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UIF-1 Projects

Included on this page:
Academic Proposals
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Center for Nanotechnology
Research, Teaching, and Public Programs in the Humanities
Health Sciences Interdisciplinary Partnerships in Clinical Education
Undergraduate Program in Neurobiology
Public Health Genetics in the Context of Law, Ethics, and Policy
The Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM)
Partnerships for a Seamless Education

Support Services Proposals
Streamlining Support Services through Web-Based Technologies

Academic Proposals

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Graduate School of Library and Information Science:
With the appointment of Dr. Michael Eisenberg as director of GSLIS, the UW is poised to move aggressively forward with an integrated vision for information science.

The UW Student Guide to Graduate Programs, Library and Information Sciences

  Lead: Mike Eisenberg
  Allocation: $300,000 annually
  Participating Units: Graduate School of Library and Information Science in collaboration with a number of other units on campus.
  UW Missions Served: Information Science, UW Libraries
  Related UWeek Articles:

 

 

New director leads library school into Info Age (10/8/98)

 

 

Center for Nanotechnology:
Nanotechnology is the engineering of devices and materials on the very smallest scale, at the level of molecules. This new interdisciplinary center will put the UW in the vanguard of the next revolution in technology.
  Lead: Viola Vogel
  Allocation: $500,000 annually
  Participating Units: Engineering, with Arts and Sciences, Pharmacy, and Medicine
  UW Missions Served: Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, Research
  Related UWeek Articles:

 

 

Nanotechnology Center Brings Chu and Frankel to Campus (3/5/98)
Center for Nanotechnology Has Big Plans for the Super Small (1/29/98)

 

 

Research, Teaching, and Public Programs in the Humanities:
An expanded Center for the Humanities will create programs that bridge disciplines: innovations in curriculum, new connections between scholarship and teaching, and outreach efforts that reassert the vital link between the humanities and public life.
  Lead: Kathleen Woodward
  Allocation: $500,000 annually
  Participating Units: Arts and Sciences, with UW Libraries
  UW Missions Served: Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, Research, Community Outreach
  Related UWeek Articles:

 

 

New Center Makes Humanities Linchpin in Conversation for Institutional Renewal (4/30/98)

 

 

Health Sciences Interdisciplinary Partnerships in Clinical Education:
A consortium of faculty, students, and health-care professionals in cross-disciplinary teams, focused on the diverse patient groups served by Harborview. UIF funding for this program will end June, 2003.
  Lead: Pam Mitchell
  Allocation: $375,000 annually
  Participating Units: Nursing, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Social Work
  UW Missions Served: Undergraduate Education, Professional Education, Community Outreach
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UIF Project: Health Science Interdisciplinary Partnerships in Clinical Education (6/25/98)

 

 

Undergraduate Program in Neurobiology:
A new major in neurobiology will give undergraduates access to the UW's research strength in this important field, filling a significant gap in the science curriculum and easing enrollment pressure on the zoology, biology, and psychology majors.
  Lead: William Catterall
  Allocation: $700,000 annually
  Participating Units: Medicine, with Arts and Sciences
  UW Missions Served: Undergraduate Education
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Undergrads Will Study Neurobiology, Thanks to UIF (2/12/98)

 

 

Public Health Genetics in the Context of Law, Ethics, and Policy:
A multi-college, multi-level program will study scientific advances in genetics from many perspectives, including philosophy and social science, and will develop ethical, cultural, and legal frameworks to guide health-care and regulatory policies.
  Lead: Melissa Austin
  Allocation: $400,000 annually
  Participating Units: Public Health, with Arts and Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Law, Public Affairs, and Nursing
  UW Missions Served: Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, Community Outreach
  Related UWeek Articles:

 

 

Nine Courses Already Established for Public Health Genetics (4/6/98)

 

 

The Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM):
An Integrated Vision of Puget Sound into the Twenty-First Century:
Creating and working with a "Virtual Puget Sound"—a multidimensional construct of computer models and databases—interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty will study the complex interaction of natural and human environments around Puget Sound.
  Lead: Jeff Richey
  Allocation: $450,000 annually
  Participating Units: Ocean and Fishery Sciences, with Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Public Affairs, Forest Resources, Education, UW Libraries, and Architecture and Urban Planning
  UW Missions Served: Undergraduate Education, Community Outreach
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PRISM Will Add New Dimensions to Our View of Puget Sound (3/12/98)

 

 

  Partnerships for a Seamless Education:
This project expands service-learning opportunities for undergraduates, placing them in schools and communities around the state where they can serve as tutors and mentors for minority and disadvantaged students. This program was brought to a close in June, 2001.
  Lead: William Baker
  Allocation: $170,000 annually
  Participating Units: Office of Minority Affairs, with Arts and Sciences, Ocean and Fishery Sciences, Social Work, Law, Nursing, Business Administration, Forest Resources, Education, and Architecture and Urban Planning
  UW Missions Served: Undergraduate Education, Community Outreach

Support Services Proposals

USER Project: Streamlining Support Services through Web-Based Technologies:
New campus-wide procedures for payroll, personnel, grants and contracts, travel, and purchasing will be developed. The use of new and emerging Web-based technologies will speed and simplify these common support services at a fraction of the cost some institutions have incurred.
  Lead: Weldon Ihrig
  Allocation: $500,000 annually
  Participating Units: Executive Vice President
  UW Missions Served: Administrative support for all the University's academic missions
  Related UWeek Articles:

 

Business Processes to Change (10/2/97)
Vision to Design: Support Services Move Ahead (2/26/98)