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Gary Butrymowicz has empty pop cans in his office.

The UW has entered into a partnership with Rotary International to fast-track dissemination of interventions and technologies to improve quality of life to those in greatest need throughout the world.

A major new effort to uncover the medium- and large-scale genetic differences within the human species may soon reveal DNA sequences that contribute to a wide range of diseases, according to a paper by Evan Eichler, UW associate professor of genome sciences, and 17 colleagues published in the May 10 issue of Nature.

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The UW’s Faculty Integrative Health Program is accepting applications for the upcoming school year.

Six graduate students, one from each UW health sciences school, have been named as Magnuson Scholars for the 2007-08 academic year.

Elise Saba, who will be receiving a bachelor’s degree in English, has been awarded a President’s Medal for scholarship as a transfer student — an award given to a student who entered the UW with at least 60 transfer credits from a Washington community college.

Minh-An Nguyen, 21, majoring in biochemistry and chemistry, has been named a President’s Medalist — the outstanding student to complete at least three-fourths of her education at the UW.

In 1990, Dawn Williams was a recent business school grad who wanted to reconnect with the University.

Dan Evans came close to becoming the vice president of the United States twice, but luckily for his home state, it didn’t work out either time.

German graduate student Andre Zimmerman moved to Maryland to complete his doctoral research.

Eve Riskin sometimes strolls into the office wearing a pair of cow boots.

When Don Wulff was 7 years old, his parents decided he and his two siblings would attend school in town, not the one-room schoolhouse they’d been attending.

Trained as an anthropologist and a physician, J.

While the city of Seattle today enjoys a reputation as a livable,friendly and politically correct metropolis, as recently as 1966 racially segregated schools and neighborhoods were de rigueur.

Erasmo Gamboa spends a lot of time on the golf course, but he’s not trying to improve his handicap.

Jan Spyridakis, of the College of Engineering’s Department of Technical Communication, is the kind of professor who can inspire students in a spirited discussion of an unlikely topic — syntax and semantics.

Pam Robenolt doesn’t look much older than the students she supervises, but her quiet knowledge and confidence make clear who’s in charge — and that her students will perform.

It is rare to meet someone “who truly stands out, who inspires everyone in the room and who challenges others to view the world differently on a daily basis,” wrote Ray Johanson, assistant nurse manager of the Burn and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU), in a letter nominating Marne Faber for a Distinguished Staff Award.