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November 20, 2008
Free energy assessments offered for 20 Seattle-area businesses
Energy experts from the UW want to help local businesses cut their utility bills.
The sounds of singing: Opera, chorales, chamber singers and CarolFest coming from School of Music
The sounds of singing will herald fall’s transition into the holiday season at the School of Music.
Stephen E. Hanson selected as vice provost, UW Office of Global Affairs
UW Provost Phyllis Wise announced Nov.
Students make holiday papers from wheat straw, giant reed grass instead of wood
When a College of Forest Resources student group manufactured holiday papers on campus as a fundraising project recently, they did it without wood pulp, the most common material used to make paper products.
Panel of scholars looks at religion as promoter of human rights, peace
In a world where religion is often associated with negative images of war, violence and terrorism, a panel discussion on Religions as Promoters of Human Rights and Peace provides a different, refreshing lens.
Yes you can: Carlson Center seeks 2009 MLK Jr. Day of Service project leaders
The Carlson Center is inviting UW faculty and staff to be project leaders for the Martin Luther King Jr.
Special Collections exhibit will include Bagley, Mercer family memorabilia
An exhibit of recent additions to the Pacific Northwest collection set to go up at the UW Libraries’ Special Collections in early December will feature items donated not long ago by descendants of two Seattle pioneers — Daniel Bagley and Thomas Mercer.
UW, volunteers join forces trying to save Washington’s imperiled plants
Salish fleabane.
Stress hinders rats’ decision-making abilities
A little bit of stress goes a long way and can have far-reaching effects.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Name that dog, part two
The UW launched a second and final round of online voting this week for the permanent name for its live dog mascot.
A conversation with School of Nursing Dean Marla Salmon
Marla E.
Pinning down the fleeting Internet: Web crawler archives historical data for easy searching
The Internet contains vast amounts of information, much of it unorganized.
Tapping librarians, researchers aim beyond Google toward credibility
Googling might indeed be like searching a box of chocolates, but a new research effort aims to show where the best goodies are.
UW Medicine clinics, medical centers participate in community checkup report
The Puget Sound Health Alliance on Thursday, November 13, unveiled its second Community Checkup report.
Class Notes: Students’ work flies high in rockets class
Class title: ESS 490/590: Rockets and Instrumentation, taught by Professor Robert M.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
CIVIL LIBERTIES CHAMPION: The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Board of Directors has selected Hubert Locke, dean emeritus of the Evans School of Public Affairs, to receive the 2008 William O.
Harborview legend Michael Copass begins leadership transition
Dr.
Beyond ballet.
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet creates dance works that strip ballet of its traditional formalities and push it into intriguing, new territory.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents ‘Works on Paper + Small 3D’
The Jacob Lawrence gallery will present an exhibition featuring works on paper and small 3D from Nov.
Study finds that having a big heart is not always a good thing
A cell signaling pathway that abnormally promotes heart muscle cell growth invariably leads to unhealthy enlargement of the heart.
UW has 1,100 more students than predicted
Undergraduate students returned to the UW this fall in numbers well above what was expected, resulting in the Seattle campus having about 1,100 students more than predicted and authorized under the state budget for the UW.
November 13, 2008
Drewnowski to give Public Health’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture
Adam Drewnowski, UW professor of epidemiology and medicine, will give the School of Public Health and Community Medicine’s Fall 2008 Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Wednesday, Nov.
Official Notices
Asbestos labeling under way
Starting in September, Facilities Services began labeling selected asbestos-containing materials on campus.
Sanford’s research focuses on places that are hard to reach and forces that are difficult to measure
September is considered one of the good-weather months in Denmark Strait, between Greenland and Iceland.
New book will tell much you didn’t know about Northwest weather
If you’ve ever wondered what the heck a convergence zone is, what a rain shadow is or just where the Seattle area ranks in terms of annual rainfall, you’ll find answers in a new book from a UW expert on Pacific Northwest weather.
Asian Languages and Literature notes centennial with discussion of how languages interact
Languages are not static; they rise and fall, live and die, and intermingle with surprising fluidity.
John Vinson selected as UW chief of police
John N.
Book store offers thank you event for students, faculty, staff Nov. 20
University Book Store will hold the sixth annual celebration of current UW students, faculty and staff on Thursday, Nov.
Click your way to savings at UW Press Web site
Thanks to a newly redesigned Web site, it just got a lot easier to save big on books from <A href="http://www.
Science in Medicine Lecture to explore cell death and inflammation
Dr.
Cheerful Givers group holds workshop at noon today
The campus Cheerful Givers group — which helps homeless and low-income children celebrate birthdays by providing them gift bags — is holding a bag-filling workshop today, Nov.
Busy CFD coordinator: ‘I’ve always volunteered — it would be weird if I didn’t’
Name: Dawn Counts
UW job: Administrative coordinator, Department of Urology
Volunteer activities: Dawn is an extremely active volunteer for several outside agencies and has been a UW Combined Fund Drive (CFD) Coordinator for about 18 years.
Internationally known oceanographer’s memorial Nov. 16 on campus
Warren Wooster, who died Oct.
Campus video, films sought by UW Libraries
Do you have a video or film of any era that relates to the UW? If so, the UW Campus Moving Image Project would like you to fill out a very brief survey.
Ballet group returns with new work, ‘Long River, High Sky’
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet returns to the UW World Series Nov.
A family-friendly zone: The School of Law’s Claire Sherman Thomas Remote Learning Center
Eric and Melissa Harwood are a married couple with a 10-month-old son named Alex.
A variety of styles coming in performance from the School of Music
Student jazz and chamber music, a Chinese zither soloist and a Hindustani vocalist are among musical performances offered by the School of Music in coming days.
New compound makes certain bacteria less virulent
A newly tested compound appears to inhibit certain mechanisms that make Gram-negative bacteria virulent disease agents.
Celebrating centenaries in music
UW music students will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of two composers — Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen — with a performance of their works at 7:30 p.
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