UW School of Nursing doctoral student Carey McCarthy has been has been named one of this year’s three Lambarene Schweitzer Public Health Fellows by The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
March 12, 2009
The latest news from the UW
From punch cards to laptops: UW Tech employees remember 40 years with the University
Tom Profit and Sid McHarg of UW Technology recall meeting with networking experts from a major computing company in the mid 1980s.
Mumbai students win UW global social entrepreneurship competition
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News & Community Relations
India’s slums play a huge part in another prize — not among top films, but top business plans.
Lecture series on coffee kicks off with book author
“From its discovery on an ancient Ethiopian hillside to its role as millennial elixir in the Age of Starbucks, coffee has dominated and molded the economies, politics, and social structures of entire countries.
Kids learn about, use their brains at annual open house
Hundreds of students converged on the Husky Union Building Wednesday wearing hats festooned with giant neurons, trying brain teasers and memory games, and learning about neuroscience from UW students, faculty and community partners.
Guitarist to give master class March 22
Grammy-nominated guitarist Paul Galbraith will conduct a master class at 10 a.
Symphony bassist to perform at March 15 concert
Joe Kaufman, recently appointed assistant principal bass for the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, is the special guest for a concert at 2 p.
Opera Workshop.
School of Music students perform scenes from operas, directed by Noel Koran.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
BOWLING BONANZA: Staffers in the Capital Projects Office (CPO) are passing around bowling pins instead of blueprints these days.
Who’s watching? UW units are finding out in UWTV report
This week, for the first time, some 60 UW units are learning more about who is watching their videos produced through UWTV.
New vice chancellor for advancement joins UW Tacoma
Joshua Knudson recently joined UW Tacoma in the post of vice chancellor for advancement.
‘University Week’ takes a break
This is the last issue of University Week for winter quarter.
Provost plans conversations on budget
Faculty and staff are invited to join Provost Phyllis Wise for drop-in conversations in the UW Club Conference Room about the status of the state budget and the University’s plans for dealing with it.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Store plenty of water to prepare for disaster
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.
Science writer illuminates ‘Ten Most Beautiful Experiments’
Galileo singing to mark time as he measures the pull of gravity, Newton carefully inserting a needle behind his eye to learn how light causes vibrations in the retina, Pavlov making his dogs salivate at ascending chord progressions: These are among the most beautiful experiments in the history of science.
Experimental Education Unit to become research center with planned gift from founding director
It was in 1965 that Norris Haring, professor of special education, founded what was to be the UW’s Experimental Education Unit.
FIUTS brings the world to K-12 students through its Pen Pal Program
Forty-eight fifth- and sixth-grade students from White Center Heights Elementary visited the UW campus on Wednesday, March 11, to meet international students from around the world through the Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS) Pen Pal Program.
Learn the beat: UWPD Citizens Academy coming Wednesday afternoons April to June
Want to find out more about the UW Police and how they do their job? The UW Police Citizens Academy might be just the thing.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Dead gene comes back to life in humans
Researchers have discovered that a long-defunct gene was resurrected during the course of human evolution.
UW named Government Agency of the Year for its work with minority-owned businesses
The University of Washington was recognized recently as the 2009 Government Agency of the Year by the Northwest Minority Supplier Development Council.
Inventors of the Year nominations due March 30
Nominations for the sixth annual UW Medicine Inventors of the Year Awards are now being accepted.
Molecular and cellular biology student wins Weintraub Award
Wen-Hui Lien, a doctoral degree candidate in the UW Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, is one of 13 graduate students chosen to receive the 2009 Harold M.
March 10, 2009
Media advisory: Brain Awareness Week brings neuroscience to the masses
WHAT: Brain Awareness Week Open House, part of Neuroscience for Kids program
WHO: Eric Chudler, UW research associate professor of bioengineering; 700 elementary, middle-school and high-school students; Various neuroscience researchers, nonprofits, patient-support groups
WHEN: Wednesday, March 11, 10 a.
‘Resiliency Now.’
A workshop from UW WorkLife to help you deal with stress and build your resiliency to adapt, persevere, and recover from adversity.
March 7, 2009
Dino day.
The Burke Museum’s popular family event features dozens of dinosaur-era fossils from the museum’s collection, along with hands-on learning activities for all ages.
March 6, 2009
Single molecule tracking helps reveal mechanism of chromosome separation in dividing cells
University of Washington researchers are helping to write the operating manual for the nano-scale machine that separates chromosomes before cell division.
Journalist Jack Hamann.
The author of On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of WWII, discusses his book and takes questions from the audience.
March 5, 2009
President Mark Emmert addresses UW community in Town Hall meeting on budget matters
UW President Mark Emmert discussed the status of the University’s budget and the implication of pending budget cuts in a Town Hall address to the UW community on Tuesday, March 3 in Kane Hall.
Wind ensemble, bands to perform March 10
The UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, Concert and Campus Bands present “Urban Landscapes” at 7:30 p.
UW Photographers Group opens exhibition March 16
Word Play: Prose, Poetry and Myth is the title of a new show by the UW Photographers Group that opens Monday, March 16 in the Skylight Gallery in the UW Medical Center.
Program successfully teaches domestic violence victims safe use of technology
A new Washington state program designed to help victims of domestic violence increase their knowledge of how to use technology safely and help minimize the risks that technology can pose when one is in an abusive relationship has been evaluated as highly successful.
Faculty recital: Marc Seales Jazz Piano
UW Jazz Studies Professor Marc Seales will perform a faculty recital at 7:30 p.
Tropical lizards can’t take the heat of climate warming
From geckos and iguanas to Gila monsters and Komodo dragons, lizards are among the most common reptiles on Earth.
Fleet Services goes green: New plug-in hybrid car, solar-assisted key manager
Fleet Services (formerly Motor Pool) has added some new features to its UCAR program, making car-sharing more convenient — and green — than ever for the UW community.
PACCAR Hall construction on time, on schedule despite winter weather
Construction on PACCAR Hall, the first of two new buildings coming to the Michael G.
Students to perform in the Winter Opera Workshop March 12
UW music students, directed by Noel Koran, will perform excerpts from operas by Britten, Mozart, Nicolai, and Verdi in the Winter Opera Workshop at 7:30 p.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Symphony, combined choirs, soloists present Haydn’s ‘The Creation’
Geoffrey Boers will conduct the University Symphony, Chamber Singers and University Chorale in a performance of one of the most beloved oratorios of all time, Josef Haydn’s The Creation, at 7:30 p.