That palm tree magnet commemorating your last vacation is programmed for a simple function – to stick to your refrigerator.
August 20, 2009
The latest news from the UW
Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor
Plastic that conducts electricity holds promise for cheaper, thinner and more flexible electronics.
Medal of Honor memorial to be constructed near WW I and WW II memorials
On the outside, the rock is plain and ordinary serpentine stone common to Washington State.
Official notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents Regular Meeting for August has been canceled.
You can see ocean data through APL Web portal
A Web portal at the Applied Physics Laboratory now has more than 50 different kinds of ocean data being collected in Puget Sound and off the coast of Washington, Oregon and Northern California.
UW’s new mobile app named ‘m.UW’
The organizers of last month’s contest to name the UW’s new mobile application have announced a winner.
Hosts needed for international students as part of Homestay Program
One way to experience international travel and bring the world to your doorstep is by hosting an international UW student.
Etc: News and notes from around campus
YOUNG AND BRILLIANT: The UW’s Shwetak Patel, an assistant professor in the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering, is one of 35 outstanding innovators under the age of 35 being honored by Technology Review magazine.
UW Club nominated for National Register of Historic Places
It’s part of the drill in luring fine scholars to be faculty members at the UW: Take ’em to lunch at the UW Faculty Club, show ’em around the building and encourage ogling out wall-to-wall windows at Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains.
UW wins new honors for sustainability efforts
The UW was ranked second in the country by Sierra Magazine for the University’s sustainability efforts, and it was also named to the 2010 Green Rating Honor Roll by the Princeton Review.
How does a blind person use technology? UW Tacoma researchers put devices to the test
By Beth Luce
UW Tacoma
A study by UW Tacoma alumna Kristen Shinohara and Josh Tenenberg, a UWT Institute of Technology professor, made the cover of the August issue of Communications of the ACM.
‘Truly a learning community’: the UW Summer Institute for the Arts & Humanities flourishes
When doors of collaboration and mutual understanding are opened, good things happen — connections are made and lessons learned that can last a career and improve the work of students and faculty alike.
Community premiere of animation by deaf and hard of hearing students planned Friday
Students at the Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing will show the results of their work in animation at 7 p.
Clark Hall remodeling to be showcased in Sept. 3 open house
The departments of military science, naval science and aerospace studies will hold an open house in their home base, Clark Hall, from 10 a.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Remodeled, retrofitted and ready: Savery Hall is open for business again
Savery Hall occupants are coming home this month to a building that looks cleaner and brighter on the outside and completely new on the inside.
UW blog profile: New music, DVDs, wry commentary on Libraries Media Center Blog
Members of the UW community are increasingly expressing themselves in personal blogs about their interests, professional matters or some combination of the two.
A Facebook for poets? UW-connected Read Write Poem site is that and more
Poetry and technology aren’t usually thought of in relation to each other, but a new Web site with UW ties unites the two to create a “Facebook for poets.
Why a cat in a glass box? 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.
Dutch elm strikes: A dozen trees near Parrington Hall must be removed
About 12 elm trees between Parrington Hall and the William H.
Disaster tip of the month: Do you know how to shut off your home’s gas, water and electricity?
Editor’s note: The Emergency Management Division of the Washington Military Department is offering a tip a month to help people get prepared for a disaster.
Gotta sing? UW Women’s Choir seeking members again
Faculty and staff women who like to sing are again being offered a chance to be part of a choir that practices once a week and performs several times a year.
Walking the walk: UW staffers to support Lifelong AIDS Alliance at annual Seattle AIDS Walk
Want to take a walk with your UW colleagues and raise some money for a worthy cause in the process? Then join the Seattle AIDS Walk on Saturday, Sept.
Personal stories of connection shine in staffer’s book, ‘Mentoring Moments’
For Susan Canfield, the creation of her book of interviews about the mentoring relationship, Mentoring Moments, is something of a dream come true.
Radiology group uses internet to extend global influence and access
Leveraging the Internet to enhance professional communication and education, the International Society of Radiology (ISR) has launched an initiative to a welcoming audience.
Behavioral therapy effective in treating insomnia and osteoarthritis
Public health doctoral candidate named Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholar
The Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program (FICRS) has announced that Kristin Beima-Sofie, a doctoral candidate in the School of Public Health’s Insitute for Public Health Genetics, has been selected as a Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholar for the 2009-10 cohort.
Conrad honored for work in health care management education
New genome-analysis strategy passes initial test
UW researchers have successfully developed a novel genome-analysis strategy for more rapid, lower-cost discovery of possible gene-disease links.
Nursing dean emeritus explores a new path as a poet
By Ashley Wiggin
School of Nursing
What started out as a simple journaling of daily events for UW School of Nursing Dean Emeritus Sue Hegyvary has led to her first chapbook of poetry.
August 17, 2009
U.S.-born Asian-American women more likely to think about, attempt suicide
Although Asian-Americans as a group have lower rates of thinking about and attempting suicide than the national average, U.
Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor
A new organic material lets both positive and negative charges flow efficiently. It permits a simpler design for organic electronics.
August 12, 2009
UW experts on health care policy
As the national debate on health care policies continues, University of Washington experts are available to discuss the issues.
August 10, 2009
‘Puter Profs: Experts who can address a variety of computer-related issues
Ed Lazowska
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Phone: 206-543-4755
E-mail: <A href="mailto:Lazowska@cs.
Life and death in the living brain: Recruitment of new neurons slows when old brain cells kept from dying
Like clockwork, brain regions in many songbird species expand and shrink seasonally in response to hormones.
August 6, 2009
UW blog profile: Meet the ‘Quantum Pontiff’
Editor’s Note: Members of the UW community are increasingly expressing themselves in personal blogs about their interests, professional matters or some combination of the two.
When’s that bus coming? The shadow knows
When’s your bus coming? When the sun’s shadow hits the mark, that’s when.
Did you know Radford Court is open to UW employees?
With UW Ethernet, a 24-hour fitness center, on-site day care and playgrounds, a 24-acre park-like atmosphere and other amenities, Radford Court is a pretty nice place to live.
Chaos theory, ‘Ulysses,’ murder and more — Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning has lively classes for those 50 and up
As new director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the UW, Lois Lussier did what many new campus leaders do — she visited a few classes to get acquainted.
School finances: Trimming teacher pay could reduce layoffs, larger classes
School districts faced with large budget gaps could avoid some or all teacher layoffs by rolling back salaries, a UW education researcher says.