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It looked like an emergency, but it was just a drill. Most of the technology that will be installed as part of the UW smart grid demonstration project is commercially available. The UW Symphony will perform with the winners of the November concerto competition on Thursday, Jan. The UW Office of Technology Transfer is changing its name to the Center for Commercialization, or UWC4C, thus better reflecting what its leader sees as its expanded role at the University.
UW Medicine’s 2010 Mini-Medical School is a series of lectures of interest to the general public. A new resource, sponsored by the UW Alumni Association, is working to create greater awareness of the UW’s contributions and provide opportunities to communicate the university’s value to elected officials, the news media and friends. Despite the emphasis on males in Islam as the primary inheritors of their parents’ legacies, examples abound of famous Muslim fathers who held their daughters in high esteem and even some who regarded them as legitimate successors to their thrones. The famous Mexican film is shown for free as part of the See Movies at Kane series. The risk of complications and early death after commonly performed abdominal surgical procedures appears to be higher among older adults, according to a report from UW researchers in the December issue of <A href="http://archsurg. UW faculty, staff and friends turn the holiday into a day for helping others, with scores of service projects throughout the area. Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, CEO of UW Medicine, executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, will give his annual address.4:30 p.m., Hogness Auditorium, A-420 Health Sciences Center. A seasonal and H1N1 fllu clinic open to faculty and staff eligible for any of the PEBB medical plans. UW epidemiologist Melissa Schiff has had a long-standing interest in injury in pregnancy and motor vehicle crashes, dating back to her training as a physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology in Albuquerque, N. A tribute to Dr. For more than two decades, the cold dark matter theory has been used by cosmologists to explain how the smooth universe born in the big bang more than 13 billion years ago evolved into the filamentary, galaxy-rich cosmic web that we see today. New research led by UW scientists has shown clearly that two relatively nearby stars that normally are surrounded by disks have, at least once, seen those disks completely dissipate over a period of several years before they reformed from material spewing from the stars. EAT AND RIDE: Assistant Professor of Astronomy Eric Agol had a lunch date with a car this week — specifically the new Tesla Roadster, the first all-electric vehicle approved for the highway. Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions. Malnutrition stunts growth, impairs mental function and reproduction, and diminishes a person’s productivity and work capacity. Road construction is a more-than-$80 billion annual industry in the United States. On the marine microbial stage, there appears to be a vast, varied group of understudies only too ready to step in when “star” microbes falter. It has been more than 40 years since Martin Luther King delivered what many believe to be his own eulogy, his final sermon at the sanitation worker’s strike in Memphis. Faculty flutist and assistant professor of music Donna Shin will perform at 5 p. Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. Board of Regents The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 3 p. The Office of the President recently announced the freshman, sophomore and junior medalists for 2008-9, awards that are based on a student’s overall academic record and not merely the grade point average. Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the UW faculty and staff. UW alumnus Jeremy Samolesky, a former student of Robin McCabe who is now assistant professor of piano at Auburn University, performs works by Chopin in honor of the bicentennial of the composer’s birth in a concert at 2 p. A Request for Proposal goes out this week to four firms that were short-listed for work on the Triangle Garage area. University of Washington Press, the UW’s prestigious scholarly publishing house, has been hit hard by the recession and changes in the publishing marketplace — but a new matching grant from the UW Graduate School is helping the publisher make a plan to better meet challenges of the future. The UW Police would like you to take a running jump into Puget Sound on Sunday, Jan. The gifts Barbara Reskin and her friend have been making for homeless children serve a double purpose: They keep the children warm and give them a place to store some of their belongings. Two UW groups collaborated with the Seattle chapter of the American Institute of Architects, resulting in a national award for efforts to diversify the profession of architecture. The first of two recitals by Garrick Ohlsson celebrating the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth and the 40th anniversary of Ohlsson winning the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition. A lecture by Mattias Sundholm, deputy spokesman for the delegation of the European Union to the United States. Students in the UW’s highly regarded Professional Actor Training Program give solo performances. |