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Bridgman film showing Dec. 7

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.

Nominees sought for annual awards

Letters will go out next week to solicit nominees for several of the University’s annual awards.

Book examines religious roots of American media

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.

Unraveling the secret of Pacific Northwest storms

The Pacific Northwest’s fabled rainy season typically starts in November.

Katz lecturer shows relevance of early Japanese culture

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.

Cold oceans lecture to kick off lecture series

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.

Faculty Senate to consider two Class B measures

The Faculty Senate will meet at 2:30 p.

Authentic life is workshop topic

Gregg Levoy, author of Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life, will be offering a one-day workshop at the UW on Jan.

Health Sciences Brief News

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Could heart tissue be regenerated?

By Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations

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Rescheduled Strauss Lecture will be Dec. 7

The Department of Surgery’s annual Strauss Lecture, rescheduled from its original date of Sept.

Hand washing: The fine points

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Speaker to discuss work in behavioral neurogenetics

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.

UW research group awarded almost $19 million as part of NIH Protein Structure Initiative

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.

Ready to go

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.

Something fishy?

One might say UW gardeners were up to something fishy.

November 28, 2001

Treatment reduces risk of heart attack by 60 to 90 percent, reverses arterial plaque buildup; antioxidant vitamins diminish beneficial effect

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.

November 27, 2001

Brains of deaf people rewire to ‘hear’ music

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.

Take the Web test to measure your prejudice against Arab Muslims

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.

November 26, 2001

Ancient Chinese folk remedy may hold key to non-toxic cancer treatment

Two bioengineering researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a promising potential treatment for cancer among the ancient arts of Chinese folk medicine.

Personal decisions exercise the emotional part of the brain

People use the emotional parts of their brain to make so-called rational personal decisions, according to a University of Washington researcher.

November 20, 2001

UW speech traces history of African-American nurses in Seattle

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.

November 17, 2001

UW researchers hope to improve rain, flood forecasts in the Northwest

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.

November 15, 2001

Organ transplant surgeons and staff, organ recipients and donor family members to run in Seattle Marathon

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.

Nov. 27 community forum will discuss public health and bioterrorism

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.

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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.

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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.

You guessed it…

Most entrants this week were not fooled by our shot of the roof of Fluke Hall.

Unfurling the flag

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.

Answering medication questions

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.

Dr. Elders at Children’s

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Grant to help K-12 educators expand math teaching strategies

By Steve Hill
University Week

It seems that old saying, “as easy as 1-2-3” might not be so easy after all.

Does fallout from Sept. 11 threaten rights we take for granted?

Since Sept.