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July 10, 2008

Grabbing lunch in summer: More options than you think

As summer settles over the UW’s Seattle campus, employees all ask the same question sooner or later: “Hey, what’s open for lunch on campus these days?”

It’s a good question, because with most students gone and demand down, many campus eateries shut down for a while, at least in early summer.

UWMC takes part in WHO safe surgery checklist initiative

UW Medical Center (UWMC) took part in an international broadcast and global launch of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “Safe Surgery Saves Lives” campaign Wednesday, June 25.

‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day’ at the Henry

It’s cool to combine jazz and art, and that’s what’s happening from noon to 1 p.

UW Medicine lands top information technology award

The Cerner/ORCA CIS Replacement (CISR) project has been named IT Project of the Year by Advance for Health Information Executives, an industry publication for health care executives.

School of Music presents free concerts July 20, 22

The School of Music will celebrate summer with a pair of free concerts in the coming week.

Tremendous losses shape ‘interesting’ life

By Cynthia Salzman
Rehabilitation Medicine

Aditya Ganapathiraju uses the word “interesting” to describe his life so far.

Medical center lauded again as top environmental performer

UW Medical Center’s Tim Nguyen, manager of Waste Operations, and Sheila Lockwood, Environmental Health and Safety, accepted in May UWMC’s second consecutive Environmental Leadership Award from Practice Greenhealth.

Penguins sounding climate change alarm

Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, penguins are sounding the alarm for potentially catastrophic changes in the world’s oceans, and the culprit isn’t only climate change, says a UW conservation biologist.

Understanding salmon as ecosystems in action

The collapse of the Sacramento River chinook salmon run may be another lesson on the importance of coming to grips with the biocomplexity behind successful salmon runs.

Everyone’s invited to grand opening of waterfront

Welcome to the grand re-opening of the UW’s southwest waterfront.

Etc. Campus news & notes

SHE’S GOLDEN: Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the UW’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences and its NSF Science of Learning Center, was awarded the Acoustical Society of America’s Gold Medal, its highest award.

Mystery Photo

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

Stayin’ alive: Researchers foil seasonal programmed brain cell death in living birds

Neurons in brains of one songbird species equipped with a built-in suicide program that kicks in at the end of the breeding season have been kept alive for seven days in live birds by researchers trying to understand the role that steroid hormones play in the growth and maintenance of the neural song system.

Hawaiian park reborn, thanks to UW students

For Iain Robertson, a UW landscape architecture professor, Kahalu’u Beach Park turned out to be one of the most fascinating projects he’s ever worked on.

Tickets still available for Mariners game July 18

A thousand UW faculty, staff and alumni have signed up to watch the Seattle Mariners battle the Cleveland Indians on July 18 — but there are 500 tickets still available.

Bankers, boomerangers, rockers and more — a summer of conference guests at the UW

Bankers and boomerangers, football players and first-year students, computer programmers and cheerleaders.

Making faces: Theatrical makeup class draws majors and nonmajors alike

Every summer quarter, the School of Drama opens up its course in theatrical makeup to nonmajors.

June 26, 2008

Football tickets discounted for faculty, staff

Faculty and staff can enjoy an exciting seven-game home football schedule this fall, including BYU, Oklahoma and Notre Dame, among others, by purchasing season tickets.

Scientists find 245 million-year-old burrows of land vertebrates in Antarctica

For the first time paleontologists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods — land vertebrates with four legs or leglike appendages — in Antarctica dating from the Early Triassic epoch, about 245 million years ago.

Regents OK new college, tuition hike

The UW Board of Regents approved the creation of a College of the Environment, as well as a tuition increase for undergraduates, at its June meeting.

UW second in grad student Peace Corps volunteers

In a newly created ranking, the UW is listed second among 54 colleges and universities nationwide in the number of graduate students serving in the Peace Corps.

Parking, U-PASS rates are going up July 1

You know it has to happen: U-PASS rates are increasing as of July 1.

Chinese paper cuttings at Suzzallo

There are chase scenes in Room 102 of Suzzallo Library just now.

Photographers display alternate methods in exhibit

When Kodak introduced its modestly priced and readily accessible box camera in 1888, the company’s slogan, “You press the button, we do the rest,” proposed that anyone could become a photographer.

Harborview celebrates opening of Maleng Building

By Steve Butler & Susan Gregg-Hanson
Harborview Community Relations

On Tuesday, June 17, Harborview Medical Center, King County and UW Medicine celebrated the opening of the Norm Maleng Building, a major new facility on the Harborview campus.

Ounce of prevention: Communities that Care plan helps middle school kids

Seventh-grade students in U.

Ellen Howard honored with 2008 DeBakey Outreach Award

Ellen Howard, UW Health Sciences librarian at Harborview and UW medical centers, has received the prestigious Michael E.

Gene silencer, quantum dots reduce protein production

More than 15 years ago scientists discovered a way to stop a particular gene in its tracks.

Pacific Rim health officials tackle pandemic influenza

Faced by concerns that the current bird flu epidemic could become the next global human flu pandemic, UW researchers joined public health officials from 16 Pacific Rim economies May 29 for a real-time virtual video conference to tackle the challenge of pandemic influenza preparedness and response.