January 29, 2009
Saving carpet from the landfill, five tons at a time
By Breona Gutschmidt
Facilities Services
Not long ago, a Facilities Services shop that handles flooring diverted its first dumpster-full of old carpet from a dead end in the landfill to a new life as recycled carpet.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
University Symphony.
Winners of the October 27 concerto competition perform with the University Symphony.
Technical Communication adopts new name: Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering
As of this month the 20-year-old department of Technical Communication, which began its life 35 years ago as a program in the UW’s College of Engineering, has a new name.
January 28, 2009
Some of Earth’s climate troubles should face burial at sea, scientists say
Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues — the stalks and such left after harvesting — and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by up to 15 percent a year, according to just published calculations.
Annual Faculty Lecture.
Annual Faculty Lecture.
January 27, 2009
UW’s Neighborhood Clinics earn fourth consecutive perfect score from national accrediting organization
The UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics recently received a score of 100 percent in a survey conducted by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
January 26, 2009
How to snowshoe.
How to snowshoe.
January 24, 2009
The World in Your Cup.
Opening events for the Burke Museum’s new exhibit, Coffee: The World in Your Cup.
Wagner and Mahler.
The Seattle-based Lake Union Civic Orchestra is joined by baritone soloist Clayton Brainerd.
January 23, 2009
Advancing the status of women in Afghanistan with Afghan leader Feb. 5
Sakena Yacoobi will offer insights into the Afghan women’s struggles 11:30 a.
Job seeking in 2009.
Part of the 10th annual Career Discovery Week, the full name of the event is “Job Seeking 2009: The Cold Hard Truth & What You Can Do About It.
January 22, 2009
Infants draw on past to interpret present, understand other people’s behavior
The old real estate maxim “location, location, location” also plays a role in how infants learn to understand the ambiguous actions and behavior of other people.
Tree death rate in Pacific Northwest doubled in 17 years
Trees are dying twice as fast as they did three decades ago in older forests of the western United States and scientists suspect warming temperatures are a contributing factor. In the Pacific Northwest and southern British Columbia, the rate of tree death in older coniferous forests doubled in 17 years.
Infants draw on past to interpret present, understand other people’s behavior
The old real estate maxim “location, location, location” also plays a role in how infants learn to understand the ambiguous actions and behavior of other people.
Caffeine fix: The Burke kicks off Coffee Jan. 24 and 25
What’s the story behind your cup of coffee? As the top coffee consumers in the country, most Seattleites can spot a coffee vendor from a mile away.
Enthusiastic audiences attend Martin Luther King Jr. tributes
Programs at Harborview Medical Center on Jan.
‘Astronaut-food approach’ to medical testing: Dehydrated, wallet-sized malaria tests promise better diagnoses in developing world
Researchers at the UW have developed a prototype malaria test printed on a disposable Mylar card that could easily slip into your wallet and still work when you took it out, even months later.
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Tree death rate in Pacific Northwest doubled in 17 years
Trees are dying twice as fast as they did three decades ago in older forests of the western United States and scientists suspect warming temperatures are a contributing factor.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
New data show much of Antarctica is warming more than previously thought
Scientists studying climate change have long believed that while most of the rest of the globe has been getting steadily warmer, a large part of Antarctica — the East Antarctic Ice Sheet — has actually been getting colder.
Career Discovery Week has information for current staff members, too
Career Discovery Week has been a yearly event at the UW for a decade, but this year for the first time a “staff track” will be offered, filled with sessions that might appeal to the already-employed.
Mini-Medical School begins Feb. 3
UW Medicine’s Mini-Medical School, a six-session evening program offered each year at the UW, will begin on Feb.
President Obama’s Dreams from My Father named Common Book for 2009
It seems fitting that in this week of change and inaugural excitement, the UW’s next Common Book should be new President Barack Obama’s 1995 memoir, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.
Surgery checklist proves worth in worldwide study
A year-long World Health Organization pilot program in eight hospitals around the world–including UW Medical Center — has proven conclusively that inpatient deaths can be significantly reduced, along with the rate of major complications after surgery, by following a simple checklist.
UWPD places officer in HUB for lunchtime outreach
Do you have questions about crime prevention or campus safety? Maybe about bike registration or how to secure your electronic equipment?
An officer of the UW Police is now on hand to help for two hours at lunchtime every day — from 11:15 a.
School of Public Health name shortened
On Jan.
Concerto Competition winners solo with the UW Symphony Jan. 29
The UW Symphony will perform at 7:30 p.
UW continues to lead U.S. universities in contributing Peace Corps volunteers
UW graduate students Shella Biallas and Chami Arachchi found multiple reasons to join the Peace Corps.
Charles Hirschman to address immigration in Faculty Lecture
Forget the Mayflower, the Daughters of the American Revolution and even the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Visiting scholar to lecture on antisemitism
Antisemitism: An Eternal Hatred? is the title of a lecture by Steven Beller slated for noon Tuesday, Jan.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
MathAcrossCampus.
Martin Grotschel of the Technical University of Berlin presents “Combinatorial Optimization in Action,” part of the MathAcrossCampus Colloquium series, given by high-level researchers and are open to all.
Witnesses to genocide: Program presents interviews with Rwandan tribunal
Chief Prosecutor Hassan Jallow has confronted individuals responsible for masterminding hundreds of thousands of deaths in Rwanda.
Study questions our understanding of early TB infection
Tuberculosis bacteria can commandeer the body’s defenses in the early stages of infection and redirect them for their own offensive strategies, according to results reported Jan.
January 21, 2009
New data show much of Antarctica is warming more than previously thought
New research shows that, contrary popular belief, much of Antarctica has been warming like the rest of the world for the last 50 years.
Jenny Lewis solo.
Jenny Lewis solo.
January 20, 2009
‘Astronaut food approach’ to medical testing: Dehydrated, wallet-sized malaria tests promise better diagnoses in developing world
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a prototype malaria test printed on a disposable Mylar card that could easily slip into your wallet and still work when you took it out, even months later.
Vatican lecture series.
The first in a five-part series titled “The Vatican in the 20th Century: The Popes Confront a Turbulent World” presented by James Ramon Felak, associate professor of history.
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