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August 7, 2008
Public Health Informatics 2008 set for Sept. 18-19
The second annual Public Health Informatics 2008 Conference, Envisioning Options for Integrated Public Health Information Systems for Low Resource Settings: Components, Connections, Partners, Strategies, will take place Sept.
Ivory poaching at critical levels: Elephants on path to extinction by 2020?
African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989.
An artful match: Summer day camps and the Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Not many student artists can say their work has hung in the prestigious Jacob Lawrence Gallery — but thanks to a clever connection, the elementary school-age members of the UW Summer Day Camp can make that boast with pride.
Etc: Campus news and notes
FOUNDING HONOR: Social Work Professor Biren “Ratnesh” Nagda was at the University of Michigan recently, accepting an award as one of the founders of intergroup dialogue — a technique he and several other graduate students developed at Michigan 20 years ago.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents meeting scheduled for August has been cancelled.
A home away from home for international students
A week can make all the difference.
Amid the ice, hot smoker vents
Well inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before.
Faculty, staff female singers wanted for choir
Where can you get weekly singing lessons, perform three times a year and meet a lot of women who love music as much as you do? The answer is the UW Women’s Choir, which is currently looking for new members.
Teachers as change agents: New UW Bothell teacher education program aims for something radical
A new program for secondary education teachers at UW Bothell is aimed not just at producing certificated teachers but also change agents.
Husky Band leader a director of Beijing Olympic Orchestra
When Brad McDavid led the Husky Marching Band on a tour to China in 2001, little did he realize that the performances were also an audition.
UW at the Olympics: Social work practicum coordinator to referee tae kwon do
Leon Preston has been an athlete all his life, but he’s going to the Olympics this year as an official, not a competitor.
UW to host CIA officer for research residency
The UW will participate for the first time in the Officer in Residence Program, in which a Central Intelligence Agency officer spends two years as a visiting researcher at a United States college or university.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Bulging prison system called massive intervention in American family life
The mammoth increase in the United States’ prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males.
New research challenges notion that dinosaur soft tissues still survive
Paleontologists in 2005 hailed research that apparently showed that soft, pliable tissues had been recovered from dissolved dinosaur bones, a major finding that would substantially widen the known range of preserved biomolecules.
Parasitic fly influences nocturnal bee behavior
Strange things are happening in the lowland tropical forests of Panama and Costa Rica.
Abstinence: Teens, adults speak different languages
Abstinence can mean different things to adolescents than to adults.
Fellowships for Canadian study come to UW
The Killam Fellowships Program, which is based in Ottawa, has expanded to the western United States, and the UW is one of the first partner institutions.
Rock, Paper, Scissors event at Henry Aug. 9
The Henry Gallery is celebrating ingenuity, creativity and originality at an event it calls Rock, Paper, Scissors from noon to 4 p.
Governor calls for fuel reduction, hiring freeze
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Another sign of changing times: Suzzallo’s periodicals desk to close Aug. 23
One more fixture of the 20th century library is going away.
UW medical student vaults her way to the Olympics
On Aug.
Stephanie Steppe steps down
Stephanie Steppe, director of Health Sciences Academic Services & Facilities, doesn’t think she has taken more than a week’s vacation at a time in 40 years.
Eileen Whalen appointed HMC executive director
By Clare Hagery & Elizabeth Lowry
News & Community Relations
After a national search, Eileen Whalen has been appointed executive director for Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, effective Oct.
Consortium to help reshape Thai pharmacy practices
By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy
The UW School of Pharmacy recently joined a group that is helping transform the pharmacy system in Thailand.
Jack Thompson leaves public health leadership post
Jack Thompson, director of the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP), has stepped down from this leadership position, effective July 15.
August 6, 2008
When it comes to abstinence teens, adults aren’t speaking the same language
Abstinence can mean different things to adolescents than to adults.
August 3, 2008
Bulging prison system called massive intervention in American family life
BOSTON — The mammoth increase in the United States’ prison population since the 1970s is having profound demographic consequences that disproportionately affect black males.
August 1, 2008
Simian foamy virus found in several people living and working with monkeys in Asia
A research team led by University of Washington scientists has found that several people in South and Southeast Asian countries working and living around monkeys have been infected with simian foamy virus (SFV), a primate virus that, to date, has not been shown to cause human disease.
UW Medicine physicians obtain national recognition for diabetes care
Twenty-eight University of Washington physicians working at UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics have achieved recognition in diabetes care from the National Commission on Quality Assurance (NCQA).
July 31, 2008
Ivory poaching at critical levels: Elephants on path to extinction by 2020?
African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a pace unseen since an international ban on the ivory trade took effect in 1989, but a University of Washington conservation biologist believes there is little outcry because the public seems to be unaware of the giant mammals’ plight.
July 30, 2008
Eileen Whalen Appointed New Executive Director for Harborview Medical Center
After a national search, Eileen Whalen has been appointed executive director for Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, effective Oct.
July 29, 2008
New research challenges notion that dinosaur soft tissues still survive
Paleontologists in 2005 hailed research apparently showing that soft tissues had been recovered from dissolved dinosaur bones, but new research suggests the supposed recovered tissue is really just biofilm – or slime.
July 28, 2008
A bee’s future as queen or worker may rest with parasitic tropical fly
Strange things are happening in the lowland tropical forests of Panama and Costa Rica.
Newly discovered proteins in seminal fluid transferred during mating may affect odds of producing offspring
Seminal fluid contains protein factors that, when transferred from a male to a female at mating, affect reproductive success.
July 24, 2008
Husband, wife raise funds for UW Medical Center’s NICU
Carlene Anders and Gene Dowers celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in early August.
Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field
Inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before. Dissolved sulfide minerals that solidify when vent water hits the icy cold of the deep sea have, over the years, accumulated around the vents in what is one of the most massive hydrothermal sulfide deposits ever found on the seafloor.
‘Colorsplash!’ blooms at Fircrest
It all started in 2007 when a resident of Fircrest School wanted to grow pumpkins.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents regular public meeting, which was scheduled for Thursday, Aug.
UW prof joins Kew Gardens project
The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, known for work on plant systematics and botanical collecting, is getting into the ecosystem restoration business.
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