The ideal undergraduate experience at the UW would engage all students — not just in the classroom, but by extending intellectual life to where students live.
December 1, 2005
The latest news from the UW
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Participants wanted for Continuums of Service conference
Washington Campus Compact and the Western Region Campus Compact Consortium is sponsoring the Ninth Annual Continuums of Service Conference, “Engaging Leadership: New Visions, Voices, and Models” April 19-21, 2006, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Bellevue.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo to the right was taken somewhere on campus.
November 30, 2005
Parents slow to adapt to booster seat law
Booster seats have been proven to protect children from serious injury, yet new research shows that in some communities fewer than 21 percent of children 4-8 years old are properly secured in booster seats when they ride in cars.
November 28, 2005
School programs targeting antisocial behavior also can boost test scores, grades
With the No Child Left Behind Act increasingly focusing schools’ attention on test scores alone, programs that stress behavior, social development and commitment to school have sometimes gotten left behind.
November 23, 2005
UW Medical Center becomes title sponsor for 2006 Seattle Marathon
UW Medical Center has become the title sponsor for the 2006 Seattle Marathon.
November 21, 2005
Charter schools serving more urban and disadvantaged students, study finds
America’s charter schools serve a larger percentage of minority and low-income students than do the nation’s traditional public schools, according to a comprehensive new study of the growing charter movement.
November 17, 2005
Norm Stamper featured in Patriot Act forum
“Caught in the (Patriot) Act” is the title of a forum on the implications of the Patriot Act featuring Norm Stamper, former Seattle police chief, and other speakers.
Norm Stamper featured in Patriot Act forum
“Caught in the (Patriot) Act” is the title of a forum on the implications of the Patriot Act featuring Norm Stamper, former Seattle police chief, and other speakers.
CFD: Helping at-risk youth, and much more
Editor’s note: Throughout the Combined Fund Drive, which runs through Nov.
Local talent: Faculty Dance Concert slated for Dec. 1–4
The Dance Program at the UW will open its annual performance series with an eclectic concert showcasing work choreographed and performed by Dance Program faculty, guest artists and students.
Mystery Photo – set in motion
Where are we? The film above was taken somewhere on campus.
HFS kicks off annual Giving Tree program
For the 20th year the Giving Tree, a project of the Department of Housing and Food Services and the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH), is asking faculty, staff and students to help make a difference in a child’s holiday.
UW Bookstore gives thanks — and discounts — tonight
The University Book Store is holding a Campus Thank You Night from 5 to 9 p.
From the Arctic to Congress: Students travel, learn, report
The five-week course “Choices and Change in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge” may have concluded in August but the learning continues.
Helping promising technologies get real: UW bioengineering helps speed new technology from the lab to clinical practice
The UW’s Department of Bioengineering has received a $2.
Reel history: Library curator restoring vintage films
Deep in the bowels of Allen Library is a treasure trove in the process of being discovered.
Russian director brings Chekhovian experience to drama school’s ‘Cherry Orchard’
Audiences may come to remember the UW’s 2005 production of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, set to run Nov.
One book for all incoming freshmen: Mountains Beyond Mountains
Students who enter the UW next fall will have at least one thing in common — they will all have read the same book.
The Southern Diaspora tells how black, white migration changed America
More than 20 million black and white Americans poured out of the South in the first seven decades of the 20th century, sweeping north and west in two parallel, but largely separate, migrations that transformed politics, culture and religion in the United States.
November 16, 2005
‘The Southern Diaspora’ tells how black, white migrants changed America
More than 20 million black and white Americans poured out of the South in the first seven decades of the 20th century, sweeping north and west in two parallel, but largely separate, migrations that transformed politics, culture and religion in the United States.
November 10, 2005
UW bioengineering selected for national partnership to accelerate the transfer of promising technology from the lab to the real world
The University of Washington’s Department of Bioengineering has received a $2.
Talents come to UW for New Yorker tour
Fiction writers Jonathan Franzen and Sherman Alexie are coming to the UW, as well as other authors, cartoonists and critics as part of the New Yorker College Tour, in various locations at the HUB Nov.
Nominations sought for annual awards
Nominations are now being solicited for the University’s annual awards — awards that honor outstanding teachers, staff, mentors and those engaged in leadership and public service.
Drug development experts to speak at UW Nov. 29
National experts in drug development and drug safety will speak with the public during a free forum on Tuesday, Nov.
Latest in facial rejuvenation to be discussed Nov. 14
“Advances in Facial Rejuvenation” will be presented by the Cosmetic Surgery Center at UW Medical Center-Roosevelt on Monday, Nov.
Program on non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma set for Nov. 15
“Winning Game Plan,” an educational program about non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, will be held on Tuesday, Nov.
Non-academic careers for Ph.D.s discussed today
The first in this year’s series of programs on non-academic careers for people with doctorates in the sciences will be at 5 p.
Vitaliano honored by Association of Medical School Psychologists
‘Health or health care?’ theme for legislative health conference
“Health or Health Care? Reframing the Discussion” is the theme for the 2005 Washington Health Legislative Conference to be held Tuesday, Dec.
Dworkin receives award from American Pain Society
Volwiler Lecture topic: digestive diseases
“New Gut Diseases and Old Ones Rediscovered” is the title for the Wade Volwiler Lecture, to be given at 8 a.
Morelli named to facilities post
Jill Morelli has been named director of facilities for the School of Medicine.
Money for growth
A project to renovate existing quarters and increase the amount of research laboratory space in the Department of Biological Structure has been awarded $4 million in Research Facilities Improvement Program funds from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health.
A life of service, at the UW and beyond
Connie Huffine doesn’t take the idea of a personal philosophy lightly.
Studying ions to help hearts
A patient has a heart attack, and is rushed to the hospital for treatment.
UW Notices
Academic opportunities
Funding opportunity
The University of Washington Specialized Center of Research in Pharmacology of Drugs in Pregnancy (UWSCOR; supported by NICHD and ORWH) announces $10,000 for one year of research for projects on the pharmacology of drugs in pregnancy (UWSCOR).
Annual drive benefits U District Food Bank
The “Hungry for the Holidays” Food Drive to benefit the University District Food Bank is in full swing on campus.
New speech pathology degree announced
The UW announced last week that starting fall 2006, it will offer a new Master of Science in Medical Speech-Language Pathology degree.
Depression and diabetes: A fatal mix
Type 2 diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix.