Barry Weisband has been named the new director of the Business Development Center (BDC) at UW Bothell.
January 7, 2010
The latest news from the UW
Six UW researchers named Fellows of AAAS
Six UW-affiliated researchers are among 531 new Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Community and mutual support: The Black Faculty and Staff Association
Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the UW faculty and staff.
Bringing creativity to the banal: Students create benches tailored to their campus sites
A nifty way to make a bench more than just a bench: Give small groups of students in a UW landscape architecture class $400 apiece and five weeks to design, build and install their creations.
Hoop talk and classic Husky matchups: New sports features come to UWTV
UWTV is stepping into the world of UW sports with new programs featuring commentary from coaches and players, game previews and recaps — and rebroadcasts of some of the greatest sports matchups in Husky history.
Information session for ninth- and tenth-graders slated Jan. 11
Students, parents and teachers of current ninth and tenth grade students are invited to learn more about the UW Academy early entrance program at the UW at an information session on Monday, Jan.
Salmon stars: Help identify this week’s Lost and 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.
Crane installation a milestone in construction of Molecular Engineering Building
While many in the campus community were taking a break for the holidays, the workers building the Molecular Engineering Building passed a major milestone.
American Hospital Association president calls for more efficient, integrated health care system
Richard Umbdenstock, president, CEO and director of the American Hospital Association (AHA), says we need “a national framework for change” when it comes to U.
Potential genetic links to lung disease risk found
An analysis of data from more than 20,000 people has uncovered several DNA sequence variations associated with impaired lung function.
Re-imagining news.
A three-day, open-ended “unconference” about the future of journalism.
January 5, 2010
First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland
If the orbit of the newly discovered planet is not almost perfectly circular, then the planet might be rocked fierce volcanic eruptions.
January 4, 2010
Toxicants detected in Asian monkey hair may warn of environmental threats
Testing hair from Asian monkeys living close to people may provide early warnings of toxic threats to humans and wildlife, according to a study published online last week in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
December 23, 2009
University of Washington’s Dr. Edwin G. Krebs, recipient of 1992 Nobel Prize for discovering biological switch in cells, dies at 91
Dr. Edwin G. Krebs, who shared the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a biological regulatory mechanism in cells, d
December 21, 2009
Air bags not a risk to pregnant women in motor vehicle crashes, study finds
Motor vehicle crashes affect an estimated 32,800 pregnant women each year in the United States.
UW raises a record $2 million in Combined Fund Drive donations
The University of Washington 2009 Combined Fund Drive raised a record amount for charities.
December 19, 2009
Seattle Women’s Chorus.
Joy, laughter and inspiration will fill the air as the angelic (and mighty) voices of the Women’s Chorus melt your holiday cares away with an eclectic program of traditional and very untraditional songs of the season.
December 17, 2009
Scientists witness for first time magma streaming from volcano in deep ocean
For the first time scientists have seen molten lava flowing from a deep-ocean seafloor volcano.
December 15, 2009
Pay attention to that man behind the curtain: Climate Wizard makes large databases of climate information visual, accessible
A Web tool can generate color maps of projected temperature and precipitation changes using 16 of the world’s most prominent climate-change.
Several novel genetic links to lung function in large-scale, multi-institutional study
An analysis of data from more than 20,000 people has uncovered several DNA sequence variations associated with impaired lung function.
Tremors between slip events: More evidence of great quake danger to Seattle
Scientists discover more small seismic tremor events in a megathrust earthquake zone in western Washington and British Columbia.
December 14, 2009
Scientists seek Seattle-area volunteers to host special seismographs
Scientists are hunting for sites in the Seattle area for specially designed seismographs to record moderate to strong urban earthquakes
Of girls and geeks: Environment may be why women don’t like computer science
In real estate, it’s location, location, location.
Low-cost temperature sensors, tennis balls to monitor mountain snowpack
Dime-sized temperature sensors that were first built for the refrigerated food industry have been adapted to sense mountain microclimates.
‘Living in Emergency.’
Doctors Without Borders gave a documentary film crew uncensored access to its field operations in war-torn Congo and post-conflict Liberia.
December 12, 2009
Yulefest!
Celebrate the holiday season with the Columbia Choirs, under the direction of founder Steve Stevens.
December 11, 2009
University Symphony.
Maestro Peter Eros conducts the University Symphony in a performance of a Mozart piano concerto with soloist Craig Sheppard and a symphony by Tchaikovsky.
December 10, 2009
‘One keypad per child’ lets schoolchildren share screen to learn math
Up to four children share a computer screen to do interactive math problems, effectively quadrupling the number of computers available.
Mechanism discovered by which body’s cells encourage tuberculosis infection
Scientists have discovered a signaling pathway that tuberculosis bacteria use to coerce disease-fighting cells to switch allegiance and work on their behalf.
UW Medicine’s Institute of Translational Health Sciences presents Breast Cancer Screening – The New Guidelines: Can We Make Sense Out of the Controversy?
Grinch at work: one of arboretum’s rare conifers cut down, stolen
Someone apparently wanting a free Christmas tree cut down one of the rarest conifers in the Washington Park Arboretum.
Honors students honor ‘100 Greatest Americans’
Who would be on your list of the 100 greatest Americans? A group of nine honors students spent fall quarter thinking about and debating that question, and on Dec.
UW students honor 100 Greatest Americans in 2009 project
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents meeting for December has been canceled.
Information session on Early Entrance Program set for Jan. 4
Students, parents and teachers of middle-school aged children are invited to learn more about the Transition School/Early Entrance Program at the UW at an information session on Monday, Jan.
UW Symphony to perform Mozart, Tchaikovsky Dec. 11
The UW Symphony will present a concert at 7:30 p.
UW responds to heavy reporting requirements for economic stimulus money
The UW has received $190 million as the result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Barack Obama signed in February, but reporting on spending has been more demanding than for any federal funds in the past, according to people compiling the reports.
Part of Burke Gilman to be closed for 18 days beginning Dec. 14
Starting Monday a part of the Burke Gilman Trail across from Hec Edmondson Pavilion will be closed, signaling the start of construction of the long-awaited Sound Transit light-rail station.
Goodbye until the new year
This is the last issue of University Week for fall quarter.
Nissan’s Zero-Emissions Vehicle on Campus This Afternoon
Nissan will be showing off <A href="http://www.