Computers should not play dice.
March 11, 2010
The latest news from the UW
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.
Trying to kick the marijuana habit? UW study wants you
Kicking the marijuana habit is a killer, just like quitting cigarettes.
Judge upholds freeze of UW faculty salaries
On March 8, King County Superior Court Judge Carol Schapira upheld the UW’s decision last spring to temporarily suspend pay increases for its faculty due to the state budget situation.
A new campus award for environmental stewardship: The Husky Green Award
Nominations are being sought for a new UW honor, the Husky Green Award.
Several HR units moving to Condon Hall during construction of student housing
On Saturday, March 13, several Human Resources units are moving to Condon Hall because the Staff Human Resources Building is being temporarily closed during new student housing construction.
Burke offers series of talks on paleontology beginning March 30
Can extinction be good? You can explore the answer to this question and more with Burke Museum paleontology curators in a series of Tuesday talks inspired by the Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway exhibit.
When computers were big: 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.
UW Libraries joins open-access photographic fun on Flickr Commons
One minute the three women are tobogganing along in their bathing suits and the next they’re sprawled in the snow, grinning and unharmed after perhaps the most amiable (and fake) tobogganing accident of 1925.
Etc. Campus news & notes
MASTER MEDIATORS: UW School of Law students Charlotte Williams and Joel Emans won the regional American Bar Association Mediation Competition held at the University of Oregon School of Law last weekend.
UW conservation biologist urges more protection for elephants
An international convention will meet next week to decide whether to grant requests from Tanzania and Zambia to lower the protection status of their elephants, allowing them to conduct one-time sales of stockpiled ivory.
UW medical students will take part in National Residency Match Day March 18
Next Thursday, 168 graduating UW medical students will learn where they will train as residents on what has come to be called “Match Day.
A timely practice: Post-earthquake evaluation team to drill on campus March 25
There will be an earthquake in Seattle on Thursday, March 25.
Singers, symphony combine in ‘Mass for our Time’
UW Music Professor Geoffrey Boers leads the combined Chamber Singers, University Chorale and University Symphony in Mass for our Time, a series of works portraying relevant themes for our times.
Beethoven piano sonata cycles is subject of lecture-recital
School of Music alumnus Dainius Vaicekonis will present a lecture-recital on Beethoven’s piano sonata cycles at 3 p.
Asian language textbook creators find commonalities in department roundtable
Faculty members in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature not only teach 10 different languages, many also create textbooks for language instruction — and for multiple learning levels, at that.
Grand prize team lights up UW global social entrepreneurship competition
The first time Charles Ishimwe left Rwanda was when he entered the Sixth Annual Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) sponsored by the UW Foster School of Business.
Panel to discuss health care impact of genetic discoveries
The public is invited to a UW panel discussion April 6 on the how genome sciences advances might affect the cost and quality of health care
Researchers discover gene that affects susceptibility to tuberculosis and clues to how it works
UW researchers have identified a gene involved in susceptibility and resistance to tuberculosis.
Opera workshop.
UW voice students present opera scenes directed by faculty artist Thomas Harper.
March 10, 2010
Conquering the chaos in modern, multiprocessor computers
A group of computer scientists have found a way to tame multiprocessor computers, which behave in wildly unpredictable ways even as they bec
The smell of salt air, a mile high and 900 miles inland
Researchers find that chemistry involving airborne chloride, thought to occur only on seashores, occurs at similar rates 900 miles inland.
Jazz Innovations.
Student jazz ensembles coached by Marc Seales, Tom Collier, Cuong Vu, and Phil Sparks pay homage to the icons of jazz with new arrangements of the classics and break new ground with original, progressive jazz compositions.
March 9, 2010
Male batterers consistently overestimate rates of violence toward partners
UW Wind Ensemble.
The ensemble is about to return to Japan for its third tour of that country, and presents its Japan Tour Preview Concert, featuring the world premiere of Precious Metal: A Concerto for Flute and Winds, by D.
March 8, 2010
Judge upholds freeze of UW faculty salaries
A King County judge dismissed a case from a faculty member to reinstate salary increases suspended due to the UW’s financial situation.
Regina Yeh.
School of Music alumna Regina Yeh and Hillary Herndon, past principal violist of the Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, present solo and duo works for viola and piano.
March 6, 2010
Dino Day.
See real dinosaur and dinosaur-era fossils from the Burke’s collection and participate in dinosaur-themed activities throughout the Burke Museum’s 25th annual Dino Day.
March 5, 2010
Major depression more than doubles risk of dementia among adults with diabetes
Adults who have both diabetes and depression are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, a progressive decline of thinking skills.
‘Composers’ Workshop.’
Student composers in the School of Music present original works.
March 4, 2010
Researchers discover gene that affects susceptibility to tuberculosis and clues to how it works
University of Washington researchers have identified a gene involved in susceptibility and resistance to tuberculosis.
Forest change topic of first-ever College of the Environment dean’s lecture
From wildfires to wild flowers — Pacific Northwest forests appear to be changing.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to speak March 4
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, will discuss what’s ahead for computing, with a particular focus on how cloud computing will change the way people and businesses use technology.
Widening broadband
Writer’s Block Literary Festival: Experience an epiphany
Writer’s block can strike anyone.
Composers’ Workshop, Symphonic Band concert coming from School of Music
Student composers will present original works and the UW Symphonic Band will play in events coming from the School of Music.