Whether you’ve never tried mindfulness or you have a daily practice, there are upcoming events for all. For those ready to commit to a full-day of mindfulness, we have a retreat in April… One-Day Mindfulness Retreat Saturday, April 30 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Register here The Whole U and UW Medicine invite you to experience a full [...]

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Nearly 10% of all university students in the U.S. struggle with thoughts of suicide, which means approximately 4,700 students at UW seriously think about suicide each year. We have lost 20 students to suicide at UW-Seattle since the fall of 2009. Luckily we can make a difference by participating in the Husky Help and Hope [...]

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Did you know there is a group at UW dedicated to promoting social, intellectual, and cultural interactions among its members? The University of Washington Faculty Auxiliary (UWFA) is open to faculty, staff, spouses, partners, retirees, and sponsored friends. Our current membership is just under 300 and we have about 20 interest groups including bridge, book [...]

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Tom Hammond is a technology project manager for UW-IT. He also works as a volunteer field scientist for the North Cascades Glacier Climate Project, where he studies glaciers of the North Cascades to inform climate science. He has spent over three decades exploring the North Cascades. Read on for his first-person account of a recent [...]

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Caring comes naturally with a lot of important people in your life, like your family and old friends, but what about the random person walking down the street? You probably do care about that random person, but inviting a stranger into your house for a meal might be a little too far out of your [...]

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Broken hearts are a public health epidemic. A whopping 1-in-4 Americans will die from cardiovascular disease, whether it be an event like a heart attack or a condition like congestive heart failure. Tallied together, these ailments are the leading cause of death in the U.S. Cardiovascular woes tend to strike later in life, but it’s [...]

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One evening in December, traffic problems were delaying Jordan Smith’s bus-to-train-to-bus commute. It would take him two-and-a-half hours to get home. But as he sat on a bus stuck in traffic, Smith calmed himself by repeating a mantra of sorts. “I was just telling myself, ‘The light rail is coming in March. The light rail [...]

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Eating is a simple act. We place food into our mouths, chew it, and swallow it. We consume food for sustenance, energy, and growth. Dining, however, goes beyond the act of eating. Dining is the experience of eating. As Yuan Mei, Chinese poet, scholar, artist, and gastronome of the Qing Dynasty put it, “There is [...]

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Like clockwork, the beginning of January is a time for us to pause and set goals. People make all kinds of New Year’s resolutions – everything from spending less and saving more to getting organized, but no New Year’s resolution is as popular as ‘getting in shape.’ This year I challenge each of you that [...]

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Consider this: Approximately 59,000 people commute to UW on any given day. There’s a very good chance that one of them is going your way. UW commuters share nearly 5,000 trips to campus every day. That’s about 7% of UW students, faculty and staff. These commuters have found that they can enjoy some excellent benefits [...]

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Feeling stressed and rundown? Eat for better energy, exercise regularly, find time for relaxation…and don’t forget to laugh more. In fact, laughter has been proven to be an effective method of coping with stress. According to the Mayo Clinic, laugher has many health benefits: Laughter relaxes the whole body. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical [...]

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Track and field champion Carl Lewis. Heavyweight boxer Cam Awesome. Bodybuilder Jehina Malik. Ultra-marathoner Scott Jurek. These four are all amazing athletes, but they have another similarity: They’re all vegan. Whether it is for health, environmental, or ethical reasons, following a plant-based diet is becoming increasingly prevalent. And as the prevalence increases in the general [...]

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