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What Does a Registered Dietitian Do?
When The Whole U launched in 2014, it did so with a mission of using our platform to elevate voices of experts from across the University of Washington. Over the past six years, registered dietitians from across the UW have been some of our most consistent and widely read contributors with more than 60 articles [...]
Challenge Accepted: Raise the Bar in Review
As summer soon shifts into autumn, the UW community begins to look ahead to the new academic year. In addition to the excitement of a campus bustling with students and the spirited competition of fall athletics, there’s a lot to look forward to! From UW Yoga Month and the UW Medicine Heart Walk in October [...]
UW staff share how to start running to work
In his 2007 memoir What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, novelist Haruki Murakami writes, “most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.” It’s in that spirit that The Whole U and the University of Washington are celebrating Global Running Day [...]
Look Back to Get Ahead in 2019!
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 [...]
Be The Match: Save A Life
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 [...]
A November to remember at UW
As fall quarter kicked into high gear this November, so did The Whole U! Two month-long challenges got faculty and staff on the move. UW Transportation dared bikers to Ride in the Rain for an active commute, while the community on the Whole U Being Active page undertook a Holiday Strength Challenge. Energy boosted from short bursts [...]
150+ teams ‘Raise the Bar’ for workplace wellness
Summer is at an end and, with it, The Whole U’s Raise the Bar challenge officially comes to a close. But that doesn’t mean momentum from two months focused on fostering healthier habits at work won’t carry forward into Fall Quarter! Over the course of July and August, more than 150 teams and still hundreds [...]
August Events to Bring Out Your Best
Summer is about bringing out your best. Whether it’s attending a seminar on the science of learning happiness or shaking loose at a Bollywood-inspired dance workout, get the most from August at UW with a host of Whole U events tailored to your health, fitness, and personal interests! This month, we are once more proud [...]
#UWtimeoff: Send Us Your Summer Snapshots
Graduation is over, grades are in, and summer is officially underway. While passion never rests at the University of Washington—it will be on full display throughout our Raise the Bar summer challenge for wellness in the workplace—you’re probably thinking about taking some time off in the months ahead—or maybe you already have. We recognize that. [...]
Faculty Friday: Elizabeth Wheat
This is the first in a series of weekly spotlights featuring 2018 winners of the Husky Green Award. In support of the University of Washington’s long-standing commitment to sustainability, the Husky Green Awards recognize exemplary achievement of an individual or team from the UW community who have demonstrated leadership, initiative and dedication to campus sustainability. [...]