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LANGUAGE LEARNING: The co-director of the UW’s Center for Mind, Brain and Learning says that babies learn to distinguish sounds made in their native language from sounds in other languages long before they learn to speak.
Two bioengineering researchers at the UW have discovered a promising potential treatment for cancer among the ancient arts of Chinese folk medicine.
For most people, researching family history involves looking at old photographs in attics.
Clyde Washington, left, and Herold Eby sort through some of the tons of recyclable materials the UW generates on a regular basis.
American attitudes about Arab Muslims may have changed or been colored as a result of the Sept.
Jon Bridgman’s Pearl Harbor: Parallels and Perspectives, a documentary that explores the people and events leading up to World War II, will premiere at 7:30 p.
Letters will go out next week to solicit nominees for several of the University’s annual awards.
By Steve Hill
University Week
Despite widely held public perception to the contrary, criticism from conservatives, and journalists’ own claims to objectivity and skepticism, the American press corps operates from a religious foundation, according to a UW researcher.
The Pacific Northwest’s fabled rainy season typically starts in November.
UW Professor Susan Hanley of the Jackson School of International Studies will speak on Japan’s Traditional Lifestyles: Reflections in 2001 as the fall Solomon Katz Lecturer in the Humanities.
Science’s race to observe the state of the Arctic in the face of looming climate change is the subject of a free, public lecture, Exploring the Cold Oceans of the North, by UW oceanographer Peter Rhines.
The Faculty Senate will meet at 2:30 p.
Gregg Levoy, author of Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life, will be offering a one-day workshop at the UW on Jan.
By Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
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The Department of Surgery’s annual Strauss Lecture, rescheduled from its original date of Sept.
By Laurie McHale
Center on Human Development and Disability
Behavioral neurogenetics research is a new method of scientific inquiry that focuses on the investigation of neurodevelopmental disorders associated with specific genetic conditions, contributing to an improved understanding of brain disorders in children.
By Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
While the Human Genome Project and its controversy have gobbled up space in the science news, some local researchers have been awarded a cool $18.
From left, Laura Marshall, Jeremiah Trammell, Vivian Schmidt, Yann Novak and Megan Rasley are ready to greet customers at the HUB’s new food service, etc.
One might say UW gardeners were up to something fishy.
Treatment with a combination of statin and niacin can slash the risk of a fatal or non-fatal heart attack or hospitalization for chest pain by 70 percent among patients who are likely to suffer heart attacks and/or death from coronary heart disease, according to a study by University of Washington researchers in the Nov. 29 New England Journal of Medicine. Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer in most industrialized countries.
Deaf people sense vibration in the part of the brain that other people use for hearing — which helps explain how deaf musicians can sense music, and how deaf people can enjoy concerts and other musical events.
American attitudes about Arab Muslims may have changed or been colored as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. How much they changed is difficult to assess, but individuals have the opportunity to measure their own level of unconscious prejudice toward Arab Muslims by taking a test on the Internet developed by University of Washington and Yale University psychologists.
Two bioengineering researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a promising potential treatment for cancer among the ancient arts of Chinese folk medicine.
People use the emotional parts of their brain to make so-called rational personal decisions, according to a University of Washington researcher.
University of Washington School of Nursing Professor Lois Price-Spratlen will discuss the experiences of early African-American nurses in Seattle who overcame racial discrimination and adversity to achieve their dreams. Her free public presentation at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in Hogness Auditorium at the UW Health Sciences Center is titled “Seattle African-American Nurses: How They Have Overcome.” It is the third in a series of public lectures sponsored as a community service by the UW School of Nursing.
The Pacific Northwest’s fabled rainy season typically starts in November. This year Cliff Mass is counting on the storms to give up some of their secrets and help researchers develop more precise forecasts for precipitation and flooding.
A team of University of Washington Medical Center staff and faculty, transplant recipients and donor family members will run and walk as part of the Seattle Marathon on Nov. 25.
People can learn more about bioterrorism at a community forum featuring public health experts from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27, in Room 110 of Kane Hall at the University of Washington, Seattle.
RESEARCH/TEACHING HONOR: Gretchen Kalonji, Kyocera Chair in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was among seven university educators nationwide to be honored with a new National Science Foundation award during a ceremony in Washington, D.
Academic Opportunities
Visiting Professorships at the University of Bergen, 2002-2003
The UW-University of Bergen Faculty Exchange Program announces its annual competition for Visiting Professor appointments at the University of Bergen, Norway, for a minimum term of one quarter.
Most entrants this week were not fooled by our shot of the roof of Fluke Hall.
The UW’s Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps sponsored a flag pole dedication to all United States armed forces veterans last week at the east side of Husky Stadium.
UW Pharmacy student Tiffany Tennant, left, and UWMC pharmacist Yvonne Mark answer Sharlene Aldrich’s questions at a booth set up at UW Medical Center-Roosevelt to provide information on medications and general health tips.
By Steve Hill
University Week
It seems that old saying, “as easy as 1-2-3” might not be so easy after all.