UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Kathy Sauber Spanish unscrambled Grandview High School students Lupita Garbay, left, and Vicky Gomez try to unscramble Spanish words at one of the sessions of World Languages Day Feb. 29. The annual event brings more than 1,200 high school students to campus to learn about different languages and cultures and about careers using world languages. VOLUME 25, NUMBER 19   |   3/6/2008  –  3/12/2008  |   UWEEK.ORG This is not a drill: The earth actually is moving beneath western Washington While the annual Sound Shake exercise on Wednesday produced a simulated magnitude 6.7 earthquake on the Seattle fault, a real though unfelt seismic event called an episodic tremor-and-slip is taking place beneath western Washington. News from Legislature: Few gains but few losses, Hodgins says It appears unlikely that major UW requests are going to receive favorable action from the Legislature this session. But, it is also true that the gains from the previous session are likely to remain intact. Paul Jenny chosen as UW's vice provost for planning and budgeting Paul E. Jenny who for the past four years has served as associate vice chancellor of budget and resource planning for the University of California, Berkeley, will become vice provost for planning and budgeting at the UW, effective July 1. Leila Haddad & the Ghawazee Musicians of Luxor Perform at Meany Hall Oriental dancer Leila Haddad and the Ghawazee (gypsy) Musicians of Luxor perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 15 in Meany Hall. UW Chorale sings with Seattle Symphony, Marvin Hamlisch The UW Chorale will make its Seattle Symphony debut in March in an American musical theater extravaganza conducted by Seattle Symphony's newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor, Marvin Hamlisch. Opera star, 100-voice combined choirs, symphony combine for ‘A Sea Symphony’ March 14 World-renowned opera performer Jane Eaglen will make her UW School of Music performance debut, along with Northwest tenor Gregory Carroll, when Peter Erös conducts the 100-voice combined choirs and University Symphony in A Sea Symphony, Vaughan Williams' evocative tour de force for choir, soloists and orchestra. Scenes from operas classic and new in School of Music’s Opera workshop March 13 '24': A night of music from wind ensemble, bands on March 11 Brechemin Scholarship Concert March 7 Gospel and jazz singing featured in School of Music concerts March 8, 10 Art show, ‘open stage’ planned by Filipino American group Mother-daughter conflict, low serotonin level may be deadly combination A combination of negative mother-daughter relationships and low blood levels of serotonin, an important brain chemical for mood stability, may be lethal for adolescent girls, leaving them vulnerable to engage in self-harming behaviors such as cutting themselves. Class Notes: Learning by teaching, writing and service A series of classes in the Honors Program introduces students to the bases of knowledge in various disciplines and then gives them a chance to teach in underserved schools or nonprofit organizations. Then and Now: The events surrounding Gerbfest, June 1995 William P. Gerberding served as UW president for 16 years, so when he retired, the University threw a light-hearted get-together called Gerbfest, held in Red Square on June 1, 1995. Celebration of life planned for UWB’s Jane Decker A celebration of life event is planned to honor Jane Decker, one of the founding faculty members of UW Bothell, at 10 a.m. Friday, March 14 on the UWB campus. Decker died Feb. 21. Architect was inspired by television's talking horse Jim Nicholls may have become an architect because of the TV show Mister Ed. Sure, it was about a talking horse, but Ed’s owner was an architect. “He had a pretty nice lifestyle,” Nicholls recalls. “He had a little barn out in back, and he walked from the house to his studio, where he drew and made models all day.” Shah wins Sloan Industry Studies Fellowship Sonali K. Shah, assistant professor of management and organization in the UW’s Foster business school, is one of five young researchers nationwide chosen to receive Sloan Industry Studies Fellowships. UW president selected as member of Council on Foreign Relations UW President Mark A. Emmert has been selected as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, one of the most prestigious and influential nonpartisan groups promoting a greater understanding of America's role in the world. Slide show: Planning & budgeting is on the move When Planning and Budgeting became the first tenant of the UW Tower, formerly the Safeco Building, UWeek Photographer Kathy Sauber tagged along and recorded the historic move. Students polish language skills by performing plays in Spanish Students in Donald Gilbert-Santamaria’s Spanish 449 Class are learning by playing this quarter. The class consists of rehearsing three short plays in Spanish that will be presented at 7:30 p.m. March 14 and 15 in the Ethnic Cultural Theatre. UWPD Citizens Academy coming Wednesdays, April 2 to June 4 The UW Police are taking applications for the Citizen’s Academy, a free 10-week course that will next be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays April 2 to June 4 on campus. Signups are being taken through March 24. UW, Pacific Science Center expand Polar Science Weekend activities More than 30 UW researchers, graduate students and staff members will talk to the public about studying the polar regions at the Polar Science Weekend March 6-9 at the Pacific Science Center. Naturalist to speak March 7 at Suzzallo Lyanda Lynn Haupt, who has created and directed educational programs for Seattle Audubon, worked in raptor rehabilitation in Vermont, and as a seabird researcher for the Fish and Wildlife Service in the remote tropical Pacific, will speak at 7 p.m. Friday, March 7, in 101 Suzzallo. U District ‘Museum Without Walls’ Seeks Community Input A U District committee is looking for stories about how activism, tolerance, and community involvement has helped make the University District what it is. The group plans an exhibit on social, political and community activism, especially in the period between 1965 and 1975. Got a complaint? Help is available in several places A UW employee with a workplace issue has a number of resources available to help. Human Resources, the Mediation Clinic, the Ombudsman’s Office and the University Complaint Investigation and Resolution Office all offer services to help resolve problems at the lowest level and achieve acceptable outcomes. Building community campuswide with faculty/staff groups A diversity specialist in the Office of Minority Affairs is working to promote affinity groups for faculty and staff who belong to particular groups. Groups exist, or are in the process of forming, for Native Americans, African Americans, Latinos/Latinas, those with disabilities, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/questioning, and Asian/Pacific Americans. Salute Harborview Gala sets record for community support Annual fundraiser for Harborview raises $2 million. Lorie Wild named UWMC chief nursing officer Interim chief of nursing selected for top position. Memory and aging: What's normal, what's not, and what you can do about it Michael V. Vitiello, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, studies aging and memory. Two UW Medicine faculty honored for excellence in teaching Drs. Karen Horvath and Richard Shugerman receive 2008 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award. UW to host deep vein thrombosis awareness event March 12 Melanie Bloom, widow of NBC News correspondent David Bloom, will speak about deep vein thrombosis at UW on March 12. World TB Day is March 24 World TB Day will be observed with a community forum at 7 p.m. Monday, March 24, at Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave. in Seattle. Annual Katterman Lecture set for April 12 Speaker John Miall explores the question: Can pharmacists control health-care costs? Seattle Magazine conducts annual 'top docs' survey Seattle Magazine is conducting its eighth annual top doctors survey. Deadline for responses is March 17. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!