Thanks to the workmanship of several tradesmen in Physical Plant the doors on Thomson Hall show off their fine detail better now than they have in years. The doors were completely rebuilt and the decorative brass work restored, according to Wayne Mills, a carpentry lead. New glass was installed to bring the doors up to current safety code. The team working on the doors included Bill Starbird and Steve Schmider, from the sheetmetal shop; Tim Biggs, from the glass shop; Dan Lindsey, Jim Leath, George Guadiz, Rick Bauman and Erik Frolieh, from the carpentry shop; and Jim Sargent, from the paint shop. Schmider was lead on the project.

It’s summertime and the Frisbees are flying.

The stronger polar vortex of the Artic oscillation’s positive phase (top) brings cool winds across eastern Canada, while North Atlantic storms bring rain and mild temperatures to northern Europe and drought conditions prevail in the Mediterranean region. The weaker polar vortex of the negative phase allows cold air to plunge into the midwestern United States and western Europe, and storms bring rain to the Mediterranean.

Students at West Seattle High School analyze DNA sequencing data in a program set up by the UW Department of Molecular Biotechnology.

Summer games at HSC—Steve Gerkey and Patti Harrison, teachers who are participating in the Making Connections Summer Institute at the Health Sciences Center, played a game called “Riskier Business” at a workshop last week. The game, developed in Seattle, is designed to help students think about the consequences of choices they make. In several of the workshops, the teachers worked with this and other learning aids they can use in the classroom. The 1999 Making Connections program concludes this week. Photo by Gavin Sisk

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