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Official notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents has cancelled its August meeting.

Campus housing offered during highway crunch

Beginning Aug.

Demolition of Health Sciences Building’s G&H wings in progress

Before work on new systems and interiors can begin, the old ones have to be demolished.

Mystery Photo

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

Yoga study seeks volunteers

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researchers are looking for 60 Seattle-area women to participate in a study to test the effectiveness of yoga on quality of life, fatigue and weight change in women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Research funding tops $1 billion

The UW received more than $1 billion in grant and contract research funding for the most recent fiscal year, marking the first time it has reached this level.

Alaskan earthquake causes tremors in B.C.

Perhaps it was just a matter of sympathy, but tremors rippled the landscape of Vancouver Island, the westernmost part of British Columbia, in 2002 during a major Alaskan earthquake.

Lennon to be student regent

Erin Lennon, who will be entering her third year in the UW Law School, has been selected as student regent at the UW for the 2007-08 academic year.

‘Accidental academic’ wins design award

Watch Frank Ching’s hands.

Etc: Campus News & Notes

LICENSE TO GIVE: A 1990 graduate of the UW School of Dentistry recently became the proud holder of UW specialty license plate number W2007A.

Chemistry center wins $3 million NSF grant

A UW-based chemistry research center, poised to become a leader in science that will lead to new products and processes, has been awarded $3 million a year for five years by the National Science Foundation.

New Computer Science academy welcomes hearing-impaired students

History shows many deaf artists and inventors, including Thomas Edison and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Glass sponges: Once thought extinct, now found nearby

Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, UW scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor.

Wasserheit named global health ambassador

Dr.

‘Teacher leaders’ is aim of new program

In very real ways, graduate students Tim Harris and Marisa Gaalema are already leaders, on the job and in life.

Brown appointed Group Health Endowed Nursing Professor

Marie-Annette Brown, professor of family and child nursing at the UW School of Nursing, is the recipient of the school’s new Group Health Endowed Nursing Professorship in Chronic Illness Care, Dean Nancy Woods announced last week.

Jeffords heads to UW Bothell

Susan Jeffords has been named interim vice chancellor for academic affairs at UW Bothell, subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.

Maresca leads Native American Center of Excellence

Dr.

State’s smartest students get three-day taste of UW

Every summer, the UW plays host to some of the smartest high school students in the state.

Try alternate commute option during construction

UW Commuter Services is urging staff and faculty to take one car off the road by biking, busing or sharing a ride to campus during the I-5 lane closure.

August 1, 2007

Alaskan earthquake in 2002 set off tremors on Vancouver Island

Perhaps it was just a matter of sympathy, but tremors rippled the landscape of Vancouver Island, the westernmost part of British Columbia, in 2002 during a major Alaskan earthquake.

Muslim political parties grow online but digital divide continues to widen

Political life in Muslim countries is surprisingly wired, according to researchers at the University of Washington.

University of Washington achieves $1 billion research milestone

The University of Washington received over $1 billion in grant and contract research funding for the most recent fiscal year, marking the first time it has reached this level.

July 30, 2007

Waters off Grays Harbor only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found

Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, University of Washington scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor.

July 26, 2007

Governor Gregoire selects Erin Lennon as UW student regent

Erin Lennon, who will be entering her third year in the UW Law School, has been selected as student regent at the UW for the 2007-08 academic year.

July 23, 2007

Steroids, not songs, spur growth of brain regions in sparrows

Neuroscientists are attempting to understand if structural changes in the brain are related to sensory experience or the performance of learned behavior, and now University of Washington researchers have found evidence that one species of songbird apparently has something in common with a few baseball sluggers.

July 19, 2007

Journalists and trauma: What is needed?

Should journalists and other witnesses of traumatic events receive mandatory counseling or debriefing in the aftermath?

No, concludes an article published July 1 in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Toast of the campus: UW club members learn speaking skills and more

Fred Pitz really knows how to tell a story, even if he claims not to be prepared.

Etc.: Campus news & notes

GOING BUGGY: David Gordon, science writer at Washington Sea Grant, is the author of a book that made it onto a rather dubious Top 10 list.

Native American students gather at UW to learn about graduate opportunities

The Fourth Annual Graduate Horizons Program met at the UW Friday through Tuesday, providing information and advice to Native American college students visiting from across the country, here because of their interest in pursuing graduate work.

Official Notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.

Van Voorhis to give Biomedical Research Integrity Lecture

Dr.

Building for peace: UW students learn and serve in nation where the U.S. once waged war

When Christoph Giebel was a medical rescue technician on a German Red Cross boat in the early 1980s, he treated Vietnamese boat people — men, women and children fleeing the government that took over after the war ended in 1975.

International conference on patient, family care starts July 30

Up to 1,000 people are expected to attend the 3rd International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care in Seattle July 30 to Aug.

UW geosciences ranks high in survey of published research

The UW scored very high in a survey of published geosciences research by Thomson Scientific, both in the number of times UW research was cited by other scientists and the average number of times a UW paper was cited.

Maynard Olson receives 2007 Gruber Prize for Genetics

Dr.

Prof’s play is ‘First Class’ look at Roethke

Professors may sometimes see their classes as a kind of theater, but it isn’t often that a University class is portrayed onstage at a real theater.