Current news and events happening on campus and in the community designed to improve quality of life and foster economic vitality.
Summer camp at the Washington Park Arboretum is bounding into its fourth year with more weeks offered and new programs. Environmental Education Summer Day Camp for grades 1-3 and 4-6 is offered every week from June 30 鈥� August 22. Check for additional information and be sure to to guarantee a spot.
This for both adults and children features opportunities to talk with glaciologists, biologists, climate experts and others from the UW 补苍诲听颈迟蝉 as well as numerous interactive activities and displays that include local artists, photographers and zookeepers who focus on polar environments.
From March 1 – 7, Department of Communication Chair is leading a group of students, staff and faculty on a across the southern United States to landmarks of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and ’60s. You can follow their journey on the Department of Communication , or on Twitter @UWComm using #uwpilgrimage. Also check their for photos.
The fifth in a series of free public lectures on the will take place this Wednesday, March 5 at 6:30 pm with a discussion of the challenges facing penguins and their uncertain future in the wake of a changing climate. .
On Monday, March 3, UW African Studies will present “, an intimate documentary by聽Sorayya Aminian, ’11, about Seattle’s Somali refugees and their search for peace in their new home. Screens at 3:30 pm in the auditorium followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.