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November 20, 2003
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Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship Information Sessions
- Tuesday, Nov.
New imaging method may predict response of advanced breast cancer
Imaging of estrogen receptors using F-18-fluoroestradiol (FES) positron emission tomography (PET) may predict the response of advanced breast cancer to endocrine therapy by measuring regional target expression.
Infant-parent relationships will be focus of new lab
The new Birth-to-Three Research Lab in the UW’s Center on Infant Mental Health and Development (CIMHD) is gearing up to conduct studies on the development of infant-parent relationships in the first year, disruptions or disturbances in these relationships, and the effectiveness of brief interventions by attachment specialists.
Treating depression helps arthritis patients
Treating arthritis sufferers for depression can help with other problems related to their condition, according to a study by researchers with Group Health Cooperative and the UW.
Things your mother never taught you:Success with patents and licenses
“Successful Biomedical Patents and Products” is the topic for the next presentation in the series on “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Named to commission
Dr.EarthDial project wants sundials in every time zone
Herbert Hoover reputedly wanted a car in every garage and a chicken in every pot.
Welcome to the Baahaus: Staffer cares for neglected animals
Glenda Pearson lives with a cow named Cathy, and a couple of house pigs called Annie and Lewis, and some hogs named Hazel and Ruby, not to mention assorted rabbits ducks, llamas, geese and more pigs.
Virtual secret agent encourages healthy behavior
It takes a lot of heart to fight evil — just ask Secret Agent Guy Simplant, who in his latest adventure is teetering on the losing edge of a battle with the ultra-naughty Evil Spy, and with his own poor health-care choices.
Find King County photos on new Web site
A unique collection of historical images of King County is now available online, the result of a collaboration involving the UW and 11 other cultural heritage organizations.
Air Force ROTC group named top gun
For the first time since 1991 the Huskies are No.
CFD: She helps cancer patients and their families cope
Editor’s Note: Throughout the Combined Fund Drive, which wraps up this week, University Week has featured UW employees who volunteer at CFD agencies.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Learning more about how serotonin works
The way you feel right this moment, your ability to remember where you parked the car and even whether you get stressed out when you pay the bills are all dependent on the way your brain produces and releases serotonin.
Retired Navy captain named to lead Department of Endodontics
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November 19, 2003
State’s top minority-owned companies honored for economic contributions
Nine of the approximately 54,000 businesses owned by people of color in Washington state will be honored this evening at the 2003 University of Washington Minority Business of the Year Awards.
Science wed with policy key to using, protecting ocean resources
Dealing with pressing issues of the nation’s 3.4 million square miles of ocean and the wise use of marine resources elsewhere around the world requires the integration of natural and social science with policy decisions, according to Professor Thomas Leschine, the new director of the University of Washington’s School of Marine Affairs.
November 18, 2003
Digital secret agent asks students’ help in battling evil, beating heart disease
It takes a lot of heart to fight evil – just ask Secret Agent Guy Simplant, who in his latest adventure is teetering on the losing edge of a battle with the ultra-naughty Evil Spy, and with his own poor health-care choices.
November 17, 2003
Researchers find new form of hormone that helps songbirds reproduce
It’s a long-held tenet of avian biology that songbirds have just two types of a key reproduction hormone, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), and only one actually triggers a seasonal “puberty” each spring in preparation for reproduction. But the new research shows a third form of the hormone, called lamprey GnRH-III-like hormone because it was first identified in lampreys, is also present in songbird brains.
November 13, 2003
Some large Pacific Northwest quakes could be limited in size by their location
Large, deep earthquakes have shaken the central Puget Sound region several times during the last century, and nerves have been rattled even more often by less-powerful deep quakes.
Virtual museum to ‘bridge distance,’ bring peninsula culture to broader audience
The UW recently received a $450,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to create a digital archive of Pacific Northwest cultural and historical items and to produce six online exhibitions over two years as the foundation for an online community museum.
Breathtaking: Evidence suggests that low O2 levels led to mass extinction, birds’ breathing system
Recent evidence suggests that oxygen levels were suppressed worldwide 175 million to 275 million years ago and fell to precipitously low levels compared with today’s atmosphere, low enough to make breathing the air at sea level feel like respiration at high altitude.
U-Match: Boosting community, not romance
U-Match is probably not the place to find the next love of your life, nor is it some corporate moneymaking scheme.
Best young scholars in Washington sought
The UW is looking for the best and brightest fifth through eighth grade students in Washington state.
University to commemorate Japanese Language School
The UW, Tacoma will host an event on Tuesday to commemorate the history of the Japanese Language School building, slated to be torn down this winter.
UW Tacoma chancellor departs for Massachusetts
The Westfield State College board of trustees in Westfield, Mass.
Major mutations might lead way to new species, study shows
Hummingbirds visited nearly 70 times more often after scientists altered the color of a kind of monkeyflower from pink — beloved by bees but virtually ignored by hummingbirds — to a hummer-attractive yellow-orange.
Master classes offer chance to see musicians in the making
When jazz violinist Regina Carter visited the School of Music last week, it was just one more opportunity for students at the school to have a lesson — in public.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
CFD: Alumni Relations staffer not satisfied with just one volunteer gig
Editor’s Note: Throughout the Combined Fund Drive campaign, which runs through Nov.
November 12, 2003
UW receives almost $6 million to study common cause of cognitive disability
The University of Washington has received an award of $5.86 million for a research center to study fragile-X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation.
Major mutations, not many small changes, might lead way to new species
Researchers writing in the Nov. 13 issue of Nature say perhaps it was a major change or two, such as petal color, that first forged the fork in the evolutionary road that led to today’s species of monkeyflowers that are attractive to and pollinated by hummingbirds and separate species of monkeyflowers that are pollinated by bees.
November 10, 2003
Washington’s brightest fifth to eighth graders sought by UW
The University of Washington is looking for the best and brightest fifth through eighth grade students in Washington state.
November 6, 2003
Three from UW earn AAAS honor
Meldrum, Jenekhe, Knopp celebrated for distinguished careers
Flexing the schedule: Survey shows interest in alternative work hours
New survey shows high staff interest
in alternative forms of work hoursQuake affected most area businesses
Ninety percent of the businesses in the central Puget Sound region that responded to an online and telephone survey suffered damage or other adverse impacts from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, according to a report prepared by UW researchers for the departments of emergency management in Pierce and King counties.
First Walker-Ames Lecture in Tacoma Nov. 13
Noted historian and professor Robin Kelley of Columbia University will discuss black history at 7 p.
Scientists learn more about January 1700 quake, deadly tsunami
Evidence has mounted for nearly 20 years that a great earthquake ripped the seafloor off the Washington coast in 1700, long before there were any written records in the region.
Fall quarter enrollment up; minority count increases
The UW’s Seattle campus enrollment for autumn quarter 2003 is 39,136, including 1,652 non-matriculated students (those who are not seeking degrees) enrolled in credit courses through University Educational Outreach.
Voting for health, safety posts now under way in campus units
Voting for elected representatives to the UW organizational Health and Safety Committees is now in progress.
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