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October 11, 2007
Lehman and Goff win Health Breakthrough Award
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UW is ‘nearly’ smoke-free
It’s well documented that smoking tobacco is one of the riskiest and deadliest behaviors around, contributing to over 30 percent of heart disease and strokes, nearly 90 percent of lung cancers and at least a third of other cancers.
Undergrads find 1,300 asteroids
Undergraduate astronomy students at the UW combing through images from a specialized telescope have discovered more than 1,300 asteroids that had never before been observed.
‘Common Book’ author Kolbert warns of coming catastrophe brought by global warming
Elizabeth Kolbert tells scary stories, the kind that stick in your head long after you’ve finished her book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change.
Hall research building dedication Oct. 17
The public is invited to an open house in honor of the dedication of the Benjamin D.
Historical film screening slated: Program includes mix of humorous, entertaining and odd
The first public screening of historic films from the UW Libraries Special Collections will feature an eclectic mix of the humorous, entertaining and odd.
Attention armchair detectives: Second Emerald City Search begins Oct. 17
The UW, in partnership with the Seattle Times and the Seattle Art Museum, invites all treasure hunters and thrill seekers to join an adventurous 10-day foray in fun for the second annual Emerald City Search, beginning Oct.
Grad School to host discussion of nation-building Oct. 15
As the U.
Conifers or condos? NW Environmental Forum develops strategies
Priorities the Washington Department of Natural Resources might consider when spending the $70 million it has available to bolster the amount of working forestland in the state were on the agenda last month during the Northwest Environmental Forum at the UW.
Four A&S dean finalists to speak
Four finalists for the position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences will be making public presentations in the next month, open to all faculty, staff and students.
Author, researcher to speak on multiculturalism in Britain
Researcher and author Audrey Osler will be the featured speaker for the Center for Multicultural Education at the UW’s 24th symposium-lecture, 11 a.
ETC.: Campus news & notes
STAR EDUCATOR: Tom Griffin, editor of Columns, the UW alumni magazine, was named a “Faculty Star” by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
Hans Blix to speak on arms race threat
Hans Blix, who headed the United Nations commission that searched Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, is deeply worried that a new but quiet arms race threatens the world.
Reminder: Take our two-question survey
If you haven’t already taken our two-question survey, please spend the 5 minutes it will take to do so.
Demystifying physics: High school teachers learn inquiry method at UW’s summer program
Physics.
College planning session tailored to UW faculty, staff
On Tuesday, Oct.
Mystery Photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
CFD: What would you give to change the world?
This year, the Combined Fund Drive (CFD), Washington State’s workplace giving campaign, asks would-be donors, “What would you give to change the world?”
This year’s campaign began Oct.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
New garden makes Pacific Connections
This morning’s groundbreaking for the Pacific Connections Garden, the largest garden added to the Washington Park Arboretum since its founding, was preceeded in recent weeks by the moving of holly trees and shrubs — some as tall as 30 feet — and by a plant collecting expedition to Oregon’s Siskiyous, the first in a series of expeditions to bolster plant collections for the new garden.
Close to you: UW student actors learn to transfer stage technique to screen
Imagine you’re an actress doing Lady Macbeth’s sleepwalking scene.
Violence prevention workshop available
A workshop on violence prevention is available to faculty, staff and students.
Emmert to speak
President Mark Emmert will give his annual address to the UW community at 3:30 p.
Reminder: Take our two-question survey
If you haven’t already taken our two-question survey, please spend the 5 minutes it will take to do so.
October 4, 2007
Terry to perform at St. Mark’s Cathedral
Faculty organist Carole Terry performs works by Mendelssohn, Duruflé, Bolcom, Reger, and others in a recital co-sponsored by St.
Trimpin event ful: walk-ins invited after 6:30
Registration is full but you might still get a chance to hear sound and media artist Trimpin give a presentation about his work at 7 p.
Constitution readers needed
The staff of the Government Publications Office of UW Libraries seeks your help with the second annual “UW Reads the Constitution” event.
Health and safety committee elections coming soon
Elections are beginning for employee representatives to the 11 UW organizational health and safety Committees.
Bridging the Gap Breakfast to celebrate diversity at UW, in the community
Tickets are on sale now for the annual Bridging the Gap Breakfast and silent auction, slated for Saturday, Oct.
Drama School opens season with ‘Ring Round the Moon’
The UW School of Drama will open its first production of the 2007-08 season, Jean Anouilh’s, Ring Round the Moon, Oct.
Graduate School provides ‘one-stop shopping’ online for applicants
Beginning Oct.
Neile Graham: Adviser, administrator, poet, novelist
Neile Graham leads a double life.
Greener cleaning: New mops, fragrance-free soaps make debut
UW Custodial Services is giving the old mop and water bucket the heave-ho in favor of a more ecologically friendly way of cleaning floors — and also switching to a new fragrance-free foam soap in campus bathrooms.
Jurkovich to lead trauma surgery group in 2008
Dr.
Hinckley is first to hold David R.M. Scott Endowed Professorship
Thomas Hinckley, professor of forest ecology at the UW College of Forest Resources, is the recipient of the college’s new David R.
Perennial ice, sometimes thick enough to defy icebreakers, may be key to predicting Arctic thaw
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old — called perennial ice — may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a UW polar scientist says.
Medical Genetics symposium Oct. 12-13
The UW Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medicine is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding with a two-day symposium to be held Oct.
Research overturns accepted notion of neutron’s electrical properties
For two generations of physicists, it has been a standard belief that the neutron, an electrically neutral elementary particle and a primary component of an atom, actually carries a positive charge at its center and an offsetting negative charge at its outer edge.
‘University Week’ remembers — 25 years and counting
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25 years old.
UW, community college team up to create teacher education program for diverse students
A new partnership between the UW and Seattle Central Community College is creating an education pathway for prospective elementary school teachers and encouraging a sense of community among the participants.
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