UW News
The latest news from the UW
March 8, 2007
Peer portfolio
U-M bids farewell to Pfizer
Pfizer Inc.
Parking Services plans limited hours March 20
On Tuesday, March 20, Parking Service’s main office (located at 3901 University Way NE) will be closed from 1:15 to 3:45 p.
Official notices
Academic Opportunities
Applications invited for Small Grants Research Awards
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University of Washington faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Seminar goers ponder values-based leadership
What can the average UW employee do to ensure that the UW lives its values in the work place?
A daylong seminar last week, attended by close to 100 staff and faculty, used a combination of case studies and events involving major historical figures to explore how individual decision-making helps create — or undermine — an organization’s stated core values.
Post-Katrina: Design for recovery
A UW effort to help rebuild a community along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast is a drop in the bucket stacked against the $110 billion the government has budgeted for recovery.
A world of possibilities: UW Bothell staffer’s music gets a second chance in the online world Second Life
It’s not every day a musician gives a concert and a three-story gingerbread cookie shows up.
Run/walk on campus to benefit Seattle schools
A run/walk event beginning at 10 a.
Baseball’s religious meaning to be explored in March 28 talk
The Comparative Religion Program presents Christopher Evans speaking on Baseball: an American Religion? at 7:30 p.
Three earn medalist honors for scholarship
Three UW students receiving medals for high scholarship for the 2005-6 academic year were honored at a private reception hosted by President Mark Emmert Friday, March 2.
Mystery photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Double bass virtuoso to speak, teach
Canadian-American double bass virtuoso Gary Karr will discuss “My Life in Music” with UW School of Music double bassist Barry Lieberman at 2 p.
Pianist Feltsman to perform at Meany
The UW President’s Piano Series will present Vladimir Feltsman at 8 p.
Etc: Campus news and notes
SPACE STAMP: A Hubble Space Telescope image captured by an international team led by UW astronomy Professor Bruce Balick is included in a new series of stamps from Royal Mail in the United Kingdom, issued Feb.
BizTech 2007: Good info, with an island flair
Each year, BizTech presents seriously helpful information wrapped in a decidedly light-hearted theme, and this year’s event, subtitled “Discover the Possibilities!” continues that tradition.
Sydney Dance Company coming to Meany
The UW World Dance Series presents the Sydney Dance Company at 8 p.
Fenner on a mission to boost international learning experiences
Editor’s note: Uniquely Washington is a biweekly column featuring one of the University’s most important resources — our people.
Religion the topic of planned conference, ‘Communicating the Sacred’
A group of graduate students is organizing a daylong conference on interdisciplinary dialogue on religion.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Award Winners
The Harborview ICU liaison program has won the National Association of Public Hospitals 2007 Safety Net Award for Patient-Centered Care.
Lessons from Rita: How hurricane intensity change happens
Hurricanes can gain or lose intensity with startling quickness, a phenomenon never more obvious than during the historic 2005 hurricane season that spawned the remarkably destructive Katrina and Rita.
Major renovation of G & H wings to begin
At the end of April, a major renovation project for the G wing and the older section of the H wing will begin in the Health Sciences Building.
UW researchers challenge cancer mutation theories
When cells become cancerous, they also become 100 times more likely to genetically mutate than regular cells, UW researchers have found.
Visiting scholars from Haiti learn best lab practices at UW
When Frantz Marc Marthol left Haiti in January and landed in Seattle for the first time, the cold winter weather blanketing the Pacific Northwest was the first of many stark contrasts he’d soon encounter.
UWT Nursing Program gets boost from Tacoma physician
By Jill Carnell Danseco
UW Tacoma
Good nurses are important.
Economic status plays big role in obesity
Put that cheeseburger down.
March 6, 2007
UW Medical Center enters second year as title sponsor of Seattle Marathon
The University of Washington Medical Center is the title sponsor of the 2007 Seattle Marathon, with proceeds to benefit the UW Medical Center Patient and Family Housing Fund.
March 1, 2007
Individuals and populations differ in gene activity levels, not just genes
Much like how a person’s genetic code differs from other individuals, the level at which those genes are activated in the body differs from one person to another, scientists have learned.
Hurricane can form new eyewall and change intensity rapidly
Hurricanes can gain or lose intensity with startling quickness, a phenomenon never more obvious than during the historic 2005 hurricane season that spawned the remarkably destructive Katrina and Rita.
Going green: Discussion of sustainable planning set for March 8
The College of Architecture and Urban Planning will present Civic and Green Infrastructure, a panel discussion highlighting sustainable planning and design in the Pacific Northwest and in Denmark, from 7 to 8:30 p.
Mystery photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UWellness: A link to better health
It’s been a long, cold winter.
U-CAR expanding to South Campus Center — and beyond
For years, UW employees had to go to the Motor Pool, on 25th Avenue near University Village, to get a vehicle through the U-Car program.
Making opportunity knock: Career development manager to help staffers get ahead
Susan Templeton would like UW staffers to know that she’s here to help them manage their careers.
Jazz, gospel and opera: School of Music has much to offer this week
A number of different experiences await audiences of the School of Music during the coming week, including jazz, gospel and classical, from bands, ensembles and choruses.
Talk to explorers, don mukluks, learn about glaciers at pair of polar events
The UW will launch International Polar Year with two events next week, a lecture that kicks off the series “Our Changing Climate: Polar Ice to Politics” followed by the Polar Science Weekend at the Pacific Science Center.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • Polar Science Weekend
High tech for global justice: UW computer scientist designs custom cell phones
Bill Gates made his fortune in computer science by building the Microsoft software empire.
Local organizations transform recycling bins into works of art
The King County Solid Waste Division wants everyone to see recycling in a whole new light.
UW Business School to create new entrepreneurship program with gift from Leonard Lavin
The UW Business School has announced that Leonard Lavin, founder and chairman emeritus of the Alberto-Culver Company, has donated $2 million to establish the Leonard and Bernice Lavin Entrepreneurial Action Program (LEAP).
‘I happened across a good story,’ Kidder says of his book about Farmer
For author Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains was all about a compelling story, the tale of Dr.
African carnage: One year’s seized ivory likely came from 23,000 elephants
African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a rate unprecedented since an international convention banning ivory trade took effect in 1989, a UW biologist says.
All-woman Hiphop show scheduled March 2
The UW Women’s Center, in collaboration with Housing and Food Services, Pinay Sa Seattle, and KBCS 91.
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