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November 15, 2007
Horvath and Shugerman receive Courage to Teach Award
Two UW faculty members, Karen Horvath and Richard Shugerman, have received one of the highest awards granted to residency program directors.
Scientists coaxing world’s oceans to reveal subsurface secrets
The only global-ocean climate-monitoring system — comprised of satellites and specialized floats — passed a milestone earlier this month when a UW and Scripps Institution of Oceanography expedition was in a position to deploy Argo float No.
Hood elected to all three National Academies
Leroy Hood, UW affiliate professor of genome sciences, immunology, and bioengineering, has joined an elite group of people who have been elected to all three National Academies, the societies recognizing the nation’s scientists, physicians, researchers, and engineers.
Then and now: So, was there a terminal in your future?
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25.
Debra Schwinn honored for research excellence
Debra Schwinn, UW professor and chair of anesthesiology, has been awarded the American Society of Anesthesiologists Award for Excellence in Research for her outstanding research advancing the science of anesthesiology.
Raising the roof on the old Playhouse Theatre
By the end of this week, the roof will be off of the old Playhouse Theatre on University Way.
Sonic Culture: Becoming producers, not just consumers, of media
Class Title: English 121– Composition: Social Issues, “Service Learning, Sonic Culture and Media Activism,” taught by Jentery Sayers.
Mystery Photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Save money with the UW Discount Program — it’s new, and growing
The UW has long arranged cost savings on various goods and services for its employees.
School of Music to raise voices in song Nov. 27, 28
Voices will be raised in song at the School of Music in the week following Thanksgiving — in art songs, arias and songs of celebration in keeping with the coming season.
Genetic counselor Robin Bennett lauded with local, national honors
By Mary Guiden
News & Community Relations
Senior Genetic Counselor Robin Bennett was honored on both the local and national levels in recent months.
German history of graduate education explored in talk
The International Beginning of U.
Linda Hanlon smoothly blends communication and creativity
Editor’s Note: Uniquely Washington is a column featuring one of the University’s most valuable resources — its people.
Faculty Dance Concert Nov. 29 – Dec.2
The UW Dance Program will offer its annual Faculty Dance Concert Nov.
UW launches cutting-edge DNA ‘fin-printing’ project for salmon
Some Pacific Northwest salmon make one heck of a commute.
Author, illustrator present ‘Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway’
From suburban T.
Chiara String Quartet to perform Nov. 27
The Chiara String Quartet will perform at 8 p.
Award-winning nonfiction writer David Laskin will speak on Nov. 16
David Laskin will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the writing life when he speaks at 7 p.
Beth Ebel takes helm of Harborview Injury Prevention Center
By Suzette Riley
HIPRC
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Official Notices
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at noon on Thursday, Nov.
November 8, 2007
Safety and students is topic of workshop
“Addressing Faculty and TA Questions about Safety and Our Students” is the title of a workshop to be held from 3 to 5 p.
3,000 tiles light up 1,001 nights
As the plot of Arabian Nights, the next play from the UW School of Drama, is slowly revealed, so will the specially created floor covering begin to show its true pattern.
Provost’s town meeting set for Nov. 14
Provost Phyllis Wise will hold a town meeting at 3:30 p.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Watching violence on TV linked to later trouble for young boys
Early viewing of violent television programs is linked to later aggressive and anti-social behavior in boys and doubles the risk of future childhood attention problems, according to a pair of news studies published Monday in the November issue of Pediatrics.
Fenske wins top environmental, occupational health award
By Kathy Hall
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Richard Fenske, professor and associate chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA) for his contributions to the assessment and mitigation of human exposure to chemical hazards.
Expanding opportunity: New associate vice provost looks to increase diversity of UW faculty
Luis Fraga went from a high school that was 86 percent Mexican American to a college where he was one of only 16 Mexican Americans out of a class of about 1,600.
Zieniewicz takes the helm of UW Medical Center
Stephen P.
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STUDENTS FOR SERVICE: A team of UW landscape architecture students has been selected from hundreds of national and international entries for an award in the community service category from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Stressed out? Take a meditation break at Harborview
Too much stress and anxiety in your life?
Dr.
Organ, piano concerts set this week
Kathrine Handford will perform works by Buxtehude, Bach, Bartok and others at an organ concert Sunday, Nov.
UWMC to provide patient housing at Collegiana
By Mary Guiden
News & Community Relations
UW Medical Center took ownership of the Collegiana, a small former inn located across 12th Avenue N.
’Tis the season to check policy on inclement weather
With the change of seasons it’s time to familiarize yourself with the University policies that apply during periods of severe weather, and in the event of a temporary suspension of nonessential operations.
UW physician Nassim Assefi publishes debut novel
To take care of the sick.
Online directory: It’s your job to keep entry up to date
Hey, when’s the last time you checked your information in the UW online campus directory?
Is the information in your entry correct and up to date? Does it reflect that last promotion, transfer or appointment? You can correct it yourself, you know.
Pediatric students learn Hutterite approach to health care
Third-year medical students in the Great Falls, Mont.
100 years and counting: Forest Resources celebrates centennial with research showcase, gala
Tuition early on was $10 a semester and courses ranged from wood technology — including learning how to recognize the commercial timbers of the United States and know their properties — to forest protection, which mainly concerned how to thwart fungi, insect pests and forest fires on timberlands.
Survey to help POD determine training needs
What abilities do University faculty and staff need to do their jobs well? That’s a question staff at Professional and Organizational Development (POD) set out to answer when they conducted a Universitywide needs assessment survey recently.
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PRODUCTIVE FACULTY: Forty-two areas of study at the UW have been rated in the top 10 on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, and three of those have been rated number one.
Rossnagel at Red Cross, making an immediate difference
Name: Laurie Rossnagel
UW job: Administrator for Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems.
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