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October 13, 2005

HFS helps science; you can, too

As an astronomy major, Ethan Owens saw student and faculty computers within the department being used to study galaxy formation and orbital mechanics.

40 years on stage

Collier & Dean, the duo featuring UW Music Professor Tom Collier and his friend Dan Dean, will perform their 40th Anniversary Concert at 7:30 p.

Faculty Senate seeks vice chair for 2006-2007

The UW Faculty Senate is taking nominations from those interested in becoming vice chair for the next school year, 2006-2007.

Official Notices

Academic opportunities

Proposals wanted for CSSS Seed Grants The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants.

Design for (stage) living: Broadway set designer comes to UW

Aspiring set designers in the UW School of Drama are going to be studying with a teacher who knows his way around Broadway — and pretty much everywhere else good theater is made.

Public welcome at ISchool Dean search events

The UW Information School will hold three public events in coming days related to its search for a new dean.

UW professor to head UN delegation

It’s not every day that a UW assistant professor leaves Mary Gates Hall to head a foreign delegation at a major overseas conference of the United Nations.

Emmert to speak Oct. 26

UW President Mark Emmert will give his annual address to the UW community at 4 p.

Preventing complications after spinal cord injuries

All over the world, researchers are trying to find the answer to making spinal cords whole again after they have been injured.

Hands-on demonstrations all part of Dawg Daze

About 30 exhibits and hands-on demonstrations were set up in the Health Sciences Lobby and adjacent courtyard as part of the Dawg Daze orientation program for new entering freshmen and transfer students in late September.

Hogness Symposium to examine disparities in health care

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Assistant dean for planning named

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Health Sciences News Briefs

UW physicians featured on KING-TV Friday

UW Medicine physicians and researchers, including Dr.

Third Russell Ross Endowed Lecture on Oct. 17

The third Russell Ross Endowed Lecture will be given by Dr.

Genetic counseling useful after repeated miscarriage

Recurrent miscarriage (RM) can have devastating emotional effects on a woman and her partner.

Snakes, comics, dahlias. travel and glass blowing — all at lunch

It’s a lot like an art class on upper campus.

HDTV, live from the seafloor

With clever engineering and being in the right spot, under the right satellite, UW oceanographers working with Computing & Communications and the ResearchChannel became the first team in the world to broadcast high-definition video from the seafloor to selected sites around the world Sept.

M.J. Fox Foundation supports search for biomarkers

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Mighty duck comes to the Burke

The fossil cast of one of the largest birds that ever lived was installed at the Burke Museum this week.

New center to administer ID card innovations

A new office is opening on campus alongside the By George Café in the Odegaard Undergraduate Library: The Husky Card Account & ID Center will be a convenience for students and some staff.

October 11, 2005

People with opiate addiction, women with suicidal behavior needed for studies

Puget Sound men and women with an opiate addiction and women with suicidal behavior are needed as volunteers for two studies at the University of Washington designed to refine a therapeutic treatment for borderline personality disorder.

October 6, 2005

Beyond 3D: Evolving universe favored three or seven dimensions, researchers say

Physicists who work with a concept called string theory envision our universe as an eerie place with at least nine spatial dimensions, six of them hidden from us, perhaps curled up in some way so they are undetectable.

Like (smoking) parent, like child

Twelve-year-olds whose parents smoked were more than two times as likely to begin smoking cigarettes on a daily basis between the ages of 13 and 21 than were children whose parents didn’t use tobacco, according to a new study that looked at family influences on smoking habits.

Gallucci named to head Center for Quantitative Science

Vince Gallucci, whose work includes developing mathematical and statistical models to link biological studies to future population changes and management options, has been named director of the UW’s Center for Center for Quantitative Science in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife.

Grants to support graduate, professional student development

President Emmert has supplied one-year pilot money for an effort to create leadership and professional development opportunities for graduate and professional students.

UWT celebrates 15th anniversary Oct. 8

UW President Mark Emmert and UWT Chancellor Patricia Spakes will host the the 15th anniversary celebration for UW Tacoma on Oct.

Meany’s ‘Blueprint of a Lady’ spotlights Billie Holiday

The UW’s World Dance Series begins a new season with Blueprint of a Lady: The Once and Future Life of Billie Holiday, a multi-arts performance piece based upon the life and legacy of the late jazz vocalist Billie Holiday.

How to commercialize technologies is focus of seminar series

The CEO of Sonosite, a firm headquartered in Bothell that produces handcarried diagnostic ultrasound devices and revenues of more than $100 million, is the Oct.

Airlift to hold memorial service

Airlift Northwest is holding a memorial service today, Oct.

Lidstrom named vice provost for research

Mary Lidstrom, professor of chemical engineering and of microbiology, and holder of the Frank Jungers chair of engineering, has been appointed vice provost for research, effective Nov.

Charities visit UW as Combined Fund Drive kicks off

More than 100 charitable and nonprofit agencies filled the HUB Ballroom Wednesday for the kickoff to the UW’s annual Combined Fund Drive — a gala invitation to the UW community to donate a little bit each pay period to help others.

Personal recycling bins on the way to your desk

UW Recycling is continuing its Stop-Think-Recycle campaign this week.

Help is only a click away, thanks to new program

Got something bugging you? A nagging concern you’d like to discuss or research? Or maybe just a life or change issue you’d like some discreet help coping with? APS Helplink is a useful link to know.

Mystery Photo

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

UW hosts international trumpet competition

The UW will host the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition on Saturday, Oct.

Memorial for Tony Qamar to be held Tuesday, Oct. 11

Friends, family and colleagues of Anthony Qamar, UW professor of Earth and Space Sciences, will gather in a special memorial service at 7 p.

Open water in summer is key to declining Arctic ice, researchers believe

As researchers announced the lowest amount of ice cover in more than a century in the Arctic recently, the fourth consecutive year of record and near-record lows, two polar scientists at the UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory say they believe a tipping point has been reached.