2002 | UW News

November 7, 2002

Ward named to American Academy of Nursing

Dr.

Mystery Photo

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

The eyes have it, for babies learning about the world

Adults often believe infants are off in their own world, but a new study indicates they are more tuned into the wider world and what the people around them are doing than previously thought.

Portfolio project lets students reflect on their learning

Socrates said that the unexamined life was not worth living.

Exhibit, poster tell story of library

A small, understated exhibit at Suzzallo Library tells the story of the library’s glorious beginnings and recent, painstaking restoration.

Intimate theater, bargain price at Studio 201

The School of Drama’s problem becomes a special opportunity for the UW audience when the school’s new “Studio 201” series opens Nov.

Interim president, provost named

The Board of Regents, in a special meeting Nov.

Opera plays Nov. 13–17 at Meany

The UW School of Music will present Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto Nov.

Margaret Humphreys to speak on migrant children from United Kingdom

An expert on children who were taken from their homes in the United Kingdom and shipped off to labor in other countries will speak at the UW Health Sciences Center on Friday, Nov.

Increasing access to dental services

The UW School of Dentistry is one of two schools on the West Coast to receive a grant of almost $1.

In Brief

Healthy-U at REI
“The Knee — Train It or Sprain It” is the topic for the Healthy-U presentation at the downtown REI store on Monday, Nov.

Male contraception: UW becomes leading center for research on new methods

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $9.

Learn about software and copyright at Nov. 14 seminar

The November program in the series on “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations and the UW Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, will focus on software and copyright.

Notices

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Applications Wanted
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from University of Washington faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States.

Repatriation of remains is topic of confab

The ongoing Kennewick Man dispute and proposed rules covering the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains are the agenda for the first Seattle meeting of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee this week.

Etc.

FOOTBALL HARVEST: If you’re going to the Huskies’ last home football game of the season Nov.

USER project team working on Web-based record keeping

With a promising new Web-based record-keeping system nearing completion, some areas of the UW campus are planning to eighty-six the unwieldy form 220 in the near future.

Grant funds educational opportunity center

A five-year grant of just over $1 million from the U.

150 preschoolers sought for study exploring link between self-control, pretend play

University of Washington researchers exploring how preschool-age children develop self-control and possible links to the way youngsters use pretend play are looking for 150 Puget Sound 3- and 4-year-olds to participate in a new study.

November 5, 2002

Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 8

The UW will host a Veterans Day ceremony from 12:30 to 1:15 p.

Kennewick Man, draft rules for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains on Seattle agenda

There will be a report on the court decision in the ongoing Kennewick Man case at 11:45 a.m. Friday. That will be followed at 1:30 p.m. Friday by the first of a number of sessions to discuss proposed rules covering the disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. This topic also will be the focus of public comments and presentations starting at 4 p.m. Saturday and 11:15 a.m. Sunday.

November 4, 2002

Class action suit dismissed

The Washington Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of lower court decision, which denied class action status in a gender discrimination lawsuit by five present and former members of the dental school faculty.

Infants more likely to view an object when another person looks with open, not closed, eyes

Adults often believe infants are off in their own world, but a new study indicates they are more tuned into the wider world and what the people around them are doing than previously thought.

October 31, 2002

Mystery Photo

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

‘The Lover’ opens in Meany Studio

The School of Drama opens The Lover next week in Meany Studio Theatre.

Commute behavior survey under way

You may be getting an e-mail message soon asking you to complete a survey online about your commute behavior.

Call UW hotline when bad weather hits

As we head into the season when snow and other severe weather is possible, UW employees need to be aware that there is a hotline they can call to find out if the University is operating as usual.

Women’s choir plans holiday concert for Suzzallo Reading Room

Imagine a holiday concert held, not in an auditorium, but in Suzzallo’s beloved Reading Room.

Community Outreach Partnership Center created in Toppenish

The UW’s Office of Educational Partnerships and Learning Technologies and its partners in Eastern Washington — Heritage College, the City of Toppenish, the Northwest Communities Education Center/Radio KDNA and the Yakama Nation — have been awarded a three-year grant for $534,126 by the U.

Head chef wants no ‘fake food’ at UW

Some might consider it unthinkable to give up being a chef who opens fancy restaurants in hotels all over the world for a job as food service chef on a major college campus.

Dancers, actors to explore healing power of art in times of war, crisis

The turmoil following Sept.

Overfishing may diminish genetic diversity even when millions of fish remain

Populations of marine fish may lose genetic diversity even if fishing stops while there are still several million individuals — a number previously assumed to be enough to preserve a diverse gene pool.

October 30, 2002

New $9.5 million grant to support Male Contraception Research Center

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year, $9.5 million grant to the University of Washington to establish a new interdisciplinary Male Contraception Research Center.

October 29, 2002

Panel discussion: Bombings in Indonesia

A panel discussion about the recent bombings in Indonesia featuring Dan Lev, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Ismail Budhiarso, an active member of Indonesian Muslim organizations in Seattle, Magid Shihade,doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Middle Eastern Studies.

October 28, 2002

Flyby of Annefrank asteroid to help Stardust prepare for primary mission

It will be a moment tinged with history when the Stardust spacecraft makes an encounter with Asteroid 5535 Annefrank this weekend. The flyby will test many of the systems and procedures to be used when Stardust makes its encounter with comet Wild 2 in little more than a year.

October 25, 2002