February 14, 2002
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Secretary of the Faculty Applicants Sought
Faculty Senate Leadership, in collaboration with the President, seeks applications for the position of Secretary of the Faculty.
mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
Newsmakers
DISSENTING VOICE: A recent story in the Columbus Dispatch examined the controversy surrounding genetically altered grass.
Making dogs
Artist Gary Smoot has a thing for wiener dogs — the kind made out of balloons (note the drawing on his shirt).
In Brief
A faculty development workshop on “Leadership and Institutional Change” has been scheduled from 8:30 a.
Massage therapist at Olympic village
| Craig Degginger |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Sylvia Burns, a licensed massage practitioner (LMP) in the Exercise Training Center at Roosevelt, is the UW Medical Center’s “entrant” in the Winter Olympic Games now under way in Salt Lake City.
Digital dental records:Students learning to use digital camers to document their work
| Walter Neary |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Students in the UW School of Dentistry are finding a new and high-tech way to communicate with patients and plan comprehensive treatment.
Magnuson Scholars
| Claire Dietz |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2001-2002 academic year.
UW crime up, but still lower than peak
University Week Staff Report
The latest crime data from the UW Police Department show an 8 percent increase in reported crimes for 2001.
College of Ed event to seek K-12 partners
The College of Education is accepting reservations for a colloquium designed to help facilitate partnerships between K-12 and the UW campus.
Valentine’s concert has love theme
The School of Music will help romantics celebrate Valentine’s Day with a concert tonight at 7:30 in Meany Theater.
Chamber Dance tickets on sale
The UW’s Chamber Dance Company will explore the impact of humanism and expressionism on modern dance during its annual winter concert.
February 7, 2002
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PHOTO OP: If you like color photos of the natural world, the Campus Public Art Office has a deal for you.
Notices
Academic Opportunities
HUB Hall of Fame
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2002 HUB Hall of Fame Activities Award.
Difficult budget, difficult choices for faculty
This academic year, Brad Holt, the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Vice-Chair Sandra Silberstein, and the Senate Executive Committee made plans to increase communication between the Senate and faculty.
Mystery photo
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Peer portfolio
DOUSING THE FLAME: Citing continued concerns for safety, plus rising costs and issues of liability, Texas A&M University President Ray M.
UW landscape team takes prize at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
Left to right, Landscape Architecture Professor Daniel Winterbottom and students David Knight, Michael Dalquist and George Wittren put the finishing touches on the UW’s prize-winning exhibit at the Northwest Flower & Garden show.
Takin’ out the pack
Gilbert Bombon, Utility Worker II from the Outside Maintenance Zone, removes dry-pack from below the paver bricks at the Kane Hall columns.
Survey finds public support for UW
University Week Staff Report
Residents in Washington view their public colleges and universities as high-quality institutions that make significant contributions to their state’s economy, according to survey data released this week by the American Council on Education (ACE).
Profile: The professor and his brass band
| Steve Hill |
| University Week |
Leroy Searle has identified at least two general types of former musicians.
New UW commuter study available
The UW Transportation Office has announced a new study of commuting choices among people who live within two miles of campus.
Russian cosmonaut, scientist to speak
On Feb.
In Brief
Eight current and former UW-affiliated physicians and a School of Medicine graduate are featured in the new book, This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine (edited by Dr.
U-DOC summer program offers support for high school students
U-DOC is a six-week high school summer enrichment program offered by the UW School of Medicine’s Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Simple measures can cure ‘body blues’
| Pam Sowers |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Amy is sure there is something wrong with her.
Dean Woods receives honors for ‘Book of the Year’ from nursing journal
| Kathy Dannenhold |
| School of Nursing |
“Nursing’s legacy of keen observation, combined with a focus on the multiple environmental factors that influence human health and illness, has been the foundation for contemporary nursing research in general and women’s health research in particular.
New studies seek better treatment, prevention for genital herpes
| Walter Neary |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Researchers at the UW are testing to see if a mainstay of human health — the body’s immune system — can better battle one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases than conventional therapies.
New center targets oral health disparities
| Walter Neary |
| HS News & Community Relations |
A research center based at the UW School of Dentistry will try to understand the causes, and some of the answers, for needless suffering among diverse groups in the Northwest and Alaska.
January 31, 2002
Etc.
TIMELY TOPIC: Within hours of the announcement that Evergreen Forest Trust would purchase 100,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser forestlands in the Cascade foothills, one of the key participants was at the UW’s College of Forest Resources as a panelist discussing the very topic of land trusts.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ADAI research grants available
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
HEC Board calls for tuition authority
University Week Staff Report
The Washington Higher Education Coordinating (HEC) Board last week voted unanimously in support of a resolution that recommends giving tuition-setting authority to public colleges and universities and encourages a restructuring or expansion of the state’s tax system.
Briefly
Lecture considers modernity, religion
UW Professor Frank Conlon will give the annual “Religion and Contemporary Life” lecture at 7:30 p.
Correction
A caption with a photo in the Jan.
InnerWorkings: Germanics
Department chair: Sabine Wilke
Department location: Denny Hall
Number of faculty: Ten regular faculty members (three with joint appointments), as well as one emeritus who teaches and a Distinguished Visiting Professor from Germany every spring.
Celebrating Henry: Revered art gallery reaches milestone anniversary
| Steve Hill |
| University Week |
While preparing for the festivities surrounding the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Henry Art Gallery, Richard Andrews can’t help but be moved by the generosity of the facility’s namesake.
‘Beloved community’ was MLK’s dream
Thirty-four years after his death, the legacy of Dr.
Comment sought on U-District transportation plan
The City of Seattle has released a draft final report of the University Area Transportation Study and is asking for comments by Feb.
SimpleSite takes HTML out of Web
| Roberto Sanchez |
| Educational Outreach |
The UW is making it easier for students, instructors and staff to produce their own Web pages — without having to know specialized computer languages or to use complicated software.
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