How did these bones get so clean?
Jim Kenagy with bones from Woodland Park Zoo’s Gertie the Hippo, cleaned by the Burke’s flesh-eating beetles. The hardworking insects help prepare specimens for scientific study at the Burke. | Photo by Mary Levin. Read more.
 NEWS RELEASES
 International law permits abusive fathers custody of children
A new survey of court cases against battered women living abroad shows that when the women left their abusive partners and returned with their children to the United States, half of the time, U.S. courts sent the children back, usually to their fathers.
UW Medicine to expand use of Microsoft Amalga to support clinical, translational research
Based on a successful two-year technology pilot program, UW Medicine will expand its use of Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System. The data aggregation platform will support multiple clinical and research initiatives.
 NSF awards $3.5 million to prepare math teachers for diverse classrooms
UW Tacoma is part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation to transform how K-8 mathematics teachers can be trained as they face classrooms in which many students are not native English speakers.
 New research shows rivers cut deep notches in the Alps’ broad glacial valleys
New research shows that notches carved by rivers at the bottom of glacial valleys in the Swiss Alps survive from one glacial episode to the next, protected in part by the glaciers themselves.
ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS
 UW Medicine CEO Dr. Paul Ramsey to give annual address Jan. 31
Dr. Paul G. Ramsey will discuss the challenges ahead as well as major developments in the past year at UW Medicine.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
 From Beaux-Arts to Bauhaus: Old student architectural drawings displayed at Allen Library
Some of the best examples of UW architecture student drawings from 1914 to 1947 are on display in Allen Library until March 12.
 Master class Dec. 11 an inside look at bass auditions
Jordan Anderson, principal bass of the Seattle Symphony, will give a master class at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, in Brechemin Auditorium.
University Symphony concert features violinist Ronald Patterson
Jonathan Pasternack conducts the University Symphony Friday, Dec. 10 in a performance of works by Stravinsky, Ravel, Massenet, and Tchaikovsky. Violinist Ronald Patterson will be featured on Ravel’s Tzigane.
BUILDING & GROUNDS
 ‘Doomed’ Cavalier Apartment building makes excellent training site
The UW’s Pre-Entry Assessment Team and area firefighters use the soon-to-be-demolished Cavalier Apartments for training scenarios.
Working in a construction zone: Hall Health continues serving clients
Despite working within a construction site, the staff of Hall Health Center have managed to meet with every client, student or non-student, who needed care with only a slight increase in the number of complaints about the center’s environment.
 The life and times of Denny the red-tailed hawk
The story of a juvenile hawk who hangs around Savery Hall and doesn’t mind eating a little crow from time to time.
 Flowers, cookies, Twister: It wasn’t your usual Coke machine
Students may have wondered what the extra Coke machine was doing in By George on Friday, Dec. 3. Then it came alive and started handing out prizes.
HONORS & AWARDS
School of Pharmacy honored for service to the community
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy has named the UW School of Pharmacy the winner of the 2010-11 Transformative Community Service Award.
NEWS ROUNDUPS
Etc. : Campus News & Notes
The Henry Art Gallery helps the ‘History Detectives’ solve a mystery; an art installation gets new life advertising the Burke Museum; an exhibit of art by Kazimierz Poznanski; four from Facilities Services celebrate 25 years of service each; and the College of Education notes three alums at the helm of Washington state two-year schools.
 Teen Feed, a CFD choice: Continuing a tradition of generosity
The folks at UW Advancement just can’t look away from the challenges of homeless youth in the University District. So they’re helping out, serving free meals in partnership with Teen Feed, a nonprofit agency that’s also a Combined Fund Drive (CFD) choice.
Official notices
The Regents cancel their December meeting; campus blood drives scheduled, and a public hearing on an administrative change in parking.
PROFILES
 UW Medical Center nurse finishes first in 2010 Seattle Women’s Half Marathon
Sheila Croft, a UW Medical Center nurse, was the first woman to cross the finish line during the Women’s Half Marathon, one of the 2010 Seattle Marathon events.
TEACHING
 These women rock — in research and in life
The Women Who Rock Research Project provides courses and cross-academic discussion examining the politics of gender, race and sexuality generated by popular music.
Pharmacy students leave lasting impression on public officials
UW pharmacy students inform public leaders about the expanding role of pharmacists in disease prevention and health promotion.
Information session on Early Entrance Program set for Jan. 5
Students, parents and teachers of middle-school aged children are invited to learn more about the Transition School/Early Entrance Program at the UW at an information session on Wednesday, Jan. 5.
UW & THE COMMUNITY
 Tackling new terrain: climate change and global health
A new initiative could position the University of Washington as a major player in addressing global health and environmental issues arising from climate change.
![[object Object]](http://engage.washington.edu/images/content/pagebuilder/16230.jpg) PBS invites college students to ‘Get on the bus’
PBS is looking for students to take part in a re-enactment of the “Freedom Riders” of 1961 to promote a new documentary, and students are invited to apply.
Information School to host international iConference 2011
Researchers from 28 information schools around the world and members of the Seattle business community will meet Feb. 8 to 11 in Seattle for iConference 2011.
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