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February 5, 2009
‘University Week’ seeks help with upcoming articles
The editors of University Week are looking for help from the campus community in reporting a couple of upcoming stories.
Jim Donald Named Executive-in-Residence at UW Bothell
Former Starbucks CEO Jim Donald has been named Executive-in-Residence for the Business Program at the UW Bothell.
UW seeks to deepen its commitment to sustainability
In the next two months, an energetic team of faculty, staff and students from all three campuses, coming together as the Climate Action Team, will be developing the first draft of a blueprint for deepening the UW’s commitment to sustainability.
UW TechTransfer secures two highly experienced IP professionals to join unit
UW TechTransfer, the unit that facilitates the commercialization of UW research, has hired Todd Alberstone as director of intellectual property management and Ed Cummings as a licensing officer focused on computing technologies.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Lucy’s legacy.
Donald Johanson, the scientist who discovered “Lucy” in 1974 shares his insights and explores the lessons learned from looking at humanity through the lens of time.
Class Notes: Writers on Writing brings people together for writing, reading, conversation
Class title: English 285: Writers on Writing, taught by the UW creative writing faculty, led by Professor Richard Kenney, and Teaching Assistants Scott Provence and Sarah Erickson.
Bus left you waiting in the cold? Use your cell phone to track it down
It’s a question heard at countless bus stops: “Have you seen the number 48 go by?”
Cold, impatient bus riders stamp their feet, check their watches and wonder if that bus is ever going to come.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
LIBRARY LIONS: Three UW Libraries employees won national and international honors recently.
New residents of Kincaid Hall are in the shell-making business
Foreign visitors are nothing new for the UW campus, but during this school year three strange guests from a distant land have taken up residence in Kincaid Hall.
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary season, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company is on its first tour in more than a decade.
Newsmakers
SHAME, SHAME: Mark Twain pointed out that “man is the only animal that blushes, or needs to,” a recent <A href="http://www.
Donovan Stokes performs on double bass Feb. 7
Donovan Stokes, professor of double bass at Shenandoah Conservatory, will present an eclectic mix of classical, world and electronic compositions by Sarasate, Misek and Stokes in a Barry Leiberman and Friends concert at 2 p.
Deadline approaching for Celebrating UW Women
A quick reminder: The deadline for submitting nominations for Celebrating UW Women is Feb.
Pedal in precipitation and commute in cloudbursts: Ride in the Rain is coming
Kole Kantner is a veritable evangelist of Ride in the Rain, the UW’s annual celebration of bike commuting in the Northwest’s most traditional weather pattern.
‘Friday the Thirteenth Mallet Jazz’ coming on — well, you know the day
UW faculty vibraphonist Tom Collier will present Friday the Thirteenth Mallet Jazz, a concert of original compositions and jazz standards at 7:30 p.
UW scholars to discuss Seattle Asian Art Museum exhibit of paintings from Indian history
South Asian scholars at the University will be lending their expertise during a recently-opened exhibit at the Seattle Asian Art Museum that they have greatly anticipated.
Free money: The UW Medicine Employee Referral Program is going strong
There’s no simpler way to say it: UW employees who successfully refer a new hire for one of many medical positions can get a cash incentive of $1,200 through the Employee Referral Program.
Leonard Hudson to receive Trudeau Medal
Leonard D.
Ramsey highlights challenges, opportunities for UW Medicine
Steve Butler
News & Community Relations
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UW Health Sciences Libraries target improving patient care
A new service aimed at providing health professional with access to evidence-based information is being unveiled throughout Washington State.
Neighborhood Clinics are at the top of their game
By Allison Osenar
UW Physicians Network
The UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics recently received a score of 100 percent in a survey conducted by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
Missing piece in chromosome increases epilepsy risk
Tiny deletions in a section of human chromosome 15 are linked to an increased risk of idiopathic generalized epilepsies, according to results of a multi-center study published this month in Nature Genetics.
Heartburn belies reflux’s complex causes, subtle symptoms
By Brian Donohue
News & Community Relations
One curly fry and energy drink at a time, Americans are feeling the sting of acid reflux.
Windows in time: Advertisements of the old West on display in new digital collection
Beer as a healthful family tonic? Cigarettes you can “smoke all day” long with no ill effects? Asbestos that does triple duty as a furniture polish, insect repellant and carpet cleaner?
Welcome to the world of Northwest print advertising, turn of the century style — the last century, that is — in a new digital image collection by the UW Libraries Special Collections Division called Early Advertising of the West, 1867-1918.
February 3, 2009
Mini-med school.
First in a six-part series of lectures and demonstrations open to the public and designed to teach about medical education, research and clinical care at the UW.
Cholesterol confidential.
Jay Heinecke, professor in the School of Medicine’s Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, presents the first lecture in the 2009 Molecular Medicine Public Lecture Series, When Good Cholesterol Goes Bad.
February 2, 2009
Bipolar disorders linked to risk of early death from natural causes
Bipolar disorders appear to increase the risk of early death from a medical illness, according to a literature review study published as the lead article this week in the journal Psychiatric Services.
Seattle’s striking history comes into focus with year-long celebration
Ninety years ago Seattle shut down.
February 1, 2009
‘Big Love.’
Classical drama meets modern-day excess in this fiercely entertaining adaptation of Aeschylus’ The Suppliant Maidens.
January 30, 2009
Hear Hartwell.
The Friends of the Libraries Annual Meeting will feature guest speaker Lee Hartwell, Nobel laureate and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, speaking on ‘Science and the Arts.
January 29, 2009
Series examines how new technology transforms way we see planet
Miles Logsdon, a UW oceanographer who specializes in understanding Puget Sound, coastal Washington and the Pacific using instruments mounted on earth-observing satellites, is the kick off speaker Feb.
Research links seismic slip and tremor, with implications for subduction zone
In the last decade, scientists have recorded regular episodes of tectonic plates slowly, quietly slipping past each other in western Washington and British Columbia over periods of two weeks or more, releasing as much energy as a magnitude 6 earthquake.
Where do children learn science? Everywhere, new research shows
While talking about his recent research, Philip Bell of the College of Education tells a story about a girl who loved to play with the mortar and pestle her grandmother used for cooking when the two visited every Saturday, and how that interest evolved.
Media Center offers Puget Sounds, Netflix for instructors and more
Art rock.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
EXPERIMENTAL EXCELLENCE: Geoffrey Boynton, associate professor of psychology whose research interest is in the neural correlates of human visual perception, is the recipient of the Early Investigator Award from the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
UW alumna Wendy Yamashita returns to perform Jan. 31
School of Music alumna and pianist Wendy Yamashita will return to the UW for a visiting artist recital at 5 p.
Trapsters — dragsters built using mousetraps — race at School of Art
Students in Magnus Feil’s industrial design classes built mousetrap-powered cars, called them trapsters, and raced them last Wednesday — and the world beat a path to their door.
Talking about teaching, twice-monthly at the UW Club
Teaching is on the menu at the UW Club twice a month.
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