Faculty, students and alumni from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy had an impressive showing at the recent American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) annual meeting in Boston.
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Two UW research teams have won the Life Sciences Discovery Fund’s inaugural winter commercialization grant competition to support commercial translation of health-related technologies.
Tina Albertson, UW acting instructor of pediatrics, has been named a 2009 St.
Nancy Maizels, UW professor of immunology, has received the Elliott Osserman Award for Distinguished Service in Support of Cancer Research from the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) in recognition of her three years of service on the fund’s Scientific Review Panel.
During the last few months, UW CareLink, the faculty and staff assistance program, has provided special workshops for employees who are continuing on the job after others were laid off.
By Catherine O’Donnell and Vince Stricherz
News & Information
Help for people who suffer from sleep apnea.
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents August meeting has been canceled.
School districts faced with large budget gaps could avoid some or all teacher layoffs by rolling back salaries, a UW education researcher says.
With UW Ethernet, a 24-hour fitness center, on-site day care and playgrounds, a 24-acre park-like atmosphere and other amenities, Radford Court is a pretty nice place to live.
By Judith Yarrow
UW Health Promotion Research Center
What brings a national leader in healthy aging across the country to share an office at the UW for the summer?
“I came here because the Seattle area has a unique configuration of academic, community and health care professionals working collaboratively to figure out how to improve population health among older people,” said Nancy Whitelaw, senior vice-president of the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and director of its Center for Healthy Aging.
Sixty-five University of Washington faculty members were among the region’s top 386 physicians in Seattle magazine’s ninth annual top doctors survey.
Editor’s note: The Emergency Management Division of the Washington Military Department is offering a tip a month to help people get prepared for a disaster.
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
TREE WISDOM: Forest Resources Emeritus Professor Reinhard Stettler has a new book just published by UW Press entitled Cottonwood and the River of Time: On Trees, Evolution, and Society.
Four members of the UW faculty have received the 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.
EXCESSES OF SUCCESS: Mark Sanford, John Ensign, David Vitter, Mark Foley — why did they do it? U.
A new study from the UW’s Center on Reinventing Public Education and the education think tank the Center for American Progress questions whether extra pay for masters-level teacher experience improves student achievement.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Can’t get enough of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition?
Well, here’s more: You Are Here, an exhibit by the AYP Rephotographic Project is on display at Architecture Hall through Sept 25.
Robert Hamby was in a deserted part of the ocean, far from any shipping lanes and his boat was sinking.
Natural history writer David Williams, author of Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology, will read from his work at 7 p.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents August meeting has been canceled.
What do you call a mobile phone application that gives you the UW directory, an interactive campus map, Husky sports and yes, University Week?
Help The UW name its soon-to-be-released mobile phone application, and you could win an iPod Touch! Just submit your suggestion by 11:59 p.
Washington Park Arboretum’s 75th Anniversary Event Series will shift into full gear later this month and in early August with two summer soirees open to the general public.
The images below may be used to illustrate the news release about the new science of learning that researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego reported on in the July 17, 2009 edition of Science.
The UW Medicine Eye Institute officially opened last week.
By Clare Hagerty & Susan Gregg-Hanson
News & Community Relations
Airlift Northwest (ALNW) will again base one of it helicopters at the Friday Harbor airport this summer to expedite emergency services for residents and visitors in the San Juan Islands.
By Mary Guiden
News & Community Relations
Seattle doesn’t have a subway, but that doesn’t stop research scientist Rick Neitzel from doing his work.
Seattle Parks & Recreation, the UW Botanic Gardens, and the Arboretum Foundation will host an old-fashioned picnic on Saturday, July 18, from 11:30 a.
BORDERLINE BLUES: The New York Times visited the topic of borderline personality disorder in a recent article, and quoted UW Psychology Professor Marsha Linehan.
The Burke Museum will be renovating its collection storage areas over the next two years, moving items from open shelves to new storage compactors that protect them from light and dust and possible damage from earthquakes.
The UW Combined Fund Drive has been presented with EarthShare’s 2008 National Campaign Award for Excellence as the outstanding public sector workplace giving campaign in the nation.
CHAPTER TOPS CHARTS: The UW chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) has won the Chapter of the Year Award in the 10-19 member division from the national organization.
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
A celebration of the life of Samuel E.
Editor’s note: Federal stimulus money is starting to be distributed.
The UW Symphony Orchestra’s performance for Thursday, July 23, has been canceled due to an unforseen problem.