Archive

March 11, 2004

Ellenbogen named to chair School of Medicine’s Department of Neurological Surgery

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Fragile X Center to host UC Davis experts

To inaugurate the new Fragile X Research Center at the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD), two internationally known experts on fragile X syndrome will visit the UW next week to give lectures and hold a series of meetings with fragile X researchers and clinicians.

Bioengineering’s Rushmer Lecture brings SRI International president to campus

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Ellenbogen named to chair School of Medicine’s Department of Neurological Surgery

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Fragile X Center to host UC Davis experts

March 8, 2004

Kids learn more from nationally certified teachers, study shows

Teachers who qualify for national certification do a measurably better job in the classroom, according to a major study to be released this week.

UW’s MBA program makes key changes to maintain real-world relevance

Recent revisions to the master’s of business administration curriculum at the University of Washington will put students closer to the fundamentals that drive the real world of business today and the innovations that will shape tomorrow, said Business School Dean Yash Gupta.

March 5, 2004

Rueben Mayes named assistant dean of UW Business School

Rueben Mayes, former running back for the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks, will be the new assistant dean of external relations, Business School Dean Yash Gupta announced today.

March 4, 2004

Family discipline, religious attendance, attachment to school cut levels of later violence among aggressive children

Aggressive 15 year olds who attended religious services, felt attached to their schools or were exposed to good family management were much less likely to have engaged in violent behavior by the time they turned 18, according to a new multi-ethnic study of urban youth by University of Washington researchers.

Lawmakers have big budget disagreement to solve as end of session nears

Competing versions of the supplemental operating budgets are taking center stage in Olympia.

UW program reaches out to Bering Sea island

In a program that lives up to the spirit of distance learning, the UW has been hired to teach an Internet technology program to students at an Aleut community in the middle of the Bering Sea.

Web site features pioneer EarthDials from around the globe

Join a dozen “EarthDialers” at <A href="http://planetary.

New homepage created by students

For the first time in its short history, the UW home page (<A href="http://www.

Gardeners do battle with tiny foe

UW gardeners are fighting a war against an enemy that is tiny in size but devastating in impact.

UW professor goes from collecting to creating Chinese style art

The first American exhibit of Chinese style paintings by a UW professor is now on display at Seattle Pacific University.

Mystery Photo

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

Faculty Dance Concert opens tonight

The eyes will see dancers moving among walls that move, swirling water waves, and a lonely bed at this year’s UW Faculty Dance Concert March 4–7 in Meany Studio Theater.

March 3, 2004

Before symptom onset in inherited paralytic disease, levels of growth factor VEGF fall in the spinal cord

Scientists have discovered that spinal cord levels of a certain growth factor fall in mice just before the onset of symptoms similar to X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (also known as SBMA or Kennedy’s disease), a form of motor neuron disease.

March 2, 2004

Providence Journal wins 2004 Dart Award

The Providence Journal has won this year’s $10,000 Dart Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence for a study of the effects of a rape of a teenager on a small Rhode Island community.

Web site launched today features pioneer EarthDials from around the globe

Join a dozen “EarthDialers” starting today at http://planetary.org/mars/earthdial as the modern marvel of the webcam merges with the ancient technology for marking time, the sundial.

February 26, 2004

Publicly reported earnings may not tell whole story, UW study shows

A commonly used corporate accounting technique often pumps up reported earnings just before the sale of stock, University of Washington Business School researchers have found in a study that could give investors pause.

Accounting method could inflate stock earnings, researchers say

A commonly used corporate accounting technique often pumps up reported earnings just before the sale of stock, UW Business School researchers have found in a study that could give investors pause.

Trip to Austrailia, New Zealand, Singapore gives birth to international research consortium

President Lee Huntsman and vice provost for international education Steven Olswang recently returned from a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore that generated expanded academic relationships and the beginnings of an innovative international research consortium.

Olswang named UWT interim chief

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Two new programs join Peace Corps offerings

It may not conform to the stereotype of graduate school, but for growing numbers of UW students, getting their master’s degree involves a two-year stint overseas in the Peace Corps.

CIDR open house March 2 in new campus space

The Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR) will hold an open house from 2 to 4:30 p.

Three UW profs to speak on elections

UW faculty members Neil Bruce, Bryan Jones and David Domke will talk about American elections at Town Hall.

Mexican government honors VP Barcelo

Nancy “Rusty” Barcelo, vice president for minority affairs, has been presented with the Ohtli award by the government of Mexico.

Education scholarship in memory of Sirotnik

The UW College of Education has established a scholarship supporting equity, leadership and social justice in education as a memorial to Ken Sirotnik, a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies who died in January.

News Makers

CONSPIRACY THEORY: Sociology Professor Pepper Schwartz says that everything in our culture conspires to make women feel physically and sexually inadequate.

Notices

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Applicants wanted
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from University of Washington faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States.

Who owns what in your lab?

“Who Owns What in the Lab?” is the topic for the next presentation in the “Things Your Mother Never Taught You” series sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations.

Pilot project begins to enable easier access to contraceptives

The UW School of Pharmacy and the School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology are conducting a study to determine the feasibility of screening and prescribing birth control medication to women in pharmacies, rather than in visits to a doctor or clinic.