UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Kathy Sauber Baby come back Billy Brazelton, a UW doctoral student and one of the organizers of the World Boomerang Championship, center, catches a returning boomerang Monday morning at the Intramural Fields. To his left is Logan Brodbent and behind him are Matt Goliner and Will Gix, left to right. The UW is hosting the Boomerang Championships for the first time this year, but it’s hoped that in true boomerang spirit, they’ll come back again. Learn more about the championships at http://seattle2008.ifba-online.com/. VOLUME 25, NUMBER 35   |   8/21/2008  –  9/24/2008  |   UWEEK.ORG Signing by cell: Can you see me now? A group at the UW has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard of hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. From the editor: Goodbye to all that; 'UWeek' going paperless University Week editor Nancy Wick looks back at years of newspapering and forward to UWeek’s future online only come fall. Keep reading us at www.uweek.org. All that dance: High schoolers eyes open to dance through GEAR UP program For the last two winters, UW students have brought the joy of dance to a group of middle and high school students in Central Washington. Now some of those students are on campus for a week of intensive dance study, thanks to funding by the GEAR UP program. You can watch what they’ve learned at 3:10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, in Meany Hall’s Studio 267. ‘Rising from Ruins’: UW filmmaker traces recovery struggle Filmmaker and UW communications professor Hanson Hosein documents the risks small business people took in resurrecting their Katrina-ravaged neighborhoods in his film Independent America: Rising from Ruins. Burke to host photo exhibit of birds from the Arctic Sept. 13–Dec. 31 The Burke Museum will offer a new exhibit of environmental photography titled Arctic Wings: Miracle of Migration from Sept. 13 to Dec. 31. The exhibit complements the current main exhibit, The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World. UW to study Hispanic achievement gap Frances E. Contreras of the UW College of Education will head an analysis of the Hispanic student achievement gap commissioned by the Washington state Legislature. Cataloguing invisible life: Microbe genome emerges from lake sediment A team led by a UW scientist has studied lake mud, which contains microbial communities even more complex than those in seawater, and homed in on bacteria that perform the ecological task of eating methane. Underwater scout: New robot searches out best locations for components of undersea lab Sentry, the newest in an elite group of unmanned submersibles able to operate on their own, is a bit like a deep-sea bloodhound, searching for the best locations for a planned seafloor lab. Brown tree snake could mean Guam will lose more than its birds Brown tree snakes have come to symbolize the bad effects invasive species can have when introduced to places where they have few predators. But new research by UW biologists shows that the snake’s indirect effects might be even farther reaching. The 160-mile download diet: Local file sharing drastically cuts network load P2P, or peer-to-peer networking, is so last year. Researchers at the UW and Yale have invented P4P — which can reduce loads drastically while increasing speed. Bugs put the heat in chili peppers New UW research shows that bugs -- both the crawling kind and ones you can only see with a microscope -- are responsible for the heat in chili peppers. Official Notices Two grant programs seek proposals. What’s in a name? UW doc’s is Hayes, Rutherford P. (not B.) Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes was America’s 19th president. But his great-great grandson, a UW physician, is Rutherford P. Hayes — and therein lies a story. UW ranked 16th among 500 schools In time for the Olympics, a kind of academic Olympics has been conducted by one of China’s largest universities and the results show UW ranked 16th among 500 universities around the world. Space flyers to land in Seattle Sept. 15–20 If the Planetary Congress sounds like something out of Star Trek, you’re not far wrong — dozens of space flyers will land in Seattle for the congress, held by the Association of Space Explorers, and give two free programs at the UW. Hearing impaired students to show animation work Friday Nine of the brightest deaf and hard of hearing students from all over the United States have been attending the nine-week Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing. They’ll show the results of their work in animation at 7 p.m., Friday, Aug. 22, in 105 Electrical Engineering. Getting to know UW: Orientation returns to in-person format In-person orientation for new employees was discontinued in 2002, but now it’s back. Starting in September, Human Resources will hold twice-monthly in-person orientation sessions. The coffees for new employees will continue quarterly as well. UW employees can rent at Radford Court Need a place to live close to the UW campus? As employees, you're eligible for apartments in Radford Court. UW Medicine physicians recognized for diabetes care National Commission on Quality Assurance gives Neighborhood Clinics docs top rating for quality of diabetes care. Extraordinary response to global health request for proposals All 17 UW colleges and schools submit proposals to improve the world's health. Sherr wins Young Investigator Award for HIV/AIDS work International AIDS Society honors UW clinical assistant professor in global health Kenneth Sherr for his research. Pharmacy student receives fellowship to target Uganda's health Joseph Babigumira hopes to improve the reproductive health of women and girls in his native country. Tuscany provides backdrop for pharmacy education Washington pharmacy students and practitioners expand their learning opportunities in Italy. African American surgeons exhibit comes to UW An exhibit celebrates the achievements of African American academic surgeons. UW Medicine & Seattle Public Library series launches Sept. 3 Sports medicine physician Monique Burton will address special needs of young athletes. Fairs set for Fall Prevention Awareness Day Sept. 18 UW Medicine will host free fall prevention fairs at three locations. Science in Medicine Lecture Sept. 25 Genome Sciences faculty member Jay Shendure will present the first Science in Medicine Lecture of the 2008-09 academic season. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!