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COVER GUYS: Housing and Food Services’ Paul Brown and Jean-Michel Boulot grace a magazine cover this month, but it isn’t Gentleman’s Quarterly.

Mystery Photo

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

New UW Tacoma chancellor eager for challenges

Patricia Spakes believes it’s her destiny to be at UW Tacoma.

Low oxygen may have helped ‘Great Dying’

The biggest mass extinction in Earth history, some 251 million years ago, was preceded by elevated extinction rates before the main event and was followed by a delayed recovery that lasted for millions of years.

An early American theater lost … and found

It all started with an old hole in the ground discovered on the 301-acre site of the Colonial Williamsburg living museum in Virginia.

Riding herd: UW parking enforcer saves time with a Segway scooter

It’s all in the heels and toes, “Tone” says.

Magnuson scholars work on projects; next scholars

Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2004-2005 academic year.

The environment we build: Richard Jackson to speak on getting into shape

We affect the environment by what we build, but what we build, in turn, affects us and our health.

April 19, 2005

Method shows how precisely gene expression signals are copied in DNA replication

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.

April 18, 2005

To sea or not to sea: When it comes to salmon sex, size sometimes doesn’t matter

The ones that stay and the ones that stray are biological puzzles among Pacific salmon, of whom the vast majority — but not all — travel thousands of miles to sea and back to the streams where they hatched.

Engineering Open House 2005 brings Puget Sound students, technology together

What: The 2005 Engineering Open House at the University of Washington

Who: Thousands of schoolchildren from around the region, their teachers, parents and UW engineering faculty and students

When: Friday, April 22, 9 a.

April 15, 2005

Steven G. Olswang appointed interim chancellor at UW Bothell

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April 14, 2005

Low oxygen likely made ‘Great Dying’ worse, greatly delayed recovery

The biggest mass extinction in Earth history some 251 million years ago was preceded by elevated extinction rates before the main event and was followed by a delayed recovery that lasted for millions of years.

State may have budget by April 24 deadline

An unusual degree of consensus is emerging from the legislative budget process, with funding of higher education remaining as one of the major differences among the state budgets proposed by the Governor, the Senate, and the House.

Location found for genes that contribute to dyslexia

Researchers trying to tease out the genetic basis of dyslexia have discovered a genetic location that may contain one or more genes that contribute to the reading disorder and make it difficult for people to rapidly pronounce pseudowords.

Grant leads to expansion of African Studies

The UW’s African Studies Program, after years of fruitless search for stable funding, has snagged its first federal grant and announced an expansion of classes and outreach activity.

Canopy crane featured in forestry service film

The story of the U.

Your opinion needed: UW Image Bank surveys faculty, staff on photo use

The organizers of the UW Image Bank, a new online digital image resource, are conducting a digital image use survey April 11 to 22 and seeking help from UW faculty, staff and students.

To sea or not to sea? Some chinook salmon stay and succeed

The ones that stay and the ones that stray are biological puzzles among Pacific salmon, of whom the vast majority — but not all — travel thousands of miles to sea and back to the streams where they hatched.

Much talk of teaching — and a little singing — at April 19 showcase

What if you could get new ideas for teaching the same way you go shopping? You browse a bit, checking out what’s on the rack, then talk to someone about the things that interest you.

Two UW faculty members awarded Guggenheim fellowships

Two UW faculty members — David Shields of English and Mark Ellis of geography — have been chosen to receive Guggenheim Fellowship Awards for 2005.

UW math ‘magician’ scores another win in international competition

If you ask about Professor Jim Morrow at the UW math department, people tend to use words like “amazing,” “astounding” and “wizard.

Mystery Photo

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

UW community to shine in first-ever ‘Washington Weekend’

With popular lectures, tours, open houses, music, drama, dance, discussions and a healthy dose of springtime football in the planning, the UW community is preparing to show its stuff at Washington Weekend, a new campuswide celebration that organizers hope will become an annual tradition — maybe even several new traditions.

April 13, 2005

UW team takes top honors in international math contest fourth year straight

A team of three University of Washington undergraduates has taken top honors in an intensely competitive international math contest, putting the university in the winner’s bracket for the fourth year in a row.

April 11, 2005

Journalists to gather Friday at UW to gauge tsunami coverage

The wave of news coverage of December’s Indian Ocean tsunami — 35,000 reports, by one count — surpassed coverage of the year’s other Top 10 disasters combined.

April 8, 2005

Paralytic shellfish toxins cause mutation that allows clams to accumulate 100 times more toxin

Exposure to toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning can result in a mutation that makes some clams much more resistant to the toxin, which can result in a greater danger to humans, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature.

April 7, 2005

James Jiambalvo named dean of UW Business School

James Jiambalvo, a UW professor of accounting whose research includes audit decision-making, the relationships between stock prices and information, and earnings management, has been selected by UW President Mark Emmert as the new dean of the University of Washington Business School, subject to approval by the Board of Regents.

Award winners named: Faculty, staff, honored for teaching, mentoring, service

More than 20 individuals and units are being honored this year as part of the annual Universitywide awards program.

UW medical school top-ranked nationally — again

The UW again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.