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April 15, 2010
UW Dentistry alumni to honor Dr. James C. McGraw
Known for his decades of animal care at Woodland Park Zoo, McGraw is lauded for service to the community, dental profession, and the school.
Pharmacy students make mark on Capitol Hill
UW chapter of American Pharmacist Association praised for outreach and advocacy.
Genome scientist Dr. Jay Shendure receives Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award
The Prostate Cancer Foundation announced April 13 that Dr.
Critic Ann Powers speaks.
Powers, UW alumna and chief pop music critic of The Los Angeles Times, will give the first of three lectures sponsored by the Women Who Rock collective of the Women Studies Department.
Dance Ensemble.
This ensemble provides a unique experience for University students to come together with performers and creators both within and outside the UW to present a creative and diverse event, and a rich experience for both the audience members and performers.
April 14, 2010
Academics and stress.
Sian L.
Emerson String Quartet.
The accolades for this top-notch ensemble are as extensive as they are impressive: 30 acclaimed recordings with Deutsche Grammophon, eight Grammy Awards, three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, and more than three decades of outstanding performances worldwide.
Spring Career Fair.
The largest general career fair on campus, bringing more than 100 employers to campus who are looking to hire for internship and full-time entry-level opportunities.
April 13, 2010
Genome scientist Dr. Jay Shendure receives Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award
Shendure will use rapid DNA sequencing to identify genes and molecular pathways for the initiation and spread of prostate cancer.
Marc Seales and friends.
Faculty pianist Marc Seales performs original compositions with Portland-based musicians Gary Hobbs and Dave Captein on drums and bass and UW faculty artist Cuong Vu on trumpet, with a special appearance by UW percussionist Tom Collier.
April 11, 2010
Maternal deaths fall worldwide from a half-million annually to less than 350,000
HIV accounts for a large percentage of deaths, with most deaths concentrated in six countries
McCabe and Larionoff.
Violinist Maria Larionoff, concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony, and pianist and UW Music Professor Robin McCabe, perform together for the first time.
April 10, 2010
Softball on UWTV.
The 2009 National Champion Huskies women’s softball team takes on Arizona, and you can watch it live.
April 9, 2010
Traumatized trees: Bug them enough, they get fired up
Whether forests are dying back, or just drying out, projections for warming show the Pacific Northwest is primed for more wildfires.
Developing countries worldwide devote more funding to health, except many in sub-Saharan Africa
The Institute for Health Metrics at the UW recommends greater transparency in financial reporting
Paws-on Science.
A weekend designed for the public to learn directly from UW scientists about the amazing research breakthroughs taking place at the UW, with plenty of interactive activities and demonstrations.
April 8, 2010
PhotoCity, virtual game of capture-the-flag, happening now on UW campus
UW students are taking digital photos of campus in a competition against Cornell. It’s a research project to create 3-D models from photos.
Newsmakers
PR PUFF?: When IBM announced plans in February to make its software available to colleges via “cloud” computing services, the Chronicle for Higher Education discussed the move in its Wired Campus column, asking was the announcement just “corporate puff”? They quoted Ed Lazowska, holder of the Bill & Melinda Gates chair in computer science and engineering, who perused the IBM Web site and e-mailed, “looks like PR to me.
Peer Portfolio
ROBOT SOCCER?: The University of Utah held a three-day competition in late March involving 1,000 high school students and robots playing a soccer-like game.
UW undergrads now routinely do research, study shows
A new study shows that UW undergraduates are doing a great deal of research as a normal part of their undergraduate programs — more than investigators anticipated.
Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents’ April 15 meeting has been cancelled.
Large attendance anticipated at the Spring Career Fair
April 14 is the UW’s largest career fair, and planners expect a big turnout from students and alumni (UW employees are welcome as well) largely because of the current state of the economy and job market.
100 plans for 100 gardens is goal of ‘urban food’ conference
You need some tomatoes? Grow ’em in the alley.
UW Postdoc Association holding annual meeting Wednesday, April 14.
The UW Postdoc Association will hold its annual meeting at 11 a.
Early Bloomers plant sale at the Arboretum
Gardeners will find a great selection of young shrubs, small trees, conifers, bonsai starts, and early-blooming perennials at the Arboretum Foundation’s annual Early Bloomers sale on Saturday, April 10, from 10 a.
UW Medicine pediatrician and injury-prevention researchers at Harborview play a role in new cell phone measure
Treating teenagers hurt in car accidents related to cell phone use prompted pediatrician Brian Johnston to join the Driven to Distraction Ta
Faculty, student talents will turn out for Paws-on Science: Huskies Weekend, April 9-11
Warren Buck is a well-known physicist and professor, and was UW Bothell’s first chancellor.
Maria Larionoff, Robin McCabe team up for concert April 11
Maria Larionoff, concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and Robin McCabe, pianist and UW professor, will present sonatas by Beethoven, Prokofiev, and Franck in a concert at 2 p.
UW Libraries announces Springer e-journal cancellations to take effect mid-April
In continuing response to last July’s reductions in funding, access to 1,219 electronic journals from prominent science publisher Springer will be lost as of mid-April, UW Libraries has announced.
Ladner to present Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture
Richard Ladner will present the 2010 Samuel E.
School of Music celebrates two decades of jazz program with a week of performances
An harmonic convergence of sorts has led to “A Week of Jazz at the UW” April 12 to 19.
‘Kidz Wall’ at UW Tower exhibits art
Art work by children of UW Tower employees has been hung on a fourth-floor wall now called the Kidz Wall.
Stairmasters: Climbing to fitness at UW Tower
When health authorities recommend that people take the stairs at work instead of the elevator to get some regular exercise, they probably don’t have a workplace like the 22-story UW Tower in mind.
Prisoners, pirates, pool sharks populate entertaining ‘Cartoon Introduction to Economics’
Microeconomists are wrong about specific things.
Arboretum launches next phase of Pacific Connections Garden project
The corner of the Washington Park Arboretum at Arboretum Drive and Lake Washington Boulevard is being remade this year with trees and other plants native to Chile as part of the ongoing Pacific Connections Garden project.
Faculty Senate approves restructuring plan
Faculty members have approved a plan to restructure the Faculty Senate, reducing it from 267 to 114 members.
The faculty voice: Never more important than now
Last year at this time, I wrote an article for University Week encouraging our faculty colleagues to consider participation in the faculty councils and committees.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
PAINTING WITH PEEPS: Look again at the pink petals in the photo above.
Student clean-tech innovations impress at UW Environmental Innovation Challenge
An engineer, an entrepreneur and an environmentalist walk into a vacated airplane hangar … or, in the case of the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge, held on April 1, hundreds of them ventured into Hangar 30 in Seattle’s Magnuson Park.
Tag(s): clean or renewable energy
Emergency communications: A growing set of tools to keep campus community informed
The University has developed an impressive set of tools for communicating in an emergency, and staff are hard at work finding ways to make the UW’s information infrastructure more resilient.
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