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February 19, 2009
Lecture on arctic policy challenges marks opening of Polar Science Weekend
Marking the end of International Polar Year, the chair of the eight-nation council that is assessing the implications of increased shipping in the Arctic Ocean will give a lecture on campus Thursday, Feb.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • Polar Science Weekend
Changing ocean conditions turning penguins into long-distance commuters
Imagine you live in the suburbs of Chicago and you must commute hundreds of miles to a job in Iowa just to put food on the table.
Peer portfolio: Activities at UW’s peer institutions
GM + U-M = ABCD: General Motors and the University of Michigan have teamed up to help speed up the design of advanced batteries for electric cars.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Japanese film ‘Zen’ to be shown, discussed on Feb. 26 and 28
The Japan Studies Program, The Henry M.
Class Notes: Students investigate lives of young people around the world
Class title: GEOG/SIS 111: Global Youth, taught by Dr.
Going the extra mile: Faculty Senate seeks members for councils, committees
“A university is a community of scholars contributing, each according to his own talents and interests, to the transmission and advancement of knowledge.
Cervantes Institute receives Spanish encyclopedia
About 90 educators and others were on hand in Mary Gates Hall the afternoon of Thursday, Feb.
Pianist Nelita True to perform Feb. 21
Nelita True, professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, will perform works by Beethoven, Faure, Liszt, and more in a visiting artist recital at 7:30 p.
Jupiter String Quartet to make Meany Hall debut Feb. 25
The Jupiter String Quartet will make its Meany Hall debut in a concert at 8 p.
New UW Police chief John Vinson a team player
John Vinson, the UW’s new police chief, is a veteran law enforcement officer who stresses that cooperation and teamwork are how to make a good police department even better.
New biologics center to advance personalized drug delivery
By Nedra Pautler
Department of Bioengineering
A new interdisciplinary center based in the UW Department of Bioengineering will work on guiding biologically based drugs to targets inside the cell.
‘Journalism on the Brink?’: UW, online journalists host panel
The Seattle chapter of the Online News Association and the UW Department of Communication will host a panel discussion, “Journalism on the Brink? Can Digital Save It?” The discussion will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.
Dental administrators and students meet with state legislators
Top administrators and students from the UW School of Dentistry met with key legislators in Olympia on Feb.
Choose an out-of-state contact person in case of emergency
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.
BizTech canceled in 2009 to mitigate budget cuts
BizTech, the UW campus technology fair, will not be held in 2009.
Clinical trials’ review finds only exercise to prevent low-back problems
Low-back pain continues to impose a huge burden on industrialized societies, in terms of symptoms, medical costs, productivity, and work absence.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Neuropathology Fellow saves neighbor from fire
UW Neuropathology Fellow Russ Huber doesn’t think of himself as a hero, even if that’s what the local papers are calling him.
Two UW profs named Sloan Research Fellows
Two UW faculty members are among 118 early career scientists, mathematicians, and economists to be chosen as Alfred P.
‘Blithe Spirit.’
Seeking material for a novel, Charles invites a spiritualist into his house.
‘Lincoln Portrait.’
The UW symphonic, concert and campus bands present a concert remembering Abraham Lincoln in music.
February 18, 2009
Adding genetics to a patient’s clinical profile might lead to more accurate blood-thinner dosing
Including genetic information in a patient’s clinical profile might help determine the optimal starting dose of the common blood-thinner warfarin, according to findings from a large-scale study that will be published tomorrow, Thursday, February 19, in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Clinical trials’ review finds only exercise to prevent low-back problems
Low-back pain continues to impose a huge burden on industrialized societies, in terms of symptoms, medical costs, productivity, and work absence.
A reconfigured middle east.
Joel S.
Health care careers.
Meet with industry experts about career options and the degree and certificate programs that will prepare you to start or advance your career in the health care and biomedical fields.
February 17, 2009
Anti-social behavior in girls predicts adolescent depression seven years later
Past behavior is generally considered to be a good predictor of future behavior, but new research indicates that may not be the case in the development of depression, particularly among adolescent girls.
‘OPEN’ opens.
The opening reception for the School of Art’s Annual Juried student show, OPEN, at the Jacob Lawrence gallery — a no-holds-barred, no rules exhibition of unbridled talent juried by Rock Hushka, curator of contemporary and northwest art at the Tacoma Art Museum.
February 15, 2009
‘Blithe Spirit.’
This farce about ghosts and seances is an enduring classic even though its author, Noel Coward, claimed he wrote it in five days while on vacation.
February 14, 2009
‘Real to Reel.’
The final version of Masizakhe: Building Each Other, a film about spoken word poetry and hip hop in South Africa produced by Scott Macklin, the College of Education’s chief technology officer, will be screened at the Real to Reel Film Festival.
February 12, 2009
Changing ocean conditions turning penguins into long-distance commuters
Magellanic penguins, like most other species of the flightless birds, are having their survival challenged by wide variability in conditions and food availability, a University of Washington biologist has found.
Two for the ages
Charles Darwin, famed author of On the Origin of Species, will be the subject of an evening of lectures and discussion tonight at the Burke Museum.
Economic crisis impacts nation’s K-12 schools
America’s severe economic crisis means less money for education and reductions in teaching and staff jobs, according to projections by Marguerite Roza, senior scholar at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, at UW Bothell, and research assistant professor in the College of Education.
K-12 schools: Seniority-neutral layoff policy would save jobs
K-12 school districts that lay off personnel according to seniority cause disproportionate damage to their programs and students than if layoffs were determined on a seniority-neutral basis.
Javanese performing arts on display Feb. 20 at Meany Hall
The UW School of Music and Southeast Asia Center will present an evening of Javanese performing arts showcasing shadow puppetry, gamelan music and dance at 7:30 p.
Contemporary Group to perform new compositions Feb. 18
Students of the UW School of Music will perform new selections from the past 50 years in a program arranged by new faculty composer Huck Hodge.
Journalism students launch ‘Sound News’
The region’s newest source of news about Puget Sound was launched last Friday by UW environmental journalism students and their instructor.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery ‘OPEN’ exhibit features students
The Jacob Lawrence gallery will host a no holds barred, no rules exhibition of unbridled student talent Feb.
‘Home Movie Day’ features rarely-seen Special Collections films
UW Special Collections Film Archivist Hannah Palin will introduce “Home Movie Day,” an event of the Society of American Archivists UW Student Chapter, from 5 to 7 p.
UW to open second European campus in Leon, Spain
A royal palace in Leon, Spain will become the second European campus of the UW.
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