91探花 graduate student Peter Kithene has won $25,000 as a CNN Heroes Honoree.
December 7, 2007
The latest news from the UW
December 6, 2007
Contrarian approach could mean more fish: Maximizing fishery profits could be new strategy for conservation
Managing fisheries to maximize profits got a bad name in the 1970s after an economist concluded that overexploitation, even to the point of causing a stock to go extinct, is a definite possibility when fishers are pitted against each other and are attempting to maximize profits.
Free software brings affordability, transparency to mathematics
Until recently, a student solving a calculus problem, a physicist modeling a galaxy or a mathematician studying a complex equation had to use powerful computer programs that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Free software brings affordability, transparency to mathematics
Until recently, a student solving a calculus problem, a physicist modeling a galaxy or a mathematician studying a complex equation had to use powerful computer programs that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Birds of Yellowstone lecture at the Burke Dec. 8
On Saturday, Dec.
Herb Kramer and the Scientific Instruments Department: Making problems 鈥榞o away鈥�
A team of scientists working with people who were profoundly disabled and unable to communicate in the usual way wanted to find out if some of them could learn to perform simple tasks using adaptive technology.
Mystery Photos
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
ETC.: campus news & notes
TYPE IT UP: Karen Cheng, 91探花associate professor of design in the School of Art, has entered a competition sponsored by the Linotype company, which markets and licenses fonts for designers and typographers.
Women鈥檚 Vocal Jazz, Jazz I Ensemble to perform Dec. 8
The 91探花Women’s Vocal Jazz and Vocal Jazz I ensembles, directed by Dave Cross, will present a program at 7:30 p.
UWB Business Development Center gets support from Snohomish County
With an investment of $15,000, Snohomish County became a founding partner of the Business Development Center (BDC) at 91探花Bothell recently.
Rising tides intensify non-volcanic tremor in Earth’s crust
For more than a decade geoscientists have detected what amount to ultra-slow-motion earthquakes under Western Washington and British Columbia on a regular basis, about every 14 months.
2002 Alaskan quake left seven areas of California stirred but not shaken
Earth tremors not linked to volcanic activity first turned up in seismic observations several years ago, but those tremors were almost exclusively in subduction zones such as the Cascadia region off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.
See the world and study it, too: 91探花launches travel-study tours program
The biennial 91探花Theatre and Concert Hall Tour to London, led by English Professor John Webster, has been so popular that in 2006, more than 70 percent of the tour’s participants were repeat clients.
Then and now: 20 years of growth, by the numbers
This school year, University Week, the 91探花campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25.
Doctoral education should evolve to accommodate change in students, career paths, report says
The first multidisciplinary study to examine the status of doctoral students in the social sciences at least five years after receiving their degree concludes that doctoral programs need to be brought into the 21st century.
In brief
FRIDAY, DEC.
UW-directed online project suggests roads and transit package voters might like
While central Puget Sound voters were debating the merits of and then defeating the $18 billion package of roads and other transit projects called Proposition 1 last month, a smaller group of citizens was putting together its own proposals to improve the region’s congested transportation network.
Submissions sought for 2008 online learning award
The floor is open for nominations for the 2008 R1edu Award for Distinguished Faculty Contributions to Online Learning.
Life Sciences Discovery Fund offers 2008 grant opportunities
The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) has announced its Grant Competitions for 2008: LSDF 08-01 and 08-02.
91探花has two finalists, one Marshall Scholar
Jeffrey Eaton, a senior at the UW, has been selected as a Marshall scholar, one of the highest awards available to college graduates in the U.
Nominees for honorary degrees sought
The University is seeking to recognize a number of distinguished outstanding individuals at next June’s commencement, and wants the campus community to help in identifying them.
Religious politics now pervasive, says new book, ‘The God Strategy’
With Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney scheduled to address the nation about his Mormon beliefs tonight, Democratic and Republican debates in Iowa next week, the Iowa caucuses only a month away and seemingly endless political discussion fueled by religion, a new book co-authored by a 91探花professor explains how politicians are using God talk to garner votes.
Finnish piano virtuoso Antti Siirala debuts at Meany Hall
Pianist Antti Siirala performs as part of the World Series at Meany Hall on Tuesday, Dec.
Small renovation makes big difference in locker room turned library
After a recent makeover, the little Drama Library, tucked in the ground floor of Hutchinson Hall, is looking pretty good for an old locker room.
Architects, engineers 鈥榗ourt鈥� 91探花in on-the-job version of speed dating
They call it the Capital Projects Office (CPO) version of speed dating.
Still time to give: Combined Fund Drive extended through Dec. 14
Still haven’t contributed to the Combined Fund Drive? Don’t worry, there’s time.
Operation Peanut Butter to aid Northwest Harvest food banks
Operation Peanut Butter: Carlos Pellegrini, chair of the Department of Surgery, with only some of the thousands of pounds of peanut butter collected in 2005 for local Northwest Harvest food banks.
School of Dentistry and Children’s to develop joint dental clinic
The 91探花School of Dentistry and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center have announced they are joining forces to combat the growing crisis of childhood dental disease with the development of a new pediatric dental facility, to be located in Magnuson Park.
Mitchell receives distinguished nursing research award
Pamela Mitchell, associate dean for research in the School of Nursing, has received the 2007 Pathfinder Distinguished Research Award from the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research.
Scribner Award nominations due Feb. 29
The Scribner Courage in Health Care Award is bestowed to a health care professional who has made an extraordinary contribution to the health of people in the Pacific Northwest through the exhibition of personal courage, within or outside of traditional systems.
American College of Physicians state chapter honors Paauw
91探花greenhouse gases down 10 percent from 2001 to 2005, inventory finds
The UW’s first inventory of greenhouse gas emissions shows that the University reduced overall emissions 10 percent from 2000 to 2005.
December 4, 2007
Price of lower-calorie foods rising drastically, 91探花researchers find
As food prices rise, the costs of lower-calorie foods are rising the fastest, according to a 91探花 study appearing in the December issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
Religious politics now pervasive, says new book, ‘The God Strategy’
With Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney scheduled to address the nation about his Mormon beliefs this Thursday, Democratic and Republican debates in Iowa next week, the Iowa caucus only a month away and seemingly endless political discussion fueled by religion, a new book co-authored by a 91探花 professor explains how politicians are using God talk to garner votes.
November 30, 2007
Study of social science PhDs recommends changes for 21st century
The first multi-disciplinary study to examine the status of doctoral students in the social sciences at least five years after receiving their degree concludes that doctoral programs need to be brought into the 21st century.
November 29, 2007
Rudensky to speak on immune responses
Foege named among 18 鈥榖est leaders鈥�
91探花School of Medicine alumnus Dr.
Patient’s stay inspires award-winning children’s book
By Mary Guiden
News & Community Relations
Former patient Annette Rivlin-Gutman gave birth to son Jory three years ago at 91探花Medical Center with the help of 91探花midwives and obstetrician Dr.
A conversation with Carol Teitz: Associate dean for admissions, School of Medicine
Seymour Klebanoff gets AAMC lifetime research award
Certain white blood cells, called phagocytes, engulf and destroy harmful bacteria.