A University of Washington researcher has devised a way to use the fossil teeth of ancient bison as a tool to reconstruct historic climate and vegetation changes in America’s breadbasket, the Great Plains.
Year: 2006
Woodland Park Zoo and the UW have renewed their agreement for scientific and educational cooperation to promote research, education and conservation.
Nine lucky middle schoolers are spending this week studying DNA, thanks to a new program at the Burke that makes use of the museum’s Genetics Resources Collection.
The UW Summer Orchestra, conducted by Philip Tschopp, will present a free concert at 7:30 p.
The UW School of Law has hired Michele Storms as executive director of the William H.
Lesley Thomas went to live in the Arctic at the age of 11 fresh from a tour of Europe with her grandmother.
It’s late on a warm Friday afternoon at University Temple United Methodist Church, across 15th Ave.
NURSING PATRIOTISM: The U.
Beginning in 2008, UW Tacoma will host a lecture series featuring prominent speakers on the UW Tacoma campus, thanks to a $1 million pledge by Arthur R.
A total of 20,430 pounds of reusable materials was diverted from the landfill-bound waste stream during Summer Scram 2006.
By Liorah Wichser
Biology
In the Botany Greenhouse’s largest research room, a strange machine built mostly out of wood and pulleys spins two vertical wheels at different speeds powered by a small motor.
Jennifer Faubion, a third-year law student from Kapowsin, Wash.
Imagine turning on your computer and not having to wait for it to load the operating system, virus protection, firewalls and other programs.
The UW Business School has announced the gift of $1.
Like detectives trying to solve a murder case, researchers searching for the biological cause of autism have come up with some surprising suspects.
English Language Courses
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
MEDEX’s Ballweg honored
Ruth Ballweg, program director of MEDEX Northwest, the UW’s physician assistant program, has received the Washington Rural Health Association’s Outstanding Contribution to Rural Health Award.
UW Medicine is gearing up once again for this year’s Puget Sound Heart Walk, which takes place Saturday, Oct.
This fall, the Department of Family Medicine will launch a new program for WWAMI medical students interested in caring for underserved populations: the Underserved Pathway.
Elizabeth Lowry
News & Community Relations
For most of her life, Sen.
When Brian Johnson graduated from medical school this year, he left a living legacy — a student-run free clinic at the Aloha Inn, a transitional housing facility in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood.
The higher risk of schizophrenia among offspring of expectant mothers living through famine could help us understand the genetic basis for that debilitating mental disorder, a group of researchers argue in a commentary piece in the Aug.
Imagine turning on your computer and not having to wait for it to load the operating system, virus protection, firewalls and other programs.
Like detectives trying to solve a murder case, researchers searching for the biological cause of autism have come up with some surprising suspects.
Woodland Park Zoo and the University of Washington have renewed their agreement for scientific and educational cooperation to promote research, education and conservation.
WHO: Forty blind students, academics and professionals from around the country
WHAT: Technology Fair and tactile art experience, part of the first Vertical Mentoring Workshop for the Blind in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
WHEN: Friday, July 28.
The steady discovery of giant planets orbiting stars other than our sun has heightened speculation that there could be Earth-type worlds in nearby planetary systems capable of sustaining life.
Spokane, WA–The presidents of the University of Washington, Washington State University and Eastern Washington University today announced their plan to expand Spokane’s medical and dental education programs to meet the need for physicians and dentists locally and in nearby rural towns.
ACTING OUT: A certain section of a Statistics 101 class at the University of Missouri-Columbia was not quite what it seemed, according to an article in Mizzou Weekly, the university’s newspaper.
UNPAID INTERNS: A May 30 article in The New York Times took up the issue of internships, especially those without pay, and their effect on individual careers and the work culture in general.
The University of Washington Board of Regents has approved an operating budget request for the 2007-09 biennium that would increase the state general fund allocation by more than 20 percent, which would begin to close about a third of the funding gap with the UW’s competitor institutions, which currently is about $4,000 per student.
VA seeks participants for alcohol study
The UW and the Seattle VA are looking for people ages 18 to 65 who use alcohol frequently, have problems with it, and want to stop using it.
Education Professor James Banks spent the past school year as a Spencer Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, where he also finished a new book that was published to excellent reviews.
Non-fatal, self-inflicted injuries by adolescent and young adult females are major public health problems, and researchers have found physiological evidence that this behavior may lead to a more serious psychological condition called borderline personality disorder.
No one can read the future.
Cultural proficiency center gets director
Amen Tsegai has been named project director for the Center for Cultural Proficiency in Medical Education, a new National Institutes of Health-funded initiative to increase cultural competency training of medical students, residents and faculty.
Walk Softly, an exhibit of hand-woven carpets that opens July 21 at Consolidated Works, 500 Boren N.
Artist Cat Clifford’s current work does not occupy a large part of the Henry Art Gallery.