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October 11, 2007
Hall research building dedication Oct. 17
The public is invited to an open house in honor of the dedication of the Benjamin D.
Close to you: UW student actors learn to transfer stage technique to screen
Imagine you’re an actress doing Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene.
Historical film screening slated: Program includes mix of humorous, entertaining and odd
The first public screening of historic films from the UW Libraries Special Collections will feature an eclectic mix of the humorous, entertaining and odd.
Violence prevention workshop available
A workshop on violence prevention is available to faculty, staff and students.
Attention armchair detectives: Second Emerald City Search begins Oct. 17
The UW, in partnership with the Seattle Times and the Seattle Art Museum, invites all treasure hunters and thrill seekers to join an adventurous 10-day foray in fun for the second annual Emerald City Search, beginning Oct.
Emmert to speak
President Mark Emmert will give his annual address to the UW community at 3:30 p.
Grad School to host discussion of nation-building Oct. 15
As the U.
Conifers or condos? NW Environmental Forum develops strategies
Priorities the Washington Department of Natural Resources might consider when spending the $70 million it has available to bolster the amount of working forestland in the state were on the agenda last month during the Northwest Environmental Forum at the UW.
Four A&S dean finalists to speak
Four finalists for the position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences will be making public presentations in the next month, open to all faculty, staff and students.
Author, researcher to speak on multiculturalism in Britain
Researcher and author Audrey Osler will be the featured speaker for the Center for Multicultural Education at the UW’s 24th symposium-lecture, 11 a.
ETC.: Campus news & notes
STAR EDUCATOR: Tom Griffin, editor of Columns, the UW alumni magazine, was named a “Faculty Star” by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
Reminder: Take our two-question survey
If you haven’t already taken our two-question survey, please spend the 5 minutes it will take to do so.
In Brief
Free seminar on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Oct.
Hans Blix to speak on arms race threat
Hans Blix, who headed the United Nations commission that searched Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, is deeply worried that a new but quiet arms race threatens the world.
UW faculty elected to Institute of Medicine
Four UW faculty members have been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
Reminder: Take our two-question survey
If you haven’t already taken our two-question survey, please spend the 5 minutes it will take to do so.
NIH funds UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences
By Clare Hagerty & Elizabeth Lowry
News & Community Relations
The UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences is among 12 additional academic medical organizations nationwide to receive funding through the National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs).
Demystifying physics: High school teachers learn inquiry method at UW’s summer program
Physics.
MRI helps detect breast cancer in women at high risk
If a woman has been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the other breast may show cancer that the mammogram missed, according to a UW-led international study that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March.
College planning session tailored to UW faculty, staff
On Tuesday, Oct.
Lehman and Goff win Health Breakthrough Award
Dr.
Mystery Photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UW is ‘nearly’ smoke-free
It’s well documented that smoking tobacco is one of the riskiest and deadliest behaviors around, contributing to over 30 percent of heart disease and strokes, nearly 90 percent of lung cancers and at least a third of other cancers.
CFD: What would you give to change the world?
This year, the Combined Fund Drive (CFD), Washington State’s workplace giving campaign, asks would-be donors, “What would you give to change the world?”
This year’s campaign began Oct.
October 4, 2007
Jurkovich to lead trauma surgery group in 2008
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Hinckley is first to hold David R.M. Scott Endowed Professorship
Thomas Hinckley, professor of forest ecology at the UW College of Forest Resources, is the recipient of the college’s new David R.
Perennial ice, sometimes thick enough to defy icebreakers, may be key to predicting Arctic thaw
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old — called perennial ice — may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a UW polar scientist says.
Medical Genetics symposium Oct. 12-13
The UW Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medicine is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding with a two-day symposium to be held Oct.
Research overturns accepted notion of neutron’s electrical properties
For two generations of physicists, it has been a standard belief that the neutron, an electrically neutral elementary particle and a primary component of an atom, actually carries a positive charge at its center and an offsetting negative charge at its outer edge.
‘University Week’ remembers — 25 years and counting
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25 years old.
UW, community college team up to create teacher education program for diverse students
A new partnership between the UW and Seattle Central Community College is creating an education pathway for prospective elementary school teachers and encouraging a sense of community among the participants.
Terry to perform at St. Mark’s Cathedral
Faculty organist Carole Terry performs works by Mendelssohn, Duruflé, Bolcom, Reger, and others in a recital co-sponsored by St.
City birds better than rural species in coping with human disruption
Birds that hang out in large urban areas seem to have a marked advantage over their rural cousins — they are adaptable enough to survive in a much larger range of conditions.
Trimpin event ful: walk-ins invited after 6:30
Registration is full but you might still get a chance to hear sound and media artist Trimpin give a presentation about his work at 7 p.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Constitution readers needed
The staff of the Government Publications Office of UW Libraries seeks your help with the second annual “UW Reads the Constitution” event.
UW staffer to run Seattle Marathon in memory of mentor
By Gene Woodard
Facilities Services
Gene Woodard, director of the Custodial Service Division of UW Facilities Services, is training for the UW Medical Center Seattle Marathon which will be held Sunday, Nov.
Health and safety committee elections coming soon
Elections are beginning for employee representatives to the 11 UW organizational health and safety Committees.
Bridging the Gap Breakfast to celebrate diversity at UW, in the community
Tickets are on sale now for the annual Bridging the Gap Breakfast and silent auction, slated for Saturday, Oct.
Drama School opens season with ‘Ring Round the Moon’
The UW School of Drama will open its first production of the 2007-08 season, Jean Anouilh’s, Ring Round the Moon, Oct.
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