The UW Medical Center Art Program has mounted an exhibition of color photographs, “Flower Portraits,” by Dr. Karl-Ake Omnell, dean emeritus of the School of Dentistry. The photos are hung in the third floor East Gallery, near the specialty clinics, and can be viewed by the public from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 17.

A “Cancer Kickoff” symposium, sponsored by a new UW student chapter of Team Survivor Northwest, is planned from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 23, in Hogness Auditorium of the Health Sciences Center. Speakers will include Dana Sigley, president of Team Survivor Northwest, a health and fitness program for women affected by cancer, and Dr. Julie Gralow, UW assistant professor of medicine and a breast cancer specialist. Several cancer survivors will share their experiences, and there will be a slideshow of Team Survivor Northwest events and a silent auction. The event is free and open to everyone. For more information, call Katie Binder at (206) 934-3851.

The School of Nursing has just launched a dynamic, database-driven Web site:
http://www.son.washington.edu.
The site integrates updated information about courses, focal areas and upcoming events. A 100-year timeline of nursing education in the state of Washington, featuring many vintage photographs from the school’s early years, will be added to the site soon.

The November issue of Esquire lists the UW School of Medicine’s Department of Molecular Biotechnology as one of 26 “red-hot centers of genius” in a feature the magazine characterizes as “arbitrary and opinionated.”

Dr. William R. Morton, director of the UW’s Regional Primate Research Center and professor of comparative medicine, has been appointed to a four-year term on the National Advisory Research Resources Council. The appointment was made by Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. The council advises the secretary, as well as the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the director of the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), on matters related to development and support of essential health-related research resources.

Chong Porter has been named director of development for the School of Nursing, effective Nov. 1. She previously worked in development for the American Cancer Society, the Seattle Symphony, the Women’s Funding Alliance, and Ryther Child Center. She can be reached at 616-6216.

Dr. Lawrence Robinson, professor of rehabilitation medicine and physiatrist-in-chief at Harborview Medical Center, has received a research award from the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Education and Research Foundation. He received the award for his paper, “Strategies for Analyzing Nerve Conduction Data: Superiority of a Summary Index Over Single Tests,” published in the September 1998 issue of Muscle & Nerve. The foundation sponsors two awards each year for best research paper published by a physiatrist in any peer-reviewed journal.

Share your work! New topics and presenters are needed for the High School Tours Program run by Health Sciences/Medical Affairs News and Community Relations. Most tours are for upper-level science students and classes are divided into groups of 15 for the presentations. Tours are offered the first and third Thursday mornings each month and each presenter has around 20 minutes with the students. If you are interested in learning more, call Julie Collier at 543-3620. ¶