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April 8, 2010
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.
Computer training available online
UW staff, faculty, alumni, affiliates, and students are eligible to register for the UW Computer Training Online Learning Subscription.
Celebrating the census: Population numbers a powerful research tool for demographers
Last Thursday, the UW staged what was probably the largest celebration of Census Day in the state.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Of salmon and the stage: UW anthropologist’s research comes to life as a play
It’s Complicated, might be the title of Sara Breslow’s dissertation.
Pharmacology chair Bill Catterall lauded with 2010 Canadian medical award
Catterall pioneered research on the molecular basis of electrical signaling by cells, particularly those in the brain.
Boise family physician Suzanne Allen takes the helm of the medical school’s regional programs
Allen leads the medical school’s interstate partnership with Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho
Dr. Evan Kanter: On a mission to treat and prevent psychiatric casualties of war
When the United States went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, many people began thinking about costs — the cost of deploying troops, the cost to purchase guns and missiles, and the cost of American lives.
Infertility increases a man’s risk of prostate cancer
Study findings may be a starting point for identifying younger men prone to aggressive forms of cancer.
TRUST recruits and prepares medical students for service in rural and underserved areas
The Targeted Rural-Underserved Track selects and trains UW medical students for high-need specialties and prepares them to
‘Religiously hip.’
A lecture by Ariel Heryanto, professor of Indonesian Studies at Australia National University, titled Becoming Religiously Hip: Middle Class Muslims in Indonesian Pop Culture.
Piano series.
UW music students perform works for piano.
We know the what of this film; help identify the why
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
April 7, 2010
Survey finds that racial attitudes influence the tea party movement in battleground states
The survey found that those who are racially resentful, who believe the U.S. government has done too much to support blacks, are 36 percent
LST Open House.
Learning & Scholarly Technologies hosts an open house to showcase the Technology Studios at Odegaard Library.
Brechemin scholarship winners.
Recipients of the prestigious Brechemin Scholarship are presented in recital.
April 3, 2010
Ear-responsible?
Learn about the latest hearing aid options the first Monday of each month.
Gardening book sale.
The fifth annual Garden Lovers’ Book Sale will raise money for the Elisabeth C.
April 2, 2010
Julie Shayne reads.
Shayne, a lecturer in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at UW Bothell, reads from her book They Used to Call Us Witches: Chilean Exiles, Culture, and Feminism.
April 1, 2010
Doing anything cool for Earth Day?
University Week will run a story about Earth Day activities at the UW’s three campuses on Thursday, April 15.
UW student wins mathematics contest, named Putnam Fellow
Undergraduate student William Johnson of Seattle has been named a Putnam Fellow, scoring in the top five out of more than 4,000 competitors.
Professor Emeritus of Health Services Austin Ross inducted into Healthcare Hall of Fame
Austin Ross, professor emeritus of health services in the UW School of Public Health, was inducted March 21 into Modern Healthcare’s Healthcare Hall of Fame.
Samuel Lieu, Judith Lieu to speak on campus
Samuel Lieu, professor of ancient history at McQuairie University in Australia, and Judith Lieu, Lady Margaret’s professor of divinity at Cambridge University, will be speaking next week on campus.
School of Public Health dean finalists will present to the public
The Provost’s Advisory Search Committee for Dean of the School of Public Health, chaired by Dean Marla Salmon, has recommended five finalists for the position.
Newsmakers
TWEETING POLS: Twitter is becoming popular among the nation’s governors, according to a winter story in USA Today that quoted Kathy Gill, UW senior lecturer in communication.
Women’s Center has new home in College of Arts & Sciences
The UW Women’s Center has already been through one move this year, as Cunningham Hall was relocated from its old home across from Architecture Hall to its new one near Parrington Hall.
Educational Outreach reduces server energy consumption by 80 percent
You don’t need to be a computer or energy expert to see that going from 60 servers down to eight is bound to result in a huge energy savings.
Photo exhibit opens April 8 in Skylight Gallery
The opening and reception for I Say Hello, You Say Goodbye/You Say Hello, I Say Goodbye, a group photography show with work by Anita Bingaman, Joan Bowers, Maria Festing, Deborah Conger Hughes, Nathan Makan, Ian Painter, Stan Raucher, and Jerry Wade, will be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.
What if all software was open source? A code to unlock the desktop
What if all software was open source? Anybody would then be able to add custom features to Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Apple iTunes or any other program.
Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents’ April 15 meeting has been canceled.
Campus Destination: The Conference Room Gallery, UW Health Sciences T-Wing
While navigating the warren of corridors in the Health Sciences T-Wing, be on the lookout for the Conference Room Gallery, in room T-269.
A dictionary for the Yakama language, more than 20 years in the making
Creating a dictionary for a fading language can help breathe new life and relevance into that tongue.
PhotoCity, virtual capture-the-flag, starting this week on UW campus
It’s an intercollegiate challenge that’s a little bit different.
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