UW News


April 4, 2002

Distinguished staff nominees celebrate

INDIVIDUALS



Richard Andrews, director, Henry Art Gallery



Carolina Anunciation, academic counselor, Office of Student Services



Gary Ausman, director, international services



Michelle Bagshaw, academic adviser, School of Social Work



Gerald Barnett, director, Software Copyright Ventures



Susan Barnhart, associate director, Office of the Dean, College of Arts & Sciences



Ruth Beardsley, senior secretary, Law School



Christopher Budech, research tech supervisor, Center for Anxiety & Depression, Psychiatry



Rebecca Bullock, assistant director, Office of Risk Management



Ross Bunnell, legal assistant, Attorney General’s Office, UW division



Elaine Chang, assistant dean, Daniel Evans School of Public Affairs



Elise Chayet, director, Planning & Regulatory Affairs, Harborview



Linda Christianson, director, Department of Surgery



Michele Conrad, administrator, Sociology



Hung Dang, interim director, Office of Student Affairs



Thomas Dicken, media tech lead, Classroom Support Services



Steven Domonkos, research engineer, Atmospheric Sciences



Pamela Eisenheim, program manager, Electrical Engineering



Amy Feldman-Bawarshi, undergraduate adviser, Electrical Engineering



David Fenner, director, International Programs & Exchanges



Gene Frazier, window cleaner lead, Custodial Services



Deborah Fromm, fiscal specialist, Industrial Engineering



Barbara Fulton, office manager, Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics & Astrophysics



Gabriel Gallardo, director, EIP/McNair programs, Office of Minority Affairs



James Gladden, director, technical services, Chemistry



Marilyn Gray, assistant to the chair, Faculty Senate



Cindy Gregovich, manager, Equipment Inventory Office & Travel Office



Sue Haag, budget/fiscal unit supervisor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences



Kathryn Hahn, administrator, Zoology



Jason Hansen, program support supervisor, Student Activities & Union Facilities



Gloria Heaton, secretary senior, Electrical Engineering



Felicia Hecker, associate director, Middle East Center



James Herndon, science instructional tech II, Civil & Environmental Engineering



Lenny Hom, office assistant, student services, Law School



Elaine Hudson, program coordinator, student services, Law School



Phillip Hurvitz, GIS specialist/ lecturer, part time, Division of Management & Engineering, College of Forest Resources



David Jaffe, executive director, Harborview



Jennifer Johnston, manager of program operations, MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program



Frankye Jones, graduate adviser, Electrical Engineering



Jean Kallhoff, advanced registered nurse practitioner, Urology



Julie Katz, assistant dean, Nursing



Janet Kime, associate director, Undergraduate Advising



Stephanie Kirschner, program coordinator, Advanced Practice Placement Office, Academic Services



Sandra Kroupa, book arts librarian, Manuscripts, Special Collections & University Archives Division, University Libraries



Carol Langdon, administrator, Women Studies



Betty Low, administrator, Restorative Dentistry



Devota Madrano, academic counselor senior, Chemical Engineering



Denis Martynowych, director of facilities, College of Arts & Sciences



Laura Mason, assistant to the chair, Psychosocial & Community Health Nursing



Jennifer McKinney, parking enforcement officer, UW Police Department



Karen McMasters, manager of program operations, Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine



Joseph Meno, research scientist II, Neurological Surgery



Dina Meske, counseling services coordinator, Computing & Software Systems



Marc Michelsen, software engineer, Atmospheric Sciences



Paul Moore, musical director, Dance Program



Fred Nick, director, Center for Social Science Computation & Research



Mary Anne Ogle, program coordinator, Nursing, Bothell



Lisa Okubo-Garcila, manager, Information Services Department, Hall Health



Gary Olson, assistant dean for student services, School of Social Work



Douglas Parish, police officer, University Police



Sam Park, program coordinator/fiscal specialist II, Center for AIDS & STD, Department of Medicine



Naomi Pascal, associate director & editor in chief, UW Press



Melanie Pepin, health services manager/genetic counselor, Pathology



Nona Phillips, research scientist, Comparative Medicine



Dan Poston, executive director, MBA programs, Business School



Sally Ragsdale, flight nurse, Airlift Northwest



Betsy Raleigh, administrator, Business School



Teri Reed, administrator, Electrical Engineering



Sara Reinitz, associate director, Bothell Information Systems



Gwen Rikansrud, dental clinic supervisor II, School of Dentistry Clinic Services



Rebecca Rooney, fiscal specialist supervisor, Environmental Health



Rhey Rosales, stock room attendant, Operating Room



Richard Roth, director of academic services, Geography



Elizabeth Rutherford, assistant to the chair, Psychology



Marilla Satterwhite, associate director of gift planning, Development



Lisa Scharnhorst, library supervisor, Manuscripts, Special Collections & University Archives, UW Libraries



Diane Schulstad, administrative specialist, Pharmacology



Margo Segimoto, academic counselor, Mechanical Engineering



Eric Shankland, research scientist, Radiology



John Stoltenberg, advanced labs manager, Physics



Davy Tep, program assistant, School of Social Work



Carol Wagener, graduate program assistant, School of Communications



Marie Walters, assistant to the director, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences



Keith Ward, copy center lead, Tacoma Copy/Mail Center



Michael Weinreich, research scientist, Immunology



Robert Weller, senior computer specialist, English



Mary Wood, assistant to the chair, Speech & Hearing Sciences



Suzanne Yoshitome, assistant to the executive director, Health Sciences Administration





TEAMS



James Boeckstiegel & Brian Davis, irrigation team, Facilities Services



Deanna Dockter & Susan Treharne, Oncology Pain Center team



Julia Carlson, John Drew & Gerald Sparling, computing & information resources team, Graduate School



Brad Costen & Marc Morrison, computer support group team, College of Forest Resources



Courtney Acitelli, Martha Angel, Vicki Anderson-Ellis, Paul Brown, John Buller, Stanley Chernicoff, Jennifer Dow, Pamela Espinosa-Hill, Dan Farrell, Jason Johnson, Lincoln Johnson, Aileen Kelly, Debra O’Donnell, Mary Pullen, Trevor Whiton & Patricia Wrobel, 2001 Dawg Daze Steering Committee team



Diane Atkinson, Mary Bernson, Mary Cingcade, Nadine Fabbishushan, Felicia Hecker, Chris Kirchoff, Dean LaRue, Tamara Leonard, Marta Mikkelson, Phil Shekelton, Keith Snodgrass & Sara Van Fleet, Jackson School of International Studies Outreach team



E.


Risk for offspring of cousins lower than commonly believed

Cousins contemplating marriage or concerned about a pregnancy arising from their union have often found it hard to get accurate information about risks to their offspring.


Marshall Horwitz selected for Presidential Early Career Award

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is naming Dr.


mystery photo

Kay Morris, administrative specialist in Graduate Medical Education, poses by the shed near the fish pond that she correctly identified when it appeared as a mystery photo.


As usual, the UW did well in the regional competition of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

CASE BONANZA: As usual, the UW did well in the regional competition of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).


As usual, the UW did well in the regional competition of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

CASE BONANZA: As usual, the UW did well in the regional competition of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).


Newsmakers

LIFE’S A BEACH: And often a contaminated one.


Robots compete

High school and college students from across the United States and Brazil cheered on their robots last weekend at a regional contest of the nationwide FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition.


March 14, 2002

Hartwell will give annual Rushmer Lecture for Department of Bioengineering

The Department of Bioengineering’s 14th annual Rushmer Lecture will be given the first week of April by Dr.


mystery photo

Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.


Labor of Love: Professor wrote book on ‘extraordinary painter’

Lauro Flores just wanted to see that a deserving artist got more recognition.


Pharmacists learn responses to threat of civil emergencies

“Bioterrorism: What Clinicians Need to Know” is the topic for this year’s annual Don B.


Location of pancreatic cancer genetic defect found

Researchers at the UW School of Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in collaboration with investigators at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, have mapped the location of a gene associated with inherited pancreatic cancer.


Let’s samba!

Visiting artist Lee Higgins teaches students at Seattle’s Nathan Hale High School to perform Brazilian music during “Samba in the Schools” week last week.


March 7, 2002

Staffer wrote the book on Kalakala







Steve Hill
University Week


Steve Russell must have taken the message from his first book project to heart.


Controlling the body’s response to severe injury







Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations


One of the results of training highly skilled paramedics and first responders is a significant increase in the number of severely injured patients making it to the emergency room.


McDermott talks

Dr.


Art School holds open house

Senior Jon Peebles gets some work done during the School of Art’s Open House last Friday.


Hangin’ in the Quad

The annual turning of the Quad cherry trees has peaked, drawing large numbers of visitors and students to admire the spectacular beauty.


February 28, 2002

Quakin’ art exhibit

A van crushed by falling bricks in Pioneer Square is part of the new Burke exhibit, “The Big One,” which opens today.


mystery photo

Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.


Etc.

MEET A DINOSAUR: The Burke Museum will host its annual Dinosaur Day from 10 a.


UW responds to budget crisis







Steve Hill
University Week


The UW is chipping in to keep a bad state budget situation from getting worse.


Unearthing classroom success







Steve Hill
University Week


By teaching middle school teachers about the earth sciences, Liz Nesbitt hopes she’s sowing the seeds of the discipline’s next generation.


Shidler law center dedicated; Neukom gives $1 million

More than 150 scholars, students and attorneys helped celebrate the dedication this week of the School of Law’s Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology.


Genetic information and patient care







Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations
From Boston


Genetic sciences provide key insights into many health-care conditions — but the more scientists learn, the more they need to know, says Dr.


Barnard named Spence nursing professor







Kathy Dannenhold
School of Nursing


In recognition of her outstanding leadership, scholarship and passion for the well being of infants and young children, Dr.


Art in Context

Photography students in a course called “Installation, Context and collaboration,” taught by Associate Professor Ellen Garvens, have created an exhibit especially for the hospital environment.


Hille Neurosciences Lecture: Researcher at Brandeis uses ‘dynamic clamp’ to study neural network development

Dr.


Countess speaks at UW

Countess Sonja Bernadotte of the Swedish royal family, above, was at the UW Monday to describe a program that brings Nobel laureates and college-age students from around the world to Lindau Island in Germany for informal meetings each year.


February 21, 2002

Etc.

ARBOR-READ-‘EM: Need some books and want to help a worthy cause at the same time? The Arboretum is having a used book sale from 10 a.


Notices

LEGAL NOTICES


Public Hearting Notices



Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at noon on Friday, March 1 in Room LB1 205 of the Library/Media Center at the University of Washington, Bothell campus.


mystery

Last week’s Mystery Photo was more of a mystery than usual, since it was accidentally printed upside down.


Working in confined spaces

As part of a class on working in confined spaces, Dan Shackelford prepares to enter the space near the Health Sciences complex where sewer pumps are housed.


Artist to discuss writing, painting

Local artist Barbara Earl Thomas will discuss the creative link between her writing and painting during a lecture at the Faculty Club, Wednesday at 7 p.


Patrick to speak on quality-of-life measures

“Quality of Life and Health of the Public” is the topic for the School of Public Health and Community Medicine’s winter quarter Distinguished Faculty Lecture, set for 3:15 p.


Robertson named WDS distinguished professor in dentistry







Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations


Dr.


Motion Sickness: An ancient ailment; some newer cures







Pam Sowers
HS News & Community Relations


We all know what the Vikings, those robust conquerors of early Europe, looked like as they sailed away from their ancient ports.


Correction

In the caption for the photo of Magnuson Scholars in the Feb.


February 14, 2002

Etc.

FABULOUS FURNITURE: Would you like to see Suzzallo’s Reading Room returned to its former glory when it reopens late this summer? Well, you may be able to help.



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