UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Jill Carnell Danseco Lavender handoff Melody Ferguson, an admissions adviser and co-chair of the UW Tacoma Staff Association, hands a bunch of lavender to a customer during the association’s recent sale of the fragrant stuff to raise funds for its activities. The lavender is donated by Beth Luce, manager of communication services at UWT, who raises it on her small farm in Port Orchard. VOLUME 27, NUMBER 33   |   7/22/2010  –  8/4/2010  |   UWEEK.ORG Mary Lidstrom named interim provost, succeeding Phyllis Wise Interim president-designate Phyllis Wise has named Mary Lidstrom to be interim provost, filling the position Wise will leave when she becomes interim president in the fall. Lidstrom is vice provost for research, a professor of microbiology and chemical engineering and holds the Frank Jungers Chair of Engineering. She has been the vice provost for research since 2005. Life narratives unfold with Harborview writer-in-residence Patients navigated difficult times by writing and storytelling, guided by author Wendy Call. That was then—this is again: Photos show UW Tacoma’s past, present In 1979 photographer Stephen Cysewski documented what was then Tacoma’s Warehouse District. Today the reinvigorated area includes the UW Tacoma campus, and a new exhibit features Cysewski’s old photos, along with new ones. Ignoring seat belt law costs Montanans $36 million in health care expenses each year The Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center studied data on belted and unbelted passengers involved in vehicular crashes. Scandinavian scholar one of 12 to get Google grant seeking to transform literary scholarship UW doctoral candidate Peter Leonard is participating in a history-making research effort funded by Google that unites the worlds of technology and the humanities. Improving productivity could deliver ‘new money’ for public schools Two researchers at the UW’s Center on Reinventing Public Education state in a new paper that schools can save money through increasing productivity, and they offer a five-step agenda for doing so. Etc.: Campus news & notes Alan Marlatt named the recipient of the American Psychological Association Division on Addictions' Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Public Interest award; the UW is among the top 20 schools sending graduates to Teach for America; Bruce Burgett of UW Bothell gets an appointment to a national advisory board; and landscape architecture student David Brame will help create a landscape plan for the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. Newsmakers UW researchers comment in the national news media on their summer reading, the increasing sales of digital books, blocking out unwanted noise and more. Official Notices English language courses available for non-native speakers, asbestos training required for all employees, a Board of Regents meeting and two blood drives. UW School of Dentistry dean wins international research award Dr. Martha Somerman was recognized for her studies on regeneration of tissues that support the teeth. UW students win Udall, Boren, Goldwater scholarships Seven UW students have been chosen for prestigious national scholarships this year. Two have captured Morris K. Udall Scholarships, one will receive a David L. Boren Scholarship, while four are being honored as Barry M. Goldwater Scholars. UW Medical Center ranks 12th in U.S. News Media Group's 2010 edition of America's Best Hospitals For its breadth of excellence in specialty care, UW Medical Center made the Best Hospitals Honor Roll. Subway to open at By George July 26 Housing & Food Services has announced that Subway, the sandwich shop, will open in the By George restaurant on Monday, July 26. The shop was displaced from the HUB during that building’s two-year remodeling project. More than just pre-college orientation — it’s an Outdoor Adventure When you’re harnessed to safety ropes and walking across a log dozens of feet in the air, you had better trust the folks who are spotting you from below. Thankfully, trust and team-building exercises are right at the heart of Outdoor Adventure, a set of summer experiences offered to new UW students by First Year Programs, in addition to the standard college orientation all incoming freshmen receive. UW Awarded Five-Year College Assistance Migrant Program grant The UW Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity has received a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to assist students from migrant and seasonal farm worker backgrounds in their pursuit of college degrees. UW Bothell Nursing Program wins grant to expand program, increase diversity UW Bothell has been awarded a grant from Johnson and Johnson for a project that will aid faculty education in the development of “blended” bachelor and master of nursing education elective courses. This project will help students who are challenged to complete the on-campus program due to geographic distance and the demands that many working adult learners face. UW’s annual economic impact on Washington is $9.1 billion “The UW is a major force in the Washington economy in terms of employment, innovation and economic development,” says Paul Umbach, senior principal with the consulting firm Tripp Umbach. Umbach’s firm recently reported the conclusions of its study of the UW’s economic impact on the state. UW Medicine backs effort to save lives in schools The Heart of Seattle Schools project is working to reduce the leading cause of death in school sports: sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes. Donation leads to database, exhibit and book — all honoring the contribution of immigrants from South Asia What began as a modest donation to UW Libraries to document the post-war immigration of South Asians to the Pacific Northwest has grown to be a digital database, part of a museum exhibit at Ellis Island and even a book to be published by University of Washington Press. Summer Shuffle: A book sale and swap at the Henry July 24 The Henry Art Gallery will hold a summer book sale featuring exhibit catalogs, artist biographies, art history and theory texts and more from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 24, in the Sculpture Court. They're calling it the Summer Shuffle. Planning some catering? Learn about diverse caterers at Aug. 11 Business Diversity Connections event If you are among those campus people who sometimes plan events involving food, you might want to check out the UW Business Diversity Connections Catering Event on Wednesday, Aug. 11. TVW and UWTV forge a closer partnership TVW, Washington’s public affairs network, and UWTV, the television station for the UW, have announced that UWTV, using its satellite uplink facilities on the Seattle campus, will also send TVW’s signal out to cable systems in all areas of the state. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!