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November 13, 2008
John Vinson selected as UW chief of police
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Click your way to savings at UW Press Web site
Thanks to a newly redesigned Web site, it just got a lot easier to save big on books from <A href="http://www.
Cheerful Givers group holds workshop at noon today
The campus Cheerful Givers group — which helps homeless and low-income children celebrate birthdays by providing them gift bags — is holding a bag-filling workshop today, Nov.
Internationally known oceanographer’s memorial Nov. 16 on campus
Warren Wooster, who died Oct.
Ballet group returns with new work, ‘Long River, High Sky’
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet returns to the UW World Series Nov.
A variety of styles coming in performance from the School of Music
Student jazz and chamber music, a Chinese zither soloist and a Hindustani vocalist are among musical performances offered by the School of Music in coming days.
Celebrating centenaries in music
UW music students will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of two composers — Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen — with a performance of their works at 7:30 p.
Children’s author Gerald McDermott to speak on ‘Heroes and Tricksters’
Award-winning children’s author, illustrator and filmmaker Gerald McDermott will speak on Heroes & Tricksters: A Mythic Journey on Nov.
AIDS and STD research symposium set for Nov. 21
The UW Center for AIDS and STD will hold a research symposium from 9 a.
Museum Without Walls project plans meeting Nov. 18
The University District Museum Without Walls volunteers and staff will host a meeting on Tuesday, Nov.
November 6, 2008
The silver lining of lost parking privileges
By Brian Donohue
News & Community Relations
This past springtime I was cheerfully anticipating new work digs.
Green neighborhoods may reduce childhood obesity
As obesity rates continue to rise in the United States — and related health care costs — UW researchers continue to offer findings that may offer some possible solutions, or explanations.
UW Medical Center expansion project to break ground this winter
By Staishy Siem
News & Community Relations
UW Medical Center is scheduled to break ground this winter on the first phase of a two-part construction project designed to give the hospital much needed space for patient care.
UW Photographers Group launches fall exhibit Nov. 11
The UW Photographers Group fall exhibition will be on display in the UW Medical Center’s Skylight Gallery from November 11 through December.
UW receives nearly $17 million to study emerging respiratory viruses
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a contract to the UW to use systems biology approaches to comprehensively analyze and model the virus-host interactions and cellular response networks that are induced or altered during the course of acute respiratory virus infection.
Researchers find that mouse heart can regenerate diseased tissue
A recent study in mice shows the ability of the fetal heart to grow healthy cells to compensate for cardiac tissue lost to disease.
Inauguration of Diabetes and Obesity Center set for Nov. 14
The inauguration of the new UW Medicine Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence will take place from 1:30 to 6 p.
Climate Survey 2008: Satisfaction, and continued improvement
Faculty and staff at the UW generally report that they are proud to work here and satisfied with their employment experience.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A homecoming for director of opera ‘Il Mondo della Luna’
The School of Music’s first opera production this year proves that even back in 1777, humans were already thinking about going to the moon.
Expert on foster care to lecture Nov. 13
There are challenges in the foster care system and UW Professor Mark Courtney, a leading expert on U.
UW Bothell celebrates new Cultural Studies Program with guest lecturer Toby Miller
UW Bothell will celebrate the fall 2008 launch of its Master of Arts in Cultural Studies (MACS) Program with guest lecturer Toby Miller from 6 to 8:30 p.
DNA provides ‘smoking gun’ in the case of the missing songbirds
It sounds like a tale straight from CSI: The bully invades a home and does away with the victim, then is ultimately found out with the help of DNA evidence.
Writing Day launches second phase of Writing in the Majors
Once upon a time, it was enough for University freshmen to get through first-year English composition courses.
By popular demand: Department of Scandinavian Studies celebrates its centennial
The UW’s Department of Scandinavian Languages and Literature was created in 1909 in response to community demand.
Inspirations for Seales’ music range from Paris to Bellingham
Marc Seales and friends will present an evening of jazz that draws heavily on Seales’ recent experiences in Paris, as well as his own take on songs of his youth at 7:30 p.
UWT and Russian journalism students collaborate on news project
Journalism students from Russia and UW Tacoma got an up-close look at American-style journalism in action as election-night guests of the Tacoma-based News Tribune newspaper Nov.
Second lecture in ‘Lucy Talks’ features forensic anthropologist Nov. 13
In the second lecture of the “Lucy Talks” series, Katherine Taylor, a forensic anthropologist with the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, will discuss the basics of her field and the science of reading bones.
Math series kicks off with talk by Felsenstein
Joseph Felsenstein, professor of Genome Sciences and of Biology at the UW, will speak on Evolutionary Trees, Coalescents and Gene Trees: Can Mathematicians Find the Woods? at 3:30 p.
Planetarium open to public for winter of starry, starry nights
Seattle winters all but guarantee buckets of rain, blustery winds and — unfortunately for stargazers — clouds, clouds, clouds.
Man who committed suicide in Red Square identified
The person who committed suicide in Red Square Oct.
Gerberding bells to ring in honor of mathematician
On Sunday Nov.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Postdocs show their work at 4th annual research symposium Nov. 14 in the HUB
The Fourth Annual UW Postdoctoral Association Research Symposium will be held from 2 to 5 p.
October 30, 2008
Environmental Health & Safety’s VanDusen bids farewell to UW
“The name Karen Ann Jenkins was recently added to the former masculine ranks of Environmental Health Specialists.
Health disparities linked to poor physician communications
A study surveying patients in more than 1,500 physician practices has found racial and ethnic disparities in patient health care experiences, with minority patients having worse experiences than white patients.
UW and WSU researchers target the science behind infectious diseases
It’s not unusual to see news headlines related to salmonella outbreaks, avian flu concerns or mad cow disease.
Sir David Cox to present Biostatistics’ Breslow Distinguished Lecture
One of the seminal statistical thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries, Sir David Cox, will present the Department of Biostatistics’ Norman E.
Beware! Halloween tooth decay is lurking
By Steve Steinberg
School of Dentistry
Many of those who enjoy Halloween will find a scary and unwanted bonus: a crop of cavities on their next visit to the dentist.
High school students attend UW dental camp
Twenty-one students from the Yakima Valley area sampled the oral health profession on Saturday at the School of Dentistry’s annual Dental Camp.
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