Archive
April 17, 2003
Faculty Senate
Spring is a time of great activity for the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and the Faculty Senate.
Balance: Pairing music, work makes staffer a happy ‘soldier’
Music is a complex balancing act for Hainzle Malcolm.
CHID program brings cultural impacts, conflicts to life for students
Studying in another country is usually touted as a way to gain an understanding of a different culture.
Putting bone-marrow stem cells to work in muscles
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2003 Distinguished Staff Award NomineesNominees for the Distinguished Staff Award were honored at a reception recently. April 15, 2003 Poll shows Washington residents believe too little is spent on protecting health with disease prevention researchA poll released today (April 14) indicates that nearly three-quarters of Washington state residents believe too little is spent on prevention research and that current spending should be more than doubled. Scientists returning to field of eerie thermal spiresThe remarkable Lost City hydrothermal vent field, so named partly because it sits on a seafloor mountain named the Atlantis Massif, was discovered in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean about 1,500 miles off the East Coast of the United States during an expedition that wasn’t even looking for hydrothermal vents. Now the two scientists who were the first to travel in a submersible to the field after its serendipitous discovery Dec. 4, 2000, are leading a National Science Foundation-funded expedition to map and farther investigate the field. April 14, 2003 Harborview selected as one of only three hospitals in the country for an International Medical Surgical Response TeamHarborview Medical Center was recently selected under the auspices of Homeland Security as one of only three hospitals in the country to participate as a lead institution for an International Medical Surgical Response Team or (IMSURT). South Korea claims victory in 5th annual UW Global Business ChallengeA quartet of undergraduate business students from Seoul National University proved they knew beans about Starbucks’ strategy for international expansion and took home top honors last weekend in the University of Washington Business School’s fifth annual Global Business Challenge. National vision for future genome research unveiled today; eleven University of Washington scientists among plannersEleven University of Washington (UW) scientists participated in the planning of a new national vision for genome research unveiled today. The National Human Genome Research Institute of the federal National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced publication of the plans for future genomic research at a news conference this morning in Bethesda, Md. Mothers’ heavy prenatal alcohol use triples offsprings’ chances of having drinking-related problems at age 21A woman’s heavy episodic drinking during pregnancy triples the odds that her child will develop alcohol-related problems at age 21, according to a new study that has been tracking young adults since before their birth. April 11, 2003 Malaria may be a much older disease than previously thought, according to data gathered by international team of scientistsAn international team of scientists has gathered evidence that suggests the parasite that causes malaria may have emerged as a human disease agent much earlier in history than previously thought. The malaria parasite is Plasmodium falciparum. King County Council Unanimously Approves Funding to Move Forward on the Design Phase of Harborview’s Bond ProjectThe King County Council this week unanimously approved Harborview’s Bond Project Ordinance to move forward on the schematic design of the project. This marks a significant milestone and lays the foundation for the project to proceed through design and construction. April 10, 2003 If Hamlet were an air traveler new software would eliminate doubtIt’s a classic dilemma for air travelers in today’s world of wildly varying ticket prices — should you purchase now if the rate seems reasonable, or wait for a better deal and take the risk that the price will go up?
Researchers at the UW and the University of Southern California appear to have taken out some of the uncertainty with a new computer program that approaches a 90 percent score in saving money by predicting air fares. Students get help in scholarship effortFirst there was Dawn Hewett. Anxious, depressed mothers can impact child’s health behaviorChildren whose mothers are the most depressed, anxious, and report high levels of psychosomatic symptoms are twice as likely to be taken to a doctor when they complain of a stomach ache or abdominal pain than are children whose mothers report the least amount of such mental stress. NoticesReference Update
The following UW policy information was newly adopted or revised during Winter Quarter 2003:
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