The 91探花Law School will hold a forum on the future of the Miranda warning on Oct. 19. You know the one: 鈥榊ou have the right to remain silent鈥︹��
October 12, 2011
The latest news from the UW
Lost and Found Films: Glenn Hughes speaks at Johns Hopkins 鈥� but why?
Its 1957 and the dapper, well-spoken fellow at the microphone is Glenn Hughes, founding director of the 91探花School of Drama. Hes at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, but can anyone say why?
Durand speaks on 鈥楾alea as part of entrepreneurial faculty series
Music Professor Joel Durand will speak on “Bringing a High-end Audiophile Product to Market: the Talea鈥� at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, as part of the Presidential Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellows Lecture Series.
New software licensing agreements bring more products for use on UW-owned computers
Faculty and staff can now take advantage of new software licensing agreements that provide even more products for use on UW-owned computers at no additional cost.
Nominees sought for 91探花Health and Safety Committees
The election process is now under way for the UWs Health and Safety Committees. Anyone who would like to serve on a committee should contact his or her local election coordinator.
ETC: Campus News & Notes
Sheila Edwards Lange and Myra Tanita are honored as “Women of Influence鈥� by the Puget Sound Business Journal. The latest accomplishments by your campus colleagues.
Official Notices, Oct. 13
English language courses are available, the UW-University of Bergen exchange program seeks applicants and grants are available for research in alcohol and drug abuse.
Pianist Sheppard celebrates Liszts birthday with a concert
Faculty pianist Craig Sheppard performs works by Franz Liszt in observance of the 200th anniversary of the composers birth on Friday, Oct. 21.
SR 520 bridge and highway to close Oct. 15-17
Construction crews will close the State Route 520 bridge and highway Saturday night through Monday morning to set 24 massive concrete girders as part of a new overpass in Medina. Husky fans will still be able to get to and from the game before the road closes for construction.
Combined Fund Drive gathers shoes for charity
Shoes are a necessity, not an afterthought. Thats why Mindy Kornberg, 91探花vice president for human resources, has organized a drive to gather new and gently used shoes from the campus community to give to the homeless and others in need.
Pianist Till Fellner plays Haydn, Schumann, others at Meany Hall
Pianist Till Fellner performs at Meany Hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18. The program includes Sonata in C Major, Hob XVI:50 by Haydn; Half of One, Six Dozen of the Other, by Armstrong; Kinderszenen,Op. 15, by Schumann; and Ann茅es de Pelerinage: Deuxieme Ann茅e: Italie, S161, by Liszt.
Ashley Emery: A half-century at the 91探花and going strong
Emery, a professor of mechanical engineering, remembers the 91探花he joined, in the pre-computer days of slide rules, mimeograph machines, chalky blackboards and typing pools.
Mystery Photo: How well do you know the campus?
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.
American Academy of Nursing inducts three from 91探花School of Nursing faculty
Among the newly inducted Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing are 91探花faculty members Betty Bekemeier, Cindy Dougherty and Brenda Zierler, and 91探花Nursing alum Lori Loan,
Bioblitz volunteers to catalog living things in arboretum Oct. 21-22
Naturalists, kayakers and other volunteers 鈥� including 91探花 students, faculty and staff 鈥� are needed to look for as many birds, plants, insects, mammals and fungi as possible during the 24-hour Bioblitz 2011 at the Washington Park Arboretum.
More than 200 neighbors attend 91探花Neighborhood Ravenna Clinic opening
Harry the Husky mascot and the Husky Marching Band welcomed visitors Oct. 1 to the new 91探花Neighborhood Ravenna Clinic. The clinic is north of the main 91探花campus and open six days a week, with extended hours Mondays and Thursdays.
October 11, 2011
School of Business offers Global Business Week, then Global Ventures Workshop
This is Global Business Week at the UWs Foster School of Business, a week of informational events for undergraduates and MBAs as well as faculty and staff. And then on Oct. 22, the school will hold its Social Ideas to Global Ventures Workshop, a daylong event focused on increasing student awareness of social enterprise in developing countries.
Are your vision problems caused by dry eyes?
Spending long hours staring at a computer screen? If you’re not blinking enough, beware of the burning, gritty sensation of dry eye.
91探花volunteers help deliver oral health care at homeless veterans Stand Down
Volunteers gave oral health screenings and follow-up advice as part of a Seattle event offering counseling, health care, clothing and gear to local homeless veterans.
Learning to not be afraid: 91探花psychologists treat PTSD with drug known to enhance learning
Lori Zoellner, director of UWs Center for Anxiety & Traumatic Stress, has a new study aimed to make PTSD treatment more efficient.
October 10, 2011
Pianist to present lecture-recital on Ravel, Debussy
Paul Roberts, a renowned concert pianist and specialist in French Impressionism, presents “Impressionist Landscapes,鈥� a lecture-recital on the piano music of Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 in Brechemin Auditorium.
Chronic dialysis for kidney disease patients now initiated substantially earlier, UW-Group Health-led study finds
Researchers from Washington state and California found that over a ten-year period, from 1997 to 2007, patients are starting dialysis approximately five months earlier on average.
Research shows how life might have survived 鈥榮nowball Earth
New research indicates that simple life in the form of photosynthetic algae could have survived a “snowball Earth” event, living in a narrow body of water with characteristics similar to todays Red Sea.
Summit helps mark first anniversary of Campus Sustainability Fund
Learn about some of the inaugural projects by students, faculty and staff using money from the student-funded Campus Sustainability Fund as part of the second annual Sustainability Summit on campus Oct. 26.
October 7, 2011
Babies show sense of fairness, altruism as early as 15 months
A new study by a 91探花psychologist presents the first evidence that a basic sense of fairness and altruism appears in infancy
October 6, 2011
Turning slash piles into soil benefit
Students of the 91探花 have teamed up on a startup that promises to turn slash piles of forest refuse into biochar, a commodity for sale to landscapers, farmers and gardeners.
October 5, 2011
91探花is 25th best university in world in Times ranking
The 91探花 was ranked 25th best university in the world and the fifth-ranked American public university, according to The Times Higher Education Rankings
As 2011 Combined Fund Drive begins, agencies need help 鈥榥ow more than ever
A single dollar donated to UNICEF though the 91探花Combined Fund Drive buys four measles vaccinations, and could save four lives 鈥� think what a larger donation could do. The 2011 Combined Fund Drive runs from Oct. 12 to Dec. 2.
Lost and Found Films: 鈥榃omens Classes, circa 1965
Set your Wayback machines for 1965 again this week as we present this silent, black and white, 96-second film appropriately titled Womens Classes, circa 1965. Anyone know whats going on here?
School of Art honors its founders with exhibit
The 91探花School of Art presents an exhibit featuring work by its first director, Water Isaacs, and two of the faculty who joined him at the new school 鈥� Ray Hill and Boyer Gonzales.
Live jazz accompanies Chamber Dance Companys lively 鈥楥antos Gordos — with video
Each year the 91探花Chamber Dance Company revives classic dances, but they dont often perform to live music. This year, thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, theyll do just that. Cantos Gordos, by Bebe Miller, will have accompaniment from an ensemble of accomplished musicians, playing music by jazz great Don Byron.
President Young to address University community Oct. 12
President Michael Youngs first annual address to the 91探花 community will take place from 3:30 to 4: 30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, in 130 Kane.
Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity receives $3.96 million GEAR UP grant
The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Education and will fund GEAR UP programs serving low-income middle and high school students in the Skagit and Yakima Valley regions of Washington state as well as two new districts in the Columbia Basin.
School districts 鈥榗ritical friend: Center for Educational Leadership celebrates 10 successful years
The 91探花College of Educations Center for Educational Leadership is celebrating 10 years of fine work with school districts regionally and across the country, working for equity and excellence in the classroom.
91探花Tacoma launches partnership with Zipcar
91探花Tacoma has launched a new partnership with Zipcar, Inc. to offer a car-sharing program on campus. Zipcar now will offer cars to 91探花Tacoma students, faculty and staff members ages 18 and older, as well as members of the local community ages 21 and over.
Hall Health ready to show off first renovation in 35 years
Hall Health will be showing off its remodeled digs at an open house for the upper campus community from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14. An open house for the health sciences community will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27. Tours will be offered on both days.
Much more than physics: Remembering Common Book author Richard Feynman
The Common Books purpose is to give first-year students a shared experience over a common text. Who better to spark discussion than physicist Richard Feynman, whose 1963 91探花lectures comprise the book.
91探花Graduate School recognizes outstanding dissertations, thesis
The 91探花Graduate School has awarded its 2011 Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation and Thesis Awards to Aurelia Honerkamp-Smith and Maria Grigoryeva respectively, and its 6th Chapter Award to John Hoekman.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
MSNBC names 91探花one of the “most beautiful college campuses,鈥� Landscape Architecture Professor Daniel Winterbottom is named a fellow of his professional society and Landscape Architecture Chair Jeff Hou is honored by the Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Seattle.
Mystery Photo: How well do you know the campus?
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.