Give him a hand Myron Apilado, right, shakes hands with a dancer from the Polynesian Student Alliance (PSA) last Friday. Apilado will retire from his post as vice president for Minority Affairs in June. The group presented Apilado with a plaque and a hula dance during the PSA festival. Photo by Mary Levin PHOTO: ML20010288_21

An artist’s rendition of a nanoengineered enzyme developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory that has potential for the sensitive detection of biological agents. Efforts to develop such materials will be enhanced by the new joint institute between the UW and PNNL. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory illustration

UW students Geoff Piper, second from left and Sam Berry, far right, stand with two of the Cuban volunteers who worked with them to build the Chief Seattle Social Club, a community center in Havana.

Lego Land A visitor to last week’s Engineering Open House finds the robot made of Legos worth exploring. The open house, held Friday and Saturday, featured a variety of hands-on exhibits for schoolchildren and others who came to campus. Photo by Mary Levin PHOTO: ML20010291_27a

Hidaat Ephrem Photo by Mary Levin PHOTO: ML20010290_21a

James Morison, leader of the North Pole Environmental Observatory, works inside a makeshift tent steadying water sample bottles as they are lowered through the ice and into the frigid Arctic Ocean. Below, planes able to land on the ice ferry supplies, equipment and people to the observatory. Photo by Kelly Falkner

Photo by Ron Verrall

Rachel Klevit with some models of protein forms Photo by Gavin Sisk

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Student art projects Art projects created by students in the School of Art have been displayed at several locations in the UW Medical Center this spring. One of them is a more-than-lifesize sculpture, untitled, by Robin Mallory just outside the Plaza Cafe.

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