Sometimes the most powerful act of conservation is an act of creation. That’s the driving idea behind UW Recycling’s Trash Art Contest, which invites current UW employees and students to make and share art pieces composed of a majority of recycled, salvaged or collected litter materials. “I think a lot of times people think of [...]

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Whether she is working in Seattle as an assistant director of philanthropy at UW Medicine or practicing the craft of woodturning in her free time, Sasha Nouri likes transforming abstract ideas into realities. Woodturning is the art of using a wood lathe together with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around an [...]

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This spring, Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry will move across the country to begin a new chapter in her career as Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina. But she’ll leave the University of Washington a unique legacy—a number of modern family-building programs at University Reproductive Care and a family-building [...]

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Should there ever be war in outer space, Saadia Pekkanen says there would be no winners. “Nobody can win that war, because nobody knows what victory looks like in that scenario,” says Pekkanen, who since 2004 has served as Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and [...]

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Despite a penchant for high-speed canoe racing that he’s fostered since his days as an undergraduate at Western Washington University, Erick Winger is no daredevil. But when he talks about the University of Washington Finance Transformation (UWFT) initiative, Winger says it might best be compared to a high-flying feat. “A lot of folks would say [...]

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The UW Symphony will perform this Friday at Meany Hall in a program titled, Re-Imagination featuring music by Claudio Monteverdi, Igor Stravinsky, and Bizet/Shchedrin. (Get tickets here for $15 or $10 for students/seniors) When David Rahbee began decorating his office after joining the UW School of Music as Director of Orchestral Activities and Chair of [...]

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If you’re interested in taking a whirlwind journey through thousands of years of Chinese history, but not keen on sacrificing scholarly attention to detail or a sound sense of storytelling, you’ll want Patricia Ebrey to be your guide. A professor of history at the University of Washington, Ebrey has devoted more than four decades to [...]

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Every Tuesday, just before noon, a line begins to form outside the UW Surplus loading dock. People wait quietly, patiently anticipating the moment when the large purple garage door with a white ‘W’ will open to reveal the most intriguing inventory of items you are likely to find anywhere in the state. From noon to [...]

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Sometimes a strike can have the most unexpected, long-term implications. For Malia Fullerton, professor of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine, a strike by public school sanitation workers on the Big Island of Hawaii when she was in seventh grade, set her on the path to a career as a [...]

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Karin Frey says she gets all her best ideas from teenagers. A research associate professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Washington’s College of Education and primary investigator at its Sociomoral Action and Identity Lab (SAIL), Frey says talking to teens is one of the aspects of her work she likes best. “When I [...]

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Before we begin a new decade, let’s look back on a year of learning, growth, and achievement by way of our Spotlight series. Published on Fridays, the weekly Spotlight feature takes the form of a Faculty Friday, a Staff Story, or a Coaches’ Corner—promising readers an informative view into the lives, research, interests, and achievements [...]

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While most people spend the winter trying to avoid catching the flu, Helen Chu is actively chasing it. An associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Chu serves as lead clinician for The Seattle Flu Study (SFS), a first-of-its-kind collaborative effort by the Brotman [...]

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