Archive

May 31, 2007

Terry Swanson

Terry Swanson firmly believes a key to his teaching success is making classes intimate.

Matt Sparke

When Matt Sparke was growing up in England he took an exam administered to many 11-year-olds to measure their problem-solving and reasoning skills — basically an intelligence test.

Jerusha Achterberg

As strange as it seems, being a poor dance student has made Jerusha Achterberg a better classroom teacher.

Students seem to respond to environments that are relaxed and open, where they can pitch out ideas without fear that their peers will think less of them, according to Alex Coverdill, doctoral student in biology and one of this year’s Excellence in Teaching Award recipients.

Deborah Flores

You know you’ve come to a challenging work environment when, shortly after you arrive, resignations leave you with a skeleton staff of strangers and you have to put yourself on the payroll because no one else knows how.

Multidisciplinary International Research Training (MIRT)

Michelle Williams says she created the Multidisciplinary International Research Training (MIRT) Program to “allow minority students to have an international experience, something I didn’t have until I was a graduate student.

Program on the Environment

Mining the expertise at the UW has allowed the Program on the Environment (PoE) to generate as many bachelor’s degrees, about 50 each year, as some departments do, all without having any faculty of its own.

Elaine Franks

It’s nearly impossible to draft a job description that adequately portrays what Elaine Franks does at the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics (BRTC).

Cynthia St. Clair

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Marne Faber

It is rare to meet someone “who truly stands out, who inspires everyone in the room and who challenges others to view the world differently on a daily basis,” wrote Ray Johanson, assistant nurse manager of the Burn and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU), in a letter nominating Marne Faber for a Distinguished Staff Award.

Pam Robenolt

Pam Robenolt doesn’t look much older than the students she supervises, but her quiet knowledge and confidence make clear who’s in charge — and that her students will perform.

Jan Spyridakis

Jan Spyridakis, of the College of Engineering’s Department of Technical Communication, is the kind of professor who can inspire students in a spirited discussion of an unlikely topic — syntax and semantics.

Erasmo Gamboa

Erasmo Gamboa spends a lot of time on the golf course, but he’s not trying to improve his handicap.

James Gregory

While the city of Seattle today enjoys a reputation as a livable,friendly and politically correct metropolis, as recently as 1966 racially segregated schools and neighborhoods were de rigueur.

J. Carey Jackson

Trained as an anthropologist and a physician, J.

Don Wulff

When Don Wulff was 7 years old, his parents decided he and his two siblings would attend school in town, not the one-room schoolhouse they’d been attending.

Eve Riskin

Eve Riskin sometimes strolls into the office wearing a pair of cow boots.

Raj Bordia

German graduate student Andre Zimmerman moved to Maryland to complete his doctoral research.

Dan Evans

Dan Evans came close to becoming the vice president of the United States twice, but luckily for his home state, it didn’t work out either time.

Dawn Williams

In 1990, Dawn Williams was a recent business school grad who wanted to reconnect with the University.

Minh-An Nguyen

Minh-An Nguyen, 21, majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, has been named a President’s Medalist — the outstanding student to complete at least three-fourths of her education at the UW.

Elise Saba

Elise Saba, who will be receiving a bachelor’s degree in English, has been awarded a President’s Medal for scholarship as a transfer student — an award given to a student who entered the UW with at least 60 transfer credits from a Washington community college.

2007-08 Magnuson Scholars announced: Current scholars at work on array of projects

Six graduate students, one from each UW health sciences school, have been named as Magnuson Scholars for the 2007-08 academic year.

Integrative health program application deadline is June 7

The UW’s Faculty Integrative Health Program is accepting applications for the upcoming school year.

Lipsky honored for amputation prevention efforts

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Scientists to catalog differences in human genome

A major new effort to uncover the medium- and large-scale genetic differences within the human species may soon reveal DNA sequences that contribute to a wide range of diseases, according to a paper by Evan Eichler, UW associate professor of genome sciences, and 17 colleagues published in the May 10 issue of Nature.

Rotary-UW ‘Saving Lives’ Partnership: Creative collaboration to address rural poverty

The UW has entered into a partnership with Rotary International to fast-track dissemination of interventions and technologies to improve quality of life to those in greatest need throughout the world.

UWMC wins national environmental award

Gary Butrymowicz has empty pop cans in his office.

June features Foege, life sciences, biostatistics, and brain injury

Rushmer Lecture

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Commencements slated June 8-10

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Alzheimer’s disease Public Forum set for June 13

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Giving back: Faculty, staff and retirees contribute to the UW out of their values

Each faculty, staff or retiree gift to the UW is a story of relationships — of how people choose to work at the UW because it reflects their values, and how those values are carried out not just in their working days but in the gifts they choose to make.

Time flies as UW artist has fun with pig

For Jennifer Carroll, happiness is a gold pig .

Etc: campus news and notes

RUNNING THE NUMBERS: You’ve heard the expression “trash into treasure” applied to recycling, but UW Recycling probably hadn’t thought of its trash as being the inspiration for art.

She helps students reach their dreams

Mona Pitre-Collins once swore she would never be a teacher like most of the members of her family.

Concrete floats at annual races

By Hannah Hickey

News & Information

Don’t tell these paddlers that concrete isn’t the best material for building boats.