May 17, 2007
PLANNING CAROLINA NORTH: Plans and public meetings continue at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about the future development of Carolina North, a 970-acre tract of land near the campus, including where a small airport now stands.
For the first time, astronomers have created a rough map of a planet orbiting a distant sun-like star, using a technique that eventually could allow mapping of planets with Earth-like characteristics.
LEGAL LIGHTS: Three current or former School of Social Work students played key supporting roles in the successful effort to secure passage of the new family leave act signed into Washington state law recently.
The UW School of Nursing honored outstanding nurses and volunteers at its 2007 annual Nurses Recognition Banquet May 10 at the W Hotel in Seattle.
The Pacific oyster — a tasty shellfish that happens to be the most cultivated aquatic animal on the planet — is the subject of the talk, The Top Five Reasons for Loving Bivalves, set for Thursday, May 17.
A pilgrimage in song, faculty performances, a composers’ workshop and a special evening featuring several bands will be offered by the School of Music in coming days.
Looking back, I find it remarkable how one thing has led to another.
The Board of Regents will be reviewing today (Thursday) a draft operating budget for fiscal year 2008 that includes salary increases for faculty, professional staff and librarians that are well above those provided from funds allocated by the State Legislature.
May 16, 2007
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 four-year student in this year’s senior class on the basis of her overall academic record, including grades.
May 15, 2007
May 10, 2007
Competition from big businesses, unmet financing needs and weak sales forecasts are the most pressing concerns shared by Washington state’s minority small-business owners, according to researchers at the University of Washington.
Mapping invasive burrowing shrimp in Willapa Bay, understanding biodiversity pathways in working forests and the pressures to convert forests to other uses in Western Washington are among the topics Thursday, May 17, during reports from a half-dozen of the UW College of Forest Resources’ research centers and initiatives.
Video games are so addictive that the Chinese government is attempting to restrict playing time in online cafés to three hours a day.
Katharine Liang, a UW senior, initially got interested in medical research to help her mom, who because of myopic degeneration and glaucoma is legally blind.
The UW recently signed an agreement with Snohomish County Public Utility District to study tidal currents in Puget Sound as a possible source of power.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The Strategic Leadership Program has been reborn.
There’s understandable pride in the Music Education Program at the UW School of Music these days, where an alumna was recently named National Teacher of the Year.
Guitar duets, Schubert and Beethoven on piano, a faculty recital on bassoon and a choir of more than 100 voices lifted together in gospel music are all being presented by the UW School of Music in coming days.
Writer, teacher, social critic and mixed-race studies specialist Andrew Jolivette will speak at 7 p.
Stanford News Service
Rice farming in Indonesia is greatly affected by short-term climate variability and could be harmed significantly by long-term climate change, according to a new study by researchers at the UW, Stanford University, and the University of Wisconsin.
Description: Getting Undressed: A Performance Art Piece, to be performed Thursday through Sunday, May 17 through 20 at the Ethnic Cultural Theater, combines dance and theater, exploring how conversation, clothing and movement shape identities. Memorial planned for David Fowler June 1A public memorial gathering honoring David C. Espada lecture rescheduledThe Reed-Osheroff lecture featuring Latino poet Martin Espada, originally scheduled for May 10, has been rescheduled to 7:30 p. Class Notes: Seeing familiar landscapes differentlyClass Title: Field Research: the Seattle Region (Geography 490), taught by Douglas Mercer
Description: In this class on the Seattle region, students can eat sushi, bike around Vashon Island or participate in an earthquake awareness meeting. UW Bothell to hold sixth annual Intercultural Night May 12The UW Bothell will host its sixth annual Intercultural Night from 5:30 to 9 p. UW has three new Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesThree UW professors — Donald Brownlee in astronomy, Anthony Greenwald in psychology and Raymond Huey in biology — last week were named Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Group Health endows nursing professorship in chronic illnessGroup Health Cooperative has endowed a new professorship at the UW School of Nursing, Dean Nancy Woods announced this week. 2007 medical school class honors students, faculty and staffThe 2007 graduating class of the UW School of Medicine has selected its annual award recipients. General Clinical Research Center awards 2007 pilot and feasibility grantsThe UW General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) has named the recipients of its 2007 GCRC Pilot and Feasibility Grants, designed to facilitate career development in clinical research. Stern named president of Alliance for Clinician Educators in RadiologyAt the recently concluded 55th annual meeting of the Association of University Radiologists, UW School of Medicine faculty member, Dr. Medical quality and radiology expert to speak May 21May 9, 2007 UW undergraduates to present research at symposium May 18
Katharine Liang, a UW senior, initially got interested in medical research to help her mom, who because of myopic degeneration and glaucoma is legally blind. May 8, 2007 State turns to Ruckelshaus Center to mediate land-use disputeA recently named conflict-resolution center from the state’s two largest universities has a new assignment under legislation signed today by Gov. Latino poet Martin Espada rescheduled at the University of WashingtonWHAT: The Reed-Osheroff Lecture honors two Seattle-area veterans of The Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a group of American volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). May 7, 2007 40 percent of 3-month-old infants are regularly watching TV, DVDs or videosA large number of parents are ignoring warnings from the American Academy of Pediatrics and are allowing their very young children to watch television, DVDs or videos so that by 3 months of age 40 percent of infants are regular viewers. Congressman Norm Dicks to be UW Commencement speakerCongressman Norm Dicks, who has served as a representative in Congress since 1977, will be the University of Washington’s speaker at the 2007 Commencement exercises June 9 at Husky Stadium. May 4, 2007 Children with autism have difficulty recognizing ordinary wordsNew research indicates that young children with autism have a difficult time recognizing ordinary words and more of their brains are occupied with this kind of task compared to typically developing youngsters. |