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March 27, 2013

Notice of Possible Rule Making: WAC 478-136-041, “Alcoholic Beverage Policy”

Notice of Possible Rule Making Preproposal Statement of Inquiry (per RCW 34.05.310) Subject of Possible Rule Making:聽 WAC 478-136-041, 鈥淎lcoholic Beverage Policy.鈥� Statutes Authorizing the University to Adopt Rules on This Subject:聽 RCW聽28B.20.130. Reasons Why Rules on This Subject May Be Needed and What They Might Accomplish:聽 Currently, the UW鈥檚 alcoholic beverage policy does not provide for licensing under a sports entertainment facility license.聽 The proposed WAC rule amendment will make it clear that alcohol sales, service, and consumption in…

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News Digest: Sea Grant symposium focuses on waterfronts, lecture March 22 on tissue engineering, reception honors staff nominees

Washington Sea Grant sponsors four-day symposium on waterfront challenges || Lecture March 22 on advances in tissue engineering || Reception March 26 for Distinguished Staff Award nominees

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March 11, 2013

Long-term relationships, access to data drive sustainability institutions鈥� success

Successful sustainability initiatives need to be grounded in long-standing relationships among scientists, local communities and decision-makers, UW’s Lisa Graumlich told a session on sustainability science at AAAS.

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March 6, 2013

91探花nautilus expedition may have spied new species

A 91探花 research team has captured color photographs of what could be a previously undocumented species of chambered nautilus, a cephalopod mollusk often classified as a “living fossil,” in the waters off American Samoa in the South Pacific. “This is certainly a new taxon, but we are not sure if it is a new species, subspecies or variety,” said 91探花paleontologist Peter Ward, who led the expedition to Samoa and Fiji. “The Samoan nautiluses are large for the…

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March 5, 2013

News Digest: 91探花students speak at Town Hall, nominations due, celebrate Philosophy in Schools program, tobacco cessation help

91探花Science Now kicks off at Town Hall tonight || Celebrating 91探花Women nominations due March 11 || Nominations sought for fourth annual Husky Green Awards || Grade-school students take on philosophy in panel discussion || Hall Health Center expands tobacco cessation program

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‘True grit’ erodes assumptions about evolution

New work in Argentina where scientists had previously thought Earth’s first grasslands emerged 38 million years ago, shows the area at the time covered with tropical forests rich with palms, bamboos and gingers. Grit and volcanic ash in those forests could have caused the evolution of teeth in horse-like animals that scientists mistakenly thought were adaptations in response to emerging grasslands.