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January 17, 2002
Old and New
A totem pole near the Burke Museum offers a stark contrast to the construction cranes looming in the background.
Nominees for awards sought
Outstanding Public Service
Nominations are now being accepted for the Outstanding Public Service Award, which recognizes the contributions of a faculty or staff member to improving the quality of life locally, nationally or internationally through public service.
Help for the help desk: Computer specialists create, will share tracking system
Computer specialists in many departments feel like the proverbial boy with his finger in the dike—except, all too often there are too many holes and not enough fingers.
Volcanoes, oceans subject of lecture Jan. 23
The size of ice domes and the clockwise displacement of ice rafts on the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, are consistent with what one could expect of melting caused by a hydrothermal vent plume, or plumes, in an ocean beneath the ice, say oceanographers John Delaney of the UW and Richard Thomson of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Biology inspiring space technology
Beds of thousands of tiny pulsating artificial “hairs” can provide a precise method for steering small satellites to docking stations on larger vessels, according to a study led by researchers at the UW.
Researcher to measure moon, Earth distance
Tom Murphy plans to spend much of the next five years using the Apache Point telescope in New Mexico as a tape measure 239,000 miles long — give or take a millimeter.
Harvard professor to lecture on human nature
Who Owns `Human Nature’? is the title of this quarter’s Solomon Katz Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities, scheduled for 7:30 p.
Hydrogen transfer: New discoveries could prove key for industry
During the last 40 years, chemists have developed an understanding of how an electron transfers from one group to another to create new compounds.
$1.8 million saved in energy costs
The UW avoided $1.
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‘Man Who Stayed Behind’ to speak at Burke lecture
Sidney Rittenberg, the man who went to China in the Army in 1945 and ended up staying for 35 years, will lecture on China’s Cultural Revolution: A Turning Point in History at 7 p.
Newsmakers
MAPPING EVOLUTION: As better genomic information becomes available with the resolution of the Human Genome Project, a UW scientist thinks a clearer picture of human evolution, might result.
Mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
Notices
Academic Opportunities
ADAI Research Grants
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
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BEST BOOK: The UW’s Sam Wineburg was recently presented the Frederic W.
New center will study barriers between people and dental care
A research center based at the University of Washington School of Dentistry will try to understand the causes, and some of the answers, for needless suffering among diverse groups in the Northwest and Alaska.
Scientists apply Earth’s hydrothermal plume dynamics to Europa
The size of ice domes and movement of ice rafts on the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, are consistent with what one could expect of melting caused by a hydrothermal vent plume, or plumes, in an ocean beneath the ice, say oceanographers John Delaney of the University of Washington and Richard Thomson of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
January 14, 2002
UW researcher plans project to pin down moon’s distance from Earth
Tom Murphy plans to spend much of the next five years using the Apache Point telescope in New Mexico as a tape measure 239,000 miles long – give or take a millimeter.
January 10, 2002
Mini-Medical School series open to public
The UW Academic Medical Center is offering the UW community and the general public the chance to learn about medical science, patient care and cutting-edge research by attending Mini-Medical School 2002.
Martin Luther King Jr. Tributes
Two programs, both open to the public, will honor the legacy of Dr.
Presentations explore possible careers for Ph.D.’s
The School of Medicine’s Office of Research and Graduate Education has joined several science departments and the Graduate School to sponsor the series of presentations known as “What Can You Do with a Ph.
Service award recipients announced
The UW Academic Medical Center has established a program to recognize faculty and staff members who exemplify service excellence.
Pancreatic cancer: New surveillance program will improve chance of survival
By Pam Sowers
HS News & Community Relations
Pancreatic cancer seems swift and unforgiving to its victims.
David Cummings is fifth Philip Fialkow Scholar
Dr.
Surgery Pavilion construction hits bottom, heading upward
Even with the heavy rains this winter, progress on the new Surgery Pavilion for UW Medical Center has been steady.
Health Science News Briefs
Benditt Lecture today
“Genetics in Everyday Life” is the topic for the 6th annual Earl P.
Budget fix is high legislative priority
By Steve Hill
University Week
The 2002 legislative session opens Monday in Olympia with a $1.
Odegaard librarian entrepreneur enjoying best of both worlds
By Steve Hill
University Week
It sounds a lot like the beginning of a joke: have you heard the one about the computer programmer, the manager, and the librarian?
The threesome – three brothers, actually – walked into a bar two and a half years ago.
Nominations sought for diversity award
Applications and nominations for the 2002 Jeff and Susan Brotman Diversity Award are now being accepted, President Richard L.
Service recognition getting a makeover: Gifts will include tickets, bookstore merchandise
Changes being implemented this month in the UW Service Recognition Program will for the first time include employees all over campus who reach five-years of service and give employees with greater service new choices in the gifts they receive.
HR tools will help evaluate employees
Human Resources recently announced a series of tools to help supervisors evaluate research scientist and engineer positions, determine appropriate salary ranges and to identify career progressions.
Time critical in learning nonverbal language, too
Neuroscientists examining the brain activity of people who learned to speak American Sign Language (ASL) at different times in their lives have found the first evidence that there is a critical period for acquiring a nonverbal language, just as there is for spoken languages.
Deep convection in far north could be key in global climate change
Greenhouse warming and other human effects on the environment may increase the possibility of large, abrupt changes in global climate, according to a recent National Research Council report issued by a panel of 11 scientists that includes the UW’s Peter Rhines and John Wallace.
Hilborn opens lecture series
Most solutions to fisheries problems have been shortsighted and don’t provide the right incentives for fishermen, resource managers or scientists, according to Ray Hilborn, UW professor of aquatic and fisheries sciences and lead speaker for this year’s Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries.
Psychological Services and Training Center
Unit Head: Corey Fagan, director
Location: Guthrie Annex 1
Number of Employees: Eight paid staff members plus approximately 30 graduate student staff therapists who provide services as part of their training in the clinical psychology doctoral program.
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Burke welcomes storytellers
“Stories of Exploration and Adventure” is the theme for this year’s Winter Storytelling Festival at the Burke Museum, to be held on Thursday evenings and weekend days throughout January.
UW employees help Husky Den test new system
Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? UW employees got one last week, in exchange for serving as guinea pigs for a new restaurant system.
Culinary cash
Joel Waller, the University’s catering coordinator, displays some of the Husky Den Dollars that visitors used to “purchase” free food at the renovated facility in the HUB.
Mystery photo
Where are we? Okay, you’ve convinced us that you’re experts on the campus.
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Funding available
The Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health (CEEH) is offering pilot project funding in broadly defined areas of “gene-environment interactions.
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FEEL LIKE DANCIN’: When renowned choreographer Pat Graney presents a retrospective of her work over the next two weeks at the Moore Theater, there will be some UW representation on the stage.
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