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Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra鈥檚 April 17 concert at Meany Hall, a centennial birthday celebration of Count Basie, is a homecoming of sorts for the orchestra, which has strong roots on campus.

What are you afraid of?

That鈥檚 the question the graduating class of the Professional Actor Training Program is asking in its new production, Panaphobia, which opens next week.

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Commencement participation sought
An open invitation to chairs, directors and faculty (Seattle Campus only):

You are invited to participate in the Academic Procession at the 乱伦社区鈥檚 129th Commencement Ceremony, Saturday, June 12, in Husky Stadium.

Stakeholder Forum
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), one of the National Institutes of Health, is holding a meeting in Seattle to solicit input for its future plans in alternative medicine research and other areas.

鈥淐linical Research: Challenges and Controversies鈥� is the title for the annual one-day conference sponsored by the UW School of Medicine in cooperation with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Children鈥檚 Hospital & Regional Medical Center.

The Department of Microbiology will present the first Neal Groman Memorial Seminar at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, in room K-069 of the Health Sciences Building.
The speaker is Dr. R. John Collier, Maude and Lillian Presley professor in Harvard Medical School鈥檚 Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. His topic is 鈥淎nthrax Toxin: Structure, Activity and New Inhibitors.鈥�
In addition to his research on the anthrax toxin, Collier is a major force in the scientific community鈥檚 efforts to combat threats of bioterrorism. He has been a member of several national and international advisory groups, including the Centers for Disease Control鈥檚 Panel on Countering Bioterrorism and the National Academy Committee on Research Standards and Practices to Prevent the Destructive Application of Biotechnology.
Dr. Neal Groman joined the UW Department of Microbiology in 1950 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He taught and conducted research, focusing on diphtheria pathogenesis, at the medical school for nearly 40 years. He died in 2001.

The next program in the series 鈥淭hings Your Mother Never Taught You,鈥� sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Office of Industry Relations, will be at noon, Wednesday, April 14, in Turner Auditorium, room D-209 in the Health Sciences Building.

Throughout the Health Sciences Center, faculty, staff and students are making preparations for the Health Sciences Open House, set for Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24.

MASSIVE MUSIC: Some time ago, University Week featured a story about a UW biostatistician who founded Science Groove, a band of UW employees and friends specializing in educational science songs.

UW Tacoma has named a campus auditorium and an endowed scholarship in honor of Chancellor Vicky Carwein, who leaves the UWT campus April 15.

The Work/Life Resource Center now has information about summer programs for school children of all ages.

The Staff Employment Building at 1320 NE Campus Parkway is being renamed the Staff Human Resources Center.

The UW again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.

Two UW physicists, responding to a new National Science Foundation plan, are preparing a proposal to place a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory beneath the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington.

Many American parents know all too well that they are chronically short of time, or money, or both.

More than 20 individuals and units are being honored this year as part of the annual University-wide awards program.

The economic slowdown that began in 2000 has had very little effect on startup companies with close ties to research at the UW, according to a recent study.

Flushing your pet tropical fish to set it free is a bad idea.

A pair of researchers believes that American families with children would be stunned if they knew what kind of social policies and support 10 Western European nations and Canada offer their working families.

New eligibility verification policies for the Washington State Medicaid program have resulted in 20,615 people 鈥� primarily children 鈥� losing coverage from April through December 2003.

More than 65 exhibitors will demonstrate the latest in research and technology in health sciences and medicine at the 乱伦社区 Health Sciences Open House from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 23, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 24.

Students from universities around the globe will converge in Seattle April 12-17 to compete in the 乱伦社区 Business School’s sixth annual Global Business Challenge.

Two 乱伦社区 physicists, responding to a new National Science Foundation plan, are preparing a proposal to place a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory beneath the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington.

For the 11th consecutive year, the 乱伦社区 School of Medicine has been ranked as the nation鈥檚 top primary-care medical school in U.S.News & World Report鈥檚 annual survey of graduate and professional schools.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

With a title like 50 Years Behind Bars, you might expect a presentation by a very elderly convict.

When Janet Kavandi was pursuing her doctoral degree at the UW, she harbored the same career dream she had when she was growing up in rural Missouri.

Flushing your pet tropical fish to set it free is a bad idea.

Unless you鈥檝e been living under a rock for the past two weeks, you probably know that the UW has found a new president.

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist David Horsey will deliver the commencement address at the 乱伦社区, Tacoma鈥檚 14th annual graduation ceremony on Friday, June 11.