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Provost town meeting today

Provost Phyllis Wise will hold a town meeting from 4 to 5 p.

Newsmakers: Your peers in the news

ON JAPAN: It was, the Christian Science Monitor stated, “a Godzilla moment” for Japan when the Nikkei lost nearly $400 billion in value over three days of wild selling in January.

Official Notices

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY

Funding available

The UW Specialized Center of Research in Pharmacology of Drugs in Pregnancy (UW SCOR; supported by NICHD and ORWH) announces the availability of funds for one year pilot research grants ($10,000 per award) on the pharmacology of drugs in pregnancy.

Mason Road to be closed this weekend and next

Now through the end of April, the UW will host hundreds of visitors as part of the Arbor Day and Washington Weekend events.

UW project gets $400,000 in settlement funds

The UW will receive nearly $400,000 to educate health-care providers about the pharmaceutical industry’s marketing influence on how drugs are prescribed.

April 19, 2006

Sheila Edwards Lange selected as interim vice president for minority affairs and vice provost for diversity

Sheila Edwards Lange has been selected interim vice president for minority affairs and vice provost for diversity, effective May 15.

New method designed to analyze one of the most complex regions of the human genome, the genes that regulate the immune system

Seattle scientists have developed a new method for analyzing the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) of the human genome.

Media Alert: Arbor Day, Earth Day photo opportunities

Among the events coinciding with Earth Day this year are the College of Forest Resources’ annual Arbor Day Fair for area first- and second-graders, and a day of trail building and clean up with volunteers from the Student Conservation Association at the Washington Park Arboretum, a part of the UW Botanic Gardens.

April 17, 2006

Charles Mitchell wins award for leadership in diversity

Charles Mitchell, chancellor of the Seattle Community College District, has been named the 2006 Charles E.

April 14, 2006

UW extends search for new chancellor at UW, Bothell

President Mark A.

April 13, 2006

UW Women Studies Department grants first doctoral degree

Just before winter quarter ended, Serena Maurer successfully defended her dissertation and picked up her doctorate.

Mystery Photo

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

Enter the Street Man — time to open up and play

Theater-like improvisations helped spark musical creativity when Seattle-based folk-blues singer Chic Street Man visited the School of Music last week to hold a master class.

On forming fonts: Design prof discusses book on typefaces

Karen Cheng, an associate professor of design in the School of Art, has written a new book about creating typefaces titled Designing Type, and will discuss it tonight from 6 to 8 p.

Two new positions created to better integrate services to undergrads

Provost Phyllis Wise has announced a plan to integrate better those units that serve undergraduates.

Concert Canceled

The concert by soprano Juliana Rambaldi, scheduled for Monday, April 17, in Meany Theater, has been cancelled.

Daedalus String Quartet Performs April 18

The UW International Chamber Music Series concludes its 2005-06 season with the Daedalus String Quartet and guest pianist Byron Schenkman.

Electrical Engineering celebrates its centennial year

When the Department of Electrical Engineering first came into existence at the UW, electricity remained a luxury in many areas of the country.

UW School of Law announces first recipients of Gates Public Service Law Scholarship

The UW School of Law recently announced the selection of the inaugural five recipients of the William H.

Speaker: We may already have technology to beat global warming

Stabilizing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at tolerable levels may be possible using cost-effective technology that already exists.

Goudeva offers ‘solo spectacle’ in music and voice

Double bass player and singer Irina-Kalina Goudeva, with Joshua Parmenter providing live electronics, will present “Lavarayaha,” a solo spectacle for voice, double bass, electronics, visual effects, acting and dancing at 7:30 p.

Educating girls for global health is topic of speech

The importance of educating girls and raising the status of women around the world will be the focus of a program next week featuring Kavita Ramdas, president and CEO of the San Francisco-based Global Fund for Women.

UW prof to be featured on reality TV show

UW School of Law Professor Paul Steven Miller will be featured in Little People, Big World, a reality show produced by The Learning Channel, at 8 p.

Charles Johnson to headline UW Libraries’ “Literary Voices” fundraiser

National Book Award Winner Charles Johnson will deliver the keynote speech at the Friends of the UW Libraries’ first “Literary Voices,” a dinner where guests dine at tables with authors, one of the events of Washington Weekend, April 27-29, on campus.

Olympic Natural Resources Center brings research review to campus

The Olympic Natural Resources Center, located in Forks on the Olympic Peninsula, is bringing its annual research review to the main campus for the first time this year.

Husky stars to serve flapjacks at pancake breakfast

Chow down on pancakes served by your favorite UW athletes and rub elbows with alumni, fans and Big “W” legends as the UW Alumni Association and Big “W” Club hold their second annual UWAA-Big “W” Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, April 22, at Husky Stadium.

Classroom innovations to be featured at Symposium of Teaching and Learning

Innovative teaching practices of UW faculty and TAs will be showcased on April 25 when the Symposium on Teaching and Learning comes to Mary Gates Commons.

April 11, 2006

Current understanding, emerging issues of coastal rivers is topic Wednesday

With few of the Pacific Northwest’s 200 coastal rivers remaining unaltered by human development, watershed scientists are meeting this week to consider emerging policy issues and scientific challenges they foresee in the decade ahead.

WASL column: Split decision

The responses I’ve received from readers about my columns on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) graduation requirement are almost evenly split between those in favor and those opposed.

April 7, 2006

UW Health Sciences Open House will demonstrate the latest in research and technology April 28 and 29

More than 65 exhibitors will demonstrate the latest in research and technology in health sciences and medicine at the 31st University of Washington Health Sciences Open House from 9 a.

April 6, 2006

Ways of speaking is topic of talks, meeting

People conversing on the streets in Tokyo differ from those on the streets of Seattle in ways other than the language they’re using.

UWB goes for W

The small UW Bothell campus looked like it needed something special, in real life as well as on its Web cam.

Mystery Photo

WHERE ARE WE? The photo at right was taken somewhere on campus.