UW News

August 4, 2005

Regressive autism is real, study shows

Researchers studying home videotapes of children’s first and second birthday parties have confirmed what a number of parents have been claiming for years — that some youngsters who are seemingly normal at age 1 regress and exhibit the characteristic behaviors of autism by the end of their second year.

UW Police earn national accreditation

The UW Police Department has received national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).

Faculty training set on effort certification

Later this month, the University will launch an intensive effort to ensure that each faculty member properly reports to the federal government the amount of time that is spent on sponsored research, a subject known as faculty effort certification.

First Staff Resource Fair set for Aug. 10

Next week UW staff will have the opportunity to attend the first Staff Resource Fair, slated for 11:30 a.

Etc: Campus news & notes

BON APPETIT: You can enjoy fine dining and help the needy all at once when you attend the Sunset Supper sponsored by Seattle’s Market Foundation at 7:30 p.

UW center aims to fix system, ‘advance’ women scientists

Women are vastly underrepresented in the academic sciences — that unfortunate fact is widely known.

August 2, 2005

Drill to test emergency response to be held at UW Aug. 3

Several local and regional agencies will be testing their ability to respond to an emergency involving mass casualties caused by a weapon of mass destruction in a drill to be held at the University of Washington Aug.

August 1, 2005

Study confirms parents’ claims: Birthday home videos prove existence of autistic regression.

Researchers studying home videotapes of children’s first and second birthday parties have confirmed what a number of parents have been claiming for years — that some youngsters who are seemingly normal at age 1 regress and exhibit the characteristic behaviors of autism by the end of their second year.

July 29, 2005

Amazon source of 5-year-old river breath

The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harde — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.

July 27, 2005

Oceanographers work a quarter of the world away from ship they’re ‘on’

Being seasick is not a problem for scientists on a major expedition now under way in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

July 25, 2005

UW Botanic Gardens new umbrella name for Seattle’s key horticultural features

More than 320 acres of gardens and woodlands — including one of the oldest arboretums this side of the Mississippi — and one of the West Coast’s largest horticulture centers and libraries began operating this summer under the umbrella “University of Washington Botanic Gardens.

July 21, 2005

Mystery Photo

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus, and this week it features the photographers who bring you the Mystery Photo each week.

HMC quilters share art — and recovery

On June 24, the sewing machines whirred at Harborview Medical Center as patients from the Burn, Psychiatry and Rehab units gathered for a two-hour workshop to explore the colorful world of quilting.

Where are we? Celebrating the Masters of the Mystery Photo

It might be just the edge of an ivy-laden wall, the corner of an obscure bench or a half-forgotten icon tucked away somewhere on the UW campus.

Two for the road: UW staffers train in tandem

When Daisy got on that famous “Bicycle Built for Two,” you can bet her ride was a lot more sedate than that anticipated by staffers Martin Criminale and Martha Walsh next week.

Tall tales may be true, seismically speaking

Stories of two-headed serpents and epic battles between Thunderbird and Whale, common among Northwest native peoples, have their roots in the region’s seismic history.

Huntsman to head Life Sciences Fund

UW President Emeritus Lee Huntsman has been selected by Washington Governor Christine Gregoire as the first executive director of the Life Sciences Discovery Fund Authority, a public-private partnership intended to give life sciences research in the state a major boost.

There’s the rub: Librarians solve mystery of missing Chinese art

The mystery begins last year when Paula Walker, interim head of the East Asia Library, receives a letter of introduction for a doctoral student at the UW.

Just lip service: Lip-plumping products don’t work, study says

Products sold over the counter to consumers as lip enhancers, with the promise of fuller lips, don’t live up to their claims, according to a new study conducted at the UW Medical Center’s Cosmetic Surgery Center and published in the May/June issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.

Orthodontics chair named sixth WDS Distinguished Professor in Dentistry

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UW to host US.Japan Immunology Board symposium

This year for the first time, the UW will host the annual symposium of the U.

UWMC ranks in Top 10 for third year running

For the third consecutive year, UW Medical Center (UWMC) ranks among the top 10 hospitals in the nation.

Drug deaths rising in King County

Drug-involved deaths increased by more than a third in 2004, due primarily to cocaine, heroin, prescription opiates and prescription and over-the-counter depressants, according to the latest report on drug abuse trends in the Seattle-King county area.

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