May 2, 2001
New certificate prepares students to lead programs that improve living conditions around the world
Wendy Prosser has met the future of education, and it is both international and interdisciplinary. Specifically, it is the UW’s new graduate certificate program in International Development Policy & Management, which is designed to prepare leaders for humanitarian projects in an increasingly interdependent world.
May 1, 2001
Proteins are vastly more complicated than previously realized
The function of proteins – the workhorses of our bodies – depends on how those proteins are physically folded. Researchers around the world are examining the countless complex structures of proteins and their functions to learn more about therapies for the human body. Protein folding has been compared in complexity to the folding of delicate origami.
Cancer researcher and genome scientist named today to National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) today, May 1, announced the election of its new members. Among those newly elected to NAS are Dr. Mark T. Groudine, director of the Basic Science Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington (UW) professor of radiation oncology, and Dr. Philip P. Green, professor of molecular biotechnology and adjunct professor of computer sciences. The election was held during the 138th annual meeting of the NAS. Membership in the NAS is considered to be among the highest honors accorded to an American scientist or engineer.
April 30, 2001
‘The Art of Book Collecting’ to be discussed June 2
The Friends of the University of Washington Libraries are sponsoring an event, “Passion and Prose: The Art of Book Collecting,” from 2 to 4:30 p.m. June 2 at the Odegaard Undergraduate Library, Room 220.
Authors yank infidelity out of closet: Monogamy appears to be unnatural in the natural world
In a new book called “The Myth of Monogamy,” a husband-wife scientific team contends that monogamy among animals, and humans in particular, may be the exception rather than the rule.
Near light-speed ion collisions create brief, violent explosions
Scientists trying to replicate conditions that existed in the first microsecond after the Big Bang have discovered that gold ions ramming each other at nearly the speed of light produce a surprisingly powerful but unexpectedly brief explosion.
April 29, 2001
UW professor helping create digital replicas of Michelangelo’s sculptures
An exhausted, yet exhilarated, Brian Curless recently returned from Florence, Italy, where he spent two months working as many as 20 hours a day on the first phase of an ambitious effort to create virtual replicas of Michelangelo’s sculptures.
April 27, 2001
Dot-com ideas lose popularity among would-be entrepreneurs
This year’s University of Washington Business Plan Competition, continuing through May 14, is no longer dominated by Internet company ideas as in years past.
April 25, 2001
Professor’s new book seeks to rewrite understanding of cell biology
Most of what you think you know about cells may be wrong.
April 24, 2001
Most-serious greenhouse gas is increasing, international study finds
Scientists know that atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide have risen sharply in recent years, but a study released today in Paris reports a surprising and dramatic increase in the most important greenhouse gas — water vapor — during the last half-century.
UW students build Chief Seattle Social Club in Havana
American students abroad, as the stereotype goes, soak up atmosphere and dig into local cuisine.
April 20, 2001
High-tech telecommunications executive joins international business advisory board
Jeri Wait, president of global markets and co-founder of the telecommunications company edge2net, has been appointed to the University of Washington Business School’s International Business Advisory Council.
April 19, 2001
U.S. needs major steps to overtake European climate research, UW scientist says
The United States seriously lags behind England and Germany when it comes to computer-driven climate research, and a University of Washington scientist says it is time to take dramatic steps toward leadership in the field.
April 18, 2001
Opportunities for learning abound at UW College of Engineering Open House
More than 3,000 schoolchildren, their teachers and parents, and University of Washington engineering faculty, will attend the open house.
MBA students raise $90,000, prepare to defend charity title
The University of Washington Business School MBA Challenge for Charity team is gearing up to defend its title against the west coast’s top business graduate schools. And after raising $90,000 for Washington Special Olympics and the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County charity, they are the UW off to a successful start for the philanthropic competition.
April 17, 2001
UW and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory think big, aim small with creation of new joint nanotechnology institute
The University of Washington and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have formed the Joint Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to study an area of science that holds the promise to dramatically change the way we live in the new century.
Damaged chimneys and unexpected liquefaction from Nisqually temblor yield earthquake insights, UW scientists say
Scientists at the University of Washington have been analyzing data since the Feb. 28 Nisqually earthquake that shook both structures and nerves in the Puget Sound region, and have some conclusions to present this week at a national conference. They also have a mystery or two.
Mother is just another face in the crowd to autistic children
Unlike normally developing and mentally retarded children, autistic 3- and 4-year-olds do not react to a picture of their mother but do react when they see a picture of a familiar toy, a University of Washington psychologist has found.
The perils of online bidding — report on Internet auctions to open conference on Information Superhighway
Online auctions have soared to immense popularity, enticing more than 35 million armchair bidders, but four out of 10 of those buyers report having had problems with a transaction.
April 16, 2001
Albert Berger Named Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Education
Dr. Albert J. Berger, professor of physiology and biophysics, has been named associate dean of research and graduate education at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine.
William H. Gray, III to speak at Commencement
William H. Gray, III, president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), will speak at the University of Washington Commencement exercises June 9 at Husky Stadium.
Graviton executive to discuss groundbreaking wireless technology at UW lecture
Solomon Trujillo, a leader in launching wireless sensor networks, will speak tomorrow at the University of Washington Business School Dean’s Lecture.
April 12, 2001
UW Prematurity Prevention Program grads meeting in Husky Stadium at the end of WalkAmerica
Graduates of University of Washington Medical Center’s Prematurity Prevention Program participating in March of Dimes WalkAmerica on Saturday, April 28 will meet at the finish line in Husky Stadium to start a celebration at 10 a.m. They’ll join more program participants for a gathering in the UWMC Plaza Café starting at 11 a.m. The reunion brings together mothers who worked on preventing the early births of their babies and clinical staff members to celebrate the children’s health and compare notes.
April 11, 2001
Astronomy open house focuses on UW observatories in three centuries
Third annual University of Washington astronomy department open house
April 10, 2001
Software and IT executive joins UW’s Cell Systems Initiative
Joseph Duncan, who has held top management positions at Oracle Corp. and Borland International, has joined the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Cell Systems Initiative (CSI) as chief of operations and information technology.
April 3, 2001
UW professor wins fellowship to finish book on Chicano performers
Michelle Habell-Pallan, a University of Washington assistant professor of American ethnic studies, has been awarded a career enhancement fellowship by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
April 2, 2001
Children who love to read needed for UW study to help others with learning disabilities
Puget Sound area children in the fifth and sixth grades who love to read are being sought as volunteers by University of Washington researchers trying to help other children with learning disabilities improve their reading and language skills.
March 30, 2001
UW tops national primary-care medical school and nursing rankings
The University of Washington is No. 1 among primary-care medical schools and nursing schools in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of graduate programs and professional schools.
For eighth straight year, U.S. News & World Report ranks University of Washington as top primary-care medical school
For the eighth consecutive year, the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine has ranked as the nation’s top primary-care medical school in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of graduate and professional schools.
March 29, 2001
Economic program reaches out to Hispanic- and American Indian-owned businesses in Yakima Valley, kick-off event March 30
With the Census Bureau reporting two-thirds growth in the number of Hispanic-owned business in Washington state, a University of Washington and Heritage College student project plans to provide such businesses in the Yakima Valley with desperately needed support.
Economic program reaches out to Hispanic- and American Indian-owned businesses in Yakima Valley, kick-off March 30
With the Census Bureau reporting two-thirds growth in the number of Hispanic-owned business in Washington state, a University of Washington and Heritage College student project plans to provide such businesses in the Yakima Valley with desperately needed support.
March 28, 2001
Kathleen Sellick named executive director of UW Medical Center
Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the University of Washington School of Medicine, announced today the appointment of Kathleen Sellick as executive director of University of Washington Medical Center.
By making spectacles of themselves female entertainers helped reshape the world, says UW historian
Sarah Bernhardt strides across the pages of Susan Glenn’s book like a colossus.
March 26, 2001
UW highlights undergraduate research in symposium May 4
The Fourth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, to be held noon to 5 p.m. Friday, May 4 in Mary Gates Hall, features the work of 260 undergraduates, in fields ranging from art to zoology.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds UW digital tribal outreach project
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is providing a $393,435 grant to the Tribal Connections project co-sponsored by the University of Washington and the National Library of Medicine. The collaboration will open access to electronic health information resources for Southwest Native American tribes.
UW team tries out new ways to help a neighborhood chart its future
Aided by a 56-foot-long photo montage, the energy of adolescents and the expertise of volunteer architects, the University of Washington this week will try to find a better way to help a neighborhood envision its future.
Study seeks 500 Puget Sound children with reading, spelling problems
University of Washington researchers are on a scientific genealogical hunt and are looking for 500 first- through ninth-grade boys and girls in the Puget Sound area who are having problems reading or with spelling and handwriting.
March 24, 2001
Humans have feared comets, other celestial phenomena through the ages
This is the third of a series of releases about Comet Hale-Bopp, which is now at its brightest.
March 23, 2001
National dental group honors UW Professor Roy Page
Dr. Roy C. Page of the University of Washington School of Dentistry has been named recipient of the AADR Distinguished Scientist Award, presented every three to six years by the American Association for Dental Research (AADR).
Symposium on dentistry’s future set for May 24, 25
The University of Washington’s fourth Distinguished Professor in Dentistry Symposium, “Dentistry’s Future: Broadening the Impact on Patient Health and Dental Practice,” will be held Thursday and Friday, May 24 and 25, at the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel in Seattle.
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