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A little sexual banter in the workplace isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

FORD DIGS IN: Former President Gerald Ford was the featured shoveler when the University of Michigan broke ground in November on its new Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, which will be the new home of the Gerald R.

LEADING LIBRARIANS: Four UW librarians have been selected to participate in what their boss, Director of Libraries Lizabeth Wilson, calls highly competitive national leadership programs.

The University of Washington Consolidated Laundry in Seattle’s Rainier Valley has installed a water recycling system that is expected to conserve approximately 18 million gallons a year.

A little sexual banter in the workplace isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

The first major awards for excellence in radio and television reporting on victims of violence will be launched in 2006 and 2007, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma announced today.

WASHINGTON — The common perception that most American teenagers go to school, engage in extracurricular activities such as sports and hang out with their friends is missing one crucial and time-consuming element in their lives — work.

Bigger is smarter is better.

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

Bob Edie, who was the UW director of government relations from 1986 to 1995 and vice president for university relations from 1996 to 1999, has received the Robert G.

Geoffrey Loftus’ latest research reads more like a murder mystery than a scientific paper.

Five months after the Business School launched a search for its new leader, the search committee continues to evaluate candidates and officials say the school remains on track for having a permanent dean in place by fall.

Sounder sleep, healthier teeth and gums, eco-friendly food packaging, more powerful electronics — these are some of the innovative ideas generated by Washington researchers and business entrepreneurs that are being supported through public investment from the Washington Technology Center.

Students from around the globe will gather in Seattle next week to present their creative and commercially sustainable solutions for reducing poverty through new business development, in the UW Business School’s inaugural Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition.

The first awards from the Fund for Innovation and Redesign, made last year, are facilitating groundbreaking discussions and work across disciplines, according to the interim reports submitted by 11 awardees.

Over the years it has evolved from a wish to a work in progress — and on Tuesday the UW’s new Q Center will become a reality.

Students from around the globe will gather in Seattle next week to present their creative and commercially sustainable solutions for reducing poverty through new business development, in the University of Washington Business School’s inaugural Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition.

• WHAT: Tsunamis in Washington, a free public lecture
  
• WHO:
  
  
  
  • Jody Bourgeois, UW Earth and space sciences professor
    
  • Brian Atwater, U.
    Continue reading Public lecture will focus on Northwest tsunamis

Geoffrey Loftus’ latest research reads more like a murder mystery than a scientific paper.

Farmers, hydroelectric power producers, shippers and wildlife managers remember the Columbia River Basin drought of 1992-1993 as a year of misery.

The School of Nursing will present a free, public lecture about community design and public health at 6:30 p.

“What we’re really doing,” says Dr.

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

If a generation of college students is four years, more or less, then Ernest R.

Farmers, hydroelectric power producers, shippers and wildlife managers remember the Columbia River Basin drought of 1992–1993 as a year of misery.

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of articles written by the chairs of the Faculty Senate’s councils and committees.