July 23, 2009
Etc: News & notes from around campus
TREE WISDOM: Forest Resources Emeritus Professor Reinhard Stettler has a new book just published by UW Press entitled Cottonwood and the River of Time: On Trees, Evolution, and Society. The book looks at some of the approaches scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world. With a lifetime of work in forestry and genetics to guide him, Reinhard Stettler celebrates both what has been learned and what still remains a mystery as he examines not only cottonwoods but also trees more generally, their evolution, and their relationship to society. Click here for more information.
DESIRABLE EMPLOYER: The UW was among the top 10 employers to work for in Seattle, according to a survey conducted by glassdoor.com. Zillow.com topped the list; the University was number 10 with a 3.5 rating (out of 5). President Mark Emmert chalked up a 61 percent approval rating, with only a 7 percent disapproval rating. For further information, Click here.
HIGH IMPACT RESEARCHER: Luis Ceze, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, was one of five academics who earlier this month were named 2009 Microsoft New Faculty Fellows. The program supports new computer science faculty who are doing high-impact research by giving each one access to Microsoft expertise and an unrestricted cash gift of $200,000. Ceze is recognized for his work improving the programmability of multi-core computer systems.
CHING SKETCHED: It’s not every day that a retired professor gets called a rock star, but it happened to Architecture Professor Frank Ching when he met Gabriel Campanario, a Seattle Times artist who does a column called Seattle Sketcher. Ching saw Campanario’s drawings in the newspaper and invited him for a chat in a coffee house. Campanario wrote about that talk afterward, saying that pens, sketchbooks and observation techniques were just some of the topics of his discussion with Ching, whom he described as “a rock star in the world of architectural drawing and design.” To read all of Campanario’s comments and see his drawing of Ching, click here. For the University Week story about Ching, click here.
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