UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Becky Liu Leafy labor On Tuesday, Feb. 5, the afternoon temperature in Seattle didn't get much above 40 degrees and the winds made it feel pretty uncomfortable. But while most UW employees were snug and warm in their offices, labs and classrooms, the grounds crew was, as usual, braving the elements. Our photographer followed a few of them around as they performed their appointed outdoor chores. Here, Brad Henwood, left and Chris Hoffman dump a load of invasive plants and waste onto their truck. See more photos here. VOLUME 25, NUMBER 15   |   2/7/2008  –  2/13/2008  |   UWEEK.ORG Campaign UW: Creating Futures surpasses $2.5 billion The UW Foundation has raised $2.52 billion in student, faculty, program and facility support through Campaign UW: Creating Futures with five months remaining in the eight-year endeavor — far more than the original intended goal. Wadden named executive vice provost Doug Wadden, professor and chair of design in the School of Art, has been named executive vice provost of academic affairs and planning, Provost Phyllis Wise has announced. He replaces current Executive Vice Provost Ana Mari Cauce, who has accepted the position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Confluence of talent, timing right for School of Drama’s ‘Wild Black-Eyed Susans’ A pleasant confluence of circumstances resulted in the UW School of Drama's production of Wild Black-Eyed Susans, which runs at the Ethnic Cultural Center through Feb. 17. It is the first-ever School of Drama production in which the playwright, director and all actors are African-American. Faces of the Grand Army of the Republic — a slide presentation After the Civil War, veterans of the Union Army formed the group The Grand Army of the Republic, or GAR. In about 1915, portraits of Washington State GAR members were gathered in a special book that resides at the Seattle Public Library. But now these portraits are also part of the UW Libraries Digital Collections. See these dramatic portaits from history at our special Web site. Guest artist to perform on viola Feb. 15 Guest artist Linda Kline Lamar, associate professor of viola at Boise State University, will perform solo works for viola at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, in the School of Music’s Brechemin Auditorium. Contemporary Group to perform Feb. 12 Student ensembles perform jazz at two concerts Super Tuesday results indicate race card may be a joker in primaries The Bradley effect may be alive and multiplying after Super Tuesday. Sifting through overnight results, UW researchers have found that race still plays a role in American politics and it showed up Tuesday in surprising ways in the tallies from four states holding Democratic primary elections. Lost City pumps life-essential chemicals at rates unseen at typical black smokers Hydrocarbons, the very building blocks of life, are created by the interaction of seawater and rocks under the Lost City hyrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic. Could such interactions be how life on Earth originated? Screening for domestic violence woefully weak in welfare offices, study shows Even though federal welfare-reform legislation calls for case workers to screen for domestic violence and most states have agreed to implement this requirement, just 9 percent of women applying for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families were screened for domestic violence, according to data from a UW study. Accelerated head growth can predict autism before behavioral symptoms start Children with autism have normal-size heads at birth but develop accelerated head growth between 6 and 9 months of age, a period that precedes the onset of many behaviors that enable physicians to diagnose the developmental disorder, according to new research from the UW’s Autism Center. Then and Now: The Professional Staff Organization at 20 years In 1988, what had been known as the Exempt Staff Personnel Program at the UW became the Professional Staff Personnel Program, and at the same time, the Professional Staff Organization was born. Newsmakers UW profs speaking on the record recently included Dan Jaffee on Chinese pollution, Adam Drewnowski on food ratings, Maresi Nerad on social science Ph.D.s, Bruce Psaty on the Vioxx drug scandal, Daniel Grunbaum on math in the natural sciences and Dennis Turk on chronic pain. Peer Portfolio News at the UW’s peer institutions includes a book rental program at UC Davis, a no-name donation at the University of Wisconsin and dealing with drought at the University of North Carolina. Dorsey to head state's Mathematics Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) program A program for encouraging more underrepresented groups in Washington state to pursue science and technology careers has named James Dorsey as its new executive director. Dorsey has spent 25 years in California advancing education equity and plans to use his expertise to expand Washington's K-12 program to reach students in community colleges. Moving? The right move is to call these move managers When whole offices have to go from point A to point B, Susan Smith and Kim Wisecup are available to help. They’re the campus move managers. Looking for leaders: Nominations open for 2008 David P. Thorud Awards Know a campus leader who embodies the heart of the Leadership, Community and Values Initiative? Maybe you should nominate that person for a David P. Thorud Award. Nominations are open through Feb. 14. Campus trees: Extraordinary, exemplary or merely significant? What makes a tree worth saving? The question comes up when construction or remodeling forces the clearing of particular patches of land on campus. A new evaluation process has been created to address the question. It’s winter, but gardening goes on Administrative changes at Harborview Medical Center Medical director steps down at Harborview -- acting medical director and acting chief operating officer appointed. C. Ronald Scott Lecture Series in Biochemical Genetics Feb. 21 Dr. William Gahl, clinical director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, will give the inaugural lecture for the C. Ronald Scott Lecture Series in Biochemical Genetics. New Strategies for HIV Prevention in Women lecture Feb. 11 Dr. Jared Baeten, a senior fellow in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the UW, will present New Biomedical Strategies for HIV Prevention in Women. Palmiter to give Science in Medicine Lecture Feb. 13 Dr. Richard Palmiter, professor of biochemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, will present “Transgenic Legacy” as the next Science in Medicine Lecture. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!