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UW employees can get mortgage help on campus

Now is a great time to be a home buyer or to refinance your current home.

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DRAMA KINGS AND QUEENS: When The Time of Your Life begins preview performances at Seattle Repertory Theatre tonight, the UW School of Drama will be well represented.

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ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Ethnic studies grants
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from UW faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States.

Exposure to low-level magnetic fields cause DNA damage in rat brain cells

Prolonged exposure to low-level magnetic fields, similar to those emitted by such common household devices as blow dryers, electric blankets and razors, can damage brain cell DNA, according to researchers in the UW’s Department of Bioengineering.

Spotlight on Seattle: Drama prof writes about the local version of Federal Theatre Project

Imagine the scene: All the factories in a city have been closed by sit-down strikes.

Romances with schools: Goodlad writes about his lifelong love affair with education

Maybe it was inevitable that when John Goodlad decided to write a memoir, it wouldn’t turn out to be a memoir of his life.

February 11, 2004

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer can lead to severe bone loss

Hormone therapy used in the treatment of prostate cancer can lead to severe bone loss in men, according to the report of an October 2002 research summit.

Health Sciences News Briefs

Elected fellows
UW faculty members Dr.

‘Total Confinement’ paints portrait of life inside maximum security prisons

Scattered across the United States are about 60 penal institutions that are called super-maximum security prisons, control units or some other similar name.

Health Sciences Open House: Meeting set; Web site up

The 2004 Health Sciences Open House will be Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24.

Parenting with self-understanding

Dr.

February 10, 2004

Online subscriptions to scientific journals often no bargain for universities

As the publication of scientific research papers shifts more and more from print to electronic distribution, universities often buy site licenses that provide campuswide online access to a variety of journals, which cuts publishers’ production costs and is more convenient for readers.

UW Business School wins Venture Capital Investment Competition

Five University of Washington students won the western division of the National Venture Capital Investment Competition held last weekend in Boulder, Colo.

February 9, 2004

Small, smart, smooth: Seagliders topic of Feb. 11 public lecture

Underwater gliders that can operate autonomously at sea for months at a time and travel thousands of miles are revolutionizing how oceanographers collect measurements.

February 8, 2004

Challenges of forest stewardship focus of public lecture

The challenge of preserving Pacific Northwest natural resources is the subject of “Sustaining Our Northwest World: When Humans and Nature Collide.”

February 5, 2004

Seagliders subject of Oceanography lecture

Underwater gliders that can operate autonomously at sea for months at a time and travel thousands of miles are revolutionizing how oceanographers collect measurements.

University surplus using eBay to maximize its sales

Surplus property turns to eBay for some sale items
Wanna buy some used card catalogs? Later this month, UW surplus will be selling the empty card catalog cabinets that stood in Suzzallo for many years, before computers revolutionized library searching. They’re just one of the many unusual items that come through surplus property, which has lately been posting some of its sale items on eBay.

Photo exhibits showcase scenes from far away and close to home

Photos from here — and there — on display in Marine Studies
A career in oceanography has meant a life of travel for UW Professor Warren Wooster, whose photos of one of his destinations are on display now in the Marine Studies Building. Sixteen black-and-white images span 25 years of Wooster’s visits to France. Also displayed are photos of the Northwest by professional photographer Mary Randlett.

Seattle Seahawks Chris Davis and UW athletes will speak at UW School of Dentistry mouthguard event

Four faculty members in the University of Washington’s Department of Electrical Engineering have been elected fellows of in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, bringing the total number of IEEE fellows in the department to 22.

Sales tax exemption, performance contracts move forward in Legislature

Several matters important to the UW are receiving favorable reactions thus far in the legislative session.

UW prof to open showing of Wong film

UW Professor Anthony Chan will be speaking next week when the U District’s Grand Illusion movie house opens its weeklong run of Piccadilly, a 1929 film starring Anna May Wong.

Child Passenger Safety Week: A good time to start riding safely

Motor vehicle crashes are the single largest killer of children 4-8 years old, and 55 percent of all child passenger injuries are in this group.

UW scientists prominent at Seattle AAAS meeting

AAAS in Seattle; UW scientists featured
One of the largest gatherings of scientists from around the world comes to Seattle next week when the American Association for the Advancement of Science stages its annual meeting. Offering a program of 130 symposia, topical lectures and seminars, the meeting includes nearly 90 UW Washington faculty and students as lecturers, symposium organizers and speakers. AAAS runs from Feb. 12 through Feb.16 at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.

Mystery Photo

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Elizabeth Feetham appointed acting dean of the Graduate School

President Lee Huntsman has appointed Elizabeth L.

New fund created to support good ideas

The Provost’s Office is looking for some great ideas that require modest amounts of temporary funding to be realized.

Sample variety of styles at School of Music’s Mosaic Concert

The School of Music’s annual “Mosaic” concert is meant to be a sampler, a chance to hear, in one program, a wide variety of musical styles and artists.

New head of UWT business school named

Shahrokh M.

Mary Baker Eddy exhibit at Odegaard

The exhibit, “This is woman’s hour…” – The Life of Mary Baker Eddy, is on display on the second floor of  Odegaard Library through March 30.

Lecture explains Japanese memorial custom

Japanese Obon: Dancing with the Dead, a lecture by the Rev.

Nobel laureate to speak at Bothell

Sherwood “Sherry” Rowland, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, who won the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry, will offer a free public lecture, Our Changing Atmosphere in 2004, at 7 p.

Forestry lecture series begins next week

The challenge of preserving Pacific Northwest natural resources is the subject of “Sustaining Our Northwest World: When Humans and Nature Collide,” a lecture series starting next week with a look at the need for active forest stewardship of public forests.

Mystery Photo

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Psychologist lectures on culture and intelligence

Author and psychologist Robert J.

Team-based learning is topic of forum

“Designing Effective Assignments for Group Learning” is the title of the next Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning, set for 2:30 to 4 p.

World’s largest book to be unveiled Feb. 13

Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey across the Last Himalayan Kingdom, will be presented at 7 p.

January 29, 2004

Concerned parents need to understand risks without vaccines

Parents have a lot of legitimate worries confronting them every day.

Registration open for Mini-Medical School

UW Medicine is offering the chance to learn about medical science, patient care and cutting-edge research by attending Mini-Medical School 2004.