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September 27, 2007
Mystery Photo
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Recent grad earns prestigious scholarship
Kiera Clarke, who earned a B.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Genius in our midst: Matsuoka wins coveted MacArthur
Yoky Matsuoka, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University, has been named one of this year’s MacArthur Fellows.
ETC: campus news & notes
LEADING WOMEN: Three UW staffers are among 13 women being honored for having “not only set the standard or raised the bar in their professions and/or community leadership, but also having established legacies, including the mentoring of other women of color to take over and surpass their achievements.
UW Press teams up with Frye Art Museum on reading series, book
This fall the Frye Art Museum and the UW Press are initiating a series of quarterly readings by writers who will explore the stylistic relationships between visual art — both in the Frye Collection and in special exhibitions — and the literary arts.
Child care help, enhanced counseling offered
UW faculty and staff can get extra help finding childcare and dealing with diffiicult issues in their lives, thanks to one new and one enhanced service offered by UW Human Resources.
Old dances new again: Chamber Dance Company performs classic choreography, now more accessible
The UW Chamber Dance Company will kick off the academic year by presenting a new concert and providing an opportunity for the general public to see portions of its old ones.
ASL ‘spoken’ here: New class offered
This quarter for the first time, the UW will be offering American Sign Language (ASL) for credit.
Technology Review honors 3 UW engineers
If you pick up a copy of Technology Review magazine this month, you’ll see this year’s winners for the top 35 young innovators.
New major offered: American Indian Studies is approved after five-year effort
Starting this year, UW students will be able to major in American Indian Studies for the first time.
Guitarist Partington to perform Oct. 7
Award-winning British guitarist Michael Partington, a UW School of Music alumnus and a new faculty member, presents his debut recital at 7:30 p.
Run for his money; Crutchfield looks for partners in half marathon
Sociology Professor Bob Crutchfield is looking for 99 friends to join him when he runs the Seattle Half Marathon on Nov.
Suicide: Study shows being harassed for sexual orientation is risk factor
The film and television series M*A*S*H featured the song Suicide is Painless, but new research refutes that idea and indicates that being victimized because of sexual orientation is a chief risk factor for suicidal behavior among gay, lesbian and bisexual college students.
UW honors its Rhodes Scholars with exhibit
Last week the UW unveiled and dedicated a permanent exhibit honoring alumni who, as UW undergraduates, achieved prestigious recognition as Rhodes Scholars.
Critical conversations: A growing toolbox for communications during an emergency
Events last spring at the UW and nationwide have put the spotlight of public attention on how university campuses react to emergency situations, be they natural disasters, accidents or acts of violence.
Need a photo? Try the UW Image Bank
A small grant made in 2004 to facilitate groundbreaking discussions and works across disciplines supported a three-campus, five-department project to create an online resource of high-quality images in the fields of art, architecture, history and culture.
Visitor center now at Odegaard
For those who have been around the UW campus for a while, the Visitors Information Center isn’t where it used to be.
Allen Center art is all in the (UW) family
The UW community no doubt knows the Paul G.
Four new chairs in engineering
Nearly half of the 10 departments in the College of Engineering are ushering in changes at the top.
Safe at home/safe at work: Strategies for personal preparedness
Getting ready for the next disaster is a bit like tying your shoelaces: If you don’t, you’ll probably trip.
Brooklyn Building being vacated
It’s the last call for Brooklyn, the UW office building, that is.
Business continuity during an emergency: People first, then systems
Scott Preston and his colleagues at UW Emergency Management help departments and units plan responses to disasters such as fires, earthquakes, pandemics and plain old human error.
To prepare and protect: UW Emergency Management at work
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Get UW arts information with one click
From the stage, to the digital studio, to the gallery, the Arts at the University of Washington present creative cultural experiences that are open to everyone.
September 26, 2007
NW Kidney Centers, Kirin-Amgen to establish endowed UW professorship in kidney research honoring kidney physician – the late Dr. Joseph W. Eschbach
The not-for-profit Northwest Kidney Centers (NKC) based in Seattle, WA, and California biotechnology joint venture Kirin-Amgen have announced an honorary gift to the University of Washington (UW) Division of Nephrology to establish the Joseph W.
September 25, 2007
City birds better than rural species in coping with human disruption
Birds that hang out in large urban areas seem to have a marked advantage over their rural cousins — they are adaptable enough to survive in a much larger range of conditions.
September 24, 2007
Rare albino ratfish has eerie, silvery sheen
A ghostly, mutant ratfish caught off Whidbey Island in Washington state is the only completely albino fish ever seen by both the curator of the University of Washington’s 7.
Victimization for sexual orientation increases suicidal behavior in college students
The film and television series “M*A*S*H*” featured the song “Suicide is Painless,” but new research refutes that idea and indicates that being victimized because of sexual orientation is a chief risk factor for suicidal behavior among gay, lesbian and bisexual college students.
UW computer engineer wins MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ award
Yoky Matsuoka, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, has been named one of this year’s <A href="http://www.
University of Washington and state agencies join to forecast and respond to human health effects of climate change in Washington state
Climate changes have jeopardized human health in the past, and are bound to do so again.
September 21, 2007
Experts list: Arctic sea ice minimum for 2007 sets new record
The National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo.
September 19, 2007
Collapsing structures to be tested in revamped UW engineering lab
Just as Minneapolis now finds itself in the middle of a national debate on bridge safety, so the Puget Sound area was some 70 years ago.
September 18, 2007
NIH funds University of Washington Institute of Translational Health Sciences
The University of Washington Institute of Translational Health Sciences is among 12 additional academic medical organizations nationwide to receive funding through the National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs).
September 17, 2007
Cell death in sparrow brains may provide clues in age-related human diseases
A remarkable change takes place in the brains of tiny songbirds every year, and some day the mechanism controlling that change may help researchers develop treatments for age-related degenerative diseases of the brain such as Parkinson’s and dementia.
Research overturns accepted notion of neutron’s electrical properties
For two generations of physicists, it has been a standard belief that the neutron, an electrically neutral elementary particle and a primary component of an atom, actually carries a positive charge at its center and an offsetting negative charge at its outer edge.
September 12, 2007
A rose is a rozsa is a 薔薇: Image-search tool speaks hundreds of languages
From the fall of the Tower of Babel to the Esperanto global language movement, many humans have dreamed of sharing a common tongue.
September 7, 2007
UW honors The Foster Foundation’s philanthropy with new name for Business School
University of Washington president Mark A.
September 5, 2007
David Kopay, alum and gay athlete, donates $1 million to UW’s Q Center
David Kopay, a University of Washington alumnus who was the first American professional team athlete to come out as gay, has pledged $1 million to the UW’s Q Center, whose mission is to create an inclusive and celebratory environment for people of all sexual orientations.
September 4, 2007
Having the right timing ‘connections’ in brain is key to overcoming dyslexia
Using new software developed to investigate how the brains of dyslexic children are organized, University of Washington researchers have found that key areas for language and working memory involved in reading are connected differently in dyslexics than in children who are good readers and spellers.
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