SEX& VIOLENCE: The Washington Sea Grant Program and UW assistant professor of zoology Julia Parrish have received a Silver Medal in the national Circle of Excellence Awards Program sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for “Sex and Violence on Tatoosh Island,” a series of nine photo-illustrated field reports from an uninhabited landmass on the Washington coast. Describing Parrish’s Sea Grant-funded research on endangered seabirds, the reports appeared on the Internet Web site of ABC News last summer. The report is available at http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/tatooshisland1_990714.html.

MUSICAL SUMMER: Some faculty from the School of Music will be part of the Seattle Chamber Music Festival this summer. The festival, which has performances July 3-29 at Lakeside School, is directed by cellist Toby Saks. Other UW participants include Maria Larionoff, violin and viola; Barry Lieberman, double bass; Carmen Pelton, soprano; and Craig Sheppard, piano. For ticket information call 283-8710 or see the Web site, http://www.scmf.org. Meanwhile, another music professor, Margriet Tindemans will be playing fiddles and harps at the Medieval Strings concert Saturday, June 24 at Bethany Lutheran Church. For tickets, call 325-7066.

ROWING HIS BOAT: Applied Phyics Lab Engineer Bill Woodman believes in getting up early. Six days a week from 5:30 to 7 a.m. he’s on the water, rowing with the Ancient Mariners Rowing Club. And last month all that work paid off: his crew took first place in the Mixed Masters 8 heat on opening day of boating season. They propelled their shell 2,000 meters in 7 minutes, 10 seconds.

KUDOS: Nancy Blanton, communications manager at Washington Sea Grant, was elected vice president of student affairs for the local chapter of Women in Communications. ¶