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October 8, 2009

Newsmakers

POLLUTION PONZI: David Barash, UW professor of psychology, frequently contributes to The Chronicle Review, the magazine of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Stimulus money funds studies of ocean surface waves, fire prevention and more

The last full week of September brought the UW the largest number of economic stimulus awards in a single week: 40 of them, adding up to almost $14 million.

Official Notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Oct.

Genome-wide hunt reveals new genetic links in autism

About 90 percent of autism spectrum disorders have suspected genetic causes but few genes have been identified so far.

Study: Portfolio school districts are still works in progress

Portfolio school districts are promising new developments but they still have big problems to solve,” is how Paul Hill describes reforms in the four big cities being studied by his team at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at UW Bothell.

UN Secretary-General to receive honorary UW degree Oct. 26

Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the UW at a formal academic convocation at 3:30 p.

Emmert to address UW community Oct. 13

President Mark Emmert will deliver his annual address to the UW community at 3:30 p.

National expert on urban policy to deliver lecture, participate in forum

Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, will deliver a free public lecture on The Great Recession: What Comes Next for our MetroNation at 6:30 p.

Sculpture park to host UW display on sea level and climate change

The UW is creating a display at the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park that illustrates how projected changes in sea level due to climate change could affect Seattle’s waterfront, as well as other more vulnerable waterfront cities elsewhere in the world.

Etc: Campus news and notes

SCIENCE INTO ART: UW oceanographer Neil Banas will have the rare experience of having his scientific data turned into art this weekend.

Communication professors featured in Town Hall lecture series

The UW Department of Communication is partnering with Town Hall in Seattle to present a four-part lecture series on journalism, digital media and civic engagement.

UW’s newly named ‘Lamborghini Lab’ brings composite parts to sports car arena

A partnership between the UW and the Italian sports car company Automobili Lamborghini has been formalized, and the presidents of both organizations attended the naming ceremony of the UW’s Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory this week.

Management changes at UWTV aimed to widen channel’s role

UWTV, the UW’s television station and production facility, is reshaping itself to occupy a more central role in portraying what happens at the UW to the rest of the world.

No longer lost in the weeds: History of farmworkers comes to life on Web

Cesar Chavez and California’s San Joaquin Valley are what come to most people’s minds when farmworkers’ struggles for decent wages and working conditions are mentioned.

Home Movie Day comes to Allen Auditorium Oct. 17

The UW Libraries Special Collections, in collaboration with Media Bay Productions, will sponsor Home Movie Day from 2 to 5 p.

The Friends of UW School of Medicine marks 60 years of service

By Delia Ward
UW Medicine Advancement

For her first Thanksgiving in Seattle, Andrea B.

The Center for Global Field Study: Training environmental stewards worldwide

When Lauren Jorelle was a UW student, she went to Indonesia as part of a field study program sponsored by the Washington National Primate Research Center and the Department of Psychology.

Dentistry staffer swims, bikes and runs her way through first Ironman event

Dana Robinson Slote is not your average triathlete.

Students celebrate American Pharmacists Month with ad campaign

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Department of Energy grant will assist UW move to hybrid, electric vehicles

The UW has received a $283,400 grant from the U.

Legal education is at a crossroads, and UW law school can be a leader, new dean says

One of the newest faces on campus is also the face of a new era in legal education.

Paul Taylor dance.

Over its 53 years in existence, Taylor’s choreography has become the “gold standard” of modern dance.

Dental education program swings into 2nd year at Riverpoint Campus

The Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE) program kicked off its orientation for a new cohort of eight students on Aug.

Landscape architecture professors write book on community gardens

Many cities across North America have community gardens, but only Seattle and a few others include them in urban planning — and it’s helped them thrive.

UW Combined Fund Drive to hold Charity Fair Oct. 14

The UW Combined Fund Drive, the UW’s workplace giving campaign, will kick off its 25th anniversary with a Charity Fair from 11 a.

Burke Trivia Night.

The Burke Museum presents a monthly pub quiz for science buffs, culture gurus, and museum lovers.

UW receives $25 million federal grant to create Northwest Genomics Center

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) announced Oct.

Mystery Photo

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

October 7, 2009

Managing mortgages.

Learn about refinancing, home equity loans, reverse mortgages, how to avoid predatory lenders and more.

October 6, 2009

Son de Madera.

A performance, and a discussion of Fandango Sin Fronteras, a movement of musicians and organizers in Veracruz and California building a transnational community dedicated to social justice.

October 5, 2009

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.

October 2, 2009

Astronaut Fred Haise.

Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise will talk about his incredible experiences and present this year’s Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Award.

Henry Art21.

Be the first to view the new Henry exhibition Vortexhibition Polyphonica, an unusual and dynamic approach to exhibiting objects from the Henry’s permanent collection.

October 1, 2009

‘Wondrous Cold’: Smithsonian exhibit on Antarctica visits Burke; UW Antarctic research also featured

What’s it like to live and work in Antarctica, the world’s coldest, windiest, driest and most remote continent on Earth? A new traveling exhibit coming to the Burke Museum called Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey explores the question through the dramatic, large-format photography of Joan Myers, who spent more than a year on the frigid continent.