Improving health through education, research & service

The Department of Global Health is building an infrastructure and a foundation for a complementary and interdisciplinary enterprise that will reach far.

Teaching Scholars Program prepares education leaders

Rowing shells feel tippy, as if any movement might capsize them, until rowers get used to them.

UW Public Health names 2008 Distinguished Alumni

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June 2, 2008

133rd Commencement at UW’s Seattle campus–2 p.m. June 14 at Husky Stadium

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May 30, 2008

UW Medicine to honor outstanding alumni at all-school celebration

The UW Medicine Alumni Association will honor four alumni June 7 at an evening reception at Bell Harbor International Conference Center.

200 Washington, Oregon families with one autistic child each sought for study

Scientists searching for the causes of autism are taking a new and hard look at families who have only one child with the developmental disorder.

May 29, 2008

Did walking on two feet begin with a shuffle?

Somewhere in the murky past, between four and seven million years ago, a hungry common ancestor of today’s primates, including humans, did something novel.

Understanding global warming: The scientific basis for concern

Class title: “Atmospheric Sciences 111: Global Warming, Understanding the Issues,” taught spring quarter by Theodore Anderson, a research associate professor and part-time lecturer.

UW Bothell names vice chancellor for advancement and external relations

Richard Penny has been named vice chancellor for advancement and external relations at UW Bothell.

Populating UW Tower — a work in progress

The move of campus units to UW Tower is already a bit more than a third complete, and more units will move in over the summer.

World music from the UW Percussion Ensemble and friends June 3

Drums will sound from the Meany Studio Theater when the School of Music presents World Percussion, featuring the UW Percussion Ensemble, at 7:30 p.

Peer portfolio

BLOODHOUNDS: The University of California-Davis School of Veterninary Medicine has opened a community-based blood donor program — for dogs.

School of Music offers Spring Opera Workshop June 5

Bugs Bunny famously asked, “What’s opera, doc?” The School of Music will address that question with its Spring Opera Workshop, at 7:30 Thursday, June 5, in the Meany Studio Theater.

Jazz from School of Music on June 4, 7

Looking for some jazz for a warm spring evening? The UW School of Music has two offerings for jazzoids in coming days, both instrumental and vocal.

A variety of styles on stage this week from School of Music

American folk songs, gospel numbers with special guests, chamber singing and an evening of performance from combined UW choirs all are among events being presented by the UW School of Music in the next week.

‘Synthesis’: The Visual Arts 2008 Senior Exhibition

The UW Interdisciplinary Visual Arts program will present its 2008 Senior Exhibiton, titled Synthesis, June 11 to 14 at the School of Art’s Sandpoint Gallery in Seattle’s Magnuson Park.

Staffer returns to a beloved country from her past: Iran

Nancy Penrose is back at the University after visiting the country she once lived in but didn’t remember.

UW Botanic Gardens offers session on greening your home

UW Botanic Gardens will present a program on greening your home at 7 p.

Fire’s aftermath: Students to return to Greece to report on media coverage of government

Last August, Taso Lagos was terrified he, his program assistant and his 13 undergraduates would be caught in wildfires raging across central and southern Greece.

Dawg Daze presenters wanted

Jen Drumm, The coordinator of Dawg Daze, the annual event welcoming new students to campus, is looking for faculty and staff who are interested in participating.

After an honorary degree, Herbert Blau reviews a busy career

When Herbert Blau received an honorary degree recently, the occasion was particularly poignant.

Mystery photos

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Some biofuels might do more harm than good to the environment, study finds

Biofuels based on ethanol, vegetable oil and other renewable sources are increasingly popular with government and environmentalists as a way to reduce fossil fuel dependence and limit greenhouse gas emissions.

C. Everett Koop to be honored at Children’s Hospital June 4

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Pharmacy students’ public service announcement urges sun protection

By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy

The National Cancer Institute estimates that more than 62,400 new cases of melanoma — a malignant form of skin cancer — will occur in the United States in 2008.

Neal Futran named chair of Otolaryngology

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Broudy and Elkon appointed to endowed professorships

Two faculty members in the Department of Medicine were recently appointed to endowed professorships.

Krebs Lecture to mark birthday and new pharmacology professorship

The School of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology will present the 21st Annual Edwin G.

May 27, 2008

Some biofuels might do more harm than good to the environment, study finds

Biofuels based on renewable sources are increasingly popular as a way to reduce fossil fuel dependence and limit greenhouse gas emissions, but new research shows that some of the most popular current biofuel stocks might have exactly the opposite impacts than intended.

May 22, 2008

Making meaning: Master of Fine Arts students show their work at the Henry

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Washington Sea Grant celebrates 40 years at UW

Washington Sea Grant (WSG) celebrated its 40th year at the UW last week by hosting an open house for a devoted cadre of supporters among marine scientists and resource users.

Vice presidents reminisce, look ahead

After 40 years of work on behalf of diversity at the UW, many of the challenges which prompted the initial protests still remain, but the agenda has broadened in ways that no one back in 1968 could have predicted.

Official notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 1 p.

Bell dedication planned for May 31

More than 200 invited guests will help “ring in” the new bells in Gerberding Hall’s tower on Saturday, May 31.

Surveys test effects of dam removal

In the run-up to river restoration following the planned dismantling of two hydroelectric dams on the Elwha River — the largest dams, by far, to be removed anywhere — scientists led by UW researchers have undertaken the complex task of documenting what’s in the river valley now.

Homeless youth are class focus

Class title: “Critical Studies of Homeless Youth Issues,” General studies/Nursing.

Arctic ice research cited in polar bear listing

Ignatius Rigor would be the first to say he’s no expert on polar bears, their listing as a threatened species last week or the policies of George W.