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December 2, 2004
Gotta dance: UW tappers hoof their way through holiday classic
Mention Scrooge and what comes to mind? Miserly, check; mean, check; unsympathetic, check; tap dancer, ch — huh? Dickens’ famous curmudgeon doing a soft shoe routine? Not the picture we usually have of the old boy.
Prof. James Karr wins top honors from American Fisheries Society
The UW’s James R.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Diers and Educational Partnerships office help communities help themselves
Last spring, the children of Toppenish were asked what they wanted to liven up their city park.
UW associate dean is Australia-bound
Maresi Nerad, director of the UW’s Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) and associate dean for research in the Graduate School, has powerful ideas about the future of doctoral education, in the U.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Diers and Educational Partnerships office help communities help themselves
Last spring, the children of Toppenish were asked what they wanted to liven up their city park.
UW associate dean is Australia-bound
Maresi Nerad, director of the UW’s Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) and associate dean for research in the Graduate School, has powerful ideas about the future of doctoral education, in the U.
Health Sciences News Briefs
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More exercise, fewer cookies and an AED for his sleigh
“T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
Mary-Claire King receives award in Philadelphia
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Notices
Academic Opportunities
Faculty Senate position
The Senate Executive Committee seeks applications and nominations from faculty on all three UW campuses for the vital position of Secretary of the Faculty.
Tech transfer up in fiscal year 2004
Technology transfer activity at the UW increased significantly in fiscal year 2004, reports UW TechTransfer, the office that facilitates commercial development of innovations arising from UW research.
Where’s Rudolph? Global warming may endanger reindeer
With increasing global warming, Rudolph and the rest of Santa Claus’ reindeer will disappear from large portions of their current range and be under severe environmental stress by the end of the century.
Human Subjects Division on the move
The Human Subjects Division is either moving to a new place or coming home to an old one, depending on how you look at it.
UW Police offer Citizens Academy
The UW Police Department will be offering a free 10-week Citizen’s Academy beginning Jan.
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PRESS ON PREZ: If you missed UW President Mark Emmert’s speech on Tuesday, you have another chance to hear him as he sits for an interview with Seattle Times higher education reporter Sharon Chan and executive editor Michael Fancher.
World’s fastest glacier doubles speed
The world’s fastest glacier, Greenland’s Jakobshavn Isbrae, doubled its speed between 1997 and 2003.
Tag(s): glaciers • Ian Joughin • polar science
Atmosphere warming claim validated by new study
A new interpretation for temperature data from satellites, published earlier this year, raised controversy when its authors claimed it eliminated doubt that, on average, the lower atmosphere is getting warmer as fast as the Earth’s surface.
Business School gets $10 million gift toward new building
Preparations for new facilities to house the UW Business School will accelerate from the planning to the design phase with the receipt of a $10 million donation, the largest private gift the school has received.
December 1, 2004
Say goodbye to Rudolph and other reindeer if global warming continues
With increasing global warming Rudolph and the rest of Santa Claus’ reindeer will disappear from large portions of their current range and be under severe environmental stress by the end of the century.
UW Business School receives $10 million from The Foster Foundation
Preparations for new facilities to house the University of Washington Business School will accelerate from the planning to the design phase with the receipt of a $10 million donation, the largest private gift the school has received.
November 29, 2004
UW group blocks formation of toxic protein clumps seen in Huntington’s disease
Researchers at the University of Washington have identified the mechanism for a protein that can protect against formation of the toxic protein clumps seen in Huntington’s disease.
Stratosphere temperature data support scientists’ proof for global warming
A new interpretation for temperature data from satellites, published earlier this year, raised controversy when its authors claimed it eliminated doubt that, on average, the lower atmosphere is getting warmer as fast as the Earth’s surface.
Media Advisory: Panelists to discuss proposal for managing Northwest power grid
WHAT: Panel discussion about Grid West, a proposed nonprofit corporation that would manage key features of the Northwest’s electric-power system.
November 22, 2004
Everyday resistance to slavery far more common than believed, historian says
By today’s standards pretending to be sick to get out of a day’s work, sneaking away to meet friends in the woods at night, learning to read and write, or tacking up an abolitionist poster in their quarters may seem to be pretty tame infractions.
November 18, 2004
Baker awarded Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology
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Neuroscience for Kids site among Scientific American’s top 50
Neuroscience for Kids, a Web site established and maintained by Dr.
Staffer enjoys work with scouts
Name: Ann Spangler
UW Job: Administrative Assistant, Office of Institutional Studies
Volunteer Activity: Brownie, Junior and Cadette Girl Scout Leader
Organization’s main mission: To give young people leadership skills and training to be used currently and as they move through life.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UW librarian translates classic Slovenian novel
It’s a novel about the founder of a sect of assassins driven by an extreme interpretation of Islam.
Mitchell first to hold professorship aimed at connecting with the community
Geography Professor Katharyne Mitchell has been named to a professorship that will give her time to do some concentrated research and writing.
UW research technologist is karate king
Toshiaki Namiki takes the hand of his friend and colleague Sharon Lindsey, and places it on top of her head.
Applied Physics Lab is number one recipient of defense department dollars
While President Bush and Sen.
Tales of humor, noodling, outsourcing and the Donner Party
FUNNY THING, HUMOR: What’s in a laugh? Richard Gonzalez, chair of the University of Michigan’s department of psychology (and formerly of the UW), intends to find out, with access to of one of the best cartoon archives in the world.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Extra Zero
Correction: An item in the Nov.
Tissue Center Partner
Two nonprofit leaders in tissue banking, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) and Northwest Tissue Center, announced a new agreement this month to make MTF’s proprietary tissue grafts more accessible to patients in hospitals served by the Tissue Center.
Bone marrow cells found to have role in wound healing, skin formation
Bone marrow produces cells that not only help fight infection but also permanently heal wounds, according to research at the University of Washington.
School of Pharmacy and Everett Clinic test computerized prescribing
The UW School of Pharmacy and the Everett Clinic have been awarded a $1 million grant by the U.
Shotgun sequencing of genome may miss critical areas
A UW study comparing the two most favored techniques for sequencing the human genome has shown that one of the techniques, now the most widely used, gives an oversimplified view of the genome.
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