UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Mary Levin Roll out the barrels UW student Wilson Po, left, and Joe Gruber, director of the University Food Bank, deliver barrels for the agency's annual food drive to the Benefits Office on Brooklyn Ave., among 30 such barrels distributed campuswide. The food drive will continue through the week of Dec. 10. Gruber said donations of canned protein -- such as tuna or peanut butter -- or fruit are best. For more information, to get a barrel at your department or to help out, call the University Food Bank at 206-523-7060. VOLUME 25, NUMBER 8   |   11/15/2007  –  11/28/2007  |   UWEEK.ORG UW launches cutting-edge DNA ‘fin-printing’ project for salmon Some Pacific Northwest salmon migrate thousands of miles only to turn around and return to their home streams to spawn. The UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences has launched a $4.1 million effort to gain information on thousands of migrating salmon by using genetic marking, often called DNA fingerprinting. In this case, call it “fin-printing.” Faculty Dance Concert Nov. 29 - Dec.2 The UW Dance Program will offer its annual Faculty Dance Concert Nov. 29 through Dec. 2 in the Meany Studio Theatre. This year’s concert features collaboratively created work and new media. Raising the roof on the old Playhouse Theatre By the end of this week, the roof will be off of the old Playhouse Theatre on University Way. The Playhouse, which started life as a tile warehouse and became a theater in 1930, is undergoing a major renovation that will make it safer and more useful to the University’s School of Drama. School of Music to raise voices in song Nov. 27, 28 Voices will be raised in song at the School of Music in the week following Thanksgiving — in art songs, arias and songs of celebration in keeping with the coming season. Chiara String Quartet to perform Nov. 27 The Juilliard-trained Chiara String Quartet will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at Meany Hall, as part of the UW World Series. Scientists coaxing world’s oceans to reveal subsurface secrets The UW, with its partner the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, recently deployed Argo float no. 3,000. Argo floats measure temperature and salinity — often called the vital signs of the ocean. Those measurements in recent years have been used around the world to improve seasonal climate forecasts and refine climate models. Then and now: So, was there a terminal in your future? Back in 1983, when University Week first began, a headline asked, “Is there a [computer] terminal in your future?” Now, few people can imagine getting work done without electronic help. We trace the changes through statistics. Sonic Culture: Becoming producers, not just consumers, of media This issue’s Class Notes column describes an English composition class in which students make podcasts and create a media campaign. Peer portfolio Providing electronic access for all employees, accepting an apology and a smoking ban — just some of the things going on at the UW’s peer institutions. Official Notices A hearing on tuition waivers is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 29. Linda Hanlon smoothly blends communication and creativity The Visitors Information Center coordinator refers to it as the "Center of the Univers-ity" (with apologies to Fremont for borrowing its phrase), and talks about redirecting people "who can't find their way out of the garage." Award-winning nonfiction writer David Laskin will speak on Nov. 16 Winning the Maxine Cushing Gray Visiting Writers Fellowship at UW Libraries came as a surprise to nonfiction writer and Washington State Book Award recipient David Laskin. But he’s delighted, and will discuss his writing on Nov. 16. Author, illustrator present ‘Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway’ From suburban T. rexes to Eocene killer pigs, learn about the wacky discoveries of illustrator Ray Troll and paleontologist Kirk Johnson at a reading and signing of their new book, Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway, on Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Burke. Save money with the UW Discount Program — it’s new, and growing The UW has contracted with a nationwide third-party discount management company called Motivano, which offers a Smart Savings plan to help employees cut costs. Genetic counselor Robin Bennett lauded with local, national honors Senior Genetic Counselor Robin Bennett has been honored on both the local and national levels in recent months. Hood elected to all three National Academies Leroy Hood, UW affiliate professor of genome sciences, immunology, and bioengineering, has joined an elite group of people who have been elected to all three National Academies. Beth Ebel takes helm of Harborview Injury Prevention Center Dr. Beth Ebel, UW associate professor of pediatrics, is the new director of the Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC). Rosenblatt wins Physicians for Social Responsibility award The Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) presented the 2007 Malcolm Peterson Award to Dr. Roger A. Rosenblatt. Horvath and Shugerman receive Courage to Teach Award UW faculty members, Karen Horvath and Richard Shugerman, have received one of the highest awards granted to residency program directors. Debra Schwinn honored for research excellence Debra Schwinn, UW professor and chair of anesthesiology, has been awarded the American Society of Anesthesiologists Award for Excellence in Research. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!