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Hall Health wins Qualis Health Award of Excellence

By Steve Butler
News & Community Relations

Doing more with less seems to be the mantra of the day, and few in health care do that as well as the Hall Health Primary Care Center on the UW campus.

New Graduate School Making a Difference staff award a nice surprise for UW Press designer

Ashley Saleeba, senior designer with UW Press, got a nice surprise last Thursday — she was named the recipient of the Graduate School’s first-ever Making a Difference staff award.

Harborview named lead center for brain injury project in state

Harborview Medical Center in Seattle has been named the State Lead Center for Washington as part of a national network of health care institutions in one of the largest collaborative efforts in the history of pediatric medicine.

New definition could further limit habitable zones around distant suns

As astronomers gaze toward nearby planetary systems in search of life, they are focusing their attention on each system’s habitable zone, where heat radiated from the star is just right to keep a planet’s water in liquid form.

UW Medical Center attains 500 for heart, lung transplants

UW leaders, surgeons, physicians, social workers and other staff celebrated two recent transplant patients Tuesday, June 9, at a press conference.

School of Music leadership changes from McCabe to Karpen

On July 1 the School of Music will experience its first change in top leadership since 1994.

Sports Concussion Program to open at Harborview and Seattle Children’s

Steve Butler & Susan Gregg-Hanson
News & Community Relations

In October 2006, Zackery Lystedt, 13, suffered a traumatic brain injury after making a tackle at the very end of the first half of a middle-school football game.

More room to romp: New play courts open at the Experimental Education Unit

There were a few official remarks, some hearty applause, and then it was time to scamper and play!

The Experimental Education Unit (EEU) opened two new play courts on Wednesday, June 10, with the help of a few friends — and a bunch of youngsters really ready to romp.

Genome Sciences hosts public lecture series in July

The UW Department of Genome Sciences will present its summer public lecture series, Wednesday Evenings at the Genome, in July.

Have your say — University Week now taking comments

Want to have your say about University Week stories and photos? Beginning with this issue, you’ll be able to.

Lost and found films: Can you help UW Libraries learn more about these vintage screen gems?

You can almost hear the old-style projectors rattle along as you view these vintage films.

Capstone projects offer solutions to real-world problems

Problem: Hikers sometimes see trail damage such as downed trees, rock slides or vandalism before trail maintenance crews but can’t always remember or document precisely where they saw the damage.

Etc: Campus news & notes

Charles Johnson, who holds the S.

Pre-pregnancy depressed mood may heighten risk for premature birth

Researchers trying to uncover why premature birth is a growing problem in the United States and one that disproportionately affects black women have found that pre-pregnancy depressive mood appears to be a risk factor in preterm birth among both blacks and whites.

Official notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, July 16, at 9 a.

Toward a better basket: UW lecturer travels Nicaragua to promote ergonomic reform for coffee harvesters

By Elizabeth Sharpe
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

As Seattle coffee drinkers sip their brew, they may not realize that Nicaraguan coffee harvesters risk injury to bring the precious beans in for processing.

Study supports validity of test that indicates widespread unconscious bias

In the decade since the Implicit Association Test was introduced, its most surprising and controversial finding is its indication that about 70 percent of those who took a version of the test that measures racial attitudes have an unconscious, or implicit, preference for white people compared to blacks.

Following the money to measure global health spending worldwide

By William Heisel
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Nirmala Ravishankar wanted to track every dollar spent to improve people’s health in developing countries — from the person who wrote the check to the person who ultimately spent it.

UW Libraries offers AYPE Exhibit tours

The public is invited to attend tours of the UW Libraries exhibit The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: When the World Came to Campus, led by Carla Rickerson, exhibit curator and head of Special Collections Public Services.

UW to get six cell phone towers, part of new Strategic Mobile Initiative

Coming soon to the UW: improved cell phone coverage, as well as sizable discounts for individuals and offices that use either T-Mobile or AT&T.

Units concerned with Earth and natural sciences, policy, climate change among those joining new College of the Environment

A college, three schools and departments, several centers and programs, and an institute will be combined July 1 as the inaugural units of the UW’s College of the Environment.

June 20, 2009

AYP symposium.

The Museum of History and Industry holds a two-day weekend symposium on the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition.

June 9, 2009

Student art.

Opening reception for the School of Art’s Design ’09, a juried show of work by graduating BFA and MFA students in the Division of Design.

June 6, 2009

Vocal jazz.

An evening of stylings by the Vocal Jazz I and Vocal Jazz II ensembles, under the direction of Dave Cross.

June 5, 2009

University Symphony.

Graduate instrumental conducting students Meena Hwang and Julia Tai lead the University Symphony in an all-Schubert concert.

‘Dialoguing Difference.’

The Women of Color Collective’s first conference, “Dialoguing Difference” is an intellectual exchange among faculty members and students from throughout the community.

June 4, 2009

Cauce goes ‘home’ to country she left 50 years ago

It was the trip of a lifetime, although it lasted just four days.

Project Runway: Business students combine marketing, management, fashion

After a grueling 10 weeks of research, design and endless challenges, six teams make finishing touches to their models’ garments and go over their business plans one last time.

Commencement weekend June 12-14 at UW’s three campuses

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‘University Week’ comes out next on June 25

This is the last edition of University Week for the 2008-2009 school year.

Secretary of defense, Yakama tribal elder to receive honorary degrees

The UW will confer honorary degrees on two individuals at <A href="http://uwnews.

Political math.

Columbia University political scientist Andrew Gelman speaks on Coalitions, Voting Power, and Political Instability as part of the MathAcrossCampus Colloquium.

Expect congestion during Commencement June 13

Transportation Services advises motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians to avoid Husky Stadium on Saturday, June 13, due to the graduation ceremony beginning at 1:30 p.

Educators gather for UW Early Learning Conference June 5-6

Educators, counselors, lawmakers, advocacy groups and parents will meet at the UW Friday and Saturday for the UW Conference on Early Learning, to be held at UW Tower.

Etc.: Campus news & notes

SCIENCE STAR: Joseph Felsenstein, professor of genome sciences and biology, has received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Institute of Biological Sciences.

More costly private model of foster care could save $6.3 billion in long term

In these times of trillion-dollar budgets and deficits, $6.

Official Notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, June 11, at 9 a.