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July 10, 2003
Online test shows strong racial bias
Given only a fraction of a second to respond to images of men popping out from behind a garbage dumpster, people were more likely to shoot blacks than whites, even when the men were holding a harmless object such as a flashlight rather than a gun.
Annual celebration of the arts covers wide ‘Sphere’
The Summer Arts Festival returns to campus July 16–19, with its many events built around the theme of “Spheres.
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RESEARCH STAR: UW’s Research-Channel will be featured in an Internet2 Virtual Briefing from 10 to 11:30 a. Through many decades, stories about earthquakes raising or lowering water levels in wells, lakes and streams have become the stuff of folklore. The first-ever study at the UW to investigate perceptions, uses and expectations of educational technology shows the challenges ahead in meeting the desires of students and engaging more faculty. Board of Regents The 2003 Biomedical Research Integrity Series, an annual summer offering that includes lectures and discussion groups, will begin on Tuesday, July 22. Residency training programs across the nation have undergone significant changes in residents’ duty hours to comply with new accreditation standards. Researchers and doctors in the Northwest who wonder if a blood or tissue sample has West Nile virus will no longer have to send samples to the East Coast for testing. Last issue’s answer. The UW’s Department of Computer Science & Engineering has started to move across campus into the department’s new building — a transition that will take one of the nation’s top 10 computer science programs to a state-of-the-art facility where it can expand on its tradition of leadership. To strengthen our capacities for interdisciplinary work at the UW Bothell campus, 33 faculty and academic staff joined teaching and research circles during the 2002-03 academic year. The UW has commissioned a major sculptural work for the area north of Parrington Hall. This year, as players kicked the first balls around Grass Lawn Park’s $1. This summer, the School of Dentistry is again teaming up with the Washington Dental Service Foundation (WDSF) to conduct dental camps for junior high school students from across the state. July 8, 2003 This summer, the University of Washington School of Dentistry will again team up with the Washington Dental Service Foundation (WDSF) to conduct dental camps for junior high school students from across the state. Given only a fraction of a second to respond to images of men popping out from behind a garbage Dumpster, people were more likely to shoot blacks than whites, even when the men were holding a harmless object such as a flashlight rather than a gun. July 3, 2003 A private technology start-up company, Teranode Corp. of Seattle, has licensed two technologies developed at the University of Washington: Labscape, which promises to revolutionize how data is collected and analyzed in laboratories, and JSim, which offers cutting-edge simulations of biological systems. The University of Washington’s Department of Computer Science & Engineering has started to move across campus into the department’s new building. July 2, 2003 To make the summer a safer time for families with young children, the Washington State Booster Seat Coalition is now offering discount coupons for Cosco booster seats being sold at Target Stores throughout the state. July 1, 2003 The University of Washington, Tacoma has announced plans to pull down what remains of the historic Japanese Language School building and hopes the news of this decision will generate ideas for how best to preserve the heritage of the school, which with Tacoma’s Japan Town became a casualty of World War II. June 26, 2003 The relationship between seismic activity and hydrology is not well understood and is ripe for serious examination by scientists from the two disciplines, said David Montgomery, a University of Washington professor of Earth and space sciences.
The state Legislature has finally concluded its work, with two special sessions, and the UW fared pretty well, considering. With another year of state budget cuts, UW supervisors may be looking around for ways they can reward good employees. GOING THE DISTANCE: A UW professor and a doctoral student, both from the College of Engineering, have been named recipients of the third annual R1edu Awards recognizing pioneering work in the field of distance learning. For the last four years she’s been listening, and now it’s Catharine Beyer’s turn to speak. Social-welfare programs may help many more people than previously thought, UW research indicates. John Bransford, regarded as perhaps the nation’s pre-eminent scholar in learning sciences, will be hired as a professor in the UW’s College of Education, Acting Provost David Thorud has announced. What does poetry have to do with a University center dedicated to developing a new generation of biomaterials for medical implants? And what does it have to do with eight staff members of that center whose jobs vary from dealing with the budget to providing computer support? That’s a question the administrative staff of UW Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB), an engineering research center, was exploring in a light-hearted way recently. ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES Staff Forum members wanted The President’s Staff Forum is looking for seven new members to replace members whose terms are ending. It’s getting harder and harder for the few remaining residents of the Aleutian and Pribilof islands who speak Aleut to hold a conversation in the native Alaskan language. African American Women Confront the West: 1600–2000 African American women in the West have long been stereotyped as socially and historically marginal, existing in isolation from other women in the West and from their counterparts in the East and South. UW researchers have found that the risk of someone getting Parkinson’s disease after high consumption of both iron and manganese together is greater than expected. A UW study featured in the June 4 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that while the latest technology may be faster than traditional radiograph or X-ray in providing images of the spine, rapid magnetic resonance imaging, or rapid MRI, does not result in cost savings or significant reductions in lower back pain. A new tool developed by researchers in the UW School of Nursing promises to help parents, grandparents and other caregivers become more tuned in to the infants and young children in their lives. Hypertonic resuscitation – a concentrated intravenous (IV) dose of saline and dextran, a sugar solution – has the potential to help survivors of blunt trauma by improving blood flow and delivery of oxygen to the injured brain while decreasing high pressure in the brain, a common problem for patients with brain injury. The UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine held an all-school celebration event this spring to mark its rise, from fifth to fourth, in the rankings of the 33 accredited schools of public health by U. Brentnall “almost famous” Albert W. So familiar is the amateur theatrical production, that it’s practically an American rite of passage for young schoolchildren.
Seismology getting to know hydrology
Student, faculty view on technology often differs, study shows
Notices
The University of Washington Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 1 p.
Biomedical Research Integrity series begins July 22
UW Medicine system adjusts to changes in national duty-hours standards for medical residents
Virology Division develops new assay for West Nile virus
Mystery Photo
Computer Science & Engineering begins move to new building
Circles have enriched teaching, research on Bothell campus
Search for sculpture ends with charming find in ‘back yard’
Students work to restore damaged landscapes
‘Practicing’ dentistry
Youth get opportunity to ‘practice dentistry’ at UW Dental Camp
Blacks more likely to be shot than whites even when holding harmless objects
UW licenses two technologies for development by Teranode Corp.
UW Computer Science & Engineering begins move to new home
Booster Seat Coupons Help young passengers during summer drives
Historic Japanese Language School building could be leveled in late fall
Charting seismic effects on water levels can refine earthquake understanding
Budget cuts to be 3 to 4 percent
Discretionary leave gives supervisors another way to reward good service
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Study of undergraduate learning probes thoughts, feelings of students
Social program benefits ‘spill over,’ study shows
Learning sciences scholar to join College of Ed.
Administrative staff wax poetic in lesson on communication
Notices
UW linguist to lead efforts to save language
Book Picks
Editor, Quintard Taylor, professor of history with Shirley Ann Wilson Moore
University of Oklahoma Press
UW studies link iron and manganese intake to Parkinson’s
MRI use for low-back pain questioned
BabyCues card sets available soon
New therapy for blunt trauma victims being tested
at Harborview
Public Health holds celebration to mark rise in U.S. News & World Report rankings
Health Sciences News Briefs
Dr.
Black named principal lecturer
Set change gets applause as student’s design debuts
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