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November 12, 2009
Pregnant women risk early delivery from using psychiatric medication
The odds triple for premature child delivery in pregnant women with a history of depression who used psychiatric medication, according to a new study.
Recipient of stimulus funding aims to increase Native American enrollment in higher education
By Mary Guiden and Catherine O’Donnell
News & Information
The number of economic stimulus awards at the UW continues to rise.
‘Trillion triangles’ advances ancient mathematics problem
It’s one of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics, one that has intrigued people for centuries in part because it is deceptively simple.
Explore beautiful old world, regional maps in new UW Libraries digital collection
You can trace humankind’s exploration of the world in the maps created over the centuries.
Enjoy the flora of southern Chile in Nov. 19 presentation
The Arboretum Foundation will present famed plant hunter Dan Hinkley and Richie Steffen, curator of the Miller Botanical Garden, giving a lecture about the fabulous flora of southern Chile, at 7 p.
Housing and Food Services wants students to say ‘Count Me In’
Residence halls ideally become a home away from home for students.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UW, Group Health and others create Researchtoolkit.org
Scientists and staff at the UW sometimes tap into core services to be more efficient and capitalize on resources.
Motulsky, genetics leaders, patients celebrate UW clinic’s 50 years
By Mary Guiden & Clare Hagerty
News & Community Relations
When Dr.
UW will lead $13 million collaborative vaccine project
Kineta, Inc.
International students strut their stuff at CulturalFest
On Wednesday, Nov.
November 11, 2009
Medal of Honor Memorial dedication.
The dedication of the UW’s new Medal of Honor Monument begins with a parade down Memorial Way followed by an address by Gen.
November 9, 2009
Finding federal jobs.
The UW Career Center presents a workshop on how to find and apply for federal jobs.
November 8, 2009
Littlefield organ.
Tamara Still, associate director of music at Portland’s Trinity Episcopal Church, performs Marking Time: Music for the Spiritual Journey.
November 7, 2009
Bora Ju.
Visiting artist Bora Ju, renowned for her exquisite and bold playing of the gayageum, a traditional Korean zither, performs traditional solo pieces known as sanjo, as well as contemporary works accompanied by Peter Joon Park on janggu drum.
November 6, 2009
Postdoc research.
The annual Postdoctocal Research Symposium will showcase the important contributions of postdoctoral researchers to the research mission of the University.
November 5, 2009
A CSI investigation, UW style: 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.
Video highlights unusual ‘art’ display illustrating the effects of rising sea level
A new video shows a recent project from the UW Program on Climate Change to demonstrate the many changes to the Puget Sound region expected because of rising sea level.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Nov.
Small-town pharmacy business plan wins national student competition
Frick’s Rexall Drug Store in Sequim, Wash.
Stress-induced changes in brain circuitry linked to low mood and cocaine relapse
Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain parts of the brain can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking, based on mouse studies published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Economist David Cutler will give Nov. 13 Hogness Symposium on Health Care lecture
David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University Department of Economics, will give the 19th Hogness Symposium on Health Care lecture Friday, Nov.
Visiting artist from Korea to perform Nov. 7 in Brechemin Auditorium
Ethnomusicology visiting artist Bora Ju will give a concert at 7:30 p.
Antarctic explorer, scientist to speak about ‘Dinosaurs on Ice’ at Burke
Dinosaurs on Ice: Jurassic Dinosaurs from Antarctica is the title of a lecture by William Hammer scheduled for 7 p.
Staffer gets satisfaction in helping others through MS Society
Editor’s note: Through the duration of the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight members of the UW community who are personally involved with one of the 2,800 agencies supported by CFD funds.
Help Cheerful Givers prepare gift bags for tots Nov. 7
Cheerful Givers, the nonprofit group that provides toy-filled birthday bags to low-income children, is having a gift bag-assembling event on Nov.
Microsoft’s Craig Mundie to speak today on ‘Rethinking Computing’
Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, will give a lecture titled Rethinking Computing at 4:15 p.
Volunteers needed for Dream Project’s annual admissions workshop weekend
Volunteer tutors are needed Saturday and Sunday Nov.
Making Music: UW seminar works to build community through the arts
Often art is considered elitist or unattainable, but UW students are working to help debunk this belief and show that art can be used as a tool to build community.
Black veterans were vital in the civil rights movement, says book by UW prof
When Robert F.
A matter of pluck: Staff member Ben Thompson chronicles history’s grittiest characters
By day, Ben Thompson helps research the world’s most pressing public health problems as a program assistant at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
UW smoothes pathway to three-year bachelor’s degree
The UW has announced a new program to make it easier for students entering the University with a high number of advanced placement and/or Running Start credits to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years.
Speaker has plan for path to global sustainability
Environmental leader Lester Brown, author of books such as Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge and his latest Plan B 4.
Barry Lieberman presents double bassist Gary Karr, Part II on Nov. 15
Gary Karr, considered by many to be the most iconic double bassist of our time, will return to the School of Music for the second part of an extensive interview with Barry Lieberman at 2 p.
Powerful documentary to be shown Nov. 6 at the Ethnic Cultural Center
The Place of the Falling Waters, a powerful documentary about the Salish and Kootenia tribal histories and the building of the Kerr hydropower dam on Montana’s Flathead Lake, will be shown at 6:30 p.
‘University Week’ seeks Great American Smokeout participants — and more, for stories
Are you a smoker thinking of taking a break from the habit for the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Honoring the men behind the Medals of Honor with ceremony, exhibit
Maybe Harry S.
UW first educational institution to offer mobile tool for BlackBerry devices
The UW will be the first educational institution to provide campus information on BlackBerry hand-held devices.
School of Art faculty photographers display at Benham Gallery
Members of the UW School of Art photography faculty will present their work in an exhibit at Seattle’s Benham Gallery.
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