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January 29, 2009
University Symphony.
Winners of the October 27 concerto competition perform with the University Symphony.
School of Law looks back on 30 years of clinical training
When Alan Kirtley graduated from Indiana University’s law school in 1972, he had had no clinical training.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Saving carpet from the landfill, five tons at a time
By Breona Gutschmidt
Facilities Services
Not long ago, a Facilities Services shop that handles flooring diverted its first dumpster-full of old carpet from a dead end in the landfill to a new life as recycled carpet.
UW staffer and her puppets head to Bangladesh to teach kids about tooth care
Mrs.
Coming up
Library Lecture Series: “Chronic Pain Is a Disease in its Own Right” will be the topic when Dr.
Art enhances medicine: Learning to look more closely
Twenty-somethings in a huddle peer closely at mural-size photos in the Henry Art Gallery and then, two weeks later, at intricate 19th century illustrations of Egyptian flora and fauna at the Frye Art Museum.
Seattle’s striking history comes into focus with year-long celebration
Ninety years ago Seattle shut down.
Research links seismic slip and tremor, with implications for subduction zone
In the last decade, scientists have recorded regular episodes of tectonic plates slowly, quietly slipping past each other in western Washington and British Columbia over periods of two weeks or more, releasing as much energy as a magnitude 6 earthquake.
Talking about teaching, twice-monthly at the UW Club
Teaching is on the menu at the UW Club twice a month.
January 28, 2009
Annual Faculty Lecture.
Annual Faculty Lecture.
January 26, 2009
How to snowshoe.
How to snowshoe.
January 24, 2009
Wagner and Mahler.
The Seattle-based Lake Union Civic Orchestra is joined by baritone soloist Clayton Brainerd.
The World in Your Cup.
Opening events for the Burke Museum’s new exhibit, Coffee: The World in Your Cup.
January 23, 2009
Job seeking in 2009.
Part of the 10th annual Career Discovery Week, the full name of the event is “Job Seeking 2009: The Cold Hard Truth & What You Can Do About It.
January 22, 2009
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
New data show much of Antarctica is warming more than previously thought
Scientists studying climate change have long believed that while most of the rest of the globe has been getting steadily warmer, a large part of Antarctica — the East Antarctic Ice Sheet — has actually been getting colder.
Visiting scholar to lecture on antisemitism
Antisemitism: An Eternal Hatred? is the title of a lecture by Steven Beller slated for noon Tuesday, Jan.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Charles Hirschman to address immigration in Faculty Lecture
Forget the Mayflower, the Daughters of the American Revolution and even the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Tree death rate in Pacific Northwest doubled in 17 years
Trees are dying twice as fast as they did three decades ago in older forests of the western United States and scientists suspect warming temperatures are a contributing factor.
Coming up
Dr.
UW continues to lead U.S. universities in contributing Peace Corps volunteers
UW graduate students Shella Biallas and Chami Arachchi found multiple reasons to join the Peace Corps.
‘Astronaut-food approach’ to medical testing: Dehydrated, wallet-sized malaria tests promise better diagnoses in developing world
Researchers at the UW have developed a prototype malaria test printed on a disposable Mylar card that could easily slip into your wallet and still work when you took it out, even months later.
Concerto Competition winners solo with the UW Symphony Jan. 29
The UW Symphony will perform at 7:30 p.
Enthusiastic audiences attend Martin Luther King Jr. tributes
Programs at Harborview Medical Center on Jan.
Caffeine fix: The Burke kicks off Coffee Jan. 24 and 25
What’s the story behind your cup of coffee? As the top coffee consumers in the country, most Seattleites can spot a coffee vendor from a mile away.
School of Public Health name shortened
On Jan.
Infants draw on past to interpret present, understand other people’s behavior
The old real estate maxim “location, location, location” also plays a role in how infants learn to understand the ambiguous actions and behavior of other people.
UWPD places officer in HUB for lunchtime outreach
Do you have questions about crime prevention or campus safety? Maybe about bike registration or how to secure your electronic equipment?
An officer of the UW Police is now on hand to help for two hours at lunchtime every day — from 11:15 a.
Surgery checklist proves worth in worldwide study
A year-long World Health Organization pilot program in eight hospitals around the world–including UW Medical Center — has proven conclusively that inpatient deaths can be significantly reduced, along with the rate of major complications after surgery, by following a simple checklist.
President Obama’s Dreams from My Father named Common Book for 2009
It seems fitting that in this week of change and inaugural excitement, the UW’s next Common Book should be new President Barack Obama’s 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
Study questions our understanding of early TB infection
Tuberculosis bacteria can commandeer the body’s defenses in the early stages of infection and redirect them for their own offensive strategies, according to results reported Jan.
Witnesses to genocide: Program presents interviews with Rwandan tribunal
Chief Prosecutor Hassan Jallow has confronted individuals responsible for masterminding hundreds of thousands of deaths in Rwanda.
Mini-Medical School begins Feb. 3
UW Medicine’s Mini-Medical School, a six-session evening program offered each year at the UW, will begin on Feb.
MathAcrossCampus.
Martin Grotschel of the Technical University of Berlin presents “Combinatorial Optimization in Action,” part of the MathAcrossCampus Colloquium series, given by high-level researchers and are open to all.
Career Discovery Week has information for current staff members, too
Career Discovery Week has been a yearly event at the UW for a decade, but this year for the first time a “staff track” will be offered, filled with sessions that might appeal to the already-employed.
January 21, 2009
Jenny Lewis solo.
Jenny Lewis solo.
January 20, 2009
President Barack Obama.
Join the campus community to watch Barack Obama become the 44th President of the United States.
Vatican lecture series.
The first in a five-part series titled “The Vatican in the 20th Century: The Popes Confront a Turbulent World” presented by James Ramon Felak, associate professor of history.
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