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.
August 7, 2008
The latest news from the UW
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
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
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.
Increase in freshman enrollment proposed
UW President Mark A.
Saving the world, one composted cup at a time
Quick quiz: It’s hot out and you’ve bought a cool drink at a UW campus café.
Mystery photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Toxic chemicals found in common laundry products, air fresheners
A UW study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals.
UW becomes member of University of Arctic
Growing international interest in the Arctic led the UW in June to become a member of the University of the Arctic.
Chinese studies librarians at UW for conference
Dozens of Chinese studies librarians have converged at the UW for the Summer Institute on Chinese Studies Librarianship in the Electronic Environment, hosted by UW Libraries.
From garden to you: Library staffers enjoy fresh produce delivered to their workplace
Staffers in the UW Libraries have been enjoying fresh produce this summer, thanks to a new program they’ve signed up for called Farm Fresh@Work.
Research1: YouTube + Facebook + you
Some people might describe Research1 as “YouTube meets Facebook in a research project setting.
Deaf educator to talk about technology
Harry Lang, a Deaf professor in the Department of Research and Teacher Education at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology, will be giving a public lecture on the subject of technology and how it impacts the Deaf community at 7 p.
UW Tower is home to new cafe
If you’re looking for a new and different campus eatery, you might want to try Housing and Food Service’s most recent addition, the Tower Café, located in the UW Tower.
UWT student is new regent
Jean-Paul Willynck, a senior Urban Studies student at the UW Tacoma, has been appointed to a one-year term as the UW student regent by Gov.
Catalano is Dobb Professor
By Jean M.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
A STORM OF RECOGNITION: Sutapa Basu, director of the UW Women’s Center, was one of four women honored during the Seattle Storm’s Women of Inspiration Night recently.
Making a good impression
The School of Dentistry and the UW Athletics Program kicked off a new collaboration on Wednesday, July 9, with 130 student athletes visiting UW dental clinics to be fitted for mouthguards.
What happened to the ducks?
The whole campus has been quacking over the duck family that was featured on the cover of the last issue of University Week.
$2.68 billion raised in successful campaign
On July 17 the UW Foundation announced that more than $2.
UW professors coordinate NGO code of conduct
By Bobbi Nodell
News & Community Relations
More than 25 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have pledged to pursue practices that bolster public health practices in the countries in which they work, as part of an international nongovernmental organization code of conduct developed by UW professors working for Health Alliance International in Seattle.