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11/5/2009 A&S Salutes Medal of Honor Recipients
The University will dedicate a Medal of Honor memorial next Wednesday. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. with a parade down Memorial Way. Five of the eight Medal of Honor recipients attended the College of Arts & Sciences.
Uweek
10/23/2009 Portrait of a TA
Between studying for her own classes, grad student Rachel Sanders creates an atmosphere of active learning though critical perception for her own students as a TA for Introduction to Political Theory. It's a busy and rewarding daily routine.
The Daily
10/19/2009 Governor Proclaims Purple and Gold Day
UW alumna and Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire has officially proclaimed Friday, October 23, 2009 to be "Purple and Gold Day" in our state. That's the day before the UW's Homecoming football game against Oregon, so wear your school colors and support the University of Washington.
UW Alumni Association
10/14/2009 Joanne Harrell appointed to Board of Regents
Communication alumna Joanne Harrell has been appointed by Governor Gregoire to the University of Washington Board of Regents.
Department of Communication Website
10/8/2009 Interactive exhibit at Henry Art Museum
"Vortexhibition Polyphonica" invites visitors to share their reactions via computer kiosks. The exhibit consists of selected pieces from the Henry's permanent selection.
U Week
10/7/2009 The Cadaver, The Comatose, & The Chimera
Join the artist Stelarc as he explains the use of medical instruments, prosthetics, robotics, Virtual Reality systems, the Internet and biotechnology in his works of art. The lecture is Thursday, October 8, from 7 - 8:30 p.m. and is free to student, faculty, and staff.
the Henry Art Gallery
10/5/2009 Chamber Dance Company Keeps Classics Alive
The UW Chamber Dance Company is playing a unique and significant role by preserving and performing significant classic work that otherwise might fade away. They have performances October 22-25.
Seattle Times
10/2/2009 UW Study on Major Public Health Problems
There is new evidence from a recent UW psychology study that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse or dependency are interrelated conditions among young adult women but not men.
UWeek
10/1/2009 UW Energy Future Lecture Series
The Energy Future lecture series investigates contemporary and future issues in energy production, consumption, policy and their social and environmental impact.
UW Energy Future Wiki
9/29/2009 UW Alumnus Receives National Medal of Science
Psychologist Michael Posner, who received his B.S. in Physics and M.S. in Psychology from the UW, was named as one of nine individuals for the 2009 National Medal of Science. He will be awarded at a White House ceremony on October 7.
APA website
9/28/2009 Seattle Fandango Project at the UW
Fandango lessons are going on at the UW campus every Monday until the Fandango celebration at the end of October. Come learn a new style of dance!
the feature page
9/23/2009 Scandinavian and Baltic Heritage Celebration
The UW held a Scandinavian and Baltic Heritage Celebration to honor a century of Scandinavian studies on Saturday, September 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Many came to enjoy live music, dancing, and a tree planting ceremony.
the press release
9/22/2009 David Horsey to Address Freshman Convocation
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer prize for editorial cartooning, alumnus and board member of A&S, David Horsey will deliver the Freshman Convocation address on September 27, 2009 when the UW welcomes over 5,000 entering students, family members, and guests.
the feature page
9/22/2009 UW Poet Receives "Genius Grant"
Heather McHugh, poet and writer in residence in the English department, is one of 24 in the nation awarded a prestigious $500,000 "genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation.
The Seattle Times
9/16/2009 Professor Interviewed by BBC
Kam Wing, Professor in the Department of Geography has done a great deal of work on migrants in China and the BBC program Business Daily interviewed him recently in a story about the impact of the global recession on migrants in China.
the BBC website
9/16/2009 TBA Collective Wins Edinburgh Festival Award
During one of the College's Exploration Seminars, the Drama School's TBA Collective production of The Grind Show won the Edinburgh Festival Insider Best Newcomer Award for 2009.
the press release
9/16/2009 Faculty Win Prestigious Awards
Dee Boersma, professor of biology, won the Heinz award, a national award for environmental science. Also, Emily Bender, assistant professor of linguistics, has received an R1edu award for her role in the fee-based MA program together with UWEO.
the feature page
9/4/2009 "A Taste of Iceland" Celebration in Seattle
To celebrate Seattle's new direct link to Iceland via Icelandair, the city has announced a variety of public events, including a lecture at the UW on sustainable fisheries, moderated by Christine Ingebritsen, professor in Scandinavian studies.
the press release
9/1/2009 UW Dance Camp for High School Students
The GEAR UP Dance Camp at the UW Seattle Campus gave 61 high school students the chance to experience living in dorms and attending college-level dance classes. Included in the dance styles they learned were African, Swing, Capoeira, Modern, Funk, and Voice and Movement.
the feature page
8/12/2009 Seattle Storm Announce
The Seattle Storm recognize UW Alumnae Harriet Dumba and Agnes Oswaha, co-founders of the Southern Sudanese Women's Association, and Danielle Lawrie, UW Sociology major and the 2009 USA Softball Player of the year, as women of inspiration.
the Seattle Storm website
8/12/2009 Beloved Artist Losses Battle to Cancer
Michael Dailey, a prominent Seattle painter who taught generations of students at the UW School of Art, died Sunday. Dailey served on the faculty from 1963 to 1998 and is regarded as a key member of the "second generation" of Northwest artists.
The Seattle Times
8/4/2009 Plastic Solar Cells--Answer to Energy Crisis?
UW associate professor of chemistry David Ginger is leading breakthrough research in solar energy. His team is developing cells made from low-cost plastics that will transform at least 10 percent of the sunlight absorbed into usable electricity.
UW News
8/3/2009 Comets Not to Blame for Mass Extinctions
New research demonstrates that comets are not a likely cause of Earth's mass extinctions. Nathan Kaib, UW doctoral student in astronomy, and his advisor Thomas Quinn led research funded by NASA to investigate the impact that inner Oort Cloud comets have had in Earth's history.
UW News
7/21/2009 A&S Scientists Publish Research on Learning
Drs. Andrew Meltzoff and Patricia Kuhl have published new research in Science Magazine on how infants learn. Their findings inform understanding of many aspects of learning, including infant adeptness at developing bilingualism.
MSNBC
7/19/2009 UW Drama Student Directs
UW drama student, Erin Hancock, director of the musical "Hair", brings together fellow students from across Washington to perform in Canada.
Global Morning News
7/8/2009 DNA Analysis Helps Track Elephant Poaching
UW Biologist Sam Wasser and a team of scientists are mapping elephant populations over the entire African continent using the DNA in their scat to trace illegal ivory shipments back to their source and try to combat elephant poaching.
Scientific American
7/3/2009 Two UW Students Mingle with Nobel Laureates
Two Arts & Sciences students recently attended a gathering of elite scientists in Lindau, Germany. Trisha Andrew and Stephanie Benight both worked with University of Washington photonics expert Larry Dalton.
seattlepi.com
6/29/2009 Lessons From New Orleans
Director of the Digital Media Program in the School of Communication, Hanson Hosein, has filmed a New Orleans documentary titled "Independent America: Rising from Ruins."
the feature page
6/26/2009 First Round TGIF Recipients Announced
Corey Fagan, Ph.D. and Jon Hauser of psychology are included in the recipients of the first round of the Technology Gap Innovation Fund award for their TOPS (Tracking Outcomes of Psychological Services) platform, which allows providers of psychological services to monitor patient outcomes.
the feature page
6/17/2009 Bias Test Research Headed by UW Prof
UW psychology Professor Anthony Greenwald's research examines the ability of an unconscious bias test to predict social behavior and judgment.
uwnews.org
6/12/2009 Arts & Sciences Dean's Medalists Announced
The University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences selected four exceptional graduating seniors to receive the Dean's Medal for 2009.
the press release
6/12/2009 Reflections on Jackson School Legacy, Future
The founder of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies bucked academic conventions in establishing a school that looked to Asia, rather than Europe, 100 years ago. Director Anand Yang reflects on its legacy and future.
Seattle Times
6/10/2009 Robin McCabe Returns to Teaching, Performing
UW School of Music Director Robin McCabe returns to full-time teaching and performing after 15 years in the director's chair. McCabe's three terms of service as head of the school make her the longest serving director in the School's history.
the press release
6/5/2009 Advice the Focus of Recent Exhibit
UW Museology students recently created an interactive exhibit centered around sharing advice. The exhibit was a final project in a class where students explored the ways social technology (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) can support educational, dynamic, and personally relevant exhibit experiences.
the A&S feature page
6/4/2009 Cauce goes 'home' to Cuba
Ana Mari Cauce, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, recently visited Cuba, the country she left when she was just 3 years old.
University Week
5/21/2009 Lessons We Can Learn From The Depression
History professor, James Gregory, talks candidly about today's economy and the mistakes he believes Governor Gregoire and the legislators have made. He uses lessons learned from The Great Depression to support his opinions.
Real Change
5/21/2009 A&S Student Shakes Up British Parliament
An alumni from the Communication Department, Heather Brooke, uses her journalism skills to shake up the British parliamentary leadership and perhaps change forever the relationship between the British press and the House of Commons
The Seattle PI
5/19/2009 Latvian President's Visit
The UW is the only school nationwide that offers a Latvian language program. Half of the program's funding comes from the Latvian Ministry of Education.
The Daily
5/18/2009 Twit or Tweet?
In the Department of Communication, a digital media class actually requires students to twitter during class. Hanson Hosein leads a class that is engaging students in unique ways.
Q13 Fox
5/18/2009 New Name for Jewish Studies Program
The Jewish Studies Program (JSP) in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies is being named The Samuel and Althea Stroum Jewish Studies Program, in recognition of the Stroum's steadfast commitment and dedication to the University.
the press release
5/15/2009 Class of 2009 Favorite Professor
The Class of 2009 voted Andrew Tsao as its favorite UW professor. A former Hollywood director, Tsao teaches acting and directing in the UW School of Drama. Tsao comments on being selected in a video.
You Tube video
5/7/2009 Bezos Family Foundation Endows Chair
The University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences and the Bezos Family Foundation announced that Dr. Patricia Kuhl is the first recipient of the Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair for Early Childhood Learning.
the press release web page
5/4/2009 Faculty Named Fellows in Honored Society
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recognized two UW Arts and Sciences professors, Gunther Uhlmann (mathematics) and Andrew Meltzofff (psychology), as fellows.
UWeek
4/28/2009 Fred Savage Visits the School of Drama
Actor and director Fred Savage met with School of Drama students to share his advice and experience in the entertainment industry.
the A&S feature page
4/27/2009 Jet Lag Upsets Brain's Internal Clocks
Horacio de la Iglesia, an associate professor of biology, and his research team found that jet lag disturbs groups of neurons in the brain and interrupts the REM sleep cycle. Findings may help fine-tune current jet lag treatments.
US News & World Report
4/21/2009 Earth Day 2009
As we celebrate Earth Day, our planet and its inhabitants face critical environmental challenges. The College of Arts and Sciences recognizes the many ways that faculty are involved in developing new solutions to environmental problems.
A&S Research page
4/17/2009 The Value of Interdisciplinary Teaching
Learning based on common interests, rather than academic discipline, can enhance the student’s experience. Faculty and students showcase examples at an annual Symposium scheduled for Tuesday, April 21 at 2:30-4:30 pm in the HUB Ballroom.
UW News
4/15/2009 Universitywide award recipients announced
The University of Washington will honor 23 individuals and one team of two as part of the annual Universitywide awards program. Eight A&S faculty are recognized.
UWeek
4/10/2009 Math Undergrads Excel in Putnam competition
A combination of raw talent and skilled coaching has landed UW mathematics undergraduates an unprecedented finish in the 2008 Putnam competition, whose results were recently announced. The challenging competition attracts over 4,000 math students, more than half of whom earn a grand total of zero points.
UWeek
4/10/2009 What's So Hot About Chili Peppers?
Joshua Tewksbury, UW ecologist, investigates the mystery behind the heat-generating compound in chilies, capsaicin. Findings suggest that capsaicin may be an adaptation to fight fungus, with spicier chilies thriving in places where the fungus is more prevalent.
the Smithsonian
4/1/2009 DXARTS Undergraduate Wins Video Award
Among the award winners at the 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival was DXARTS senior Alexis Eggertsen, who received the Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for Emerging Experimental Video Artist for "Cataract."
the DXArts web site
4/1/2009 Controversial "Housing First" Program Saves Taxpayers
A UW study on stable housing for homeless alcoholics found that the program saved taxpayers more than $4 million dollars over the first year of operation and resulted in reduced drinking. UW Psychologist Alan Marlatt is co-author of the study
Jama
3/31/2009 A Census Taker for Penguins in Argentina
As director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Penguin Project, P. Dee Boersma, a UW conservation biologist, has been studying Magellanic penguins in Argentina since 1982.
New York Times
3/24/2009 American Indian Studies Becomes a Department
The Board of Regents at the University of Washington approved a proposal to elevate American Indian Studies (AIS) in the College of Arts & Sciences to departmental status.
the press release web page
3/19/2009 Students Engaged in Interdisciplinary Courses
For the past seven years the Danz courses in Humanities have been offered to undergraduates. This year, the theme is science, justice, and knowledge.
the feature page
3/19/2009 Scientists Closer to Making Invisible Cloak
A paper published in the March 2009 issue of SIAM Review, "Cloaking Devices, Electromagnetic Wormholes, and Transformation Optics," presents an overview of the theoretical developments in cloaking from a mathematical perspective.
SIAM Journals Online
3/18/2009 Talking with children about family's finances
It's not easy for parents to stay positive and upbeat when the economy has them feeling beat up.
the King 5 website
3/13/2009 Changing Foreign Language Requirements
The foreign language requirements in the College of Arts & Sciences are changing. Beginning next fall, students who have completed three years of foreign-language study in high school will satisfy the undergraduate-language requirement. Bob Stacey, the College’s divisional dean of arts and humanities, is quoted in a recent article.
Seattle Times
3/6/2009 First Woman Publisher of UW Daily Passed Away
Barbara A. Krohn, first woman publisher of the University of Washington Daily, who also oversaw the brief resurrection of the UW Tyee yearbook, died Sunday, February 8, at age 83 at her home in Seattle. A memorial gathering will be held in the spring.
Seattle Times
3/6/2009 Marijuana Prohibition Not Achieving Goals
UW researchers Katherine Beckett and Steve Herbert, associate professors in the University of Washington's Law, Societies, and Justice Program, find that penalizing doesn't reduce use of marijuana and lessening or removing penalties doesn't increase it in their report, "The Consequences and Costs of Marijuana Prohibition."
ACLU website
2/27/2009 Simpson Center Receives Major NEH Grant
The Simpson Center for the Humanities has been awarded a $625,000 Challenge Grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to establish and endow the Digital Humanities Commons. The program will support innovative and experimental research in the digital humanities.
Simpson Center website
2/27/2009 New Exhibit at the Henry
A new exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery, "+Room — Room," runs through May 3, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. The instillation focuses on white noise and sounds that we typically filter out.
Henry Art Gallery
2/25/2009 University Symphony Concert
Pianist Robin McCabe and the University Symphony perform Thursday, February 26 in Meany Hall at 7:30 p.m. Robin is a professor and director of the School of Music.
Seattle P-I
2/23/2009 First Annual Semana de Mexico
The UW Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies and Consul of Mexico present the first annual Semana de Mexico, February 23-27. This week long celebration of Mexico includes a book reading, an exhibition, a film screening, lectures, and more!
Program Events Website
2/10/2009 Scholarship awarded to Triple Major
Samuel Sudar, an undergraduate triple majoring in Philosophy, English, and Neurobiology, was selected as one of 37 applicants in the nation for the Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The scholarship allows American students to pursue Masters or PhD degrees at the University of Cambridge.
Gates Scholar website
2/10/2009 Animal Armageddon and Mass Extinctions
Peter Ward, UW professor of biology and earth and space sciences, believes that we are in a process of extinction that started with the dawn of the Ice Age about 2.5 million years ago. He shares his theories about extinction in Animal Armageddon, an eight-part miniseries on cable television's Animal Planet (beginning February 12 at 9 p.m. PST).
the feature page
2/3/2009 Babies Know More Than You Think
Researchers in the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (ILABS) at the UW are using technology to read infant neural activity. This information reveals that infants are far more aware of their surroundings than they may appear and learning starts at birth or possibly earlier!
Columbian News
1/23/2009 Coffee: The World In Your Cup
The newest exhibit at the Burke Museum runs January 24 - June 7, 2009. Photos, maps, artifacts, and hands on demonstrations help visitors explore the fascinating world behind the coffee we drink.
Burke Museum Website
1/23/2009 Music of the Night at the UW Medical Center
On a recent Saturday afternoon, UW sophomore violinist Samson Lu performed The Music of the Night, by Andrew Llyod Webber, to patients in the Rehabilitation Center in the UW Medical Center. Lu started performing at UW Medical Center to fulfill a community service requirement for his music scholarship. Now he continues to volunteer out of personal interest.
the feature page
1/21/2009 The 10th Annual UW Career Discovery Week
Career Discovery Week, from January 26-30, 2009, offers more than 150 free workshops, panel presentations, networking events and fairs. Hundreds of UW alumni and friends volunteer to return to all three UW campuses and assist their fellow Huskies with career development.
Career Discovery Week website
1/16/2009 China by Lens and Brush
Rebecca Cummins and Margie Livingston, Work from the Shenzhen Residency, an exhibit at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, runs from January 14 through February 7. The artists give a presentation on their Shenzhen experience at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20 in 003 Art.
UW Week
1/16/2009 Faculty Spotlight: Shawn Wong
English Professor Shawn Wong hosts a lunch and discussion of his novel, American Knees, which was recently made into a movie entitled “Americanese,” to be released this year. Join the lunch on January 22, 12:30-1:30p.m. in the Ethnic Culture Center/Theatre Native Room.
Ethnic Culture Center/Theatre
1/12/2009 China by Lens and Brush
Rebecca Cummins, UW associate professor in the School of Art, was an artist-in-residence at the Shenzhen Institute of Fine Art in Shenzhen, China, during the summer of 2008, along with Margie Livingston, an MFA graduate of the UW School of Art. Their work from that period is showcased in "Rebecca Cummins and Margie Livingston, Work from the Shenzhen Residency," an exhibit at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery from January 14 through February 7.
the feature page
1/9/2009 Math Makes a Difference in Daily Life
Through the use of mathematic modeling, students in Math 381 address real life situations and come up with effective solutions. During the course's first poster session held in early December, attendees got to view first-hand some of the ways math plays an integral role in our daily lives.
UW Week
12/30/2008 When Dance and Science Collide
Using a motion capture suit and computer programming, UW researchers study dance patterns to show that the ability to dance may affect romantic attraction.
Evening Magazine
12/20/2008 Play Reflects Reality of Economic Situation
The Quick-Change Room: Scenes from a Revolution, about a Russian theater group in the process of transforming itself from the Communist economy to Capitalism, was shown at the Penthouse Theatre through December 14.
the feature page
12/10/2008 Earthquake Felt Around the World
Abhijit Ghosh, a doctoral student in Earth and space sciences, will present findings at the American Geophysical Union on his research showing that the great Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004 set off tremors nearly 9,000 miles away in the San Andreas fault at Parkfield, Calif.
UW News
12/4/2008 Integrating the Arts with Medicine
Visual Thinking Strategies, which uses art to teach critical thinking skills, is being taught for the first time to University of Washington medical students. The class uses paintings, photographs and other art to sharpen the skills doctors need when examining patients.
Seattle Times
12/4/2008 Pacific Northwest’s Meteorological Milestones
Long ago, legendary astronomer Carl Sagan convinced Cliff Mass that the University of Washington was the nation's top school for meteorology. Since then, Mass has been a valuable contributor to the UW and has released a new book capturing the drama of Northwest weather.
Seattle Times
12/1/2008 Book Signing and Lecture
On December 4th at 7pm, Steven Kazlowski, featured photographer in the Burke Museum exhibit, The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World will present tales from the Arctic and sign copies of his book.
Burke Museum Website
11/30/2008 Learn from The Digital President
On the eve of the inauguration, join us for "UW Insight: The Digital President," for a dynamic, engaging conversation that seeks to put the Obama digital revolution in perspective.
the A&S event page.
11/24/2008 Washington State Academy of Sciences launched
The brand new Washington State Academy of Sciences, which will offer technical advice to policymakers grappling with some of the region's toughest and most controversial issues, recently inducted 104 founding members.
Seattle Times
11/19/2008 Neither Land Nor Sea Stops Dog
Sam Wasser, director of the UW's Center for Conservation Biology, and his dog Tucker have been tracking animal scat from black and grizzly bears, to tigers to wolves, and now Tucker takes his talent to the seas to understand orca whale health.
Seattle Times.
11/19/2008 Henry Art Gallery Open House
The Henry Art Gallery is having an open house Friday November 21st to celebrate its new exhibits. There will be complimentary beverages, music by D.J Freddy, King of Pants, and a costume contest!
Henry Art Gallery event website.
11/2/2008 Professor wins Frederick Douglass Prize
Stephanie E. Smallwood, associate professor of history, has been selected as the winner of the 2008 Frederick Douglass Book Prize, awarded for the best book written in English on slavery or abolition. Smallwood won for her book Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora (Harvard University Press).
Uweek.
11/1/2008 Chilies developed heat to beat fungus
Working in South America, ancestral home of all chilies, UW scientists show that the chemical that gives peppers their punch also helps ward off a seed-killing fungus. "To me, this answers the fundamental question of why chilies are hot in the first place," said UW biologist Joshua Tewksbury, lead author of the study published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Seattle Times
10/2/2008 Can Math Cure Cancer?
In her laboratory at the University of Washington, mathematician Kristin Rae Swanson peers into the future of brain cancer patients--on her computer screen. She has created a software program that uses data from magnetic resonance imaging scans to simulate how fast a patient's brain tumor is likely to spread.
Forbes.
10/1/2008 Seattle rocker/scientist wins "genius grant"
David Montgomery's voracious intellect and appetite for adventure have earned him a long list of titles: noted University of Washington scientist, author, rock musician and public speaker. Now he can add another: genius.
the Seattle Times.
9/15/2008 Emerald City Search is back
The Seattle treasure hunt is back. Here's a hint about this year's theme: Mark Twain and Calaveras County. Here's another hint: It's what a princess kisses to find her prince. The clues were written by the faculty of the UW's College of Arts & Sciences, which is organizing this contest with the Hillel Foundation and UW Alumni Association.
Seattle Times.
9/15/2008 In Seattle, a Northwest Passage
"He arrived unsure of what to expect—but the prolific author quickly embraced Seattle's energizing diversity." English Professor Charles Johnson reflects on Seattle and it's history.
Smithsonian Magazine
9/14/2008 Understanding Algae As An Alternative Fuel
The recent creation of AXI, LLC is an alliance between Allied Minds, Inc. a seed investment company and the University of Washington. The alliance came about because of Professor Rose Ann Cattolico PhD, an algae-to-fuel expert. Professor Cattolico has been on the faculty and conducting algae research since 1975.
Physorg.com
9/2/2008 How media covered Katrina aftermath
New research shows that black and white Americans responded differently when exposed to a video presentation that described Hurricane Katrina and then blamed the botched relief efforts on one of two causes: either government incompetence or racism, because the majority of Katrina's victims were black.
uwnews.org
8/26/2008 Telescope gives UW physicist ringside seat
NASA's newest space telescope is giving scientists their best look yet at the highest-energy gamma ray bursts generated by violent events in space. For Toby Burnett, a University of Washington physics professor, it's a welcome payoff for 13 long years of work.
uwnews.org
8/18/2008 New minor planet helps explain comets
The icy lump of rock is just over 2 billion miles from Earth, a bit closer than the planet Neptune, researchers told a symposium on Monday. The orbit of 2006 SQ372 is an ellipse four times longer than it is wide, said University of Washington astronomer Andrew Becker, who led the research team.
Yahoo News.
8/15/2008 New director rethinking the Henry's mission
Sylvia Wolf, former head of photography at New York's Whitney Museum, took over as director of Seattle's Henry Art Gallery in April. Since then, she has been thinking about the museum's mission, its relationship with the University of Washington and its role in the community.
The Seattle Times.
8/6/2008 UW study examines decline of snowpack
Despite previous studies suggesting a warmer climate is already taking a bite out of Washington's snowpack, there's no clear evidence that human-induced climate change has caused a drop in 20th century snow levels, according to a controversial new study by University of Washington scientists.
The Seattle Times.
8/5/2008 Penguins Setting Off Sirens
Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, penguins are sounding the alarm for potentially catastrophic changes in the world’s oceans, and the culprit isn’t only climate change, says Dee Boersma, a University of Washington biology professor and an authority on the flightless birds.
UW News Links.
8/1/2008 The fight for the soul of the Northwest
The "evangelicals" of James K. Wellman Jr.'s new book know there's only one way to God, and it's their way. Dr. Wellman is chairman of the comparative religion program at the Henry Jackson School of International Studies.
Seattle Times.
7/30/2008 Presumed dinosaur flesh may just be bacterial
Remember when scientists announced three years ago that they had found the soft tissue of a Tyrannosaurus Rex in a 70-million-year-old fossil? Never mind. New evidence suggests those findings, which startled the scientific community, might be bogus. Researchers led by Thomas Kaye, a paleontologist at the University of Washington, report that slimy bacterial colonies mimic the fleshy residues allegedly recovered from a fossilized bone.
Scientific American.
7/30/2008 Asteroid named for aeronautics prof Holsapple
The Planetary Science Institute has named a recently discovered asteroid for University of Washington Aeronautics and Astronautics Professor Keith Holsapple. He didn't discover 20360 Holsapple but is being recognized for his long record of research on asteroids.
The Olympian.
7/25/2008 Want to calculate a carbon footprint?
A recent University of Washington study found that when the same values were used with 10 different online calculators, the results varied greatly. In one category, the bottom line for a typical American homeowner varied by more than 32,800 pounds of carbon produced per year.
The Seattle PI.
7/17/2008 UW mulls adding more slots for freshmen
University of Washington President Mark Emmert wants to expand the university's freshman enrollment by 1,700 students over the next decade, a plan he says will help temper the university's increasingly competitive admissions process.
Seattle PI.
7/1/2008 Penguin Decline Points to Climate Change
Penguins are serving as a ``canary in the coal mine,'' and their declining numbers are evidence that people are altering the animals' environment, said Dee Boersma, a biology professor at UW, in a preview of the study that will be published in the July/August edition of the U.S. journal BioScience.
Bloomberg.com
7/1/2008 A&S on UWTV: Northwest Indian Art
Using over 100 photographs of artworks, Professor Emeritus This month on UWTV,Bill Holm examines how Northwest Coast Native American Art has been perceived over the generations and what is going on today to understand it. You can view the video online.
UWTV.
7/1/2008 A&S on UWTV: Vision and the Brain
Why do we need vision? As it turns out, there are two answers to this question. On the one hand, we need vision to give us detailed knowledge of the world beyond ourselves, knowledge that allows us to recognize things from minute to minute and day to day. You can view the video online.
UWTV..
6/30/2008 A Case for No-Till Farming
Professor David R Montgomery argues that a fundamental drawback of conventional farming is that it fosters topsoil erosion. Tillage leaves the ground surface bare and vulnerable to runoff.
Scientific American.
6/26/2008 New mineral named for UW astronomer
The International Mineralogical Association has named a new mineral, the first to be discovered in a particle from a comet, in honor of Donald Brownlee, a UW astronomer who revolutionized research on interplanetary dust entering Earth's atmosphere.
University Week.
6/26/2008 Gift funds environmental justice studies
Professor Devon Pena, who has a joint appointment in American Ethnic Studies and Anthropology, has spent his career working for environmental justice. Now he, along with his sister Tania Hernandez, is funding three endowed fellowships to support graduate students working in that area.
Uweek.
6/22/2008 A Michael Dailey retrospective
Seattle artist and former University of Washington professor Michael Dailey's work is in the spotlight in a long-due retrospective at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University in Salem, Ore.
The Seattle Times.
6/21/2008 Proposed radar station gets a boost
A congressional panel's support for a Doppler radar station on the Washington coast is a "huge start" — but just a start — toward a facility that could help predict the severity of approaching Pacific storms.
The Seattle Times.
6/20/2008 Cooler-than-normal weather stalls summer activities out of the gate
The calendar says summer has arrived, but the effects of an unusually chilly spring linger on the landscape of Western Washington. Cliff Mass, an atmospheric-sciences professor in Arts & Sciences is quoted.
The Olympian
6/17/2008 Bloggers face increasing risk of arrest
Bloggers are increasingly being targeted for arrest by governments that are scared of their growing influence on the population. A report by University of Washington students found a steady increase in the number of bloggers arrested since 2003.
WIA Report
6/17/2008 Dean Cauce Visits Spanish Universities
Ana Mari Cauce, Dean of Arts & Sciences, consulted with Spanish universities in Valladolid, Salamanca and Leon to assist in the creation of a new research center. The trip was sponsored and organized by the Foundation of the Spanish Language. English language translation available soon.
elmundo.es
6/12/2008 A sprinkling of stardust
Donald Brownlee, a University of Washington astronomer and pioneer in the study of comets and asteroids, now has a piece of space dust named after him by the International Mineralogical Association.
The Seattle PI.
6/12/2008 New Rules from Weyco's Clear-Cut Mudslide?
Dozens of mudslides still scar the landscape of forested hills above the Boistfort Valley, a stark reminder of relentless rain dropped by the December 2007 storm that showed no mercy when it befell West Lewis County. David Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences, is quoted.
The Chronicle
6/8/2008 Flirty Text Messages Inroad for Daters
A 2007 Cingular survey revealed 12 percent of singles have used texting as a conversation starter and a low-risk, effective dating strategy. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is quoted.
Tacoma News Tribune
6/8/2008 Silent Film Returns to Moore after 94 Years
A unique Northwest film, about life among the Kwakwaka'wakw tribal communities in British Columbia, premiered simultaneously in 1914 at Seattle's Moore Theatre and the Casino Theatre in New York. Bill Holm, professor emeritus with the Burke, and George Quimby, director of the Burke from 1968 to 1983, undertook the first restoration of the film in 1974.
Seattle Times
6/7/2008 At Last, Art's in the Air on the Ave
Designed by University of Washington art students and financed by businesses on University Way Northeast (better known to students as the Ave), the "Up in the Air" art project signifies the recent rebirth of Seattle's most popular college hangout.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
5/28/2008 Ignition's Chinese VC Affiliate Raises $320 m
Qiming Venture Partners, a Shanghai-based affiliate of Bellevue's Ignition Partners, said Tuesday it had raised $320 million from global investors aiming for a stake in China's epic boom. David Bachman, professor of international studies, is quoted.
Seattle Times
5/27/2008 Grandchildren Have Seniors Moving to Seattle
The lure of such everyday interactions has drawn many grandparents to Seattle in recent years -- leaving jobs, friends and other family members behind to spend more time with their progeny. UW sociology professor Pepper Schwartz is quoted.
Seattle PI
5/26/2008 Lotus Therapy
Mindfulness meditation has become perhaps the most popular new psychotherapy technique of the past decade. Marsha Linehan, pscyhology professor at the UW, is quoted.
The New York Times
5/26/2008 Rules Prevent Aid for Some Quake Victims
People who are not registered under a Chinese regulatory system that controls where people can live and work have been denied temporary shelter. Kam Wing Chan, UW professor of geography, is quoted.
USA Today
5/25/2008 Jewelry Maker Earns Artist Trust Award
Artist Trust, a nonprofit organization supporting artists in Washington, has announced jewelry maker and UW faculty member Mary Lee Hu as the eighth recipient of the Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.
Tacoma News Tribune
5/21/2008 Another Slow Slip Quake Under Washington
UW scientists will be collecting 100 portable instruments Thursday from an area near Port Angeles where they were arrayed to measure a slow slip tremor. Seismology Lab Coordinator Bill Steele says over the past few weeks in an area from south Puget Sound to northern Vancouver Island the tremor slowly released energy that would be equivalent to a 6.7 magnitude earthquake if it had occurred all at once.
Seattle PI
5/21/2008 Jewelry Artist Weaves Her Way to Award
Jewelry artist Mary Lee Hu, professor of metals in the School of Art, will receive the eighth Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award, a $10,000 prize given in Seattle each year to honor a female artist over 60.
Seattle Times
5/21/2008 Students Help Excavate Mammoth Bone
Students from Kamiakin High School in Kennewick recently helped scientists and students from Central Washington University search for the remains of a mammoth at a site southwest of town. Bax Barton, research associate in paleontology at the Burke Museum, is quoted.
Mid-Columbia Tri City Herald
5/15/2008 Increase Diversity of Grain Supplies
In an op-ed piece, Lucy Jarosz, associate professor of geography, writes that "now (is) the time to begin to rethink and rework the global food system so that corn, wheat and rice are available to all people -- not just those who can afford to buy them."
Seattle PI
5/13/2008 New Holly Struggles with Cultural Divide
In the Beacon Hill area, New Holly is an experimental and controversial public housing program attempting to mingle socio-economic groups. The goal of the federally funded project is elimination of poverty pockets in cities and more daily interaction among diverse residents. Alexes Harris, assistant professor of sociology, is quoted.
Seattle PI
5/12/2008 Gregoire Raises $1.3 Million in April
Gov. Chris Gregoire's supporters flooded the Democrat with campaign contributions in April, injecting more than $1.3 million into her rematch against Republican challenger Dino Rossi. Bryan Jones, professor of political science, is quoted.
Seattle Times
5/12/2008 Seattle Reaches Out After China Quake
The 7.9-magnitude quake that rocked China sent local residents with ties to the disaster zone scrambling to make contact with family and friends. Steve Harrell, associate professor of Chinese, and several students are quoted.
Seattle PI
5/9/2008 American String Project Comes to Life Again
The Post-Intelligencer previews the upcoming concert season of the American String Project. Co-founder Barry Lieberman is an artist-in-residence in the School of Music.
Seattle PI
5/7/2008 Celebrating Israel's 60th - Differing Reasons
Local Palestinian-Americans and pro-Israel Jews will separately mark the 60th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel this week. Joel Migdal, professor of international studies, is quoted.
Seattle Times
5/5/2008 Warming Threat Worse in Tropics
While global warming is expected to be strongest at the poles, it may be an even greater threat to species living in the tropics, scientists say. Joshua Tewksbury, assistant professor of biology, is quoted.
Los Angeles Times
5/1/2008 “Never Again, Again: The Darfur Crisis”
Intiman Theatre hosts this free panel discussion on the genocide in Darfur on Saturday, May 3 at 4:30 pm. UW senior Ben Weintraub, a founding member of the UW chapter of STAND, an international student anti-genocide coalition, will be a panel member.
HULIQ
5/1/2008 Tse-whit-zen Artifacts Under Lock & Key
One of the Pacific Northwest's most astonishing archaeological finds in a generation has languished for more than a year, lingering on metal shelves in a Seattle warehouse, unseen by the public and unexamined by scientists. Steve Denton, program manager at the Burke Museum, is quoted.
Seattle Times
4/27/2008 Smaller Theaters Thinking Big
Misha Berson, Seattle Times theater critic, looks at the recent trend of smaller local companies edging out big houses for "plays with the greatest national buzz." The UW's student actors receive several mentions.
Seattle Times
4/25/2008 No Sign of Price Fixing
The Olympian editorial board writes about the Attorney General's Office recently-released report on gas prices in the state. The study was performed by Keith Leffler, UW assistant professor of economics.
The Olympian
4/25/2008 Raising a Little Genius
In an op-ed piece, Harry Hoffman, executive director of Program for Early Parent Support, writes about "the brain-stimulation effects of a wide range of seemingly simple activities, beginning in the earliest weeks of life." The work of Patricia Kuhl and Andrew Meltzoff at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences is noted.
Seattle Times
4/25/2008 Yakamas Demonstrate Native Crafts at Burke
Five Yakama tribal members from the Yakima Valley are headed to the Burke Museum to demonstrate various traditional crafts such as beading, basket weaving and horse saddle making during the Plateau Native Arts Celebration.
Yakima Herald-Republic
4/17/2008 AG Says No Gas Price Gouging in WA
After a year-long investigation into fuel prices in Washington, Attorney General Rob McKenna said his office didn't find any illegal conduct on the part of producers. The investigation was conducted by Keith Leffler, an economist at the University of Washington.
Puget Sound Business Journal
4/16/2008 The Science of How Infants Learn
A day-long focus on how babies learn, sponsored by Circle of Success, centers on presentations by Andrew Meltzoff and Patricia Kuhl, co-founders and co-directors of the University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, and authors of the book, "Scientist in the Crib."
Yakima Herald-Republic
4/15/2008 Book breathes new life into pondering death
David Shields was suffering from a bad back. And then came the attacks of September 11, 2001. The two events -- the pain of his throbbing back and the ensuing "national obsession" with mortality and vulnerability, in Shields' words -- came together on a personal level for the author, who teaches English at the University of Washington.
CNN.com
4/15/2008 Striking Work by Local Writers
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Seattle Times prints five works by local poets, including "Things" by Richard Kenney, professor of English.
Seattle Times
4/9/2008 Misguided Land-use Regulations in King County
In an op-ed piece, Russell Hokanson, CEO of the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors, Reagan Dunn, Metropolitan King County Council member representing District 9, and Samuel Anderson, executive officer of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, write about the financial impacts land-use regulations have on middle class families in Seattle and King County. Research by Theo Eicher, professor of economics and founding director of the Economic Policy Research Center, is noted.
Seattle Times
4/9/2008 Smart Land-use Regulations in King County
In an op-ed piece, John Borah, who headed planning and community-development agencies in Indiana, New York and Minnesota and is a former chairman of the Clallam County Planning Commission, writes about urban planning, land use regulations and the cost of housing in Seattle. Research by Theo Eicher, professor of economics and founding director of the Economic Policy Research Center, is noted.
Seattle Times
4/9/2008 Domke Named Favorite Professor by UW Seniors
It's communication professor David Domke’s time to shine; the graduating senior class elected him as their favorite professor. Now it’s up to him to further earn that title with a unique presentation of his own.
The Daily
4/6/2008 A Life-changing Trip to S. Africa
Four Husky football players' trip to South Africa with the UW Comparative History of Ideas program opened their eyes to a world they never imagined.
Everett Herald
4/6/2008 How Do You Doodle?
Our idle scribbles can reveal much about ourselves. For a moment, let us noodle the doodle, the psychosomatic squiggle tethering the attention spans people. Ana Mari Cauce, professor of psychology and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted.
Seattle Times
4/4/2008 UW in Top US News & World Report Rankings
In annual US News & World Report rankings of higher educational programs, the College School of Art's master of fine arts program in ceramics was ranked fifth, as was the fiber arts program. The College's mathematics program in statistics was ranked sixth. The nuclear physics program was ranked third.
University Week
4/4/2008 'Colorblind' Still Struggle with Race
The issue of race in America has been rippling through the airwaves and the blogosphere since Illinois Sen. Barack Obama addressed the topic last month. The overwhelming reaction tells a different story about how "colorblind" young Americans really are. Anthony Greenwald, professor of psychology, is quoted.
Seattle Times
4/4/2008 The Arts: John O'Conor
Keyboard fans are in luck this coming week -- and so are Beethoven fans -- when the terrific Irish pianist John O'Conor comes to the University of Washington for what is termed "A Celebration of Beethoven." The performance caps a two-day residency at the University of Washington School of Music.
Seattle Times
4/3/2008 Flying Feet Entertain at Airports
UW Dance Program student Alice Gosti loves airports. So it makes a certain sense, perhaps, that as a dancer she would she would want to perform in them.
University Week
4/3/2008 Irish Pianist Teaches, Performs at UW
The UW School of Music will present a Celebration of Beethoven with Irish Pianist John O'Conor at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, in Meany Theater. O'Conor, who is internationally renowned for his poetic interpretations of Beethoven's sonatas, presents an all-Beethoven recital.
University Week
4/3/2008 Musical Theater Symposium Slated at UW
A two-day symposium on American musical theater organized by Larry Starr, the Ruth Waters Endowed Professor in Music History at the UW School of Music, will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, in Brechemin Auditorium.
University Week
3/23/2008 Dog Video - New, Public Face of War
As young tech-savvy warriors head into combat zones abroad, they've begun posting raw, disturbing images online. The military is scrambling to control the risk for military security. Philip Howard, assistant professor of communication, is quoted.
Everett Herald
3/23/2008 Tibetan's Appeal Transcends Politics/Religion
Stevan Harrell, professor of anthropology, is quoted regarding the Dalai Lama's popularity -- here and worldwide.
Seattle Times
3/23/2008 Math Teachers Divided
Washington's math wars got ugly this year. Educators agree that current math standards aren't up to snuff. Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences, is quoted.
Vancouver Columbian
3/23/2008 The Doomsday Vault: Seeds Protected in Arctic
Scientists are collecting a billion and a half seeds from all the world's crops to keep in safe storage deep inside a mountain near the North Pole. David Battisti, professor of atmospheric sciences, is quoted. Watch the "60 Minutes" video segment here.
CBS News
3/22/2008 Rainbow Bookfest
Assunta Ng, publisher of the Northwest Asian Weekly, hosts an event promoting authors of color, the Rainbow Bookfest. This year, the two featured speakers at the Bookfest will be Quintard Taylor, professor of history, and Shawn Wong, professor of English.
Northwest Asian Weekly
3/22/2008 Concert of Ribbets Means Frog Chorus
Everett Herald columnist Sharon Wootton writes about Pacific chorus frogs (also known as Pacific tree frogs). Eliot Brenowitz, professor of psychology and biology, is quoted.
Everett Herald
3/20/2008 Report on Curbing Homelessness
Debra Boyer, cultural anthropologist at the University of Washington, has spent more than 20 years studying street prostitutes and the homeless and was hired by the United Way of King County to help figure out solutions to homelessness in the county.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
3/20/2008 The Professor as Open Book
It is not necessary for a student studying multivariable calculus, medieval literature or Roman archaeology to know that the professor on the podium shoots pool, has donned a bunny costume or can't get enough of Chaka Khan. Yet professors of all ranks and disciplines are revealing such information on public, national platforms: blogs, Web pages, social networking sites, even campus television. David Collingwood, professor of mathematics, is quoted.
New York Times
3/19/2008 Jackson Foundation to Fund UW Chair
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation is honoring its chair, Helen Jackson, with a major gift in her honor to the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. The gift of $1 million will endow the Helen Jackson Chair in Human Rights.
Seattle Times
3/19/2008 Infidelity Actually Happening More?
More than half of Americans -- 54% -- know someone who has an unfaithful spouse, according to a nationwide USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of 1,025 adults. David Barash, professor of psychology, is quoted.
USA Today
3/19/2008 Obama Takes Aim at 'Racial Stalemate'
Facing the most serious controversy of his political career, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Tuesday condemned inflammatory remarks by his pastor but argued they should be understood in a historical context of black anger. He urged the nation to move past "a racial stalemate we've been stuck in for years." David Domke, professor of communication, is quoted.
USA Today
3/13/2008 China Restricts Ascents on Mount Everest
China is denying mountaineers permission to climb its side of Mount Everest this spring, a move that reflects concerns by the communist government that Tibetan activists may try to disrupt its plans to carry the Olympic torch up the world's tallest peak. David Bachman, professor of international studies, is quoted.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
3/12/2008 Helen Jackson Honored by UW Endowment
A $1 million endowment to the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies will bring an increased focus on human rights issues and serve as a continuing tribute to a longtime Everett icon, Helen Jackson.
Everett Herald
3/12/2008 Choice Shows All Around the Country
One of the New York Times' "choice shows" this spring is the Henry Art Gallery's "Kader Attia: New Work," on exhibit now through May 25.
The New York Times
3/12/2008 Want a Man, or a Worm?
In an op-ed piece, David Barash, professor of psychology, responds to Eliot Spitzer's sexual indiscretions by noting that among mammals "sexual monogamy ... is rare."
LA Times
3/5/2008 A Seattle Man's Journey for Clinton
One of a series of reports by members of a University of Washington journalism class taught by professor David Domke. The students have been covering the presidential race in Washington, Idaho, and Texas.
Crosscut
3/4/2008 Washington Freshmen Math Woes
Sixty professors at the University of Washington have signed an open letter to the Legislature complaining that college freshmen struggle to solve middle-school-level mathematics problems and are “confounded by simple algebra,” the Associated Press reports.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
3/2/2008 Olympic National Park to Warn Anglers
March 2, 2008 – Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News Olympic National Park to warn anglers of mercury levels in fish Mercury concentrations in some fish in the Olympic National Park lakes were among the highest measured in a six-year study of 20 national parks and monuments released by the National Park Service last week. Dan Jaffe, adjunct professor of atmospheric sciences, is quoted.
Port Angeles Peninsular Daily News
3/2/2008 In Seattle, a Piece of Paris and Old Rome
March 2, 2008 – Tacoma News Tribune In Seattle, a piece of Paris and old Rome The Tacoma News Tribune reviews SAM's "Roman Art from the Louvre" exhibit. Margaret Laird, assistant professor of art history, is guest curator of the exhibit.
Tacoma News Tribune
3/2/2008 Economics Will Not Settle Land-Use Debate
Seattle Times columnist Jon Talton responds to recent housing-cost research by Theo Eicher, professor of economics and founding director of the Economic Policy Research Center.
Seattle Times
3/1/2008 Cheap Credit and Economic Crisis
In an op-ed piece, Dan Jacoby, professor of labor studies, writes that "our dismal distribution of income has pushed workers into dangerous reliance upon debt to pay their bills."
Seattle PI
2/29/2008 Pristine Areas Reveal Pollution's Ugly Reach
The Everett Herald editorial board writes about a recent study that found evidence of 79 contaminants in 20 national parks. Dan Jaffe, adjunct professor of atmospheric sciences, is quoted.
Everett Herald
2/29/2008 UW Grad's 'Military Intelligence and You!'
In "Military Intelligence and You!," director Dale Kutzera, a UW alum, spliced World War II military films with footage he took of modern actors to craft a satire about the Iraq war.
Seattle Times
2/28/2008 Get Smart: Dinosaur Day
Kids of all ages will have a chance to chisel away at real shale rocks and take home a fossil, if they find one, during Dinosaur Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Seattle's Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
Seattle Times
2/28/2008 Students Choreograph Upcoming Dance Concert
Feb. 28, 2008 Students choreograph upcoming dance concert The UW Dance Program presents its annual showcase of new work by undergraduate students March 6--9 in the Meany Studio Theater. The concert features not only the diversity of the current student body, but also the diversity that defines dance as a performing art.
University Week
2/27/2008 A Champion Fights the Puzzle of Autism
The Seattle Times editorial board profiles Geraldine Dawson, professor of psychology and founding director of the Autism Center. She is leaving the UW to become the new chief science officer for Autism Speaks.
Seattle Times
2/26/2008 Americans' Faith in State of Flux
A study released Monday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life indicates that American religious identity is more fluid than ever. James Wellman, assistant professor of Western religions, is quoted.
Seattle Times
2/26/2008 Here's One Reason Students Barack the Vote
Since early January, 16 of David DOmke's journalism students at the University of Washington have been blogging the 2008 presidential campaign.
Crosscut
2/24/2008 Teenage Brain, Behavior Demystified
Laura Kastner, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, shares some thoughts on the teen brain.
The Olympian
2/24/2008 Caucus? Primary? Just Pick, Voters Say
Depending on who you talk to, this year's presidential caucuses and primary in Washington state were a rousing success or a huge mess. Or both. Research by Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
Everett Herald
2/21/2008 Meteor Didn't Make Major Ground Impact
UW scientists say there's no seismic evidence the meteoroid that could be seen from four Northwest states and British Columbia early Tuesday made a major ground impact. Stephen Malone, research professor of Earth and space sciences, is quoted.
Seattle PI
2/20/2008 SAM Lights Up Louvre's Rome
Margaret Laird, assistant professor of art history, is guest curator of SAM's "Roman Art from the Louvre" exhibit.
Seattle PI
2/18/2008 What People Owe Fish: A Lot
Many traits we take pride in, the body parts and behaviors we exalt as hallmarks of our humanity, were really invented by fish. Catherine Peichel, affiliate assistant professor of biology, is quoted.
New York Times
2/18/2008 Live From Another Stunned Campus...
What plays into coverage of violence, both on campus and elsewhere? Bruce Shapiro, director of the UW's Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma, is quoted.
Inside Higher Ed
2/16/2008 Teleportation: Could it Happen?
John Cramer, a University of Washington physicist says if we can just figure out how to avoid the massive explosions predicted from traveling through a wormhole, maybe the theoretical premise of the movie "Jumper" could be brought one step closer to reality.
Seattle PI
2/16/2008 UW Professor Will Play Carnegie Hall
After winning the Special Presentation Series of Artist International Auditions last year, Dr. Regina Yeh, piano lecturer, will make her debut performance at New York City's Carnegie Hall on May 27.
Northwest Asian Weekly
2/16/2008 Learning from a Native Speaker, While At Home
The best way to learn a foreign language may be to surround yourself with native speakers. The Internet and a broadband computer connection may do the job, bringing native speakers within electronic reach for hours of practice. Paul Aoki, director of the UW language learning center, is quoted.
New York Times
2/15/2008 Campus Sexperts
When it comes to actual sexual activity, statistics show that coeds are more likely to be virgins when they enter college, and may be having slightly less sex than in previous years. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is quoted.
Newsweek
2/15/2008 Clear-Cut Slide Prompts Investigation
In response to Lewis County landslides and 1,000 others statewide caused by Western Washington's Dec. 3 storm, the Forest Practices Board unanimously voted Wednesday to fund a study of slides in forestlands. Preliminary models of slide areas have been created by David Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences.
Centralia Chronicle
2/14/2008 Regulations Add to Region's Home Prices
An intriguing new analysis by a University of Washington economics professor argues that Seattle home prices have, perhaps inadvertently, been driven up $200,000 by good intentions.
Seattle Times
2/13/2008 The Politics of Public Radio
Public television and radio broadcasters who rely on federal funding are voicing concern about the deepest budget cut proposal ever. Richard Kielbowicz, associate professor of communication, is quoted.
Everett Herald
2/13/2008 Battling for Math Education
In an op-ed piece, Clifford Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences, writes about "two visions of the future of Washington math education now in front of the Washington Legislature."
Seattle PI
2/10/2008 The Leading Man of London Arts Tours
Next month, University of Washington English professor John Webster will return to London, shepherding a flock of travelers to some of the best theater and classical-music performances in the world.
Seattle Times
2/8/2008 Voters in 5 States Take Their Turn
The effort to win four Democratic and three Republican presidential nomination contests this weekend is getting less than the full treatment by the remaining hopefuls, but plenty of attention still. Bryan Jones, UW professor of political science, is quoted.
The New York Times
2/8/2008 Politics in Washington State Lively /Puzzling
This Saturday, when presidential caucuses will be held statewide, people plan to make the most of it. Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
The New York Times
2/6/2008 Seattle Takes Steps to Recognize Minorities
James Gregory, professor of history and director of the Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, and Quintard Taylor, professor of history and proprietor of blackpast.org, are quoted regarding current efforts to acknowlege the role of minorities in shaping the Seattle region.
The New York Times
2/5/2008 No: A Love Song
"Here's what I know to be true: Academe is about being rejected. Everyone is told no." Jessica Burstein, associate professor of English, considers "no."
The Chronicle of Higher Education
2/4/2008 State Issues Can Upend Presidential Campaign
The Post-Intelligencer looks at the impact Washington could have on the presidential candidates in the upcoming caucuses and primary. Bryan Jones, UW professor of political science, is quoted.
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2/4/2008 Small Earthquake Shakes CK, Bremerton
A "micro" earthquake shook the central area of Kitsap County near Green Mountain this morning, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. Bill Steele, seismology lab coordinator, is quoted.
Bremerton Sun
2/4/2008 'Anton' Playwright Tough to Get a Handle On
There's no question whether Jane Martin can write excellent plays, or make people laugh. She can. The question is, does Jane Martin even exist? Jon Jory, professor of drama, is noted.
Bremerton Sun
1/30/2008 Cheap Credit and Economic Crisis
Globalization intensifies competition among low-wage workers worldwide, keeping wages in check while enabling CEOs and stockholders who play the global marketplace to reap the benefits, according to Dan Jacoby, Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies at the University of Washington.
Seattle PI
1/29/2008 Hitting It Off, Thanks to Algorithms of Love
Online matchmaking has become a boom industry as rival scientists test their algorithms for finding love. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is noted.
New York Times
1/28/2008 Plumbing American. Politics for God's Sake
USA TODAY scans some of the new and upcoming titles from authors writing about faith and politics. "The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America," by David Domke, UW professor of communications, and Kevin Coe, who teaches American politics and mass media at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is noted.
USA Today
1/28/2008 Clinton's Latino Spin
LA Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez writes about Hillary Clinton and Latinos. UW political scientist Matt Barreto is quoted.
Los Angeles Times
1/21/2008 The Lowdown on Dirt: It's Disappearing
On average, the planet is covered with little more than 3 feet of topsoil. "We're losing more and more of it every day," said David Montgomery, a geologist at the University of Washington.
Seattle PI
1/20/2008 Giving Back: One Man's Math Lesson
Bob Bridge, owner of the Renton Toyota Scion dealership, has an idea to hire University of Washington math students to tutor students struggling with math at one of Renton's three high schools.
Seattle PI
1/9/2008 Origins of Life on Earth a Radioactive Beach?
Zachary Adam, an astrobiologist at the University of Washington, has suggested the collection of radioactive material on a beach as a new theory for the origins of life.
The London Telegraph
1/7/2008 Doing the Free-trade Mambo
Seattle Times columnist Kate Riley considers the importance of trade as an issue in the current Presidential election. David Bachman, professor of international studies, is quoted.
Seattle Times
1/7/2008 Newspapers at Community Colleges Losing Favor
Community college papers around the state are closing down after years of wrestling with undernourished budgets, high staff turnover and low readership. Gerald Baldasty, chair and professor of communication, is quoted.
Seattle PI
12/20/2007 The Body Politic's Shifty Mind
University of Washington psychology Professor Anthony Greenwald and others are trying to get a bead on what is happening inside voters' heads.
Seattle Times
12/18/2007 New Flood Philosophy: Stop Fighting Nature
In some spots, King County is letting the water win to eventually return stretches of land totaling more than 33 miles along the county's major rivers back to nature -- rather than fighting it. Phil Mote, a research scientist in the Climate Impacts Group, and Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences, are quoted.
Seattle Times
12/18/2007 Herbert Mark Kagi, 1933-2007
Longtime political science professor remembered H. Mark Kagi, a longtime political science teacher and book store owner died Friday from a lung disease. Kagi came to the University of Washington to join the political science faculty and, in 1971, was recognized as one of the top undergraduate professors in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Seattle PI
12/16/2007 Journalism 2025
David Domke, professor and head of journalism in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, contributes to "The Democracy Papers," a Seattle Times series of articles, essays and editorial opinion examining threats to our freedoms of speech.
Seattle Times
12/14/2007 A Firsthand Lesson in College Access
A program dreamed up by a University of Washington freshman puts students in the role of admissions counselors at local high schools.
Chronicle of Higher Education
12/12/2007 Blinded by Prejudice
Recent studies by professors Mahzarin Banaji of Harvard, Anthony Greenwald of the University of Washington in Seattle and Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville found that people harbor unconscious biases, even when they believe they are prejudice-free
USA Today
12/11/2007 Yale Law Professor Stanton Wheeler Dies
Dr. Stanton Wheeler was one of the first professors at a law school who did not have a law degree; he was a sociologist. He received a master's degree in sociology from the University of Washington in 1956, and his doctorate in 1958. Dr. Wheeler died on Friday in New Haven. He was 77.
New York Times
12/11/2007 Protecting Astronauts Working On the Moon
Earth is largely protected by its magnetic field, or magnetosphere, but new University of Washington research shows that some parts of the moon also are protected.
Science Daily
12/9/2007 Kids Show Off Musical Talent in Maple Valley
The Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra gives kids in rural parts of Southeast King County a chance to display their musical talent without traveling too far from home. Maggii Weitzel, graduate student in the school of music, is orchestra conductor.
Seattle Times
12/9/2007 Fast and Furious
The wind and rain from last week began in the tropics and stalled over Washington and Oregon dumping rain, rain, more rain - and then there was the wind. Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences, is quoted and research by Qiang Fu, professor of atmospheric sciences, is cited.
Longview Daily News
12/8/2007 UW Class Wonders Where Bruce Lee Is
Despite a nonwhite student population of about 30 percent, the University of Washington campus has virtually no statues or any other kind of representation of people of color. A class called "Bruce Lee Dedication," in the Comparative History of Ideas Department, has devoted an entire quarter to changing that.
Northwest Asian Weekly
12/5/2007 Climate Change: More Massive Downpours?
Record-setting storms like the one Sunday and Monday that flooded the Northwest could become more of the norm as climate change skews our region's rainfall patterns and leads to more of these massive deluges as compared to the typical drizzle. Eric Salathe, affiliate assistant professor of atmospheric sciences, is quoted.
Seattle PI
12/3/2007 Religion as a Political Weapon
In an op-ed piece, David Domke, professor of communication, writes about the convergence of religion and politics in America.
USA Today
12/1/2007 Speaker's Disdain for Blogs Resonates
Blogs have combined with cable TV and talk radio to poison American politics and journalism, David Domke, professor of communication, told a crowd in Yakima Thursday night.
Yakima Herald-Republic
11/29/2007 New dean brings diversity through experience
In 1959, Fidel Castro led the Cuban revolution that overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista. That same year Ana Mari Cauce left Cuba with her brother to join her parents, who found protection in South Miami, Fla.
The Daily
11/29/2007 Hype vs. Reality in Arabic Enrollment Boom
Hussein Elkhafaifi, director of the University of Washington's Arabic language program had to turn 150 would-be Arabic students away this semester.
Inside Higher Ed
11/27/2007 How Art Got Its Start
What might that deep-seated purpose of art-making be? Theorists have proposed that art serves as a sexual display. Ellen Dissanayake, an scholar affiliated with UW Applied Mathematics, has other ideas.
The New York Times
11/26/2007 A Lot Can be Learned from a Mammoth Molar
Bax Barton, a paleontology researcher at the University of Washington's Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, recently examined a fossilized molar unearthed on a rocky Hat Island beach by Patti McClinchy of Everett.
Everett Daily Herald
11/26/2007 Group Helps Beat Barriers to a Degree
Seattle Education Access helps low-income and marginalized people earn college degrees. UW students Heather Rastovac and Anttimo Bennett are quoted.
Seattle PI
11/20/2007 UW Names New Arts and Sciences Dean
UW Executive Vice Provost and longtime faculty member Ana Mari Cauce will begin the role some time next spring or early summer.
Seattle Times
11/20/2007 Astronomy Alum on Next Space Shuttle
Stanley Love, who received master's and doctorate degrees in astronomy from the University of Washington, will be flying his first space shuttle mission next month on the shuttle Atlantis.
Puget Sound Business Journal
11/19/2007 UW to host African peacemaker
Prosper Ndabishuriye is trying to restore his war-shattered country — brick by precious brick.
The Seattle Times
11/19/2007 UW alum Mignon Fogarty is Grammar Girl
Grammar Girl, have you ever corrected graffiti in a bathroom or the language on a restaurant menu?
The Seattle Times
11/15/2007 Searching for Clues in the Kuril Islands
It was the end of a long day of digging in the Kuril Islands. A team of archaeologists was about to pack up for the evening when UW student Matt Walsh spotted a piece of whale bone in the excavated pit. Carefully removing it, he discovered that the bone had been worked with a carving tool.
A&S Perspectives
11/9/2007 Giving Climate Change a Kick
Top climate scientists have cautiously endorsed the need to study schemes to reverse global warming that involve directly tinkering with Earth's climate.
Science Now
11/7/2007 Political Scholar Donald Matthews Dies
Dr. Matthews, 82, died Saturday at Swedish Medical Center from complications of emphysema. A retired professor from the University of Washington's department of political science, his keen observations on political behavior produced a dozen books, including "U.S. Senators and Their World."
Seattle Times
11/4/2007 What Sex Scandals Say about Politics
When a married politician resigns after allegations that he had sex with a young man in an out-of-town hotel room -- particularly when he tips off the cops himself -- the obvious question is: "What was he thinking?" John Gastil, associate professor of communications, and David Domke, professor of communications, are quoted.
Seattle Times
11/1/2007 An-My Le's 'Small Wars'
The Post-Intelligencer reviews An-My Le's "Small Wars," currently on exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery.
Seattle PI
11/1/2007 UW fish collection becomes part of the Burke
The Burke Museum is getting into ichthyology. The UW has chosen the accredited museum, home of dinosaur and mammal fossils, wildlife exhibitions, native art and much more, to oversee the institution's vast fish collection.
University Week
11/1/2007 Gamelan Çudamani opens Meany's World Series
Gamelan Çudamani, a 25-member music and dance company from Bali, will kick off the UW's World Music & Theater Series with performances at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 and 10, at Meany Hall.
University Week
11/1/2007 Virtuoso to kick off President's Piano Series
The President's Piano Series, presented by the UW World Series, will be launched with a performance by Russian pianist Yevgeny Sudbin at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Meany Hall.
University Week
11/1/2007 School of Music offers symphonic music, jazz
Barry Lieberman will perform with Seattle Symphony friends, Maestro Peter Eros will conduct the University Symphony playing a UW composer's piece, and Tom Collier will jazz it up with visiting saxophonist Gary Herbig, all in concerts coming soon from the UW School of Music.
University Week
11/1/2007 Five UW profs named AAAS Fellows
Five UW faculty members have been named fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They and 466 other association members are recognized for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
University Week
11/1/2007 Astrophotography class Nov. 7 at Observatory
Have an interest in capturing the night skies on film? A class at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the Theodor Jacobsen Observatory might be just what you're looking for.
University Week
10/30/2007 Cuong Vu Trio Challenges
The Seattle Times reviews Cuong Vu's Sunday performance at the Seattle Art Museum. Vu is an assistant professor of jazz studies.
Seattle Times
10/28/2007 Building Character
Pacific Northwest magazine reviews new University of Washington Press book "Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide to Downtown" by Maureen R. Elenga, who earned her master's in art history from the UW.
Seattle Times
10/26/2007 Religion No Right to Discriminate
Columnist D. Parvaz writes about giving gays, lesbians, bisexuals and the transgendered protection from discrimination in the workplace. Walter Walsh, professor of law, and Mark Smith, associate professor of political science, are quoted.
Seattle PI
10/25/2007 Retrospective Chronicles Jones' Alienation
Kim Jones fuses obsessive folk art with performance to create his alienated shaman, his wolf without a pack. His retrospective is at the UW Henry Art Gallery through January 20.
Seattle PI
10/22/2007 EMP exhibit honors 'brown sound'
The Tacoma News Tribune reviews the "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music" exhibit at Experience Music Project. "American Sabor" grew out of a collaboration between EMP, KEXP-FM and music scholars at the University of Washington. Guest curators from the UW are Puerto Rican ethnomusicologist Marisol Berrios Miranda, visiting lecturer, and associate professors of ethnomusicology Shannon Dudley and Michelle Habell-Pallan.
The News Tribune
10/21/2007 A Chat with Pilobolus Dance Troupe Founder
Jonathan Wolken chats about flexibilty and creativity. Pilobolus' Thursday-Saturday performances at the UW's Meany Hall for the Performing Arts kick off the popular World Dance Series this year.
Seattle Times
10/19/2007 'Young Stalin'
Douglas Smith, a resident scholar in the College of Arts and Sciences Jackson School of International Studies, reviews Simon Sebag Montefiore's "Young Stalin."
Seattle Times
10/19/2007 Government BY the People
In an op-ed piece, John Gastil, associate professor of communication, looks at presidential candidate John Edwards' proposal to create a "Citizen Congress."
Seattle Times
10/17/2007 This year's Emerald City Search has begun!
Think: Indiana Jones meets 400-year-old Japanese art meets modern Seattle.
The Seattle Times
10/17/2007 Nobel Peace Prize Revolutionary visits UW
Inside a private conference room at Microsoft, top executives leaned around the table, eyes and ears fixed on a small, soft-spoken visitor from Bangladesh.
The Seattle Times
10/12/2007 NW scientists played roles in Nobel Prize
Dozens of scientists from the Northwest, primarily from the University of Washington and the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, have played various roles in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the Nobel Peace Prize today.
The Seattle Times
10/9/2007 Latin Influence on U.S. Pop: EMP Exhibit
The "American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music" exhibit at Experience Music Project grew out of a collaboration between EMP, KEXP-FM and music scholars at the University of Washington. Among the guest curators are Puerto Rican ethnomusicologist Marisol Berrios Miranda and associate professor of ethnomusicology Shannon Dudley.
Seattle PI
10/9/2007 Literary Lions: A Tale Told in Tacoma
Northwest authors abound at this conference of Western Literature Association. College of Arts and Sciences notables include poet Tess Gallagher, Sherman Alexie, David Guterson,and Charles Johnson.
Tacoma News Tribune
10/8/2007 Undergrads discover more than 1,300 asteroids
Undergraduate astronomy students at the University of Washington combing through images from a specialized telescope have discovered more than 1,300 asteroids that had never before been observed. That is about one out of every 250 known objects in the solar system.
UW News
10/8/2007 Anthropology: The Great Divide
Seattle Times columnist Kate Riley writes about the Kennewick Man controversy. The UW's Julie Stein, director of the Burke Museum, is quoted.
Seattle Times
10/5/2007 Burke Museum Archeology Day
To find out what life was like in Seattle thousands of years ago, just take a stroll through Discovery Park. Walk along the beach by the King County Waste Treatment Facility at West Point and you'll be stepping on hallowed ground. The University of Washington's Burke Museum presents its annual Archaeology Day on Saturday at the park during which visitors can get a glimpse into the history of Native American tribes.
Seattle PI
10/4/2007 Scientist: Global Warming Real Threat
Despite the overwhelming evidence that air pollution is making the globe hotter and threatening massive disruption of human life, the U.S. government is doing little or nothing to address the problem, University of Washington atmospheric scientist Thomas Ackerman said Wednesday.
The Bellingham Herald
10/4/2007 Myanmar's Minorities Face Persecution
While international attention has focused on the protests for democracy in Myanmar's cities, a hidden war has decimated generations of the country's powerless ethnic minorities, who have faced brutality for decades. The UW's Mary Callahan, associate professor of international studies, is quoted.
Los Angeles Times
10/2/2007 Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts
The Arctic ice cap shrank so much this summer that waves briefly lapped along two long-imagined Arctic shipping routes, the Northwest Passage over Canada and the Northern Sea Route over Russia. Over all, the floating ice dwindled to an extent unparalleled in a century or more, by several estimates. The UW's John Michael Wallace, professor of atmospheric science, and Ignatius Rigor, with the Applied Physics Laboratory, are quoted.
New York Times
10/1/2007 Myanmar Sees Quieter Weekend
U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari met for more than an hour Sunday with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel peace prize, after an apparent snub by senior military leaders of the troubled nation. The UW's Mary Callahan, associate professor of international studies, is quoted.
Tacoma News Tribune
9/30/2007 A Kingdom on Earth
The 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus, father of taxonomy, is being celebrated this year, with events in the Puget Sound area and around the world. The UW's Dick Olmstead, professor of biology and curator of the herbarium at the Burke Museum, is quoted.
Seattle Times
9/30/2007 Myanmar Military Unlikely to Compromise
Hunkered down in their war rooms hundreds of miles from mass protests, the aging, hard-line generals in Myanmar are known as a suspicious lot who view the West with disdain and depend on browbeaten advisers and astrologers to guide them.
The Associated Press
9/30/2007 Myanmar Military Unlikely to Compromise
Hunkered down in their war rooms hundreds of miles from mass protests, the aging, hard-line generals in Myanmar are known as a suspicious lot who view the West with disdain and depend on browbeaten advisers and astrologers to guide them. The UW's Mary Callahan, associate professor of international studies, is quoted.
LA Times
9/29/2007 Howard Whisler Had a Thing for Fungus
Howard Whisler, a University of Washington biology professor for nearly four decades and a lifelong lover of nature, died Sept. 16 at age 76 after a short battle with liver cancer.
Seattle Times
9/27/2007 St. Helens: 3 years of shakes
Three years ago this month, hundreds of small earthquakes heralded the renewal of volcanic activity at the Cascade peak after an 18-year lull. Since then, the volcano has been a perpetual-motion machine.
The Seattle Times
9/25/2007 Small Quake Shakes Washington, Oregon
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattled Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington at 11:20 p.m. Sunday. The UW's Bill Steele, seismology lab coordinator, is quoted.
The Columbian
9/25/2007 Helen Freeman, 1932-2007
Helen Freeman, the "Jane Goodall" of snow leopards, died Sept. 20 after a long battle with lung disease. Freeman founded the International Snow Leopard Trust and made several trips to Asia to protect the endangered species.
Seattle PI
9/24/2007 Freshmen & Profs Befuddled by Culture Gap
Members of this year's freshman class have never known life without cell phones and e-mail, and the Reagan years were history before most of them were born. Faculty from the UW College of Arts and Sciences are quoted
Seattle PI
9/20/2007 Washington a Winner in Korean Trade Deal
Some economists say Washington state would be the clear winner with a free trade agreement between Korea and the U.S., now inching toward congressional approval. The UW's Kar-Yiu Wong, professor of economics, and Clark Sorensen, chairman of the UW's Korea Studies program, are quoted.
Seattle PI
9/18/2007 Arts Briefs: UW Adds Two Music Faculty
The University of Washington School of Music has two new faculty members: soprano Joyce Guyer and harpist Heidi Lehwalder.
Seattle Times
9/18/2007 TV Ads Tout Roads, Rail Tax Plan
Supporters of a nearly $18 billion roads-and-transit tax package on the November ballot are flush with cash and using it to pay for an extensive cable-television advertising campaign. The UW's Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
Seattle Times
9/14/2007 Sex Ed for Grown-Ups
Dating after 50? Even Pepper Schwartz admits that it can be baffling. And the UW professor would be America's oracle on the subject.
Chronicle of Higher Education
9/12/2007 Parrot With Gift of Gab Dies
Alex, the African grey parrot who knew more than 100 words, could count to six, and recognized shapes and colors, has died. The bird was 31 and appeared to have died of natural causes, said Irene Pepperberg, the scientist who trained and studied him for three decades. The UW's David Barash, professor of psychology, is quoted.
Los Angeles Times
8/23/2007 Scanning the Stars on a PC
A new Google service called 'Sky' allows PC users to view the skies as seen from Earth. Like Google Earth, Sky lets users fly around and zoom in, exposing increasingly detailed imagery of some 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies.Andrew Connolly, an associate professor of astronomy, served as a technical lead on the project. UW astronomy researcher Simon Krughoff also participated in the development of Sky.
Seattle PI
8/17/2007 M's Batista Striking Right Notes
The Seattle Times profiles Mariners pitcher Miguel Batista. The UW's Michael Brockman, lecturer in Saxophone & Jazz Studies, talks about Batista as a student of saxophone.
Seattle Times
8/16/2007 Sculpture with a purpose: UW art on trails
Five undergraduate students are spending the summer creating sculptures that will serve a useful purpose. Their work will be installed on the interpretive trail at the Willapa Bay Wildlife Refuge near Ilwaco, Wash.
University Week
8/15/2007 Dirt under our feet is anything but cheap
GLOBAL WARMING? Pish tosh. No one knows for certain if it's for real or, if it is, what drives it or whether humans have any ability to start or stop it.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
8/14/2007 Older climbers much more likely to die
Climbers over age 60 are three times more likely to die on Mount Everest than the average mountaineer, according to study results released today, as more older people try scaling the world's highest peak.
The Seattle Times
8/8/2007 Theodore Roethke - Onstage in 'First Class'
David Wagoner's version of the UW legend is by turns funny, confrontational, addled, and luminescent at Seattle's ACT Theatre.
Seattle Weekly
8/7/2007 DVDs Don't Produce Brainy Babies
DVDs and videos that claim to help boost infants' ability to learn new words may actually hinder their language development, a new study says.
US News and World Report
8/6/2007 Satellite tracking will help answer questions
You could understand if a half-dozen Magellanic penguins developed a "big bird is watching" phobia before this month is over, but the surveillance really will be for their own good.
University News
8/1/2007 Alaskan Earthquake in 2002 set off tremors
Perhaps it was just a matter of sympathy, but tremors rippled the landscape of Vancouver Island, the westernmost part of British Columbia, in 2002 during a major Alaskan earthquake. Geoscientists at the University of Washington have found clear evidence that the two events were related.
University News
8/1/2007 Political life in Muslim countries is wired
In 2000, fewer than 50 political parties from Muslim countries had Web sites. By 2007, there were more than 200 parties represented online, the majority of them secular. The expansion of online politics in the Muslim world outpaces that of the rest of the developing world.
University News
7/30/2007 The Churchill Firing — II
Many conservatives believe the firing of University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill will now reduce liberal politics in academia. Many liberals believe that his firing will uphold high standards of academic scholarship. Both are wrong — because the firing of Churchill reveals a very pernicious kind of exclusionary dogmatism in scholarly research and writing and media reporting.
Inside Higher Education
7/27/2007 Stage work dissects complexity poet Roethke
One of the great experiences of youth is finding a writer who speaks directly to you, as if they know you intimately and understand you entirely.
The Seattle Times
7/24/2007 Steroids, not songs, spur growth in sparrows
Neuroscientists are attempting to understand if structural changes in the brain are related to sensory experience or the performance of learned behavior, and now University of Washington researchers have found evidence that one species of songbird apparently has something in common with a few baseball sluggers. Both rely on steroids, birds to increase the size of song production areas of their brain and some players, apparently, to knock a fastball out of the park.
University News
7/20/2007 UW Sociologist bares her lusty life
Pepper, we hardly knew you! OK, we might have suspected some of this long-private lusty life of yours, or maybe fantasized about it, since you were a University of Washington sociologist on the new frontiers of studying s-e-x as an academic discipline.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
7/15/2007 More in midlife joining Peace Corps
Last week's Seattle-style heat wave -- with temperatures topping out in the high 90s -- served as a warm-up for Steven Myers. At least that's the joke the 45-year-old Seattle resident tells.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
7/11/2007 Stevens Pass rejected for underground lab
The National Science Foundation (NSF) on Tuesday selected a small town in South Dakota over the Stevens Pass area as the preliminary site for one of the world's deepest underground laboratories.
The Seattle Times
7/5/2007 What's the Buzz?
Bees are important for pollinating fruit-producing plants. Alan Trimble, a UW biology lecturer, leads a student farm project in which more than 130 biology students are involved, learning aspects of how to grow food in urban areas.
University Week
7/5/2007 Gut Instinct Isn't Science
In an op-ed piece, evolutionary biologist David Barash, professor of psychology at the UW, looks at the value of scientifically proven truth over common sense and "truthiness."
Los Angeles Times
7/4/2007 UW Musical Mathematician Honored
The Seattle Times profiles the UW's Ramesh Gangolli, professor of mathematics, who received the Spirit of Liberty Award at the July 4 Naturalization Ceremony at the Seattle Center.
Seattle Times
6/29/2007 Modesty Can't Hide All of His Good Work
The UW's Ramesh Gangolli, professor of mathematics, will receive the Spirit of Liberty Award at the July 4 Naturalization Ceremony at the Seattle Center.
Northwest Asian Weekly
6/28/2007 A buried treasure of trees
A Washington state man who always loved to dig in the dirt unearths a petrified forest, covered by lava 15 million years ago while still upright.
L.A. Times
6/28/2007 Trespass law targets the homeless
In a June 13 front-page article in this newspaper, a homeless man was photographed shouting at a German visitor as she gazed at a map. Shouting in someone's face is bad behavior and should not be tolerated.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
6/28/2007 State seeks to fight against global poverty
An ambitious initiative called the Global State of Washington has been launched by local philanthropists, academics, non-profit organizations, business leaders and other would-be do-gooders aimed at fostering this region's emerging leadership in matters of global sustainable development.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
6/25/2007 Birds Disappearing at Alarming Rates
Some of Washington state's most common birds are disappearing at alarming rates. While loss of such habitat as fringe forests, grasslands and wetlands is believed to be the culprit, there are mounting concerns global warming could be starting to take a toll. The UW's Gordon Orians, professor emeritus of zoology, is quoted.
The News Tribune
6/21/2007 A Mind is a Wonderful Thing to Share
In an op-ed piece, the UW's Taso Lagos, lecturer in communication, writes about the importance of providing study abroad experiences to poor students.
Seattle Times
6/20/2007 The administration's odd salmon count
A federal district judge blew the whistle on the Bush administration's attempts to inflate the count of West Coast salmon runs with hatchery fish. Fiddling with the numbers does nothing to nurture and protect healthy wild salmon.
The Seattle Times
6/19/2007 Common bird species in decline, study finds
We've heard about the canary in the coal mine. But what about the meadowlark in the meadow, the pintail in the marsh or the grosbeak in the pine forest?
The Spokeman's Review.com
6/16/2007 UW’s top scholar wants to help poor
A Vietnamese American student was named the best and brightest of the University of Washington’s class of 2007.
Northwest Asian Weekly
6/15/2007 A new space for an updated "Nine Spaces"
Robert Irwin's "Nine Spaces, Nine Trees" was first installed in 1983 at the Fourth Avenue entrance to the old Public Safety Building downtown, where you could wander through the mazelike structure or sit within the geometric treescape on a sunny afternoon.
The Seattle Times
6/14/2007 'Yellowstone to Yukon’ exhibits photos
A new exhibit at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture looks at the wildlife photography of German-born Florian Schulz.
The Tacoma News Tribune
6/11/2007 Backward- in-time Research Kept Alive
UW physicist, John Cramer,who could not obtain funding from traditional research agencies to test his idea that light particles act in reverse time has received more than $35,000 from folks nationwide who didn't want to see this admittedly far-fetched idea go unexplored.
Seattle PI
6/11/2007 Warming Clouds National Parks
Global warming is altering the identity of national parks in the West, especially the Pacific Northwest, where the iconic string of glacier-capped mountains inexorably shrinks from the horizon, park officials warn. The UW's Phil Mote, Washington state climatologist, and Mark Albright, research meteorologist, are quoted.
Chicago Tribune
6/10/2007 Perfectmatch.com Makes a Date
The Seattle online dating service will be featured heavily in NBC's new program "Science of Love." Along with on-air appearances from the company's relationship expert and University of Washington sociology professor Pepper Schwartz, the company's Duet Total Compatibility System will be used to choose the "scientific date" for a bachelor.
Seattle PI
6/8/2007 Student Evals of Profs Flawed but Fixable
Anthony G. Greenwald, professor of psychology at UW said, at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science last month, that student ratings provide a weak measure of instructional quality.
Chronicle of Higher Education
6/8/2007 Life's Great Safari , Face Your Own Fear
Columnist Robert L. Jamieson Jr. refers to "the gospel according to Jim" Clowes, the popular University of Washington senior lecturer in the Comparative History of Ideas program who died from cancer in 2004 at the age of 47, to pass on advice to graduates.
Seattle PI
6/1/2007 Real-world Perspective for Class of 2007
The Post-Intelligencer talks with four 2006 graduates, two of whom are from the UW, to offer advice to the graduating class of 2007.
Seattle PI
6/1/2007 Mouth Open, Teeth Showing
This HEnry Ary Gallery showing reveals the unique personality of the contemporary art collection created over the past dozen years by William and Ruth True: an emphasis on younger artists, experimental formats, and large-scale installation.
E-Flux
5/31/2007 SIFF Offerings with Local Ties
Among the Seattle International Film Festival selections with local ties is "Souls Without Borders: The True Story of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade," a documentary from Alfonso Domingo and the UW's Anthony L. Geist, professor and chair of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies department. The film shows 7 p.m. Monday at the Harvard Exit cinema.
Seattle Times
5/30/2007 Underground Lab Hopes to Study Neutrinos
The vision of University of Washington physicist Wick Haxton is that one day, white-suited scientists may walk through a series of dust-free chambers thousands of feet below the Seventh Heaven chairlift at Stevens Pass ski area to figure out how matter came to exist in the universe.
Seattle Times
5/29/2007 Student Evals of Profs is Flawed but Fixable
Student evaluations of instructors are deeply imperfect tools that are often misused by college administrators -- but the evaluations should not be scrapped, two scholars said Saturday at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. Each scholar sketched a model for reforming the faculty-assessment system. The UW's Anthony Greenwald, professor of psychology, is quoted.
Chronicle of Higher Education
5/15/2007 Gasoline Prices Hit Record High
Gasoline prices hit an all-time high Monday -- $3.47 a gallon on average in Seattle, up 28 cents from a year ago, according to AAA. The UW's Dick Startz, professor of economics, is quoted.
Seattle PI
5/11/2007 No Conductor? No Problem.
The Post-Intelligencer profiles violinist Ani Kavafian, the UW's artist-in-residence, and the work she does with the American String Project.
Seattle PI
5/11/2007 Stripping Away the Earth's Skin
The Seattle Times reviews "Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations" by the UW's David R. Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences.
Seattle Times
5/7/2007 A Nose for Research
Samuel K. Wasser, director of the university's Center for Conservation Biology, uses the 11 highly trained dogs to find precious 'scat' samples in Canada, Brazil, and even on the high seas.
Chronicle of Higher Education
5/6/2007 The Biggest Bang Out of Quarks and Gluons
The New York Times profiles the scientists who run the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The UW's Thomas Trainor, research professor of physics, is quoted.
The New York Times
5/6/2007 The Silver Lining to Impending Doom
A curious feature of capitalism is that threats, or more precisely, the human response to them, are economically and technologically stimulating. The UW's Joel Migdal, the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies, is quoted.
The New York Times
5/5/2007 David C. Fowler led UW Fight in 'Bible Trial'
David C. Fowler -- a longtime University of Washington professor who defended the university's right to teach the Bible as literature in the 1960s -- died Monday following a stroke. He was 86.
Seattle PI
5/4/2007 Jacob Lawrence in Sound & Motion
The Seattle Times reviews the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company's Thursday night performance at the UW's Meany Theater. The DCDC performed a tribute to Jacob Lawrence, UW professor of art who died in 2000.
Seattle Times
5/4/2007 Autistic Children Struggle with Words
"Rather than becoming an expert in recognizing words, their brains slow down," said Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the University of Washington's Institute for Learning and Brain Science
Science Daily
5/3/2007 UW Math Teams Win Internationally
Earning top honors in an international computer modeling competition is getting to be a habit for teams from the University of Washington Math Department.
Seattle PI
5/3/2007 Seattle Art Museum: Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence, one of the great figurative painters of the 20th century, shares a gallery with his wife, Gwen Knight Lawrence, in a space intended to illuminate the Lawrences' experience of living in Seattle. They moved to Seattle in 1971 after Lawrence accepted a full professorship at the University of Washington's School of Art.
Seattle PI
5/2/2007 Autism Experts Bring Insights to Seattle
Geraldine Dawson, director of the University of Washington's Autism Center, co-chairs the sixth annual International Meeting for Autism Research, which runs Thursday through Saturday at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel.
Seattle PI
4/30/2007 Director of Nordic Heritage Museum Retires
Forssblad was teaching and working on her doctorate in Scandinavian studies at the UW and had worked for the Seattle Art Museum when Svein Gilje, a Norwegian-born leader in the Scandinavian community and a reporter for The Seattle Times, asked her to become involved in creating a museum.
Seattle Times
4/28/2007 Teens Discuss Technology's Impact
Parents and educators heard local teens discuss how technology is changing childhood in two events organized by the University of Washington's Simpson Center for the Humanities.
Seattle Times
4/26/2007 P-I Writer in Residence: UW's Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson, UW professor of English and one of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Writers in Residence for 2007, writes that there is an antidote to our diminished literary culture: "the experience of complex, well-wrought, visionary books that challenge our assumptions, our intellectual laziness, and transform as well as deepen our perceptions of the world and ourselves."
Seattle PI
4/23/2007 UW Grad Scours Serengeti for Cheetahs
The Seattle Times profiles Anne Hilborn, a 2004 graduate with a bachelor's in zoology. Hilborn works for the Serengeti Cheetah Project, launched in 1974 to monitor the threatened species.
Seattle Times
4/23/2007 Climate Change Adds Twist to Debate Over Dams
The power company that owns four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River says the dams provide a crucial source of so-called clean energy at a time when carbon emissions have become one of the world's foremost environmental concerns. But the American Indians, fishermen and environmentalists who want the dams removed say the dams are anything but clean. They say the river is a mess. The UW's John Findlay, professor and chair of history, is quoted.
New York Times
4/19/2007 Arts & Sciences Profs are Guggenheim Fellows
Two UW professors are among 189 artists, scholars, and scientists chosen as Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Michael McCann, Gordon Hirabayashi professor for the advancement of citizenship; and Ann Gale, associate professor of art, were selected from among 2,800 applicants for the prestigious fellowships.
University Week
4/17/2007 Gap in Weather Radar Too Close to Home
The biggest gap in coastal weather radar coverage in the United States is right here in our own backyard. The hole in Doppler radar coverage off the Washington and Oregon coasts is spelled out in a compelling, eight-page paper by Cliff Mass, an atmospheric-sciences professor at the University of Washington.
The Olympian
4/17/2007 The many faces of Northwest native art
What does the word contemporary mean when you're talking about Northwest Coast native art?
The Seattle Times
4/13/2007 Why We Need Another Agricultural Revolution
In an op-ed piece, the UW's David Montgomery, professor of earth and space sciences, looks at the future of sustainable agriculture.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
4/11/2007 A Sociologist of Sex, Benefit of the Masses
The New York Times interviews the UW's Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology.
New York Times
4/10/2007 UW Burke Museum Keeps Ancient Treasures Safe
Locked inside a climate-controlled warehouse are 900 cardboard boxes filled with arrowheads, harpoons, fish hooks, stone bowls, etched rocks and tools dating back more than 2,000 years.
Seattle PI
4/9/2007 Global Warming: Historic Optimism
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial board writes about the recent Supreme Court decision that determines that the law allows the federal Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the global-warming emissions of carbon dioxide from automobiles. The UW's Larry Dalton, professor of chemistry, is quoted.
Seattle PI
4/9/2007 Astronomer dusts off a cosmic mystic
Donald Brownlee found a message in a 4.5-billion-year-old bottle, and it's an intriguing read.
The Columbian
4/8/2007 UW Physicist Needs Dollars for Time-Travel
A Seattle physicist who wants to send photons backwards in time is himself running out of time -- because of lack of funding.
Seattle PI
4/5/2007 UW Junior is Named as a Truman Scholar
Political Science and English major, Alula Asfaw, who wants to pursue a career of public service, is one of 65 students in the country selected as a Truman Scholar on the basis of his leadership potential, intellectual ability the likelihood of "making a difference."
UW News & Information
3/27/2007 Babies as 'Emotional Eavesdroppers'
A new study at the University of Washington has found that babies shape their own behaviour by engaging in "emotional eavesdropping", i.e. listening and watching emotional reactions directed by one adult to another and then using it.
ABC News
3/26/2007 Storms Can Slip through Gap in Radar Coverage
Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, wants a new radar station to help give a better view of weather that will hit Snohomish County.
HeraldNet
3/26/2007 Babies' Amazing Gaze-Following
Research tells us that babies follow a parent's gaze; this means that babies look at what their parents and other caregivers are looking at. The UW's Andrew Meltzoff, co-director Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, is quoted.
Seattle Times
3/23/2007 Is Faith a Basis for Policy Decisions?
In an op-ed piece, the UW's David P. Barash, professor of psychology, argues against faith-based foreign policy and urges his fellow voters to reject a candidate who professes any religious devoutness.
Seattle Times
3/19/2007 Sometimes Coaches Could Use a Little Coaching
Don't let the cute uniforms fool you -- youth sports can be fraught with as much pressure, stress and win-at-all-costs mentality as the pro leagues. Eventually, some kids just give up. Training the coaches might make a difference. The UW's Ronald Smith, professor of psychology, is quoted.
LA Times
3/19/2007 Avian Eavesdroppers Help I.D. Dangers
If Dr. John Watson had been chronicling the work of Christopher Templeton rather than the exploits of Sherlock Holmes, he might have entitled the latest research by Templeton "The Adventure of the Avian Eavesdroppers."
University News
3/19/2007 Is There a Downside to Hooking Up?
A new book on casual teen and young adult sex and its consequences, tackles an old topic -- "hooking up" -- but goes on to argue that having a history of no-strings encounters scars you for life, laying the foundation for a future of unfulfilling relationships and other emotional problems. The UW's Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is not so sure.
Seattle PI
3/15/2007 Number touches off big climate-change at UW
The number is eye-popping, and it was repeated so often it became gospel.
The Seattle Times
3/15/2007 UW series has worldly lineup
The University of Washington World Series of music and dance events for 2007-08 will bring artists from 18 regions of the world to Meany Theater in four separate series: President's Piano; International Chamber Music; World Music & Theatre; and World Dance.
The Seattle Times
3/12/2007 Forecasters Were Right When It Counted
The National Weather Service and others who predict the weather are getting it right when it comes to major storms. " ...I'm increasingly hearing people admit that the forecast is getting better," said Cliff Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington.
HeraldNet
3/7/2007 Top young mountaineer in peak condition
It's snowing, and the rock walls soaring above the Skykomish River are plastered with a veneer of half-frozen water.
The Seattle P.I.
3/6/2007 Can Africa's Elephants Be Saved?
Scientists have turned to crime labs, Interpol, genetic testing, and even energetic dogs in a somewhat desperate attempt to curtail illegal poaching of endangered animals ranging from Africa's elephants to baleen whales.
ABC News
3/2/2007 Why Katrina Became a Monster and Rita Fizzled
It's a tale of two hurricanes. Katrina and Rita were both massive storms as they churned along a similar path through the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. But Katrina remained strong as it approached land while Rita faded. Scientists say they're beginning to understand why the two storms behaved so differently. The UW's Robert Houze, professor of atmospheric sciences, is quoted.
National Public Radio
3/2/2007 UW Research Studies on the BBC
The BBC's "Science in Action" with Sue Broom looks at two pieces of recent UW research. Sam Wasser talks about using a genetic technique to control poaching of ivory from African elephants, and Robert Houze talks about predicting the intensity of hurricanes.
BBC
3/2/2007 Blame Wacky Storm on Convergence Zone
The snowstorm Wednesday night that dumped snow on some parts of Western Washington but left nearby neighborhoods unscathed was a textbook illustration of one of the area's curious weather patterns. The UW's Mark Albright, research meteorologist, and Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences, are quoted.
Seattle Times
3/1/2007 UW Students Attack Paper-cup Waste
UW College of Arts & Sciences students helped launch a campaign this week that makes saving the environment a hot topic. They're handing out stickers with the slogan "Sustainability Is Sexy," and asking students to bring their own coffee cups to campus instead of using paper cups.
Seattle PI
3/1/2007 Eyewalls May Predict Hurricane Changes
A research team led by Robert A. Houze Jr., University of Washington professor of atmospheric sciences, is reporting evidence that clouds around the eyewall of a storm can cause sudden changes in intensity, possibly helping forecasters predict what path a hurricane will follow.
Seattle PI
3/1/2007 School of Music Has Much to Offer This Week
A number of different experiences await audiences of the School of Music during the coming week, including jazz, gospel and classical, from bands, ensembles and choruses. Opera, too.
University Week
3/1/2007 DNA Maps Could Save Animals
The work of UW scientists could enable mapping the genetic diversity of illegally hunted species and help target the origins of outlawed products.
MIT Technology Review
2/26/2007 DNA From Ivory May Lead to Poachers
The complex science of DNA analysis is now helping protect elephants by showing police and conservationists the source of black-market ivory.
Fox News
2/25/2007 "Cap" Caplan drew from humor to find success
From whimsical circus animals to comic couples to Northwest landscapes, Seattle artist Irwin "Cap" Caplan's imagination and work ethic enabled him to share his sense of humor and love of nature in some of the nation's most popular magazines and museums.
The Seattle Times
2/23/2007 Where High Tech Meets High Concept
Shawn Brixey's "Altimira" is a decidedly strange work of art — so strange that he has not, to date, put it on public display.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
2/21/2007 The Bright Side of Human Nature
In a letter to the editor, the UW's David P. Barash, professor of psychology and an evolutionary biologist, responds to David Brooks' Feb. 18th column "Human Nature Redux."
The New York Times
2/21/2007 Quake warnings can be a disaster
Typically, the information behaved in the mild way something called a "research note" should: Seismologists contacted local reporters to relate the interesting, if somewhat dry, news about a temporary increase in subsurface temblors where one local geologic plate tangoed with a neighbor plate.
The Seattle P.I.
2/18/2007 1 ballot, 4 possible results: The Viaduct
Elections almost always have clear results: one side loses, one side wins, someone takes office, a law takes effect.
The Seattle Times
2/18/2007 Erasing the idea of children as 'blank slate'
USA Today columnist Dan Vergano looks at several free essays published in the January issue of the online journal "Developmental Science." One of the essays featured is by the UW's Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences.
USA Today
2/15/2007 UW Prof Named 2007 Pew Fellow
Patrick Christie, assistant professor in the UW Jackson School of International Studies and School of Marine Affairs, is named one of five 2007 Pew Fellows in Marine Conservation.
Seattle PI
2/12/2007 Dancer-turned-doc gets others back on feet
Where another doctor might tell her patients to open up and say, "Ahh," Dr. Nancy Kadel tells hers to turn out and plié.
The Seattle P.I.
2/12/2007 Black history event bridges past, future
National and local speakers and performers will take the stage Saturday at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater for Black History Month Celebration 2007.
The Tacoma News Tribune
2/11/2007 Ballet with Miss Boris will keep you on toes
When Ruthanna Boris began teaching ballet at the University of Washington in 1965, there was no dance department, no dance studio and no musical accompanist.
The Seattle Times
2/11/2007 Skype the limit for staying in touch
In an op-ed piece, Mike Henderson, a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication who is teaching at the UW's Rome Center this quarter, considers the "shrinking distance between communications possibility and reality."
The Seattle P.I.
2/10/2007 Science hooks up with online matchmaking
My index finger is longer than my ring finger. I'm pretty good at matching hexagon sizes. I can tell which smiles are sincere and my doodles are repetitive.
The Seattle P.I.
1/29/2007 Physics studies energized
When Benjamin Spaun finishes his undergraduate work at Whitworth College, he hopes to head to one of the country's top research universities for graduate school.
Spokesman Review
1/29/2007 T'xwelatse Comes Home
The Burke Museum at the University of Washington threw a going-away party last fall for an ancient granite statue that had been in its collection for more than 100 years. To the timeless rhythm of drums and traditional song, aboriginal communities joined politicians from both Canada and the United States to celebrate the return of the stone sculpture to its original owners, the Sto:lo people of British Columbia.
The Seattle Times
1/28/2007 Clinton's Latino Spin
LA Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez writes about Hillary Clinton and Latinos. UW political scientist Matt Barreto is quoted.
Los Angeles Times
1/26/2007 "Voices from the Blue Hotel" - a review
In this kaleidoscopic set of "fictions," Creative Writing Professor Maya Sonenberg writes stories about memory and desire that are lucid and memorable because she employs so many distinct voices. Yet there are aspects of this collection that will dash a reader's expectations of what a story is — for better or for worse.
The Seattle Times
1/18/2007 We could use a surge of reality
The perspective from Cairo on the Bush-Cheney plans for Iraq is that they have no relation with the reality of the Middle East. The overwhelming consensus is that they are doomed from the start.
The Seattle Times
1/11/2007 'Ginger' Warfield wins national math award
A "teacher's teacher", Virginia "Ginger" Warfield, UW senior lecturer in math, always knew she'd become a mathematician -- it was in the genes, you might say. Her family made it clear, she says, that "the only reasonable thing for an adult to be was a mathematician, and that of course I could be one."
University News
1/10/2007 Tenure Club
The UW's Jessica Burstein, an assistant professor of English, writes about the process of gaining tenure.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
1/10/2007 Hot Air in D.C. Hinders Global-Warming Fight
In an op-ed piece, John M. Wallace, an atmospheric sciences professor and director of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Oceans at the UW, and Dennis L. Hartmann, professor and chair of atmospheric sciences at the UW, write that "without leadership at the national level, it will be difficult to generate the level of investment needed to get global warming under control before it is too late to avert serious ecological and human consequences and their attendant economic impacts."
The Seattle Times
1/9/2007 New clues to the past
The carefully arranged rocks in paleontologist Christian Sidor's drawer don't look like much.
HeraldNet
1/8/2007 Superstrings add gravitational cacophony
Albert Einstein theorized long ago that moving matter would warp the fabric of four-dimensional space-time, sending out ripples of gravity called gravitational waves. No one has observed such a phenomenon so far, but University of Washington researchers believe it is possible to detect such waves coming from strange wispy structures called cosmic superstrings.
University News
1/7/2007 Astronomers detect hole in 'dwarf' galaxy
Astronomers have found evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a dwarf elliptical galaxy about 54 million light years away from the Milky Way Galaxy where Earth resides.
University News
1/4/2007 German pianist promotes appreciation of Liszt
German pianist Markus Groh makes his Seattle debut with a reputation preceding him: an absorbing performer who delves deep into the composer's intent for his work, giving performances of eloquence and insight.
The Seattle P.I.
1/4/2007 For Baby, the More Languages, the Better
Dr. Patricia Kuhl studies the amazing process of infants acquiring language. A big part of the research in her lab at the University of Washington now focuses on babies who learn more than one language at once.
NBC News
1/2/2007 Storm was climax of wet, windy month
A little bit colder, a little bit wetter — and a heck of a lot windier than normal: December was a blowhard of a month for the record books.
The Seattle Times
1/2/2007 Moderating El Niño is on its way
For those still recovering from December's devastating rain and windstorm, take heart: Forecasters expect the next few months of winter weather to be much milder.
The Seattle P.I.
1/1/2007 Middle Stance Emerges in Debate Over Climate
Amid the shouting lately about whether global warming is a human-caused catastrophe or a hoax, some usually staid climate scientists in the usually invisible middle are speaking up.
New York Times
1/1/2007 A year's worth of wicked weather
It started with landslides. Then came the windstorms. Then floods, then more wind, then snow. Then the master-blaster windstorm in December, just to finish off a year the weather folks won't soon forget.
The Seattle Times
12/29/2006 Burke Museum "Magic Lantern" Exhibit
The precursor to motion pictures in general were "Magic Lantern shows" or, in other words, slide shows. The Burke Museum's "Magic Lanterns and the Birth of Photography" is designed to fit the "fun for everyone" bill this holiday weekend.
Everett Daily Herald
12/22/2006 UW snags Stanford political science professor
The University of Washington has lured a highly accomplished and popular political science professor from Stanford to head up Diversity Research Institute and help recruit and retain minority faculty members. He also joins the UW's political science department as a full professor.
University News
12/16/2006 Forecasters say the worst is over ... for now
We're in for a real break in the weather: No more fierce winds and the chance of showers is diminishing throughout the weekend.
The Seattle Times
12/14/2006 Fierce windstorm headed our way
Hang onto your garbage cans and stock up on batteries.
The Seattle Times
12/7/2006 Brighter Financial Picture for Artists
A new organization, USA (United States Artists), announced its first round of grants this week. Local poet Heather McHugh, the Milliman Distinguished Writer in Residence in the UW College of Arts & Sciences, woke up to learn she would receive $50,000 in unrestricted grants, meaning the money can be spent in any way she wants.
Seattle PI
12/6/2006 Hungry Can't Eat D.C. Jargon
In an op-ed piece Rachel Powers, a Junior in the College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization at the UW, looks at the phrase "very low food security" -- the USDA's new term for individuals who go hungry for lack of food.
Seattle PI
12/6/2006 UW Press launches two Scandinavian series
The University of Washington Press, working with the Department of Scandinavian Studies, has launched two new book series that include Scandinavian co-publishers.
University News
12/5/2006 Avoiding asteroids
Earth had a close call a couple of years ago, but few people noticed.
The Seattle Times
12/3/2006 An Unfinished Work
In the Native American spirit board canoe ceremony, a shaman would gather wood panels into the shape of the watercraft and "navigate" into the land of the dead to retrieve the lost soul of an ill or troubled tribal member.
The Seattle Times
11/30/2006 Nine named AAAS Fellows
Eight UW professors and one recently departed professor have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
University News
11/29/2006 UW pulling its students from Oaxaca
The University of Washington is ending its study program in the Mexican city/state of Oaxaca about a week early in response to the violence that erupted over the weekend.
The Seattle Times
11/26/2006 Initiative Process in Washington State
In an op-ed piece John Gastil, associate professor of communication at the UW, and Ned Crosby, the creator of the citizen jury deliberation process, look at the initiative process in Washington state and how it can be improved.
Seattle Times
11/24/2006 The Henry Has a Full House
A look at three current exhibitions at the Henry Art Gallery.
Seattle PI
11/24/2006 Sculpture Exhibit by Rodin — or is it?
The issue of "posthumous casting" or "posthumous production" -- reproduction of a sculpture after an artist's death -- is not simple. It's complicated and contentious, with compelling arguments on both sides. The UW's Patricia Failing, professor of art history, is quoted.
Seattle Times
11/21/2006 Big-time writer Egan remembers his roots
Winning a National Book Award brings a lot of stilted, formal accolades, but Tim Egan will always be known to friends as a rocker and Bruce Springsteen fan and as a fast-moving, perspiring mountaineer nicknamed "Lord of the Deer Flies."
The Seattle P.I.
11/17/2006 Inside the American Ballroom Dance Industry
This week millions of Americans will tune in for the results of a long-awaited vote: the finals of Dancing With the Stars. The ABC television show, which pairs professional ballroom dancers with B-list or lower celebrities, is a top-rated hit with as many as 20 million viewers per show.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
11/16/2006 Exhibit Remains Open to Interpretation at HAG
It's loosely patterned after a map of two islands along the Seine in Paris, but Floating Plaster/City Motion, the latest multimedia presentation of the Henry Art Gallery's New Works Laboratory, remains happily open to interpretation, its creators agree.
University News
11/16/2006 Dance Season begins with Faculty Work
The Dance Program at the UW opens its annual performance season with a concert featuring work and performances by its nationally recognized faculty. The concert runs Nov. 30 through Dec. 3.
University News
11/16/2006 SOM offers a host of concerts in November
The School of Music will offer six different concert experiences through November -- from chamber singers and ensembles to campus bands and even jazz.
University News
11/16/2006 Researchers mark end of neutrino research
The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, a Canadian physics research facility with substantial involvement by UW scientists, this month will complete more than seven years of neutrino measurements using a heavy water detector core.
University News
11/16/2006 Cervantes Institute comes to the UW
It can't bring Seattle any sun from Salamanca, but a Cervantes Institute, newly created at the UW, promises culture from Spain and Latin America plus courses in Spanish online.
University News
11/15/2006 Going for a blast into the real past
If his experiment with splitting photons actually works, says University of Washington physicist John Cramer, the next step will be to test for quantum "retrocausality."
The Seattle P.I.
11/14/2006 Sharing Disaster
Scores of amateur videographers have posted flood footage on YouTube, a popular Internet video-sharing site. Video-sharing sites have only been around for a year or two, but are already establishing themselves as an important outlet for disaster watchers and survivors, said Kirsten Foot, an associate professor in communication at the University of Washington.
Everett Daily Herald
11/14/2006 Old Buildings Worth Saving
One recently-released state study and another ongoing Seattle city survey are showing that historic designation makes financial sense. The state commissioned the study from consultant Tetra Tech EC, of Bothell, and William Beyers, a geography professor at the University of Washington.
Seattle PI
11/13/2006 Required reading inspires freshmen to act
Joe Stockton is taking what he's learned in the classroom into the community.
The Seattle P.I.
11/11/2006 Businesswomen extend networking to China
When Laurie McDonald Jonsson first visited China in 1976, a phrase she heard there stayed with her: "Women hold up half the sky."
The Seattle Times
11/11/2006 Mark N. McDermott, 1930-2006
Longtime University of Washington physics professor Mark McDermott, who oversaw the construction of the campus physics and astronomy complex, died Nov. 4 from complications related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is often called Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 76.
Seattle PI
11/10/2006 "Vanished Kingdoms" at the Burke Museum
Janet Wulsin — a sad-eyed Manhattan socialite born and bred in the cloistered world of WWI-era finishing schools — is the inspiration behind the new exhibition, "Vanished Kingdoms," that opened last week at the Burke Museum.
The Seattle Times
11/9/2006 A conversation with Andrew Light
In late October, a British government report strongly warned that lack of response to global warming could push the world economy into a serious downturn.
University News
11/9/2006 Opportunities for scholars of Southeast Asia
Peter Lape describes his graduate school archaeological field work in Southeast Asia as "a total nightmare most of the time." The work itself was fascinating, but there were constant challenges in conducting fieldwork in an underexplored area.
University News
11/8/2006 Too Young to Run? They Say No
Seattle Times columnist Nicole Brodeur profiles the UW's Will Sohn and Hugh Foskett, two College of Arts and Sciences students who were running for political office in the 2006 election.
Seattle Times
11/6/2006 Gaming the Search Engine, in Political Season
A GOOGLE bomb — which some Web gurus have suggested is perhaps better called a link bomb, in that it affects most search engines — has typically been thought of as something between a prank and a form of protest.
New York Times
11/2/2006 Historic Tulalip church may be razed
Tulalip tribal member Mary Fryberg recalls being told to hide beneath the pews at the Indian Shaker Church.
HeraldNet
11/2/2006 Liberal Christian group puts faith to work
The war in Iraq. American children living in poverty. Environmental challenges. Associate Professor of Communications, David Domke, is quoted.
The Seattle Times
11/2/2006 October weather was full of surprises
From record highs to record lows, October was a month of dizzying contrasts — and University of Washington meteorologist Cliff Mass says there's more to come.
The Seattle Times
10/30/2006 Bainbridge "natural" salmon farm lands deal
The sea gulls know it's feeding time, even though the brown food pellets flying their way aren't meant for them.
The Seattle P.I.
10/30/2006 Insect population growth likely to accelerate
Insects have proven to be highly adaptable organisms, able through evolution to cope with a variety of environmental changes, including relatively recent changes in the world's climate. But like something out of a scary Halloween tale, new University of Washington research suggests insects' ability to adapt to warmer temperatures carries an unexpected consequence -- more insects.
University News
10/25/2006 "Americanese" going big time
"Americanese," the film based on a novel by University of Washington professor Shawn Wong, is going big time.
University News
10/25/2006 Online Activism May Make Difference
More and more, Congressional candidates are turning to the Web as a tool to mobilize their base and build credibility with undecided voters, according to findings in a new book by a University of Washington researcher.
University News
10/25/2006 "Swarms" occur anywhere seismically active
An earthquake swarm -- a steady drumbeat of moderate, related seismic events -- over hours or days, often can be observed near a volcano such as Mount St. Helens in Washington state or in a geothermal region such as Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
University News
10/23/2006 Oxygen Decline Halted First Land Colonization
Vertebrate creatures first began moving from the world's oceans to land about 415 million years ago, then all but disappeared by 360 million years ago. The fossil record contains few examples of animals with backbones for the next 15 million years, and then suddenly vertebrates show up again, this time for good.
University News
10/22/2006 Intiman Theatre tackles "Native Son"
Few figures in American literature command as much attention, and trigger as much alarm, as Bigger Thomas.
The Seattle Times
10/20/2006 CNNU: Learning to juggle school, politics
Joel Christian Ballezza, a student in the Department of Communication, contributes to CNN's "CNNU" which is a feature that provides student perspectives on news and trends from colleges across the United States.
CNN News
10/19/2006 Seek, and ye shall...have to seek some more
Ten days. Ten clues. One medallion. $2,500.
The Seattle Times
10/19/2006 Seattle will get soggier in the next century
A University of Washington climate researcher says Pacific Northwest winters will be getting grayer and rainier over the next 50 to 100 years, because of a low-pressure system near the Aleutian Islands.
The Seattle P.I.
10/18/2006 Money Surging through 2006 Campaigns
As the single biggest spender in state Supreme Court campaigns that set records for costliness this year, the Building Industry Association of Washington has been a focal point of alarm over the influence of special interests on politics. But Tom McCabe, the association?s executive vice president, points out that his group's spending is dwarfed by the collective spending "on the other side" by the left's financial mainstay: labor unions. David Olson, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Washington, is one of the experts consulted.
Seattle PI
10/18/2006 Young Gamers Building Real Skills
Kids may learn more from video games than how to blow away bad guys, drive too fast and defeat virtual dragons. They may develop skills to compete in the global economy, a new report says. The UW's Geoffrey Loftus, psychology professor and co-author of "Mind at Play: The Psychology of Video Games," is quoted.
Seattle PI
10/14/2006 Earthquakes registered near Mt. Rainier
Two small earthquakes were recorded Saturday south of this town near Mount Rainier, one week after a larger quake was reported near the mountain's summit.
The Seattle P.I.
10/13/2006 The Wrong Match: Inflation to Employment
The Seattle Times editorial board writes about Edmund Phelps, who on Monday was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, and whether inflation is tied to job growth. The UW's professor Stephen Turnovsky recalls Phelps as a brilliant man who changed the field.
Seattle Times
10/13/2006 Turkish Novelist Wins Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize for literature was awarded yesterday to Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, who the Nobel Foundation said has "devoted his life to the study of mixture and plurality." The UW's Walter Andrews, professor in the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department, is quoted.
The Washington Post
10/13/2006 Sweet Rides
Nin Truong, 33, teaches in the landscape architecture and public-art departments at UW. His work as art director of Manik Skateboards is featured in "Pushin' 5" at the BLVD. Gallery project which opens today.
Seattle Times
10/12/2006 NYU prof to speak on Dead Sea Scrolls
Professor Lawrence Schiffman of New York University will deliver three public lectures on "The Religion of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Creation, Revelation and Redemption" as part of the Stroum lecture series.
University News
10/12/2006 Sculpture of Chilliwacks returned to tribe
Launched by singing, drumming and words of thanks, T'xwelátse is finally on his way home after a century-long visit at the Burke Museum.
University News
10/12/2006 'Long continuous tradition' attracts scholar
As a 17-year-old senior at Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, David Knechtges found himself annoyed. He'd read Rickshaw Boy, a story by novelist and dramatist Lao She, discovering afterward that the translator changed the ending from sad to happy.
University News
10/10/2006 Fear of U.S. attack may be behind test
North Korea's fears of a U.S. invasion likely helped spur the apparent testing of a nuclear warhead Monday, according to a University of Washington professor who has spent much of his career studying the Korean peninsula.
The Seattle Times
10/10/2006 The art of the do-it-yourself curator
Art often can be found on the walls of bars, coffee shops and restaurants. Only recently, however, have these shows been curated.
The Seattle P.I.
10/9/2006 Aftershocks rumble at Mount Rainier
The effects of this weekend's magnitude 4.5 earthquake at Mount Rainier may simmer for several more days as low-level aftershocks continue, scientists said Sunday.
The Seattle P.I.
10/6/2006 Basics in Math Education
Everyone agrees students need to learn the basics in math.But there are strong disagreements over how those skills should be taught and whether some schools and teachers, misunderstanding recommendations the council made in 1980, spend too much time exploring the ideas in math and too little time practicing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Seattle Times
10/5/2006 Amazing African acrobats open UW World series
American kids play soccer and join little league, but Paris Mumba, like legions of his Kenyan counterparts, gave acrobatics a try.
The Seattle Times
10/5/2006 Artist's Touch for Burke Museum Exhibit
For three months, the University of Washington's Burke Museum will honor Day of the Dead rituals in a touring photographic exhibit that originated at The Field Museum in Chicago, "A Celebration of Souls: Day of the Dead in Southern Mexico." But to make the exhibit unique to Seattle, the museum commissioned an elaborate altar made by a local Mexican artist, Isaac Hernandez Ruiz, who also is the museum's artist-in-residence. In addition to making the altar, Hernandez Ruiz will conduct in-gallery demonstrations for visitors.
Seattle PI
10/3/2006 Tulalips Mourn Last Native Speaker
When Marya Moses died last week at age 95, she took with her knowledge of a language she kept locked away in her heart for decades. She was the last native Lushootseed speaker on the Tulalip Indian Reservation, said her son, Ray Moses.
The Daily Herald
10/3/2006 Creative Writing Program to Receive $15 Mil
Seattle's reputation as one of the country's leading literary centers has gotten another boost with announcement of a planned $15 million grant to the University of Washington's Creative Writing Program.
Seattle PI
9/29/2006 Day of the Dead is celebrated in pictures
On Saturday, the Burke Museum will unveil "Celebration of Souls: Day of the Dead in Southern Mexico."
The Seattle Times
9/29/2006 Trailblazing women
Reading Sasha Su-Ling Welland's book about her remarkable forbears is like unearthing a long-hidden treasure.
The Seattle Times
9/28/2006 Chemistry prof wins Pioneer Award
Younan Xia does research at some of the smallest scales imaginable, but the importance of his work has earned a giant reward for the UW chemistry professor.
University News
9/28/2006 Need grammar advice? Now you can 'Ask Betty'
Beginning this quarter, when UW students have a grammar question, they can ask Betty. Not a real person named Betty, but a Web site called Ask Betty, with some real people behind it.
University News
9/28/2006 How your baby goes from ‘Da-Da’ to Daddy
It is one of the great wonders of humanity: A baby hears parents and others talking and learns to speak.
MSNBC.com
9/27/2006 Africa program a homecoming for students
When two dozen University of Washington students gather for a winter program in Africa, it will be a return to roots for two of them.
The Seattle P.I.
9/26/2006 Dry West Must Fight Forest Fires, Drought
When it comes to dealing with drought, Western states tend to take the "Wile E. Coyote" approach.
Kansas City Infozine
9/23/2006 Signs of election litter medians
The median running down the middle of Montlake Boulevard Northeast is a mess.
The Seattle P.I.
9/21/2006 Money may have bugged voters
Voters rejected the idea of special interests, such as the building industry, buying a seat on the state Supreme Court, which led to the re-election of Chief Justice Gerry Alexander, a University of Washington professor said Wednesday.
HeraldNet
9/20/2006 Scrolls rested undisturbed for two millenia
In a turbulent time more than half a century ago, when the international community was installing the new state of Israel into the Arab-dominated and already conflict-rich region of Palestine, three shepherds were tending herds at the northwestern edge of the Dead Sea.
The Seattle P.I.
9/18/2006 Rare Window into Biblical Times
Starting Saturday, people here will be able to see 10 of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of thousands of fragments that include the oldest-known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament. Four of the scrolls being exhibited here have never been seen in public.
Seattle Times
9/18/2006 Some colleges shifting focus to teaching
Kelly Jabbusch likes teaching, and she's good at it. She knows not to talk too much, and how to see a problem through the eyes of a novice.
The Seattle P.I.
9/15/2006 Rare Insects at Burke Museum's Bug Blast
People who love bugs sometimes feel misunderstood. Other people can't understand the fascination with things that creep or crawl or simply aren't cute and cuddly.
The Seattle P.I.
9/13/2006 Dry weather likely into autumn
Hey, you with the nonstop garden sprinkler, the budget-busting water bill and the grass that still looks more California brown than Western Washington green. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been dry.
The Tacoma News Tribune
9/13/2006 Mike! hopes to make a point!
The neighbor pulled her car into the driveway the other day and from a distance I thought I saw on her bumper sticker that Mike McGavick had altered his first name.
The Seattle P.I.
9/11/2006 This memorial destined for oblivion
People gathered in Occidental Square on Sunday afternoon to watch Michael Magrath and a crew of art students wrestle four life-size figures off a truck.
The Seattle P.I.
9/7/2006 Burke Museum's Annual Bug Blast
The University of Washington Burke Museum of Natural and Cultural History will have its annual Bug Blast from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 17, with thousands of specimens, dead and alive, from the vaults of the museum, from private collections and the Woodland Park Zoo.
The News Tribune
9/7/2006 In Science, Facts Often Frustrate
Evolutionary biologist David P. Barash, professor of psychology in the COllege of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, writes about discarding old, cherished ideas as we strive toward "the wisdom of attending to the real world and of keeping an open mind."
LA Times
9/5/2006 More Evidence of Antarctica Warming
David Schneider, a University of Washington postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences, finds evidence Antarctica has been getting warmer for 150 years.
United Press International
9/4/2006 Formulating Solutions for a New World
In an op-ed piece, Peter Arendt, a International Studies senior at the University of Washington, writes about his generation's responsibilities in a post-September 11th world.
Seattle PI
8/18/2006 Microscopy sheds light on organic solar cells
Scientists at the University of Washington, US, have demonstrated a microscopy technique that could help developers to improve the efficiency of organic solar cells.
Optics.org
8/17/2006 From professor and student to plain friends
Nathan Kutz and Josh Proctor have worked, studied, traveled, published and even applied for a patent together in their roles as professor and student, boss and employee and principal investigator and student researcher.
University News
8/17/2006 Art prof gives new library a place in the sun
At the new Montlake branch of the Seattle Public Library, five circles of light, each a different color, dance down the walls and move onto the lobby floor in the morning, then move across the room as the day goes on.
University News
8/16/2006 Scat-tracking dogs sniff out new home
A dozen erstwhile pound puppies prized for their ability to sniff the scat of endangered species will soon have a new home near Eatonville.
The Tacoma News Tribune
8/16/2006 Plain speech would curb insurance 'semi-scams
My wife's vigilance just saved us $200 by catching one of those 90472 insurance semi-scams. You know the basic framework.
The Bellingham Herald
8/16/2006 Graduates chosen as Jack Kent Cooke scholars
Two University of Washington graduates are among just 77 students in the country who have received Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarships, which provide $50,000 each year for a maximum of six years.
University News
8/15/2006 Corpse flower
The University of Washington's botany greenhouse has loaned another corpse flower, named Husky, to Seattle's Volunteer Park Conservatory, and the plant, known for its putrid smell, has begun to bloom.
The Seattle Times
8/15/2006 Seattle is educated, diverse
Seattle residents count more than 100 different ancestries in their backgrounds, and about one in five were born outside the United States, according to survey data released today by the Census Bureau.
The Seattle P.I.
8/12/2006 James Palais, 72, Leading Korea Scholar
Longtime University of Washington Professor James B. Palais, one of the foremost scholars of Korean history, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 72.
Seattle Times
8/10/2006 Dig tells an intriguing tale
Pat Lubinski is dashing from the scapula to the rib bones.
The Seattle Times
8/8/2006 Ancient bison teeth provide window on past
A University of Washington researcher has devised a way to use the fossil teeth of ancient bison as a tool to reconstruct historic climate and vegetation changes in America's breadbasket, the Great Plains.
University News
8/4/2006 Plays issues doom in complex package
"It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the electorate it deserves."
The Seattle Times
8/4/2006 Families get a feel for mammals at the Burke
The Burke Museum's "Dino Day" and "Bug Blast" are always huge hits, so now the museum wants to introduce families to the wonders of mammals at its first "Meet the Mammals" Family Day event Saturday.
The Seattle P.I.
8/4/2006 The Henry gives lift to video shorts
The Henry Art Gallery's elevator may seem like a strange place to screen videos, but its secret nature is deeply satisfying for Cat Clifford's "And Deer and Trees and Things." For this little exhibition curated by Sara Krajewski, the moving gallery makes the stairs obsolete.
The Seattle P.I.
8/1/2006 Daniel Lev; scholar, friend of Indonesia
Seattleites knew him as a leading Indonesia scholar, a teacher and mentor, a father of two and onetime boxer.
The Seattle Times
7/31/2006 Blind get unique tour of Maya Lin exhibit
Imagine walking across a rising-wave landscape made completely of vertical two-by-fours that reach as high as 10 feet and as low as a couple of inches. Now imagine walking it with your eyes closed, not knowing which way the uneven course will lead and allowing your hands to do your eyes' job.
The Seattle P.I.
7/31/2006 China’s air pollution hits United States
Pollution coming from China has reached California and other American states. Experts say that short of drastic intervention, China’s expanding industry and private consumption will affect the environment of the whole world.
AsiaNews.it
7/27/2006 TV- not a city- is the altar of big sports
The Sonics and Storm basketball teams may leave Seattle, whether we like it or not. It is the sports-entertainment complex that makes that decision these days, not us.
The Seattle Times
7/25/2006 Study Illuminates How Babies Learn To Speak
From birth, baby's brains are bathed in the sounds of language, but how do they get from hearing those sounds to speaking them?
NPR
7/22/2006 Paleontologists find prehistoric tool, bone
A group of 15 students have unearthed what appears to be the leg bone of a prehistoric hoofed mammal on a hillside.
The Seattle P.I.
7/21/2006 The University of Washington is going global
The Mideast is the first stop on UW's overseas teaching program. In a groundbreaking deal signed Thursday, UW educators will travel overseas to teach business, communication, hospitality and English language skills to students in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.
The Seattle Times
7/20/2006 Magic carpet ride for students
Walk Softly, an exhibit of hand-woven carpets that opens July 21 at Consolidated Works, 500 Boren N., is the culmination of work by UW fibers students that began over six months ago.
University News
7/20/2006 Listen while you look: Henry's new artcasts
Artist Cat Clifford's current work does not occupy a large part of the Henry Art Gallery. In fact, the three videos that comprise her exhibit, And Deer and Trees and Things, are playing in the elevator.
University News
7/20/2006 Jackson School ties for first in grants
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Washington eight grants worth almost $15 million that recognize eight foreign-study areas at the Jackson School of International Studies as among the best in the nation.
University News
7/20/2006 Psychology announces annual honors
Professor Jaime Diaz was honored by the Graduate Program Action Committee with the Davida Teller Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award for outstanding service to, and excellence in, graduate mentorship and training.
University News
7/14/2006 Behavior Therapy Saves Lives
Women with borderline personality disorder who received a form of therapy called dialectical behavior therapy were half as likely to attempt suicide as patients treated otherwise, a new University of Washington study finds.
Forbes
7/14/2006 UW pulls out of race to build underground lab
The world's deepest underground laboratory will not be built in the Cascades after all.
The Seattle Times
7/11/2006 Around the world in 240 days -- free
Recent UW graduate, Jennifer Lee, is about to embark on a world tour, perhaps starting in Ecuador and ending in Japan. In between, the Galapagos Islands, Kenya, Turkey -- but who knows?
The Seattle P.I.
7/11/2006 Random Acts of Kindness Catch On
Doing something good for a stranger is a refreshing change from the way people usually connect in society, said William Talbott, philosophy professor at the University of Washington.
Seattle Times
7/11/2006 Supercomputers aid physicists in breakthrough
What if the tiniest components of matter were somehow different from the way they exist now, perhaps only slightly different or maybe a lot? What if they had been different from the moment the universe began in the big bang? Would matter as we know it be the same? Would humans even exist?
University News
7/10/2006 Babies learning language through practice
Experience, as the old saying goes, is the best teacher. And experience seems to play an important early role in how infants learn to understand and produce language.
University News
7/7/2006 UW among national leaders in minority degrees
The University of Washington is among the nation's leaders in producing several categories of minority baccalaureates, notably those of Asian American students, acccording the journal Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
University News
7/7/2006 UW Ranks High in Minority Baccalaureate Degrees
The University of Washington is among the nation's leaders in producing several categories of minority baccalaureates, notably those of Asian American students, acccording the journal Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
Full Story
7/7/2006 UW Jackson School Gets Education Grants
The University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies has received eight grants totaling nearly $15 million from the U.S. Department of Education -- designating eight study areas at the Jackson School as National Resource Centers (NRC) which confers top-tier status on them.
Full Story
7/6/2006 The Evolution of Artist Akio Takamori
The prolific art of Akio Takamori is currently on display at the Tacoma Art Museum and in Seattle at the Henry Art Gallery. Professor Takamori teaches in the UW School of Art.
Seattle Times
7/5/2006 Special Therapy Helps Personality Disorder
Marsha Linehan, a University of Washington psychology professor, says women who receive dialectical behavior therapy are less likely to attempt suicide.
Consumer Health Daily
7/2/2006 Can black theater resurge in Seattle?
"We need more black theaters," the late Seattle dramatist August Wilson famously (and repeatedly) declared.
The Seattle Times
7/2/2006 Lakeside fest at 25: the making of tradition
The "little festival that could" is all grown up: This week marks the 25th summer festival of the Seattle Chamber Music Society at the Lakeside School.
The Seattle Times
7/2/2006 Young Researchers May Be Left Without a Home
Scientists Say Goodbye To Next Generation Of Researchers As Funding Drops
CBS2Chicago
6/30/2006 UW declines invite to create campus in China
After six months of quietly examining the possibility of creating a campus in China, University of Washington officials have decided not to pursue the plan, despite being heavily courted by Chinese officials.
The Seattle Times
6/27/2006 UW professor gives work to Indonesia
In decades of research on political conflict in Southeast Asia, University of Washington professor Dan Lev accumulated dozens of boxes filled with notes, documents and books.
The Seattle Times
6/21/2006 Music School Positions May Be at Risk
For the 2006–07 school year, the School of Music will submit written requests to launch five faculty searches: flute, voice, composition, jazz studies, and trombone.
Seattle Weekly
6/21/2006 UW continues pursuit of underground lab
A proposal to build a national science laboratory in the Cascade Mountains in central Washington may have renewed life.
The Seattle Times
6/20/2006 Tour educates UW faculty
Finals were over. Grades were in. So for more than two dozen new faculty members at the University of Washington, it was time for a road trip.
The Seattle P.I.
6/17/2006 An atmospheric drama
Last weekend, we saw "An Inconvenient Truth." The movie presented a considerable amount of complex information in a manner that was accessible. The conclusions were all the more meaningful in presenting the ways global warming is already affecting our world.
The Seattle Times
6/16/2006 Versatility and Warmth of the Wooden Flute
The late Felix Skowronek, former, University of Washington professor of flute, spearheaded the organization of this weekend's first ever Wood Flute Conference and festival, which has garnered considerable international interest.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/classical/274079_cla
6/16/2006 A New Generation of Ceramic Artists from UW
For years, the University of Washington ceramics program has been legendary for the quality of its faculty and its graduates. A new exhibition, "Clay? Contemporary Uses of Clay," at the Kirkland Arts Center adds the newest chapter to UW ceramics-program history.
Seattle Times
6/13/2006 Captured in Clay
The work of Akio Takamori, UW professor of art, is currently on exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum and can also be seen this summer at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle.
The News Tribune
6/8/2006 Does Gore Overheat Global Warming?
Al Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," continues to trigger heated discussions about global warming. He basically gets it right, say UW climate researchers, although one can question some aspects of the presentation.
Christian Science Monitor
6/6/2006 Eukaryotes Survived Snowball Earth
University of Washington astrobiologist Roger Buick, raises questions about whether complex life - ancestors of today`s animal and plants - might have existed before 'Snowball Earth.'
Science & Nature
6/5/2006 African-American HIV Rate 20 Times Higher
The study's lead author, UW sociology professor and director of the University of Washington's Center for the Studies in Demography and Ecology Martina Morris, says the infection rate for young non-Hispanic blacks ages 19 to 24 is 4.9 per 1,000 people compared to a rate of 0.22 per 1,000 for all other races.
United Press International
6/5/2006 An even grayer Seattle from global warming?
For those harboring the guilty hope that global warming will transform Seattle into a sun lovers' paradise on par with the Côte d'Azur, meteorologist Cliff Mass has some bad news: It might actually get cloudier.
The Seattle Times
6/4/2006 Professor writes book about African Americans
Kathleen Fearn-Banks has a framed cartoon on the wall of her office at the University of Washington. A character looks at a sign that points in two directions, to the left, "Lots of celebrities," to the right, "A full and meaningful life."
The Seattle Times
6/2/2006 The Henry dresses up in dandy duds
An artist aspiring to dress 21st-century fops won't find role models on the faculty at the University of Washington's School of Art.
The Seattle P.I.
6/2/2006 UW Prof creates "The American String Project"
Are conductors really necessary? For a full-size symphony orchestra, certainly they are. For a chamber orchestra, the answer is more like "probably," depending on the size of the group, the complexity of the repertoire and the ability of one of the players (usually the concertmaster) or the soloist to cue the rest of the ensemble precisely.
The Seattle Times
6/2/2006 Gore's global-warming film: Fact or feeler?
As Al Gore's fact-based horror film about global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," opens today in Seattle, pundits, critics and other opining experts can't agree on what it's about -- climate change, Gore's potential presidential bid or entertainment.
The Seattle P.I.
6/1/2006 Biology gets $1.6 million Howard Hughes grant
The UW Biology Department has been chosen to receive a four-year, $1.6 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation's largest private supporter of science education.
University Week
5/31/2006 Scholarship targets those in need
University of Washington senior Carolyn Kim is less than two weeks away from becoming the first in her family to earn a college degree.
The Seattle P.I.
5/26/2006 The Pioneering Professor
Art Kruckeberg leans on his walking stick to point up at a towering dawn redwood he started from a cutting.
The Seattle Times
5/25/2006 Jet streams off track, affecting weather
Seattle researchers have discovered that warming of the Earth's atmosphere seems to be shoving jet streams out of their normal tracks — a change that could expand deserts and profoundly affect the world's weather patterns.
The Seattle Times
5/25/2006 Chances Change: Do Educated Women Marry Less?
Despite alarming reports about the poor chances for older, college educated women to find a suitable mate, it turns out that less than 10% of college-educated women now ages 50 to 60 have never been married, census records show.
Wall Street Journal
5/25/2006 DX Arts celebrates 1st graduates with exhibit
The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media is graduating its first class of BFA students this quarter, and an exhibition of their work is planned at the Consolidated Works, a multi-disciplinary contemporary arts center at 500 Boren Avenue North, beginning Friday, June 2.
University News
5/25/2006 Deserts Expanding with Jet Stream Shift
According to Science Express, the online edition of the journal Science, areas of the planet already stressed by drought may get even drier. Qiang Fu, a University of Washington atmospheric scientist, is lead author of the paper.
Seattle PI
5/25/2006 Moving on: A volcano scientist to the core
Will it explode or not? If so, when and how big? Those are the kinds of questions Chris Newhall has spent the past 30 years or so trying to answer.
The Seattle P.I.
5/24/2006 Three women put UW in the league of ivy
Eliana Hechter wants to improve math instruction. Lesley Everett seeks to eradicate global diseases. Sariah Khormaee aims to help people see.
The Seattle P.I.
5/23/2006 New language school trains kids up to 5 years
Can babies and toddlers learn Mandarin? In a former Mount Baker art gallery, toddlers are picking up the Asian language, learning to say "I am hungry" and "I want more," counting, singing songs and even listening to a story that looks a lot like a rural Chinese version of "Bob the Builder."
The Seattle P.I.
5/22/2006 Hound has a nose for whale
Gator was having a rough Monday morning. The day before he had taken his first boat ride in preparation for a new assignment -- sniffing out the poop of orcas, a task scientists hope will help save the endangered marine mammals.
The Seattle P.I.
5/21/2006 Science of Scat
University of Washington biologist Sam Wasser's program gives rescued dogs a new life tracking down wild animal feces to provide information about the animals' nutrition, reproduction, disease and stress.
CasperStar Tribune
5/19/2006 Students land 3 world-class scholarships
With commencement three weeks away, many University of Washington students are looking forward to finishing their studies — forever.
The Seattle Times
5/19/2006 Map to help zero in on landslide areas
From earthquakes to landslides, Seattle is rife with natural land mines. Now, residents and officials alike can analyze those risks down to the neighborhood level, thanks to the nation's most-detailed geologic map.
The Seattle Times
5/18/2006 Retired KU professor to receive award
Roger Shimomura, a Kansas University distinguished professor emeritus of art, will be honored today at the Celebration of Distinction Annual Award Dinner at the University of Washington, Seattle, as one of four recipients of the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Lawrence Journal World
5/16/2006 Seattle's big role in fight on global warming
The city of Seattle, a group of Alaska Natives and some of the nation's top climate scientists — including two from the University of Washington — thrust themselves into a high-profile legal battle Monday, hoping to resolve a stalemate over global warming.
The Seattle Times
5/15/2006 At Namesake of Senator, Likeness Gets Its Due
As a member of the United States Senate, Henry M. Jackson was famous as a cold war hawk who fought for three decades against détente with the Soviet Union.
New York Times
5/12/2006 "Scoop" out of the shadows
For two decades, Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson has remained frozen at the center of a political debate, his striped tie neatly knotted, his eyes gazing intently into the distance, his mouth slightly open, as if he's about to weigh in with his thoughts.
The Seattle Times
5/11/2006 UW says goodbye to David Hodge after 30 years
Perhaps it was inevitable that as dean since 1998 of the UW's largest college , as an administrator with an excellent track record for fundraising who also has led the effort of transforming education within the college, David Hodge would be seen as presidential material.
University Week
5/10/2006 Sex is essential, kids aren't
The German public was recently shocked to learn that 30% of "their" women are childless — the highest proportion of any country in the world. And this is not a result of infertility; it's intentional childlessness.
Los Angeles Times
5/9/2006 Kamchatka: Earthquakes hint at plate beneath
For many years geologists have harbored a belief that the Kamchatka Peninsula, shrouded in mystery and secrecy on Russia's east coast, actually sits on the same tectonic plate as the mainland United States, Canada and Mexico.
University News
5/4/2006 Silver bracelets join Burke collection
The Burke Museum recently received a donation of 30 silver bracelets made by Northwest Coast Native Americans.
University Week
5/4/2006 Grim issues of life in "Harvest"
Ripped from the headlines" is a phrase too often breathlessly employed by prime time television dramas. But it's true of Harvest, the play opening tonight at the Ethnic Cultural Theatre -- eerily so.
University Week
5/3/2006 "Ring" star Eaglen will teach at UW
Jane Eaglen, the internationally acclaimed dramatic soprano and star of last summer's Seattle Opera Wagnerian "Ring," has accepted an appointment as Artist in Residence at the University of Washington for 2006-07.
The Seattle Times
5/3/2006 Cleaning Up the Burke
More than three years after Seattle Weekly broke the news of scientific funny business among the fossil collections at the University of Washington's Burke Museum, it's beginning to look like the authorities are back in control, and the confusion and suspicion surrounding the collections is gradually being dispelled.
Seattle Weekly
5/3/2006 Atmospheric pollution travels to mountains
Winter snow falling on Mount Rainier and other high-elevation parks in Western states is contaminated with minute amounts of agricultural pesticides.
The Tacoma News Tribune
5/3/2006 The End of Gnosticism?
Lost texts of Christianity have created scholarly excitement and news-media buzz. So why do some researchers say we're using the wrong name for them?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
5/3/2006 Opera Star Eaglen to Teach at UW
The UW School of Music has announced that dramatic soprano Jane Eaglen will join the faculty as artist in residence from September 2006 through June 2007.
PlaybillArts
5/3/2006 Global warming weakens Pacific wind patterns
Global warming caused by human activity has begun to dampen an important wind circulation pattern over the Pacific Ocean, and that could alter climate and the marine food chain in that area, a new study suggests.
USA Today
5/2/2006 Prison costs don't have to bust the budget
Room and board at Harvard costs $9,578 a year. Forty-eight percent of the 6,600 undergraduates receive at least partial financial aid from Harvard.
HeraldNet
4/28/2006 Whale Teeth Trafficking in Washington
Some people believe owning items made from endangered species is prestigious, according to Sam Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington.
Seattle PI
4/26/2006 Women Studies Grants First Doctoral Degree
Serena Maurer and Mae Henderson first to eacrn doctorates from program founded in 1970.
University Week
4/24/2006 Hot-issue Initiatives Can Turn Out Vote
University of Washington Communication professor John Gastil said initiatives could be a double threat to politicians.
Seattle PI
4/24/2006 The Lay of the Land According to Maya Lin
"Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes" at the Henry Art Gallery offers mental gymnasiums in material form. She's thinking about the earth, and thinking is the operative word. Her work is quiet but conceptually rigorous, austere but emotionally affecting.
Seattle PI
4/22/2006 Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes
The artist's first exhibition in eight years opens at the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington.
The Oregonian
4/22/2006 UW Satellite Awaits Launch
The role of haze in global warming will be studied by NASA and UW's Department of Atmospheric Sciences.
Seattle PI
4/21/2006 UW dean chosen as Miami president
Miami University trustees on Friday chose the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington to become the school's next president.
The Seattle P.I.
4/21/2006 UW Satellite Awaits Launch
The role of haze in global warming will be studied by NASA and UW's Department of Atmospheric Sciences.
Seattle PI
4/21/2006 Loving the Limelight
During the Monica Lewinsky scandal in the late 1990s, Cass R. Sunstein, a law professor at the University of Chicago, appeared on television regularly to argue that impeaching President Bill Clinton was wrong.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
4/21/2006 Famed violinist gets UW residency
Ani Kavafian, a renowned American violinist and Avery Fisher prizewinner who first became a Seattle favorite in the late 1970s, will be in residence at the University of Washington School of Music for three one-week periods during the 2006-07 school year.
The Seattle Times
4/19/2006 Blazing a trail to help mail-order brides
We were the TV home of the sap-happy series "Here Come the Brides" and the real destination of the Mercer Girls.
The Seattle P.I.
4/18/2006 A Century of Reaching Out to China
UW has been intellectually crossing the Pacific to understand China and Asia since 1909, when our international-studies program was launched. President Mark A. Emmert describes UW's long history of affiliation and cooperation with China in his special editorial column.
Seattle Times
4/17/2006 Mixed emotions from locals over Hu's visit
Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the area Tuesday has the Seattle area's Chinese-American community excited. And angry. And ambivalent.
The Seattle Times
4/17/2006 Women Studies grants first doctoral degree
Just before winter quarter ended, Serena Maurer successfully defended her dissertation and picked up her doctorate. Nothing unusual about that, except that Maurer is the very first student to earn her doctorate from the UW Women Studies Department.
University News
4/16/2006 The nature of Maya Lin at UW's Henry Gallery
The distilled forms of Lin's work are meant to push us beyond our habitual way of looking and thinking. She doesn't create objects so much as experiences.
Seattle Times
4/16/2006 Chinese President Hu Visits Washington
Hu's visits to Boeing and Microsoft are a chance to show the benefits of close cooperation, said David Bachman, a professor of Chinese studies at the University of Washington.
Everett Herald
4/16/2006 Two Washingtons, Two Reactions to Hu
When the president of China steps off his plane at Paine Field on Tuesday, he'll get a warmer welcome than he can expect at his next stop, the other Washington.
Seattle Times
4/15/2006 Maya Lin to lecture, exhibit in Seattle
Just a few weeks before the Henry Art Gallery’s showing of “Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes,” the artist herself is locked away in her New York studio.
NW Asian Weekly
4/14/2006 Proud to be part of "one people"
Illegal immigrants pour into our country. Here in Seattle, they even come via cargo container, as did the 22 Chinese stowaways recently caught. It's a huge problem, getting bigger, yet it takes place in an atmosphere of growing hysteria. It is time to chill.
The Seattle Times
4/6/2006 Undergrads re-create The Who's classic story
When the School of Drama's production of The Who's Tommy opens April 12 (previews April 9 and 11), the cast will be wearing costumes designed at the last minute.
University News
4/5/2006 Study links orca health to chinook salmon
A Canadian-led team of researchers has linked high orca death rates to recent declines in coastal chinook salmon numbers from Alaska to the Pacific Northwest.
The Tacoma News Tribune
4/5/2006 UW dance dates set for 2006-07 season
The University of Washington's World Series has announced the dance series for its 2006-07 season.
The Seattle Times
4/2/2006 Chasing the dream
In recent months, Southern freedom fighters Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King and, most recently, Anne Braden, a less-well-known white opponent of racism, all passed from the scene.
The Seattle Times
4/1/2006 Mammoth team digs for help, funds
A mammoth that likely died about 16,000 years ago northeast of what is now Yakima is slowly giving up its secrets, scientists reported Friday at a meeting in Seattle, and anybody interested in assisting with the next phases of excavation and study is more than welcome to join up.
The Seattle P.I.
3/31/2006 UW Dean is sole finalist to lead Miami
The University of Washington dean who presides over more than half of all students is poised to become a university president.
The Seattle Times
3/30/2006 Fault lines widen: Evangelicals and the GOP
Guest columnist and UW professor in the School of Communication, David Domke, comments on the growing division between evangelicals and many mainstream conservatives, and the opportunity this presents to the Democratic party.
The Seattle Times
3/29/2006 Another view of mass extinctions is heard
A University of Washington paleontologist says most mass extinctions were caused by gradual climate change and not catastrophic asteroid impacts.
United Press International
3/28/2006 Screening opens door to treating diseases
Rare metabolic diseases such as Tay-Sachs, Fabry and Gaucher syndromes are caused by enzyme deficiencies and typically have crippling, even fatal, consequences starting at very early ages. Now a team of University of Washington scientists has developed a relatively simple screening process to detect enzyme deficiencies in newborns that will allow treatment to begin before too much damage has been done.
University News
3/28/2006 Khormaee receives Cambridge scholarship
An Arts and Sciences Senior, Sariah Khormaee, has been selected as a National Institutes of Health - Cambridge University Scholar in Biomedical Research.
University News
3/27/2006 Be thankful you are not a wasp
If you think you've got a bad boss, one who loves to chew people out, or if you work with backstabbing co-workers, be thankful you are not a wasp.
University News
3/24/2006 Haim scales his "Mount Everest of dance"
What does it mean to be "a choreographer's choreographer"? Ask Mark Haim, deemed exactly that by The New York Times in 1997.
The Seattle Times
3/21/2006 Global digital divide wider, research finds
The digital divide is becoming less like a crack and more like a canyon.
The Seattle Times
3/20/2006 Seabirds Continue to Wash Up on Oregon Coast
Hundreds of the seabirds have washed up on the southern Oregon coast, and Dr. Julia Parrish, an associate professor of biology at the University of Washington, says scientists haven't settled on an explanation.
Houston Chronicle
3/18/2006 Symphony Fans Get Double Dose of Russians
When is a competition not really a competition? There are a few local examples, including the annual Seattle Young Artist Music Festival, which begins Tuesday at the School of Music at the University of Washington and continues through March 26.
Seattle Times
3/17/2006 Memories and the music of Silvia Kind
Bach's birthday is just the right date for a celebration of the late harpsichordist and professor Silvia Kind.
The Seattle Times
3/17/2006 Reclaiming Democracy
Katie Owens, a British exchange student at the UW, writes about how democracy is at a critical point in the US and Europe.
Seattle Times
3/17/2006 Creating a New Democracy
Columnist Ryan Blethen writes about signs of hope about the revival of interest in democracy among younger people -results of the Metamorphosis Conference finale for the 92 students enrolled in American Press and Politics at the University of Washington.
Seattle TImes
3/17/2006 Active Democracy
Linda Tomko, UW senior in Communications, student senator and member of the College Republicans, speaks out in the Seattle Times about getting involved in democracy.
The Seattle Times
3/17/2006 The Choice of Democracy
Taso Lagos, a UW lecturer in communication, writes about apathy, democracy and technology.
The Seattle TImes
3/15/2006 Will your money fights lead to divorce?
Having one of those jaw-clenching financial "discussions" with your (spendthrift, tight-fisted, financially clueless or controlling) spouse?
CNN News
3/14/2006 Celestial dust challenges basic view of comet
At first, Don Brownlee thought he was looking at a bit of debris from the spacecraft.
The Seattle Times
3/13/2006 UW Drama Grad Jean Smart happily on "24"
Actress and School of Drama alum Jean Smart, currently appearing as first lady Martha Logan on TV's high-octane series "24," is ecstatic that her son thinks she's on a cutting-edge show.
The Seattle Times
3/13/2006 Specks of 'fire and ice' in comet dust
NASA scientists said Monday they have discovered fire and ice in samples brought back as part of the $212 million Stardust mission, which collected comet dust that is providing clues to the birth of the solar system.
CNN News
3/10/2006 Professor, tenor Vinson Cole will leave UW
Tenor Vinson Cole, professor of voice at the University of Washington School of Music since 2002, will be leaving for the New England Conservatory in Boston this June.
The Seattle Times
3/9/2006 Class actress: Alumna Jean Smart visits UW
Students of the UW Professional Actor Training Program eagerly soaked up stories and career advice last week from popular actress Jean Smart, who made a rare visit to her alma mater.
University News
3/8/2006 Wal-Mart, China, and You
The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) in Williamstown, Massachusetts, presents “Wal-Mart, China, and You,” a lecture by Gary Hamilton, Professor of Sociology at the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington. .
iberkshires.com
3/6/2006 Bones of contention — and learning
Kennewick Man's bones are telling stories of his life and burial. But much also can be learned from the divisive, often bitter battle over whether the bones should be studied at all
Seattle Times
3/3/2006 Burke Museum Can Be Indescribably Calming
On Saturday, the Burke holds its annual Dinosaur Day, a chance for kids to touch dinosaur bones and vertebrates, prehistoric invertebrates, plants and minerals from the prehistoric era.
Seattle PI
3/2/2006 Agencies plan for big quake
Five years after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the Pacific Northwest, officials say the region could be in for an even stronger shaking – and they say they’re trying to learn from the disastrous response to Hurricane Katrina.
The Tacoma News Tribune
3/2/2006 Quake researchers look to state for support
The scientists who keep their eyes on earthquake activity in the Northwest also have their eyes on the state supplemental budget.
The Olympian
3/2/2006 Shut down the viaduct
It has been five years since the 2001 Nisqually earthquake left the Alaskan Way Viaduct in immediate need of replacement.
The Seattle Times
3/2/2006 Prof Hollywood: Book makes film debut
UW faculty write books all the time, but it's rare for one of them to be made into a movie.
University News
2/28/2006 Class puts prof on list of "most dangerous"
Who would have thought someone teaching peace studies could make anyone's "most dangerous" list?
The Seattle Times
2/26/2006 Expanding your knowledge of black history
Oh, my gosh, February is nearly over. I'd better say something about black history before it's too late and we all have to move on to women's history month.
The Seattle Times
2/23/2006 Four Washington artists honored
Four Washington artists — Lauren Grossman, Heather Dew Oaksen, Michael C. Spafford and Jamie Walker — have been chosen to receive $25,000 awards from the California-based Flintridge Foundation.
The Seattle Times
2/22/2006 We're free to define our own meaning
As part of Starbucks' "The Way I See It" campaign, coffee consumers may get -- along with their caffeine -- this jolt of wisdom from the evangelical and avowedly "purpose-driven" Rev. Rick Warren: "You are not an accident. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He wanted you alive and created you for a purpose."
The Seattle P.I.
2/21/2006 Debt is the true price of a college education
On Feb. 7, the U.S. secretary of education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education held a public hearing in Seattle.
The Seattle P.I.
2/21/2006 Researchers dig into comet dust samples
Scientists said Monday they have begun slicing and dicing the first of hundreds of microscopic specks of comet dust, virtually unchanged since the birth of the solar system, that a NASA spacecraft successfully returned to Earth in late January.
HeraldNet
2/17/2006 Maori weavings thread old and new at Burke
This could well be the next phenomenon. Think trendy openings on hot gallery circuits. Think haute couture dazzling spectators crammed in runway mosh pits.
The Seattle P.I.
2/17/2006 Enjoying art for art's sake
Two abstract artists exhibiting this month, Susan Dory, 40, at Winston Wächter Fine Art, and Denzil Hurley, 57, at Francine Seders Gallery, offer respectively fast and slow ways of looking at art. In the dizzying world we live in, abstract art challenges us to concentrate on shapes, forms, colors and materials for their own sake.
The Seattle Times
2/17/2006 Portraits of hope
The waking dream unfolds here, on the concrete pad where the helicopter touches down, in the blue-lit glare of the operating room, during the siren-pierced night when a nurse answers a patient's call.
The Seattle P.I.
2/9/2006 Schwartz's book brings strategies to singles
The ideal Valentine's Day present for people seeking sweethearts might be a package of self-knowledge.
University News
2/6/2006 Book examines migration of Southerners
Aretha Franklin's family left the South in the 1940s.
The Seattle Times
2/3/2006 UW leery of more security around research
At the University of Washington's Physics Department, a German won the Nobel Prize, the leading nanotechnology researcher is British and about half of the post-doctoral students come from other countries.
The Seattle Times
2/3/2006 Minor earthquake at Whidbey Island
A minor earthquake -- magnitude 3.3 -- hit the south end of Whidbey Island on Thursday evening, the Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network at the University of Washington reported.
The Seattle P.I.
2/2/2006 Fish tale -- 2 pals vie for tiniest find
A friendly international debate over the world's smallest fish has turned into a biology lesson on why it pays to be tiny.
San Francisco Chronicle
2/2/2006 Sediment could be key in major earthquakes
The most powerful earthquakes -- such as those that shook Indonesia in 2004, Alaska in 1964, Chile in 1960 and the Pacific Northwest in 1700 -- occur in subduction zones, areas of the sea floor just offshore where two tectonic plates meet and one dives beneath the other.
University News
2/2/2006 Getty awards go to two UW art history profs
The Getty Foundation gives out fewer than fifty grants and fellowships to individual scholars in a year- most to fellows, visiting scholars and scholars in residence at the Getty Center.
University News
2/2/2006 Oil pollution plays havoc with seabirds
The old adage tells that oil doesn't mix with water. It doesn't do much for creatures in the water either, as demonstrated by new research on the effects of water-borne oil on seabirds along the Atlantic Coast in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.
University News
2/1/2006 Looking beyond politics
The collective modern memory is a short one, with little required for a civilization to be reduced to the contents of daily news briefs and sound bites.
The Seattle P.I.
1/31/2006 Meshing Academics and Biology
It has been a year since the president of Harvard University made his controversial remarks on women in science and engineering. The discussions about diversifying those fields continue.
The Seattle P.I.
1/24/2006 Soprano Vaness to leave the UW
It's goodbye — at least for now — for soprano Carol Vaness at the University of Washington, where she joined the music faculty last year.
The Seattle Times
1/22/2006 Perhaps WASL should become WASOWL
All-or-nothing test program could learn a lesson from Hogwarts’ way.
The Tacoma News Tribune
1/21/2006 Scientists Thrilled by Stardust Samples
Pristine comet samples returned this weekend by the Stardust spacecraft after a 2.9-billion-mile journey wildly exceeded scientists' expectations, project managers said Thursday.
Los Angeles Times
1/20/2006 Dust from Comet is Unveiled
"You're seeing the very first, absolutely identified comet particle that has ever been seen," Brownlee said Thursday at a NASA briefing in Houston where photos showing the cosmic cargo from the Stardust mission were released.
Seattle Times
1/20/2006 Space-Dust Mission Exceeded Expectations
Scientists say the Stardust mission to bring back samples of comet and interstellar dust was more successful than they had hoped.
New York Times
1/19/2006 Class seeks to internationalize curriculum
A new undergraduate course will explore how yearning for justice, vengeance, bravery, and honor -- all manifested in the hero figure -- has satisfied the psychological needs of Japanese and Chinese readers for centuries, and how that tradition is now being used to serve the psychological needs of American readers and moviegoers.
University News
1/16/2006 Dr. Pepper Schwartz talks about being happy
Psychologists have always dealt with what makes people feel sad--from depression to anxiety to loneliness. But now a new crop of psychologists is turning all that on its head. They're looking for what makes you happy.
Today Show, NBC
1/12/2006 Stardust of yesterday
NASA's Stardust space probe is racing toward Earth, carrying a tiny payload of cometary and interstellar dust -- particles that scientists believe are leftovers from the creation of our solar system.
CNN News
1/10/2006 After 3 Billion Miles, Craft Returns Sunday
After its launching in 1999, the Stardust circled the Sun and flew by Earth for a gravity boost to rendezvous with Wild 2 (pronounced vilt 2) near Jupiter.
New York Times
1/9/2006 Spacecraft to Bring Home Comet Dust and Clues
For thousands of years, stargazers on Earth have marveled at the ghostly beauty of comets as they streak across the night sky trailing tails of fire, wondering what they are and where they come from.
The Washington Post
1/7/2006 Here comes the mud again
Take steep slopes, add heavy rain.
The Tacoma News Tribune
1/6/2006 On the trail of cosmic mysteries
In about a week, a space capsule carrying the oldest material in the solar system will create a night fireball as bright as the moon, potentially visible from Washington to Utah, as it re-enters the atmosphere faster than any other man-made object has ever returned to Earth.
The Seattle P.I.
1/6/2006 "Dance and mating"
Dr. Pepper Schwartz, author of "Your Perfect Match" and professor at the University of Washington, talks about dance and the selection of sexual partners.
Today Show, NBC
1/6/2006 Stars don't always align for UW astronomers
For a world-renowned astronomer, the University of Washington's Don Brownlee spends an awful lot of time looking in what would seem the wrong direction.
The Seattle P.I.
1/5/2006 Home at last, back in Johnson Hall
After an absence of two years, the Earth and Space Sciences Department returns to a refurbished Johnson Hall.
University News
1/5/2006 UW astronomer hopes for happy landing
Donald Brownlee's heart skipped a beat six years ago when the launch of the Stardust spacecraft didn't happen as planned.
University News
1/5/2006 WASL ‘fixes’ treat symptoms, not problems
UW Economist, Dick Startz, contends the WASL will be a hot topic this year.
The Tacoma News Tribune
1/4/2006 Warming Climate Pushes Pika to Exinction
The American Pika, a small mammal related to the rabbit, appears to be facing extinction in the Great Basin, new research has found.
Environment News Service
1/4/2006 Stardust to reveal solar system secrets
The end of the seven-year Stardust space mission means the beginning of scientists' efforts to unlock the secrets of the origin of the solar system.
United Press International
1/4/2006 Dumbing down WASL won't get to problem's root
The Washington Assessment of Student Learning will be a hot topic this year.
HeraldNet
1/2/2006 Low snowpack in last year's weather
Drought, tornadoes, even a lightning strike with enough pow to ignite a Duvall gas station: 2005 was a year of weather extremes, yet not one, in the end, for the history books.
The Seattle Times
Jackson School Centennial
The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies celebrates its Centennial in 2009. The Jackson School is organizing several events that will take place between now and the Centennial Gala on May 11th, 2009.
the JSIS web site.
UW Drama Presents Big Love
When 50 brides escape forced marriages, a battle between the sexes erupts proving that love conquers all. The show blends ancient myth with modern pop music in an adaption of Aeschylus' The Suppliant Maidens. Written by Charles Mee and directed by Desdemona Chiang. Performances run February 1 -14. See web site for complete schedule.
the Meany Studio Theatre
Invitation to the Rollout Event for eScience
The eScience Institute was formed in 2008 to address the critical needs of our UW faculty to stay competitive in the midst of a generational shift involving very large scale data and constantly changing computing needs. The eScience institute will provide resources that cross disciplines and support a broad range of research computing needs. Please join us for the much anticipated rollout event of the on Wednesday November 5th.
the eScience Invitation web site
What Really Happened?
Professors David Domke and Mark Smith made bold presidential predictions last spring during the widely popular Faith & Finance series. Now it’s time to find out what these experts say about the 2008 election and what really happened. Watch these renowned UW professors in a lively discussion through the webcast on November 13, 2008 7-9pm.
the web site
Planetarium Shows
The UW Astronomy Department Planetarium will be open for free shows every first and third Wednesday Nov. 19 through Feb. 25. Astronomy graduate students will present the original shows, which will start promptly at 7 p.m. and last about an hour. The planetarium is on the second floor in the A-building of the Physics-Astronomy complex. Shows are open to everyone and will be geared toward a typical public audience. To find out more about the Planetarium shows, visit the Planetarium Website.
the UW Planetarium website
Javanese Performing Arts
Join us for a special evening of Javanese performing arts, showcasing shadow puppetry, gamelan music, and dance. Featured artists include shadow master Ki Midiyanto, Cornish College’s noted Gamelan Pacifica, Jessika Kenny, and Sutrisno Hartana. The performance is Friday, February 20th in the UW Meany Theatre.
UW Arts Ticket Office
"Botanical Illustration: Art Meets Science" Exhibit
This exhibit features illustrated botanical works from the collections of the University of Washington Libraries and the UW Botanic Gardens' Elisabeth C. Miller Library. The exhibit runs in the UW's Suzzallo Library (Room 102), January 6 through February 27, 2009. It is free and open to the public.
UW Libraries Website
Semana de Mexico
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies and Consul of Mexico present the first annual Semana de Mexico--a week long celebration of the people and culture of Mexico--from February 23-27. Featured events include a book reading, fashion show, painting exhibition and film showing.
the event web site
Beyond the American Point of View
Scandinavian Studies, Asian Languages and Literature, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. All four are celebrating their centennial anniversary in 2009. "The Centennial Lecture Series: Beyond the American Point of View" highlights these departments with presentations and panel discussions featuring the UW's renowned faculty.
JSIS web site.
Mujeres Mexicanas
Join us every Thursday in the month of February for the Mexican Film Series: Mujeres Mexicanas. The series runs February 5th through 26th. Films will be begin at 7pm in Johnson Hall 075 at the University of Washington Seattle Campus, and all showings are free to the public. We hope to see you there!
the Spanish and Portuguese web site.
'The Last Polar Bear' at the Burke Museum
Wildlife photographer Stephen Kazlowski's work capturing polar bears on film was more than just a labor of love, it took eight years of patience, determination, creativity and extremely hard work. The stunning results are on display at the Burke Museum through Dec. 31.
Uweek.
Our Town
Written by Thornton Wilder and directed by Andrew Tsao, UW drama presents one of America’s most beloved plays. Our Town explores the simple beauty and fragile elegance of ordinary lives and our connection to each other. Performances run from March 4-15, Wed-Sat 7:30 p.m. and Sun 2 p.m. at the Playhouse Theatre.
the UW Week article
True West
The play presents a pair of polar-opposite brothers who duke it out in Sam Shepard's black-comic, modern riff on Cain and Abel. Presented by the Undergraduate Theater Society in the Cabaret Theater in Hutchinson Hall. Performances run from Saturday, February 28 to March 8, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
the event web site
Dance Majors Concert
This delightful and energetic concert features the choreographic talents of the Dance Program's majors as they create new work for their undergraduate classmates. Performances run from Thursday, March 5, 7:30 p.m. - Sun, March 8, 2 p.m. at the Meany Studio Theatre.
the Dance Calendar
School of Art OPEN
A competitive exhibition featuring the best work from School of Art students. Juried by Michael Darling, curator of contemporary and modern art at the Seattle Art Museum. This event is free and open to all through Saturday March 14, 2009.
the School of Art web site
Display of 32 Yarmulkes Signed by Celebrities
Dr. Jonathan Challet has been collecting autographs from celebrities since 1999. What is unique if that the signatures are on the inside of yarmulkes, the Jewish head coverings also known as kippahs. His collection of celebrity autographs is wide ranging, from politicians to sports figures, artists and performers. Each signed yarmulke is accompanied by memorabilia of the celebrity and background information. The exhibit will be on view through April 30.
the Odegaard website
Scholarships for Arts Scholars
The annual raffle drawing and silent auction to benefit graduates of the 3D4M: Ceramics/Glass/Public Art/Sculpture MFA program will be held on Tuesday, February 17 from 6:00-8:30 p.m. The event features artwork created by faculty, grad students, alumni and friends of 3D4M. For $25, guests will be provided with appetizers, drinks and music. The studio is located at 4205 Mary Gates Memorial Drive, southeast of University Village.
the Scholarships for Scholars web site
Burke Museum presents Coffee: The World in Your Cup
Coffee: The World in Your Cup presents the story of one of the world's most widely traded commodities and how it has affected cultures, economies, and environments across the globe. Exhibition runs through June 7th.
Burke Museum Website


Questions about this topic should be directed to Marilyn Kliman at mkliman@u.washington.edu.