Archive

October 7, 2004

Campus news & notes

TWO-WHEEL TOURISM: For a couple of UW professors, the life of the mind during the academic year is nicely balanced by a little bodily exertion over the summer.

PSO creates plan for its future

The Professional Staff Organization is at a crossroads.

New sculpture comes to UW campus

The UW’s newest sculpture, The Department of Forensic Morphology Annex, will be dedicated at 5 p.

Genome Research Institute grants UW $4.7 million for work in minority communities

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding $4.

Mystery Photo

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

New Neurogenetics Center introduces itself with Oct. 11 symposium open to all

Former Washington Governor Booth Gardner will be at the Health Sciences Center on Monday, Oct.

Fred Hutchinson researcher wins Nobel Prize

Linda B.

Fred Hutchinson researcher wins Nobel Prize

Linda B.

New shuttle serves South Lake Union

A new shuttle service now links UW Medical Center with the developing research hub at South Lake Union.

Jay Rubinstein returns to UW as director of Bloedel Hearing Research Center

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Health Sciences News Briefs

Kidney donation

Last year, over 6,000 family members, friends, co-workers and good Samaritans became living kidney donors.

UW prof shines with world-recognized lighting lab

In Joel Loveland’s office, don’t look for the light switch.

Notices

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Call for proposals for 2004-5

The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants for the year 2004-5.

Message from the president: Celebrating a culture of collaboration

In my welcome message last week to students, faculty, and staff, I noted the strength of the University’s faculty and staff as evidenced by the many people I have had the privilege of meeting and getting to know over the course of the summer.

Fred Hutchinson researcher wins Nobel Prize

Linda B.

‘Sacred space’ to be renewed

One of the University’s “sacred spaces” is getting a facelift.

UW Press book sale coming to HUB

To ring in the fall season and welcome students, faculty and staff back to school, the University of Washington Press will hold its Incredible Fall Book Extravaganza from 10 a.

Smart watch: Smarter than we are?

In the not-so-distant future, your wristwatch could stop you if you try to run out the door without the necessities you need for the day, like your keys, wallet or cell phone.

Running repartee: Pair of staffers egg each other on, and on, and on

She’d run regularly for 15 years.

October 6, 2004

Smart watch system could help busy, forgetful people keep track of necessities

In the not-so-distant future, your wristwatch could stop you if you try to run out the door without the necessities you need for the day, like your keys, wallet or cell phone.

October 5, 2004

UW Bothell selects Student Ambassadors

Three new University of Washington, Bothell Student Ambassadors have been selected for the 2004-05 academic year.

October 1, 2004

UW Bothell continues year-long series on community/ university partnerships

Jace Weaver, Founding Director of the Institute of Native American Studies at the University of Georgia and a prominent Native American studies scholar in religion, law, environment and culture, will discuss Native American ethics of place and architecture, part of a larger conversation being developed at UW Bothell with local scholars, artists and community workers on Native story, land and community.

September 30, 2004

ADVISORY — Campus debate-watch gatherings tonight

Two University of Washington student groups have planned gatherings — open to the public and press — to watch and discuss tonight’s first presidential debate:

<b> Communications Building 126</b> — Students, faculty and the public will gather at 5:45 p.

UW lands $12.4 million federal grant to create science of learning center

An interdisciplinary team of University of Washington researchers has been awarded $12.

Scientists sequence genome of kind of organism central to biosphere’s carbon cycle

The first ever genomic map of a diatom, part of a family of microscopic ocean algae that are among the Earth’s most important inhabitants, has yielded surprising insights about the way they may be using nitrogen, fats and silica in order to thrive.

Collaborators designing data, control architecture for new generation of ocean observatories

Oceanographers and computer scientists will design cyberinfrastructure to link research institutions on land with several existing or planned ocean observatories off the west coasts of the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Campus groups ‘make noise’ to get out the vote

While the University is gearing up for a new academic year, Nancy Amidei, a senior lecturer in the social work department, is gearing up for the election in November.

In the eye of the hurricane: Floats monitor conditions

Five floats loaded with instruments and deployed in the path of the eye of hurricane Frances — that’s the one after Charley and before Ivan and Jeanne — have transmitted data that may help scientists better understand ocean conditions that put a damper on tropical storms and those that pour on the gas.

Researchers’ method helps prevent ivory poaching

Despite a longstanding international ban on ivory trade, African elephants continue to be killed in large numbers for their prized tusks.

Environmental stewardship: A UW commitment

When the UW Tacoma celebrated its recognition for sustainable building design last week, it was only one example of a universitywide commitment to environmental stewardship.

University Book Store: A history of philanthropy to the UW

What organization has the longest tradition of philanthropy in connection with the UW? A strong case can be made for the University Book Store.

Tech committees promote cooperation, communication, coordination

A-TAC, I-TAC and U-TAC.

Bonding center to seek solutions to major problems in chemistry

A new national research center is being established at the UW with the aim of finding easier, more powerful and more environmentally friendly ways of manipulating the strong chemical bonds found in most materials, from petroleum products to pharmaceuticals and biological molecules.

Campus groups ‘make noise’ to get out the vote

While the University is gearing up for a new academic year, Nancy Amidei, a senior lecturer in the social work department, is gearing up for the election in November.

New director named for Arboretum, Urban Horticulture

A former dean with Oxford University — who oversaw refurbishment of gardens in the heart of Oxford that are visited by many thousands every year and managed one of the most historically significant herbarium collections in the United Kingdom — has been named director of the UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture and Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum.