The latest news from the UW

TOSS A COIN: When the four captains of the Seattle Seahawks walked onto the field for the coin toss Monday night, a UW staffer and her sister were there with them.

It’s time for the United States to have a national climate service — an interagency partnership led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and charged with understanding climate dynamics, forecasts and impacts — say six members of the UW’s Climate Impacts Group.

Eight UW professors and one recently departed professor have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Immigrants from Asia have lower rates of psychiatric disorders than American-born Asians and other native-born Americans, according to the first national epidemiological survey of Asian Americans in the United States.

This holiday season, gift-givers may unwittingly give their favorite athlete a workout accessory that can double as a tracking device.

It’s time for the United States to have a national climate service — an interagency partnership led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and charged with understanding climate dynamics, forecasts and impacts — say six members of the University of Washington’s Climate Impacts Group.

A particularly resilient type of carbon from the first plants to regrow after the last ice age – and that same type of carbon from all the plants since – appears to have been accumulating for 11,000 years in the forests of British Columbia, Canada.

A technique used since the 1930s to estimate the abundance of fish has shown for the first time that enforcement patrols are effective at reducing poaching of elephants, African buffaloes and black rhinos in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

The University of Washington’s DO-IT scholars program is now accepting applications from Washington State high school sophomores and juniors with disabilities who are interested in preparing for college and challenging careers.

With a potentially huge supply of woody material thinned from Washington forests, the state’s pulp and paper mills could become the “biorefining” backbone for turning woody plant material into fuel and other products, a University of Washington professor says.

It can’t bring Seattle any sun from Salamanca, but a Cervantes Institute, which opened this fall at the University of Washington, promises culture from Spain and Latin America plus online Spanish courses.

Paul Farmer came to the UW on Monday, urging his listeners to regard health care not as a privilege but as a right, something that must be part of the social contract.

The Dance Program at the UW opens its annual performance season with a concert featuring work and performances by its nationally recognized faculty.

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

It’s loosely patterned after a map of two islands along the Seine in Paris, but Floating Plaster/City Motion, the latest multimedia presentation of the Henry Art Gallery’s New Works Laboratory, remains happily open to interpretation, its creators agree.

The School of Music will offer six different concert experiences through November — from chamber singers and ensembles to campus bands and even jazz.

It can’t bring Seattle any sun from Salamanca, but a Cervantes Institute, newly created at the UW, promises culture from Spain and Latin America plus courses in Spanish online.

Such changes as switching to cleaner fuels and using more hybrid vehicles are part of a larger effort at making more environmentally sound, sustainable choices, says David Carr, manager of the UW Motor Pool.

As we head into the season when snow and other severe weather is possible, UW employees need to be aware that there is a hotline they can call to find out if the University is operating as usual.

With a potentially huge supply of woody material thinned from Washington forests, the state’s pulp and paper mills could become the “biorefining” backbone for turning woody plant material into fuel and other products, a UW professor says.

The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, a Canadian physics research facility with substantial involvement by UW scientists, this month will complete more than seven years of neutrino measurements using a heavy water detector core.

Notice of Public Hearings (no smoking policy)

Notice is hereby given that three public hearings will be held for the purpose of allowing all interested persons an opportunity to present their views, either orally or in writing, on the proposed amendments to Chapter 478-136 WAC, “Use of University of Washington Facilities,” concerning the UW’s No Smoking Policy.

His first Fulbright grant brought him from Poland to the UW, where he was ultimately hired by the School of Marine Affairs and became a naturalized citizen.

Playing games for a serious purpose will be in the spotlight as “Games for Change,” a forum on video games and education, is held from 7 to 9 p.

A flamenco dance company and a classical pianist are on tap in the next week at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts.

An associate professor in the Department of Communication who says trusting students is the key to a vibrant classroom has been named Washington Professor of the Year.

While fines imposed by regulators and courts on companies that falsify records may seem substantial, a new study finds the largest monetary penalties suffered by these companies are the result of a damaged reputation when news of their misconduct was reported.

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An associate professor at the Department of Communication who says trusting students is the key to a vibrant classroom has been named Washington professor of the year.

A new study suggests that brain and behavior relationships may have changed in a profound way as larger, more complex insect societies evolved from smaller, simpler ones.

While fines imposed by regulators and courts on companies that falsify records may seem substantial, a new study finds the largest monetary penalties suffered by these companies are the result of a damaged reputation when news of their misconduct was reported.

Researchers who are trying to unlock the secrets of what causes some children to have delayed development are looking for 25 children who are delayed in some aspect of their development and 25 typically developing children 18 to 30 months of age from the Puget Sound area to participate in a University of Washington study.

UW employees have until November 22 to offer their opinions about dining services on campus by filling out an online survey.

In late October, a British government report strongly warned that lack of response to global warming could push the world economy into a serious downturn.

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