June 27, 2008
UWTV offers outstanding new medical science programs

SEATTLE -In two new programs premiering this month, only UWTV will show you the breakthrough research behind a new cancer-fighting vaccine and the latest in diagnostic tests designed to effect major changes in global health.

Denise Galloway, head of the Cancer Biology Program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, was a major contributor to the creation of the first effective vaccine against HPV (human papillomavirus), the virus that can cause cervical cancer. In "HPV and Cervical Cancer: 25 Years from Discovery to Vaccine," Galloway explores the development of the vaccine, from the discovery of the connection between HPV and cervical cancer to future strategies for providing the vaccine on a global scale.

Read more (.PDF) | Watch HPV and Cervical Cancer: 25 Years from Discovery to Vaccine

June 20, 2008
UW Medicine invites you to expand your mind through UWTV

SEATTLE — Are obesity rates connected to area real estate values? What is more effective for weight loss: diet and exercise or surgery? Who is susceptible to the superbug MRSA? What changes are needed to improve the U.S. health care system?

Find these answers and more only on UWTV as you investigate today’s hottest health care topics with some of the world’s foremost physicians from UW Medicine in the new Mini-Medical School series.

Every evening at 9 p.m. UW Medicine invites you to explore medical science, patient care and cutting-edge research under way at the University of Washington. Tune in to broaden your knowledge of anatomy, physiology and the latest concerns in the health care field.

Read more (.PDF) | Watch UW Medicine's Mini-Medical School 2008 series

June 13, 2008
Alzheimer’s forum explores advances in care

SEATTLE — Five million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. How can we improve care for Alzheimer’s patients in the coming century? Top researchers from the University of Washington explore this progressive and fatal brain disease in a special public forum June 18 on the UW Seattle campus.

Learn how treatment for Alzheimer’s disease is changing at “Alzheimer’s Care in the 21st Century,” featuring Dr. Murray Raskind, director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at UW, and Dr. Linda Teri, professor and vice-chair in UW’s Department of Psychosocial and Community Health.

Raskind will begin the evening with his presentation about medications for Alzheimer’s patients. Teri will follow with her discussion about advances in non-pharmacological treatments.

Read more (.PDF) | Visit the University of Washington Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

June 3, 2008
Tune in to UWTV to watch UW commencement live

SEATTLE — University of Washington grads will turn their tassels June 14 in a commencement ceremony on the UW Seattle campus.

Distinguished musician, producer, philanthropist, former Seattleite and Garfield High School graduate Quincy Jones will speak at the event, and receive an honorary doctorate.

An expected crowd of 35,000 will fill Husky Stadium to celebrate the achievements of the graduating class of 2008, but thousands more will also take part by tuning in to UWTV to watch live.

Read more (.PDF) | Visit the University of Washington Commencement Site

May 19, 2008
UWTV earns Emmy nomination
SEATTLE - UWTV Production, the University of Washington's television production facility, has earned an Emmy nomination from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its outstanding production "Inside Access: Daniel's Story."

"Daniel's Story" chronicles a young boy who was born with part of his brain outside his skull.

At Seattle Children's Hospital, a team of surgeons from Children's, Harborview and UW Medicine sealed the opening to Daniel's brain to protect him from disease and injury, and give Daniel a new face.

Producer and writer Charlie Hinckley and editor Kathy Medak of UWTV Production are both nominated for this award. The 45th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony will be held June 7 in Seattle.

Read more (.PDF) | Watch the award winning program 'Daniel's Story' on UWTV

May 7, 2008
UW honors Japanese-American students interned during World War II
SEATTLE — It’s been more than six decades since the bombing of Pearl Harbor set off the chain of events that led to the internment of 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese nationals during World War II.

This grievous national tragedy had a direct impact upon the University of Washington: 440 Japanese-American students were forced to leave campus for internment camps with mere days’ notice. Though some of these students received their degrees in a quiet ceremony at one of the internment camps, and others returned later to complete their schooling or earned their degrees elsewhere, many more were unable to finish their education at the UW.

Read more (.PDF) | Visit UW's Alumni Association Web site

April 4, 2008
UWTV presents the Dalai Lama live
SEATTLE — UWTV will present several live broadcasts and live webcasts of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s upcoming visit to Seattle and the University of Washington. The Dalai Lama will participate in the five-day Seeds of Compassion initiative from April 11-15, and will be honored by the University of Washington at a special convocation on April 14.

High demand and limited seating are quickly filling these events to capacity, but you can watch live broadcasts or webcasts of the following through UWTV, the University of Washington’s award-winning television channel.

Read more (.PDF) | Visit UWTV's Dalai Lama feature page

February 4, 2008
UWTV earns award for ‘Daniel’s Story’
SEATTLE — UWTV has garnered the recognition of the distinguished New York Festivals, an International Awards Group company.

New York Festivals presented UWTV with a bronze award in its International Film & Video Competition during a gala celebration held in New York City Friday night.

UWTV was honored for its production “Inside Access: Daniel’s Story.” This 2007 program presented by UW Medicine in coordination with Seattle’s Children’s Hospital follows Daniel, a young boy who was born with part of his brain outside his skull.

Read more (.PDF) | Watch the award winning program 'Daniel's Story' on UWTV

January 17 , 2008
New TV series explores engineering feats of today and tomorrow
SEATTLE — Today’s engineers are designing bridges that will carry drivers for decades to come, airplanes that are changing the future of the aerospace industry and materials and methods to create medical miracles.

UWTV takes you inside today’s modern marvels of engineering, and into the not-too-distant future of what’s to come in the Engineering Lecture Series premiering this month on UWTV and online at uwtv.org.

Read more (.PDF) | Watch the 2007 Engineering Lecture Series on UWTV

December 6 , 2007
Explore new oceanic frontiers through exclusive UWTV program
SEATTLE – Only UWTV lets you dive in to explore the depths of the oceans with renowned University of Washington oceanography professor John Delaney in his newest program broadcast exclusively through UWTV, premiering at 10 p.m. Dec. 14.

At the 2007 Fall Provost Distinguished Lecture, Delaney discusses his role leading the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative. This revolutionary project, which involves laying 2,000 miles of fiber-optic cable off the Washington and Oregon coasts, will deliver unprecedented interactive access to our oceans and a constant stream of video images from Earth’s mostly unexplored last frontier. UWTV will air this lecture via webcast, online video-on-demand and through cable and satellite networks.

Read more | Watch Delaney in 2007 Fall Provost Distinguished Lecture: The Ocean Observatories Initiative on UWTV

August 27 , 2007
Web site based at the University of Washington is best resource on the Web for African American history
SEATTLE – A Web site based at the University of Washington, featuring African American history, has just passed the million mark in visits.

Blackpast.org has 1,500 pages including nearly 1,000 entries, more than 100 speeches by African American activists and many other valuable resources. Since staff began monitoring its traffic at the start of 2006, the site and its preceding university faculty site where information was originally stored have attracted more than one million visits. That number is even more astounding when compared to an average gauge of success for a historical publication in print format – 10,000 copies sold is considered a best seller.

“The fact that we’ve had one million visits means that this Web site has enormous appeal,” said Quintard Taylor, Jr., UW professor of history and the Web site director of Blackpast.org.

Read more | Watch Taylor's African-American West series on UWTV