UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Vicky Palm Just ducky Six mallard ducklings relax on the ramp built to help them get in and out of Frosh Pond. Read our story about how faculty and staff helped them survive here. VOLUME 26, NUMBER 33   |   7/23/2009  –  8/5/2009  |   UWEEK.ORG Name that phone app What do you call a mobile phone application that gives you the UW directory, an interactive campus map, Husky sports and, yes, University Week? Answer that question and win an iPod Touch. UW study of midlife cognitive changes, services for the blind benefit from federal stimulus money Money from the federal stimulus package is arriving on campus, with more to come. Vanderbilt researcher, clinician named director of UW Autism Center Wendy Stone, a researcher and clinician who has focused on the early identification of and early intervention with children with autism, has been named the new director of the UW’s Autism Center. She will assume her position in May of 2010. Visiting Spanish filmmaker helps students tell their own screen stories A class in filmmaking offered by Spanish and Portugese Studies, along with DXArts, features Spanish director Felix Viscarret, who says, “I believe every person, every filmmaker, tells a story in his own particular way, so in the class I encourage them to experiment and find their voice.” Henry Director Sylvia Wolf curates ‘Inside-Out: Portrait Photographs from the Permanent Collection’ Henry Art Gallery Director Sylvia Wolf used to be a photography curator. Now she’s using her considerable experience to mount an exhibit of about 23 portraits at the Henry. 'You Are Here’ presents then-and-now views at campus AYPE sites You Are Here, a photo exhibit headed by John Stamets and running in room 220 of Architecture Hall, shows about 50 pairs of photos matching vintage AYPE scenes with what that part of the campus looks like now. Even the room where the exhibit is dates back to that famous exposition. This article will self-destruct: A tool to make online personal data vanish The UW has developed a way to make computerized information expire. After a set time period, electronic communications such as e-mail, Facebook posts and chat messages would automatically self-destruct, becoming irretrievable from all Web sites, inboxes, outboxes, backup sites and home computers. Learning is social, computational, supported by neural systems linking people Education is on the cusp of a transformation because of recent scientific findings in neuroscience, psychology and machine learning that are converging to create foundations for a new science of learning. Ancient sea lamprey dramatically transforms its genome UW researchers have discovered that the sea lamprey dramatically remodels its genome as a normal part of its development. National leader in healthy aging comes to UW Nancy Whitelaw, senior vice president of the National Council on Aging, is a visiting scholar at the School of Public Health's Health Promotion Research Center. Screening for childhood depressive symptoms could start in second grade A UW study that followed nearly 1,000 children from the second to the eighth grades found that not only is it possible to screen very young children for depression, but also that there are five distinct patterns for the way symptoms of depression develop among adolescents. Report: School districts should rethink pay bump for teachers with masters degrees A new study coauthored by a UW professor questions whether extra pay for masters-level teacher experience improves student achievement. The report says school districts would be “foolhardy” not to rethink such premium pay levels. Etc: News & notes from around campus A new book by Reinhard Stettler, a Microsoft award for Luis Ceze, Frank Ching gets sketched and complimented, and the UW is named among the top 10 employers in Seattle. UW blog profile: ‘Seattle Backyard Farm’ just plain good reading Some members of the UW community spend portions of their free time writing blogs, and from time to time University Week will feature them. Today, we introduce you to Elizabeth Lowry’s blog on cooking, home farming and buying locally. Disaster tip of the month: What to have right at hand Would you be able to respond immediately to an emergency? Read what’s recommended for storing under the bed or immediately nearby. Newsmakers Your UW colleagues quoted in the national press. Official Notices A biomaterials symposium, a regents meeting, blood drives, reference updates and two environmental impact statements. Four UW faculty win Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers Four members of the UW faculty have received the 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.S. Government to early-career scientists and engineers. 'U.S. News & World Report' ranks UW Medical Center 12th among top hospitals UW Medical Center ranks among the nation's top hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report annual survey. UW Medicine physicians among 'Seattle' magazine's top docs Sixty-five UW faculty members were among the region's top 386 physicians in Seattle magazine's ninth annual top doctors survey. UW lauded by Arbor Day Foundation for tree management, environmental stewardship You knew that the UW was a three-campus university — well now it’s also a tree campus university. The Arbor Day Foundation has dubbed the U-dub “Tree Campus USA” for its excellent forestry management and environmental stewardship. Applied Physics Lab reaches out to middle-schoolers with freewheelin’ ‘Dylan Diatom’ animation After giving lectures on climate change, Mike Steele of the Applied Physics Laboratory thought to ‘use the right side of my brain’ to get the message across to young students. The result is an entertaining animation, The Important Little Life of Dylan Diatom. Last week’s film mystery solved -- Can you help identify the homebuilders in this one? One mystery solved and many more to go — UWeek is helping the UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library identify old films taken from the 1940s through the 1970s, and readers are helping with their comments. Can you help identify this week’s film? A rescue at sea, thanks to the UW's Thomas G. Thompson Robert Hamby was in a deserted part of the ocean, far from any shipping lanes, and his boat was sinking. Lucky for him the UW's research vessel Thomas G. Thompson was in transit from Samoa to Seattle and rescued him. David Williams to read from ‘Stories in Stone’ July 29 at the Burke Natural history writer David Williams reads from his book, Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology, which is about the stones found in buildings, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, at the Burke Museum. Celebrate the Washington Park Arboretum’s 75th anniversary with parties July 30 and Aug. 6 The Arboretum is turning 75 and summer parties are planned to celebrate. There’s hand-crafted ice cream on July 30 and an art exhibit on Aug. 6. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!