January 28, 2010
Etc.: Campus news & notes
DYNAMIC RESEARCH: Thomas B. Sanford, principal oceanographer and professor at the Applied Physics Laboratory, has won the 2010 Henry Stommel Research Award given by the American Meteorological Society, the nation’s leading professional society for scientists in the atmospheric and related sciences. He has also been named a Fellow of the Society, an honor given to only a limited number of members each year in recognition of outstanding contributions to the atmospheric or related oceanic or hydrologic sciences, or their applications, during a substantial period of years.
Sanford earned the Stommel Award “for pioneering development of unique instruments based on electromagnetic sensors and for using them to unravel key features of ocean dynamics.” Much of his research has been focused on ocean studies of the Gulf Stream, internal waves, bottom boundary layer, Nordic Seas overflows, and ocean response to hurricanes. The Henry Stommel Research Award is granted to researchers in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the advancement of the understanding of the dynamics and physics of the ocean.
DANCING TO PUBLICATION: Dean Speer, a program assistant in academic services at the UW School of Law, is thrilled that his book, On Technique, is being published this month by the University Press of Florida. Speer, who — outside the law school — has been a ballet dancer and teacher of ballet for years, spent nearly five years interviewing 17 other teachers. In the book he profiles their careers and features their responses to questions about teaching, as well as his own. “The book is beautiful and chock full of interesting life stories, anecdotes, and very thoughtful insights into the nature of imparting trained skill and knowledge,” Speer said. For further information, click here.
‘A’ LEVEL COACH: Washington men’s soccer head coach Dean Wurzberger received word recently that he has passed his Union of European Football Associations “A” Coaching License test, earning the highest coaching qualifications in European soccer. Wurzberger spent 240 hours over 22 months working toward his license, during which he made three trips to England and spent four weeks in residency in two parts over two summers. Finally, Wurzberger participated in two back-to-back coaching sessions with the top England FA director overseeing the lessons. Wurzberger passed the test to give him his “A” license.
COLD CASH: Special Olympics is $32,600 richer, after the UW Police, the Seattle Police Department, the Washington State Patrol and MBA students from the Michael G. Foster School of Business collected pledges for jumping into Puget Sound Jan. 24. A chilly and profitable time was had by all.
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