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The helps high-achieving high school juniors develop the math and problem-solving skills necessary to succeed in engineering and exposes students to engineering in practice. Open to all students, the Math Academy especially targets underrepresented minorities in engineering including African American, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander and female students. Applications are being accepted for summer 2011 and are due by March 2, 2011. 

Now through February 28, the will exhibit about 60 photos taken in China after 2006 to reflect the rapid ongoing changes. The authors/artists are from the Chinese community in Seattle, many of whom are students at UW.  The exhibit is presented by the UW Chinese Student and Scholar Association ().

If recent events in Egypt have you searching for more information, come to campus on Friday, February 4 for a panel discussion on “The Current Situation in Egypt.” Free and open to the public, this event is sponsored by the and features UW experts from the fields of law, history and Near and Middle East relations.

A new month means the premiere of a new line up of visual essays on . Tune in to cable channel 27 at 10 pm on Wednesdays to view photographs from pre-WWII Japan; savor the story of Fran’s Chocolates; explore the Penny Arcade Expo; see UW gymnast Kristen Linton in action; take a peek inside the Drama School’s costume shop and learn about cutting edge research on designer proteins. If you miss the show, UW 360 can also be viewed on-line.