UW News


May 15, 2003

Anderson studies brain stimulation for Parkinson’s

If two renegade violins started quietly playing “Ode to Joy” during Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony,” some audience members might sense a problem.


Mystery Photo

Where are we?  The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.


Faculty Senate

Undergraduate tuition is approximately 70 percent as much as graduate tuition (in-state rates, Spring 2003).


Student leads all-female group in all-female program

Kelly Clingan, who is majoring in both Women Studies and Music Education, has found the perfect way to combine her interests: she is conducting an all-girl jazz band in a performance of music composed or arranged by women.


Lazowska named to IT advisory committee

President Bush has selected UW computer scientist Ed Lazowska as co-chair of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, the White House announced recently.


Staffer’s film debuts at Seattle festival

Scott Macklin’s first full-length film was just around the corner, but he didn’t know it.


Health Sciences News Brief

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Drusen behind the retina: Most older people have some, but what do they mean?

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Annual Krebs Lecture brings Roger Davis to campus

“Signal Transduction by Stress-Activated Protein Kinases” is the title for the 16th annual Edwin G.


Acetaminophen is in many medications; be sure not to overdose

Before you take doses of more than one cold, allergy or flu medication, you should take a good close look at the labels, to make sure you won’t be taking too much acetaminophen, a medication found in a lot of sleep medications, pain killers, decongestants and other over-the-counter medications.


Notices

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The University of Washington reaffirms its policy of equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran or other eligible veteran.


Colleagues circulate petition on weapons inspection

Three colleagues in the Atmospheric Sciences Department are circulating a petition to Congress calling for the resumption of UN weapons inspections in Iraq.


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HUMANITIES FELLOW: Jordanna Bailkin, assistant professor of history, is one of 41 Fellows of the National Humanities Center for 2003-2004.


Book Picks: New books by faculty authors


Compiled by Debbie Kilgren, University Book Store


Citadel to City-State: the Transformation of Greece, 1200–700 B.


Lecturers to discuss global climate impacts

How global climate may change in the future and how that may alter how we live in the Pacific Northwest are the subjects of lectures the next two Tuesdays that are free and open to the public.


New APL director named

The manager of a multi-million dollar research program for the Office of Naval Research and an expert on using sound energy to “see” inside the world’s oceans has been named director of the UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory, a center for research and teaching that last fiscal year brought in $43 million in grants and contracts.


Aerosols’ effects could change current understanding of global climate change

Atmospheric aerosols, airborne particles that reflect the sun’s heat away from Earth and into space, are in air pollution, in plumes of smoke from forest fires and in ash clouds from erupting volcanoes. A new study says the cooling effect of man-made aerosols could throw a monkey wrench into the current understanding of climate change.


Just back from expedition: Scientists taking pulse of Arctic Ocean

Retrieving the second year-round mooring ever used at the North Pole was among the challenges faced April 21 to May 9 during North Pole Environmental Observatory work led by James Morison, an oceanographer with the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory.


May 13, 2003

Impulsive, hyperactive or fidgety youngsters sought for UW study

Four- and 5-year-old children who are extremely active, oppositional, fidgety, squirmy, temperamental or have difficulty maintaining their attention are being sought by University of Washington researchers to participate in a pilot study.


May 9, 2003

Solid management, natural resilience both key to sockeye success

The resilience of sockeye salmon runs in Alaska’s Bristol Bay -– after a century of fishing they’re as healthy as they’ve ever been – is about strength in numbers.


May 8, 2003

Mystery Photo

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.


UW Bothell tabs two new administrators

The UW Bothell has announced the appointment of two women to administrative positions.


Solid management, natural resilience both keys to sockeye success

The resilience of sockeye salmon runs in Alaska’s Bristol Bay — after a century of fishing they’re as healthy as they’ve ever been — is about strength in numbers.


Trip to Yakima Valley highlights important partnerships

Last week, 75 UW faculty and staff from 30 departments took a day out of their normal schedules, piling onto buses and heading to the Yakima Valley to learn more about current UW partnerships in that region and to think about potential future partnerships.


Iraqi-American artist gets good news

Sabah Al-Dhaher, the subject of a feature story in the May 1 edition of University Week, recently received good news.


Mini-course takes future librarians out to the ballgame

What may be the nation’s first university graduate course on Information In Sports is quietly introducing 30 future librarians this spring to, among other things, the infield fly rule.


Leader of new Emergency Management Office named

Steven Charvat has been selected as the first director of the newly created Emergency Management Office.


Study: Baby boys could be single moms’ ticket to marriage

As mothers anticipate the annual holiday celebrating their maternal bond, a study to be published next week reveals that major aspects of a single mom’s life are influenced by whether her child is a boy or a girl.


Regent, five scholars named to prestigious academy

Four UW faculty members, a researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) with an affiliate faculty appointment, and a member of the Board of Regents are among those elected Fellows of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced this week.


UW’s Lazowska selected to lead President Bush’s IT Advisory Committee

President George W. Bush has selected a University of Washington computer scientist as co-chair of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, the White House announced today.


May 7, 2003

Lessons from lives of 37 Texas murderers show different paths to death row

Murder often begins at a terrifyingly young age.


May 5, 2003

What makes a difference in Mom’s life? Whether it’s a boy or a girl

As mothers anticipate the annual holiday celebrating their maternal bond, a study to be published next week reveals that major aspects of a single mom’s life are influenced by whether her child is a boy or a girl.


May 2, 2003

New course introduces future librarians to data-rich world of sports

What may be the nation’s first university graduate course on Information In Sports is quietly introducing 30 future librarians this spring to, among other things, the infield fly rule.


May 1, 2003

Mystery Photo

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.


New stent implanted at UW Medical Center immediately after FDA approval

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UW scientists join in national vision for future genome research

Eleven UW scientists participated in the planning of a new national vision for genome research unveiled earlier this month.


Gardener poet finds healing in words

On the morning of Dec.


Iraq-born sculptor exhibits at Odegaard

He was there during the 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein’s iron-fisted government.


Faculty Senate

When we meet our colleagues in Seattle, one of the most common questions we get is, “So, what’s going on at UW, Bothell?” Rather than continuing to give the usual glib reply (“a lot”), we thought we would use this article as a forum to describe the inspiring people who surround us.


Atrial fibrillation without symptoms may be more common than realized, study finds

Irregular heartbeats that put people at higher risk of stroke are more common than patients and doctors might think, according to a report in a recent issue of Circulation, published by the American Heart Association.



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