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Preventing lawn mower injuries to children

Lawn mowers can be dangerous. That’s the message from physicians at the Harborview Medical Center after serious injuries to children this spring and summer.

Lifelong learning awards presented

The second annual faculty awards for Distinguished Contributions to Lifelong Learning were presented yesterday by UW Educational Outreach.

Mailing Services cutting back on deliveries

Beginning Monday, July 1, Mailing Services will decrease its daily service from twice a day to once a day to most UW box numbers.

Expect warmer offices this summer

A continued emphasis on energy savings means air-conditioned offices will be cooled to just 78 degrees this summer.

Notices

U-PASS stickers expire

Current (’01–’02) U-PASS stickers and parking permits expire June 30.

Mystery Photo

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

Continuity: It’s what successful basketball teams and successful businesses have in common

A UW researcher says corporations in search of success should take a lesson from the hardwood. Winners are made over time, not with free agents.

Corporations putting money into diversity

A fund-raiser at the Chateau Ste. Michelle is one more exapmle of the growing corporate interest in promoting diversity in higher education.

Etc: Campus News and Notes

MAGAZINE GOLD: A conservation biology journal for which UW zoology professor Dee Boersma is executive editor has won a major national award.

International Viola Congress comes to UW

One of the musicians at the 30th International Viola Congress, held on campus last week, tries out an instrument at one of the luthier displays in the Music Building.

June 26, 2002

Electrical engineering alumnus awarded university’s highest honor, inventions scheduled for permanent display at Smithsonian

When your doctor sends you for an ultrasound, you can thank University of Washington alum Donald Baker for making the non-invasive procedure an option.

June 25, 2002

Harborview expert notes firework safety is the key to a fun Fourth of July

Last year dozens of firework-related injuries were treated at Harborview Medical Center. Injuries resulted in finger, hand and thumb amputations and fractures, loss of eyes and severe burns to faces, hands and backs. Illegal and legal fireworks caused the majority of these injuries.

June 21, 2002

Washington state called a leader in getting broadband to ‘last mile’

Creative new initiatives by governments can help expand “last mile” broadband connections to homes and businesses, according to some speakers at a panel discussion yesterday in Washington, D.

June 20, 2002

Students heading to Montana to help tribes combat housing crisis with tough ‘new’ material — straw

The winds of the Great Plains won’t stop two Montana tribes from making their newest buildings out of straw.

June 18, 2002

Executive education program bucks national trend in dropping revenues

The University of Washington Business School’s executive education program appears to be dodging the revenue decline that has hurt similar programs at many of the country’s business schools.

June 17, 2002

Dr. Christina Surawicz named assistant dean for faculty development of UW School of Medicine

Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the University of Washington School of Medicine, has named Dr. Christina M. Surawicz to the newly created position of assistant dean for faculty development.

June 12, 2002

The public is invited to the second annual Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer Conference

The University of Washington School of Medicine is inviting the public to attend the Second Annual Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer Conference from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 12, on the UW main campus.

June 10, 2002

Genetic engineering could salvage once-promising anti-cancer agents

A group of anti-cancer agents that once produced dismal results in clinical trials could once again be a promising tool in fighting the deadly disease, thanks to research by a team of chemists at the University of Washington and in Germany.

Summer teen volunteer opportunities available at Harborview Medical Center

Harborview Medical Center is looking for motivated and responsible teen volunteers, ages 14-18 years for its Summer Teen Volunteer Program.

June 6, 2002

History on the high seas

At 550, 8 1/2-by-11 pages, it’s hardly bedtime reading, but Keith Benson thinks Oceanographic History: the Pacific and Beyond is more interesting than the average “Proceedings” that comes out of a conference.

Faculty Senate

This year I have served as the first chair of the faculty’s newest council, the Faculty Council on Tricampus Policy, which includes balanced representation from Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma.

School of Music duo highlights summer arts festival

Steve Hill
University Week

The third annual Summer Arts Festival at the UW is being billed as an exploration of beat.

Young sexual minorities face perilous existence on the street

Life on the street is dangerous for any homeless youth, but a new UW study shows that danger increases for sexual minorities.

Oil exploration, fishing threaten penguins

As the world’s increasing population creates greater demand for resources, the southern Atlantic Ocean is becoming a more popular spot to consider for fishing and oil exploration.

Ocean policy experts to meet in Seattle

Sixteen of the nation’s top ocean-policy experts, scheduled to meet in Seattle June 13 and 14, want to hear what Pacific Northwest residents consider to be the most pressing coastal and ocean issues facing the region and the nation.

Plan OK’d for Suzzallo grounds

A restoration plan has been approved for the open area to the south of Suzzallo Library — an area that has been fenced off for the last two years and occupied by construction trailers and a variety of equipment and supplies.

Hill named acting Evans School dean

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Partnership with area tribes is thriving

Steve Hill
University Week

The UW’s Sciences and Tribes Educational Partnership (STEP) is entering its third summer on some kind of a roll.

Genomics and Public Health

Walter Neary
HS News and Community Relations

It seems like hardly a day passes by without a scientist announcing a new discovery related to genes and genetics.

Notices

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Instructors are reminded that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 requires that the University treat student records in a confidential manner.

Architecture students transform local playground

A three-stage outdoor performance space designed and built by College of Architecture and Urban Planning students will get its first workout June 14, when T.

Krebs Lecture features Goodman of Vollum Institute

Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations

Center for AIDS Research plans conference June 14

The UW Center for AIDS Research will hold an afternoon conference on Friday, June 14, at Harborview Medical Center’s Research and Training Building.

Grad students win with ‘Cogelix’

A team of University of Washington graduate students has won $30,000 to finance a company that would provide a less-invasive radiation therapy to cancer patients.

Jagadeesh wins McKnight Scholar Award

Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations

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