UW School of Medicines 63rd graduating class oath and hooding ceremony

Doctor of Medicine degrees will be awarded at 10 a.m. this Saturday, June 2, in the Hec Edmundson Pavilion, to 2012s UW medical-school graduates. The Hippocratic oath will be given by Paul Ramsey, CEO of UW Medicine and dean of the School of Medicine.

WWAMIs 40th Anniversary Celebration

Sunday, June 3, marks the final culminating celebration of the Washington Wyoming Alaska Montana Idaho (WWAMI) medical-education program at the Metropolitan Ball Room in the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. Held from 5:30 to 9 p.m., the event will include keynote speakers such as Dan Evans, former governor of Washington. Faculty, residents, students, alumni, and guests are all welcome.

All-WWAMI Academic Retreat for Education (AWARE)

AWARE, held every other year, will occur June 3-4 this year with workshops on active learning, clinical reasoning, competencies across a variety of skills, minimizing stress, and providing feedback to interns and students. The AWARE website has details on registration.

10th annual Alvord Lecture in neuropathology

Dr. Hannah Kinney, professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School and associate in medicine at Childrens Hospital in Boston, will deliver a talk on June 6 at 4:30 p.m. at the Foege Auditorium in the UW Genome Sciences Building. Focusing on the legacy of Ellsworth C. Buster Alvord Jr., professor of pathology and chief of UW Medical Center Neuropathology from 1960-2002, the talk will focus on the neuropathology of SIDS. The UW Medicine Pathology website has more information regarding the event.

Reach reporter Garrett Black at news@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @garrettjblack

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