Archive
August 21, 2003
Interactive Web sites sell goods, study shows
Companies that offer interactive Web sites to consumers have a two to five times greater chance of selling their products than those that only provide static information, according to a UW professor.
Guest column: Work at campus writing centers is never ending
Editor’s Note: Steven Corbett is a graduate student in English who directed the department’s Writing Center this summer.
Memorial planned for CSE employee
Memorial services have been set for James Hewitt, a 29-year-old computer systems engineer and architect in the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering who died Aug.
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APL HONORS: Bill Plant, principal research scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory, is the recipient of the John Wesley Powell Award, presented by the U.
Book Picks
Editor’s Note: The following books are by UW faculty and are available at University Book Store.
Things Your Mother Never Taught You: Changes in tech transfer program explained
The first monthly seminar in the 2003-04 series on “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations, will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.
Symposium honors George Kenny
The School of Public Health and Community Medicine’s Department of Pathobiology is sponsoring a symposium on Tuesday, Sept.
Dentistry’s Research Day set for Sept. 24
The UW community and the public can learn about research at the School of Dentistry on Wednesday, Sept.
On and off the medical bandwagon
“The Bandwagon Effect” is the topic for the Department of Surgery’s annual Struass Lecture, set for 4 p.
Health Sciences News Briefs
For clinical researchers
A new lecture series, called THINK (The Investigator Needs to Know), will begin next month for clinical researchers and their research and administrative staff members.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES ADAI Grants Late this month, the night sky will brighten with the closest approach of Mars since human ancestors were still living in caves 60,000 years ago. An exhibit and sale, opening Sept. They are the Earth’s tiniest organisms capable of photosynthesis and, because there are so many of them, they alone are responsible for two-thirds of the carbon absorbed by the world’s oceans each year from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. “Showdown in the Arctic: Polar bear attacks nuclear submarine!” blared the headline in the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News last month. There’ll be a little romance in UW Extension’s Writers’ Program this fall, but it won’t be among the students. An exhibit and sale, opening Sept. They are the Earth’s tiniest organisms capable of photosynthesis and, because there are so many of them, they alone are responsible for two-thirds of the carbon absorbed by the world’s oceans each year from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. “Showdown in the Arctic: Polar bear attacks nuclear submarine!” blared the headline in the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News last month. There’ll be a little romance in UW Extension’s Writers’ Program this fall, but it won’t be among the students. Members of the UW community and the neighborhoods around the University will be able to tour UW Medical Center’s new Surgery Pavilion at open houses on Friday and Saturday, Sept. Sometimes transplanted organs do not thrive in their new homes. Tacoma family physician Dr. Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. August 19, 2003 The University of Washington has signed an exclusive patent license with Acucela Inc. for technology used in the study of potential treatments for eye disease. August 15, 2003 Members of the public can learn about research at the University of Washington School of Dentistry on Wednesday, Sept. 24, during Research Day 2003. August 14, 2003 In late August and early September, the red planet will appear closer and brighter than it has throughout all of recorded history, and astronomers with the University of Washington and the Seattle Astronomical Society will provide front-row seats for the public during a special “Mars Party” on Sept. 3. The world’s smallest photosynthetic organisms, microbes that can turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into living biomass like plants do, are in the limelight this week. Three international teams of scientists announced the genetic blueprints for four closely related forms of these organisms, which numerically dominate the phytoplankton of the oceans. August 13, 2003 Contrary to popular belief, using the Internet may not improve a person’s chances of finding a job. August 7, 2003 Just in time for the American Association of State Climatologists meeting this week in Portland, the state of Washington has someone fulfilling those duties for the first time since the late 1990s. Nine out of 10 urban school superintendents say they need more authority to fix bad schools and boost student achievement, according to a survey of the superintendents of the nation’s 100 largest districts. After only three weeks of reading instruction, brain scans in children with dyslexia develop brain activation patterns that match those of normal readers, according to a new study by four UW researchers published recently in the journal Neurology. Susan Jeffords hasn’t forgotten the moment. Black smoker hydrothermal vent systems may have the fire power, but the staying power of seafloor hydrothermal vent systems like the bizarre Lost City vent field — discovered just two and a half years ago — is one reason they may have been incubators of some of Earth’s earliest life, say UW scientists and their co-authors in a recent issue of Science. Two symposia later this month on San Juan Island are among six to be held in the coming two years to mark the 100th anniversary of the Friday Harbor Laboratories. Season tickets are now on sale for the School of Drama’s 2003–2004 productions. BEST IN SHOW: Staffers Kathy Hall and Cathy Schwartz received the international Best of Show and Distinguished Technical Communication awards from the Society for Technical Communication (STC) for the Department of Environmental Health’s 1999–2001 biennial report. MINORITY MONEY: Providing seed money for minority-run businesses is a good investment, according to a recent study co-authored by a UW professor. ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES ADAI Grants The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards. TV comedy fans may have fond memories of the old “Sanford & Son” series.
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Astronomers celebrate proximity of Mars
Computer science professor sells photos to benefit charity
Mysterious organisms dominate Earth’s oceans, researchers find
‘Ice man’ sets up, supplies camps in coldest places
Writers’ program expands into romance
Computer science professor sells photos to benefit charity
Mysterious organisms dominate Earth’s oceans, researchers find
‘Ice man’ sets up, supplies camps in coldest places
Writers’ program expands into romance
Surgery Pavilion on schedule to open in October
Learning how lungs for transplant get damaged
Acosta named assistant dean
Mystery Photo
UW signs licensing agreement for study of eye disease
Dental Research Day 2003 will be Sept. 24
Astronomers will give public view of Mars’ closest approach in 600 centuries
Genomes of tiny microbes promise insight into oceans, climate change
Using the Internet may hurt, not help, unemployed people in finding a job
Mote spells state’s climatologist drought
Study: Superintendents set up to fail
Overcoming dyslexia: Brain scans show intervention makes a difference
Discovery Seminars show way to world beyond high school
Seafloor vent systems may have spawned earliest life
Lab celebrating first 100 years with symposia
Tickets available for UW drama season
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Notices
Several options for treatment of acid reflux
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