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Mystery Photo

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

Bored gods, high satire in lively opera

The UW School of Music’s spring opera, Orphee aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), will be presented next week in Meany Theater.

New ‘Society and Oceans’ course designed to focus beyond basic science

While Patrick Christie is trying to shake up the way undergraduates frame issues in the new course “Society and the Oceans,” the UW is trying to frame the large lecture class in new ways as well.

From punch cards to the Web: Washburn looks back

The weekend after he took up his duties as UW registrar in 1969, Tim Washburn took his family on an outing to dig razor clams.

Roger Perlmutter returns to give Krebs Lecture on drug discovery

Dr.

Beavo to speak on work with phosphodiesterases

Walk to a sink, in a kitchen or a bathroom, and turn on the faucet.

May 3, 2005

Washington students honored for outstanding verbal, mathematical abilities

More than 1,100 fifth through eighth graders from across Washington will be honored Saturday on the Seattle campus of the University of Washington for their outstanding verbal and/or mathematical talents.

Backlog of community college transfers to UW is eliminated

There is currently no waiting list for community college students eligible to transfer to the University of Washington in Seattle.

Color coding by size helps caregivers treat young patients with greater accuracy

Sick and injured children come in all sizes, challenging their caregivers to provide them with appropriate doses of medication and other necessary therapies.

May 2, 2005

Plan to improve accountability of nonprofits to be discussed May 19

WHAT: Briefing on proposals for Congress to improve oversight and accountability of charities.

April 29, 2005

Hans Christian Andersen exhibit planned

To celebrate the 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875), Suzzallo Library will feature a special exhibition from May 3 to Aug.

April 28, 2005

Dr. Deb Harper heads eastern Washington clinical training programs

Spokane pediatrician Dr.

New state budget draws president’s praise

The Washington State Legislature passed a budget for higher education in the coming biennium that was a compromise between versions passed by the state House and the Senate.

A&S council rethinking how writing is taught

A proposed change in the writing requirement for students in the College of Arts and Sciences will be among the items under discussion next week at a meeting sponsored by the college’s Writing Council.

UW researcher: Public should be educated about growing danger of tsunamis

The tsunami that devastated south Asia coastlines and killed more than 200,000 people last December is a powerful reminder of just how dangerous those waves can be to humans.

The budget will tell: Student Services likely funded but other TRIO programs may be cut

Concerns are heightened on the UW campus over the fate of the federally funded programs grouped under the title TRIO, whose aim is to increase higher education access for low-income students and those who are the first in their families to attend college.

Contest honors outstanding student portfolios

Student digital portfolios have become an increasingly popular means to assess student learning.

McNair Program students and others to hold annual conference in HUB

The UW Office of Minority Affairs’ Ronald E McNair Program/ Early Identification Program and the Graduate School’s Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program will hold their 13th annual spring research conference Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7, in the HUB.

Ground broken for UWT housing, parking complex

UW Tacoma broke ground this week for Court 17, the new housing and parking complex to be developed through a public/private partnership.

Alaska Salmon Program gets $2 million grant

The UW Alaska Salmon Program, the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.

Was justice served or sacrificed? Play explores famous San Francisco murders

When Dan White was tried for the 1978 murders of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and member of the Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk, was it an execution of justice as in carrying out justice, or was it an execution of justice as in killing justice?

The double meaning is entirely deliberate in the title of the School of Drama’s latest production, Execution of Justice, which opened last night in Meany Studio Theater and will run through May 8.

Clinton cabinet member to speak at commencement

The Honorable Robert E.

Rubber soles ready? Welcome the 2005 Walk In

Aw, just take a walk, why dontcha.

Mystery Photo

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

April 26, 2005

Robert Rubin, former Secretary of the Treasury, to be UW Commencement speaker

The Honorable Robert E.

Alaskan puzzles, monitoring provide insight about North Pacific salmon runs

The University of Washington Alaska Salmon Program, the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.

South Asia disaster shows tsunamis are an ongoing threat to humans

The tsunami that devastated south Asia coastlines and killed more than 200,000 people last December is a powerful reminder of just how dangerous those waves can be to humans.

April 25, 2005

Washington Legislature strengthens booster seat law

Washington’s Child Restraint Law, passed in 2002 as the first such law to be enacted in the U.

April 21, 2005

President’s initiative launched

President Emmert’s leadership initiative is up and running and being fine-tuned in the early stages as the team prepares to launch a campuswide information gathering effort.

Olswang named interim chancellor at UW Bothell

Steven G.

Consider the calico: ‘Methylation’ shows how DNA is expressed

Genetic information that determines hair color or whether an individual might develop a particular cancer is passed from one generation to the next through DNA.