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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
‘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.
Medical quality and radiology expert to speak May 21
Dr.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
132nd Commencement at UW’s Seattle campus–2 p.m. June 9 at Husky Stadium
Mark A.
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.
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
Etc: Campus news and notes
GREEN POWER: The UW was recognized recently by the U.
Albert Jonsen set the standard for medical ethics
On Monday, May 7, Dr.
Atwater named to National Academy of Sciences
Brian Atwater, an affiliate professor of Earth and space sciences and a geologist with the U.
Trash into treasure is Kaufman’s goal
Pat Kaufman began his career picking up waste, and now his time is spent trying to divert items from the trash to more productive uses.
Star birth goes boom, boom, boom: Three generations of stars form early in globular cluster’s life
Space Telescope Science Institute
Astronomers have long thought that globular star clusters had a single “baby boom” of stars early in their lives and then settled into a quiet existence.
UW undergrads dominate international math competition
They thought they had already had their proudest moment.
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.
Questions and answers on workplace violence
Editor’s Note: The murder of Rebecca Griego here at the UW and the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech University have brought issues of workplace violence and safety into the national spotlight.
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