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November 2, 2006
‘Anton in Show Business’ plays at Meany Studio Theatre
The UW School of Drama is currently presenting Anton in Show Business, written by Jane Martin and directed by R.
Public Service Law event to feature Sandra Day O’Connor
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Mongolian shaman, elder to speak
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What’s your home page? Take part in a poll
Which Web site is your home page? Media Relations and Communications at the UW is conducting a one-question survey to find out.
China, Mongolia, Tibet featured at the Burke
The Burke Museum is featuring Tibet, China and Mongolia in November with a number of events.
Weill, Puccini one-act operas to be presented together
The UW Schools of Music and Drama will present two one-act operas on Nov.
Keeping services going in a disaster: Business continuity symposium slated for Nov. 6
How can businesses and UW departments and units continue to serve clients effectively in the event of a disaster? The answer is business continuity planning, according to the UW Emergency Management Office (UWEM).
UW receives $170,000 for institute to promote people with disabilities in sciences, technology, math
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded a new institute at the UW to promote the participation of people with disabilities in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
Changes made in Magona/Amodio program
Organizers of Local Choices, Global Consequences have changed some of the logistics listed in the Oct.
Drama school awards degree — 60 years late
In the mid-1940s, Alice Skellenger trod the boards at the UW School of Drama.
Inaugural vendor fair to encourage use of minority- and women-owned businesses
Twenty-five small businesses that supply goods and services to the UW will be showcased in a vendor fair Tuesday, Nov.
Advisers learn whereof they speak, tagging along for Exploration Seminars
For years, UW advisers have been urging students to study abroad, without, in most cases, knowing what awaited them in the countries where they landed.
Insect population growth likely accelerated by warmer climate
Insects have proven to be highly adaptable organisms, able through evolution to cope with a variety of environmental changes, including relatively recent changes in the world’s climate.
October 30, 2006
Insect population growth likely accelerated by warmer climate
Insects have proven to be highly adaptable organisms, able through evolution to cope with a variety of environmental changes, including relatively recent changes in the world’s climate.
October 27, 2006
Inaugural vendor fair to encourage use of minority- and women-owned businesses
Twenty-five small businesses that supply goods and services to the University of Washington will be showcased in a vendor fair Nov.
October 26, 2006
Inequality on the menu
Class Title: Food and Social Inequality
Description: Food.
Official Notices
Nominations sought for Senate Vice Chair
Nominations for vice chair of the Faculty Senate are being sought.
UW Photographers Group has show in HUB
The UW Photographers Group is holding its annual group show through Nov.
From garbage to grass: Students build gathering space
By Peter Lewis
News & Information
Imagine a toxic garbage dump the size of the U-District inhabited by thousands of people who survive by picking through other people’s garbage.
Professional development proposals sought
The Learning for Leadership Council (LLC) is seeking proposals from graduate and professional students who have ideas for student-led projects that create opportunities for professional development and leadership experience.
Oxygen levels: The key to land animals?
Vertebrate creatures first began moving from the world’s oceans to land about 415 million years ago, then all but disappeared by 360 million years ago.
No personal checks for parking fees starting Jan. 1
Beginning in January of 2007, UW Parking Services will discontinue accepting personal checks for daily parking.
Wanted: Your feedback about food
If you dine at campus eateries, frequent the espresso stands or use the convenience stores, the Department of Housing and Food Services is interested in learning what you think about food and beverages on campus.
Denice Denton memorial planned
A celebration of the life of Denice D.
There are barriers to interdisciplinary work, those involved say
A capacity crowd of faculty, staff and students generally agreed that incentives for conducting interdisciplinary research and teaching need to be increased, while some substantial barriers need to be lowered.
Undergrads to get hands-on research opportunity
The Amgen Foundation has announced its partnership with the UW and nine other of the nation’s premier universities to provide hundreds of undergraduate students an opportunity to engage in a fully-funded, hands-on research experience each summer.
Health Sciences news briefs
Medical/Dental open enrollment continues through Nov.
‘Neuroscience for Kids’ site a powerful learning resource
“Neuroscience for Kids,” an educational Web site created by a UW neuroscientist, has received an award in recognition of its value as an online teaching resource.
Stem cell lecture set for Nov. 15
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Research links Huntington’s disease to metabolic defects
Huntington’s disease includes a metabolic disorder, not just the brain effects seen in the disease, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers.
New center for geriatric research funded
By Roberta Wilkes
Department of Medicine
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PSO: Aiming to improve the quality of UW work life
What group of UW employees is 6,200 strong, crucial for keeping the University functioning, and largely invisible? Professional staff.
Symposium to focus on underrepresented students in sciences
Sharing information on successful strategies for mentoring and retaining underrepresented students in the sciences is the goal of a symposium that is expected to draw participants from more than 30 institutions to campus this weekend.
Unused medical supplies put to good use
Leila Gray
News & Community Relations
For each operating room procedure at UW Medical Center, supplies are carefully selected and set out on a sterile tray, easy to reach during critical moments.
Lecture, photo exhibit tell tales out of Africa
When Sindiwe Magona was a little girl in South Africa during the ’40s and ’50s, she anxiously looked forward to the days when white folks’ threw out books because they eventually came to her, and she was delighted.
A summer of science: Interns thrive in summer program
By Claire Dietz
News & Community Relations
Other summers, Araceli Vasquez had worked with her family in the beet fields of southern Idaho.
Faculty Senate chair has substantial experience in governance
Gail Stygall, chair of the Faculty Senate for the 2006–2007 year, believes strongly in the idea of shared governance, and says openness and cooperation have grown tremendously at the UW in recent years.
UW Medicine gets $6 million for stem cell research
By Clare Hagerty & Elizabeth Lowry
News & Community Relations
Orin Smith, retired Starbucks president and chief executive officer, has donated $5 million for the UW’s Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo to the right was taken somewhere on campus.
Etc: Campus news and notes
A CAT PROBLEM: If a single female cat is left unspayed, how many offspring can she produce in seven years? That’s the problem Math Professor Jerry Folland was presented with recently.
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