Described here are those divisions or offices of the University or organizations closely affiliated with it which have been established to assist or augment the University's academic units. The following descriptions were provided by those responsible for the programs or the operation of the concerned agencies.

Academic Computing Center

The Academic Computing Center (ACC) at 3737 Brooklyn Avenue NE provides computing facilities for University of Washington instructional and research activities. For current information on computing services available at the ACC and other campus locations, please refer to the Computing and Networking page on the Web at www.washington.edu/tech_home.

Academic Publications (Office of the Registrar)

Academic Publications publishes the University Catalog and the quarterly Time Schedule.

Aeronautical Laboratories, University of Washington

The University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratories, or UWAL, is the name popularly given to the F. K. Kirsten 8' x 12' 250 m.p.h. wind tunnel, which was built on the campus in 1937.
Uses of the tunnel center around three primary purposes: to provide a facility for research by the faculty, staff and students, to provide laboratory instruction to students, and to provide a service for those in the national community who need such a facility. In addition, through employment of a student crew, students have an opportunity to train in an industrial type of operation.

Aerospace and Energetics Research Program

The Aerospace and Energetics Research Program is an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary program administered by the College of Engineering. Facilities initially were provided for the conduct of fundamental research oriented toward engineering problems associated with extraterrestrial and terrestrial flight systems. Subsequent developments have extended the high technology research activities into areas concerned with future environmental and social needs with particular emphasis on energy research. For example, added emphasis is now being extended to solar energy research which seeks to improve the efficiency of solar energy conversion both for solar power stations in space and also for ground-based power stations. In addition, novel approaches to space power systems specifically directed towards the space stations are currently being explored.

The experimental activities of the Program are of special interest to the departments of the College of Engineering, as well as to those in the physical sciences. Cooperative endeavors are devised to exploit the common interests of faculty and students in subjects bordering on the areas of specialization of several departments. An example is a major project in engineering and plasma physics for controlled fusion experiments. The project includes participants from the departments of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nuclear Engineering, and Physics. This program also has led to the development of new applications of lasers in Bioengineering, which utilizes ultra short pulses for the detection of cataracts.

The Program serves local industry through aerospace and energy oriented research by the dissemination of information through seminars, conferences, and reports.
As an agency of the College of Engineering, the Program operates under a Director, appointed by the dean.

Aging, Institute on

The Institute on Aging (IOA) was authorized in 1977 as an interdisciplinary, University-wide program under the aegis of Health Sciences Administration. Its mission is to focus attention on social, health, psychological, political and economic issues that relate to aging and older adults. Coordination of the activities of faculty and students in the development of programs affecting older adults is under the supervision of a policy board. The policy board includes representatives form the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health & Community Medicine, and Social Work. Interdisciplinary gerontological and geriatric research is conducted in collaboration with these and other UW schools and colleges, as well as with state agencies serving the older population. The IOA has an educational mission that includes interdisciplinary courses, professional workshops, and a Certificate Program in Aging. The service mission of the IOA is to work with community agencies and other educational institutions to enhance the quality of life of the region's older population.

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute

The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute provides research support and assistance to researchers at the University of Washington working in the areas of drug or alcohol abuse. It administers a small grants program which funds research projects dealing with the problems of substance abuse. The Institute maintains a library for use by University personnel. It also provides interdepartmental coordination for multidisciplinary research in the areas of the addictions.

Alumni Association, University of Washington

The University of Washington Alumni Association, with headquarters in the R. Bronsdon Harris Alumni House, located at 1415 Northeast 45th Street, adjacent to the northwest corner of the University campus, serves the ever-growing number of former students of the University. With active chapters in many major cities, and membership world-wide, the Association strives to extend to as many members as possible the services of the University on a continuing basis, and to provide support for the University in efforts to strengthen its educational programs and services to the public.

Special activities of the Association include lectures and art series, an active clubs program, tailgate parties for all away football games, a career services networking database, and Huskies for Higher Education advocacy program. The Association makes major contributions to the University in support of scholarships and in special recognition to faculty, students, and alumni for outstanding contributions.

Applied Physics Laboratory

The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) was established in 1943 as a research unit of the University to help solve urgent technical problems for the U.S. Navy. Today, as a unit of the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, the Laboratory conducts a broad program in research and development in ocean science and engineering, underwater acoustics, arctic science, and physical acoustics. Over half of the program is in fundamental research in ocean physics, ocean acoustics, and physical acoustics. The research is largely experimental in nature, and relies upon experienced design engineers and well-equipped shops to design and fabricate specialized instrumentation. APL is home to over 30 graduate students who are enrolled in some eight academic departments. Research collaboration with other departments is encouraged, and many members of the staff hold joint appointments in academic departments within the University.

APL's applied research includes programs in ocean environmental acoustics, waste remediation technology, advanced signal processing, and deep ocean engineering. The Laboratory operates two research vessels for use in Lake Washington and the Puget Sound. Major sponsors include the U.S. Navy, the National Science Foundation, NASA, NOAA, and DOE.

The President of the University appoints the Director of the Laboratory. An Applied Physics Laboratory Advisory Board, also appointed by the President, serves to advise the APL Director and the President.

Atmosphere and Ocean, Joint Institute for Study of the

Initiated by an agreement in 1970 and established formally in July 1977, the Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) is an agency for conducting collaborative research between the University of Washington and the Environmental Research Laboratory (ERL) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Institute promotes multidisciplinary collaboration among scientists associated with the two institutions and visiting scientists, provides a mechanism by which scientists working on problems of mutual interest may come together, and stimulates the training of scientists in the many disciplines involved. Besides providing close relationships with the Departments of Oceanography and of Atmospheric Sciences, the research interests extend into fields which are of interest to the School of Fisheries and the Institute of Marine Studies.
Management of the Institute is under the supervision of a Director, who is a faculty member of the University, and is responsible to an Administrative Board of which the Vice Provost for Research is chair. Other members of the Board are the appointed representatives of the collaborating organizations. A council, consisting of participating senior research scientists, provides advice and direction in the selection and promotion of research efforts.

Bilingual/ESL Education Program

The Bilingual/ESL Education Program in the College of Education offers courses that lead to (1) a teaching major and/or minor in either Bilingual Education or English-as-a-Second language (ESL) at the masters level (Master in Education, MIT or M.Ed.), qualifying one for state certification at either the elementary or secondary level; (2) a State endorsement in either Bilingual education or English-as-a-Second language; or to (3) a doctoral program in Education (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) with a focus on bilingual education.

Bioengineering, Center for

The Center for Bioengineering is a unique academic enterprise which has evolved to provide education and conduct research at the interface of engineering with biology and medicine. This involves, in its broadest sense, the application of engineering principles and techniques to biomedical problems. Among the largest of such programs, the Center is unusual in that it is jointly sponsored by, and deeply involved in, both the School of Medicine and the College of Engineering.

A degree granting unit of the University, the Center provides undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and post-doctoral training. More than fifty Bioengineering courses are offered to complement the broad array of courses available in engineering and health sciences. Active involvement in research is expected at all training levels. In addition to formal offerings, a variety of informal workshops and conferences are organized on an ad hoc basis to deal with special topics of interest to the faculty, students, or industrial firms.

Investigational activities in the Center have been extremely broad, encompassing virtually any relevant application of engineering concepts and approaches to appropriate biomedical problems. These range from fundamental inquiry to practical applications for clinical diagnosis and therapy. An important consequence of having this spectrum of activity in a single organization is the enhanced capability for converting basic discoveries into practical approaches. By categorical grouping, the Center's research activity may be summarized as including: Biomaterials, Molecular Bioengineering, Cellular Bioengineering, Bioinstrumentation and Sensors, Biosystems and simulations, Biomedical Imaging, and Biomechanics.

Burke Memorial Washington State Museum

The purpose of the Burke Museum is to increase our knowledge of the natural and cultural history of Washington State, the Pacific Northwest, and the Pacific Rim by collecting, preserving, researching, interpreting, and exhibiting geological and zoological specimens and cultural artifacts. The Museum's specific areas of interest comprise the anthropology, archaeology, geology, paleontology, and zoology of Washington State, the Pacific Northwest, and the Pacific Rim. Continental lands bordering the Pacific Rim are included within the Museum's scope insofar as they contribute significant comparative materials. The Burke Museum serves the University community of which it is administratively a part, the citizens of Washington State, and the national and international community of students and scholars.

To achieve its purposes, the Burke Museum (1) develops and preserves collections related to its areas of interest; (2) undertakes original scientific research and disseminates the results thereof; and (3) educates at all levels in its areas of interest. The Museum's systematic collections provide the essential resource for its varied scholarly, educational, and exhibition programs. Thus, the Museum's primary task is to maintain, further develop, and preserve these collections. Using the principle of selective excellence, the Museum focuses on carefully defined subjects and regions in order to build collections of lasting value for research, education, and exhibition.

The Museum's curators, staff, and affiliates conduct original research in the Museum's defined areas of interest, focusing on the Museum's collections and program areas, as well as on allied collections here and abroad. Such research adds to the collections, refines our knowledge and understanding of those collections, and contributes to the areas of study represented by the collections.

The Museum also makes its collections available for study by scholars throughout the world. Research results are published in several series by the Museum, and thus contribute to the general body of scientific knowledge. The Museum provides educational opportunities for a public ranging from pre-school children to university students seeking advanced degrees. The Museum's education program centers upon the collections, and is primarily represented by the exhibits. An active docent program and lecture series, as well as educational publications, supplement the exhibits. Museum staff and collections play an important instructional role in the University of Washington. Special programs, such as traveling study kits, extend the Museum's educational efforts beyond the Museum walls. The foregoing statement provides the foundation for the Museum's mission:

A. The Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum exists to encourage understanding of, and appreciation for, the natural and cultural history of Washington State, the Pacific Northwest, and the Pacific Rim.

B. The Museum preserves the natural and cultural record by developing and maintaining comprehensive and comparative collections and by conducting and encouraging research.

C. The Museum educates and inspires through engaging exhibits, public programs, and publications.

D. The Museum serves and involves a diverse and multicultural community, including scholars, students, visitors, and citizens of Washington State.

E. The Museum undertakes these activities to promote a commitment, in the citizens of the Pacific Northwest, to a better stewardship of their natural and cultural heritage.

Child Development Research Group

As an interdisciplinary faculty group composed of members of the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Education, Medicine and Social Work, the Child Development Research Group (CDRG), provides a focus for research concerning the development of gifted individuals. Three programs have developed from research efforts of the group; the Early Entrance Program (EEP) which provides UW academic preparation and entry for highly capable middle-school students; a summer high-school level program for accelerated middle-school students; and a Diagnostic and Counseling Service serving families with gifted children. Administratively the CDRG and its research programs reside within the Graduate School, although its educational and service programs are administered by the College of Arts and Sciences.

Clinical Research Center

The Clinical Research Center (CRC), a discrete unit currently located on Ward 7 South at UWMC, is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Health. The Center provides an environment wherein volunteer patients and normal volunteers may be studied under controlled conditions over varying intervals at no cost to the volunteer. Nursing and ancillary staffs are provided for patient care and assistance to clinical investigators. The facilities of the Center are available to all members of the faculties of the Health Sciences. Activation of clinical research projects is contingent upon review of the scientific and ethical merits of the research protocols by specific committees. Coordination and supervision of the activities on the CRC are the responsibility of the program director who is responsible in turn to the Dean of the School of Medicine.

Clinical Training Unit

The Clinical Training Unit (a unit of the Center on Human Development and Disability) provides specialized training related to the care of children and adults with developmental disabilities to students in audiology, education, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, genetics, pediatrics, physical therapy, psychology, social work, speech-language pathology, and other disciplines. The clinical programs which support the training mission offer a variety of services. The Child Development Clinic provides interdisciplinary evaluation for children with a wide variety of developmental disabilities such as autism, mental retardation and learning problems. The Adolescent Clinic provides interdisciplinary evaluations and other services to young people age 12 and older who have medical, pregnancy, psychosocial or adjustment problems.

Specialty teams and clinics associated with CTU provide services for Biochemical Genetics, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Phenylketonuria, High-Risk Infant Follow-up, Prader-Willi Syndrome, and Rett Syndrome. Programs for adults with developmental disabilities (e.g. elders with Down syndrome) and genetic disorders are being added. The CTU is strengthening its ties to programs at Children's Hospital and Medical Center and in the community. Various clinical research activities are ongoing. For information call the director's office at 685-1350 or visit the CHDD Website at weber.u.washington.edu/~chddwww/.

Conference Services

The staff of Conference Services in the Department of Housing and Food Services provides support to event organizers and meeting planners in need of on-campus housing, food services and catering during their conference, seminar, workshop or institute. Additionally, Conference Services staff will act as a resource to organizers who wish to access and utilize other University facilities and services. Conference Services is available to colleges, schools and administrative units of the University and to public and private agencies where University facilities or University-related programs are involved. Consultation and service can be provided for groups ranging from those involving local groups to full-scale international conferences.

Demography and Ecology, Center for Studies in

The Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology is a research, training, and service unit specializing in the fields of demography and human ecology. It conducts basic research on problems of population composition, fertility, mortality, morbidity, migration, and population distribution, and on the relationship of these phenomena to social, economic, and environmental conditions. Projects in these areas are directed by faculty members from several departments, with the support of various grants, and a number of graduate students are associated with the Center as trainees. Undergraduate courses in the field also are offered by the staff. Research facilities, including a reference library, are maintained for the work of the Center.

Drug Services Department

The Drug Services Department supplies drugs and specialized pharmaceutical preparations for the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, the University of Washington Academic Medical Center, and other sections of the University. Much of the service of this department is in the field of formulation and product development of drugs and dosage forms for use in clinical and experimental research. The Department is also the repository for supplies of controlled substances (drugs controlled by the Drug Enforcement Administration) and has the responsibility of distributing those drugs to research groups on the campus.

Educational Resources, Health Sciences Center for

The Health Sciences Center for Education Resources (HSCER) was organized in 1972 under the Vice President for Health Affairs, the Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Health Sciences Learning Resources Center Advisory Committee, representing the five schools within the Health Sciences Center. The Center is located on the second floor of the Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center.

The Center serves as a central facility and talent pool to assist faculty in research and development of new education programs and learning resource materials for education. Major efforts include research in the area of instructional methods and communications; the coordination of new programs of curriculum development and instructional delivery; the design, production, delivery, and evaluation of instructional materials; and a full range of technical support services for media and printed material production.

The Center supports faculty in (1) the development of clear educational objectives; (2) utilization of appropriate audiovisual and learning resources; (3) careful planning and management of instructional programs; and (4) evaluation of instructional media programs. Specifically, the Center is charged with these tasks: (a) Consultation Planning-Needs assessment of instructional methods, instructional material search and/or evaluation; learning materials/objectives development, project funding planning/preparation and site visit presentation; (b) Media production coordination and supervision; (c) Innovative instruction methods research and development; (d) Digital/video/audio facilities and staff to coordinate all aspects of modern video production; (e) Photographic services; (f) Computer imaging for rapid production of color slides and prints; (g) Graphics, illustration and design; (h) Medical illustration including anatomic, surgical and histologic drawings for publication, projection, computer or video use or display. (i) Desktop publishing services to design and coordinate printing projects. (j) Computer services with consultation; (k) Distribution services for marketing of educational materials.

Environmental Health and Safety, Department of

The Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) provides technical assistance, consultation, and training services to the University's departments and organizational units to help them: (1) protect and promote health and safety at the University; and (2) stay in compliance with environmental, occupational, public health and safety laws and regulations. The Department also provides direct services related to hazardous waste management, fire safety, right to know requirements, radioactive materials licensing, and is the primary liaison between the University and federal, state, and local agencies regulating health, safety and the environment. For further information-Section D 10 in the Operations Manual.

Experimental Education Unit

The Experimental Education Unit (EEU), affiliated with the College of Education, is a unit of the Center on Human Development and Disability. The EEU provides preservice training for University of Washington students in special education and other disciplines who are interested in educating young children with special needs and inservice training for professionals. Special Education faculty and EEU staff also conduct educational research. Each year the EEU school program provides direct services to 150 to 200 children, ranging in age from a few weeks to seven years, and their families. Current pupils have a wide range of mild to severe disabilities, including cognitive delays, physically disabling conditions, communication problems, behavior disorders, autism, and learning disabilities. They are educated in programs with typically developing peers. All classes are staffed by a trans-disciplinary team. For further information, call 543-4011.

Fisheries Research Institute

The Fisheries Research Institute was established by the Board of Regents in 1947 to coordinate major research in fisheries biology, and is now the primary research unit in the School of Fisheries. The Institute is financed primarily by contracts with industry and government agencies. Laboratory studies of the Institute are conducted on the campus, but much research is done on ships on the high seas and at field stations in remote parts of Alaska as well as in the state of Washington. The Institute provides research support to graduate students in areas of ecology and applied fisheries biology.

Friday Harbor Laboratories

The Friday Harbor Laboratories, administered by the Office of Research, is the principal marine science station of the University of Washington. The staff includes professors from various departments of the University including botany, fisheries, oceanography, and zoology, as well as visiting professors from other institutions.

The Friday Harbor Laboratories are located approximately 80 miles north of Seattle near the town of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, on a biological preserve of 484 acres of wooded land with about two miles of shoreline. The island is one of the largest of the 172 that make up the San Juan Archipelago located in the northwest section of the state of Washington between Vancouver Island and the United States mainland. The Laboratories are close to sea waters varying from oceanic to those highly diluted by streams, with depths to 1,000 feet, bottoms varying from mud to rock, and water movements ranging from those of quiet bays and lagoons to swift tideways. The waters about the San Juan Archipelago abound in varied marine flora and fauna.

During spring, summer, and fall, the Laboratories offer an opportunity for independent and supervised research, as well as a varied program of instruction oriented to graduate and undergraduate students. Throughout the year, use of the facilities of the Laboratories for research by national and international investigators in various areas of marine science is encouraged.

Henry Art Gallery

The Henry Art Gallery, the art museum of the University of Washington, has served the campus and greater Seattle communities since 1927. Business leader Horace C. Henry donated funds and a collection of 19th- and early-20th-century paintings to the University in order to establish the first art museum in the state. Architect Carl Gould was selected by the University to design the museum. The finished galleries provided an intimate, elegant setting for Mr. Henry's collection and the work of significant artists of the time.

In the decades since, the Henry has gained an international reputation for presenting important work of the contemporary and modern eras in a variety of media. Exhibitions of works from James Turrell, Manuel Ocampo, Jim Dine, Louise Bourgeois and Masami Teraoka have all been exhibited at the Henry in recent years, while other Henry exhibitions such as After Art: Rethinking 150 years of Photography, Gary Hill, and Ann Hamilton have gone on to widely-acclaimed national tours. These exhibitions, coupled with award-winning publications, have earned the Henry significant recognition in the presentation of modern and contemporary art.

The Henry Art Gallery opened a greatly expanded and renovated facility in early 1997. The Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, a 36,000 square foot expansion designed by New York architect Charles Gwathmey, allows for continuous and concurrent display of special exhibitions and aspects of the Gallery's permanent collections of 19,000 objects. The expanded and renovated Henry also includes improved facilities for art handling and storage, collections research, a 154-seat auditorium, a multi-media gallery, cafe and sculpture court, as well as a major public plaza at the western pedestrian gateway of campus. The Henry is a public/private partnership between the University and the Henry Gallery Association, which provides support through its membership organization.

Human Development and Disability, Center for

The Center for Human Development and Disability (CHDD), formerly the Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, was established in 1963 by the State Legislature. CHDD, which is located directly south of University of Washington Medical Center, provides extensive facilities for research, training, and service programs. Many specialists collaborate and contribute to an array of interdisciplinary activities that address the entire field of developmental disabilities. Through research, training, clinical services and community outreach, CHDD seeks to prevent or ameliorate mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. Financial support for CHDD is provided by state, federal, and private funds. The CHDD collaborates with and assists a variety of community and public agencies, both local and national.

Two major programs make up the CHDD: the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (MRDDRC) and the University Affiliated Program (UAP). MRDDRC researchers investigate biomedical and behavioral processes that cause developmental disabilities. Biomedical research focuses on toxic agents that may cause disabilities, brain development and function, events that cause premature births, and genes responsible for developmental disabilities. Behavioral research topics include perception, language, cognition, memory, and social behavior. The UAP consists of the Adolescent Health Unit, Assistive Technology Program, Adults and Elders Program, Clinical Training Unit, Community Policy Institute, Experimental Education Unit, Pediatric Genetics Program, and Pediatric Neurology Program. UAP faculty and staff conduct interdisciplinary training and applied research, and as a part of the training process, provide clinical services to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

Inherited Diseases, Center for

The Center for Inherited Diseases coordinates a variety of activities in medical genetics including research, teaching, and service activities. Research activities range from basic human genetics to clinically oriented research studies on genetic disease. Closely affiliated units include the departmental divisions concerned with medical genetics in the Departments of Medicine, Pathology, and Pediatrics, as well as some activities in the Department of Genetics of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Center operates as a research organization, carries out a postdoctoral program for training of medical geneticists, and serves as the coordinating center for clinical genetics activities. Genetics clinics are operated at the University of Washington Medical Center and the Children's Hospital and Medical Center.

Instructional Development and Research, Center for

Representing a part of the University's commitment to excellence in teaching, the Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR) provides a central facility to assist instructors, teaching assistants, and departments in the continued improvement of learning and teaching. The Center functions as a resource clearinghouse for instructional issues. It provides instructional consultation workshops and access to educational materials, equipment, and services. In short, the Center provides comprehensive support for the teaching aspects of a scholar's life at the University of Washington. The Directors, Consultants, and Research Assistants work together to provide services, to conduct projects on learning and teaching, and to publish materials on instructional improvement. From time to time, additional expertise is acquired by the appointment of visiting scholars who conduct instructional research and by Staff Associates hired to assist with particular projects. The academic staff at the Center hold appointments in a variety of disciplines and participate in teaching and research in those departments. The Center is represented on University committees concerned with instructional development and is in regular contact with similar centers at other institutions.

International Services Office

The International Services Office is a unit in the Office of Student Affairs with the primary focus of providing counseling/advising to foreign students to insure compliance with U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Regulations and to assist the students in all matters pertaining to the completion of their academic goals. Additionally, this office provides advice to University academic departments and processes appropriate federal visa forms to facilitate the sponsorship of distinguished foreign scholars, professors, and researchers who visit the University on temporary appointments in support of the University's teaching, research, and service programs.

Johnson Clinical Scholars Program

The Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program was established in 1975 as a joint effort of the School of Medicine, and the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. The Program provides accomplished young clinicians with an opportunity to pursue rigorous, research-based graduate level training in non-biologic disciplines relevant to improving the overall effectiveness of the personal health care system. The Program accomplishes its objective through a blend of formal and informal mechanisms which ensure exposure to a breadth of disciplines and an opportunity for in-depth study and research in a primary area of interest.

Language Learning Center

The Language Learning Center (LLC), located in the daylight basement of Denny Hall, provides technological and pedagogical resources, information, and services to the University community for the teaching, learning, and researching of languages and cultures. The LLC develops and acquires software, audio, and video materials for coursework, reading and aural/oral testing, and assignments. The LLC offers audio, video, and satellite services; multi-standard video and videodisc equipment are also available upon reservation. A recording studio allows for voice recording of native speakers. Audio cassette materials for sale to large language classes augment the audio cassette duplication service. In the Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Lab, computer programs combining digitized audio, video, and graphics are developed to provide interactive multimedia language learning for students enrolled in UW language classes for which programs have been created. In addition, a Language and Cultural Corner is available, for faculty to reserve, as a general purpose facility for informal language practice, moderated conversation groups, and special events. The LLC staff serves as liaisons between the LLC and the language departments and are available to assist instructors with special projects and appropriate resource referrals.

Manastash Ridge Observatory

The Manastash Ridge Observatory, located in Kittitas County on the eastern slope of the Cascade mountain range, is about 10 miles southwest of Ellensburg, and may be reached by the Thorpe Highway from the junction with Highway I-90 west of Ellensburg. The Observatory, built in 1970 with financial assistance from the National Science Foundation, is used primarily by students and faculty from the University of Washington Astronomy Department, as well as by astronomers from other educational institutions, especially Central Washington University and Washington State University. Facilities include a 30-inch reflector type optical telescope housed within a dome roof and equipped with a CCD imager.

Meany Hall for the Performing Arts

Meany Hall for the Performing Arts and its Public Performing Arts component present a broad program of cultural events for the campus community and the general public. Through its World Dance, World Music and Theater, International Chamber Music and the President's Piano series, it offers the finest in performances in what is regarded as one of the nation's finest acoustical environments. Meany Hall also provides support for the public performances by the School of Music, the School of Drama and the Dance Program.

MEDCON

MEDCON was founded in 1975 to facilitate communication between physicians in Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Oregon and the faculty of the School of Medicine. It is a toll-free consultation service which also makes available programs and services of University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, and Children's Hospital and Medical Center.

A wide variety of programs and services available at the Academic Medical Centers may be accessed through MEDCON, such as Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Breast Cancer Specialty Center at UWMC, the Burn and Trauma Centers at HMC, and the Poison Control Center at CHMC.

MEDCON also facilitates communication with the King County Medical Society Library and the Health Sciences Library at the University of Washington.

Medical Education, Department of

Established in 1968 as an office of the Dean of the School of Medicine, the Department became an academic unit in 1981. The Department discovers, disseminates, and applies knowledge of educational theory and practice to academic programs in medicine.

Faculty investigators conduct research on various aspects of medical education such as clinical decision-making, clinical and classroom teaching effectiveness, teaching and learning styles, computer assisted instruction, and health promotion. Educational knowledge and strategies are transmitted to medical school faculty, fellows, residents, and students through workshops, courses, individual consultation, and publications.

Professional services are contributed to the medical school, the University, and to national and international organizations in the areas of faculty development, design and development of curriculum, instructional materials, and examinations. Professional services also include management of the School of Medicine's course evaluation system, computerized testing service, longitudinal studies, faculty development, and program leadership.

Muhlick Botanical Conservatory

The Muhlick Botanical Conservatory was constructed prior to World War I near Parrington Hall and originally was called the Parrington Conservatory. Later it was named in commemoration of Clarence V. Muhlick, a longtime horticulturist in the Department of Botany. In the summer 1985, the plant collections in the Conservatory were moved down to the Botany Greenhouses. Over a period of more than 70 years the plant collections have been expanded and enlarged. Currently there are 200 different orchids, 400 species of cactus, euphorbs and succulents, and numerous other species, including carnivorous plants. In keeping with the design of the Muhlick Conservatory, plants from similar habitats, (for example, the tropics and deserts,) are grouped together in separate rooms that simulate the climatic conditions in which the selected species grow. The University of Washington Botany Greenhouses are located along Stevens Memorial Way, adjacent to Kincaid Hall. For information on hours and/or tours, please call 543-0436.

Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges

The University of Washington is a member of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges. It is through the Commission of Colleges of the Association that the University is evaluated and accredited at ten year intervals. The accrediting procedure, and the review process at intervening five year intervals, serves to maintain the academic standards which are the basis for transfer of credits between institutions on a regional and national level. The Association maintains an office in Bellevue.

Northwest Institute for Children and Families

Located at the School of Social Work, the Institute provides training, consultation, education, and program evaluation services to public, non-profit, and tribal agencies and communities serving children and their families in the Pacific Northwest. Our mission is to develop leadership and excellence in services to children and families. The Institute convenes a consortium of Schools of Social Work in Washington and many of the services listed below are offered through this consortium.

The activities of the Institute cluster in four practice areas: (1) Child Welfare Education-This center provides stipends, innovative field education, and curriculum reform to develop a diverse professional work force for public child welfare. In addition, the Child Welfare Advocacy Clinic, a joint program with the School of Law, offers training to law students on child welfare issues. (2) Child Welfare Training and Systems Change-Through federal, state and private grants, the Institute offers cross-systems dialogue and training to promote systems change. The institute also offers training and evaluation in Family Group Conferencing and other family-centered approaches to planning for children. (3) Family Support-The Institute has developed a participatory action research approach to the evaluation of family support. The Institute also serves as the host to the Family Resource Coalition. (4) Public Welfare-The Institute offers "Walk a Mile in Your Sister's Shoes" to match welfare recipients and policy makers for a one-month educational experience in states across the country.

Northwest Lipid Research Clinic

The Northwest Lipid Research Clinic was established in 1971 at Harborview Medical Center as part of a collaborative NIH study designed to establish improved laboratory methods for measuring blood lipids and lipoproteins, to determine the prevalence of hyperlipidemia in populations, and to prove that cholesterol lowering will help prevent heart disease. Over the ensuing 13 years these objectives have been met and in the course of this effort a permanent lipoprotein research facility and hyperlipidemia referral and research clinic have been established at Harborview. At present the Northwest Lipid Research Clinic performs studies of lipid lowering medications, diets, and disordered metabolism in hyperlipidemic subjects. The facility is staffed by physicians, nurses, dieticians, biostatisticians, and biochemists and invites inquiries regarding training from medical students and individuals interested in graduate research training. The NWLRC is a component of the division of Endocrinology, and Metabolism and Nutrition in the Department of Medicine within the School of Medicine, and is a laboratory and clinical unit focused on nutritional, biochemical, physiological, and pharmacologic research related to lipid metabolism and antherosclerosis prevention.

Nuclear Physics Laboratory

The Nuclear Physics Laboratory, operated by the Department of Physics, houses a Van de Graaff accelerator and a superconducting linear accelerator together with associated computers and electronics and instrument shops. The facilities are staffed by faculty and students from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry for research in nuclear structure, nuclear reactions, nuclear astrophysics, and fundamental symmetries. Besides doing experiments with the accelerators in the laboratory, the facilities are used to build equipment and to prepare experiments to be performed at larger accelerators and other sites around the world. The Laboratory also manufactures radioactive isotopes and performs irradiations for applications of nuclear techniques to medicine, biology, materials science, and electronics.

Oral Biology, Research Center in

The Research Center in Oral Biology was established in 1967 to broaden and strengthen the scientific base underlying the national capability to improve oral health. The RCOB program supports multidisciplinary research centers that bring together diverse resources and individuals to investigate basic science problems relevant to oral health and diseases utilizing new and emerging technologies. The Research Center in Oral Biology at the University of Washington is one of four in the country that seek to create a research environment of excellence, to attract investigators of high quality into dental research, to provide challenging opportunities for research training, and to foster research-related relationships with other institutions.

The basic research emphasis in our RCOB is on soft tissues, periodontal disease, and wound healing in the oral cavity. Our efforts focus on understanding mechanisms of communication (signaling) between and among the cells and tissue components that are critical for oral immune response and for tissue regeneration and repair. Our concepts and technologies are drawn from the forefront of modern molecular and cell biology. The Center provides a scientific and administrative environment appropriate for incorporating individuals from basic sciences into oral health research. The Center is headed by a Director and consists of individual projects supported by an Administrative Core.

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

A component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) carries out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography, marine meteorology, and related subjects. PMEL programs focus on coastal and open ocean observations and modeling to improve our understanding of the physical and geochemical processes operating in the world oceans, to define the forcing functions and the processes driving ocean circulation and the global climate system, and to improve environmental forecasting capabilities and other supporting services for marine commerce and fisheries.

During the past decade PMEL has developed a strong group of partnerships that enhance its research mission as outlined in the NOAA Strategic Plan. Within NOAA, PMEL scientists focus on themes established by NOAA's cross-cutting program offices including seasonal-to-interannual El Niño forecasting, the ocean's role in decadal-to-centennial climate change, building sustainable fisheries in Alaskan waters, and mitigating tsunami hazards. Results from PMEL's research projects support services and products provided by NOAA to the public sector through improved environmental understanding and more accurate forecasts and predictions.

Outside NOAA, PMEL maintains a rich collaboration with the academic community. The foundation for PMEL's university relationships is based upon four cooperative institutes: the Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), with the University of Washington; the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), with the University of Hawaii; the Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research (CIFAR), with the University of Alaska; and the Cooperative Institute for Marine Resources Studies (CIMRS), with Oregon State University. These joint institutes combine the resources of universities and NOAA to develop centers of excellence in environmental research

Quaternary Research Center

Quaternary research focuses on the processes presently shaping the environment and those that have operated on it for the past several million years. This linking of the past, present, and future through interdisciplinary study and research is making the University of Washington a major center for such work.

The Center is organized to take advantage of the unusual variety of Quaternary interests on campus. The Center's structure permits faculty and students to cooperate effectively across departmental boundaries and thus strengthens interdisciplinary aspects of Quaternary studies. The Center has an active group of adjunct faculty directly concerned with activities of the Center from the departments of anthropology, atmospheric sciences, botany, fisheries, forest resources, geological sciences, geophysics, oceanography, and zoology. As a result, there is a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary, mutually supportive possibilities.

The administration of the Center rests both with the Director and the support staff, who report to the Vice Provost for Research.

Regional Primate Research Center

The south two-thirds of the "I" Wing in the Health Sciences complex houses the Regional Primate Research Center. Built and supported by the National Institute of Health, it was opened in 1964 and has University, regional, and national functions.

At the Washington center, one of seven throughout the nation, emphasis is on cardiovascular, neurophysiological, behavioral, genetic, and AIDS-related research, using primates as laboratory animals. Emphasis is on advanced instrumentation, both in chronic implants of measuring devices and in high speed digital data acquisition systems. Studies bearing on transplantation, atherosclerosis, diabetes, auditory physiology, endocrinology, and metabolism are some of the other aspects of the program.

The Center has a research staff who also hold appointments in Health Sciences departments or in Arts and Sciences. An additional category of faculty members, research affiliates, conducts primate research in the Center.

The Center offers a world-wide primate literature information service which furnishes periodic and "demand" lists of references to studies of primates and research based on them; and compiles printed and computerized bibliographies.

Retirement Association, University of Washington

The University of Washington Retirement Association is a private organization composed primarily of former faculty and staff employees who have retired from the University, and their spouses. Membership is also open to present employees who wish to participate. The Association takes an active part in the educational, public service, social, and intellectual affairs of the University and the community, and in providing special services, and maintains, of course, a close watch on prospective changes in the University's retirement compensation and health insurance plans. The University, in turn, maintains a close relationship to the Association, in providing a Director for the Retirement Center. This Director assists retirees and those planning to retire by overseeing the work of 26 standing committees for the Association. The Retirement Association welcomes the opportunity to greet new retirees and involve them in the many activities of its membership.

Social Science Computation and Research, Center for

The Center for Social Science Computation and Research (the old Center for Quantitative Studies in Social Sciences) was established in 1972 as an interdepartmental resource center for the social science departments within the College of Arts and Sciences. Since that time the Graduate School of Public Affairs, the School of Social Work, and the College of Education have also become members of the Center. The Center provides facilities and consulting support for computing activities related to classes and research. A variety of computer equipment is provided and maintained. Access to several University computers is available. Training and assistance are provided to students, faculty, and staff in the use of computing. Free noncredit computer classes are offered each quarter. The Center is the University's representative in the inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan. Consulting services are directed toward supporting class use of computers and extending the scope and quality of computing and statistical skills in the Social Sciences.

Speakers Bureau

The Speakers Bureau, located at the Visitors Information Center, is operated by the University through the support of the faculty and the administrative staff. Listings are maintained of topics upon which members of the faculty and staff are prepared to speak. Organizations are invited to submit requests for speakers on topics of intellectual, scientific, and community interest. Referrals are made by the Speakers Bureau coordinator as a community service.

Speech and Hearing Clinic

The Speech and Hearing Clinic serves as a teaching and research laboratory for the training of speech language pathologists and audiologists. In addition, the Clinic offers evaluation and remedial services to students and others with disorders of speech, language, and hearing.

Technology Transfer, Office of

The Office of Technology Transfer was established in January, 1983, on the recommendation of a University Task Force on Technology Transfer, appointed by the Provost. A unit of the Office of Research, it administers the University's Patent and Invention Policy and its Copyright Policy and helps shape relationships between the University and private firms interested in licensing the inventions made and developed in University research laboratories. The Office encourages faculty and technical staff to be aware of the commercial potential of their research. Industrial sponsors are encouraged to participate in the University's research activities through affiliate programs, support of specific projects, and a variety of other technology transfer agreements. The Office represents the University's interest in the wide range of intellectual property matters and promotes the broadest use of commercially valuable research results as part of the University's traditions of public service. The Office works closely with the Washington Research Foundation, which provides expertise in evaluating new technologies, and finances new company formation based on UW technologies.

Treaty Research Center

Established in 1968 by the Graduate School and initially financed by the National Science Foundation, the Treaty Research Center has the world's most comprehensive computerized information system on international treaties. As of 1997 the system covers approximately 75,000 treaties, bilateral as well as multilateral. The scope is worldwide. Time coverage is from 1900 to date. The information is available to researchers at any level from undergraduates to professionals, and it is available in two forms: (1) as hard copy in the World Treaty Index [5 volumes, Clio Press, Santa Barbara and Oxford, second edition 1983, reprint planned for 1998] and (2) as a computerized databank and retrieval system.

The primary function and activity of the Treaty Research Center revolves around the maintenance (updating, quality control) of the databank and the publication and revision of the World Treaty Index. Other functions include (1) on-campus advice and guidance for students and faculty needing treaty data in their own studies, mainly in political science and law but occasionally also in other fields, e.g., business administration, economics, fisheries, history, librarianship; (2) off-campus information services in response to inquiries from scholars, attorneys, government agencies, librarians, and private industry; (3) accommodation of visiting scholars for treaty-related research in residence; (4) research and publication in selected aspects of the law of treaties, usually with an emphasis on quantitative methodology; and (5) worldwide correspondence with foreign governments and treaty specialists in matters of mutual interest.

Urban Horticulture, Center for

The Center for Urban Horticulture carries out research, graduate/undergraduate teaching, and public outreach on the functional uses of plants in cities. Established in 1980, the Center is the first program of its kind in the country and is the product of continuing cooperation between the University and the horticultural public of the region and the nation.

The Center is located on the East Campus of the University. Facilities comprise laboratories and classrooms, the Elisabeth C. Miller Horticultural Library, the Otis Douglas Hyde Herbarium, and the Douglas Research Conservatory. The Center is administered by a Director and is associated with the College of Forest Resources and the Office of the Provost. Research interests include landscape plant selection, plant physiology and management, horticultural taxonomy, restoration ecology, urban conservation, continuing education, and environment and behavior. Classes are taught by Center faculty and staff for students in horticulture, forestry, landscape architecture, botany, and associated departments. The Center also manages the plant collections, educational programs, and the Donald G. Graham Visitors Center of the Washington Park Arboretum; the Union Bay Natural Area of the former Montlake fill; and the Union Bay Gardens adjacent to the Center headquarters.

The Center acts as a coordinator for many horticultural activities of the area and is host for meetings of the horticultural community. Outreach constituencies include managers of urban vegetation such as parks departments and the private landscape maintenance industry; urban developers; landscape architects; commercial nurseries and arborists; and horticultural organizations and plant societies.

Valle Scholarship and Scandinavian Exchange Program

The Valle Scholarship and Scandinavian Exchange Program was initiated in 1980 as a gift in trust of Henrik and Ellen Stray Valle. The program provides scholarships for graduate students in Civil Engineering and closely related fields such as Architecture and Building Construction.

A major component of the program is cooperative research with Scandinavian institutions. That cooperation involves both an exchange of graduate students and joint research efforts between faculty at the University of Washington and researchers in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The program encourages publication of books, reports, and articles jointly authored by Scandinavian and University of Washington program participants. Cultural exchange is a natural facet of this technical cooperative effort.

The program is administered by the Director who reports to the Dean of Engineering.

Washington Cooperative Fishery Research Unit

The Washington Cooperative Fishery Research Unit located in the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, School of Fisheries, was established in 1967. The unique geographical location of Seattle affords the Unit opportunities to do research: (1) on all types of waters-ocean, estuaries, streams, reservoirs, lowland lakes, and high mountain lakes; and (2) on a prodigious number of fish species; freshwater, marine, and shellfish.

The Unit also works in concert with many nearby state and federal agencies. Cooperating agencies are the Washington State Department of Fisheries, the Washington State Game Department, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the University of Washington. The interests and needs of the cooperating agencies are guiding factors in the choice of research projects. The Unit's principal function is the training of fishery biologists with special interests in conducting research related to recreational fisheries.

Survival of downstream migrating juvenile salmonids in the Columbia River has been established as the first national priority of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with Unit studies aimed at finding a method of improving young salmonid survival in the mid-Columbia River area. Also indicative of Unit expertise in the area of salmonid management is the Federal District Court's use of the Unit for technical advisers relative to the Boldt Decision (U.S. v. Washington) in which treaty Indians and non-treaty fishermen split 50:50 the harvestable salmon and steelhead.

Unit personnel for several years have been conducting research on various fish disease problems. Overall lake management and utilization are areas of strong interest to the Unit. The burgeoning population of freshwater anglers in Washington has created unprecedented demands for warm-water sport fishes. The Unit has become active in assisting State agencies to study the habits and potential of several warm water fisheries in this state.

Washington Sea Grant Program

The Washington Sea Grant Program carries out research, education, and University public service programs designed to increase understanding and wiser use of marine resources. It is part of a national network of university Sea Grant programs. The program was formed in 1968, and in 1971 the University of Washington was designated as one of the original four Sea Grant Colleges in the nation. The program is located organizationally in the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, but has University-wide and statewide responsibilities. Management, advisory service, and communications activities are handled by a program staff, while educational and research activities are funded through competitive grants to investigators at this and other institutions. Research focuses on marine resource problems and opportunities including fisheries, aquaculture, marine environmental quality, ocean and coastal policy, biotechnology, marine products, and ocean technology. The approach is broadly multidisciplinary. Most funds are from federal grants, with matching support provided by the University, state, and industry.