Faculty Dance Concert Nov. 29 – Dec.2

The UW Dance Program will offer its annual Faculty Dance Concert Nov.

November 8, 2007

Watching violence on TV linked to later trouble for young boys

Early viewing of violent television programs is linked to later aggressive and anti-social behavior in boys and doubles the risk of future childhood attention problems, according to a pair of news studies published Monday in the November issue of Pediatrics.

Etc.: News & Notes

STUDENTS FOR SERVICE: A team of UW landscape architecture students has been selected from hundreds of national and international entries for an award in the community service category from the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Organ, piano concerts set this week

Kathrine Handford will perform works by Buxtehude, Bach, Bartok and others at an organ concert Sunday, Nov.

’Tis the season to check policy on inclement weather

With the change of seasons it’s time to familiarize yourself with the University policies that apply during periods of severe weather, and in the event of a temporary suspension of nonessential operations.

100 years and counting: Forest Resources celebrates centennial with research showcase, gala

Tuition early on was $10 a semester and courses ranged from wood technology — including learning how to recognize the commercial timbers of the United States and know their properties — to forest protection, which mainly concerned how to thwart fungi, insect pests and forest fires on timberlands.

Rossnagel at Red Cross, making an immediate difference

Name: Laurie Rossnagel

UW job: Administrator for Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems.

Solar power documentary to be shown Nov. 19

A documentary film on solar power, the brainchild of Nobel Prize winner Walter Kohn, will be shown Nov.

Mystery Photos

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

Safety and students is topic of workshop

“Addressing Faculty and TA Questions about Safety and Our Students” is the title of a workshop to be held from 3 to 5 p.

3,000 tiles light up 1,001 nights

As the plot of Arabian Nights, the next play from the UW School of Drama, is slowly revealed, so will the specially created floor covering begin to show its true pattern.

Provost’s town meeting set for Nov. 14

Provost Phyllis Wise will hold a town meeting at 3:30 p.

Official Notices

Board of Regents

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

Fenske wins top environmental, occupational health award

By Kathy Hall
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

Richard Fenske, professor and associate chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA) for his contributions to the assessment and mitigation of human exposure to chemical hazards.

Zieniewicz takes the helm of UW Medical Center

Stephen P.

UWMC to provide patient housing at Collegiana

By Mary Guiden
News & Community Relations

UW Medical Center took ownership of the Collegiana, a small former inn located across 12th Avenue N.

Etc

PRODUCTIVE FACULTY: Forty-two areas of study at the UW have been rated in the top 10 on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, and three of those have been rated number one.

November 1, 2007

Dental student receives Tanaka Humanitarian Award

By Dana Robinson Slote
School of Dentistry

Rosana Bishai, UW School of Dentistry student, has been selected as the 2007 Academy of Dentistry International Terry T.

Thomas to give Science in Medicine Lecture Nov. 14

Wendy Thomas, assistant professor in the Department of Bioengineering, will give the New Investigator Science in Medicine Lecture Wednesday, Nov.

In brief

UWMC’s Krabak and Kaufman to discuss musculoskeletal issues on Patient Power radio program Nov.