UW News and Information Web     |     UW News     University Week UW News+Community     VOLUME 27, NUMBER 6   |   11/4/2009  –  11/11/2009  |   UWEEK.ORG UW first educational institution to offer mobile tool for BlackBerry devices The UW will be the first educational institution to provide campus information on BlackBerry hand-held devices. The UW’s new m.UW BlackBerry application, similar to the m.UW app launched two months ago for the iPhone, offers course catalogs, campus directories, maps, news, photos and sports scores in a format optimized for that device. Let it snow — but this you should know Last year's snow days generated many questions for Human Resources, so HR has expanded its online information. Read on for information about "essential personnel" as well as information and links. UW’s newly-formed Puget Sound Institute to advise in the clean-up of the Sound The $50 million appropriated by Congress last week to the Puget Sound Partnership for the clean-up of Puget Sound includes $4 million for the UW to launch an institute to provide expert advice about the Sound, based on the best-available science, to the partnership, policy makers and citizens. UW smoothes pathway to three-year bachelor’s degree The UW has announced a new program to make it easier for students entering the University with a high number of advanced placement and/or Running Start credits to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years. It’s called The Husky Advantage. Visiting artist from Korea to perform Nov. 7 in Brechemin Auditorium Ethnomusicology visiting artist Bora Ju will give a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 in Brechemin Auditorium. She will perform works from the Korean sanjo tradition as well as contemporary works on the gayageum (zither), with Peter Joon Park providing accompaniment on the janggu (drum). Special guest Nuri Jeong also performs on the geomungo (a six-string zither). Barry Lieberman presents double bassist Gary Karr, Part II on Nov. 15 Gary Karr, considered by many to be the most iconic double bassist of our time, will return to the School of Music for the second part of an extensive interview with Barry Lieberman at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in Brechemin Auditorium. School of Art faculty photographers display at Benham Gallery Members of the UW School of Art photography faculty will present their work in an exhibit at Seattle's Benham Gallery. PhotoMedia UW: Paul Berger, Rebecca Cummins, Ellen Garvens & Michael Van Horn will run through Dec. 12. Stress-induced changes in brain circuitry linked to low mood and cocaine relapse In studies of rodents, UW researchers have found that repeated stress alters the circuits that regulate serotonin in certain parts of the brain. Circuit changes occurring after social defeat lead to low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking behaviors. Black veterans were vital in the civil rights movement, says book by UW prof African American men who had fought in World War II came home willing to fight for equal rights, a book by Assistant Professor Political Science Christopher Parker argues. Fighting for Democracy: Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White Supremacy in the Postwar South was recently published by Princeton University Press. A CSI investigation, UW style: Help identify this week's Lost and Found Film This week's mystery film features fire investigators at the scene of a blaze, then studying specimens at the UW. But where was the fire, and why was the UW involved? Staffer gets satisfaction in helping others through MS Society Gretchen Littell not only has multiple sclerosis, she participates in MS Society walk and bike events to raise money for others with the same disease. The MS Society is one of 2,800 agencies that receive funding from the Combined Fund Drive. 'University Week' seeks Great American Smokeout participants -- and more, for stories Are you a smoker thinking of taking a break from the habit for the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov. 19? Care to share your misery with Uweek readers? Drop us a line. Official Notices English language courses, breast cancer study volunteers sought, research funding available and calls for exchange programs with Norway and Ljubljana. And a Nov. 19 Board of Regents meeting. A matter of pluck: Staff member Ben Thompson chronicles history's grittiest characters A new book by UW staff member Ben Thompson tells the tales of the toughest characters in history. Small-town pharmacy business plan wins national student competition UW students help a Sequim, Wash., corner-store pharmacy stay open by creating an award-winning business plan. Once the AYPE Hoo Hoo House, the UW Club celebrates its centennial You say there's no free lunch? There is at the UW Club for the 100th customer every day this month as the facility celebrates its 100th year. Help keep the UW green — plant a tree on campus on Nov. 19 Last summer the Arbor Day Foundation named the UW “Tree Campus USA,” making it eligible a $5,000 grant for tree planting that's now in hand. Let the planting begin! Making Music: UW seminar works to build community through the arts Inspired by the Mexican tradition of Fandango, UW graduate students in collaboration with the larger Seattle Fandango Project use music and dancing to build a sense of community. UW Evans School of Public Affairs to collaborate with X Prize Foundation The Evans School of Public Affairs and the X Prize Foundation are launching the X Prize Lab@UW, which will produce new ideas for X Prizes. Powerful documentary to be shown Nov. 6 at the Ethnic Cultural Center The Place of the Falling Waters, a powerful documentary about the Salish and Kootenia tribal histories and the building of the Kerr hydropower dam on Montana's Flathead Lake, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, in the Ethnic Cultural Center. Economist David Cutler will give Nov. 13 Hogness Symposium on Health Care lecture David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University Department of Economics, will give the 19th Hogness Symposium on Health Care lecture Friday, Nov. 13, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Hogness Auditorium, A-420 Health Sciences Center. The title of his lecture is Health Care Reform: The Real Story Video highlights unusual 'art' display illustrating the effects of rising sea level You can watch a new video showing a recent project from the UW Program on Climate Change to demonstrate the many changes to the Puget Sound region expected because of rising sea level. Microsoft’s Craig Mundie to speak today on ‘Rethinking Computing’ Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, will give a lecture titled Rethinking Computing at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 in 120 Kane. Mundy will talk about how software and information technology can help solve today’s most pressing global challenges. Volunteers needed for Dream Project's annual admissions workshop weekend Volunteer tutors are needed Saturday and Sunday, Nov.14 and 15, to help local high school students write competitve college application essays in a workshop called the Dream Project. Antarctic explorer, scientist to speak about ‘Dinosaurs on Ice’ at Burke Dinosaurs on Ice: Jurassic Dinosaurs from Antarctica is the title of a lecture by William Hammer scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 at the Burke Museum. Hammer has been researching fossil vertebrates in Antarctica since 1977. Speaker has plan for path to global sustainability Environmental leader Lester Brown, author of books such as Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge and his latest Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, speaks at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in 130 Kane. The event is free and open to the public. Film and lecture series focuses on 70th anniversary of Spanish Civil War Seventy years after the Spanish Civil War, Spain continues to struggle with the legacy of a war that shattered hopes for a fledgling democracy. A film and lecture series, “Lives, History, Memory: The Spanish Civil War 70 Years After,” will explore the uniqueness of the conflict and the way its legacy has played out. Sponsored by nine UW units, the series begins this quarter and runs through May. Historian to talk about Civil War era ship Nov. 12 Civil War historian Lorraine McConaghy will talk about her new book, Warship under Sail: The USS Decatur in the Pacific West, at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 in the Peterson Room of Allen Library. The lecture is the tenth in a series sponsored by the Department of History and the UW Press with the support of the Emil and Kathleen Sick Endowment Fund Help Cheerful Givers prepare gift bags for tots Nov. 7 Cheerful Givers, the nonprofit group that provides toy-filled birthday bags to low-income children, is having a gift bag-assembling event on Nov. 7 and is looking for volunteers. Postdoc research. The annual Postdoctocal Research Symposium will showcase the important contributions of postdoctoral researchers to the research mission of the University. 2 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Bora Ju. Visiting artist Bora Ju, renowned for her exquisite and bold playing of the gayageum, a traditional Korean zither, performs traditional solo pieces known as sanjo, as well as contemporary works accompanied by Peter Joon Park on janggu drum. 7:30 p.m., Brechemin Auditorium. Littlefield organ. Tamara Still, associate director of music at Portland's Trinity Episcopal Church, performs Marking Time: Music for the Spiritual Journey. The program includes works by Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, James Denman, Nicolas de Grigny, and George Baker. 3 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Finding federal jobs. The UW Career Center presents a workshop on how to find and apply for federal jobs. No registration required. 4:30-6 p.m., 154 Bagley. Medal of Honor Memorial dedication. The dedication of the UW's new Medal of Honor Monument begins with a parade down Memorial Way followed by an address by Gen. Peter Chiarelli, Army vice chief of staff. 10 a.m., southern end of Memorial Way. Dance 'Complexions.' Founded by two Alvin Ailey alumni, this troupe draws inspiration from point to pop and uses a variety of music and media. The choreographers create dance works that reflect their passions for diversity, multiculturalism, and the exploration of the human condition. Making their UW World Series debut. 8-10 p.m., Meany Hall. Dinosaurs on Ice. William Hammer of Augustana College, Ill., has led six expeditions to Antarctica in search of fossils. In this free lecture he will discuss Jurassic dinosaurs, scavenging theropods, a new sauropodomorph, a pterosaur or flying reptile and other Jurassic finds from his over 30 years of research into the secrets of Antarctica. 7 p.m., Burke Museum. Can you guess where this photo was taken? Guess correctly, and you might win a gift certificate to the University Book Store!