September 29, 2005
University of Washington Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
CSSS Seed Grant Program
The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants for the year 2005-6.
Scientists believe open water in summer has become key to declining arctic ice
As researchers Wednesday announced the lowest amount of ice cover in more than a century in the Arctic, the fourth consecutive year of record and near-record lows, two polar scientists at the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory say they believe a tipping point has been reached.
Health Sciences News Briefs
AIDS symposium planned for Oct.
Oh say, can you taste?
Sean Kassim, a senior fellow in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, hands out tasting strips to find out which people are able to detect certain harmless substances — the ability to detect some tastes is genetically determined — at the UW Medicine booth for the South Lake Union Block Party, held Friday and Saturday, Sept.
Clinical research series begins
A series of presentations for clinical researchers will begin on Tuesday, Oct.
Study: Differences in duplicated DNA distinguish chimp and human genomes
A study comparing the genomes of humans and chimpanzees has found that much of the genetic difference between the two species came about in events called segmental duplications, in which segments of genetic code are copied many times in the genome.
UW Medical Center wins Quality Award
UW Medical Center was recently honored in a ceremony in Olympia as a recipient of the Washington State Quality Award (WSQA).
Researchers find gene mutations associated with chronic pain
In a significant advance toward understanding a perplexing and painful neurological disorder, an international team of researchers has discovered gene mutations associated with an inherited chronic pain and weakness syndrome known as hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (also called HNA).
A labor of love: Family supports muscular dystrophy research
About two years ago, Brian Colella, who is now 18 and beginning his freshman year at the University of Wisconsin, was diagnosed with facio-scalpulo-humeral (FSH) muscular dystrophy.
UW, HMC talents respond to Hurricane Katrina
Dr.
Health and Safety Committee Elections coming
Elections for employee representatives to the 11 Health and Safety Committees are beginning.
UW kicks off campus Combined Fund Drive
More than 70 charities — from social, health, and human service agencies, to environmental organizations, and the arts — will participate in the first Combined Fund Drive Charity Fair at the University of Washington, on Wednesday, October 5th, 2005 from 11 am to 2 pm in the HUB Ballroom Last year the Combined Fund Drive raised more than $1.
Peer Portfolio: Smart commuting, grave undertakings
SMART COMMUTING: Roads and highways would be far less congested and rush hours more bearable if everyone adopted the commuting habits displayed by recent Latino immigrants, say researchers at the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, at the University of California at Los Angeles.
UWB chancellor search committee to hold forum
The Search Advisory Committee for the University of Washington, Bothell Chancellor is holding stakeholder forums during the candidate identification period.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Newsmakers: Of funding and families
A HELPING HAND: An article in the July 22 Chronicle of Higher Education under the headline “Family Science” took up the matter of ways in which institutions can help faculty members whose professional lives are being threatened by life changes and challenges.
Etc: campus news & notes
BEST BOOKS: Two UW professors have won Washington State Book Awards.
Gulf area mail suspended
The UW’s Publications Services Department has announced that due to a federal suspension of mail to and from some Gulf areas, UW mail also will be suspended in those areas.
UW News Briefs
Bike safety featured at HUB on Oct.
Jewish Studies gets $10 million gift from Althea Stroum
The Jewish Studies Program in the Jackson School of International Studies at the UW has received a commitment for a $10 million gift from prominent Seattle philanthropist, Althea Stroum.
Emmert tapped for national security board
UW President Mark A.
Workshop helps tribes revive native languages
A language is a terrible thing to lose, and that’s why nearly two dozen community members of Northwest Indian tribes and nations spent a week at the UW learning ways to breathe new life into endangered indigenous languages.
Telescope gets NSF funding
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a project in which the UW is a major participant, has received the first year of a four-year, $14.
Giving back: Evening Degree Program alums help those who follow
Robert Straub took eight years to get his bachelor’s degree from the UW in 1965.
UW researchers to lawmakers: Thanks for past, future support
The message from UW researchers to state legislators was clear: “Thank you! Your past support of technological research helped us greatly.
Tickets now available online for campus arts events
Buying tickets through the UW Arts Ticket Office just got easier.
Burke names UW veteran as new director
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture has chosen a new director who knows the museum, and the UW, very well.
From UW to NY: A special play marks Sept. 11 in Big Apple
Without knowing it, the UW gave a gift to New York City to mark Sept.
WIFI access to be campuswide in 3 years
The UW’s Seattle campus will have access to wireless connections within three years, under the UW Wireless Initiative, a plan developed through discussion among campus technology advisory committees and the Board of Deans.
Visual transformations: Grad student photographer doesn’t let blindness shutter her dreams
Biology graduate students aren’t usually noted for their photography, but Anne Prather is different.
Committee named to create vision for undergrad experience
Provost Phyllis Wise has appointed a committee to develop a vision and goals for the UW undergraduate experience on the Seattle campus.
Provost names Cauce to new post as chief deputy
Ana Mari Cauce, Earl R.
Workshops highlight survey findings
Four Involvement Workshops were held with campus leadership groups to discuss the preliminary findings of the survey conducted by the Leadership, Community and Values Initiative.
‘The right thing to do’: UW reaches out to help in Katrina’s aftermath
The city of nearly 60,000 souls that is the University of Washington responded quickly and compassionately to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf states.
September 28, 2005
Children whose parents smoked are twice as likely to begin smoking between ages 13 and 21 as offspring of nonsmokers
Twelve-year-olds whose parents smoked were more than two times as likely to begin smoking cigarettes on a daily basis between the ages of 13 and 21 than were children whose parents didn’t use tobacco, according to a new study that looked at family influences on smoking habits.
Physicists say universe evolution favored three and seven dimensions
Physicists who work with a concept called string theory envision our universe as an eerie place with at least nine spatial dimensions, six of them hidden from us, perhaps curled up in some way so they are undetectable.
September 27, 2005
Faculty sources on topics in the news: BIOLOGY AND BELIEF
Nearly 150 years since Darwin, debate over evolution and creation continues.
500 adults dependent on marijuana needed for anonymous survey
University of Washington researchers are looking for 500 Puget Sound adults who believe they are dependent on marijuana to participate in an anonymous telephone survey during October.
September 26, 2005
Penguin chicks exposed to human visitors experience spike in stress hormone
Newly hatched magellanic penguin chicks in breeding grounds with a large number of human visitors show a significant spike in levels of a stress-related hormone compared to chicks hatched in areas not visited by humans, a University of Washington research team has found.
Researchers discover gene mutations linked with a type of chronic pain and weakness syndrome
In a significant advance toward understanding a perplexing and painful neurological disorder, an international team of researchers has discovered gene mutations associated with an inherited chronic pain and weakness syndrome known as hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (also called HNA).
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