The latest news from the UW

PRODUCTIVE PROFS: The UW ranks highly in a new Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, the results of which were announced in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article.

Don’t let the name deceive you: Next week’s conference on Women in Science & Engineering isn’t only for women — nor is it only for science or engineering students.

Fishing for a salmon shark with a rod and reel would be like fishing for a marlin “times three,” according to a UW shark expert who’s witnessed their ferocity.

By Elise Perachio Daniel
School of Nursing

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The Washington Technology Center has awarded Research and Technology Development grants totaling $457,301 to seven Washington researchers working in partnership with local companies.

The UW School of Drama will present the last of Euripides’ classic tragedies, The Bacchae, Jan.

Chuck Blumenfeld, a partner at Perkins Coie LLP law firm who was president of the UW Alumni Association for 2005-06, has been selected as executive director of the UW Alumni Association and UW associate vice president for alumni relations, effective Feb.

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.

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Chuck Blumenfeld, a partner at Perkins Coie LLP law firm, and who was president of the University of Washington Alumni Association for 2005-06, has been selected as executive director of the UW Alumni Association and UW associate vice president for alumni relations, effective Feb.

All bumblebees are not always as busy as, well, a bee.

“The Noble Road to Peace,” UW Medical Center/Health Sciences celebration honoring Dr.

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

Wylie Burke, professor and chair of the Department of Medical History and Ethics, became president of the American Society of Human Genetics on Jan.

Wes Cowan, star of the PBS television series History Detectives and guest appraiser on Antiques Roadshow, will share his antiquing adventures as the guest of the Burke Museum at 7 p.

In a study of non-human primates infected with the influenza virus that killed 50 million people in 1918, an international team of scientists has found a critical clue to how the virus killed so quickly and efficiently.

The UW will be well represented in a quilt show opening at the Seattle Convention and Trade Center this weekend, and not all of the exhibitors are from the School of Art.

Most days, Ethelyn Abellanosa is just like other staffers who labor at the University of Washington.

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and UW cooperative institute dedicated to understanding climate and its effects is starting its 30th year with a new director.

Robin McCabe, director of the UW School of Music, will perform with a very special guest on Jan.

The University Symphony, under the baton of Peter Eros, will perform at 7:30 p.

The people have pledged and the numbers are in.

The UW International Chamber Music Series will present the internationally acclaimed Vertavo String Quartet in concert at 8 p.

The Winter Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning is partnering with the Catalyst Spark Session to address issues related to teaching in wireless classrooms on campus.

When Charlene Reyes landed in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago, it was her first time outside the three west-coast states.

Michael Collins, author of Death of a Writer, will speak at the Friends of the University of Washington Libraries Annual Meeting at 7 p.

Frances Contreras, UW assistant professor of Education Leadership and Policy Studies, will be among those honored by the newspaper Northwest Asian Weekly in its Women of Color Empowered luncheon series.

A new building at the UW is just the 11th in the country and the second at a higher education institution to be rated as LEED-CS Gold by the U.

Career Discovery Week, now in its eighth year at the UW, is not only an excellent way for students to learn about the professional options that await them, it’s also a chance for UW faculty, staff and alumni to shine by sharing their own experiences.

Justice Albie Sachs of the Constitutional Court of South Africa will speak at the UW School of Law from 3:30 to 5 p.

Students who entered college when they were 12 to 14 years old don’t fit the stereotype of unhappy “nerds” who are humorless, isolated misfits, according to a new study.

Academic Opportunities

Pilot project funding

The Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health (CEEH) is offering pilot project funding in broadly defined areas of “gene-environment interactions.

For information regarding the portions of this study conducted by the University of Wisconsin, contact Terry Devitt, <A href="mailto:trdevitt@wisc.

Students who entered college when they were 12 to 14 years old don’t fit the stereotype of unhappy “nerds” who are humorless, isolated misfits, according to a new study.