October 31, 2001
UW consolidates departments to form Department of Genome Sciences
The UW Board of Regents, at its Oct. 19 meeting, approved the consolidation of the Department of Genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Molecular Biotechnology in the School of Medicine. The merger creates the new Department of Genome Sciences in the School of Medicine.
October 30, 2001
University of Washington to study use of medications by pregnant women
The University of Washington National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health is conducting new research into how drugs are handled in the body by pregnant women, a field which according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deserves more attention. The FDA is providing $150,000 for the research to identify the doses that will provide the greatest benefit and the least risk for the mother and her baby. Dr. Mary Hebert, associate professor in the UW Department of Pharmacy, Dr. Tom Easterling, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Dr. Gail Anderson, associate professor in pharmacy and pharmaceuticals, will be conducting the study evaluating a high blood pressure medication commonly prescribed for pregnant women.
October 29, 2001
When sperm whales talk, UW researcher listens
When sperm whales talk, Michael Dougherty listens. Not only that, the University of Washington researcher and electrical engineering doctoral student can recognize the voice and tell you exactly which whale is speaking.
October 25, 2001
Vedder assumes leadership of Plastic Surgery Division
Dr.
UW researchers examine data on uterine rupture
Women who’ve had a Caesarean and who later attempt to deliver by labor are more likely to suffer a uterine rupture than women who go on to have a repeat Caesarean delivery, according to a UW study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Hormone therapy and cancer: Public Health’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture features Noel Weiss speaking on a quarter-century of studies
Questions about cancer have been linked, almost from the beginning, to the use of hormone replacement therapy for women after menopause.
Cell signaling pathways: ‘Wnt’ family of genes governs important cell functions from zebrafish to humans
By Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
A visitor to Dr.
While poisonings of young children decline, teen self-inflicted cases increase
A significant number of teenagers continue to be admitted to hospitals for poisoning from inappropriate use of medications, or, for children younger than 12, for the ingestion of non-medications, according to an article bu UW researchers in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
New techniques can keep arteries open longer
For years, it seemed like a rite of passage, like a first car or a first grandchild.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Earl Davie Building
ZymoGenetics, a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of protein therapeutics, in September celebrated the naming of its second building in honor of Dr.
Office of Management Accounting and Analysis
Name and title of unit head: Jane Wiseman, director
Unit’s location: Gilman Building, 4725 30th Ave.
She helps new moms, kids
The Combined Fund Drive runs through Nov.
Ethnic Cultural Center shows off a new look
The Ethnic Cultural Center and Theater are reopening, ready to meet the rigors of the 21st century but still deeply rooted in their history.
Myth-busters: Truth about children’s development uncovered for youth coaches
Call them the myth-busters.
Online form to ease payroll information
Soon the campus will watch the PAF go “Poof.
The Home Front: Grassroots response answered highest calling
Since Sept.
New program to serve needs of very capable students statewide
Very capable, academically talented students statewide will be eligible for admission to the University after their sophomore year in high school thanks to a program being created through the Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars.
Staff Profile: His house of horrors
By Steve Hill
University Week
This is no ghost story.
Computer more than super pencil, Design Machine Group says
They sound like games: Digital Sandbox, Mouse Haus, Electronic Cocktail Napkin, Navigation Blocks, Space Pen.
Grant, software bolster area planning
Researchers at the UW have won more than $5 million in federal grants to create software with unprecedented abilities to help Puget Sound and other regions tackle such vexing problems as gridlock, sprawl and pollution.
Mystery photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
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WOMEN IN SCIENCE: Suzanne Brainard, executive director of the Center for Workforce Development, has been honored with the Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award.
Tennis Challenge nets $1.4 million
The Schick Xtreme III Tennis Challenge drew a capacity crowd to Key Arena on Oct.
Sounds of the season
Music majors Kris Knien and John Meier warm up at the Littlefield organ for the annual Halloween concert, to be presented tomorrow in the Walker-Ames Room, Kane.
Digital ‘factory’ invents tools that can unlock designers’ creativity
They sound like games: Digital Sandbox, Mouse Haus, Electronic Cocktail Napkin, Navigation Blocks, Space Pen.
October 24, 2001
2001 autumn quarter enrollments at the University of Washington
The University of Washington’s Seattle campus enrollment for autumn quarter 2001 is 37,412, including 838 students in the Evening Degree Program. The number is about 3.5 percent higher than last year’s headcount of 36,139.
Blame North America megafauna extinction on climate change, not human ancestors
Even such mythical detectives as Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot would have difficulty trying to find the culprit that killed the mammoths, mastodons and other megafauna that once roamed North America.
October 23, 2001
2001 Autumn Quarter Enrollments
The University of Washington’s Seattle campus enrollment for autumn quarter 2001 is 37,412, including 838 students in the Evening Degree Program.
Hospitals, Health Departments Prepare for Possible Bioterrorism
Yesterday, at a more-than-capacity meeting sponsored by Harborview Medical Center, the Washington State Hospital Association, and the Central Region Trauma Council, hospital and health department leaders continued their preparations for dealing with bioterrorism. More than 400 people attended the meeting, which was also broadcast via live feed to several locations and taped for later distribution to other hospitals and health departments statewide.
October 22, 2001
Publisher to address business leaders, UW faculty and alumni on future of Internet gold rush
Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard, one of the nation’s most influential technology journalists, will deliver the keynote address Thursday at the University of Washington Business Leadership Banquet.
UrbanSim to pit computer’s ingenuity against gridlock, pollution, sprawl
University of Washington researchers have won more than $5 million in federal grants to create software of unprecedented power and flexibility to help Puget Sound and other metropolitan areas tackle such problems as traffic jams and water pollution.
October 18, 2001
Accessible Information Technology: UW receives $3.5 million grant for national center
By Laurie McHale, CHDD
The UW has been awarded a $3.
Dr. John Olerud talks about his son and baseball
By Craig Degginger
HS News & Community Relations
Dr.
1999 Nobel laureate to present Neurath Lecture
Nobel Laureate Günter Blobel, John D.
New imaging has not reduced unneeded surgery for appendicitis
By Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations
Although more diagnostic tools are available now than ever, there has been no improvement in the rate of misdiagnosis of appendicitis during the last decade, according to UW researchers.
Two UW faculty members elected to Institute of Medicine
Two University of Washington professors are among 60 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine this week.
Volunteer gives gift of food
Editor’s Note: The Combined Fund Drive runs through Nov.
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Lecture focuses on World Trade Center
New York World Trade Center: Reflections on the Engineering and Thoughts About the Future is the title of a lecture scheduled for 4 p.
MacDonald to join Burke Nov. 1
Next month the Burke Museum will be welcoming a new director.
Grant to promote women in science, engineering
The University of Washington has received a $3.
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