Faculty News: 2006-07 Academic Year

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Spring Quarter 2007

Distinguished Research Award

May 2007—Congratulations to Anthony D'Costa , who has won this year's UWT Distinguished Research Award . Anthony, a political economist, is one of the founding faculty in the IAS Program at UWT. "Anthony has attained a national and international stature as one of the foremost experts on the intertwined cultural, political, and economic dynamics of globalization." "Anthony D'Costa's empirically based international research involves him actively in a broad network of professional, business, and local communities, resulting in requests and opportunities at all levels flowing from India, East Asia, and the US [both locally and nationally]."

John Banks to host seminar at IGERT Colloquium

May 2007—John “Buck” Banks will give an invited seminar in mathematical biology entitled “Ecotoxicology & insect population dynamics – beyond matrix models“ in the Ecosystems Informatics IGERT Colloquium, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon in June 2007. He also recently published several articles in collaboration with colleagues from Washington State University, North Carolina State University, Jaglellonian University (Kraków, Poland), and USDA-ARS in Hilo, HI

Winter Quarter 2007

Going down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, King's Last Campaign

Feb 2007—The Center for Multicultural Education, at the University of Washington, cordially invites you and your colleagues to a book talk with featured speaker, Michael K. Honey, IAS Professor of African American, Ethnic and Labor Studies, and American History. The event is scheduled for Friday, February 23, 2007 at the HUB (Husky Union Building), Room 310, from 11:00AM to 12:30PM. A book signing will follow the lecture. To attend, please RSVP by February 10, 2007.

Autumn Quarter 2006

No News to report at this time

Summer Quarter 2006

The Real Jurassic Park

June 2006—Find out about the Geology and Paleontology course "The Real Jurassic Park" that took place in southwest England in summer 2006. For more information about the course, including details of future course offerings, contact Dr. Sian Davies-Vollum.

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