The latest news from the UW

CAROLINA NORTH: Horace Williams, who founded the Philosophy Department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, bequeathed 979 acres of land to the University about a half century ago.

Four UW faculty members are among 58 of the nation’s most promising young scientists and engineers, recognized at the White House recently as winners of this year’s Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering.

The rebuilding of tsunami- and earthquake-damaged Indonesia is well under way, but the extent of psychological scarring left by the twin disasters still remains a large question mark, according to a UW professor who has been involved in relief efforts.

A search committee is currently looking for candidates for the position of dean of the UW’s Information School.

A signaling pathway required for plants to grow to their normal size appears to have an unexpected dual purpose of keeping the plants from wallpapering themselves with too many densely clustered stomata.

The University of Washington has been awarded a $15.

WHAT: “Education and Productivity: A 21st Century Workforce” conference.

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Only the size of a button, the tiny plastic disc doesn’t look like much at first glance.

Want to help a diverse group of people learn to get along? Have them design and build something together, says UW Art Professor John Young.

A UW atmospheric sciences professor and a research meteorologist have been named the winners of a Prize for Excellence in Weather Modification Research, awarded annually by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization and the United Arab Emirates.

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

University of Washington faculty and staff have a long tradition of supporting UW students in countless ways.

Doubled in size through a recent renovation, the Burke Museum’s Special Exhibits Gallery will reopen this weekend with a nationally praised exhibit of photography from one of the most beautiful, pristine and remote regions of the world.

Phyllis Wise’s voice over the phone sounded genuinely enthused as she talked about her new job at the UW.

Skin cancer on TV
UW Medical Center and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance will be prominently featured in the KING TV “Cancer-Free Washington” special on skin cancer this month.

The UW is one of four sites to receive funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to train students in a new public health informatics program.

UW Medical Center this spring completed the first installation in the western United States of a next-generation volume computed tomography (VCT) scanner.

Construction barriers are going up this week in preparation for the year-long project to remodel the main UW Medical Center lobby and clinic areas on the third floor.

LEGAL NOTICES

New parking and transportation fees effective July 1
Last year, the Board of Regents approved a three-year transportation fee schedule that provides for increases on July 1.

Nitrogen oxides produced by huge fires and fossil fuel combustion are a major component of air pollution.

For people from the Seattle area, a trip to the Yakima Valley means encountering an environment very different from the one they’re used to.

William Matchett, professor emeritus of English and former longtime editor of the journal Modern Language Quarterly, will read from and sign copies of Elementary, a new book of poems, at 7 p.

The deadline to respond to the Leadership, Community and Values Initiative survey is June 30.

The UW’s Human Subjects Division is leaving the “Age of Paper.

The UW took home several honors from the fourth annual Businesses for an Environmental and Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) awards, including the Mayor’s Environmental Leadership Award.

Joanne Suffis, executive director of HR operations for Upper Campus, Bothell and Tacoma, has been named Interim Vice President for HR as of July 1.

KIDS COUNT: Nancy Amidei, senior lecturer in social work, was honored recently by the Children’s Alliance with a 2005 Voices for Children Award.

Crimes against people and property on campus dropped significantly from 2003 to 2004, according to the annual crime report released by the UW Police Department.

There’s more than meets the human ear when the black-capped chickadee lets its flock mates know a predator is lurking about by giving out its familiar “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” call.

Like a collegiate version of “Extreme Makeover – Home Edition,” University of Washington architecture students are preparing to build a four-bedroom home for a Yakima Valley family in just nine weekends.

Four University of Washington faculty members are among 58 of the nation’s most promising young scientists and engineers being recognized at the White House today as winners of this year’s Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering.

Researchers studying the factors behind out-of-wedlock births have found a significant variable that often is overlooked: child support.

EDITORS: Scholars returning from North Korea are at the Kensington Stars Hotel in the Mount Seorak area of South Korea today (tel 011-82-33-635-4001 / fax 011-82-33-635-4011).