The new College of Education undergraduate degree path in Early Childhood and Family Studies answers a longtime need in a creative and interdisciplinary way, its creators say.
April 10, 2008
The latest news from the UW
Get your Gaelic on with Oran nan Car
Around a university campus, it’s not unusual to have an esoteric interest, but not all such interests are entertaining to other people.
Legislature: Restraint followed by more restraint
Editor’s note: This is one of a series of columns by Faculty Senate officials.
New professional guardianship program launched
As the baby boomer generation moves toward retirement and life expectancies grow longer, the percentage of Americans who are senior citizens will increase dramatically.
Police chief finalists to visit
Two finalists for the position of chief of the UW Police Department will be visiting campus this month.
Live broadcasts, webcasts planned for Dalai Lama
Expect traffic congestion at Hec Ed Traffic may be congested around Hec Edmondson Pavilion this week as it hosts several events related to the Dalai Lama’s visit to Seattle. UW staffer gets Smart with her commutingDarlene Feikema, director of the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Life, likes small things. Evolutionary biologist to speak on organism-environment interactionRichard Lewontin, Alexander Agassiz research professor emeritus of comparative zoology at Harvard University, will deliver a free Jessie and John Danz lecture at 6:30 p. Etc: Campus news and notesFANTASTIC FLEET: The Web site 100 Best Fleets has ranked the UW’s Fleet Services (formally Motor Pool) 37th among the 100 top fleets in North America for 2007. Mystery PhotoWhere are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. Now hear this: New Outdoor Alert emergency broadcast system tested and readyMaybe you heard the test announcement on Thursday, March 27, from one of the new campus emergency loudspeakers. Community health-trained docs tend to help underservedUW researchers have found that family medicine physicians trained in community health centers were more likely to work in underserved settings than their non-community health center-trained counterparts. Going to extremes: Physician-athlete studies enduranceThe 4 Deserts races traverse some of the most beautiful, inhospitable terrains in the world: the Gobi, Sahara, Antarctic, and Atacama Crossing in Chile. Getting to know Carlos PellegriniResearchers link genetic errors to schizophreniaA team of researchers at the UW and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories has uncovered genetic errors that may shed light on the causes of schizophrenia. UW Medicine and Premera host Health SummitAs major employers and payers of health care benefits, businesses have a vested interest in reducing health care costs and improving the health status of their employees. Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cellsA new approach is able to create a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories. April 9, 2008 Photos of convocation at UW April 14 with Dalai Lama receiving honorary degreeThese photos were shot by Kathy Sauber, UW photographer. Repeated methamphetamine use causes long-term adaptations in brains of mice, researchers findRepeatedly stimulating the mouse brain with methamphetamine depresses important areas of the brain, and those changes can only be undone by re-introducing the drug, according to research at the University of Washington and other institutions. April 8, 2008 Hubble maps the changing constellation of Internet ‘black holes’
You’re trying to log on to a Web site and it’s not working. Expect congestion in Montlake area this weekTraffic may be congested around Hec Edmondson Pavilion this week as it hosts several events related to the Dalai Lama’s visit to Seattle. April 4, 2008 Finalists for UW police chief to visit campusTwo finalists for the position of chief of the University of Washington Police Department will be visiting campus later this month. April 3, 2008 International Humanitarian award for UW Engineers Without Borders project in BoliviaWhen members of the UW’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter heard that they had won the 2007/2008 EWB International Humanitarian award, they were overjoyed–and surprised. Engineers Without Borders students in BoliviaThe UW student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has made three trips to Yanayo, a remote community in Bolivia. Musical theater symposium slated April 11-12A two-day symposium on American musical theater organized by Larry Starr, the Ruth Waters Endowed Professor in Music History at the UW School of Music, will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, in Brechemin Auditorium. Irish pianist teaches, performs at UWThe UW School of Music will present a Celebration of Beethoven with Irish Pianist John O’Conor at 7:30 p. Satellites can help Arctic grazers survive killer winter stormsRain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens in the far north it can mean lingering death for reindeer, musk oxen and other animals that normally graze on the Arctic tundra. Spring training for parents? Youth sport programs would benefitAs cries of “play ball” ring out this spring, they undoubtedly will be followed by complaints of anxiety and stress from young athletes wanting to quit sports. Campus paint markings mean a new, georeferenced campus map is under wayStudents come to the UW to find their place in the world. Slideshow: Columns come home to Sylvan TheaterThe Sylvan Theater is back to normal after several months without its columns. Burke Museum summer camps: Dinosaurs, DNA, polar bears and climate changeThe Burke Museum will offer hands-on natural science learning experiences in five camps this summer for students from second through 12th grade — including a new all-day, weeklong camp for high school students combining environmental science and video production. Williamson to give Samuel E. Kelly Lecture April 23Black Students, Campus Activism, and the Reform of Higher Education: History and Legacy is the title of this year’s Samuel E. Task Force students investigate college apparel industry in GuatemalaThe Guatemalan woman feared talking with the professor and her students. Compassion is theme as students work during Alternative Spring BreakLucy Brennan, a UW sophomore in art and the comparative history of ideas, worked with third and fourth-graders at Forks Elementary School during Alternative Spring Break the last week of March. Attendees at first-ever Women’s Summit explore issuesLeadership training, child care and communication were three of the issues that came to the fore at the first ever Women’s Summit, held March 12 on campus. Free tickets available for artist’s lectureFree tickets will be available beginning today for the lecture by artist Brian Tolle, set for 7 p. Then and Now: Dawgs in spaceThis school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25. Libraries staffers enjoy spring (rolls) a little earlyThe first day of spring was the last day of spring rolls for the UW Libraries’ staff. Study reveals competitiveness of pro staff total compensationHow does UW’s compensation package compare to other local employers? Better than you might expect, according to Milliman, an independent consulting firm that conducted a total compensation study of professional staff compensation. Public meeting on proposed increases to parking, U-PASS set for April 9With gas prices and bus fares rising and a new parking tax in place, the cost of UW parking permits and U-PASS cards will also likely go up. |