August 3, 2006
Health Sciences News Briefs
MEDEX’s Ballweg honored
Ruth Ballweg, program director of MEDEX Northwest, the UW’s physician assistant program, has received the Washington Rural Health Association’s Outstanding Contribution to Rural Health Award.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Official Notices
English Language Courses
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.
Faubion named student regent
Jennifer Faubion, a third-year law student from Kapowsin, Wash.
Old, new skills combine to help student launch research project
By Liorah Wichser
Biology
In the Botany Greenhouse’s largest research room, a strange machine built mostly out of wood and pulleys spins two vertical wheels at different speeds powered by a small motor.
More than 20,000 pounds of reusable items collected from dorms
A total of 20,430 pounds of reusable materials was diverted from the landfill-bound waste stream during Summer Scram 2006.
Gift creates lecture series at UW Tacoma
Beginning in 2008, UW Tacoma will host a lecture series featuring prominent speakers on the UW Tacoma campus, thanks to a $1 million pledge by Arthur R.
Etc: Campus news & notes
NURSING PATRIOTISM: The U.
Public service law veteran is Gates director
The UW School of Law has hired Michele Storms as executive director of the William H.
Free Summer Orchestra concert Aug. 8
The UW Summer Orchestra, conducted by Philip Tschopp, will present a free concert at 7:30 p.
July 20, 2006
Expanding in Spokane: Proposal presented to increase medical, dental education in Spokane
By Tina Mankowski & Leila Gray
News & Community Relations
The University of Washington, Washington State University and Eastern Washington University plan to expand Spokane’s medical and dental education programs to meet the need for physicians and dentists locally and in nearby rural towns.
UWMC again ranked among nation’s best
UW Medical Center has ranked in the top 10 among the nation’s best hospitals for fourth consecutive year, according to U.
Pre-proposals for innovation fund due Sept. 25
UW TechTransfer has announced that two-page pre-proposals requesting Technology Gap Innovation Fund (TGIF) money are due in the office of UW TechTransfer on Sept.
Etc: News & notes from around campus
PSYCHED UP: The Department of Psychology announced its annual honors.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
In touch with art: Harborview hosts work of Seattle Braille artist
By Peggy Weis
Harborview Art Program Manager
As part of the Harborview art program’s series of temporary public art exhibitions, photographs from Seattle artist Spike Mafford’s “Braille Portfolio” are currently on view in the medical center’s Ground West Lobby, cafeteria, and the foyer of the Research & Training Building.
Couple creates fellowship with pledge
Dr.
EPA supports UW pesticide research with $750,000 grant
The U.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Cultural proficiency center gets director
Amen Tsegai has been named project director for the Center for Cultural Proficiency in Medical Education, a new National Institutes of Health-funded initiative to increase cultural competency training of medical students, residents and faculty.
Banks book wins stellar reviews
Education Professor James Banks spent the past school year as a Spencer Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, where he also finished a new book that was published to excellent reviews.
Official Notices
VA seeks participants for alcohol study
The UW and the Seattle VA are looking for people ages 18 to 65 who use alcohol frequently, have problems with it, and want to stop using it.
Newsmakers
UNPAID INTERNS: A May 30 article in The New York Times took up the issue of internships, especially those without pay, and their effect on individual careers and the work culture in general.
Peer Portfolio
ACTING OUT: A certain section of a Statistics 101 class at the University of Missouri-Columbia was not quite what it seemed, according to an article in Mizzou Weekly, the university’s newspaper.
July 18, 2006
High court decision dumping exclusionary rule undermines established balance
Knock knock.
July 6, 2006
UW says goodbye to Denton
An informal gathering for Denice Denton’s UW colleagues and friends is scheduled for 1 p.
Magazine’s ‘Best Doctors’ edition features several UW stories
The July issue of Seattle Metropolitan magazine includes a number of stories about Health Sciences and UW Medicine.
Physician Scientist Early Career Award for Martin
Dr.
Hormone treatment may improve cognition in seniors
Dr.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Support for geriatric nursing career
Dr.
UWT sees fitness center in its future
UW Tacoma faculty and staff and students who want to work out at work will be able to starting this fall — at UWT’s new fitness center.
Changes to HR5290 the subject of ‘Grass Routes’
A number of Northwest artists, writers, musicians and dancers will gather on Friday, July 21, for a multidisciplinary festival called Grass Routes, designed to invite exploration of the effects of State Route 520 and its famous floating bridge on the surrounding natural environment.
Etc: News & Notes from Around Campus
MAHLER MANIA: The Northwest Mahler Festival is not a UW organization, but you wouldn’t know it from the program of their July 18 concert in Meany Hall.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo at right was taken somewhere on campus. June 22, 2006 Safeco Field is sporting a new health care partner this season as part of a sponsorship agreement between UW Medicine and the Seattle Mariners. The building at 815 Mercer Street has been named the Brotman Building in honor of UW Regent Jeff Brotman and his wife, Susan Brotman. Crittenden twice honored Dr. UW President Mark Emmert was in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai June 12-21, meeting with dignitaries, educators and government officials. TOURING TROMBONIST: School of Music doctoral trombone student Philip B. By Elaine Kraft The Empty Suitcase Theater Company, a student theater group of the UW Bothell, will be traveling to Tuscany this month at the invitation of the international student theater festival in Arezzo, Italy. WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Ballpark buddies: Mariners & UW Medicine
Call it the Brotman Building
Health Sciences News Briefs
Blog, photos let campus share China trip with President Emmert
Etc: News & Notes from around campus
UWB theater group heads to Italy
UW Bothell
Mystery Photo
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