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March 6, 2008
Annual Katterman Lecture set for April 12
“Pharmacist-Driven Health Care: Asheville and Beyond” is the topic for the Pharmacy Alumni Association’s annual Katterman Lecture, set for 8:30 a.
Art show, ‘open stage’ planned by Filipino American group
Makipag, a student organization designed to support and inspire artistic expression among Filipino Americans, will host an art show and an “open stage” event at the Ethnic Cultural Theatre on Sunday, March 9.
U District ‘Museum Without Walls’ Seeks Community Input
Do you consider yourself a community activist? Have you ever participated in a political or social protest? Do you have a story to tell about activism in the University District? These are questions being asked by the University Arts and Heritage Committee as it begins a project called University District Museum Without Walls.
Memory and aging: What’s normal, what’s not, and what you can do about it
By Michael V.
Got a complaint? Help is available in several places
If you are a UW employee with a workplace issue, you have several options for finding help.
Opera star, 100-voice combined choirs, symphony combine for ‘A Sea Symphony’ March 14
World-renowned opera performer Jane Eaglen will make her UW School of Music performance debut, along with Northwest tenor Gregory Carroll, when Peter Eros conducts the 100-voice combined choirs and University Symphony in A Sea Symphony, Vaughan Williams’ evocative tour de force for choir, soloists and orchestra.
Lorie Wild named UWMC chief nursing officer
Lorie Wild has been appointed chief nursing officer of UW Medical Center.
Celebration of life planned for UWB’s Jane Decker
The UW Bothell invites the community to honor one of its founding faculty members, Jane Decker, at a celebration of life event at 10 a.
UW Chorale sings with Seattle Symphony, Marvin Hamlisch
The UW Chorale will make its Seattle Symphony debut in March in an American musical theater extravaganza conducted by Seattle Symphony’s newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor, Marvin Hamlisch.
Salute Harborview Gala sets record for community support
The 16th Annual UW Medicine Salute Harborview Gala, held Saturday, March 1, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, raised more than $2 million in gross revenues for Harborview’s Mission of Caring Fund.
Paul Jenny chosen as UW’s vice provost for planning and budgeting
Paul E.
Two UW Medicine faculty honored for excellence in teaching
UW faculty members Drs.
Shah wins Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship
Sonali K.
Seattle Magazine conducts annual ‘top docs’ survey
Seattle Magazine is conducting its eighth annual top doctors survey.
UW president selected as member of Council on Foreign Relations
UW President Mark A.
Slide show: Planning & budgeting is on the move
On Feb.
Mother-daughter conflict, low serotonin level may be deadly combination
A combination of negative mother-daughter relationships and low blood levels of serotonin, an important brain chemical for mood stability, may be lethal for adolescent girls, leaving them vulnerable to engage in self-harming behaviors such as cutting themselves.
UW to host deep vein thrombosis awareness event March 12
The UW, in collaboration with the Coalition to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), will host a DVT awareness event featuring remarks by the Coalitions’s national patient spokesperson Melanie Bloom and UW vascular disease experts.
Students polish language skills by performing plays in Spanish
Students in Donald Gilbert-Santamaria’s Spanish 449 Class are learning by playing this quarter.
World TB Day is March 24
By Dr.
Class Notes: Learning by teaching, writing and service
Class titles: What We Know and How We Know it; Teaching What We Know and Serving Others with What We Know — a three-term sequence in Undergraduate Honors, taught by Frances McCue, writer in residence in the Undergraduate Honors Program and part-time lecturer in the College of Education.
News from Legislature: Few gains but few losses, Hodgins says
The best news coming from the current legislative session, set to end March 13, may be no news at all, according to Director of State Relations Randy Hodgins.
Then and Now: The events surrounding Gerbfest, June 1995
William P.
This is not a drill: The earth actually is moving beneath western Washington
While the annual Sound Shake exercise on Wednesday produced a simulated magnitude 6.
Mystery Photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
’24’: A night of music from wind ensemble, bands on March 11
The UW Wind Ensemble and symphonic, concert and campus bands will perform works by H.
Building community campuswide with faculty/staff groups
The “C” in LCVI stands for community.
Brechemin Scholarship Concert March 7
Student recipients of the UW School of Music’s prestigous Brechemin Scholarship will perform in concert at 7 p.
Leila Haddad & the Ghawazee Musicians of Luxor Perform at Meany Hall
Leila Haddad & the Ghawazee Musicians of Luxor perform in Meany Hall at 8 p.
Scenes from operas classic and new in School of Music’s Opera workshop March 13
The UW School of Music’s Opera Workshop will present scenes from several operas at 7:30 p.
Architect was inspired by television’s talking horse
Jim Nicholls thinks that maybe he became an architect because of Mister Ed.
February 28, 2008
Health Sciences in brief
New HMC building honors Norm Maleng
The Metropolitan King County Council voted this month to name the new building at Harborview Medical Center in honor of former King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng.
Celebration of the life of Don Wulff planned March 10
A celebration of the life of Donald H.
World War II era Japanese American students get honorary degrees
The UW Board of Regents on Feb.
Marine Affairs endowment to honor Marc Hershman
An endowment to provide financial support for students at the UW School of Marine Affairs has been created in memory of Professor Marc Joseph Hershman, 65, who died Feb.
Bells will be ringing in Gerberding tower this spring
Construction is beginning this week to make way for a set of eight bells to be installed in the tower of Gerberding Hall.
Etc: Campus News & Notes
ASIA ELITE: Law Professor Anita Ramasastry has been named a member of the 2008 Class of Asia 21 Fellows, one of 23 new fellows identified by the Asia Society.
UW Parking guide writes mystery and calls it, what else, ‘Secluded Parking’
When a guy who works for UW Parking Services decides to write a novel, it’s not surprising that he’d choose a title like Secluded Parking.
Toward restructuring the Faculty Senate
“The Faculty Senate accomplishes little and its leaders are inept” is the sort of muttering one hears among University faculty and others. The School of Art Open exhibit opens this week in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.
School of Art Open in Jacob Lawrence Gallery
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