April 11, 2002
Etc: Campus news and notes
LENO STARS: Look for UW students on Friday’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Staffers from the show were on campus last week “testing” students with general knowledge questions.
CATCHING FLIES: In an earlier issue of University Week we passed along a method of getting rid of fruit flies in your worm bin that we found in the Center for Urban Horticulture’s newsletter. Well, trust University folk to know a better way. According to Gary Raymond, a senior computer consultant in Bioengineering, the thing to do is to pour some cider vinegar in a glass and add a few drops of liquid soap detergent and swirl it around. Leave it out overnight. The fruit flies are attracted by the scent and drown. “Contrary to the popular saying,” Raymond tells us, “you get more flies with vinegar than you do with honey.”
TRIPLE THREAT: UW senior Allison Van is known as a triple threat, majoring in biology, environmental studies and the Program in Community and Environmental Planning. Now she has been awarded two prestigious merit scholarships — the $30,000 Truman Scholarship and $5,000 Udall Scholarship — the only UW student this year to win either one. Van, who once helped develop a community garden on the Yakama Indian Reservation, plans to pursue graduate training in natural resources followed by law school. Her goal is to help communities around the world do resource assessment and develop sustainable industries.
MASTER MEDIATORS: UW law students Jennifer Niehaus-Rivers and Brian Free took second prize nationally in last week’s American Bar Association Representation in Mediation competition. The UW pair, which had prevailed in regional competition in February, survived three rounds in the nationals. Fordham Law School in New York took first-place honors and UW second in the final round, which was videotaped and will be distributed to law schools around the country for the study of alternative dispute resolution.
MATH MANIA: Three University of Washington undergraduates have earned a place among the world’s college math elite with a win in an international mathematics modeling competition. Ryan Card, Jeffrey Giansiracusa and Ernie Esser were one of four teams of 279 in their category to receive an outstanding commendation in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling. In addition, the UW team’s 21-page solution was selected for the annual SIAM award from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
SHUCKING UP: Ken Chew, professor of aquatic and fishery sciences and director of the Western Regional Aquaculture Center, was selected for Anthony’s Oyster Olympics’ 2002 “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his long and significant contributions to the Northwest oyster industry and Seattle’s oyster culture.
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