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May 16, 2007

Minh-An Nguyen named President’s Medalist for four-year students

Minh-An Nguyen, 21, majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, has been named a President’s Medalist — the outstanding four-year student in this year’s senior class on the basis of her overall academic record, including grades.

Elise Saba named President’s Medalist for transfer students

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.

May 15, 2007

University of Washington to develop specifications for large ocean observatory off coast of Washington and Oregon

The University of Washington has been allocated $2.

May 10, 2007

Medical quality and radiology expert to speak May 21

Dr.

Stern named president of Alliance for Clinician Educators in Radiology

At the recently concluded 55th annual meeting of the Association of University Radiologists, UW School of Medicine faculty member, Dr.

General Clinical Research Center awards 2007 pilot and feasibility grants

The UW General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) has named the recipients of its 2007 GCRC Pilot and Feasibility Grants, designed to facilitate career development in clinical research.

2007 medical school class honors students, faculty and staff

The 2007 graduating class of the UW School of Medicine has selected its annual award recipients.

Group Health endows nursing professorship in chronic illness

Group Health Cooperative has endowed a new professorship at the UW School of Nursing, Dean Nancy Woods announced this week.

UW has three new Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Three UW professors — Donald Brownlee in astronomy, Anthony Greenwald in psychology and Raymond Huey in biology — last week were named Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

UW Bothell to hold sixth annual Intercultural Night May 12

The UW Bothell will host its sixth annual Intercultural Night from 5:30 to 9 p.

Class Notes: Seeing familiar landscapes differently

Class Title: Field Research: the Seattle Region (Geography 490), taught by Douglas Mercer

Description: In this class on the Seattle region, students can eat sushi, bike around Vashon Island or participate in an earthquake awareness meeting.

Espada lecture rescheduled

The Reed-Osheroff lecture featuring Latino poet Martin Espada, originally scheduled for May 10, has been rescheduled to 7:30 p.

Memorial planned for David Fowler June 1

A public memorial gathering honoring David C.

‘Getting Undressed’ explores youthful fears, blurred boundaries

Description: Getting Undressed: A Performance Art Piece, to be performed Thursday through Sunday, May 17 through 20 at the Ethnic Cultural Theater, combines dance and theater, exploring how conversation, clothing and movement shape identities.

Climate change a threat to Indonesian agriculture, study says

Stanford News Service

Rice farming in Indonesia is greatly affected by short-term climate variability and could be harmed significantly by long-term climate change, according to a new study by researchers at the UW, Stanford University, and the University of Wisconsin.

Social critic Andrew Jolivétte speaks on campus May 16

Writer, teacher, social critic and mixed-race studies specialist Andrew Jolivette will speak at 7 p.

Guitar duets, piano, bassoon and the UW Gospel Choir among coming School of Music offerings

Guitar duets, Schubert and Beethoven on piano, a faculty recital on bassoon and a choir of more than 100 voices lifted together in gospel music are all being presented by the UW School of Music in coming days.

Music Education: Reason to be proud

There’s understandable pride in the Music Education Program at the UW School of Music these days, where an alumna was recently named National Teacher of the Year.

Strategic Leadership Program relaunched with LCVI in mind

The Strategic Leadership Program has been reborn.

Mystery photo

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

Underwater turbines could turn Puget Sound’s tides into electricity

The UW recently signed an agreement with Snohomish County Public Utility District to study tidal currents in Puget Sound as a possible source of power.

Student researchers to show their work at Undergraduate Research Symposium

Katharine Liang, a UW senior, initially got interested in medical research to help her mom, who because of myopic degeneration and glaucoma is legally blind.

Game on: Professor brings XBox 360 into the classroom

Video games are so addictive that the Chinese government is attempting to restrict playing time in online cafés to three hours a day.

Forest Resources plans research review May 17

Mapping invasive burrowing shrimp in Willapa Bay, understanding biodiversity pathways in working forests and the pressures to convert forests to other uses in Western Washington are among the topics Thursday, May 17, during reports from a half-dozen of the UW College of Forest Resources’ research centers and initiatives.

Washington’s minority businesses guardedly optimistic despite hurdles

Competition from big businesses, unmet financing needs and weak sales forecasts are the most pressing concerns shared by Washington state’s minority small-business owners, according to researchers at the University of Washington.

132nd Commencement at UW’s Seattle campus–2 p.m. June 9 at Husky Stadium

Mark A.

May 9, 2007

UW undergraduates to present research at symposium May 18

Katharine Liang, a UW senior, initially got interested in medical research to help her mom, who because of myopic degeneration and glaucoma is legally blind.

May 8, 2007

Latino poet Martin Espada rescheduled at the University of Washington

WHAT: The Reed-Osheroff Lecture honors two Seattle-area veterans of The Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a group of American volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39).

State turns to Ruckelshaus Center to mediate land-use dispute

A recently named conflict-resolution center from the state’s two largest universities has a new assignment under legislation signed today by Gov.

May 7, 2007

Congressman Norm Dicks to be UW Commencement speaker

Congressman Norm Dicks, who has served as a representative in Congress since 1977, will be the University of Washington’s speaker at the 2007 Commencement exercises June 9 at Husky Stadium.

40 percent of 3-month-old infants are regularly watching TV, DVDs or videos

A large number of parents are ignoring warnings from the American Academy of Pediatrics and are allowing their very young children to watch television, DVDs or videos so that by 3 months of age 40 percent of infants are regular viewers.

May 4, 2007

Children with autism have difficulty recognizing ordinary words

New research indicates that young children with autism have a difficult time recognizing ordinary words and more of their brains are occupied with this kind of task compared to typically developing youngsters.

May 3, 2007

A brief history: UW Medical History and Ethics

The UW Department of Medical History and Ethics has come a long way since its beginnings as a single course, the “Introduction to Medicine,” in the 1950s.

Eighth-graders get hands-on environmental health lessons

For the past several years, the outreach and education team at the Center for Ecogenetics & Environmental Health has hosted the 8th grade class of Olympic View Middle School in Mulkiteo at the UW.

Treatment advances improve spine care

A healthy spine protects the spinal cord and spinal nerves.

May 10 Science in Medicine Lecture: Structural biology and tropical diseases

Wim Hol, professor of biochemistry and biological structure, will present the Distinguished Science in Medicine Lecture, Structural Biology in the Fight Against Tropical Diseases, Thursday, May 10, at noon in Hogness Auditorium, Health Sciences Center.