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October 26, 2006
From garbage to grass: Students build gathering space
By Peter Lewis
News & Information
Imagine a toxic garbage dump the size of the U-District inhabited by thousands of people who survive by picking through other people’s garbage.
Symposium to focus on underrepresented students in sciences
Sharing information on successful strategies for mentoring and retaining underrepresented students in the sciences is the goal of a symposium that is expected to draw participants from more than 30 institutions to campus this weekend.
UW Photographers Group has show in HUB
The UW Photographers Group is holding its annual group show through Nov.
PSO: Aiming to improve the quality of UW work life
What group of UW employees is 6,200 strong, crucial for keeping the University functioning, and largely invisible? Professional staff.
Official Notices
Nominations sought for Senate Vice Chair
Nominations for vice chair of the Faculty Senate are being sought.
New center for geriatric research funded
By Roberta Wilkes
Department of Medicine
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Research links Huntington’s disease to metabolic defects
Huntington’s disease includes a metabolic disorder, not just the brain effects seen in the disease, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers.
Inequality on the menu
Class Title: Food and Social Inequality
Description: Food.
Stem cell lecture set for Nov. 15
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‘Neuroscience for Kids’ site a powerful learning resource
“Neuroscience for Kids,” an educational Web site created by a UW neuroscientist, has received an award in recognition of its value as an online teaching resource.
Health Sciences news briefs
Medical/Dental open enrollment continues through Nov.
Undergrads to get hands-on research opportunity
The Amgen Foundation has announced its partnership with the UW and nine other of the nation’s premier universities to provide hundreds of undergraduate students an opportunity to engage in a fully-funded, hands-on research experience each summer.
Etc: Campus news and notes
A CAT PROBLEM: If a single female cat is left unspayed, how many offspring can she produce in seven years? That’s the problem Math Professor Jerry Folland was presented with recently.
There are barriers to interdisciplinary work, those involved say
A capacity crowd of faculty, staff and students generally agreed that incentives for conducting interdisciplinary research and teaching need to be increased, while some substantial barriers need to be lowered.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo to the right was taken somewhere on campus.
Denice Denton memorial planned
A celebration of the life of Denice D.
UW Medicine gets $6 million for stem cell research
By Clare Hagerty & Elizabeth Lowry
News & Community Relations
Orin Smith, retired Starbucks president and chief executive officer, has donated $5 million for the UW’s Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.
Wanted: Your feedback about food
If you dine at campus eateries, frequent the espresso stands or use the convenience stores, the Department of Housing and Food Services is interested in learning what you think about food and beverages on campus.
Faculty Senate chair has substantial experience in governance
Gail Stygall, chair of the Faculty Senate for the 2006–2007 year, believes strongly in the idea of shared governance, and says openness and cooperation have grown tremendously at the UW in recent years.
A summer of science: Interns thrive in summer program
By Claire Dietz
News & Community Relations
Other summers, Araceli Vasquez had worked with her family in the beet fields of southern Idaho.
No personal checks for parking fees starting Jan. 1
Beginning in January of 2007, UW Parking Services will discontinue accepting personal checks for daily parking.
Lecture, photo exhibit tell tales out of Africa
When Sindiwe Magona was a little girl in South Africa during the ’40s and ’50s, she anxiously looked forward to the days when white folks’ threw out books because they eventually came to her, and she was delighted.
Oxygen levels: The key to land animals?
Vertebrate creatures first began moving from the world’s oceans to land about 415 million years ago, then all but disappeared by 360 million years ago.
October 25, 2006
Film based on novel by UW professor Shawn Wong to be distributed nationally
“Americanese,” the film based on a novel by University of Washington professor Shawn Wong, is going big time.
Earthquake swarms not just clustered around volcanoes, geothermal regions
An earthquake swarm — a steady drumbeat of moderate, related seismic events — over hours or days, often can be observed near a volcano such as Mount St.
Online activism may make the difference on Election Day
More and more, Congressional candidates are turning to the Web as a tool to mobilize their base and build credibility with undecided voters, according to findings in a new book by a University of Washington researcher.
October 24, 2006
Opiate-addicted people, women with suicidal behavior needed for studies
The Behavioral Research & Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington are looking for Puget Sound men and women who have an opiate addiction and women with suicidal behavior to volunteer for two studies designed to refine a therapeutic treatment for people who have trouble regulating their emotions.
Tiny electronic chip, interacting with the brain, modifies pathways for controlling movement
Researchers at the University of Washington are working on an implantable electronic chip that may help establish new nerve connections in the part of the brain that controls movement.
October 23, 2006
Bargain or waste of money? Consumers don’t always agree
Once consumers buy an item, it is often difficult for them to get rid of it, even if it makes rational sense to do so.
Steep oxygen decline halted first land colonization by Earth’s sea creatures
Vertebrate creatures first began moving from the world’s oceans to land about 415 million years ago, then all but disappeared by 360 million years ago.
October 20, 2006
Are trauma centers prepared for mass-casualty disasters?
Natural and manmade disasters, including the terrorist attacks of Sept.
Washington’s most valuable resource — its brightest kids — being sought by UW
The state’s single most valuable resource, its smartest young students, are wanted by the University of Washington as it embarks on its annual hunt for the brightest fifth- through eighth-grade students across Washington.
October 19, 2006
New International Book Club to Meet
Chicken with Plums, the new book by Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, will be the topic of conversation at the new International Book Club, which will have its first meeting at 2 p.
UW dance makes an impression in Japan
Come January, Dance Professor Hannah Wiley and some of her dancers will be appearing on Japanese TV.
Manage your benefits during Open Enrollment
Open enrollment, the time for UW employees can make changes to their health care options, will be from Oct.
Diversity institute’s ‘Place Matters’ conference coming Oct. 27-28
“Place Matters: Seeking Equity in a Diverse Society” is the title of a conference slated for Oct.
Help Purchasing revamp its Web site
A reminder: Purchasing and Stores is looking for help in redesigning its Web site.
University of Chicago professor to speak about the issue of suicide terrorism
The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism is the title of a lecture by Robert Pape scheduled for 7:30 p.
Nominations sought for Faculty Senate vice chair
Nominations for vice chair of the Faculty Senate are being sought.
Free student speaker series topics relate to common book
UW Libraries and the Friends of the Libraries are teaming up to sponsor a student speaker series relating to this year’s common book, Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder.
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