April 29, 2005
Hans Christian Andersen exhibit planned
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875), Suzzallo Library will feature a special exhibition from May 3 to Aug.
April 28, 2005
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Rubber soles ready? Welcome the 2005 Walk In
Aw, just take a walk, why dontcha.
Clinton cabinet member to speak at commencement
The Honorable Robert E.
Was justice served or sacrificed? Play explores famous San Francisco murders
When Dan White was tried for the 1978 murders of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and member of the Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk, was it an execution of justice as in carrying out justice, or was it an execution of justice as in killing justice?
The double meaning is entirely deliberate in the title of the School of Drama’s latest production, Execution of Justice, which opened last night in Meany Studio Theater and will run through May 8.
Alaska Salmon Program gets $2 million grant
The UW Alaska Salmon Program, the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.
Ground broken for UWT housing, parking complex
UW Tacoma broke ground this week for Court 17, the new housing and parking complex to be developed through a public/private partnership.
McNair Program students and others to hold annual conference in HUB
The UW Office of Minority Affairs’ Ronald E McNair Program/ Early Identification Program and the Graduate School’s Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program will hold their 13th annual spring research conference Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7, in the HUB.
Contest honors outstanding student portfolios
Student digital portfolios have become an increasingly popular means to assess student learning.
The budget will tell: Student Services likely funded but other TRIO programs may be cut
Concerns are heightened on the UW campus over the fate of the federally funded programs grouped under the title TRIO, whose aim is to increase higher education access for low-income students and those who are the first in their families to attend college.
UW researcher: Public should be educated about growing danger of tsunamis
The tsunami that devastated south Asia coastlines and killed more than 200,000 people last December is a powerful reminder of just how dangerous those waves can be to humans.
A&S council rethinking how writing is taught
A proposed change in the writing requirement for students in the College of Arts and Sciences will be among the items under discussion next week at a meeting sponsored by the college’s Writing Council.
New state budget draws president’s praise
The Washington State Legislature passed a budget for higher education in the coming biennium that was a compromise between versions passed by the state House and the Senate.
Dr. Deb Harper heads eastern Washington clinical training programs
Spokane pediatrician Dr.
April 26, 2005
South Asia disaster shows tsunamis are an ongoing threat to humans
The tsunami that devastated south Asia coastlines and killed more than 200,000 people last December is a powerful reminder of just how dangerous those waves can be to humans.
Alaskan puzzles, monitoring provide insight about North Pacific salmon runs
The University of Washington Alaska Salmon Program, the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.
Robert Rubin, former Secretary of the Treasury, to be UW Commencement speaker
The Honorable Robert E.
April 25, 2005
Washington Legislature strengthens booster seat law
Washington’s Child Restraint Law, passed in 2002 as the first such law to be enacted in the U.
April 21, 2005
The environment we build: Richard Jackson to speak on getting into shape
We affect the environment by what we build, but what we build, in turn, affects us and our health.
Magnuson scholars work on projects; next scholars
Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2004-2005 academic year.
Riding herd: UW parking enforcer saves time with a Segway scooter
It’s all in the heels and toes, “Tone” says.
An early American theater lost … and found
It all started with an old hole in the ground discovered on the 301-acre site of the Colonial Williamsburg living museum in Virginia.
Low oxygen may have helped ‘Great Dying’
The biggest mass extinction in Earth history, some 251 million years ago, was preceded by elevated extinction rates before the main event and was followed by a delayed recovery that lasted for millions of years.
New UW Tacoma chancellor eager for challenges
Patricia Spakes believes it’s her destiny to be at UW Tacoma.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Etc. Campus news & notes
COVER GUYS: Housing and Food Services’ Paul Brown and Jean-Michel Boulot grace a magazine cover this month, but it isn’t Gentleman’s Quarterly.
Senate women’s committee seeks change
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of articles by the chairs of Faculty Senate committees and councils.
The environment we build: Richard Jackson to speak on getting into shape
We affect the environment by what we build, but what we build, in turn, affects us and our health.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Faculty workshop
Presentation skills: Everyone knows what sitting through a bad lecture is like, but not everyone knows how to create a great presentation.
UW Biochemistry graduate to present Hans Neurath Lecture
Dr.
New research on paralytic shellfish poisoning
Exposure to toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning can result in a mutation that makes some clams much more resistant to the toxin, which can then pose a greater danger to humans, according to a study published April 7 in the journal Nature.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY
An open invitation to Chairs, Directors and Faculty (Seattle Campus only)
You are invited to participate in the Academic Procession at the University of Washington’s 130th Commencement Ceremony, Saturday, June 11, in Husky Stadium.
Benefits in brief: The ride’s on us (in an emergency)
Editor’s note: The UW provides a wide spectrum of benefits for its employees, and you can see them conveniently displayed on the new CareNet Web site, located at <A href="http://www.
Newsmakers: Of Tourette’s, adoptions, glaciers and more
THE TIMES ON TOURETTE’S: A Jan.
Consider the calico: ‘Methylation’ shows how DNA is expressed
Genetic information that determines hair color or whether an individual might develop a particular cancer is passed from one generation to the next through DNA.
Olswang named interim chancellor at UW Bothell
Steven G.
President’s initiative launched
President Emmert’s leadership initiative is up and running and being fine-tuned in the early stages as the team prepares to launch a campuswide information gathering effort.
April 19, 2005
Method shows how precisely gene expression signals are copied in DNA replication
Genetic information that determines hair color or whether an individual might develop a particular cancer is passed from one generation to the next through DNA.
April 18, 2005
Engineering Open House 2005 brings Puget Sound students, technology together
What: The 2005 Engineering Open House at the University of Washington
Who: Thousands of schoolchildren from around the region, their teachers, parents and UW engineering faculty and students
When: Friday, April 22, 9 a.
To sea or not to sea: When it comes to salmon sex, size sometimes doesn’t matter
The ones that stay and the ones that stray are biological puzzles among Pacific salmon, of whom the vast majority — but not all — travel thousands of miles to sea and back to the streams where they hatched.
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