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DISSENTING VOICE: A recent story in the Columbus Dispatch examined the controversy surrounding genetically altered grass.

Artist Gary Smoot has a thing for wiener dogs — the kind made out of balloons (note the drawing on his shirt).

A faculty development workshop on “Leadership and Institutional Change” has been scheduled from 8:30 a.

Sylvia Burns, a licensed massage practitioner (LMP) in the Exercise Training Center at Roosevelt, is the 91̽»¨Medical Center’s “entrant” in the Winter Olympic Games now under way in Salt Lake City.

Students in the 91̽»¨School of Dentistry are finding a new and high-tech way to communicate with patients and plan comprehensive treatment.

Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2001-2002 academic year.

Chris Jarvis
Washington State Attorney General’s Office

With as many as 94 percent of Americans concerned about possible misuse of personal information, the business community has a strong interest in promoting consumer privacy policies that bolster consumer confidence.

Ben Santos has never been plagued with doubts about who he is.

Christina Roux never saw her Franklin High School economics students so engaged — designing dynamic Web sites, poring through the daily papers, throwing themselves into research projects.

Oxygen in the upper waters of the North Pacific, an area that accounts for about 40 percent of the world’s oceans, decreased as much as 15 percent in a little less than two decades between the early 1980s and late 1990s.

For Aaron Hertzmann, painting like a master is more a matter of algorithms than brush strokes.

The award-winning UW-based DO-IT program is using cyberspace to reach a national audience with strategies for creating a level playing field in the academic world for students with disabilities.

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The latest crime data from the 91̽»¨Police Department show an 8 percent increase in reported crimes for 2001.

The College of Education is accepting reservations for a colloquium designed to help facilitate partnerships between K-12 and the 91̽»¨campus.

The School of Music will help romantics celebrate Valentine’s Day with a concert tonight at 7:30 in Meany Theater.

The UW’s Chamber Dance Company will explore the impact of humanism and expressionism on modern dance during its annual winter concert.

Dr. Paul B. Robertson, dean of the 91̽»¨ School of Dentistry for nine years until June 30, 2001, has been appointed the Washington Dental Service Foundation Distinguished Professor in Dentistry.

The award-winning 91̽»¨-based DO-IT program is using cyberspace to reach a national audience with strategies for creating a level academic playing field for students with disabilities.

Physicians at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center urge King County residents today to prepare for a new child passenger safety law by putting their 4-8 year-old children in booster seats when travelling in motor vehicles.

For sale: Convair 580, flown by 91̽»¨ researchers for global atmospheric analysis, used to study smoke from burning oil wells in Kuwait, double-check satellite measurements of clouds over the tropical Pacific and measure properties of rain in the Pacific Northwest.

PHOTO OP: If you like color photos of the natural world, the Campus Public Art Office has a deal for you.

Academic Opportunities

HUB Hall of Fame

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2002 HUB Hall of Fame Activities Award.

This academic year, Brad Holt, the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Vice-Chair Sandra Silberstein, and the Senate Executive Committee made plans to increase communication between the Senate and faculty.

Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.

DOUSING THE FLAME: Citing continued concerns for safety, plus rising costs and issues of liability, Texas A&M University President Ray M.

Left to right, Landscape Architecture Professor Daniel Winterbottom and students David Knight, Michael Dalquist and George Wittren put the finishing touches on the UW’s prize-winning exhibit at the Northwest Flower & Garden show.

Gilbert Bombon, Utility Worker II from the Outside Maintenance Zone, removes dry-pack from below the paver bricks at the Kane Hall columns.

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Residents in Washington view their public colleges and universities as high-quality institutions that make significant contributions to their state’s economy, according to survey data released this week by the American Council on Education (ACE).

The 91̽»¨has done a good job conserving both energy and water in the past year, but the best may be yet to come, according to Facilities Services officials.

Leroy Searle has identified at least two general types of former musicians.

For sale: Convair 580, flown by 91̽»¨ researchers for global atmospheric analysis, used to study smoke from burning oil wells in Kuwait, double-check satellite measurements of clouds over the tropical Pacific and measure properties of rain in the Pacific Northwest.