2003 | UW News

March 13, 2003

New seed vault protects at-risk plants

A Noah’s ark of sorts, meant to protect seeds of rare and endangered native plants in Washington, has just been launched at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture.

English professor becomes accidental TV star

This is the story of how Professor of English Shawn Wong became a television star.

Pianist’s war effort provides timely backdrop for UW troupe

When classes resume after spring break, a group of faculty and students from drama and dance will be presenting the culmination of a project they’ve been working on since fall.

Information on summer youth programs available

The Work/Life Resource Center now has information about summer programs for children of all ages.

More choice, faster service is hallmark of HR’s new job placement unit

Just one year after a merger between two Human Resources units, the new Recruiting and Candidate Services seems to be hitting its stride.

Conversation in music, sociology benefits both

Two friends are taking a conversation that has gone on for years and inviting other friends, and the community, to sit in on it.

A family affair: Thieving crows treat kin differently

Animal behaviorists have something new to crow about.

Two finalists for Evans School dean named

The Search Advisory Committee on the deanship of the Daniel J.

Shared governance essential, faculty tells search committee

The necessity for a good president to collaborate with faculty in administering the institution was the overriding theme expressed during a forum this week on the search for a new president.

Parts of Washington, British Columbia in the midst of a ‘silent earthquake’

At this moment, parts of Washington and British Columbia are having an earthquake, but it is a slow-moving temblor that can’t be felt and won’t cause any injuries or damage. Still, by the end of the event, which already has lasted more than two weeks, it is likely to have released about as much energy as the Nisqually earthquake did in February 2001.

March 11, 2003

Crows alter their thieving behavior when dealing with kin, other birds

Researchers at the University of Washington have found a species of crow that distinctly alters its behavior when attempting to steal food from another crow, depending on whether or not the other bird is a relative.

March 10, 2003

Managed care plans generally refer patients with pain symptoms to specialists

Primary care physicians under a managed care system were more likely to refer patients to a pain specialist than other physicians were, according to a University of Washington study.

More political candidates turning to Web to foster participation, mobilize support

Eighty-four percent of political campaigns last year used Web sites designed to encourage participation in the political process, according to a University of Washington researcher. That’s up from less than 70 percent of campaign sites in 2000 that offered opportunities for involvement.

March 6, 2003

Reconstructing the nose

The intricacies of reconstructing the human nose will be the topic for the 10th annual Buehler Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Surgery’s Division of Plastic Surgery.

General Clinical Research Center support renewed for five years

The UW General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) has received a five-year grant renewal for $36 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Magnuson Scholars have support for graduate work

Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2002-2003 academic year.

Mystery Photo

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Gardeners keep a close eye on campus trees

Citizens of the UW love their trees.

Playing for the cycle: Sheppard takes on Beethoven’s sonatas

Craig Sheppard has performed more than half of Beethoven’s sonatas over the years.

Students, alumni make for odd ‘Coupling’

Perhaps bowling can bridge a gap between Seattle’s professional artists and its aspiring art students at the UW.

UW-China exchange gives students unique research opportunity

Imagine you’re a junior at the UW, maybe 20 or 21 years old.

Health Sciences News Briefs

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March 12 program explores options for financing new companies

Options for financing newly formed companies will be the topic for the next program in the “Things Your Mother Never Taught You” series sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations.

‘Cover the Uninsured’ effort plans two programs here

“Cover the Uninsured Week” is a series of national and local activities from Monday, March 10, to Sunday, March 16.

Decade-long study of weight loss and type 2 diabetes still needs participants; more than 200 already recruited

Look AHEAD, the first long-term study to look at the effects of weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes, has recruited more than 200 of the approximately 300 people being sought for the local study site.

UW, national lab initiate a nationwide effort to bolster nanotech education

An effort initiated by the University of Washington to broaden the scope of education in one of science’s hottest and most rapidly evolving fields has attracted a national audience of researchers.

March 5, 2003

Scientists gather at UW to discuss the intersections of engineering and biology

Leaders in the fields of biology and engineering and researchers from around the Puget Sound region involved in exploring the intersection of these rapidly advancing fields.

March 4, 2003

Companies must roam to stay competitive, say corporate information chiefs

The high-tech industry may be mired in a slump but it continues to stoke a business revolution that could leave some regions behind, University of Washington researchers have found.

February 28, 2003

Composted biosolids bind lead in soil, reducing danger of poisoning

Adding composted biosolids rich with iron, manganese and organic matter to a lead-contaminated home garden in Baltimore appears to have bound the lead so it is less likely to be absorbed by the bodies of children who dirty their hands playing outside or are tempted to taste those delicious mud pies they “baked” in the backyard.

Celebrities to read for kids at Harborview on March 3

What: The general public is invited to Harborview’s Reach Out & Read in the Children and Teens clinic in the Ground West Clinic of the medical center.

February 27, 2003

Mystery Photo

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

Opera is inspiration for new dance

Next week’s Faculty Dance Concert will offer a new interpretation of a scene from one of the world’s great operas.

They’re innocent: Scientists exonerate Clovis people in 11,000-year-old mystery

Archaeologists have uncovered another piece of evidence that seems to exonerate some of the earliest humans in North America of charges of exterminating 35 genera of Pleistocene epoch mammals.

February 26, 2003

Endless hotcakes make for hot debate among hungry engineering students

The International House of Pancakes restaurant just west of the University of Washington campus in Seattle is not usually considered a hotbed for science.

February 25, 2003

Doctors should consider providing more information to patients about medical errors

errors. Researchers who conducted a series of focus groups with doctors and patients say that patients want to be fully informed when an error happens, and believe such disclosure would increase their trust in their doctor. Yet while doctors want to be truthful, a variety of barriers may prevent physicians from disclosing errors to patients.