UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Kathy Sauber Botanical bloom This eccentric-looking plant is called Sinningia canescens and is a member of the Gesneriaceae or Gesneriad family, according to the folks at the Botany Greenhouse, where it can be seen in the Desert Room. The plant, they say, is from Brazil. VOLUME 24, NUMBER 23   |   4/12/2007  –  4/18/2007  |   UWEEK.ORG Higher ed funding looking 'very, very good' in Olympia The state's final budget may be close to Gov. Gregoire's initial proposal, and strong for higher education. Notices - Reference Update UW staffer's group helps children enjoy birthday fun UW staffers who are part of the Cheerful Givers group spend some of their lunch hours preparing birthday bags for children in less-fortunate families, so that the kids' parents have something to give them on their birthday. Two UW faculty members awarded Robert Wood Johnson fellowships UW professors Laura Evans and Christopher Adolph have garnered coveted fellowships in the Scholars in Health Policy Research Program, which aims to produce creative thinking in health policy research. History professor named UW Tacoma's first Haley Professor Michael Honey, professor of history and UW Tacoma founding faculty member, has been named the first recipient of the University’s new Fred T. and Dorothy G. Haley Endowed Professorship in the Humanities. UW will offer special history and literature course this summer Six prominent regional writers will be brought in as guest lecturers for a special course this summer in history and literature. Standardized testing of college students won't work, says new book by UW researchers Inside the Undergraduate Experience, a new book published by UW researchers, says meaningful assessments of undergraduate learning must be conducted at the departmental level. Pepper Schwartz to be keynote speaker at 'Literary Voices' dinner April 21 UW Sociology Professor Pepper Schwartz will deliver the keynote speech at Friends of the UW Libraries "Literary Voices," a dinner where guests dine at tables with authors. Free money and training for professional staff members! The Professional Staff Organization offers scholarships and grants for professional development — but few people tend to apply for these benefits. Cardiothoracic Surgery welcomes Dr. Larry Kaiser April 20 Dr. Larry Kaiser, the John Reah Barton Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, will be the 16th Annual Visiting Scholar in Cardiothoracic Surgery on April 20. Katterman Lecture: Profitability & Pharmacy Revolution, April 28 The School of Pharmacy’s Katterman Lecture, Profitability and the Pharmacy Revolution: Keys to Profitability in Traditional Pharmacy Practice and the Growing Clinical Services Sector, will be presented Saturday, April 28. 5 Days/5 Ways for Grants.gov success tutorial, April 18 Facing a June NIH grant deadline? Get help at the Grants.gov tutorial, April 18. ThINK: Subject recruitment and retention, April 25 & May 8 The Investigator Needs to Know (ThINK) seminar series presents a two-part lecture, Subject Recruitment and Retention: Strategies that Work, on Wednesday, April 25, and Tuesday, May 8. Carter and Maxwell Awards nomination deadline is May 7 The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases is accepting nominations for the for the 2008 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind and the Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement. Calendar of Events Calendar of events of interest to health sciences community. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!