NOBEL PITCHER: The UW’s newest Nobel Prize winner, Lee Hartwell, threw out the first pitch in the Mariners’ win over Cleveland Monday.
October 18, 2001
The latest news from the UW
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Applicants sought for exchange program
The University of Washington-University of Ljublajana Exchange Program invites applications from faculty and senior graduate students to be an academic visitor to the University of Ljubljana, in Slovenia, during the 2002 calendar year.
Legislation seeks to set standards for distance learning courses
By Doug Wadden, Faculty Council on Academic Standards
and Steve Buck, Faculty Council on Educational Outreach
The role of distance learning in undergraduate education at the UW has long been a contentious issue.
Mystery photo
Two University of Washington professors are among 60 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine this week.
Dr. Bobbie Berkowitz, professor and chair of the Department of Psychosocial and Community Health in the School of Nursing, and Dr. Cornelius Rosse, professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Biological Structure in the School of Medicine, join 36 other UW faculty members previously elected to the Institute of Medicine.
Story ideas for reporters: Investigations using crane range from water works to witches’ brooms
Going up — A key factor in forest growth, and subsequent carbon sequestration, is the way trees take up and give off water. Work at the crane covers this process from below the forest floor to the very tops of the trees. A new project at the crane site is trying to determine the significance of what scientists call hydraulic lift in the root zone.
Fact sheet for reporters: Canopy research could lead to better forest management
The crane and forest around it are closed to the general public because of safety concerns (the forest around the crane, for example, is a hard-hat area), there are scientific instruments on the forest floor and the area needs to be kept as pristine as possible for research to be meaningful. Please don’t include the crane in travel or outdoors stories leading readers or viewers to think they can visit. This will only frustrate people and cause them to be upset with the research staff.
October 11, 2001
Thursday events will precede Garrett talk
Several health sciences faculty and staff members are leading sessions today as part of the University’s Day of Reflection and Engagement.
Elkon named to lead Division of Rheumatology
Lifetime series features UW ‘Women Docs’
By Craig Degginger
HS News & Community Relations
Four UW physicians are featured prominently in this week’s episode of “WomenDocs,” a new Lifetime Television series.
Hartwell wins Nobel Prize
Whiplash Research Center established; volunteer subjects needed
UW researchers have been awarded a five-year grant of more than $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to study whiplash injuries from motor vehicle accidents (MVAs).
Health Sciences Brief News
Correction
An item in last week’s University Week contained an incorrect figure.
Briefly
MAP breakfast slated Oct.
Inner workings
IW: Center for Career Services
Name and title of unit head: Susan Terry, director
Location: 134 Mary Gates Hall
Number of employees: 17
Unit’s main function: To provide job search services to students and alumni.
MacArthur scholars scheduled to speak
What does it mean to be a genius? Five UW professors who have received MacArthur Foundation Fellowships will share their thoughts with the audience in the upcoming lecture series, Scholarly Adventure and Creative Process: UW MacArthur Fellows in the Humanities.
New protection for bus riders due next week
A new bus shelter for patrons who wait in front of Guthrie Annex 4 on the main campus should be ready for use on Monday.
UWTV series to focus on IT leaders
Information Technology Leaders, an interview series produced by the UW Business School and airing on UWTV and the Research Channel, proves that top IT executives are the sum of their experiences – both professional and personal.
African-American profs to give talks
A new outreach program developed by the premier African-American men’s social service organization in Seattle and the UW is aimed at establishing greater links between the African-American community and the UW, with the goal of attracting more African-American students to the UW.
Stargazing: Astronomy undergrads use old telescope for new interest
The observatory may be the second oldest building on campus, but it can still draw a crowd.
Eldercare workshop helps adult children cope
By Steve Hill
University Week
Jody Burns was faced with what’s becoming an increasingly common problem – how to care for an aging parent.
Event will highlight careers in, study of the environment
An Environmental Opportunities Fair will be held from 10 a.
Course to consider impact of environmental problems
The UW’s budding partnership with the University of British Columbia has produced an ambitious new course this fall probing environmental problems that blithely ignore international borders.
Piano concert
Pianist David Korevaar will present a program of piano preludes at 8 p.
Survey responses spur changes to University Week
Newspapers exist to serve readers, and University Week is no different.
New VP will always be Rusty
When the UW’s new vice president for minority affairs started kindergarten, she told the teacher her name was Rusty Barcelo.
UW assistance program ramping up
By Steve Hill
University Week
The UW is working to help faculty and staff maintain a degree of serenity in an increasingly stressed-out world.
Big day in Bothell
A dedication is planned Saturday for two new buildings on the Cascadia Community College, UW, Bothell campus.
Faculty Senate will conduct more of its business without using paper
Mystery photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Peer Portfolio
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Search continues for Dean of Undergraduate Education and Vice Provost
The University of Washington invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of Undergraduate Education and Vice Provost, with a term to begin July 1, 2002.
Etc.
GENEROUS UW: When it was announced that UW employees could donate to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund – which goes to help the victims of the terrorist attacks – through the University’s Combined Fund Drive, they responded enthusiastically.
Psychologists have answers to myths surrounding youth sports
Because youth sports are saddled with so many myths, University of Washington sports psychologists Ronald Smith and Frank Smoll have spent a large part of their careers dispelling these misconceptions and trying to make youth sports more of a child-oriented, fun activity for everyone involved – players, coaches and parents.
October 10, 2001
UW receives $3.5 million grant to establish National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education (AccessIT)
The University of Washington has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant to establish a National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education, to be known as AccessIT. The five-year renewable grant, awarded on a competitive basis, comes from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
October 9, 2001
Misdiagnosis of appendicitis continues despite new tools
Although more diagnostic tools are available now than ever, there has been no improvement in the rate of misdiagnosis of appendicitis during the last decade, according to University of Washington researchers.
October 5, 2001
Education Forums establish links between African-Americans and UW
A new outreach program developed by the premier African American men’s social service organization in Seattle and the University of Washington is aimed at establishing greater links between the African-American community and the UW, with the goal of attracting more African American students to the UW.
October 4, 2001
Tennis tickets
Good seats are still available for the Schick Xtreme III Tennis Challenge on Saturday, Oct.
Physical therapists schedule events
UW physical therapists from Hall Health Primary Care Center, the Exercise Training Center at UWMC-Roosevelt, the Sports Medicine Clinic, and the UW Medical Center Physical Therapy Department have planned events to mark Physical Therapy Month in October.