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GERONTOLOGY GREAT: Nancy Hooyman, professor of gerontology and dean emeritus of the School of Social Work, gave the keynote address at the Korean Gerontological Society’s International Symposium recently, talking about trends in aging in the U.

Lincoln Johnson, director of Student Activities and Union Facilities (SAUF), has been named to the newly created position of assistant vice provost for campus life, effective July 1.

The UW has appointed a 16-member work group to provide advice on an appropriate location, size of student body and degree programs for a UW campus to be located in Snohomish, Island or Skagit county.

The UW has become a signatory to the Designated Suppliers Program of the Worker Rights Consortium, which works to assure that all University-licensed apparel is made in factories meeting specific criteria regarding fair labor practices.

UW President Mark A.

Johnese Spisso, chief operating officer for Harborview Medical Center, has been appointed to the new position of clinical operations officer (COO) for UW Medicine and vice president for medical affairs (VPMA) for the UW, effective July 1.

“UW undergraduates are global citizens.

The University of Washington has appointed a 16-member work group to provide advice on an appropriate location, size of student body and degree programs for a UW campus to be located in Snohomish, Island or Skagit county.

Following an acquisition of another company, chief executive officers’ compensation levels usually increase, even when the purchase turns out to be unprofitable, according to researchers at the University of Washington and University of British Columbia.

WHAT: The 2007 Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing, a nine-week academy teaching talented students the fundamentals of computer science and aimed at boosting their numbers in the field.

Scientists at the University of Washington and other members of an international consortium have completed a multi-year research effort that dramatically boosts understanding of how the human genome functions.

Researchers trying to understand why high school-age boys are involved in serious delinquency more often than girls have found that males are exposed to higher levels of risk factors and lower amounts of protective factors.

WHAT: 20th Annual American Society of Civil Engineers National Concrete Canoe Competition

WHO: 700 civil engineering students from 22 of the nation’s top schools whose teams won their regional championships

WHEN: Thursday, June 14, and Saturday, June 16

WHERE: University of Washington Seattle campus and Lake Sammamish

DETAILS: On Thursday the teams will display their canoes, weigh the boats and “swamp” them underwater in a tank to prove their buoyancy in the UW’s Red Square.

The “snows” of Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro inspired the title of an iconic American short story, but now its dwindling icecap is being cited as proof for human-induced global warming.

University of Washington President Mark A.

Early next year, when the University of Washington moves into the property recently acquired from Safeco Corp.

The notion that East Asians, Japanese in particular, are self-effacing and have low self-esteem compared to Americans may well describe the surface view of East Asian personality, but misses the picture revealed by recently developed measures of self-esteem, according to a new study by a team of researchers from the United States, China and Japan.

Guy Demmert got quite a surprise when he hauled a fishing net into his boat off the coast of southeast Alaska in July 2002.

A massive crane reaches down 25 stories, picks up a container filled with Asian goods, and sets it on a truck for delivery.

The University of Washington has become a signatory to the Designated Suppliers Program of the Worker Rights Consortium, which works to assure that all university-licensed apparel is made in factories meeting specific criteria regarding fair labor practices.

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The UW Police Department launched a new program this week to provide uniformed escorts for faculty, staff and students to and from buildings, from parking lots and within close proximity of the campus.

Has spring cleaning got you thinking of making changes to your home? Maybe a bit of remodeling, or some new landscaping? UW Benefits & Work/Life, in partnership with Home Street Bank, is ready to help with its Home Improvement Fair.

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

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 1 p.

Soft, wet concrete slid into the curving channel like cake batter into a pan, and teams from the UW and King County smoothed it into place.

Editor’s Note: News & Information staffer Vince Stricherz traveled to the Gulf Coast last week to work with Habitat for Humanity.