A conversation with Seattle
Michelle Witt, artistic director of the UW World Series, has since her advent here strived to broaden the offerings in … Continue reading Sō Percussion, a Quartet with Real Rhythm, Delights at UW World Series
On April 29, violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Cory Smythe performed a recital as part of the UW World Series. The duo’s program paired repertoire by Mozart and Schubert with pieces by composers Antón García Abril and Richard Barrett. Continue reading Violinist Hilary Hahn Shines at UW World Series
For about two minutes on Saturday night, the 71,963 people at a sold-out Husky stadium wondered what kind of homecoming it was going to be. Their quarterback had thrown for an interception, and the 19th-ranked Boise State Broncos were on a steady march downfield. Continue reading Huskies Crush Boise State Broncos in Return to Montlake
I couldn’t tell you how often I’ve passed by the Union Bay Natural Area without having the faintest clue it was there, bordered on one side by UW’s Husky Stadium, on another by Laurelhurst, and another by Lake Washington. Continue reading An Oasis of Birding Just off Busy Seattle Streets
“There are no less than five college and university graduation ceremonies taking place in Seattle over the coming weekend, June 14 … Continue reading Reminder: Seattle Graduates this Weekend
The University of Washington is requesting $12 million from the U.S. Department of the Transportation’s TIGER program to upgrade the 1.8 miles of the Burke-Gilman Trail that skirt its campus. Because fewer than four percent of TIGER applicants receive funding — from a pool of $473 million this year — the UW is asking trail users and supporters to publicly sign on in support of the project. Continue reading Want to Help the University of Washington Upgrade Burke-Gilman Trail?
At story at UW News quotes principal investigator William Wilcock, a UW professor of oceanography, as saying the chattering whales “were kind of just a nuisance,” at least as far as seismographers were concerned. Researcher Dax Soule “created 154 individual fin whale paths and discovered three categories of vocalizing whales that swam south in winter and early spring of 2003.” Continue reading UW Oceanographers Find a Fin Whale Datamine in Seismograph Readings