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Tool lets the blind surf Web anywhere
For the roughly 10 million Americans who are blind or visually impaired, using a computer requires special screen-reading software typically installed only on their own machines. But new software developed at the UW changes that, with an Internet service that reads out Web text on any computer.
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Parking, U-PASS rates are going up July 1
You know it has to happen. There was a public hearing in April and the regents voted in May -- UW parking and U-PASS rates will increase, effective July 1.
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Regents OK new college, tuition hike
The UW Board of Regents has approved the creation of a College of the Environment and a tuition increase for undergraduates.
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Prof’s gift funds environmental justice studies
Devon Pena has spent his career working for environmental justice. Now he and his sister, Tania Hernandez, are funding three endowed fellowships to support graduate students working in that area, with hopes for two more. It’s all to remember their father, a self-made man who never forgot to give back to his community.
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Veteran high-tech executive named to head TechTransfer
Linden Rhoads, a veteran executive of Seattle’s high-tech community, has been named to lead UW TechTransfer, the unit that commercializes the results of UW research. Rhoads will become the UW’s vice provost for technology transfer on Aug. 14.
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Agreement creates exchange with Australian university
The UW has signed an agreement with the University of Queensland, in Australia, that will provide new opportunities for academic exchanges, joint research projects and coordination of science outreach to K-12 students.
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'John Brown': Jacob Lawrence’s dramatic series in residence in Allen Library for five years
A special work by artist Jacob Lawrence arrived at the University this week, but it won’t be found in a gallery. The Legend of John Brown, a series of 22 prints chronicling the life and death of the 19th century abolitionist, now hangs in the fourth floor study area of Allen Library.
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Chinese paper cuttings at Suzzallo
There are chase scenes in Room 102 of Suzzallo Library just now — and kite flying and wrestling on horseback and ball games and other feats of athleticism and daring, all elaborately cut from red, blue and black paper and mounted under glass for visitors to view. It’s a traveling exhibit from the People’s Republic of China titled Cutting Ribbons for the Olympics: Exhibition of Chinese Folk Sport Paper-Cuts, on display through Aug. 3.
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Photographers display alternate methods in exhibit
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Gene silencer, quantum dots reduce protein production
Some years back, in Nobel Prize-winning research, scientists found a way to stop a particular gene in its tracks, but it's been difficult to apply the technique, known as RNA interference, in living cells. Now, scientists at the UW and Emory University have succeeded in using nanotechnology known as quantum dots to address this problem.
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Ounce of prevention: Communities that Care plan helps middle school kids
Seventh-graders in U.S. communities that have set up scientifically validated programs to reduce juvenile delinquency are much less likely to engage in such behavior than children in towns that have not adopted such programs, UW research has found.
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Teenagers attending college less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior
Adolescents attending college six months after completing high school are significantly less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than those who do not go to college, according to the first study to directly compare the two groups.
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Scientists find 245 million-year-old burrows of land vertebrates in Antarctica
For the first time paleontologists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods — land vertebrates with four legs or leglike appendages — in Antarctica dating from the Early Triassic epoch, about 245 million years ago.
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Etc: Campus News and Notes
Falcons on view, departmental award winners, as well as awards for a book and a newsletter -- just some of what your colleagues have been up to lately.
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Official Notices
Asbestos training is now required for all UW employees, but you can get it online.
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Educational outreach honors standout teachers
Three regular UW faculty members are among six instructors named by UW Educational Outreach as recipients of a 2008 Teaching Excellence Award. The three, Janine Brodine, Barbara Endicott-Popovsky and Lisa Coutu were honored at the UW Extension Certificate Awards Ceremony held on June 18, along with fellow instructors Janet Boguch, Kris Fulsaas and Kristie Dunkin.
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Like a rock: New mineral named for UW astronomer
A newly discovered mineral has been named for UW astronomer Donald Brownlee, who revolutionized research on interplanetary dust entering Earth’s atmosphere. The mineral, made of manganese and silicon, is now officially called brownleeite.
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Welcome back, Broken Obelisk
Broken Obelisk, the iconic sculpture by Barnett Newman that was donated to the UW in 1973, was removed over spring break for some adjustments. But on June 19 the sculpture was returned to its Red Square home -- very carefully. Watch a film shot by our photographer Mary Levin of the sculpture being returned to its position and locked into place.
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Capturing a fading world: ‘The Last Polar Bear’ at the Burke Museum
Wildlife photographer Steven Kazlowski’s work capturing polar bears on film was more than just a labor of love, it took eight years of patience, determination, creativity and extremely hard work. The stunning results are on display at the Burke Museum through Dec. 31.
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UW second in grad student Peace Corps volunteers
In a newly created ranking, the UW is listed second among 54 colleges and universities nationwide in number of graduate students serving in the Peace Corps. It follows another high ranking in January, when the UW ranked first among two dozen large colleges in producing Peace Corps volunteers.
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