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December 3, 2009
‘Skeptical optimists’ push for better global health data
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation post-bachelor fellows accept a challenge from The Lancet editor Richard Horton.
UW student athlete graduation rate tops average of other Division I institutions
Figures released Nov.
American Public Health Association honors UW School of Nursing faculty member
Betty Bekemeir’s strengthening of members services was recognized with a 2009 Executive Citation.
Now hear this: Hearing aid seminar coming Dec. 7
There will be a free hearing aid informational seminar from 1 to 2:30 p.
Dental student Emily Chu wins Hinman clinical research award
Chu studied how problems in phosphate metabolism affect tooth structure and composition and the bony ridge of the jaw.
Old music, new buildings: Collegium Musicum performs three concerts
Three medieval music events will echo through the campus next week, with music written for a 12th century cathedral presented in two resonant 21st century campus spaces — the Allen Center and Mary Gates Hall.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Area agencies need your help on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Jan. 18
How are you with a hammer? How about a paint brush, a broom or some cleaning products? Whatever your skill level, there’s a local agency that needs your help on the ninth annual Martin Luther King Jr.
Get holiday greens and more at Arboretum sale, reception
The Arboretum Foundation’s beloved holiday sale returns to the Graham Visitors Center at the Washington Park Arboretum from 2 to 8 p.
A plethora of musical performances from the School of Music
The School of Music will have two events to choose from on Monday, Dec.
Early intervention for toddlers with autism highly effective, study finds
A novel early intervention program for very young children with autism — some as young as 18 months — is effective for improving IQ, language ability and social interaction, a comprehensive new study has found.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents meeting for December has been canceled.
Modern dance and period music mix in the Faculty Dance Concert’s ‘Brahms Waltzes’
The title Brahms Waltzes may bring to mind ladies in long dresses whirling around the dance floor in the arms of tuxedo-clad men, but that isn’t what viewers will see when the dance is performed as part of the Faculty Dance Concert this weekend.
Switch to recycled paper: It’s the law
If your office hasn’t already switched to recycled paper for printing and copying, you have one additional reason to make the switch: it’s the law.
‘Moving the Rock’ reception.
A book launch/signing reception for Mary Abrums, UW Bothell associate professor of nursing.
History cubed: Burke Boxes are like traveling museums
They were started by Erna Gunther, the Burke Museum’s educator and later director, back in the 1930s.
Make art, not yard waste, ecological restoration students learn
When life hands you brambles, make art.
WTO remembered.
A screening of Jill Frieberg’s film This is What Democracy Looks Like to mark the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle.
It’s a grand night for singing at CarolFest Dec. 8
The holidays are a time when people want to come together and celebrate.
Forum to take up issue of child safety and the courts
Should the legal standards for returning a child to his or her biological parents be the same as those that dictate removal? That is just one of the questions to be discussed at an event sponsored by the UW School of Law Court Improvement Training Academy (CITA).
Surgeon brings together voice-related professionals, students
Al Merati is a new father, a musician, a husband and a busy surgeon at the UW.
UW Photographers Group opens exhibit
Repetition at the Intersection is the title of an exhibit by the UW Photographers Group that opens Monday, Dec.
December 1, 2009
‘Songs of Transition.’
The UW Chamber Singers and University Chorale team up for Between the Now and the Not Yet: Songs of Transition.
November 30, 2009
Referencing Dali.
When Gabriela’s husband returns from the Persian Gulf she struggles to reconnect with a changed man in this evocative, moving story rooted in magical realism.
November 24, 2009
Lise de la Salle.
One of the true surprises and highlights of the 2007-08 President’s Piano series, Lise de la Salle astonished Seattle audiences with the maturity, expressiveness, and depth of her playing.
November 21, 2009
Shadmehr Aghili.
An Iranian musician, singer and songwriter.
AYP Symposium.
This daylong public symposium about the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition will feature keynote speaker Robert Rydell, the premier world’s fair historian.
November 20, 2009
Little Big Band.
The Burke Museum presents a rocking evening of Native American rock, blues, jazz, storytelling and dance at Meany Hall.
November 19, 2009
Lessons learned from a major study on herpes and HIV: Our job is not done
In May, results of a major study measuring the impact of herpes suppression on HIV transmission were released.
Trouble reading UWeek in Gmail? We’re working on it
Some of our readers have reported difficulty recently with reading their University Week e-mail through Gmail.
Class Notes: Testing academic theories in the real world
Class title: Law, Societies and Justice 401: Field Experience, taught by Michael McCann, a professor of political science and the Law, Societies and Justice Director.
Greg Hakim to give next MathAcrossCampus colloquium Dec. 3
The next colloquium in the MathAcrossCampus series will be Estimation and Prediction of Complex Systems: Progress in Weather and Climate, to be presented by Greg Hakim, UW associate professor of atmospheric sciences.
A conductor at work, but why the movie? Help identify this week’s Lost and Found Film
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Nov.
Disaster tip of the month: Creating a ‘safe room’ in your home
Editor’s note: The Emergency Management Division of the Washington Military Department is offering a tip a month to help people get prepared for a disaster.
Exome sequencing proved effective in gene discovery for rare disorders
For the first time, scientists have successfully used a method called exome sequencing to quickly discover a previously unknown gene responsible for a mendelian disorder.
Accentuate the positive: Coaches can shape young athletes’ definition of success
Young athletes’ achievement goals can change in a healthy way over the course of a season when their coaches create a mastery motivational climate rather than an ego orientation, UW sport psychologists have found.
110 local infants needed for autism brain imaging study
Images of the growing brain at the cellular level may help researchers understand what goes wrong with brain development in infants who later develop an autism spectrum disorder and better identify early risk factors for autism.
UW ranks seventh nationally in students studying abroad
The UW is seventh in the nation among doctoral institutions in how many students it sends on study abroad programs.
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