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January 17, 2008
2007: A year of accomplishment for UW Health Sciences
UW Health Sciences faculty and staff had a stellar year in 2007.
Celebrating Plateau cultures at Burke: ‘This Place Called Home’ and ‘Peoples of the Plateau’ open Jan. 26
Native American history will come alive in a personal way for the viewer in This Place Called Home, the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture’s major new exhibit of artifacts from the Native American cultures of the plateau region, all from the museum’s permanent collection.
UW to participate in national teach-in Jan. 31: Global warming solutions to be discussed
“In the next few years, we as a nation will make, or fail to make, critical decisions regarding global warming pollution and clean technology investments.
January 10, 2008
Oboe, piano trio featured in upcoming School of Music concerts
The School of Music will present two concerts in the next week, both in the school’s Brechemin auditorium.
Orthodontics residents showcase wire-bending talents
Each year, first-year residents in the Department of Orthodontics showcase their wire-bending talents in an artistic competition.
Hacking the cubicle: Students learn to design for the occupants
OK, so you’ve bought a new house.
New chair appointed to Restorative Dentistry
Dr.
Mystery Photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Health Sciences and UWMC celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan.
UW police nearly twice national average in women officers
The UW Police are proud of their numbers when it comes to women represented in the work force — and they have reason to be.
Health Sciences research opportunities
The UW Institute for Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) is accepting applications from investigators for technology access grants to support translational or clinical research.
UW researchers launch study designed to try to prevent autism
Autism researchers at the UW took an initial step in attempting to prevent the developmental disorder when they launched an $11.
UW selected to study environment, human disease link
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has selected the UW as one of the first three research centers in the United States to define the role of environmental agents in human disease.
Small is beautiful: Gallery celebrates the art of microfluids research
Albert Folch is a scientist who also happens to appreciate art.
UW funding renewed for nutrition and diabetes studies
Two major research units within the UW Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, have received competitive renewals of their funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Harborview receives Foster S. McGaw Prize for Excellence
Honoring the outstanding leadership, unwavering spirit of excellence and remarkable achievements in its community, Harborview Medical Center of Seattle is the recipient of the prestigious 2007 Foster G.
Sylvia Wolf named Henry Art Gallery director
The Henry Art Gallery has named Sylvia Wolf as its new director, effective April 14.
Staffer plans UW stair climb for charity Jan. 17
UW staff member GregRobin Smith will climb the 25 steps between Kane Hall and the Odegaard Undergraduate Library as many times as he can from 2 to 4 p.
Arboretum loses a champion tree
Horticulturists are mourning the demise of the Arboretum’s only Italian Stone pine tree in the heavy rainfall on Dec.
Dance work about the Vietnam War to be featured in concert at Meany
French-Vietnamese choreographer Ea Sola and her dancers will perform at Meany Hall next week as part of the UW World Dance Series.
UW’s historic films so popular they get an encore performance
This could be your only chance this year to see film of a pig rodeo.
Keeping library materials safe in case of emergency: A job for The Disaster Guy
If another Katrina comes roaring into an American city, Gary Menges may be called upon to provide assistance.
Many opportunities to help others on MLK Jr. Day of Service Jan. 21
The Central Branch Preschool was founded in 1968, the year Martin Luther King Jr.
Then and now: Tons of progress in recycling since 1991
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25.
‘Lord of the Rings’ creator JRR Tolkien topic of 2008 History Lecture Series
The life and work of John Ronald Reuel (JRR) Tolkien will be explored by UW History Professor Robin Chapman Stacey in the 2008 History Lecture Series, now in its 33rd year.
December 6, 2007
UW has two finalists, one Marshall Scholar
Jeffrey Eaton, a senior at the UW, has been selected as a Marshall scholar, one of the highest awards available to college graduates in the U.
Free software brings affordability, transparency to mathematics
Until recently, a student solving a calculus problem, a physicist modeling a galaxy or a mathematician studying a complex equation had to use powerful computer programs that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Life Sciences Discovery Fund offers 2008 grant opportunities
The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) has announced its Grant Competitions for 2008: LSDF 08-01 and 08-02.
Submissions sought for 2008 online learning award
The floor is open for nominations for the 2008 R1edu Award for Distinguished Faculty Contributions to Online Learning.
UW-directed online project suggests roads and transit package voters might like
While central Puget Sound voters were debating the merits of and then defeating the $18 billion package of roads and other transit projects called Proposition 1 last month, a smaller group of citizens was putting together its own proposals to improve the region’s congested transportation network.
UW greenhouse gases down 10 percent from 2001 to 2005, inventory finds
The UW’s first inventory of greenhouse gas emissions shows that the University reduced overall emissions 10 percent from 2000 to 2005.
In brief
FRIDAY, DEC.
American College of Physicians state chapter honors Paauw
Douglas S.
Doctoral education should evolve to accommodate change in students, career paths, report says
The first multidisciplinary study to examine the status of doctoral students in the social sciences at least five years after receiving their degree concludes that doctoral programs need to be brought into the 21st century.
Scribner Award nominations due Feb. 29
The Scribner Courage in Health Care Award is bestowed to a health care professional who has made an extraordinary contribution to the health of people in the Pacific Northwest through the exhibition of personal courage, within or outside of traditional systems.
Then and now: 20 years of growth, by the numbers
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25.
Mitchell receives distinguished nursing research award
Pamela Mitchell, associate dean for research in the School of Nursing, has received the 2007 Pathfinder Distinguished Research Award from the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research.
See the world and study it, too: UW launches travel-study tours program
The biennial UW Theatre and Concert Hall Tour to London, led by English Professor John Webster, has been so popular that in 2006, more than 70 percent of the tour’s participants were repeat clients.
School of Dentistry and Children’s to develop joint dental clinic
The UW School of Dentistry and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center have announced they are joining forces to combat the growing crisis of childhood dental disease with the development of a new pediatric dental facility, to be located in Magnuson Park.
2002 Alaskan quake left seven areas of California stirred but not shaken
Earth tremors not linked to volcanic activity first turned up in seismic observations several years ago, but those tremors were almost exclusively in subduction zones such as the Cascadia region off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
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