天美影视传媒 President Mark Emmert has selected Suzanne Trager Ortega, vice provost for advanced studies and dean of graduate school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, as dean and vice provost of the UW Graduate School, effective Aug.
March 18, 2005
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March 16, 2005
UW alum first recipient of award for outstanding achievements in biomaterials
A 天美影视传媒 alumnus who invented more than 30 biomedical devices, including a shunt that made kidney dialysis practical, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Northwest Pioneers of Biomaterials and Medical Devices Award.
Researchers find evidence of dark energy in our galactic neighborhood
Astrophysicists in recent years have found evidence for a force they call dark energy in observations from the farthest reaches of the universe, billions of light years away.
March 15, 2005
Answer from ‘dusty shelf’ aids quest to see matter as it was just after big bang
Scientists trying to recreate conditions that existed just a few millionths of a second after the big bang that started the universe have run into a mysterious problem — some of the reactions they are getting don’t mesh with what they thought they were supposed to see.
March 10, 2005
Rushmer lecturer to speak on 鈥楨ngineering the Heart鈥�
Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, a world leader in heart and lung transplant surgery and research, will speak at the 17th annual Rushmer Lecture, sponsored by the UW Department of Bioengineering.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Bloom time: Quad’s cherry trees go online
Nature may still dictate their delicate display, but the famous cherry trees on the Quad, in keeping with the times, have gone online.
Council looks at UW ties with community
Editor鈥檚 Note: This is one of a series of columns by chairs of the Faculty Senate鈥檚 councils and committees.
Predicting water needs is center’s specialty
Are farmers in southeast Idaho likely to start irrigating in early May, in late May, or somewhere in between?
Private power producer PacifiCorp, for one, wants to know so it can prepare for less water being available and more power being needed when agricultural producers start pumping earlier in the year.
Almost Famous: Staffer seeks screen success
Peg Cheng may look like a responsible adult, but for more than a year her mind has been on high school.
Life in ‘Lost City’
The hydrothermal vents were miles from where anyone could have imagined.
Recycling system saves millions of gallons at Consolidated Laundry
The UW Consolidated Laundry in Seattle鈥檚 Rainier Valley has installed a water recycling system that is expected to conserve approximately 18 million gallons a year.
Scientist from one of top prion labs will explain 鈥榓mazing鈥� biology
Prions, which have been identified as the causative agent in mad-cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease and scrapie, a disease of sheep and goats, were identified, named and characterized by Dr.
Prions: From the lab to the barnyard and wildlife
Transmissible brain diseases among livestock and wild game have become a growing concern in veterinary medicine, agriculture, and public health.
Professorship honors Wayne Crill
Health Sciences News Briefs
Local neuroscience meeting
The Pacific Cascade and Vancouver, B.
David Baker and colleagues receive award for article in Science
Program covers basics of starting a company at UW
鈥淪tarting a Company While Keeping Your Day Job at the UW鈥� is the title for the next presentation in the series 鈥淭hings Your Mother Never Taught You,鈥� sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Industry Relations Office.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Grant applications wanted
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from UW faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning scholarly projects on ethnic issues in the United States.
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ACTIVE RETIREMENT: If you have seen the most recent Taco Time commercial on TV, or heard it on the radio, you鈥檝e been tuning in on the post-professorial career of Otto Reinert.
March 9, 2005
Mock named injury prevention center director
March 8, 2005
Scientists search for seafloor eruption
The most intense swarms of earthquakes detected in the last 10 to 12 years on the far edge of the Juan de Fuca plate could indicate the eruption of magma from the seafloor or an underwater volcano.
March 3, 2005
Dance and digital arts: A match made at Meany
The Faculty Dance Concert, slated for tonight through Sunday in Meany Studio Theater, is designed as a showcase for choreography by Dance Program faculty.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Four UW profs win Sloan Research Fellowships
Four UW faculty members have been awarded Sloan Research Fellowships, given to the very best young faculty in the country in designated scientific fields.
Next slide please: Talking Heads founder David Byrne starts making sense of PowerPoint
Editor鈥檚 Note: Ken Fine, a News & Information employee who is a graduate of the UW School of Art and our resident expert on PowerPoint, offers his thoughts on David Byrne鈥檚 upcoming PowerPoint performance at 7 p.
Dance and digital arts: A match made at Meany
The Faculty Dance Concert, slated for tonight through Sunday in Meany Studio Theater, is designed as a showcase for choreography by Dance Program faculty.
Mystery Photo
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo.
Tales of transdetermination: Tiny flies aid study of non-embryonic stem cells
It has long been thought that cells that regenerate tissue do so by regressing to a developmentally younger state.
Publication Services: An eye on sustainable practices
Sustainability practices are not exclusive to the UW鈥檚 Publications Services Department 鈥� they are campuswide, indeed statewide and beyond.
Gary Locke to speak at UW Tacoma commencement
Former governor Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American governor in U.
Acting techniques may help doctors empathize with their patients
Business scholars for more than 20 years have explored the concept of 鈥渆motional labor,鈥� or the management of emotions to present a certain image in service workers.
Hard work still ahead in Legislature, Hodgins says
The state Legislature may have completed half of its session according to the calendar, but the bulk of the hard work remains to be accomplished, says UW Director of State Relations Randy Hodgins.
Hydrogen and methane provide raw energy for life at ‘Lost City’
The hydrothermal vents were miles from where anyone could have imagined.
March 1, 2005
Retrovirus struck ancestors of chimpanzees and gorillas millions of years ago, but did not affect ancestral humans
The ancestors of chimpanzees and gorillas were infected with a deadly retrovirus about three to four million years ago, but there is no evidence it infected ancestors of modern-day humans, according to research by genome scientists.
Student researchers to present tactile maps of campus to blind students, staff
WHO: 天美影视传媒 faculty and student researchers involved in the Tactile Graphics Project, a federally funded endeavor to automate the translation of complex data to tactile documents that users can read by touch.
Acting techniques may help doctors empathize with their patients
Business scholars for more than 20 years have explored the concept of ’emotional labor,’ or the management of emotions to present a certain image in service workers.
February 28, 2005
Tiny flies could lead to understanding potential for non-embryonic stem cells
It has long been thought that cells that regenerate tissue do so by regressing to a developmentally younger state.
February 24, 2005
Children of war: Visions of conflict, seen through innocent eyes
Tony Geist was on other business when he first saw the drawings, but he knew immediately they needed to come to the world鈥檚 attention.
HUB games chief loves her work, and the College Bowl
Helping people have fun is how Kitty Willis describes her job.