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October 9, 2003

HFS feeds the hungry — on campus and off

Every day Tracey MacRae feeds the hungry.

New software weighs costs of thinning against risk of fire

When fires turn eastern Washington and Oregon forests into wastelands, valuable wildlife habitat is lost and it costs between $1,300 and $2,100 per acre in fire-fighting costs, lost buildings, economic suffering by nearby communities and degraded waterways, say UW researchers in a recently published report.

Preserving paper, new media is subject of Suzzallo exhibit

If you want to prevent your valued documents from becoming brittle and yellow, you might use permanent paper, which isn’t permanent but is likely to last longer than you do.

From cattle to cattle call: Jenkins’ life is quite a script

The UW School of Drama’s Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) has a new head this fall, but he’s not unfamiliar to the students in the program.

School of Law’s exile ends


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UW and Hutch to set up stem cell center

The UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will establish one of three federally funded Exploratory Centers for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.

Ph.D. career series changes name; first speaker Oct. 15

Several departments and other units around campus have joined together to provide support for the Bioscience Careers Seminar Series, formerly known as “What Can You Do with a Ph.

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Costco breakfast nets $1.75 million for scholarships

The fourth annual Costco Scholarship breakfast raised $1.

Donations sought for Gorbman fund

The College of Arts and Sciences is seeking contributions to the Aubrey Gorbman Lecture Fund, after Gorbman’s death last month.

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INFAMOUS JOB: The UW’s botany greenhouse manager Doug Ewing has won a dubious distinction: His was one of the jobs profiled by Popular Science magazine recently as “the worst, most torturous, icky, painful, stinky, dangerous and just plain horrible jobs in science.

UW officials announce steps to address off-campus problems

UW Interim President Lee Huntsman has announced a set of initiatives, designed in collaboration with student leaders, to address issues of noise, disturbance and security in the neighborhood bordering the University north of 45th St.

Felliniana to honor legendary filmmaker

A major international event honoring the legacy of director Federico Fellini is occurring on campus and around Seattle.

Community support evident in new people-friendly CSE building


When one walks through the Paul G.

Parallels exist to area salmon strife

New laws protected salmon spawning grounds in 17 rivers, prohibiting the streams from being blocked with dams or fishing nets and imposing stiff fines for violations.

October 6, 2003

Book says Northwest salmon could face same fate as in Northeast, England

The year was 1715, and King George I of England enacted laws in an effort to protect salmon runs throughout Great Britain.Today few salmon ply British waterways, the victims of overfishing, degraded habitat, harnessing water power for industry, and misguided use of hatcheries to restore salmon runs, which ultimately hurt more than helped. Strikingly, much the same scenario began playing out 100 years later in the rivers of northeastern North America.

UW Business School opens West Coast’s first Nasdaq student trading room

The market’s looking bullish in Balmer Hall thanks to the University of Washington Business School’s new Nasdaq trading room.

October 3, 2003

UW announces plan to improve security off campus

University of Washington Interim President Lee Huntsman announced today a set of initiatives, designed in collaboration with student leaders, to address issues of noise, disturbance and security in the neighborhood bordering the University north of 45th St.

October 2, 2003

UW Combined Fund Drive

The UW Combined Fund is an easy and fun way for UW employees to contribute to their favorite charities through either payroll deduction or by check.

Mystery Photo

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By Mary Levin

UW Tacoma answering need for parking spaces, housing

The Board of Regents recently approved a new housing and parking complex that will meet the growing needs of a growing UW Tacoma campus. The $17.1 million facility is funded primarily through private investments and is scheduled for completion in 2006.

Spanish, Portuguese Studies looking to grow

When the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department played host to a delegation of consuls from Spain, Mexico and eight other Latin American and Caribbean countries recently, it was just part of the outreach it’s doing in an effort to grow.

UW launches expanded TA training

A fresh batch of teaching assistants started their duties recently with a cram session designed to help them get ready to meet students. Graduate Dean Marsha Landolt called the three-day session a “signature event.”

La Niña reshaping Amazon River basin

New findings by a UW researcher studying the Amazon River reverse conventional wisdom about flood plains. He shows that La Niña is responsible for moving enormous amounts of sediment from the Andes Mountains into the Amazon’s flood plain.

Merrill Hall to rise from the ashes

The Center for Urban Horticulture broke ground yesterday on a replacement for Merrill Hall, which was torched more than two years ago by self-styled ecoterrorists. The new building should be ready in a year.

Surgery Pavilion dedication

UW Medical Center’s new Surgery Pavilion was dedicated Friday evening, Sept.

Health and Safety Committee Elections under way

Elections for employee representatives to the 11 organizational University Health and Safety Committees have begun.

Burstein named chair of Jewish Studies

Paul Burstein, professor of sociology and adjunct professor of political science, has been named chair of the Jewish Studies Program. On the faculty in Jewish Studies since 1987, Burstein centers his research on discrimination based on religion.

Digital dilemma: More questions than answers about new form of scholarship

At least one thing became clear during a recent seminar: digital scholarship is changing the way things are done on campus. Participants said librarians will be at the forefront of storing and sharing information that often never makes it to print.

UW helps K-12 teachers help students

A growing group of non-native English speakers in Washington’s public schools means a major challenge for teachers. But a UW center is sharing strategies to help those kids succeed.

Managing your computer disk space just got easier

You’re in the middle of a major project when you get an e-mail message from Computing & Communications: “Your disk space is full. Delete something or your account will be shut down.” That needn’t happen anymore, thanks to a new tool on the MyUW site.

Community gears up for celebration and dedication of UW’s new Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering

Dedication and open house for the new $72 million Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering.

Roots of WWII imprisonment of Japanese Americans go back to 1920s

The imprisonment of more than 117,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry was no spur-of-the-moment decision launched in reaction to the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Rather it was the end game in a long, deliberate process undertaken by the United States government, which was unable or unwilling to distinguish between citizens and non-citizens, a University of Washington scholar contends in a new book.

October 1, 2003

La Niña takes Bolivian Andes on a sedimental journey

Conventional wisdom says a river’s flood plain builds bit by bit, flood after flood, whenever the stream overflows its banks and deposits new sediment on the flood plain. But for some vast waterways in South America’s Amazon River basin, that wisdom doesn’t hold water.

Earthquake hazards in Puget Sound region to be focus of public forum

A four-member panel will discuss how seismic faults are located, what faults look like above and below ground, the types of earthquakes the faults have produced and will produce in the future, and where scientists next will search for faults.

September 30, 2003

Center for Urban Horticulture begins rebuilding Merrill Hall

The remaining shell of Merrill Hall is coming down and construction fencing is going up at the Center for Urban Horticulture. A groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow will mark the start of construction to replace the building, which was fire bombed May 2001 by domestic terrorists.

September 26, 2003

Without thinning the worst is yet to come for fire-prone forests

When fires turn eastern Washington and Oregon forests into wastelands, valuable wildlife habitat is lost and it costs between $1,300 and $2,100 per acre in fire-fighting costs, lost buildings, economic suffering by nearby communities and degraded waterways, say University of Washington researchers in a recently published report.

Many low-income, uninsured adults could benefit from better integration of mental health services and primary medical care

A survey of 500 patients aged 18 to 64 in a Colorado primary-care clinic that serves only uninsured, low-income adults indicated that many were troubled by emotional distress and physical pain.

Dr. Sheila Lukehart named UW medical school assistant dean of research and graduate education at Harborview Medical Center

Dr. Sheila A. Lukehart, research professor of medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, has been named the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine’s assistant dean of research and graduate education.

September 23, 2003

Geological Society to meet in Seattle; topics include geology of salmon, wine

Scientists will present cutting-edge geological research and discuss geology topics of specific interest in the Pacific Northwest when the Geological Society of America holds its annual meeting in Seattle in November.

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