How do you like to move? Whether it’s planks, pushups, squats, sit-ups, burpees, yoga, jumping jacks, tai chi, Zumba, high interval cardio bursts – or all the above – UW’s first in-person Fitness Day since 2019 had something for everyone. An annual event held in May in recognition of global health and fitness month (suspended [...]

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Exploring Indonesian culture and identity  The UW campuses abound with people who could rightly be characterized as Renaissance people, polymaths, multipotentialites – those who possess both strong intellectual curiosity and strong creative ability, coupled with interest and expertise in multiple subjects – and ethnomusicologist Christina Sunardi is no exception. Christina’s intellectual curiosity was ignited as [...]

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Anyone who has experienced jaw, mouth, tooth, or facial pain knows just how much it can decrease your quality of life. So how do you know when this pain is something to be concerned about? And what should you do if you are experiencing an increase or newfound pain? To learn more about orofacial pain [...]

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Add some extra sunshine and warmth to your diet by eating more citrus fruits! Bright, colorful, fragrant, refreshing, and juicy, citrus fruits are not only delicious for their balanced tart and sweet taste, they are also an essential part of everyday nutrition, packing powerful health benefits beneath that tough, leathery rind. Citrus fruits are rich [...]

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Stroll in to Summer with UW Virtual Walk Week! Each year, The Whole U hosts UW Walk Week, a week dedicated to getting outside, increasing movement throughout the day, reducing stress, boosting productivity, and going back to the basics of what it means to move. Join us for a week full of virtual  and in-person [...]

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The Whole U is excited to announce that our annual UW Fitness Day will be returning as an in-person event on May 23. Fitness Day is a one-of-a-kind, campus-wide workout to celebrate movement. This will be the Whole U’s first live event in over two years, and we are thrilled to offer the UW community [...]

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The long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of kids and teens – the pandemic generation, or Generation Covid (already truncated to “Gen C”) – is not yet known or fully understood. One secondary effect of the pandemic is already clear, however: after more than two years of remote learning, quarantining and [...]

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The Whole U is excited to announce that our annual UW Fitness Day will be returning as an in-person event on May 23. Fitness Day is a one-of-a-kind, campus-wide workout to celebrate movement. This will be the Whole U’s first live event in over two years, and we are thrilled to offer the UW community [...]

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Christine Lew is mad, and she wants to tell people about it.   It’s not so much that she’s angry, although she feels that kind of mad, too, when she encounters overt ableism or systemic barriers to disabled people.   No, Christine’s kind of mad is crazy-mad, insane-mad, mental-illness mad. She has long-term depression and panic-attack-inducing anxiety, [...]

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Save the date! The Whole U is excited to announce that our annual UW Fitness Day will be returning as an in-person event on May 23. Fitness Day is a one-of-a-kind, campus-wide workout to celebrate movement. This will be the Whole U’s first live event in over two years, and we are thrilled to offer [...]

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On May 6 we celebrate National Nurses Day, the first day of National Nurses Week, which culminates on May 12 (Florence Nightengale’s birthday). The first National Nurses Week was celebrated in 1994. In 2020, Washington Governor Jay Inslee issued a proclamation recognizing May as Nurses Month in Washington, recognizing the critical role nurses play in public health and, [...]

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May is Asian-American & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month where we recognize and celebrate the many achievements of AANHPI peoples in our community and our nation. While five books is nowhere near enough to represent the many identities and cultures recognized this May, our booksellers have put together this list of amazing, you-gotta-read-them titles [...]

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