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VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4 |
 UW Mourns Death of Former Engineering Dean Denice Denton
Denice Denton, who was dean of the UW College of Engineering from 1996 to 2005, died June 24 in San Francisco in an apparent suicide. She was chancellor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, at the time of her death. Colleagues at the University remember Denton not only for her fierce passions and outstanding leadership, but for her ready wit, warmth and compassion. A memorial Web site at the UW includes tributes from faculty, staff and former students.
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Provost Names New Leaders for Undergraduate Education
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| Ed Taylor (left) and Eric Godfrey |
The transformation of UW undergraduate education took another step forward June 23 as Provost Phyllis Wise announced two appointments: Eric Godfrey as vice provost for student life and Ed Taylor, '94, as vice provost and dean of undergraduate academic affairs. Both have deep UW connections: Godfrey has spent 25 years in student affairs and development while Taylor is a professor in the College of Education and an alumnus.
Eric Godfrey biography...
Ed Taylor biography...
Chasing the Blues Away: Brief Intervention Reduces Symptoms of Depression
Taking a page from the treatment book on alcohol abuse, UW researchers successfully tested a brief, low-cost intervention to deal with depression, the No. 1 mental health problem in the United States. Students with mild depression who received the treatment reported a 20 percent reduction in the severity of their symptoms one month later, compared with an 8 percent drop for the group that was not treated.
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Cool History: Study Shows Our Ancestors Survived 'Snowball Earth'
About 2.3 billion years ago, you didn't have to worry about global warming. At that time our planet was encased in ice that may have been more than a half-mile deep. It was around that same time that Earth's atmosphere finally had enough oxygen to support life as we know it. But these two events complicate the timing for life on our planet - did it come before "Snowball Earth" or did it evolve when the snowball began to melt? New research into "molecular fossils" shows some organisms existed 50 million to 100 million years before that ice age and somehow did survive.
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Panic Disorder Difficult to Diagnose but Very Treatable, Says UW Psychiatrist
Panic disorder is fairly common and can cause frightening symptoms that resemble those of heart, respiratory and gastrointestinal problems, according to a review by a UW psychiatrist in the June 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. But even though it can be difficult to diagnose, panic disorder is very treatable and most patients can be cured within just four to eight weeks.
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Dawgs on Deck: Alumni Receive Discount to M's Game Aug. 5
Join your fellow alumni for a special day at Safeco Field to watch the Mariners take on the Oakland A's Saturday, Aug. 5. The game between American League West rivals begins at 1 p.m. The Mariners are offering UW alumni discounted tickets - $10 for View Reserved seats and $30 for Field seats. UW Physicians is providing special purple-and-gold baseball caps and a few lucky alumni association members will win a raffle to sit in the UWAA suite. To receive the ticket discount, please send a blank e-mail to uwalumnigroup@seattlemariners.com. Within two days you will receive a reply with a Web link to purchase tickets.
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July Career Fair Helps Alumni in Business, Tech, Manufacturing
Alumni looking for new career opportunities can schedule "face time" with employers in such fields as engineering, information technology, sales, business management and manufacturing at the July 20 UW/Pacific NW Tech Career Fair, a first-time event on the Seattle campus organized by the UWAA in partnership with Pacific NW Tech and the UW Center for Career Services. It will be held from 3-7 p.m. Advanced registration is required for both employers and job-seekers.
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