UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Mary Levin Halloween a-peel Chris Matsumoto is second banana (assistant principal) at the Experimental Education Unit, but in honor of Halloween he has actually become a banana. With him is his daughter Harper, who is impersonating — what else? — a monkey. Photo by Mary Levin VOLUME 26, NUMBER 6   |   10/30/2008  –  11/5/2008  |   UWEEK.ORG Name that dawg You can help choose a name for the Husky mascot by recording your vote on a special Web site. Danger, massive amounts of data ahead; eScience Institute can help The UW’s new eScience Institute will be launched with a special event from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, in the Microsoft Atrium of the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. The institute is designed to offer a universitywide data analysis capability with expertise in high-performance computing, data management and data discovery. Machala brings spirit of entrepreneurship to UW Janis Machala, a local veteran start-up expert, will be joining UW TechTransfer to lead and expand LaunchPad Services, a three-year old program to help UW faculty and graduate students who want to start their own companies. She’ll also be creating a new program, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, to bring experts from Seattle-area companies to campus. From academic to artist: Richey retires to new career After a full academic career teaching in the School of Social Work, painting called to Cheryl Richey. She made a life change and now paints full-time in retirement. Her work will be shown in the Waters Alive! show by the Women Painters of Washington, opening Nov. 4 at the Columbia Center. Work of 16 photographers featured in HUB Gallery Photos of people are the focus in the UW Photographers Group’s annual show in the HUB Gallery through Nov. 9. Like rest of society, doctors implicitly favor whites over blacks In the first large study to explore possible unconscious bias among physicians, researchers have found that doctors mirror the attitudes of the majority in society and implicitly favor whites over blacks. Scientists find evidence of tsunamis on Indian Ocean shores long before 2004 When a tsunami inundated Indian Ocean coastlines in 2004, many people died — in part because they didn’t know the area’s history. A UW researcher has found evidence of other tsunamis there in the past and argues that knowledge of those events could have helped some 2004 victims recognize warning signs and flee before the waves arrived. Class Notes: Games class combines work and play Videogames are usually thought of as activities that keep students from studying, but in this class, it’s videogames that are the subject of study. Official Notices A Board of Regents meeting, Friday Harbor Laboratories opportunities, Faculty Senate Vice Chair nominations and more. A quilting life: Even after many years, staffer finds comfort in quilts Quilting started as a minor hobby for UW staffer Joan Hanson in the late ‘70s. But hundreds of quilts later, she now has a quilting room instead of a dining room. Common Book event and photo exhibit bring border to life Both Kyla Lackie and Luis Alberto Urrea have the U.S.-Mexican border on their minds. Lackie created a photo exhibit on the area, and Urrea wrote the book that is this year’s Common Book at the UW. EntrepreneurWeek UW features variety of events Nov. 3-7 EntrepreneurWeek UW, aimed at undergraduate and graduate students from any discipline who dream of starting and running successful companies, features business start-ups who’ve made it big, both from UW and outside. ‘In good hands’: Foundation for International Understanding Through Students celebrates 60 years of welcoming newcomers An international student arriving in Seattle is typically very confused by the new environment, but the Foundation for International Understanding Through Students (FIUTS) has been easing the transition for 60 years now. A look behind the veil at sexuality in Islam — second of four in the Centennial Lecture Series Harems or headscarves: Which is the true view of Islamic sexuality? Jonathan A.C. Brown will be discussing that topic in his talk celebrating a milestone for the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization. UW students to work at polling places election day More than 200 UW students will help out at the polls on election day — lending their tech smarts to much older poll workers. And their pay will go to support a UW study abroad program. Rob Brown: Helping make the Combined Fund Drive a success Rob Brown tells why he chooses to serve as chair of the UW Medical Center Combined Fund Drive campaign. UW Bothell hosts two authors at campus library Mary Woodward, author of In Defense of our Neighbors and Kit Bakke, author of Miss Alcott's E-Mail: Yours for Reforms of All Kinds, will speak at UW Bothell this week. Health disparities linked to poor physician communications A new study is the first of its kind to look at the contribution of individual physician practices to racial and ethnic disparities in patients' experiences of care. Somerman affirms School of Dentistry's mission of social responsibility In her annual State of the School address, Dentistry's Dean Martha Somerman said it is crucial to address unequal access to health care. Environmental Health & Safety's VanDusen bids farewell to UW Karen VanDusen, director of Environmental Health & Safety and a pioneer in the field, will retire from the UW next month. UW and WSU researchers target the science behind infectious diseases Dr. Sam Miller, director of the Northwest Regional Center for Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, will discuss some of his latest research as part of Life Sciences Research Week, Nov. 6. Sir David Cox to present Biostatistics' Breslow Distinguished Lecture Seminal statistical thinker Sir David Cox will present the Department of Biostatistics' annual Norman E. Breslow Distinguished Lecture on Nov. 6. Beware! Halloween tooth decay is lurking Joel Berg, chair of Pediatric Dentistry, offers suggestions for avoiding a new crop of cavities. High school students attend UW dental camp The School of Dentistry hosts its annual dental camp to introduce high school students to oral health professions. Is your teenager hiding an eating disorder? UW Medicine & Seattle Public Library Medical Lecture Series presents Rose Calderon, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, who will speak about eating disorders in teens on Nov. 5. Woodstick 2008 to benefit hearing research at UW On Sunday, Nov. 2, drummers in nine cities will attempt a world record to benefit UW's Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!