UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     Kathy Sauber Come aboard at the Henry From left, Erin Weible, Whitney Ford and Karyn Gregory pose with one of the props available in a photo booth at this Friday’s Henry Open House at the Henry Gallery. Weible and Gregory are recent UW alumni who work for the Henry, and Ford is a member of SHAG, the Student Henry Advisory Group, the photo booth’s sponsor. It’s just one of the activities planned for the Open House, which participants are encouraged to attend in costume. Festivities for the general public are from 8 to 11 p.m. Admission is $10, $6 for students and seniors. Find out more at www.henryart.org. VOLUME 26, NUMBER 9   |   11/20/2008  –  12/3/2008  |   UWEEK.ORG Name that dog, part two The UW launched a second and final round of online voting this week for the permanent name for its live dog mascot. The choice has been narrowed down to three — Dubs, Spirit and Sundodger — and you can vote for your favorite. Track your fitness, environmental impact with new cell phone applications Researchers at the UW and Intel have created two new cell phone applications, dubbed UbiFit and UbiGreen, to automatically track workouts and green transportation. The programs display motivational pictures on the phone’s background screen that change the more the user works out or uses eco-friendly means of transportation. New member of UW Emergency Management creates sessions on disaster response Preparing a disaster plan is an individual as well as a corporate concern, says Siri-Elizabeth McLean, the new plans and training manager for UW Emergency Management. Stephen E. Hanson selected as vice provost, UW Office of Global Affairs Stephen Hanson, the Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Political Science, has been named vice provost in the Office of Global Affairs, effective Jan. 5. The office provides leadership and strategy for the University’s increasing work beyond the United States. UW has 1,100 more students than predicted Undergraduate students returned to the UW this fall in numbers well above what was expected, resulting in the Seattle campus having about 1,100 students more than predicted and authorized under the state budget for the UW. School of Drama peeks behind the Iron Curtain with powerful comedy, ‘The Quick-Change Room’ The UW School of Drama presents The Quick-Change Room: Scenes from a Revolution, Nagle Jackson’s hilarious and powerful backstage comedy about a Russian theater group transforming itself from the Communist economy to capitalism. The play runs Dec. 1-14 in the Penthouse Theatre. The sounds of singing: Opera, chorales, chamber singers and CarolFest coming from School of Music The sounds of singing will herald fall’s transition into the holiday season at the School of Music. Voices will be lifted in several ways in coming days — in opera, songs of autumn, choral works on nature and, of course, the annual holiday CarolFest. School of Music ensembles present jazz, percussion and more Ensembles will rule in instrumental presentations in coming days from the School of Music. Percussion and jazz ensembles will perform, and the Wind Ensemble will team with the symphonic and concert bands for an evening of music. Jacob Lawrence Gallery presents ‘Works on Paper + Small 3D’ The Jacob Lawrence gallery will present an exhibition featuring student works on paper and small 3D from Nov. 26 to Dec. 13. The show was curated by Kris Anderson, gallery manager, and juried by Michael Darling, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Seattle Art Museum. Stress hinders rats’ decision-making abilities Feeling stressed out? Don’t make any major decisions. A UW study shows that rats performed poorly in a maze after being exposed to uncontrollable stress. Pinning down the fleeting Internet: Web crawler archives historical data for easy searching The Internet contains vast amounts of information, much of it unorganized. But what you see online at any given moment is just a snapshot of the Web as a whole — many pages change rapidly or disappear completely, and the old data gets lost forever. But with a new application called Zoetrope, anyone will be able to use easy keyword searches to find archived Web information or look for patterns over time. Etc.: Campus news & notes The ACLU honors Hubert Locke with its 2008 William O. Douglas Award, and many in the UW community noted as “Top Contributors to the Asian Community” by Northwest Asian Weekly. Class Notes: Students’ work flies high in rockets class Students build and launch high-power rockets, aiming to crack the sound barrier and reach near-space, in a class that is — literally — rocket science. Official Notices Campus blood drives, a Board of Regents meeting, volunteers needed for a breast cancer study, and a proposed renovation of Lewis Hall. Dennis Lang: The activist behind disability studies at the UW Dennis Lang, who was a founding influence behind the Disability Studies Program, now has a student scholarship fund in his name. Students make holiday papers from wheat straw, giant reed grass instead of wood When a College of Forest Resources student group manufactured holiday papers on campus as a fundraising project recently, they did it without wood pulp, the most common material used to make paper products. Tapping librarians, researchers aim beyond Google toward credibility Reference Extract is a new international effort to build more credible Web searches based on vetting by librarians around the world, and Michael Eisenberg, a professor and former dean at the UW School of Information, is a lead researcher on the project. Special Collections exhibit will include Bagley, Mercer family memorabilia Illustrated letters about military life, written impressions of 19th century life in the Northwest, news clippings and photos are all part of an exhibit of new donations from the Mercer, Bagley and Jenner families set to go up at the UW Libraries’ Special Collections in early December. UW, volunteers join forces trying to save Washington's imperiled plants Volunteers for the Washington Rare Plant Care and Conservation program sometimes have to clamber up steep ridges and face winds up to 50 miles per hour, but they persevere — all in the cause of collecting seeds to help preserve rare plants. Free energy assessments offered for 20 Seattle-area businesses The Industrial Assessment Center at the UW is offering free energy assessments for small and medium local businesses. The center, in its third year of providing assessments, has already made recommendations that could save local companies on average nearly $64,000 a year. Yes you can: Carlson Center seeks 2009 MLK Jr. Day of Service project leaders The Carlson Center is inviting UW faculty and staff to be project leaders for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Jan. 19, 2009. Financial Crisis: Perspectives from the UW Three UW faculty members will discuss the ongoing world economic troubles at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24, at Town Hall, in an evening presented by the UW and the Town Hall Center for Civic Life. Mammals rule at Burke Museum Family Day Nov. 22 Experts from the Burke Museum and beyond will share knowledge and more than 100 mammal specimens at the Meet the Mammals family event Nov. 22. Panel of scholars looks at religion as promoter of human rights, peace On Thursday, Dec. 4, three religious scholars — one Jewish, one Muslim and one Christian — explain the ways in which religions and associated texts may be used to promote peace and human rights throughout our world. The program is at 6:30 p.m. in 220 Kane. A commitment to the CFD, even from a temporary staffer A Combined Fund Drive campaign official has her own story of becoming a client of one of the CFD agencies. A conversation with School of Nursing Dean Marla Salmon Dean Marla Salmon talks about her career path and her vision for the UW School of Nursing. Bio-Molecular Imaging Center gives researchers unique view of diseases and conditions UW's center works closely with researchers to tailor magnetic resonance imaging to specific medical research needs. Study finds that having a big heart is not always a good thing UW researchers find that biomechanical stress on the heart can induce cellular response that enlarges heart muscle cells. UW Medicine clinics, medical centers participate in community checkup report Community Checkup measures health care quality in Puget Sound clinics and hospitals. Harborview legend Michael Copass begins leadership transition Michael Copass, renowned for his contributions to the field of emergency medicine, has retired as director of Emergency Services at Harborview. Beyond ballet. Alonzo King's LINES Ballet creates dance works that strip ballet of its traditional formalities and push it into intriguing, new territory. The group will perform Long River, High Sky for its UW World Series performance. 8-10 p.m., Meany Hall. Meet the mammals. Discover the diversity of mammals, ranging from shrews to whales. Talk to mammalogists, touch bones, pelts, horns, and antlers, and see amazing specimens including enormous whale skulls! It's all part of Family Day at the Burke. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Burke Museum. Financial crisis: Perspectives from the UW. Three UW faculty members -- Jonathan Karpoff, Lew Mandell and David Domke -- discuss the ongoing world economic troubles, and KUOW's Steve Sher moderates. 7:30 p.m. Town Hall. Choral evening. The University Chorale and Chamber Singers, the UW's premiere choral groups, join up for an evening of choral excellence. 7:30 p.m., Meany Theater. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!