November 10, 2005
Etc.: Campus news & notes
PREMIER COURSEWARE: A group of faculty and students in the UW’s College of Engineering has won an award for an interactive CD tutorial the team created to use in an engineering class. Biological Information Handling: Essentials for Engineers has been selected as one of two recipients of the Premier Courseware of 2005 award.
“It’s a very prestigious educational software award,” said Mary Lidstrom, associate dean of new initiatives in the College of Engineering, whose research group collaborated with a group in the Department of Technical Communication. “It’s a great example of leveraging the strengths TC has in these areas.”
The technical communication group included Professor Dave Farkas and students Alica McBride, Patricia Kirkham and Quan Zhou, as well as Poison Dart Frog Media, a commercial Flash design group.
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: The American Fisheries Society presented its Award of Excellence to Ray Hillborn, Richard C. and Lois M. Worthington professor of fisheries management in the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, at its annual meeting recently. The award is the society’s highest honor and is presented to an AFS member for original and outstanding contributions to fisheries science and aquatic biology. With nearly 10,000 members, AFS is the world’s largest and oldest society for fisheries scientists and managers. Its mission is to improve the conservation and sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development of fisheries professionals.
KUDOS: Shawn Wong, novelist and director of the University Honors Program, has been appointed consulting editor for Transtext(e)s/Transcultures, a tri-lingual (English, French, Chinese) journal published by the University of Hainan in China and the Institut des Langues et Cultures Slaves et Asiatiques at the Universite Jean Moulin in Lyon, France.
ATTENTION WAL-MART SHOPPERS: On Tuesday, Nov. 15, The UW’s Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies will be sponsoring a showing of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in 301 Miller.
The movie, produced by Robert Greenwald, has been drawing national attention, including a recent story by the New York Times detailing how the retail giant had hired a PR consultant and created a “war room” to fend off organized attacks on its business methods.
The UW showing will include UW Regent Craig Cole, a small business owner, and a representative from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union talking about the effects of Wal-Mart on workers and the economy.
HOLIDAY PREVIEW: The Arboretum Foundation’s Greens Galore sale, a Puget Sound holiday tradition, presents one-of-a-kind wreaths, freshly cut greens, hand-made gifts, crafts and more for holiday decorating and shopping on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Washington Park Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center.
For more information, call 206-325-4510 or visit www.arboretumfoundation.org. Admission and parking are free. Greens Galore benefits the Arboretum.
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