2008 | UW News

September 15, 2008

Immigrant Sun: Our star could be far from where it started in Milky Way

A long-standing scientific belief holds that stars tend to hang out in the same general part of a galaxy where they originally formed.

September 12, 2008

UW Medicine invites public to free Fall Prevention Fairs beginning Sept. 18

UW Medicine will host free Fall Prevention Fairs beginning Sept.

September 11, 2008

My, what big teeth you had! – Extinct species had large teeth on roof of mouth

When the world’s land was congealed in one supercontinent 240 million years ago, Antarctica wasn’t the forbiddingly icy place it is now.

September 10, 2008

Cause of conduct problems among girls appears to be different than in boys

The first study to include a significant number of aggressive girls with conduct problems indicates that psychological conditions including conduct disorder may have separate causes in the two sexes.

Researchers associate aberrations in aspecific region of chromosome 1q21.1 with broad range of disorders, levels of impairment in children

Researchers have discovered a submicroscopic aberration in a particular region of human chromosome 1q21.

September 3, 2008

Patients with mild to moderate heart failure who receive ICD shock therapy are at higher risk of future death from heart failure

While implantable heart defibrillators reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest in patients with mild to moderate heart failure, patients who receive defibrillator shocks for rhythm disturbances have a higher future risk of death, primarily from heart failure, a new study has found.

UW doctoral student in environmental health to receive 2008 Bullitt Foundation prize

Clarita Lefthand, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington, will receive the second annual Bullitt Environmental Prize at an awards dinner to be held Sept.

September 2, 2008

How media covered Katrina aftermath affects response by blacks and whites

New research shows that black and white Americans responded differently when exposed to a video presentation that described Hurricane Katrina and then blamed the botched relief efforts on one of two causes: either government incompetence or racism, because the majority of Katrina’s victims were black.

August 28, 2008

UW buys multimillion-dollar tool for nanotech research

The University of Washington will acquire an electron beam lithography machine, a key instrument required to build devices at the nanometer scale.

August 27, 2008

Obama builds large lead among Latinos in key Southwest states, McCain leads among Latinos in Florida

Latino voters favor Barack Obama over John McCain by a 3-1 margin in the key battleground states of New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada, according a new poll released today by Latino Decisions and the National Association of Latino Elected Officials.

Whether brown or red, algae can produce plenty of green fuel

Having studied the physiology of algae for more than 30 years, Rose Ann Cattolico is convinced the plant life found in oceans and ponds can be a major source of environmentally friendly fuels for everything from cars and lawn mowers to jet airplanes.

August 26, 2008

New space telescope gives UW physicist ringside seat for gamma-ray study

The newest space telescope is the payoff for years of work for a UW physicist.

UW filmmaker’s documentary on small-business struggle in New Orleans debuts on Katrina anniversary

Documentary on the struggles of small businesses in New Orleans

August 21, 2008

UW Medicine physicians recognized for diabetes care

Twenty-eight UW physicians working at UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics have achieved recognition in diabetes care from the National Commission on Quality Assurance (NCQA).

African American surgeons exhibit comes to UW

Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons, a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine and the Reginald F.

Extraordinary response to global health request for proposals

By Bobbi Nodell
News & Community Relations

In response to a campuswide invitation for concept proposals for interdisciplinary global health initiatives and centers, the Department of Global Health received an impressive 41 proposals from faculty representing all 17 UW colleges and schools.

Sherr wins Young Investigator Award for HIV/AIDS work

By Bobbi Nodell
News & Community Relations

Kenneth Sherr, UW clinical assistant professor in global health working at Health Alliance International (HAI), was one of five scientists worldwide honored with a Young Investigator Award at the 2008 Global AIDS Conference in Mexico City earlier this month.

Pharmacy student receives fellowship to target Uganda’s health

By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy

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What’s in a name? UW doc’s is Hayes, Rutherford P. (not B.) Hayes

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Burke to host photo exhibit of birds from the Arctic Sept. 13–Dec. 31

Migration is one of nature’s great wonders; each year millions of birds travel great lengths — sometimes across the globe — to find feeding and breeding grounds.

Official Notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.

All that dance: High schoolers eyes open to dance through GEAR UP program

For the last two winters, Jennifer Salk’s students have brought the joy of dance to a group of middle and high school students in Central Washington.

Signing by cell: Can you see me now?

A group at the UW has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.

‘Rising from Ruins’: UW filmmaker traces recovery struggle

Bruce Foret has spent the three years since Hurricane Katrina struggling to rebuild Oak Street Hardware in New Orleans.

Space flyers to land in Seattle Sept. 15–20

Dozens of space flyers will land in the Northwest next month.

UW employees can rent at Radford Court

Did you know UW employees can rent apartments at Radford Court, the University housing that sits right up against Magnuson Park and Lake Washington? Plus, if the employee is taking a class (matriculated or nonmatriculated) at the UW, the lower Public Student Rate applies.

Getting to know UW: Orientation returns to in-person format

Beginning this fall, the University will be greeting its new recruits face to face once again.

From the editor: Goodbye to all that; ‘UWeek’ going paperless

This issue of University Week is the last of the summer.

Hearing impaired students to show animation work Friday

Students at the Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing will show the results of their work in animation at 7 p.

Mystery Photo

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

UW ranked 16th among 500 schools

In time for the Olympics, a kind of academic Olympics has been conducted by one of China’s largest universities and the results show UW ranked 16th among 500 universities around the world.

The 160-mile download diet: Local file sharing drastically cuts network load

Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same.

Brown tree snake could mean Guam will lose more than its birds

In the last 60 years, brown tree snakes have become the embodiment of the bad things that can happen when invasive species are introduced in places where they have few predators.

Like a deep-sea bloodhound, Sentry — the newest in an elite group of unmanned submersibles able to operate on their own in demanding and rugged environments — has helped scientists pinpoint optimal locations for two observation sites of a pioneering seafloor laboratory being planned off Washington and Oregon.