May 19, 2005
By Claire Dietz
News & Community Relations
Frontiers in Biomedical Research, an annual symposium sponsored by the School of Medicine, will focus this year on the effects of the revolution in information processing on medical research and patient care.
By Pam Sowers
News & Community Relations
Scientists have mapped the human genome and are hoping to predict who might be susceptible to certain diseases or responsive to certain treatments.
U District Food Bank
The University District Food Bank is seeking dedicated volunteers to fill open positions on its board of directors.
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English Language Courses
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.
Legislation now before Congress would prevent the National Weather Service from providing information that the private sector is supplying, or could supply, to the public.
The School of Social Work is establishing a visiting professorship in honor of Henry Maier, a beloved mentor and classroom lecturer whose life will be celebrated at a memorial service this Sunday.
In both her formal remarks and her response to questions, the third provost candidate to visit the campus stressed the importance of the modern university’s relationship to the outside world, both locally and globally.
The UW has announced a Faculty-Staff-Retiree “Campaign for Students,” designed to enhance fellowship and scholarship support for undergraduate, graduate and professional students.
Some people would describe the current system of scholarly publication as crazy.
There’s good news for UW researchers and fiscal staff weary of wading through paperwork every month to track expenses for grants, contracts and state budgets: A new software tool called MyFinancial.
The Universitywide survey for faculty and staff regarding campus climate, diversity and values is now available online.
WHO: Mary McAleese, president of Ireland.
May 17, 2005
The 20th anniversary of the Elisabeth C.
Emerging companies whose goals are to improve medical care technology, encourage healthier lifestyles and introduce the Internet for use in novel ways dominate this year’s group of finalists in the University of Washington’s eighth annual Business Plan Competition.
May 16, 2005
Legislation now before Congress would prevent the National Weather Service from providing information that the private sector is supplying, or could supply, to the public.
May 12, 2005
She will be 18 this month, but has already won prestigious awards around the world, has made two CDs with the Moscow Philharmonic and debuted with the Los Angeles Philharmonic when she was only 15.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Bacteria, viruses, single-cell algae and other microorganisms waging a battle to keep themselves from freezing in sea ice appear to make ice malleable enough to trap ice breakers and could be affecting how sea ice changes and melts in places like the Arctic.
The order from Suzzallo Library sounded simple: Build them a bookcase.
Bacteria, viruses, single-cell algae and other microorganisms waging a battle to keep themselves from freezing in sea ice appear to make ice malleable enough to trap ice breakers and could be affecting how sea ice changes and melts in places like the Arctic.
The President’s Diversity Appraisal Implementation Fund has awarded $400,000 to 13 proposals for innovative projects that will enhance student development, enhance faculty diversity or improve the campus, workplace or classroom climate.
This year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium will attract more than 500 participants — a growth of ten-fold in the program’s eight-year history.
The Voice Theatre of Japan, which attempts to create “auspicious interactions between skillful narrative and careful listening” by exploring the potential of recitation, will have a special performance from 6 to 8 p.
The Undergraduate Theater Society will present The Family of Mann, Theresa Rebeck’s biting comedy about television, May 19–22 in the Cabaret Theater.
Choreographed pieces created by 14 graduating seniors and danced by 50 or more students will be featured when the UW Dance Program presents the 2005 Dance Majors Concert, May 19-22 in the Meany Studio Theater.
Fakes and Flops in Sculpture of the Pyramid Age is the title of a lecture by Rita Freed, curator of ancient Egyptian, Nubian and near eastern art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Carlos Cortés, a nationally respected author and professor, will present a free one-man play about growing up as a person of mixed ancestry at 7 p.
Tight budgets and a shift in priorities are causing NASA to back away from satellite-based sensors that observe processes on Earth, according to the interim report “Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation,” released at the end of April by a National Research Council panel.
The head of the United Nations Environment Program’s Post-Conflict Assessment Unit and chairman of the unit’s Iraq Task Force will be the featured speaker at a lecture Tuesday evening that caps the UW Program on the Environment’s War and the Environment day.
Earth’s climate is being changed substantially by a buildup of atmospheric greenhouse gases, but a group of leading climate scientists contends the overall impact is not understood as well as it should be because data are too scarce on how much energy the planet reflects into space.
The President’s Diversity Appraisal Implementation Fund has awarded $400,000 to 13 proposals for innovative projects that will enhance student development, enhance faculty diversity or improve the campus, workplace or classroom climate.
Several UW faculty members are involved in the newest production of the Pacific Performance Project, GRAVITY, which will be presented May 18–22 in the Playhouse Theater.
Outreach, partnership and communication were the topics Kristina Johnson kept coming back to during a forum for the second of the provost candidates to visit the campus.
This year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium will attract more than 500 participants — a growth of ten-fold in the program’s eight-year history.
May 8, 2005
Critical issues in the treatment of trauma throughout the continuum of pre-hospital care, emergency care, surgical care, acute care and rehabilitation will be the focus of WAMI 2005: Current Practices in Adult and Pediatric Trauma, a two-day conference sponsored by Harborview Medical Center, the designated Level I trauma center for Washington, as well as the trauma and burn referral center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho (WAMI).
May 5, 2005
Walk to a sink, in a kitchen or a bathroom, and turn on the faucet.
The weekend after he took up his duties as UW registrar in 1969, Tim Washburn took his family on an outing to dig razor clams.
While Patrick Christie is trying to shake up the way undergraduates frame issues in the new course “Society and the Oceans,” the UW is trying to frame the large lecture class in new ways as well.
The UW School of Music’s spring opera, Orphee aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), will be presented next week in Meany Theater.