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April 1, 2010
The latest news from the UW
University Faculty Lecturer Nominations due April 14
Reminder: Nominations for the annual University Faculty Lecturer Award are due no later than Wednesday, April 14.
Finalists in College of the Environment dean search visit campus starting Thursday
Faculty members from Oregon State University and University of Arizona and a lead scientist for the Nature Conservancy are finalists for dean of the College of the Environment and will visit campus this week and next.
International convention shoots down proposed Zambia, Tanzania ivory sales
Petitions by Tanzania and Zambia for exceptions to a ban on ivory sales, strongly opposed by conservationists including Samuel Wasser of the UW (see our story <A href="http://uwnews.
Time once again to make way for — you know who (quack!)
The ducklings are coming — maybe — and all is in readiness.
A study in clean: Custodial Services tests cleaning methods, becomes magazine cover story
There’s an experiment being conducted at the University, but it isn’t in a laboratory.
UW Students for Equal Health hosts free conference on Media and Health April 10
National and local speakers will discuss how media shapes views of health, equality and social justice.
UW medical students meet their match
The graduating class gathered at the UW Health Sciences Lobby March 18 to learn their placements from National Residency Matching Progra
UW Medicine neurosurgeon to co-chair National Football League injury committee
Instead of kicking back and watching Monday Night Football, <A href="http://www.
Difficulty trusting and reaching out to others may shorten diabetes patients’ lives
Mistrust can exact a high toll.
Center for Systems and Translational Infectious Disease Research (STRIDE) established
UW has launched its newest biomedical research enterprise, the center for Systems and Translational Research on Infectious Disease, <A href="http://viromics.
UW students use spring break to launch rockets in Nevada desert
A group of 12 University undergraduates and two graduate students, along with three faculty and staff members, spent a big part of spring break in the Nevada desert trying to launch a rocket to 20,000 feet altitude at speeds well beyond the speed of sound while transmitting data to the ground.
‘Europe’s Dilemma.’
Terri Givens of the University of Texas, speaks on Europe’s Dilemma: Immigrant Integration in Western Europe.
Bought any Pfffft Deodorant? Help identify this week’s Lost & Found Film
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.
March 30, 2010
What if all software was open source? A code to unlock the desktop
A new system makes it possible to add custom features to Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Apple iTunes or any other program.
March 29, 2010
Dangerous plaques in blood vessels rupture by overproducing protein-busting enzymes
Findings suggest new ideas for diagnostic, preventative and therapeutic approaches to heart attacks and stroke
March 24, 2010
New University of Washington Center for Systems and Translational Infectious Disease Research established
The center applies systems analysis and computational biology to find clinically useful defenses against difficult infectious
March 23, 2010
Seismic lessons.
An panel of experts presents findings from the field and discusses similarities and differences between the Haitain and Chilean earthquakes and what we can expect from future earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest.
March 22, 2010
Anthony Brandt.
The author of The Man Who Ate His Boots shares the enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of nineteenth-century British exploration.
March 19, 2010
UW Students for Equal Health Hosts Free Conference on Media and Health April 10 with Major Media Experts
UW Students for Equal Health Hosts Free Conference on Media and Health April 10 with Major Mediz Experts
Disability and DNA.
Marsha Saxton of the UC Berkeley Disability Studies Program will speak about the complex issues of genetic screening from the vantage point of disability rights, and show and discuss her film about physicians’ interactions with adults with physical disabilities.
March 18, 2010
UW study finds Wikipedia first stop for many student researchers
Eight of 10 students said that to get their research underway, they often went to Wikipedia for background information.
March 17, 2010
UW Department of Global Health and Physicians for Social Responsibility Host War & Global Health Conference April 23-25 on UW Campus
UW Department of Global Health and Physicians for Social Responsibility Host War & Global Health Conf. April 23-25
Difficulty trusting and reaching out to others may shorten diabetes patients’ lives
Mistrust can exact a high toll.
March 12, 2010
Media Advisory: UW students present phone apps for people with disabilities
WHAT: Final presentation for <A href="http://www.
March 11, 2010
Conservationists urge treaty panel to reject ivory sale by Tanzania, Zambia
A team of conservationists writing in Science says relaxing a moratorium on ivory sales could increase the slaughter of African elephants.
UW research team finds one in 16 Seattle drivers yakkin’ on the phone
Cell phone use peaked on Thursdays, Fridays and during afternoon rush hour, when the ratio was one in 13.
UW Police offer Citizens Academy Wednesdays March to June
Concerned about safety? Wondering how the campus police do their job? You might be a good candidate for the UW Police Citizens Academy.
Goodbye until spring
This is the last issue of University Week for winter quarter.
Neuromuscular junction will be topic of Einar Hille Memorial Lecture in Neurosciences
Model U.N. is off to NYC for Nationals
UW’s Model United Nations team is only a couple of weeks away from its most anticipated event of the year—the National Model United Nations Conference.
Hunter Handsfield earns prestigious Parran Award for work on sexually transmitted diseases
Thai delegation presents multi-volume edition of the Buddhist canon to UW
One by one in a ceremony the afternoon of Monday, March 8, representatives of several Thai groups presented the 40 volumes of the World Tipitaka Edition, the Buddhist canon, to the UW Libraries.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Conquering the chaos in modern, multiprocessor computers
Computers should not play dice.
The smell of salt air, a mile high and 900 miles inland
The smell of sea salt in the air is a romanticized feature of life along a seacoast.
Summer programs registering at Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars
The UW’s Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars offers fifth- through 10th grade students a unique combination of vigorous academic work and summer fun in two summer programs.
A slice of heaven: March 16 is Pie Day at 8 McMahon
If you like pie — and really, who doesn’t like pie? — you might want to stop in the 8 at McMahon campus restaurant on Tuesday, March 16.
Male batterers consistently overestimate rates of violence toward partners
Men who engaged in domestic violence consistently overestimated how common such behavior is, and the more they overestimated it the more they engaged in abusing their partner in the previous 90 days, according to new research conducted at the UW.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, March 18, at UW Tacoma.