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October 9, 2009
UW breaks ground on nation’s largest molecular engineering building
University of Washington leaders today officially broke ground on a molecular engineering building.
Indigenous healing.
Columbia University’s Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart will discuss historical trauma for indigenous peoples and the historical trauma response, and will present an intervention aimed at facilitating healing.
Reading the Constitution.
You may be surprised at the familiarity or newness of this amazing document as 100 readers bring it to life for the fourth annual reading.
October 8, 2009
UW Combined Fund Drive to hold Charity Fair Oct. 14
The UW Combined Fund Drive, the UW’s workplace giving campaign, will kick off its 25th anniversary with a Charity Fair from 11 a.
UW oceanographer is a lead scientist in largest airborne survey of polar ice
Flights over Antarctica, with University of Washington’s Seelye Martin as chief scientist, start Oct. 15 as part of Operation Ice Bridge.
Household robots do not protect users’ security and privacy, researchers say
Robots equipped with wireless and sensing capabilities are available for use in the home. But safety and privacy risks remain.
Legal education is at a crossroads, and UW law school can be a leader, new dean says
One of the newest faces on campus is also the face of a new era in legal education.
Dentistry staffer swims, bikes and runs her way through first Ironman event
Dana Robinson Slote is not your average triathlete.
Home Movie Day comes to Allen Auditorium Oct. 17
The UW Libraries Special Collections, in collaboration with Media Bay Productions, will sponsor Home Movie Day from 2 to 5 p.
Management changes at UWTV aimed to widen channel’s role
UWTV, the UW’s television station and production facility, is reshaping itself to occupy a more central role in portraying what happens at the UW to the rest of the world.
Communication professors featured in Town Hall lecture series
The UW Department of Communication is partnering with Town Hall in Seattle to present a four-part lecture series on journalism, digital media and civic engagement.
Sculpture park to host UW display on sea level and climate change
The UW is creating a display at the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park that illustrates how projected changes in sea level due to climate change could affect Seattle’s waterfront, as well as other more vulnerable waterfront cities elsewhere in the world.
Emmert to address UW community Oct. 13
President Mark Emmert will deliver his annual address to the UW community at 3:30 p.
Study: Portfolio school districts are still works in progress
Portfolio school districts are promising new developments but they still have big problems to solve,” is how Paul Hill describes reforms in the four big cities being studied by his team at the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at UW Bothell.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Oct.
Newsmakers
POLLUTION PONZI: David Barash, UW professor of psychology, frequently contributes to The Chronicle Review, the magazine of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
A growing history: Preserving a century of Washington state agriculture literature
After a four-year process, the UW Libraries has completed a project to identify and preserve the most important Washington state agriculture, forestry and fishery literature published between 1820 and 1945.
Call-and-response theme behind the Henry’s new, yearlong exhibit ‘Vortexhibition Polyphonica’
Sara Krajewski, associate curator, is the first to give voice in the Henry Art Gallery’s new show, Vortexhibition Polyphonica, but other curatorial voices — including your own, if you like — will follow, prompting the exhibit to transform.
‘Jewish radar’ ineffective these days, UW prof says in new book
Martin Jaffee’s “Jewish radar” is failing him, and he believes it’s a sign of the times, at least on America’s West Coast.
Online and in depth: The Henry offers new Digital Interactive Galleries
The Henry Art Gallery’s new Digital Interactive Galleries will give the public an unprecedented level of detail and context about some of the museum’s key subcollections.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Landscape architecture professors write book on community gardens
Many cities across North America have community gardens, but only Seattle and a few others include them in urban planning — and it’s helped them thrive.
Department of Energy grant will assist UW move to hybrid, electric vehicles
The UW has received a $283,400 grant from the U.
The Center for Global Field Study: Training environmental stewards worldwide
When Lauren Jorelle was a UW student, she went to Indonesia as part of a field study program sponsored by the Washington National Primate Research Center and the Department of Psychology.
No longer lost in the weeds: History of farmworkers comes to life on Web
Cesar Chavez and California’s San Joaquin Valley are what come to most people’s minds when farmworkers’ struggles for decent wages and working conditions are mentioned.
UW’s newly named ‘Lamborghini Lab’ brings composite parts to sports car arena
A partnership between the UW and the Italian sports car company Automobili Lamborghini has been formalized, and the presidents of both organizations attended the naming ceremony of the UW’s Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory this week.
Etc: Campus news and notes
SCIENCE INTO ART: UW oceanographer Neil Banas will have the rare experience of having his scientific data turned into art this weekend.
National expert on urban policy to deliver lecture, participate in forum
Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, will deliver a free public lecture on The Great Recession: What Comes Next for our MetroNation at 6:30 p.
UN Secretary-General to receive honorary UW degree Oct. 26
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the UW at a formal academic convocation at 3:30 p.
Genome-wide hunt reveals new genetic links in autism
About 90 percent of autism spectrum disorders have suspected genetic causes but few genes have been identified so far.
Stimulus money funds studies of ocean surface waves, fire prevention and more
The last full week of September brought the UW the largest number of economic stimulus awards in a single week: 40 of them, adding up to almost $14 million.
Dean of Evans School of Public Affairs elected to national academy
Sandra O.
Golden West Winds Airforce Woodwind Quintet to perform Oct. 15
The Golden West Winds Airforce Woodwind Quintet, the resident woodwind quintet of the United States Air Force Band, will give a free recital of chamber music at 7:30 p.
Blog profile: “Ron’s View” has personal takes on education, family, sports and really good food
Members of the UW community are increasingly expressing themselves in personal blogs about their interests, professional matters or some combination of the two.
A family history in letters: Graduate School’s Erika Kreger co-edits book on Salmon P. Chase correspondence with daughters
A comment Erika Kreger made in passing to a colleague 17 years ago served as the inspiration for a fascinating historical project that has just now come to fruition.
There’s something fishy going on–but what is it? Help the library 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.
UW receives $25 million federal grant to create Northwest Genomics Center
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) announced Oct.
Dental education program swings into 2nd year at Riverpoint Campus
The Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE) program kicked off its orientation for a new cohort of eight students on Aug.
Students celebrate American Pharmacists Month with ad campaign
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The Friends of UW School of Medicine marks 60 years of service
By Delia Ward
UW Medicine Advancement
For her first Thanksgiving in Seattle, Andrea B.
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