UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Photo by Mary Levin A precious gift Sau Satele of the Puget Sound Blood Center, standing, helps Brooke Miller, UW director of student services for mathematics, donate blood Monday at the HUB. "It's something I've always wanted to do," said Miller. "I'm glad I did it. I think it's worthwhile." There will be more blood drives from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 25, and Tuesday, May 29, both in the Health Sciences Center lobby. VOLUME 24, NUMBER 29   |   5/24/2007  –  5/30/2007  |   UWEEK.ORG Ethics rules now allow 'de minimis' use of UW resources for approved outside work Recent legislation slightly relaxes state ethics rules about researchers using UW resources in approved outside consulting and other work. Literacy Through Photography students to exhibit work Friday Helping achieve literacy through photography. Student photos and writings. Opera, symphony, wind ensemble, marimbas and jazz singing at School of Music The music of a symphony, a wind ensemble, a percussion ensemble featuring marimbas and vocal performances by jazz groups and chamber singers are among offerings coming shortly from the UW School of Music. MFA show to open at the Henry There will be a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 25 for artists in the UW School of Art’s annual Master of Fine Arts exhibition in the Henry Gallery. New hires, planning under way for proposed $130 million ocean observatory Peter Barletto, who has more than three decades of experience with submarine cable systems and networks, started work at the UW Monday, joining the project team tasked with developing detailed engineering specifications for a cabled underwater research facility to be built off the coast of Washington and Oregon. Bringing it home: Class helps students integrate international experiences A course jointly offered by the School of Nursing and the Comparative History of Ideas Department gives students who have been abroad a chance to discuss what they’ve experienced and to engage in a service learning project related to their concerns. Faculty at UW Bothell and UW Tacoma receive research awards UW Bothell is honoring Suzanne Sikma as the 2007 Worthington Faculty Scholarship Award recipient, while UW Tacoma has named Anthony D'Costa the winner of the 2007 Distinguished Research Award. Raising the roof to give the Playhouse Theater a new life When the current production of Into the Woods closes at the Playhouse Theater on June 3, the theater will close, too -- for a needed facelift lasting nearly two years. Science society's new science chapter gaining momentum at the UW While attending last year's conference of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Charla Lambert, a graduate student in the UW Genome Sciences Department, had a revelation: Why not organize a student chapter of the society here at the UW? There's something for everyone at UW Professional Development Days, June 13-14 Career development and growth at the UW can mean promotions or transfers, or just finding new inspiration right where you are. Either way, UW Professional Development Days, coming Wednesday and Thursday, June 13 and 14, in Mary Gates Hall, will offer something for everyone. Gloyd Lecture: Global perspectives on health promotion June 1 Dr. Nina Wallerstein, director of the Master’s in Public Health Program at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, will give the annual Stephen Stewart Gloyd Endowed Lecture at 12:30 p.m., Friday, June 1, in room T-625 of the Health Sciences Center. Transplant Services launches lecture series May 25 Dr. James Perkins, UW professor of surgery, will present the first lecture of the Transplant Research Forum series at noon, Friday, May 25. In Brief Health Sciences faculty honors. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!