UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Kathy Sauber Ready for another century Clark Hall, longtime home of the UW’s Army, Navy and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), looks the same outside but it’s almost a brand new building on the inside, thanks to a major renovation overseen by the Capital Projects Office. Built in 1896, Clark is now ready for another century of service. Read our story here. VOLUME 26, NUMBER 22   |   4/9/2009  –  4/15/2009  |   UWEEK.ORG Increased transit costs lead to U-PASS and parking rate increase proposals In order to continue the U-PASS program in the face of unprecedented transit cost increases, Commuter Services is proposing parking and U-PASS rate changes. Comments on the proposed rate increases can be made in person at a public hearing from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, in 310 HUB. Pianist Boris Berman to perform April 16 Boris Berman, professor of piano at Yale University, will perform works by Chopin and Debussy in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, in Brechemin Auditorium. Spring BFA shows to open at Lawrence gallery The Jacob Lawrence Gallery will present shows by graduating BFA students from the School of Art in exhibits running from April 15 to May 2 and May 13 to 30. Violist Susan Gulkis Assadi to lead master class April 17 Susan Gulkis Assadi, principal violist with the Seattle Symphony, will lead a master class with students of faculty violist Melia Watras at 1:30 p.m., Friday, April 17. Celebrating 25 years of penguin research with new Center for Penguins as Ocean Sentinels In 1982 Dee Boersma began making friends with the Magellanic penguins who hang out at Punta Tombo on Argentina's southern Atlantic Coast, and data from that first research season was compiled in her UW lab the following spring.The biology professor celebrated 25 years of data from the colony on Saturday with an open house in her Kincaid Hall laboratory followed by special presentations at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Ice-free Arctic Ocean possible in 30 years, not 90 as previously estimated New research shows that the Arctic might be ice-free in summer decades sooner than had been estimated — in as few as 30 years, instead of by the end of the 21st century. DEIMOS joins MARS and its satellite of instruments on seafloor The planet Mars has a moon named Deimos, so it seems only appropriate that the ocean observatory MARS in Monterey Bay have its own DEIMOS. This DEIMOS, however, is an underwater acoustic package designed to monitor movements of fish and zooplankton. Our story is illustrated with Phobos, er, that is, photos. Etc.: Campus news & notes Susan Eggers honored by the Association for Computing Machinery and a return to grass near Frosh Pond. Organization of the week: UW Photographers Group Campus shutterbugs have a chance to gather with others at meetings of the UW Photographers Group. No special skills required — just an abiding interest in taking pictures. Newsmakers Penguins and global warming, using real locations in novels, problems of the postal service, the popularity of marijuana, the importance of class size and caffeine and cancer are the some of the subjects UW researchers have been quoted on in the press recently. UWT prof transcends art world to bring the world into her art Artist Beverly Naidus’ latest book, Arts for Change: Teaching Outside the Frame, explores the motivations and challenges of teaching socially engaged arts in a university setting. It’s the work of a woman who says, “I have to be teaching.” Motulsky honored for lifetime of pioneering work in medical genetics The American College of Medical Genetics fetes Arno Motulsky, founder of the Division of Medical Genetics, for his body of work. Rats’ underpants bring about human t-shirts, with a few laughs along the way Friday Harbor Post-doc Michael “Moose” O’Donnell makes amusing t-shirts out of illustrations in scientific studies. UW lands impressive finish in Putnam mathematics competition A combination of raw talent and skilled coaching has landed UW mathematics undergraduates an unprecedented finish in the 2008 Putnam competition, whose results were recently announced. Sophomore William Johnson placed sixth among about 3,700 competitors and two other UW students — senior Nate Bottman and freshman Keyun Tong — finished in the top 500 published scores. Pharmacy professor receives prestigious biotechnology award Rodney Ho, the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Professor of Pharmaceutics, is being honored with the 2009 Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology Award. Elkon receives lupus research award Keith Elkon, head of the Division of Rheumatology, is honored by the Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research. UW Medical Center expansion project reroutes Health Sciences Express shuttles Due to the UW Medical Center expansion project, there will be changes to shuttle services, effective Wednesday, April 15. Student teams win cash for finding solutions to real-world environmental problems What do you get when you combine engineers, entrepreneurs and environmental experts? A host of innovative, clean-tech solutions to real-world environmental problems and the business plans to back them up. That’s what happened in the UW’s first Environmental Innovation Challenge. Two student-organized panels to discuss the economic crisis April 14 and May 4 The Financial Meltdown: Where Did It Come From? Can We Fix It? Can We Prevent It From Happening Again? will be held on April 14. Then The Economic Crisis and the Arts: How do Scholars in Different Art Disciplines Look at the Same Problem? will be held on May 4. Lecture considers climate change effects on PNW mountain snow Temperature inversions sometimes cause mountain tops to be 10 to 20 degrees C warmer than nearby valleys, making such inversions one of many important variables affecting mountain snow in the Pacific Northwest. That is one of the subjects to be discussed in a talk by Jessica Lundquist on April 23. Symposium focuses on the role of genes in behavior Department of Genome Sciences' annual symposium will explore genes and behavior, April 30. Healthy Aging Lecture: Growing Old Doesn’t Mean Sleeping Poorly, April 16 UW School of Nursing sponsors free public lecture on sleep and aging Thursday, April 16. ‘Early Bloomers’ kicks off the garden season The Arboretum Foundation’s annual Early Bloomers Plant Sale returns from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 11. Nearly 500 student employees help power UW Libraries For every student you see staffing the front desk at Odegaard or shelving books at Suzzallo, there are dozens more working behind the scenes to ensure UW Libraries run smoothly. The Libraries hold a student appreciation week every spring quarter, which culminates in a ceremony to award 10 student employees with $1,000 scholarships. New high-tech classroom links campuses for dental education A new classroom in the Health Sciences Center is linking dental students and instructors at the UW to students in Spokane, thanks to some technology designed and installed by staff at UWTV. It’s all part of the RIDE program, which stands for Regional Initiatives in Dental Education. Student pianists. UW music students perform on piano in this installment of the Brechemin Piano Series. (7:30 p.m., Brechemin Auditorium.) Alison Weir speaks. Controversial journalist Alison Weir is executive director of "If Americans Knew," a think tank focusing on Israel and Palestine and specializing in media analyses. Weir's talk will include a description and photographs of her travels in the Middle East area as a reporter, and a short video. Her title is "What the Media Leaves Out." (6:30 p.m., North Creek Cafe, UW Bothell.) Annual pow wow. First Nations at the UW presents its 38th annual Pow Wow, Friday through Sunday, April 10, 11 and 12. Grand entries, featuring processions and dances, will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 1 p.m. Sunday. (Friday through Sunday, Bank of American Hec Edmundson Pavillion.) Beyond poverty. Alice O'Connor, professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and teaches and writes on poverty, wealth, social and urban policy and inequality. She will explore what contemporary scholars can learn from their Progressive-era counterparts in a talk titled "Beyond the Poverty Paradigm: Social Research and Political Imagination in Two Eras of Progressive Reform." (3-4:30 p.m., Parrington Hall Forum.) BFA art. The opening reception for Ceramics + Photography, the capstone exhibition for graduating BFA students. The exhibit will run in the School of Art's Jacob Lawrence Gallery until May 2. The gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. (4-6 p.m., Jacob Lawrence Gallery.) Meet David Robinson. This coffee grower, social activist, founder of Sweet Unity Farms and co-founder of the Mshikamano Farmers Group in Tanzania, will share his commitment to challenging the contradiction of rural poverty within the multi-billion dollar coffee industry by developing a direct trade model wherein economic growth and human development move forward together. (7 p.m., 210 Kane.) Career fair. The annual UW Seattle Spring Career Fair, the largest general career fair on campus, brings more than 100 employers to campus who are looking to hire for internship and full-time entry-level opportunities. (3-7 p.m., HUB Ballroom.) Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!