The University of Washington Press joins the Association of University Presses (AUPresses), our university press colleagues, and readers around the globe to celebrate and raise awareness of the vital work that university presses do every day. This year’s theme, #StepUP, highlights how university ...
She commenced her acting journey in the early 2000s, making waves with remarkable roles in soap operas like General Hospital and How I Met Your Mother. Her career took a significant leap when she starred in the critically acclaimed television series Homeland, portraying the character of Fara ...
On May 4, 1958, a plaque is erected over a bed in Barringtons Hospital, County Limerick. The plaque has since disappeared. In May 2016, one hundred years after his execution, a full-scale limestone sculpture of Colbert is unveiled at the gable of his one-time house in Moanleana, County...
Harvard medical researchers Philip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw invented the iron lung to help patients with polio at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. The respirator contraption was widely used in polio outbreaks during the ’40s and ’50s, but the invention of the mechanical respirator eventu...
School of Architecture Deans Detail COVID-19’s Impact on End of the Year Activities Features School of Architecture Deans Voice Institutional Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis News Harvard PPE team uses Slack to design patient isolation hood for hospital use News GSD-led team is fabricating...
Edward Akelman, President of University Orthopedics. “We recognized the need for specialized orthopedic care in Westerly and we have finally laid down the groundwork to better serve these patients.”Operating out of Westerly Hospital, physicians in this location will provide a full spectrum of ...
When Thomas is not competing, she is currently spending some of her time volunteering at an Austin, TX, clinic that helps the uninsured population and is running a hypertension program. Her overarching goal is to open her own hospital or nonprofit to make health care more accessible. “I want...
“You hear the story of somebody that day who went to a hospital, or got to work a buzzer-beater basketball game, and I feel like that’s almost your currency — the magic and being a part of something that’s global honestly.” Though he wouldn’t have turned down a scholarship...
UNO School of Music Director Washington Garcia’s destiny was set the first time he tickled the keys of his grandmother’s piano at age 4 in his native Ecuador. “I’ve always considered myself blessed to know my purpose in life from very early on,” Garcia said. “That’s a gift not...
The 1904 edifice was expanded in 1990 by architects Hartman-Cox of Washington, D.C.SustainabilityBrown University has committed to “minimize its energy use, reduce negative environmental impacts and promote environmental stewardship.” The Energy and Environmental Advisory Committee has developed a set ...