July 10, 2008
UW Medicine lands top information technology award
The Cerner/ORCA CIS Replacement (CISR) project has been named IT Project of the Year by Advance for Health Information Executives, an industry publication for health care executives.
Tremendous losses shape ‘interesting’ life
By Cynthia Salzman
Rehabilitation Medicine
Aditya Ganapathiraju uses the word “interesting” to describe his life so far.
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SHE’S GOLDEN: Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the UW’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences and its NSF Science of Learning Center, was awarded the Acoustical Society of America’s Gold Medal, its highest award.
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Tickets still available for Mariners game July 18
A thousand UW faculty, staff and alumni have signed up to watch the Seattle Mariners battle the Cleveland Indians on July 18 — but there are 500 tickets still available.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Thursday, July 17, at 3 p.
Grabbing lunch in summer: More options than you think
As summer settles over the UW’s Seattle campus, employees all ask the same question sooner or later: “Hey, what’s open for lunch on campus these days?”
It’s a good question, because with most students gone and demand down, many campus eateries shut down for a while, at least in early summer.
‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day’ at the Henry
It’s cool to combine jazz and art, and that’s what’s happening from noon to 1 p.
School of Music presents free concerts July 20, 22
The School of Music will celebrate summer with a pair of free concerts in the coming week.
June 26, 2008
Harborview celebrates opening of Maleng Building
By Steve Butler & Susan Gregg-Hanson
Harborview Community Relations
On Tuesday, June 17, Harborview Medical Center, King County and UW Medicine celebrated the opening of the Norm Maleng Building, a major new facility on the Harborview campus.
Ellen Howard honored with 2008 DeBakey Outreach Award
Ellen Howard, UW Health Sciences librarian at Harborview and UW medical centers, has received the prestigious Michael E.
Welcome back, Broken Obelisk
Broken Obelisk returned to campus June 19 after a little more than two months in the shop for repairs.
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FALCON CREST: Employees in Creative Communications have enjoyed watching a family of peregrine falcons that is hunting from and feeding its young on the roof of their building lately.
Veteran high-tech executive named to head TechTransfer
A veteran executive of Seattle’s high-tech community has been named to lead UW TechTransfer, the unit that commercializes the results of UW research.
Agreement creates exchange with Australian university
The UW has signed an agreement with the University of Queensland, in Australia, that will provide new opportunities for academic exchanges, joint research projects and coordination of science outreach to K-12 students.
Football tickets discounted for faculty, staff
Faculty and staff can enjoy an exciting seven-game home football schedule this fall, including BYU, Oklahoma and Notre Dame, among others, by purchasing season tickets.
Regents OK new college, tuition hike
The UW Board of Regents approved the creation of a College of the Environment, as well as a tuition increase for undergraduates, at its June meeting.
Photographers display alternate methods in exhibit
When Kodak introduced its modestly priced and readily accessible box camera in 1888, the company’s slogan, “You press the button, we do the rest,” proposed that anyone could become a photographer.
Tool lets the blind surf Web anywhere
Visions of future technology don’t involve being chained to a desktop machine.
Educational outreach honors standout teachers
Three regular UW faculty members are among six instructors named by UW Educational Outreach as recipients of a 2008 Teaching Excellence Award.
Official Notices
Online asbestos training required for UW employees
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) requires the UW to provide general asbestos awareness training to all UW employees.
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Scientists find 245 million-year-old burrows of land vertebrates in Antarctica
For the first time paleontologists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods — land vertebrates with four legs or leglike appendages — in Antarctica dating from the Early Triassic epoch, about 245 million years ago.
June 5, 2008
UW Commencements planned June 13, 14, 15
UW President Mark A.
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Attention researchers: Office moves coming up
Does your department or unit have business pending with the Human Subjects Division or the Office of Sponsored Programs?
If so, remember that both offices are moving to UW Tower over the next two weekends, which will cause a brief interruption of their service.
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EMMY EXCELLENCE: UWTV Production, the UW’s television production facility, has earned an Emmy nomination from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its outstanding production Inside Access: Daniel’s Story.
Baldasty named interim vice provost, graduate dean
Gerald (Jerry) Baldasty, chair and professor of communication, has been named interim vice provost and dean of The Graduate School effective Aug.
Nominees sought for diversity award
Nominations for the 2008 Diversity Award for Community Building are now being accepted.
Faculty Senate chair looks back
What a year! It went by in a flash, with some goals accomplished and others not.
Official notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Thursday, June 12, at 1 p.
Chinese sport paper-cutting exhibit comes to Suzzallo
A traveling exhibit of paper art from the People’s Republic of China titled Cutting Ribbons for the Olympics: Exhibition of Chinese Folk Sport Paper Cuts will be on display in Room 102 of Suzzallo Library today through Aug.
‘University Week’ then and now: An open future online, starting in September
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turned 25 years old.
Labor, environmentalists seek good green jobs
As part of its response to climate change and the need to rebuild our stumbling economy, Washington state has set a goal of creating 25,000 “green” jobs.
May 30, 2008
200 Washington, Oregon families with one autistic child each sought for study
Scientists searching for the causes of autism are taking a new and hard look at families who have only one child with the developmental disorder.
May 29, 2008
Pharmacy students’ public service announcement urges sun protection
By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy
The National Cancer Institute estimates that more than 62,400 new cases of melanoma — a malignant form of skin cancer — will occur in the United States in 2008.
C. Everett Koop to be honored at Children’s Hospital June 4
Former Surgeon General of the United States C.
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Dawg Daze presenters wanted
Jen Drumm, The coordinator of Dawg Daze, the annual event welcoming new students to campus, is looking for faculty and staff who are interested in participating.
UW Botanic Gardens offers session on greening your home
UW Botanic Gardens will present a program on greening your home at 7 p.
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