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February 14, 2008
UW lawyers win Attorney General’s top award
The Washington Attorney General’s Office has honored Lori Oliver and Bill Nicholson, UW assistant attorneys general, with its highest performance recognition — the 2007 Excellence Award.
Chemicals in baby products may cause harm
Babies recently treated with infant personal care products such as lotion, shampoo, and powder, were more likely to have man-made chemicals called phthalates in their urine than other babies, according to a UW and Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute study appearing in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Ronald Lemire, professor of pediatrics: 1933-2008
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Roy Colven: To Africa and back, battling AIDS
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Neurobiology & Behavior students reach out
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Graduate School
Hirofumi Watari, known as Hiro, noted that it was his fellow graduate student Jonathan Ting, now a post-doc at Duke, who saw the potential of forming an outreach organization of graduate students in the Neurobiology & Behavior Program, one of 13 interdisciplinary programs administered by the Graduate School.
SPHCM Winter Quarter Distinguished Faculty Lecture on Feb. 26
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Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Lecture on Feb. 21
Palliative care is the topic of the 28th annual Elizabeth Sterling Soule Endowed Lecture, A Call for Reform: New Ways to Ease the Pain, Symptoms and Stress of Serious Illness.
Every move you make: RFID technology allows users to track people as well as property
If you need information, the Internet offers a wealth of resources.
Mystery Photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
‘My team is great’ – tell the world why in an original way
Would you like to brag a little? Well, now you have your chance.
Going paperless: ‘University Week’ to be delivered online-only starting in fall
Beginning with fall quarter, you will not be receiving paper copies of University Week in your mailboxes anymore.
Showing non-majors ‘how science is done’
Class title: Biology 100: “Biology of Mood-Altering Drugs,” taught by Linda Martin-Morris, a senior lecturer; and Angelena Crown, a teaching associate.
It’s a ‘Roman holiday’ for UW prof
This academic year, Assistant Professor of Art History Margaret Laird has been spending a lot of time in Rome, and she’s taken some other UW professors and students with her.
For the love of math: Morrow nurtures mathematicians, at work and at home
James Morrow was cycling in Montana when the big news arrived: He had won the nation’s most prestigious prize for higher-level math education.
March is perfect for a ‘Ride in the Rain’
Mark Twain famously said, “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it” — but you can do something.
Cruise information plays part in Sound solutions
The most extensive sampling for zooplankton ever in Puget Sound and the first measurements for acidification of the Sound’s waters — something of concern because it’s happening in the open ocean and could affect the skeletons and shells of creatures large and small here in the Sound — were among the tasks last week on the UW’s vessel Thomas G.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Etc: Campus news & notes
CREDIT FROM CASE: As usual, the UW did very well in the awards competition sponsored by District VIII of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), coming home with 26 honors.
Deadline now Feb. 15 for workplace climate survey
You now have more time to express your feelings about working at the UW through the Leadership, Community and Values Initiative 2008 climate survey.
Graduate programs go international
International graduate education is the focus of two programs being offered Feb.
French pianist here Feb. 20
Pianist Lise de la Salle performs at 8 p.
Atmospheric Sciences scholarship to be named for Richard Reed
Richard Reed, a longtime University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor, died Feb.
Wu Man brings Chinese pipa music to Meany Feb. 23
Wu Man, the undisputed master of the Chinese pipa, an ancient lute-like instrument, will give a concert at 8 p.
February 7, 2008
Palmiter to give Science in Medicine Lecture Feb. 13
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C. Ronald Scott Lecture Series in Biochemical Genetics Feb. 21
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New Strategies for HIV Prevention in Women lecture Feb. 11
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Administrative changes at Harborview Medical Center
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Mystery Photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Campaign UW: Creating Futures surpasses $2.5 billion
The UW Foundation has raised $2.
Accelerated head growth can predict autism before behavioral symptoms start
Children with autism have normal-size heads at birth but develop accelerated head growth between 6 and 9 months of age, a period that precedes the onset of many behaviors that enable physicians to diagnose the developmental disorder, according to new research from the UW’s Autism Center.
Lost City pumps life-essential chemicals at rates unseen at typical black smokers
Hydrocarbons — molecules critical to life — are routinely being generated by the simple interaction of seawater with the rocks under the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
Contemporary Group to perform Feb. 12
The UW Contemporary Group will perform music by Claude Debussy, William Albright, Olivier Messiaen, and Gerard Grisey in a concert at 7:30 p.
Screening for domestic violence woefully weak in welfare offices, study shows
Even though federal welfare-reform legislation calls for case workers to screen for domestic violence and most states have agreed to implement this requirement, just 9 percent of women applying for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families were screened for domestic violence, according to data from a UW study.
Student ensembles perform jazz at two concerts
Student jazz ensembles with names like Tom Thumb’s Mighty Moontrane and Long Walk to Meany and the Missing Equipments will perform in two concerts — Wednesday, Feb.
Guest artist to perform on viola Feb. 15
Guest artist Linda Kline Lamar, associate professor of viola at Boise State University, will perform solo works for viola at 7:30 p.
Dorsey to head state’s Mathematics Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) program
A program for encouraging more underrepresented groups in Washington State to pursue science and technology careers has named James Dorsey as its new executive director.
Campus trees: Extraordinary, exemplary or merely significant?
What makes a tree worth saving? That’s a question that is frequently debated on campus when new construction or remodeling forces the clearing of particular patches of land.
Then and Now: The Professional Staff Organization at 20 years
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25.
Confluence of talent, timing right for School of Drama’s ‘Wild Black-Eyed Susans’
A pleasant confluence of circumstances resulted in the UW School of Drama’s production of Wild Black-Eyed Susans, which runs at the Ethnic Cultural Center through Feb.
Newsmakers
BAD FUEL: An Associated Press article about the expense and pollution of energy produced with coal quoted Dan Jaffee, a professor of interdisciplinary arts and sciences at UW Bothell and adjunct professor of atmospheric sciences at the Seattle campus, along the way.
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