For many Americans, the last Monday in May – Memorial Day – indicates the unofficial start of summer and a day off from school or work. Across the country, parades are held, grills are fired up and people get together in backyards to eat, drink and socialize. Enjoying the day off is great, of course, [...]

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This year’s UW Fitness Day included a fundraising and donor registration goal for Be The Match, the nation’s largest registry of bone marrow donors. More than 250 new donors were added to the registry during an event on Red Square. Following UW Fitness Day 2023, a donor registration and awareness event, called Get in the [...]

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Like all families, kids and families involved with the foster care system need support from their communities to thrive and succeed. Whether through fostering, advocating, volunteering or donating, everyone can help children who are experiencing foster care this awareness month.  When a foster care placement is made, children must adjust to new everything: home, caregivers, [...]

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The Service Employees Opportunity Scholarship awards annual scholarships to service employees or their family members attending UW to assist with reaching educational or work goals.  As UW employees, we connect with our campus in many ways. Established in 2009, the Service Employees Opportunity Scholarship recognizes the contributions of service employees to the well-being of our [...]

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April is Autism Acceptance Month, an opportunity to deepen our understanding of this complex developmental disability. According to The Autism Society of America, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, or just Autism, capitalized) is a complex, lifelong developmental condition that typically appears during early childhood and can impact a person’s social skills, communication, relationships, and self-regulation. The [...]

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This post was created in partnership with BECU. Read on for tips on how to think about money and strategies for saving. Experts say that financial management is 20% knowledge and skills and 80% behavior. If reducing debt is your goal, putting some of the following healthy habits into practice can take you a long way [...]

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It’s April – have you booked summer camp yet? Offering a variety of programs and activities, summer camps not only offer fun, meaningful experiences to fit your child’s interests and needs, they’ve also been shown to help build important social skills and contribute to overall wellbeing at a time when depression, anxiety, and addiction rates [...]

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When you start to research the options for senior housing, whether for a parent or for yourself, the process can be daunting. It’s a complex marketplace where both the financial and emotional implications feel overwhelming, and where unbiased information is hard to find. In the Seattle area, models for retirement housing range from staying in [...]

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The holiday season is upon us, and many people are planning in-person festivities. For some older adults, however, the holidays can exacerbate existing loneliness, particularly for those who have outlived family, friends, and finances and become isolated or those whose families live far away or are estranged. Recent research reveals that nearly half of Americans [...]

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UW CareLink is a free and confidential Employee Assistance Program serving UW employees and their family members. Read on for insights about this helpful resource from Jessica Cole, Director of WorkLife. My name is Jessica Cole, and it’s my absolute pleasure to serve the UW community as your Director for WorkLife. I’m also a divorced [...]

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September is national suicide prevention month. Suicide prevention is important every day of the year, but for the many organizations doing crucial and often unsung work all year long, September provides unique opportunities to raise awareness of risk factors, provide help for those who are struggling, and give support to those affected by the suicide [...]

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Human milk is recognized as the optimal infant feeding method for at least the first 12 months of life to promote the health of both the lactating parent and the child. Compared to formula-fed infants, those fed human milk have fewer ear infections, gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses, and even have a reduced risk of certain [...]

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