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June 26, 2008
Veteran high-tech executive named to head TechTransfer
A veteran executive of Seattle’s high-tech community has been named to lead UW TechTransfer, the unit that commercializes the results of UW research.
Teenagers attending college less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior
Adolescents attending college six months after completing high school are significantly less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than those who do not go to college, according to the first study to directly compare the two groups.
Agreement creates exchange with Australian university
The UW has signed an agreement with the University of Queensland, in Australia, that will provide new opportunities for academic exchanges, joint research projects and coordination of science outreach to K-12 students.
Like a rock: New mineral named for UW astronomer
The International Mineralogical Association has named a new mineral, the first to be discovered in a particle from a comet, in honor of Donald Brownlee, a UW astronomer who revolutionized research on interplanetary dust entering Earth’s atmosphere.
June 5, 2008
Teaching Scholars Program prepares education leaders
Rowing shells feel tippy, as if any movement might capsize them, until rowers get used to them.
Official notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Thursday, June 12, at 1 p.
Improving health through education, research & service
The Department of Global Health is building an infrastructure and a foundation for a complementary and interdisciplinary enterprise that will reach far.
Show Husky pride at Safeco Field July 18
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Global Health redefines ‘collaboration’
The UW Department of Global Health is stretching the boundaries of academia and redefining what “interdisciplinary collaboration” means.
UW will expand certificate programs in Abu Dhabi
The UW will expand its certificate program at the United Arab Emirates Academy in Abu Dhabi.
Bioengineering’s Rushmer Lecture set for June 6
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Chinese sport paper-cutting exhibit comes to Suzzallo
A traveling exhibit of paper art from the People’s Republic of China titled Cutting Ribbons for the Olympics: Exhibition of Chinese Folk Sport Paper Cuts will be on display in Room 102 of Suzzallo Library today through Aug.
Moving Cunningham: Committee looking for new site for one of University’s oldest buildings
Cunningham Hall will be moving.
‘University Week’ then and now: An open future online, starting in September
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turned 25 years old.
UW Commencements planned June 13, 14, 15
UW President Mark A.
Labor, environmentalists seek good green jobs
As part of its response to climate change and the need to rebuild our stumbling economy, Washington state has set a goal of creating 25,000 “green” jobs.
Mystery Photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Attention researchers: Office moves coming up
Does your department or unit have business pending with the Human Subjects Division or the Office of Sponsored Programs?
If so, remember that both offices are moving to UW Tower over the next two weekends, which will cause a brief interruption of their service.
Etc: Campus news & notes
EMMY EXCELLENCE: UWTV Production, the UW’s television production facility, has earned an Emmy nomination from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its outstanding production Inside Access: Daniel’s Story.
Baldasty named interim vice provost, graduate dean
Gerald (Jerry) Baldasty, chair and professor of communication, has been named interim vice provost and dean of The Graduate School effective Aug.
Nominees sought for diversity award
Nominations for the 2008 Diversity Award for Community Building are now being accepted.
Facing sophomore slump: Adviser has been there
Kurt Xyst is one adviser who knows firsthand about the challenges students face.
Underwater communication: Robofish are the ultimate in ocean robots, keeping in touch without scientists’ help
In the world of underwater robots, this is a team of pioneers.
When it comes to nitrogen, the ‘fix’ is in
The discovery in the last decade of new suites of microorganisms capable of using various forms of nitrogen — discoveries that have involved a number of UW researchers — is one reason to rethink what we know about the nitrogen cycle.
Stories of giving: Faculty, staff, retirees make a difference by supporting students
As Campaign UW: Creating Futures enters the home stretch, it is time to reflect on some gifts to the Faculty-Staff-Retiree Campaign for Students that are making a difference.
UW Public Health names 2008 Distinguished Alumni
When Dr.
Faculty Senate chair looks back
What a year! It went by in a flash, with some goals accomplished and others not.
May 29, 2008
Mystery photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
After an honorary degree, Herbert Blau reviews a busy career
When Herbert Blau received an honorary degree recently, the occasion was particularly poignant.
Dawg Daze presenters wanted
Jen Drumm, The coordinator of Dawg Daze, the annual event welcoming new students to campus, is looking for faculty and staff who are interested in participating.
Fire’s aftermath: Students to return to Greece to report on media coverage of government
Last August, Taso Lagos was terrified he, his program assistant and his 13 undergraduates would be caught in wildfires raging across central and southern Greece.
UW Botanic Gardens offers session on greening your home
UW Botanic Gardens will present a program on greening your home at 7 p.
Staffer returns to a beloved country from her past: Iran
Nancy Penrose is back at the University after visiting the country she once lived in but didn’t remember.
‘Synthesis’: The Visual Arts 2008 Senior Exhibition
The UW Interdisciplinary Visual Arts program will present its 2008 Senior Exhibiton, titled Synthesis, June 11 to 14 at the School of Art’s Sandpoint Gallery in Seattle’s Magnuson Park.
A variety of styles on stage this week from School of Music
American folk songs, gospel numbers with special guests, chamber singing and an evening of performance from combined UW choirs all are among events being presented by the UW School of Music in the next week.
Jazz from School of Music on June 4, 7
Looking for some jazz for a warm spring evening? The UW School of Music has two offerings for jazzoids in coming days, both instrumental and vocal.
School of Music offers Spring Opera Workshop June 5
Bugs Bunny famously asked, “What’s opera, doc?” The School of Music will address that question with its Spring Opera Workshop, at 7:30 Thursday, June 5, in the Meany Studio Theater.
Krebs Lecture to mark birthday and new pharmacology professorship
The School of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology will present the 21st Annual Edwin G.
Peer portfolio
BLOODHOUNDS: The University of California-Davis School of Veterninary Medicine has opened a community-based blood donor program — for dogs.
Broudy and Elkon appointed to endowed professorships
Two faculty members in the Department of Medicine were recently appointed to endowed professorships.
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