome 2019, here are nine of our favorite reads [...]

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With 2018 coming to a close, we’re pleased to feature selections from the third round of #UWTimeOff photo contest, which celebrates the journeys of exploration and discovery UW faculty and staff take in their time away from work.  From breathtaking hikes to summer fun in the backyard, you truly were boundless in every way over the [...]

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The colder and darker it gets, it can sometimes feel easier to stay inside to enjoy the comfort of your home during winter months. But here at The Whole U, we want to make it easier for you to take that step outside to make that excursion or see that show. That’s why we encourage [...]

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This dish takes Italian comfort food to new heights. My grandmother would prepare this dish most often on New Year’s Eve, when celebratory familial groups would convene. The dish itself is somewhat like the Italian version of a fondue. My family has made the tradition of eating it while standing around the table. While my [...]

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You’re invited to participate in the annual Valentine Card Project on January 7, 18, 25, and February 6, hosted by staff at UW Medical Center’s Art Program and the Whole U. The goal is to create 550 beautiful handmade Valentine cards for all UW Medical Center inpatients, which will be delivered on February 14. Everyone [...]

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Lynn Hermanson goes by many titles: wife, mother, teacher, counselor, and confidant. As assistant director of UW Tacoma’s Institute for Global Engagement and the Global Honors Program, she says she often thinks of herself as a “GPS for students in higher education,” helping students—many of whom are first-generation college-goers like herself—find success on their own [...]

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Even amid the hustle and bustle of the holidays and year-end deadlines, it can feel reinvigorating to set aside some time as the year draws to a close to celebrate and reflect on what we’ve accomplished and analyze areas of our lives we’d like to improve. In doing so, you might just find yourself setting [...]

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Progress through Winter quarter with improved mental and physical well-being by signing up for any of these Winter yoga and meditation series with The Whole U and UW Recreation. Each series offers a unique path to wellness. To learn more about each and register click the title! Vinyasa Yoga at the HUB Starting January 8 [...]

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This article is part of an ongoing series spotlighting the first-of-its-kind partnership between the University of Washington and Be The Match, the nation’s largest marrow donor registry. Its aim is to encourage people—particularly people of color with mixed-ancestries—to register as potential donors as part of a commitment to grow and diversify the registry, thus increasing the [...]

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To understand trolls is to understand oneself—and professor Lotta Gavel Adams knows them better than most. But Gavel Adams, professor emerita and Barbro Osher Endowed Chair of Swedish Studies at the University of Washington, insists she’s neither troll scholar nor folklorist. “I am an historian of literature and culture who looks at what trolls look like [...]

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With temperatures starting to drop and the quarter nearing its end, December marks yet another busy month full of events to attend, work to finish up, and holidays to prep for. This month, The Whole U is pleased to bring the UW community a range of activities to boost your wellness, engage your mind, and [...]

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