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URBAN JOB CHAMP: The UW received the Corporate Job Challenge Award from Seattle’s Chamber of Commerce Urban Enterprise Center recently for its efforts in recruitment and retention of candidates from urban communities. Jill Rinehart, director of recruiting and candidate services, a division of HR, accepted the award, saying “Our employment efforts hold fast to the U’s commitment to promoting respect for the rights and privileges of others, understanding and appreciation of human differences, and the constructive expression of ideas. This holds true not only for the student experience, but also for the career and employment potential of staff and faculty.” The Urban Enterprise Center mission is to enhance the quality of life for all by accelerating the positive dynamics of urban communities through improved race relations, job creation and economic development. ASTRONOMY STAR: Erica Bohm-Vitense, a UW astronomy professor emeritus, has been named the 2003 recipient of the Karl Schwarzschild Medal by Astronomische Gesellschaft, an international astronomy society founded in Germany in 1863. The award, Germany’s highest honor in astronomy, is being given to Bohm-Vitense for career contributions to research in astronomy. Bohm-Vitense and her husband, Karl-Heinz Bohm, were the third and fourth astronomy professors at the UW, arriving in 1969. They continue their research careers, and both turn 80 this year. VIDEO GOLD: The Department of Bioengineering has won a national award with a new video promoting the department and its groundbreaking research. The video, titled Inventing the Future of Medicine, won a gold award from The New York Festivals in the non-broadcast film and video category. It chronicles the major research thrusts of the department, told through the eyes of both faculty members and student researchers. The video can be viewed at the Bioengineering Web site at http://depts.washington.edu/bioe/factsheet.shtml. Click on the red “BIOE Movie” button on the left. LANGUAGE LEADER: Professor Galya Diment, chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, was recently elected to the Executive Board of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (AFDL). The Executive Board consists of seven members representing the U.S. departments of foreign languages and literatures who are elected nationally by corresponding departments. Diment fills the “Russian seat” on the committee. The ADFL is a central resource for the language and literature community in the United States and Canada, examining and articulating issues in the field and developing field-wide policy. Approximately 1,000 college and university departments are members. SCORES FOR TOYS: Diane Thome, professor of music; and Bret Battey, research associate in the School of Music, are among 41 composers featured in Klavier Nonette, an installation of toy pianos created by the artist Trimpin. Klavier Nonette will be exhibited in Jack Straw Productions’ New Media Gallery in Seattle through April 27. Thome’s work is called Fragrance of Orchids, while Battey’s is Quilcene Terpsichore.
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