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January 7, 2010
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HUMAN FUTURES: Peter Ward, 91爆料 professor of Earth and space sciences, crushed some cliches with lively responses in an article about the future of human evolution on the Web site LiveScience.
91爆料 World Series offers dance package at bargain price
The World Series at Meany is offering a package of three performances from its World Dance Series at the bargain price of $75, which is 40 percent off the regular price.
The world on film: See Movies at Kane series offers free international films
A series of 10 films, each from a different country, will be offered Thursday evenings in Kane Hall from Jan.
Say hello to new MFA art students at Lawrence gallery exhibit
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery at the 91爆料 starts the new decade with Introducing, a show featuring the work of the first-year MFA students from the 91爆料 Art Program.
Who is that caped man? New plaque tells the story
Who is that figure on the pedestal below Red Square, looking west to the Olympic Mountains?
It’s George Washington, of course.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
TOPS IN DOGGEREL: Professor of Anthropology Steve Harrell got an award that was out of his field recently.
Libraries reduce journal subscriptions and book orders; budget cuts affect online as well as print materials
In response to significantly reduced funding, the University Libraries has substantially cut subscriptions to journals; many cuts were effective Jan.
School of Drama defers admitting new students to graduate programs due to budget cuts
When school begins in the fall of 2010, the 91爆料 School of Drama will not be welcoming new classes in its graduate acting and design programs.
91爆料 raises a record $2 million in Combined Fund Drive donations
The 91爆料 faculty and staff have contributed more than $2 million to the Combined Fund Drive, the highest 91爆料 total in the 25 years of the statewide workplace donation campaign.
Columbia prof to speak on separation of church and state
Mark Lilla, professor of humanities at Columbia University, will speak at 7:30 p.
Weisband chosen as director for 91爆料 Bothell Business Development Center
Barry Weisband has been named the new director of the Business Development Center (BDC) at 91爆料 Bothell.
Six 91爆料 researchers named Fellows of AAAS
Six 91爆料-affiliated researchers are among 531 new Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Community and mutual support: The Black Faculty and Staff Association
Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the 91爆料 faculty and staff.
Bringing creativity to the banal: Students create benches tailored to their campus sites
A nifty way to make a bench more than just a bench: Give small groups of students in a 91爆料 landscape architecture class $400 apiece and five weeks to design, build and install their creations.
Hoop talk and classic Husky matchups: New sports features come to 91爆料TV
91爆料TV is stepping into the world of 91爆料 sports with new programs featuring commentary from coaches and players, game previews and recaps 鈥� and rebroadcasts of some of the greatest sports matchups in Husky history.
Information session for ninth- and tenth-graders slated Jan. 11
Students, parents and teachers of current ninth and tenth grade students are invited to learn more about the 91爆料 Academy early entrance program at the 91爆料 at an information session on Monday, Jan.
Salmon stars: Help identify this week’s Lost and Found Film
Editor’s Note: The 91爆料 Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
Crane installation a milestone in construction of Molecular Engineering Building
While many in the campus community were taking a break for the holidays, the workers building the Molecular Engineering Building passed a major milestone.
American Hospital Association president calls for more efficient, integrated health care system
Richard Umbdenstock, president, CEO and director of the American Hospital Association (AHA), says we need “a national framework for change” when it comes to U.
Potential genetic links to lung disease risk found
An analysis of data from more than 20,000 people has uncovered several DNA sequence variations associated with impaired lung function.
Re-imagining news.
A three-day, open-ended “unconference” about the future of journalism.
January 5, 2010
First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland
If the orbit of the newly discovered planet is not almost perfectly circular, then the planet might be rocked fierce volcanic eruptions.
January 4, 2010
Toxicants detected in Asian monkey hair may warn of environmental threats
Testing hair from Asian monkeys living close to people may provide early warnings of toxic threats to humans and wildlife, according to a study published online last week in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology.
December 23, 2009
91爆料鈥檚 Dr. Edwin G. Krebs, recipient of 1992 Nobel Prize for discovering biological switch in cells, dies at 91
Dr. Edwin G. Krebs, who shared the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a biological regulatory mechanism in cells, d
December 21, 2009
Air bags not a risk to pregnant women in motor vehicle crashes, study finds
Motor vehicle crashes affect an estimated 32,800 pregnant women each year in the United States.
91爆料 raises a record $2 million in Combined Fund Drive donations
The 91爆料 2009 Combined Fund Drive raised a record amount for charities.
December 19, 2009
Seattle Women’s Chorus.
Joy, laughter and inspiration will fill the air as the angelic (and mighty) voices of the Women’s Chorus melt your holiday cares away with an eclectic program of traditional and very untraditional songs of the season.
December 17, 2009
Scientists witness for first time magma streaming from volcano in deep ocean
For the first time scientists have seen molten lava flowing from a deep-ocean seafloor volcano.
December 15, 2009
Pay attention to that man behind the curtain: Climate Wizard makes large databases of climate information visual, accessible
A Web tool can generate color maps of projected temperature and precipitation changes using 16 of the world’s most prominent climate-change.
Several novel genetic links to lung function in large-scale, multi-institutional study
An analysis of data from more than 20,000 people has uncovered several DNA sequence variations associated with impaired lung function.
Tremors between slip events: More evidence of great quake danger to Seattle
Scientists discover more small seismic tremor events in a megathrust earthquake zone in western Washington and British Columbia.
December 14, 2009
Scientists seek Seattle-area volunteers to host special seismographs
Scientists are hunting for sites in the Seattle area for specially designed seismographs to record moderate to strong urban earthquakes
Of girls and geeks: Environment may be why women don’t like computer science
In real estate, it’s location, location, location.
Low-cost temperature sensors, tennis balls to monitor mountain snowpack
Dime-sized temperature sensors that were first built for the refrigerated food industry have been adapted to sense mountain microclimates.
‘Living in Emergency.’
Doctors Without Borders gave a documentary film crew uncensored access to its field operations in war-torn Congo and post-conflict Liberia.
December 12, 2009
Yulefest!
Celebrate the holiday season with the Columbia Choirs, under the direction of founder Steve Stevens.
December 11, 2009
University Symphony.
Maestro Peter Eros conducts the University Symphony in a performance of a Mozart piano concerto with soloist Craig Sheppard and a symphony by Tchaikovsky.
December 10, 2009
‘One keypad per child’ lets schoolchildren share screen to learn math
Up to four children share a computer screen to do interactive math problems, effectively quadrupling the number of computers available.