January 10, 2002
Martin Luther King Jr. Tributes
Two programs, both open to the public, will honor the legacy of Dr.
Presentations explore possible careers for Ph.D.’s
The School of Medicine’s Office of Research and Graduate Education has joined several science departments and the Graduate School to sponsor the series of presentations known as “What Can You Do with a Ph.
Service award recipients announced
The UW Academic Medical Center has established a program to recognize faculty and staff members who exemplify service excellence.
Pancreatic cancer: New surveillance program will improve chance of survival
By Pam Sowers
HS News & Community Relations
Pancreatic cancer seems swift and unforgiving to its victims.
David Cummings is fifth Philip Fialkow Scholar
Dr.
Surgery Pavilion construction hits bottom, heading upward
Even with the heavy rains this winter, progress on the new Surgery Pavilion for UW Medical Center has been steady.
Health Science News Briefs
Benditt Lecture today
“Genetics in Everyday Life” is the topic for the 6th annual Earl P.
Budget fix is high legislative priority
By Steve Hill
University Week
The 2002 legislative session opens Monday in Olympia with a $1.
Odegaard librarian entrepreneur enjoying best of both worlds
By Steve Hill
University Week
It sounds a lot like the beginning of a joke: have you heard the one about the computer programmer, the manager, and the librarian?
The threesome – three brothers, actually – walked into a bar two and a half years ago.
Nominations sought for diversity award
Applications and nominations for the 2002 Jeff and Susan Brotman Diversity Award are now being accepted, President Richard L.
Service recognition getting a makeover: Gifts will include tickets, bookstore merchandise
Changes being implemented this month in the UW Service Recognition Program will for the first time include employees all over campus who reach five-years of service and give employees with greater service new choices in the gifts they receive.
HR tools will help evaluate employees
Human Resources recently announced a series of tools to help supervisors evaluate research scientist and engineer positions, determine appropriate salary ranges and to identify career progressions.
Time critical in learning nonverbal language, too
Neuroscientists examining the brain activity of people who learned to speak American Sign Language (ASL) at different times in their lives have found the first evidence that there is a critical period for acquiring a nonverbal language, just as there is for spoken languages.
Deep convection in far north could be key in global climate change
Greenhouse warming and other human effects on the environment may increase the possibility of large, abrupt changes in global climate, according to a recent National Research Council report issued by a panel of 11 scientists that includes the UW’s Peter Rhines and John Wallace.
Hilborn opens lecture series
Most solutions to fisheries problems have been shortsighted and don’t provide the right incentives for fishermen, resource managers or scientists, according to Ray Hilborn, UW professor of aquatic and fisheries sciences and lead speaker for this year’s Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries.
Psychological Services and Training Center
Unit Head: Corey Fagan, director
Location: Guthrie Annex 1
Number of Employees: Eight paid staff members plus approximately 30 graduate student staff therapists who provide services as part of their training in the clinical psychology doctoral program.
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Burke welcomes storytellers
“Stories of Exploration and Adventure” is the theme for this year’s Winter Storytelling Festival at the Burke Museum, to be held on Thursday evenings and weekend days throughout January.
UW employees help Husky Den test new system
Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? UW employees got one last week, in exchange for serving as guinea pigs for a new restaurant system.
Culinary cash
Joel Waller, the University’s catering coordinator, displays some of the Husky Den Dollars that visitors used to “purchase” free food at the renovated facility in the HUB.
Mystery photo
Where are we? Okay, you’ve convinced us that you’re experts on the campus.
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Funding available
The Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health (CEEH) is offering pilot project funding in broadly defined areas of “gene-environment interactions.
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FEEL LIKE DANCIN’: When renowned choreographer Pat Graney presents a retrospective of her work over the next two weeks at the Moore Theater, there will be some UW representation on the stage.
El Ni?ould be brewing a warmer, drier Northwest winter in 2002-03
Another El Niño could be brewing in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. If it is, Pacific Northwest residents can expect generally warmer, drier weather next fall and winter, University of Washington scientists say.
January 9, 2002
Panel considers land trusts, conservation easements for private forests
Emerging strategies of using “land trusts,” where private forests and wildlands are purchased or donated, or of managing such lands under “conservation easements,” where the use of the property is restricted but the landowner retains the title, will be explored by regional and national experts at a lecture that is free and open to the public Wednesday, Jan. 16, at the University of Washington’s College of Forest Resources.
Harborview Medical Center event honors Martin Luther King Jr. in speech, song and celebration
Harborview Medical Center will celebrate the legacy of Rev.
January 8, 2002
Series examines sustainability of marine resources
Most solutions to fisheries problems have been shortsighted and don’t provide the right incentives for fishermen, resource managers or scientists, according to Ray Hilborn, University of Washington professor of aquatic and fisheries sciences and lead speaker for this year’s Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries.
January 7, 2002
If it’s winter, the Skokomish River must be flooding
Recent research at the University of Washington has found that a series of land-use decisions dating from the 1930s, from road building and streamside logging to dam construction, led to sedimentation that has made the Skokomish perhaps the most flood-prone river in the state.
January 4, 2002
University of Washington Academic Medical Center offers mini-medical school to the public
The University of Washington Academic Medical Center is offering the general public the chance to learn about medical science, patient care and cutting-edge research by attending Mini-Medical School 2002.
January 3, 2002
Individual neurons reveal complexity of memory within the brain
An investigation of the activity of individual human nerve cells during the act of memory indicates that the brain’s nerve cells are even more specialized than many people think.
January 2, 2002
Study finds there’s a critical time for learning all languages including sign language
Neuroscientists examining the brain activity of people who learned to speak American Sign Language (ASL) at different times in their lives have found the first evidence that there is a critical period for acquiring a non-verbal language, just as there is for spoken languages.
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