April 26, 2007
Remodel of Health Sciences G & H wings under way
Work has begun to turn the courtyard between Pacific Street and the Rotunda at the base of the Health Sciences Building’s I wing into a delivery and staging area for the project to remodel the G and H wings of the building.
deTornyay Lecture to examine healthy aging and dementia
How caregivers of those with dementia can improve quality of life for themselves and their patients or loved ones is the topic of the School of Nursing’s annual de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging Spring Lecture on Thursday, May 3, from 3 to 4 p.
April 25, 2007
Autism conference to look at link to mercury poisoning, mirror neurons, genetics
More than 900 scientists, parents and activists from around the world who are focused on understanding the causes of autism and finding treatments for the developmental disorder will gather in Seattle May 3-5 to share the latest research findings at the sixth International Meeting for Autism Research.
April 24, 2007
Space launchers, robotic fish will be on display at Engineering Open House
It’s somewhere between a carnival and a trip to a mad scientist’s lab.
Standardized testing of college students won’t work, says new book by UW researchers
“Inside the Undergraduate Experience: The University of Washington’s Study of Undergraduate Learning” by Catharine Hoffman Beyer, Gerald M.
April 19, 2007
Real and important work: Keystone projects connect UW grad students to pressing regional environmental issues
Will Mari
University Week intern
Graduate school is often thought of as a place for lofty thoughts and ethereal intellectual experiences, but the Program on the Environment (PoE) offers a Keystone course that is anything but abstract.
A week of variety from the School of Music
Latin Caribbean music, Indian music, J.
Northwest company rolls out toothbrush invented at the UW
A new product developed from technology invented at the UW aims to change the way you brush your teeth.
Official notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Applications Invited
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.
Karina Walters to give Samuel E. Kelly Lecture April 26
Karina L.
Raymond Jonas named to Costigan endowed professorship
UW History Professor Raymond Jonas, an expert in the field of European and African history, has been named the inaugural Giovanni and Amne Costigan Endowed Professor in History.
Lecture series focuses on early childhood development
Beyond cooing and cuteness, early childhood is absolutely critical to every human being’s development.
Oceanographer flags dangers of ocean warming, acidification in April 23 lecture
The one-two punch of global warming and a chemical change in ocean waters because of human-caused carbon dioxide is the topic of the lecture Monday, April 23, titled Global Warming and Ocean Acidification: Double Trouble for Marine Ecosystems.
Mystery photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Teaching, learning methods on display at symposium
Too many students in Biology 180 were floundering, so instructor Scott Freeman and his colleagues made the students and the course a research project.
Vice chancellor for academic affairs named at UWT
By Sandra Sarr
UW Tacoma
Beth Rushing has been named vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the UW Tacoma.
Kavanagh to head transport services
Joshua Kavanagh, associate director of Parking and Transportation Services at the University of New Mexico, has been named the director of Transportation Services at the UW.
Prof uncovers humanity’s dirty little secret in new book
Throughout history civilizations expanded as they sought new soil to feed their populations, then ultimately fell as they wore out or lost the dirt they depended upon.
Champion of the environment: Law school’s Bill Rodgers to be celebrated Earth Day weekend
By Shari Ireton
Law School
It probably comes as no surprise that the person regarded as a pioneering leader in environmental law has spent most of his career in Seattle.
Basu on front lines of social justice fight
For Sutapa Basu, fighting for social justice has been a constant refrain ever since her childhood in India.
Etc: Campus news and notes
TOPS IN PEACE: Washington D.
Staging Stoppard’s ‘Arcadia’
The UW School of Drama will present Tom Stoppard’s multiple award-winning Arcadia, directed by Tamara Fisch, April 22 through May 6 in the Playhouse Theatre.
Travels with Raven: UW surgical robot going undersea in simulation
This week Raven, the mobile surgical robot developed by the UW, leaves for its first trip to the Atlantic Ocean.
Kenyon Chan chosen as UWB chancellor
UW President Mark A.
Two UW profs named Guggenheim Fellows
Two UW professors are among 189 artists, scholars, and scientists chosen as Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Community Celebration, honoring faculty and staff, is part of annual Washington Weekend April 26-28
John Marmor
Alumni Association
A special UW Community Celebration for faculty and staff is one of the highlights of the third annual Washington Weekend, which will take place from April 26 to 28 at all three UW campuses
Washington Weekend is the time every spring when the UW offers a long weekend of open houses, lectures, hands-on exhibits and more.
Genome Symposium: ‘Pests, Plagues & Plants’ April 25
The UW’s Sixth Annual Genome Sciences Symposium takes place all day Wednesday, April 25, at the W.
Iraqi casualty research lecture April 20
Dr.
ThINK: Subject Recruitment and Retention, April 25 & May 8
The Investigator Needs to Know (ThINK) seminar presents a two-part lecture series, Subject Recruitment and Retention: Strategies that Work, Wednesday, April 25, and Tuesday, May 8, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.
Stephen Harrison to give Neurath Lecture May 3
The 23rd Annual Hans Neurath Lecture will be given by Stephen C.
Cardiothoracic surgery welcomes Dr. Larry Kaiser April 20
Dr.
Strandness found new way to diagnose vascular disease
In the 1960s, Dr.
Innovation, patients at heart of vascular research
Dr.
Katterman Lecture April 28: Pharmacy Revolution
The 28th Annual Katterman Lecture, Profitability and the Pharmacy Revolution: Keys to Profitability in Traditional Pharmacy Practice and the Growing Clinical Services Sector, will be presented by the UW School of Pharmacy Saturday, April 28, from 8:30 a.
Ceremony honoring Robert Petersdorf April 30
A ceremony scheduled for April 30 will honor the late Robert G.
Debra Schwinn to chair Dept. of Anesthesiology
Debra Schwinn, a leading physician scientist in medical genomics, molecular pharmacology, and cardiac anesthesia, has been named the new chair of the UW Department of Anesthesiology, effective May 1.
UW scientists advance macaque genome research
An international consortium of scientists has completed a draft sequence of the genome of the rhesus macaque, a species of non-human primate that is widely used for creating models of human diseases and infections.
April 18, 2007
Robotic surgeon to team up with doctors, astronauts on NASA mission
This week Raven, the mobile surgical robot developed by the University of Washington, leaves for the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
April 16, 2007
Earth’s dirty little secret: Slowly but surely we are skinning our planet
Throughout history civilizations expanded as they sought new soil to feed their populations, then ultimately fell as they wore out or lost the dirt they depended upon.
April 13, 2007
Kenyon S. Chan selected as chancellor of UW Bothell
University of Washington President Mark A.
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