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February 15, 2007

Photo software creates 3-D world

In the digital age, organizing a photo collection has gone from bad to worse.


E-learning classes now available free for UW staffers

It’s not news that SkillSoft e-Learning classes are available to UW staff members.


Good dog: Canine bomb detector Kali becomes a Husky

This week the UW Police Department swore in a new recruit, but she didn’t speak during the ceremony — at least not in English.


Pianist Juana Zayas to perform Feb. 20

Pianist Juana Zayas will perform at 8 p.


Creativity is subject for Practical Pedagogy program

“Cultivating ‘Creativity’ in the Classroom” is the next presentation in the Practical Pedagogy series.


Edwards psychology lectures begin Feb. 21

The Allen L.


Guitars, double bass, piano among latest from School of Music

The UW School of Music has several concert events in coming days, including guitar students, a double bass player and guest artists the Affinity Ensemble and pianist Christina Valdes.


Parsons Dance company coming to Meany

The UW World Series will present the renowned Parsons Dance company in performance Feb.


‘Getting it exactly right’: Eric McHenry, associate editor of ‘Columns,’ wins poetry award

Eric McHenry, associate editor of the UW’s Columns magazine, is the winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award for his first book of poetry, Potscrubber Lullabies.


Mystery Photo

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


Researcher fuses twin passions — science and music

Eric Rynes is a research scientist in the Department of Genome Sciences.


February 14, 2007

Photo software creates 3-D world

In the digital age, organizing a photo collection has gone from bad to worse.


February 13, 2007

Glaciers not on simple, upward trend of melting

Two of Greenland’s largest glaciers shrank dramatically and dumped twice as much ice into the sea during a period of less than a year between 2004 and 2005.


February 12, 2007

Rotten to the core: How workplace ‘bad apples’ spoil barrels of good employees

Look around any organization and chances are you’ll be able to find at least one person whose negative behavior affects the rest of the group to varying degrees.


Mobile phones facilitate romance in modern India

Although mobile phones have long been a part of the business community, they are quietly becoming entrenched in personal lives.


Habitat matters: ‘Walkable’ communities may make elders healthier

Some of a neighborhood’s features — the length of its blocks, how many grocery stores or restaurants are nearby — may be more than selling points for real estate agents.


February 8, 2007

HR unveils new, user-friendly Web site

The UW Human Resources Web site has a new look as of Feb.


Workshop set for faculty mothers-to-be

Balance@UW, an initiative to help faculty balance their academic careers with their personal lives, is offering sessions for faculty women who are pregnant or in the process of adoption.


UW leaders invited to values seminar

Leaders at all levels of the UW are invited to attend a seminar, “Creating a Values-Based Culture: The Role of Leaders at the University,” from 8:30 a.


UWB artist-in-residence offers public programs

The UW Bothell Initiative for Creativity, Performance and Research will feature Matthew Burtner as its artist in residence this month.


Etc: Campus news and notes

FIRST-RATE FUNDERS: The UW’s Combined Fund Drive (CFD), and the people who make it happen, have received an armload of awards from King County’s CFD office.


Uniquely Washington: She uses the law to help vulnerable young people

Editor’s note: Uniquely Washington is a bi-weekly column featuring one of the University’s most important resources — our people.


Endowment celebrates 10 years of supporting student development

In 1997, Suzanne Jeneby went to Kenya as a 21-year-old Washington native, bringing nothing but a backpack and a determination to volunteer in a hospital.


Mystery photo

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


Iranian film series slated

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization is presenting a series of films from Iran in collaboration with the Seattle Art Museum.


Class Notes: Global Imaginations

Class Title: Tacoma Global Honors Program: Global Imaginations, taught by Sam Parker.


A wide-angle view of UWTV

The camera’s in tight; we’re watching a close-up shot.


Official notices

Board of Regents

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


Generation IX: Documentary follows UW women athletes, beneficiaries of Title IX

They’ve won the national championship, met President George W.


Wilson honored by research library group

Lizabeth (Betsy) Wilson, dean of University Libraries, is the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year.


Soot in air increases heart attack risk

The yellowish haze you may have seen floating at the edge of the horizon on a sunny Seattle day is doing more than clouding the view of Mount Rainier.


UW researcher: New ‘digital divide’ separating parents and kids

The digital divide is no longer just a term to connote the differences in Internet use between the rich and the poor.


A conversation with Teri Brentnall

In December, Dr.


UW launches new Molecular Medicine Training Program

Roberta Wilkes
Department of Medicine


Many engaged in the fundamental study of human biology would like their work applied to improving health and advancing the understanding and treatment of disease.


Improving health literacy one contact at a time — UW Health Sciences Library is a regional resource

Most people on campus know the UW Health Sciences Library as a font of health information for students, staff and faculty.


Health Sciences news in brief

Harris leads Health Promotion Research Center


Dr.


Microsurgery and Super Glue show how antennae aid moth navigation

Two-winged insects such as houseflies and mosquitoes that are active during the light of day rely on their vision for flight control, but they also get help from organs called halteres, which grow where a second set of wings might otherwise be found and aid in navigation.


February 5, 2007

‘Good vibrations’ from deep-sea smokers may keep fish out of hot water


So you’re a fish.


February 2, 2007

Northwest scientists contribute to international report, see increased warming

Climate scientists from the Pacific Northwest, many from the University of Washington, have played key roles in a major new international study that shows climate change will have serious effects on the world in the coming decades.


February 1, 2007

Health Information Resource Center available for all

UW Medical Center’s Health Information Resource Center, which opened last fall, fills many needs.



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