The latest news from the UW

The UW Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging will fund pilot projects in basic research on the biology of aging.

Breast cancer affects one woman in nine during her lifetime, and the risk increases with age.

Medical Education Research & Scholarship Forum: “It’s Not Marcus Welby MD’s Library Any More!” Presenters: Ann Whitney, head, Systems, Health Sciences Libraries; Sherry Dodson, clinical librarian; and Sarah Safranek, information management librarian.

Tom Fleming, UW professor of biostatistics and statistics, will deliver the School of Public Health’s Winter Quarter Distinguished Faculty Lecture, “Clinical Trials: Discerning Hype from Substance.

By Ashley Wiggin
School of Nursing

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By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy

There’s much more to the practice of pharmacy than many people think.

The genome of the evolutionary ancestor of humans and present-day apes underwent a burst of activity in duplicating segments of DNA, according to a study to be published in Nature Feb 12, the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday.

Did you miss “Immigration and American Identity,” the Annual Faculty, delivered by Charles Hirschman, on Jan.

Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love will share her thoughts on the writing life and some of her current projects.

The Alumni Association presents “Dynamic Depths: Measuring Our Oceans from Above and Below,” with Miles G.

“Celebrating Seattle’s Striking History: 90th Anniversary of the Seattle General Strike” will bring together union members, students, scholars, musicians, and community organizers at Seattle’s Labor Temple.

“Arctic Sovereignty and Climate Change: A Nordic Perspective.

The editors of University Week are looking for help from the campus community in reporting a couple of upcoming stories.

Former Starbucks CEO Jim Donald has been named Executive-in-Residence for the Business Program at the UW Bothell.

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, 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.

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

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 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.

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.

LIBRARY LIONS: Three UW Libraries employees won national and international honors recently.

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.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary season, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company is on its first tour in more than a decade.

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, 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.

A quick reminder: The deadline for submitting nominations for Celebrating UW Women is Feb.

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.

UW faculty vibraphonist Tom Collier will present Friday the Thirteenth Mallet Jazz, a concert of original compositions and jazz standards at 7:30 p.

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.

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.

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