UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Photo by Mary Levin Ready to flip Provost Phyllis Wise and President Mark Emmert have their UW aprons and their spatulas ready for the Community Celebration April 27, at which they will be serving burgers to faculty and staff on Red Square. Read the story. VOLUME 24, NUMBER 24   |   4/19/2007  –  4/25/2007  |   UWEEK.ORG Community Celebration, honoring faculty and staff, is part of annual Washington Weekend April 26-28 Lectures, tours, demonstrations, research on display, dance and drama and departments showing off their best work -- it’s the annual Washington Weekend celebration, April 26-28. Kenyon Chan chosen as UWB chancellor UW President Mark Emmert and Provost Phyllis Wise have announced that Kenyon S. Chan has been selected as the next chancellor of UW Bothell, subject to approval by the Board of Regents. His appointment will be effective July 1. Kavanagh to head transport services Joshua Kavanagh, associate director of Parking and Transportation Services at the University of New Mexico, has been named the director of Transportation Services at the UW. Vice chancellor for academic affairs named at UWT Beth Rushing, dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Georgia College and State University, has been named the new chancellor for academic affairs at UW Tacoma, pending approval by the UW Board of Regents. Staging Stoppard’s 'Arcadia' Tom Stoppard’s award-winning Arcadia explores the boundaries between art and science, April 22 through May 6 at the Playhouse. A week of variety from the School of Music Latin Caribbean music, Indian music, J.S. Bach on piano, a Vivaldi classic and performances by exceptional students are among the wide variety of entertainment being offered by the UW School of Music this week. Travels with Raven: UW surgical robot going undersea in simulation This week Raven, the mobile surgical robot developed by the UW, takes its first trip to the Atlantic to take part in a NASA simulation -- namely the 12th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations test. Prof uncovers humanity’s dirty little secret in new book A new book by UW geomorphologist David Montgomery argues that there are very few places left with fertile soil to feed large populations, and that farming practices still trigger large losses of rich dirt. Northwest company rolls out toothbrush invented at the UW A new product developed from technology invented at the UW aims to change the way you brush your teeth. It will make ultrasound -- now available only at the dentist's office -- part of the daily dental routine. Etc: Campus news and notes UW surpasses that other UW to become national leader in alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps, and King County honors the UW Climate Change Impact Group. Official notices Champion of the environment: Law school's Bill Rodgers to be celebrated Earth Day weekend It's probably no surprise that the person regarded as a pioneering leader in environmental law has spent most of his career in Seattle. What is surprising is that he is UW Law Professor Bill Rodgers. Basu on front lines of social justice fight For Sutapa Basu, fighting for social justice has been a constant refrain ever since her childhood in India, where she saw much discrimination. It’s fitting, then, that she would become the director of the UW Women’s Center, the largest of its kind in the country. Two UW profs named Guggenheim Fellows Two UW professors are among 189 artists, scholars, and scientists chosen as Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Michael McCann, professor of political science, and Ann Gale, associate professor of art, were selected from among 2,800 applicants for the prestigious fellowships. Teaching, learning methods on display at symposium Scott Freeman, a lecturer in biology, will be the keynote speaker at the 2007 Teaching and Learning Symposium, followed by poster sessions featuring faculty and teaching assistants, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in the HUB West Ballroom. Real and important work: Keystone projects connect UW grad students to pressing regional environmental issues Graduate school is often thought of as a place for lofty thoughts and ethereal intellectual experiences, but the Program on the Environment (PoE) offers a Keystone course that is anything but abstract. Students in the course devote all three quarters of an academic year to working on real-world projects that tackle pressing environmental issues from around the Northwest. Oceanographer flags dangers of ocean warming, acidification in April 23 lecture The one-two punch of global warming and a chemical change in ocean waters because of human-caused carbon dioxide is the topic of a lecture by oceanographer Richard Feely at 7 p.m. Monday, April 23, in 120 Kane. Lecture series focuses on early childhood development What do we know about how a baby begins to learn, and what are the right ways to teach a young child just learning how to speak? These issues and more will be addressed when the UW Early Childhood Development Lecture Series is held in April and May. Raymond Jonas named to Costigan endowed professorship UW History Professor Raymond Jonas, an expert in the field of European and African history, has been named the inaugural Giovanni and Amne Costigan Endowed Professor in History. Jonas will deliver the Costigan Professorship History Lecture, Ethiopia in the American Imagination: When Menelink Came to America, at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 27, in 220 Kane. Karina Walters to give Samuel E. Kelly Lecture April 26 Karina L. Walters, William B. and Ruth Gerberding endowed professor in the School of Social Work, will present the Samuel E. Kelly Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the Ethnic Cultural Theatre. The talk is titled, From Dis-Placement to Dis-Ease: Embodiment and Expression of Historical Trauma among Indigenous Women. UW scientists advance macaque genome research UW scientists Michael Katze and Evan Eichler are part of international consortium to complete a draft sequence of the rhesus macaque genome. Debra Schwinn to chair Dept. of Anesthesiology Debra Schwinn, a leading physician scientist in medical genomics, molecular pharmacology, and cardiac anesthesia, has been named the new chair of the UW Department of Anesthesiology, effective May 1. Strandness found new way to diagnose vascular disease Eugene Strandness was the first to use a Doppler to measure blood flow through the arteries. Ceremony honoring Robert Petersdorf April 30 A ceremony scheduled for April 30 will honor the late Robert G. Petersdorf, a physician and administrator who led the tremendous growth of the UW Department of Medicine in the 1960s and 70s and became a national leader in academic medicine. Katterman Lecture April 28: Pharmacy Revolution The 28th Annual Katterman Lecture, Profitability and the Pharmacy Revolution: Keys to Profitability in Traditional Pharmacy Practice and the Growing Clinical Services Sector, will be presented by the UW School of Pharmacy Saturday, April 28. 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. Stephen Harrison to give Neurath Lecture May 3 The 23rd Annual Hans Neurath Lecture will be given by Professor Stephen Harrison of Harvard Medical School. Genome Symposium: 'Pests, Plagues & Plants' April 25 The UW’s Sixth Annual Genome Sciences Symposium takes place all day Wednesday, April 25, at the W.H. Foege Building Auditorium. ThINK: Subject Recruitment and Retention, April 25 & May 8 The Investigator Needs to Know (ThINK) seminar presents a two-part lecture series, Subject Recruitment and Retention: Strategies that Work, Wednesday, April 25, and Tuesday, May 8, from 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. Iraqi casualty research lecture April 20 Dr. Riyadh Lafta, a professor at Al-Mustansiriya College of Medicine in Baghdad, will discuss Iraqi casualty count research via a simultaneous interactive video link at 7 p.m., Friday, April 20 in UW Kane Hall. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!