The UW World Dance Series continues with Shen Wei Dance Arts Jan.
January 11, 2007
The latest news from the UW
Purchasing passes audit by government
The UW Purchasing Department has passed its latest audit by the federal government with flying colors, and has been approved for another three years.
Laughing out loud: UW’s man in the Legislature believes in comic relief
Randy Hodgins will always wonder what might have been.
MLK Jr. Day of Service sign-ups rise
As of Tuesday, about 900 members of the UW community had signed up to help on the Martin Luther King Jr.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Many faculty and staff were instrumental in making UW Health Sciences a site of excellence in the second half of 2006.
Niger treasure: Burke curator unpacks fossils that will aid his research on life forms of distant past
Paleontologist Christian Sidor is unwrapping 260 million-year-old fossils with the same enthusiasm as a kid under a Christmas tree.
Teaching in China is her vacation
Denise Anderson’s adventure as a volunteer English teacher in a small village in China’s central Shaanxi Province began when her husband, who was working on a remodeling project, decided he should stay home during their usual September vacation break.
Peer Portfolio
Avian virus mutations
It was buried on Page 6 of the University of Wisconsin newspaper, Wisconsin Week, but it reads like front-page news: “Scientists find mutations that let bird flu adapt to humans.
Teacher’s teacher: ‘Ginger’ Warfield wins national math education award
Virginia “Ginger” Warfield, UW senior lecturer in math, always knew she’d become a mathematician — it was in the genes, you might say.
A physiology lesson at 14,000 feet
Sitting in a classroom and listening to a professor talk about how the human body responds to the extreme environment of a mountaintop is one thing.
Earth’s winds not even a breeze on these planets
Earth’s inhabitants are used to temperatures that vary, sometimes greatly, between day and night.
State forests threatened, UW think tank says
A UW College of Forest Resources think tank says Washington forests are being threatened from within.
Lectures on lung biology, stem cells, UW Medicine kick off 2007
Presentations on lung biology and stem cells and a speech by UW Medicine Chief Executive Officer Paul Ramsey will lead off lectures being presented in the new year.
Nitrogen wars: Pacific, Indian oceans beat Atlantic at fixing Nitrogen
The Atlantic Ocean doesn’t receive the mother lode of fixed nitrogen, the building block of life, after all.
Global health luminaries Kim and Gayle to visit UW
The Fifth Western Regional International Health Conference will be held on the UW campus, Feb.
From science into art: More than a few steps
Editor’s Note: Uniquely Washington is a biweekly column featuring one of the University’s most important resources — our people.
ETC: Campus News and Notes
OYSTER DELIGHT: “It was a tough task, choosing the best from a bevy of beauteous bivalves.
Honey travels ‘Jericho Road’ with King
By Catherine O’Donnell
News & Information
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mystery Photo
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Astronomers detect black hole in tiny ‘dwarf’ galaxy
Astronomers have found evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a dwarf elliptical galaxy about 54 million light years away from the Milky Way Galaxy where Earth resides.
Reorganization report released: Interdisciplinarity, collaboration, strategic transformation touted
The committee charged with examining the organization of the UW’s schools and colleges has now issued its report, which is advisory to the Provost.
January 10, 2007
New findings blow a decade of assumptions out of the water
The Atlantic Ocean doesn’t receive the mother lode of fixed nitrogen, the building block of life, after all.
January 9, 2007
Earth’s strongest winds wouldn’t even be a breeze on these planets
Earth’s inhabitants are used to temperatures that vary, sometimes greatly, between day and night.
Forum recommends incentives, innovation, investment for state’s forests
A University of Washington College of Forest Resources think tank says Washington forests are being threatened from within.
January 8, 2007
Superstrings could add gravitational cacophony to universe’s chorus
Albert Einstein theorized long ago that moving matter would warp the fabric of four-dimensional space-time, sending out ripples of gravity called gravitational waves.
January 7, 2007
Astronomers detect black hole in tiny ‘dwarf’ galaxy
Astronomers have found evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a dwarf elliptical galaxy about 54 million light years away from the Milky Way Galaxy where Earth resides.
January 4, 2007
BitTyrant makes a turbulent entry into digital filesharing
As you read this sentence, an estimated 5 million people are using BitTorrent to download their favorite movies or TV shows.
Entrepreneurship series begins Jan. 9
This quarter’s seminar series, “From Invention to Start-Up,” begins Jan.
McDermott memorial planned for Jan. 14
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Jan.
Life Sciences Discovery Fund information sessions set for January
In 2007, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) is inviting research proposals from nonprofit entities within Washington state for health-related research.
Come together: The 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
‘The Art of Aging’ airs Jan. 10 on KCTS
As new research promises more effective strategies for aging, today’s maturing adults have more resources than ever to stave off the physical and mental decline that have plagued previous generations of older adults.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UW Medicine celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Two events in coming days will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr.
World-renowned pianist Markus Groh to play Meany on Jan. 9
The UW President’s Piano Series continues on Tuesday, Jan.
London bassist Thomas Martin to perform Jan. 7
Thomas Martin, double bass faculty member at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London) and former principal bassist with the London Symphony Orchestra, will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Bottesini, and others at a concert on Sunday, Jan.
Safeway funds high-tech mammography clinic
A gift of $800,000 from the Seattle Division of Safeway Inc.
Drive with pride, with ‘W’ on your ride
There are thousands more Washington State University license plates on the state’s roads than UW ones.
UW staffer a new member of the state Legislature
When the state Legislature convenes on Jan.
Teacher retention in Washington State bucks common wisdom
It’s often said that half of all public school teachers leave the profession during their first five years.