Sheila Edwards Lange named interim VP for minority affairs

Sheila Edwards Lange has been selected interim vice president for minority affairs and vice provost for diversity, effective May 15.

ETC. campus news & notes

CASE CHAMPIONS: The UW did quite well at the regional award competition of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, picking up 21 awards in a variety of categories.

Reuse that coffee mug and get your next cup cheap

UW students and staff consume close to 5,000 coffee and tea beverages every day.

Evolution, intelligent design to be discussed at two events

The scientific theory of evolution and the faith-based belief in intelligent design continue to be the subject of heated debate nationwide.

Access to technology uneven

Many faculty members say that they’d like to use instructional technology more in their classrooms.

April 19, 2006

Media Alert: Arbor Day, Earth Day photo opportunities

Among the events coinciding with Earth Day this year are the College of Forest Resources’ annual Arbor Day Fair for area first- and second-graders, and a day of trail building and clean up with volunteers from the Student Conservation Association at the Washington Park Arboretum, a part of the UW Botanic Gardens.

New method designed to analyze one of the most complex regions of the human genome, the genes that regulate the immune system

Seattle scientists have developed a new method for analyzing the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) of the human genome.

Sheila Edwards Lange selected as interim vice president for minority affairs and vice provost for diversity

Sheila Edwards Lange has been selected interim vice president for minority affairs and vice provost for diversity, effective May 15.

April 17, 2006

Charles Mitchell wins award for leadership in diversity

Charles Mitchell, chancellor of the Seattle Community College District, has been named the 2006 Charles E.

April 14, 2006

UW extends search for new chancellor at UW, Bothell

President Mark A.

April 13, 2006

Two new positions created to better integrate services to undergrads

Provost Phyllis Wise has announced a plan to integrate better those units that serve undergraduates.

Enter the Street Man — time to open up and play

Theater-like improvisations helped spark musical creativity when Seattle-based folk-blues singer Chic Street Man visited the School of Music last week to hold a master class.

Mystery Photo

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

UW Women Studies Department grants first doctoral degree

Just before winter quarter ended, Serena Maurer successfully defended her dissertation and picked up her doctorate.

Classroom innovations to be featured at Symposium of Teaching and Learning

Innovative teaching practices of UW faculty and TAs will be showcased on April 25 when the Symposium on Teaching and Learning comes to Mary Gates Commons.

Husky stars to serve flapjacks at pancake breakfast

Chow down on pancakes served by your favorite UW athletes and rub elbows with alumni, fans and Big “W” legends as the UW Alumni Association and Big “W” Club hold their second annual UWAA-Big “W” Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, April 22, at Husky Stadium.

Olympic Natural Resources Center brings research review to campus

The Olympic Natural Resources Center, located in Forks on the Olympic Peninsula, is bringing its annual research review to the main campus for the first time this year.

Charles Johnson to headline UW Libraries’ “Literary Voices” fundraiser

National Book Award Winner Charles Johnson will deliver the keynote speech at the Friends of the UW Libraries’ first “Literary Voices,” a dinner where guests dine at tables with authors, one of the events of Washington Weekend, April 27-29, on campus.

UW prof to be featured on reality TV show

UW School of Law Professor Paul Steven Miller will be featured in Little People, Big World, a reality show produced by The Learning Channel, at 8 p.

Educating girls for global health is topic of speech

The importance of educating girls and raising the status of women around the world will be the focus of a program next week featuring Kavita Ramdas, president and CEO of the San Francisco-based Global Fund for Women.

Goudeva offers ‘solo spectacle’ in music and voice

Double bass player and singer Irina-Kalina Goudeva, with Joshua Parmenter providing live electronics, will present “Lavarayaha,” a solo spectacle for voice, double bass, electronics, visual effects, acting and dancing at 7:30 p.

Speaker: We may already have technology to beat global warming

Stabilizing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at tolerable levels may be possible using cost-effective technology that already exists.

UW School of Law announces first recipients of Gates Public Service Law Scholarship

The UW School of Law recently announced the selection of the inaugural five recipients of the William H.

Electrical Engineering celebrates its centennial year

When the Department of Electrical Engineering first came into existence at the UW, electricity remained a luxury in many areas of the country.

Daedalus String Quartet Performs April 18

The UW International Chamber Music Series concludes its 2005-06 season with the Daedalus String Quartet and guest pianist Byron Schenkman.

Concert Canceled

The concert by soprano Juliana Rambaldi, scheduled for Monday, April 17, in Meany Theater, has been cancelled.

On forming fonts: Design prof discusses book on typefaces

Karen Cheng, an associate professor of design in the School of Art, has written a new book about creating typefaces titled Designing Type, and will discuss it tonight from 6 to 8 p.

April 11, 2006

WASL column: Split decision

The responses I’ve received from readers about my columns on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) graduation requirement are almost evenly split between those in favor and those opposed.

Current understanding, emerging issues of coastal rivers is topic Wednesday

With few of the Pacific Northwest’s 200 coastal rivers remaining unaltered by human development, watershed scientists are meeting this week to consider emerging policy issues and scientific challenges they foresee in the decade ahead.

April 7, 2006

UW Health Sciences Open House will demonstrate the latest in research and technology April 28 and 29

More than 65 exhibitors will demonstrate the latest in research and technology in health sciences and medicine at the 31st University of Washington Health Sciences Open House from 9 a.

April 6, 2006

UWB goes for W

The small UW Bothell campus looked like it needed something special, in real life as well as on its Web cam.

A culture of giving back: Nursing school shines in faculty/staff/retiree campaign

Perhaps it’s not surprising that the UW’s top-rated School of Nursing is also a leader in philanthropy.

Study: Common tests miss some breast cancer genes

Despite a negative (normal) genetic test for mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, about 12 percent of breast cancer patients from high-risk families carried previously undetected cancer-associated mutations, according to a study in the March 22/29 issue of JAMA.

Regional programs key to top ranking

The School of Medicine’s top ranking in primary-care training and in its teaching programs in family medicine and in rural health are clearly related to the strength of regional programs and training sites, medical school leaders said.

Speaker Kenyon discovered hormones that control aging

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Anatomia Corporum Humanorum: Rare 1739 volume donated

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Health Sciences News Briefs

What’s cultural competency?

A development workshop, open to health sciences faculty will explore what cultural competency means in different settings and present tools and skill sets for use in medical settings.