Official Notices

Asbestos labeling under way

Starting in September, Facilities Services began labeling selected asbestos-containing materials on campus.

Cheerful Givers group holds workshop at noon today

The campus Cheerful Givers group — which helps homeless and low-income children celebrate birthdays by providing them gift bags — is holding a bag-filling workshop today, Nov.

Internationally known oceanographer’s memorial Nov. 16 on campus

Warren Wooster, who died Oct.

Ballet group returns with new work, ‘Long River, High Sky’

Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet returns to the UW World Series Nov.

A variety of styles coming in performance from the School of Music

Student jazz and chamber music, a Chinese zither soloist and a Hindustani vocalist are among musical performances offered by the School of Music in coming days.

Celebrating centenaries in music

UW music students will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of two composers — Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen — with a performance of their works at 7:30 p.

Children’s author Gerald McDermott to speak on ‘Heroes and Tricksters’

Award-winning children’s author, illustrator and filmmaker Gerald McDermott will speak on Heroes & Tricksters: A Mythic Journey on Nov.

AIDS and STD research symposium set for Nov. 21

The UW Center for AIDS and STD will hold a research symposium from 9 a.

Museum Without Walls project plans meeting Nov. 18

The University District Museum Without Walls volunteers and staff will host a meeting on Tuesday, Nov.

November 6, 2008

The silver lining of lost parking privileges

By Brian Donohue
News & Community Relations

This past springtime I was cheerfully anticipating new work digs.

UW Medical Center expansion project to break ground this winter

By Staishy Siem
News & Community Relations

UW Medical Center is scheduled to break ground this winter on the first phase of a two-part construction project designed to give the hospital much needed space for patient care.

UW Photographers Group launches fall exhibit Nov. 11

The UW Photographers Group fall exhibition will be on display in the UW Medical Center’s Skylight Gallery from November 11 through December.

Inauguration of Diabetes and Obesity Center set for Nov. 14

The inauguration of the new UW Medicine Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence will take place from 1:30 to 6 p.

Mystery Photo

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

Two profs to talk about ‘What Really Happened’ in election

Last spring, UW professors David Domke and Mark Smith made bold presidential predictions during the widely popular “Faith & Finance” lecture series.

Expert on foster care to lecture Nov. 13

There are challenges in the foster care system and UW Professor Mark Courtney, a leading expert on U.

UW Bothell celebrates new Cultural Studies Program with guest lecturer Toby Miller

UW Bothell will celebrate the fall 2008 launch of its Master of Arts in Cultural Studies (MACS) Program with guest lecturer Toby Miller from 6 to 8:30 p.

Second lecture in ‘Lucy Talks’ features forensic anthropologist Nov. 13

In the second lecture of the “Lucy Talks” series, Katherine Taylor, a forensic anthropologist with the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, will discuss the basics of her field and the science of reading bones.

Math series kicks off with talk by Felsenstein

Joseph Felsenstein, professor of Genome Sciences and of Biology at the UW, will speak on Evolutionary Trees, Coalescents and Gene Trees: Can Mathematicians Find the Woods? at 3:30 p.

Man who committed suicide in Red Square identified

The person who committed suicide in Red Square Oct.

Gerberding bells to ring in honor of mathematician

On Sunday Nov.

Official Notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.

Postdocs show their work at 4th annual research symposium Nov. 14 in the HUB

The Fourth Annual UW Postdoctoral Association Research Symposium will be held from 2 to 5 p.

October 30, 2008

UW and WSU researchers target the science behind infectious diseases

It’s not unusual to see news headlines related to salmonella outbreaks, avian flu concerns or mad cow disease.

Sir David Cox to present Biostatistics’ Breslow Distinguished Lecture

One of the seminal statistical thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries, Sir David Cox, will present the Department of Biostatistics’ Norman E.

Beware! Halloween tooth decay is lurking

By Steve Steinberg
School of Dentistry

Many of those who enjoy Halloween will find a scary and unwanted bonus: a crop of cavities on their next visit to the dentist.

High school students attend UW dental camp

Twenty-one students from the Yakima Valley area sampled the oral health profession on Saturday at the School of Dentistry’s annual Dental Camp.

Mystery Photo

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

Is your teenager hiding an eating disorder?

In the United States, as many as 10 in 100 young women suffer from an eating disorder.

UW Bothell hosts two authors at campus library

The UW Bothell is expecting two literary guests in the next week.

Name that dawg

Choose a name for the Husky mascot! The current mascot, “Spirit,” will retire in November.

Woodstick 2008 to benefit hearing research at UW

Celebrity and amatueur drummers in nine cities in the United States and Canada will attempt the world record for the number of drummers playing the same tune at the same time in the same place via the Internet at <A href="http://www.

Somerman affirms School of Dentistry’s mission of social responsibility

By Steve Steinberg
School of Dentistry

Saying, “This is no time to accept the status quo,” Dean Martha Somerman affirmed the UW School of Dentistry’s mission of social responsibility and patient care, progressive oral health training and research leadership in her annual State of the School speech on Oct.