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May 23, 2002
Education professor wins prestigious teacher preparation award
Steve Hill
University Week
Cathy Taylor experienced an epiphany on a Seattle soccer field.
Memorial will honor Evans School dean
A public memorial will be held June 4 in Kane Hall to honor Marc Lindenberg, dean of the Daniel J.
Checking child’s sleep pattern
Sleep disturbances could have physical causes and may need evaluation
Study questions need for special diabetic footwear
UW-VA research carefully follows people with diabetes
Genome Sciences symposium brings speakers on genetic variation
All-day program on May 29 open to everyone
Entrepreneurial transfer symposium set
Morning program on June 13 for medicine and engineering faculty
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Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Seed Grant applications invited
The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants for the year 2002-03.
Harvard expert to help launch climate change program
Well-known speaker will help as the institution launches a strong program geared toward the study of Earth’s climate change.
Summer construction to be discussed
If you’d like to get more information about construction on campus this summer and how it will affect you, you can attend a brown bag presentation at noon Friday in 309 HUB.
Campus Conversation is wide ranging
President McCormick and other administrators met in a lively open forum with staff employees. Their discussion ranged from anthrax to the UW’s reputation and much more.
Bioengineering is focus of alliance
A five-year agreement will connect the UW and Nanyang Tech in Singapore.
Peer Portfolio
FOOTBALL U: The National Football League has drafted Michigan State University to help prepare training manuals for youth and high school football coaches.
Technology developed on campus will speed up computers
The speed and efficiency of computer network and database servers could increase as much as 400 percent because of an idea developed by two UW computer scientists that is reaching mainstream computing.
May 21, 2002
Lecture by Harvard expert marks launch of new UW climate program
Work on core curriculum is done, the first class of graduate students has been accepted and one of the world’s top experts on global climate change, Harvard University professor James McCarthy, will present a free, public lecture here May 30 as the University of Washington launches its Program on Climate Change.
Building bridges, colonizing planets and extracting DNA from onions: Middle school students flex math, science muscles at second annual PRIME Showcase
The second annual PRIME Showcase, highlights hands-on projects the partnerships have developed during the year to learn math, science and engineering principles.
May 20, 2002
Governor to speak at campus Memorial Day ceremony
A ceremony in honor of Memorial Day will be held at the University of Washington at 4 p.m. Friday, May 24 in Red Square.
May 18, 2002
Marc Lindenberg, Evans School dean and leader in global relief work, is dead at 56
Marc Lindenberg, dean of the UW’s Daniel J.
May 16, 2002
Age-related macular degeneration
Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
Age-related macular degeneration is a serious, progressive eye disease perhaps best known as the leading cause of legal blindness in people over 55.
First Russell Ross Lecture next Friday
The first Russell Ross Endowed Lecture, presented by the Department of Pathology, will be given next Friday.
Genes and aging
Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
The good news is, people live longer.
Etc. Campus news and notes
A ROYAL HONOR: Professor Emeritus George Hiroaki Kakiuchi will receive the prestigious Emperor’s Award, the Order of the Rising Sun, in ceremonies at the official residence of the Consul General of Japan, on May 24.
Official notices
Public Hearing Notice
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 1 p.
Newsmakers
TIME TO ACT: A UW animal behaviorist recently told Newsday that it’s time to intervene on behalf of the young killer whale that’s been swimming alone in central Puget Sound.
Mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
A&S celebrates opening of new space
As celebrations go, it wasn’t exactly posh.
A Big Idea: Undergrads strut stuff at festival
If you’ve ever had the urge to write a play, you can get your feet wet beginning Wednesday, May 22, when Once Upon a Weekend kicks off.
Psych 419 is wildest thing to hit campus since ‘Animal House’
Through the years, some of Barbara Kirkevold’s and Joan Lockard’s students have had some pretty unusual “classmates” — a baby elephant, a pair of rambunctious juvenile grizzly bears, two troops of western lowland gorillas, orangutans, a northern fur seal, a family of laughing thrushes, and many more.
Cycle for the fun of it, prof says
Steve Hill
University Week
He’s logged more than 60,000 miles while commuting to and from the UW campus during the last 30 years.
Dancer goes dot-com
As you sit in the audience waiting for a dance concert to begin, the last thing you might think the dancers would be worried about is their computer.
Can mechanical pets teach kids life lessons?
Pets can help children learn about life, love and death.
Diet for diabetics
New recommendations from American Diabetes Association stretch options
Don’t forget seat belts and depend on air bags, HMC study shows
Driver air bags offer relatively little benefit in road vehicle crashes compared with seat belts, according to a study published in the May 11 issue of the British Medical Journal.
Cochlear implants and their future
Hearing Research Day on May 20 will bring experts together at UW next week
Notices
Public Hearing Notice
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 1 p.
Event will help rural landowners comply with rules
A year ago on May 17, Washington’s Forest Practices Board adopted new permanent rules implementing what’s called the Forest and Fish law passed by the Legislature.
News Makers
TIME TO ACT: A UW animal behaviorist recently told Newsday that it’s time to intervene on behalf of the young killer whale that’s been swimming alone in central Puget Sound.
Researchers pull project from frigid North Pole waters
A 1.6-mile long cable and 3,500 pounds of instruments were retrieved from a mooring that was anchored to the seafloor at the North Pole for a full year — eight times longer than the only previous mooring.
Take a trip aboard UW’s research vessel
Daily journal entries and the ability to ask questions online allow anyone interested to go along on the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson as it maps the seafloor off the Washington coast.
High-tech companies score with judges in competition
Sixteen finalists will compete for investment capital May 21 in the UW’s annual entrepreneurial business plan competition.
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