December 2, 2004
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Faculty Senate position
The Senate Executive Committee seeks applications and nominations from faculty on all three UW campuses for the vital position of Secretary of the Faculty.
Tech transfer up in fiscal year 2004
Technology transfer activity at the UW increased significantly in fiscal year 2004, reports UW TechTransfer, the office that facilitates commercial development of innovations arising from UW research.
Where’s Rudolph? Global warming may endanger reindeer
With increasing global warming, Rudolph and the rest of Santa Claus’ reindeer will disappear from large portions of their current range and be under severe environmental stress by the end of the century.
Human Subjects Division on the move
The Human Subjects Division is either moving to a new place or coming home to an old one, depending on how you look at it.
UW Police offer Citizens Academy
The UW Police Department will be offering a free 10-week Citizen’s Academy beginning Jan.
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PRESS ON PREZ: If you missed UW President Mark Emmert’s speech on Tuesday, you have another chance to hear him as he sits for an interview with Seattle Times higher education reporter Sharon Chan and executive editor Michael Fancher.
World’s fastest glacier doubles speed
The world’s fastest glacier, Greenland’s Jakobshavn Isbrae, doubled its speed between 1997 and 2003.
Atmosphere warming claim validated by new study
A new interpretation for temperature data from satellites, published earlier this year, raised controversy when its authors claimed it eliminated doubt that, on average, the lower atmosphere is getting warmer as fast as the Earth’s surface.
Business School gets $10 million gift toward new building
Preparations for new facilities to house the UW Business School will accelerate from the planning to the design phase with the receipt of a $10 million donation, the largest private gift the school has received.
December 1, 2004
Say goodbye to Rudolph and other reindeer if global warming continues
With increasing global warming Rudolph and the rest of Santa Claus’ reindeer will disappear from large portions of their current range and be under severe environmental stress by the end of the century.
UW Business School receives $10 million from The Foster Foundation
Preparations for new facilities to house the University of Washington Business School will accelerate from the planning to the design phase with the receipt of a $10 million donation, the largest private gift the school has received.
November 29, 2004
UW group blocks formation of toxic protein clumps seen in Huntington’s disease
Researchers at the University of Washington have identified the mechanism for a protein that can protect against formation of the toxic protein clumps seen in Huntington’s disease.
Stratosphere temperature data support scientists’ proof for global warming
A new interpretation for temperature data from satellites, published earlier this year, raised controversy when its authors claimed it eliminated doubt that, on average, the lower atmosphere is getting warmer as fast as the Earth’s surface.
Media Advisory: Panelists to discuss proposal for managing Northwest power grid
WHAT: Panel discussion about Grid West, a proposed nonprofit corporation that would manage key features of the Northwest’s electric-power system.
November 22, 2004
Everyday resistance to slavery far more common than believed, historian says
By today’s standards pretending to be sick to get out of a day’s work, sneaking away to meet friends in the woods at night, learning to read and write, or tacking up an abolitionist poster in their quarters may seem to be pretty tame infractions.
November 18, 2004
Baker awarded Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology
Dr.
Neuroscience for Kids site among Scientific American’s top 50
Neuroscience for Kids, a Web site established and maintained by Dr.
Staffer enjoys work with scouts
Name: Ann Spangler
UW Job: Administrative Assistant, Office of Institutional Studies
Volunteer Activity: Brownie, Junior and Cadette Girl Scout Leader
Organization’s main mission: To give young people leadership skills and training to be used currently and as they move through life.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UW librarian translates classic Slovenian novel
It’s a novel about the founder of a sect of assassins driven by an extreme interpretation of Islam.
Mitchell first to hold professorship aimed at connecting with the community
Geography Professor Katharyne Mitchell has been named to a professorship that will give her time to do some concentrated research and writing.
UW research technologist is karate king
Toshiaki Namiki takes the hand of his friend and colleague Sharon Lindsey, and places it on top of her head.
Applied Physics Lab is number one recipient of defense department dollars
While President Bush and Sen.
Tales of humor, noodling, outsourcing and the Donner Party
FUNNY THING, HUMOR: What’s in a laugh? Richard Gonzalez, chair of the University of Michigan’s department of psychology (and formerly of the UW), intends to find out, with access to of one of the best cartoon archives in the world.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Extra Zero
Correction: An item in the Nov.
Tissue Center Partner
Two nonprofit leaders in tissue banking, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) and Northwest Tissue Center, announced a new agreement this month to make MTF’s proprietary tissue grafts more accessible to patients in hospitals served by the Tissue Center.
Bone marrow cells found to have role in wound healing, skin formation
Bone marrow produces cells that not only help fight infection but also permanently heal wounds, according to research at the University of Washington.
School of Pharmacy and Everett Clinic test computerized prescribing
The UW School of Pharmacy and the Everett Clinic have been awarded a $1 million grant by the U.
Shotgun sequencing of genome may miss critical areas
A UW study comparing the two most favored techniques for sequencing the human genome has shown that one of the techniques, now the most widely used, gives an oversimplified view of the genome.
New Global Health Department proposed
Plans to create a new UW Department of Global Health, with shared governance between the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, were announced last week in a memo from Dr.
Fossils at the Burke
The Burke Museum will play host to an extraordinarily diverse Smithsonian Institution exhibit of fossils, “The Burgess Shale: Evolution’s Big Bang,” from Nov.
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Faculty Senate position announcement
The Senate Executive Committee seeks applications and nominations from faculty on all three University of Washington campuses for the vital position of secretary of the faculty.
Etc.
‘CONNECTIONS’ CONNECTS: When four young women head off to college with a $10,000 Nordstrom Celebration of Cultural Diversity Scholarship, three of them can thank the UW for contributing to their success.
C&C: Caution battles computer viruses
In the world of e-mail, it’s getting so you can’t even trust your own friends.
Loss of ocean floor dwellers significant, study shows
The loss of seemingly inconsequential animal species in the top 6 inches or so of mud and sediment on the floors of the world’s oceans is giving scientists a look ahead at the consequences of the steady decline of the world’s biodiversity.
Minor candidates used Internet less than opponents, UW researchers find
Major-party candidates wield the Web, but many challengers stay offline
Contrary to predictions that third-party candidates would seize the Internet as a powerful tool for challenging the status quo, minor candidates remained far behind their Republican and Democratic foes this year in using the Web.
Award nominations sought
Nominations are now being solicited for the University’s annual awards — awards that honor outstanding teachers, staff, mentors and those engaged in public service.
UW Regents approve appointment of UW’s first chief investment officer
The University of Washington Board of Regents today (Nov.
Major-party candidates work the Web, while many challengers stay offline
Contrary to predictions that third-party candidates would seize on the Internet as a powerful tool for challenging the status quo, such candidates lagged far behind their Republican and Democratic foes this year in using the Web.
November 16, 2004
Ocean ecosystems at risk if plug pulled on Mother Nature’s ‘blenders’
The loss of seemingly inconsequential animal species in the top 6 inches or so of mud and sediment on the floors of the world’s oceans is giving scientists a look ahead at the consequences of the steady decline of the Earth’s biodiversity.
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