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School of Law’s exile ends

As William H.

Ph.D. career series changes name; first speaker Oct. 15

Several departments and other units around campus have joined together to provide support for the Bioscience Careers Seminar Series, formerly known as “What Can You Do with a Ph.

From cattle to cattle call: Jenkins’ life is quite a script

The UW School of Drama’s Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) has a new head this fall, but he’s not unfamiliar to the students in the program.

October 6, 2003

Book says Northwest salmon could face same fate as in Northeast, England

The year was 1715, and King George I of England enacted laws in an effort to protect salmon runs throughout Great Britain.Today few salmon ply British waterways, the victims of overfishing, degraded habitat, harnessing water power for industry, and misguided use of hatcheries to restore salmon runs, which ultimately hurt more than helped. Strikingly, much the same scenario began playing out 100 years later in the rivers of northeastern North America.

UW Business School opens West Coast’s first Nasdaq student trading room

The market’s looking bullish in Balmer Hall thanks to the University of Washington Business School’s new Nasdaq trading room.

October 3, 2003

UW announces plan to improve security off campus

University of Washington Interim President Lee Huntsman announced today a set of initiatives, designed in collaboration with student leaders, to address issues of noise, disturbance and security in the neighborhood bordering the University north of 45th St.

October 2, 2003

Community gears up for celebration and dedication of UW’s new Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering

Dedication and open house for the new $72 million Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering.

Managing your computer disk space just got easier

You’re in the middle of a major project when you get an e-mail message from Computing & Communications: “Your disk space is full. Delete something or your account will be shut down.” That needn’t happen anymore, thanks to a new tool on the MyUW site.

UW helps K-12 teachers help students

A growing group of non-native English speakers in Washington’s public schools means a major challenge for teachers. But a UW center is sharing strategies to help those kids succeed.

Digital dilemma: More questions than answers about new form of scholarship

At least one thing became clear during a recent seminar: digital scholarship is changing the way things are done on campus. Participants said librarians will be at the forefront of storing and sharing information that often never makes it to print.

Burstein named chair of Jewish Studies

Paul Burstein, professor of sociology and adjunct professor of political science, has been named chair of the Jewish Studies Program. On the faculty in Jewish Studies since 1987, Burstein centers his research on discrimination based on religion.

Health and Safety Committee Elections under way

Elections for employee representatives to the 11 organizational University Health and Safety Committees have begun.

Roots of WWII imprisonment of Japanese Americans go back to 1920s

The imprisonment of more than 117,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry was no spur-of-the-moment decision launched in reaction to the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Rather it was the end game in a long, deliberate process undertaken by the United States government, which was unable or unwilling to distinguish between citizens and non-citizens, a University of Washington scholar contends in a new book.