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April 16, 2009
Official Notices
Public Meeting to Discuss the Transitioning of the College of Forest Resources into the College of the Environment
As part of the process for reviewing the reorganization, elimination, or consolidation of academic programs (RCEP, Ch.
Earth Day becomes Earth Week this year, with many events, activities
Earth Day is becoming Earth Week at the UW this year, with a host of events and activities at the UW Tacoma and on the Seattle campus.
Lecture on using DNA to thwart ivory trading April 22
Biology Professor Sam Wasser will present a lecture titled Using DNA Forensics to Combat the Burgeoning Illegal Ivory Trade from 6:30 to 8 p.
Barriers to ecosystem-based fisheries management is subject of symposium
The world report card on ecosystem-based fisheries management is not encouraging.
An excellent audit — and an award — for the UW Environmental Health and Safety Department
A compliance audit is not usually an occasion for celebration, but Environmental Health and Safety employees Matt Moeller and Doug Gallucci left their last audit with smiles on their faces and an award in their hands.
‘Select a seat’ on April 25 for faculty-staff football discount
If you’re a sports fan and a UW faculty or staff member, you can enjoy Husky football, basketball and other sports at a discount.
Danger of eyewitness identification is subject of talk
In 1984, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino testified that Ronald Cotton was the man who raped her.
Mystery author J.A. Jance to keynote libraries’ fundraiser, ‘Literary Voices’
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Arab public opinion is topic of lecture April 22
Arab Public Opinion: Change and Continuity since 9/11 is the title of a lecture by Shibley Telhami to be presented Wednesday, April 22.
Provost’s budget conversation postponed
The budget conversation that Provost Phyllis Wise had planned to hold on Friday, April 17 has been postponed until the budget situation is clearer.
Sandpoint Gallery exhibit opens April 23
The work of six painters from the UW School of Art will be featured in the Sandpoint Gallery’s next exhibition, New Works, which will be on display at the gallery, in Magnuson Park, from April 23 to May 8.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
DAILY DELIGHT: The UW Daily, under the leadership of publisher Kristin Millis, has recently received several national and regional honors.
Calling all campus filmmakers: The Pocketmedia Film Festival is here
Attention campus Scorceses, Coppolas and Tarantinos — your moment in the spotlight may have arrived.
Voice workshop set for May 11
Voicing in Fitz(Maurice) and Starts is the title of a participatory workshop to be offered by Gin Hammond from 7 to 8:30 p.
Organization of the week: Family Caregiver Network
Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the UW faculty and staff.
Global Justice in the 21st Century is topic of conference
The Program on Values in Society and the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities are sponsoring a conference on Global Justice in the 21st Century April 17-18.
Tom Collier, Marc Seales in two concerts, April 17 and 24
Faculty artist Tom Collier and his UW percussion students present their annual concert of music for marimba at 7:30 p.
People’s misperceptions cloud their understanding of rainy weather forecasts
If Mark Twain were alive today he might rephrase his frequently cited observation about everyone talking about the weather but not doing anything about it to say, “Everyone reads or watches weather forecasts, but many people don’t understand them.
Harnessing cloud computing for data-intensive research on oceans, galaxies
Private companies, universities and government agencies are joining forces to bring scientific research into the era of “cloud computing,” the name for massive clusters of computers connected through the Internet.
UW students to learn firsthand of culture, corals, islands threatened by sea level rise
Given projected sea level rise, the Marshall Islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean are expected to be underwater in 90 years.
Pedagogy is the priority at the annual UW Teaching and Learning Symposium April 21
Would you like to hear about a program that helps advanced doctoral students learn to succeed in an interdisciplinary environment? How about a class that allows students to connect with researchers in the field and then to pass along what they learn to the general public?
These are just two subjects you could explore at the annual UW Teaching and Learning Symposium, which is scheduled for 2:30 to 4:30 p.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Garbage and gardens: side by side in Guatemala
The garden UW landscape architecture Professor Daniel Winterbottom and his students built for the kids at Safe Passage includes lots of the things the kids and their parents wanted: a contemplative garden, an outdoor classroom and a gathering space for meetings and performances.
April 15, 2009
Career fair.
The annual UW Seattle Spring Career Fair, the largest general career fair on campus, brings more than 100 employers to campus who are looking to hire for internship and full-time entry-level opportunities.
April 14, 2009
BFA art.
The opening reception for Ceramics + Photography, the capstone exhibition for graduating BFA students.
Meet David Robinson.
This coffee grower, social activist, founder of Sweet Unity Farms and co-founder of the Mshikamano Farmers Group in Tanzania, will share his commitment to challenging the contradiction of rural poverty within the multi-billion dollar coffee industry by developing a direct trade model wherein economic growth and human development move forward together.
April 13, 2009
Beyond poverty.
Alice O’Connor, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and teaches and writes on poverty, wealth, social and urban policy and inequality.
April 10, 2009
Annual pow wow.
First Nations at the UW presents its 38th annual Pow Wow, Friday through Sunday, April 10, 11 and 12.
April 9, 2009
Clark Hall, home of ROTC, restored and ready for another 113 years
From the outside, Clark Hall, the longtime home of the UW’s Army, Navy and Air Force Reserves Officer Training Corps (ROTC), looks about the same.
Toward peace.
The first day of a three-day conference April 9-11 sponsored by the World Peace Buddhist Club called “Transforming the Human Spirit, From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace.
Student pianists.
UW music students perform on piano in this installment of the Brechemin Piano Series.
Alison Weir speaks.
Controversial journalist Alison Weir is executive director of “If Americans Knew,” a think tank focusing on Israel and Palestine and specializing in media analyses.
Pharmacy professor receives prestigious biotechnology award
Rodney Ho, associate dean for research and new initiatives and the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Professor of Pharmaceutics at the UW School of Pharmacy, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Paul R.
Motulsky honored for lifetime of pioneering work in medical genetics
When Arno Motulsky was first recruited to the UW in 1953 as a hematology instructor, his research in genetic blood diseases attracted him to the emerging broader field of medical genetics.
Healthy Aging Lecture: Growing Old Doesn’t Mean Sleeping Poorly, April 16
Sleep quality and aging is the focus of the Spring Healthy Aging Lecture, sponsored by the UW School of Nursing’s de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging.
Elkon receives lupus research award
Keith Elkon, UW professor of medicine and head of the division of rheumatology, recently received a 2009 Kirkland Scholar Award from the Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research.
UW Medical Center expansion project reroutes Health Sciences Express shuttles
Due to the UWMC expansion project, there will be changes to the existing shuttles serving South Campus.
Symposium focuses on the role of genes in behavior
Each year, the UW Department of Genome Sciences holds its Annual Symposium, involving a series of talks by world-renowned researchers on contemporary topics in genetics, genomics computation, and related tools and technologies.
Two student-organized panels to discuss the economic crisis April 14 and May 4
Two presentations sponsored by student advisory boards of so-called “learning links” are happening in the next month.
Ice-free Arctic Ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated
A nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer may happen three times sooner than scientists have estimated.
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