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March 11, 2010

Goodbye until spring

This is the last issue of University Week for winter quarter.

Several HR units moving to Condon Hall during construction of student housing

On Saturday, March 13, several Human Resources units are moving to Condon Hall because the Staff Human Resources Building is being temporarily closed during new student housing construction.

UW Police offer Citizens Academy Wednesdays March to June

Concerned about safety? Wondering how the campus police do their job? You might be a good candidate for the UW Police Citizens Academy.

A new campus award for environmental stewardship: The Husky Green Award

Nominations are being sought for a new UW honor, the Husky Green Award.

Opera workshop.

UW voice students present opera scenes directed by faculty artist Thomas Harper.

Judge upholds freeze of UW faculty salaries

On March 8, King County Superior Court Judge Carol Schapira upheld the UW’s decision last spring to temporarily suspend pay increases for its faculty due to the state budget situation.

Researchers discover gene that affects susceptibility to tuberculosis and clues to how it works

UW researchers have identified a gene involved in susceptibility and resistance to tuberculosis.

Trying to kick the marijuana habit? UW study wants you

Kicking the marijuana habit is a killer, just like quitting cigarettes.

Panel to discuss health care impact of genetic discoveries

The public is invited to a UW panel discussion April 6 on the how genome sciences advances might affect the cost and quality of health care

Official Notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, March 18, at UW Tacoma.

Grand prize team lights up UW global social entrepreneurship competition

The first time Charles Ishimwe left Rwanda was when he entered the Sixth Annual Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) sponsored by the UW Foster School of Business.

Male batterers consistently overestimate rates of violence toward partners

Men who engaged in domestic violence consistently overestimated how common such behavior is, and the more they overestimated it the more they engaged in abusing their partner in the previous 90 days, according to new research conducted at the UW.

Asian language textbook creators find commonalities in department roundtable

Faculty members in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature not only teach 10 different languages, many also create textbooks for language instruction — and for multiple learning levels, at that.

A slice of heaven: March 16 is Pie Day at 8 McMahon

If you like pie — and really, who doesn’t like pie? — you might want to stop in the 8 at McMahon campus restaurant on Tuesday, March 16.

Beethoven piano sonata cycles is subject of lecture-recital

School of Music alumnus Dainius Vaicekonis will present a lecture-recital on Beethoven’s piano sonata cycles at 3 p.

Summer programs registering at Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars

The UW’s Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars offers fifth- through 10th grade students a unique combination of vigorous academic work and summer fun in two summer programs.

March 10, 2010

Jazz Innovations.

Student jazz ensembles coached by Marc Seales, Tom Collier, Cuong Vu, and Phil Sparks pay homage to the icons of jazz with new arrangements of the classics and break new ground with original, progressive jazz compositions.

March 9, 2010

UW Wind Ensemble.

The ensemble is about to return to Japan for its third tour of that country, and presents its Japan Tour Preview Concert, featuring the world premiere of Precious Metal: A Concerto for Flute and Winds, by D.

March 8, 2010

Regina Yeh.

School of Music alumna Regina Yeh and Hillary Herndon, past principal violist of the Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, present solo and duo works for viola and piano.

March 6, 2010

Dino Day.

See real dinosaur and dinosaur-era fossils from the Burke’s collection and participate in dinosaur-themed activities throughout the Burke Museum’s 25th annual Dino Day.

March 5, 2010

‘Composers’ Workshop.’

Student composers in the School of Music present original works.

March 4, 2010

‘El Gesticulador’ (The Impostor) to be performed in Spanish at Ethnic Cultural Theatre

Students in the UW Spanish Play Production class will present El Gesticulador (The Impostor) March 13 and 14 at the Ethnic Cultural Theatre.

Engage Speaker Series: Where science meets storytelling

For scientists, the research always comes first.

Who will give the next University Faculty Lecture? Nominations are open

Nominations are being sought for the annual University Faculty Lecture Award, which honors current or emeriti faculty whose research, scholarship or art has been widely recognized by their peers and whose achievements have had a substantial impact on their profession, on the research or performance of others and perhaps on society as a whole.

UW Libraries collaborates with Taiwan library to digitize rare Chinese classic books

UW Libraries’ East Asia Library and the National Central Library of Taiwan will begin a project this summer to digitize Chinese rare books held at the East Asia Library and Special Collections at UW Libraries.

Post-doc Association to hold career panel and networking reception March 5

Post-doctoral fellows who might be wondering what’s next after the post-doc and how to get there can find out at the annual UW Post-doc Association career panel and networking reception, which will be from 5 to 8 p.

Dinosaurs and their closest relatives originated earlier than thought

A team of paleontologists that includes Christian Sidor from the UW has discovered a dinosaur-like animal — one that shared many characteristics with dinosaurs but fell just outside of the dinosaur family tree — living 10 million years earlier than the oldest known dinosaurs.