A&S Perspectives: May 2010

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	May 2010 issue


	From the Dean There was a time when universities were viewed as ivory towers, disconnected from the petty concerns of everyday life. This could not be further from the reality of today’s College of Arts & Sciences, which both reaches out to the world around us and brings that world onto our campus.
	Dancing Lessons in Yakima As part of a Dance Program course on teaching methods, UW undergraduates traveled to Yakima to teach dance to high school teens involved in the GEAR UP Program.
	From Robots to Boomerangs, It's All About Math When 1,200 high school students descend on the UW campus for Math Day each year, they discover that math explains many things—including card tricks and a boomerang's flight path.
	A UW-inspired Shakespearean Romp Athletes, ROTC students, young scholars, and returning students join with drama students to perform A U-Dubber Night's Dream, a Shakespeare adaptation that incorporates the experiences of UW students.

What's News
	Students Collaborate with Seniors for Anthropology Project Working in teams with seniors from the Pike Market Senior Center, students in a course on qualitative research methods learned to embrace the "organized chaos" that is field research.
	Tribal Museum Program Launches with UW Involvement A new Tribal Museum Program is now offered through the Northwest Indian College, thanks to the vision of UW Professor Emeritus James Nason and the involvement of Burke Museum staff.
	The Greenhouse Goes Greener The Botany Greenhouse is aiming to show the campus how it can get even greener, not with plants inside, but on top, with a living "green" roof on a shed alongside the greenhouse proper.
	Women's Center Moves to A&S The UW Women's Center is moving from its old home under the Provost's Office to a new one in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Research
	Banishment as City Policy The growing trend of allowing police to "banish" citizens from certain neighborhoods is explored in Banished: The New Social Control in Urban America, by UW Professors Katherine Beckett and Steve Herbert.
	Innovative Teaching in Biology Classes, Large and Small The Biology Department has tested teaching methods that keep students engaged and accountable, even in its 700-student classes. As a result, more students are passing the courses—with better grades—than in past years.

Awards and Honors
	Alexie Receives PEN/Faulkner Award Sherman Alexie, senior artist in residence in the Department of American Ethnic Studies, has received the PEN/Faulkner award for his latest book, War Dances. PEN/Faulkner is the largest peer-juried prize for fiction in the United States.
	Prestigious Putnam Fellowship for Math Undergrad William Johnson, majoring in mathematics and computer science, was named a Putnam Fellow—the first for the UW—placing among the top five out of more than 4,000 students who entered the prestigious competition this year.
	Sayers Named "Future Leader" for Digital Humanities Work Jentery Sayers, a doctoral student in English literature and language who incorporates digital technology in his teaching, has received the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Other Awards and Honors News of recent awards, honors, and professorships throughout the College.

Calendar
	A&S Events. The Roethke Reading, opera favorites, the 30th anniversary of Mt. St. Helens' eruption, and a U-Dubber Night's Dream! Check out the College's offerings for May through July 2010.

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