Archive
February 29, 2000
Burke exhibit looks at a culture that wouldn’t be assimilated
Probably not one in a thousand Puget Sound residents has ever heard of the Nuosu people of remote southwestern China. Stevan Harrell wants to change that.
February 25, 2000
UW pharmacy professors publish doctors’ guide to drug interactions
Patients filling a prescription usually can rely on their pharmacist to warn of possible negative side effects caused by interactions with other prescriptions and over-the-counter medications that they may be taking. But two top national experts on drug interactions from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy believe the health-care provider actually writing the prescription should be the first line of defense against such interactions.
Human rights authority honored with Brotman law professorship
An expert on international human rights law, Joan Fitzpatrick, has been named the holder of a new endowed professorship at the University of Washington School of Law.
February 24, 2000
Labor,environmental and human-rights activists will gather to build on WTO protest coalition
A two-day event to explore labor’s role in furthering global justice, in an interactive setting that includes labor and the coalition partners who helped make history the week of the WTO Ministerial in Seattle.
February 16, 2000
Internet entrepreneur makes $2 million gift to support UW’s nationally ranked creative writing program
Ravi Desai may be an Internet entrepreneur, but his first love is poetry. To ensure that poetry continues to thrive at the University of Washington, he has made a $2 million gift to the UW’s Creative Writing Program.
UW- and Microsoft-sponsored high school teams set for robot battle
WHO:
Two teams of high school students, one sponsored by the University of Washington’s Department of Electrical Engineering and the Seattle Robotics Society and the other by Microsoft Corp.
Ecosystem health depends on complex relationship between organisms
University of Washington research, to be published in the Feb. 17 edition of the journal Nature, suggests the health of the ecosystem is rooted in a complex codependency between plants and animals that produce organic matter and simple organisms that break it down.
February 15, 2000
Former City Council leader Sue Donaldson joins UW
After a decade as one of Seattle’s top city leaders, former City Council President Sue Donaldson has joined the University of Washington to run a public-policy forum and teach courses in public affairs and lawAfter a decade as one of Seattle’s top city leaders, former City Council President Sue Donaldson has joined the University of Washington to run a public-policy forum and teach courses in public affairs and law
February 14, 2000
UW vice president for minority affairs to step down
Myron Apilado, vice president for minority affairs at the University of Washington since 1990, announced today his intention to step down from that position by the end of the year 2000.
February 10, 2000
Venture capitalist Dempsey donates $3 million to kick off UW Business School’s technology initiative
Venture capitalist Neal Dempsey has donated $3 million to kick off an initiative by the University of Washington Business School to infuse technology into every aspect of training the next generation of managers.
February 9, 2000
Immunex joins forces with UW’s Cell Systems Initiative
The University of Washington and Immunex Corp. announced today that they have joined forces in support of the School of Medicine’s Cell Systems Initiative (CSI) – a new scientific discovery program dedicated to the comprehensive study of the information systems that operate within all living cells and organisms.
Gates Foundation gift bolsters statewide program that encourages minorities and women to pursue their interests in math, science and engineering
A $1.6 million gift from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will allow expansion of a statewide program designed to involve students in math, science and engineering into the elementary grades, a move the program’s leaders call crucial in encouraging more women and minorities to enter science and engineering careers.
February 8, 2000
Progress Project hosts brainstorming session with two key architects
Two of the people most responsible for taking computers out of the laboratory and into the hands of millions are coming to Seattle on Tuesday to talk about how technology can make its next leap and bring progress to an even greater number of people.
New infrared technology could exterminate your computer mouse
Richard Johnston isn’t looking to build a better mousetrap. He wants to get rid of the mouse, period. The former University of Washington researcher and founder of a new start-up company called Dot On has found a way to demouse home computers.
February 4, 2000
Volcanos, oceans and life in our solar system subjects of Feb. 15 lecture
Free lecture “Volcanos, Oceans and Life in Our Solar System: A Fiber-Optic Telescope to Inner Space” by University of Washington oceanographer John Delaney.
February 3, 2000
Father, daughter collaborate on book to promote bioliteracy
As scientists who are fascinated by biology and enjoy communicating its wonders, David and Ilona Barash are concerned that many people don’t know their DNA and RNA from their ABCs.
February 2, 2000
UW survey shows residents support trade, distrust the WTO
The World Trade Organization will never gain broad public acceptance until it becomes much more open and democratic, a new University of Washington opinion survey indicates.
February 1, 2000
Harborview is first hospital to dispense methadone through pharmacy
A major study on heroin addiction treatment enters an important phase
Feb. 1, as Harborview Medical Center becomes the first health-care facility in the country to dispense methadone through a pharmacy for patients recovering from heroin addiction.
A family’s legacy to Persian studies
This is a story about a man who loved poetry, his three sons who graduated from the University of Washington, and the bonds that tie a community to a university. The story will be retold on Feb. 12 in the introduction to the second annual Afrassiabi Memorial Lecture, which honors Hooshang Afrassiabi, a leader of the local Iranian community who died two years ago.
January 28, 2000
UW study gauges growing economic clout of Washington’s African American businesses and consumers
African Americans have become an increasingly vital force in Washington’s economy, spending more than $2 billion annually and owning more than 6,600 businesses, according to a new University of Washington report.
January 25, 2000
UW explores aftermath of ‘Battle for Seattle’ and future of WTO
As World Trade Organization delegates left Seattle in a cloud of tear gas and disappointment, University of Washington scholars began studying and debating the outcome and its implications for the future.
January 24, 2000
Women’s problems with alcohol have far-reaching consequences
Women who drink heavily are significantly more likely than their male counterparts to suffer from liver disease, depression, psychological distress, and recent physical, emotional or sexual abuse, according to a study by researchers at Harborview Medical Center published in the January 2000 issue of the Journal of Trauma.
Hailey and Sandpoint, Idaho; and Soldotna, Alaska; each welcome UW medical students for six months of training in rural practice
Four University of Washington (UW) third-year medical students have started their six-month WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience (WRITE) in three rural towns.
January 20, 2000
Doctors perform region’s first nerve graft to preserve erectile function
University of Washington surgeons performed the region’s first two operations of their kind yesterday to help men avoid their greatest fear about prostate cancer surgery: impotence.
Independent audits reveal no major problems
Independent audits of the UW for the year ended June 30, 1999, presented recently to the Board of Regents, show a remarkable lack of major problems for a large, complex and highly decentralized institution.
Pediatric training unit marks 25th anniversary in Spokane
The University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine’s pediatric training unit in Spokane will be honored Jan. 24 for more than a quarter century of teaching UW medical students and pediatric residents about children’s health care.
January 19, 2000
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with a classical passion leaves $2.9 million to UW classics department
Meg Greenfield’s lifelong passion for classical languages and literature did not end when the former Washington Post editorial page editor and Pulitzer Prize winner died last May. The journalist has left a bequest valued at about $2.9 million to the University of Washington’s department of classics.
University of Washington president outlines strategies for coping with loss of affirmative action
Richard L. McCormick, in a speech to be delivered Jan. 20 to the Association of American Colleges and Universities at its annual meeting at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C., outlines the steps that the university is taking to cope with the passage in November 1998 of Initiative 200, which prohibited the use of race or ethnicity as factors in college admissions
UW surgeon performs region’s first surgery to clear lung arteries
The first surgery of its kind in the region, performed at University of Washington Medical Center, has given a once very ill 48-year-old Alaska man, who faced a lung transplant and/or potentially heart failure, a normal life expectancy and the hope of living a normal life.
Jon Jory joins faculty at UW School of Drama
Jon Jory, producing director at the acclaimed Actors Theatre of Louisville, has been appointed to the faculty of the nationally renowned University of Washington School of Drama, pending final approval by the Board of Regents on January 21.
January 18, 2000
We are not alone – or are we?
A new book by two University of Washington scientists contends that, contrary to popular thought, we just might be alone and Earth might be unique, if not in the universe at least in this celestial neighborhood.
100 families from variety of racial, ethnic backgrounds needed for study exploring origins of aggressive behavior in children
University of Washington researchers trying to understand the roots and continuity of aggressive behavior in children are looking for 100 families in the greater Seattle area to participate in a new study.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Lunar eclipse will be spectacular in Northwest – if weather cooperates
The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years will occur Thursday and, barring cloudy skies, Northwest residents should get some spectacular views.
January 14, 2000
Space Grant resource center provides tools for K-12 science teachers
The Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium’s recent move into new offices could be profitable for K-12 teachers throughout the Northwest, giving them easy access to a wealth of science teaching materials produced by the nation’s space agency.
January 13, 2000
“Millennium Twins” being transferred from UW Medical Center to Wenatchee hospital
Santos and Orlando Villafuerte-Mora, twins born at University of Washington Medical Center in two different centuries, are scheduled to be transferred Friday by ambulance to Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee.
Jimmy Carter to address human rights and global progress
Jimmy Carter will address a Seattle audience on Wednesday (Jan. 19) using an unconventional format in which a University of Washington professor engages the former president in a conversation about global progress.
Runstads give $1 million to UW real estate program
Jon and Judy Runstad have pledged $1 million to establish the H. Jon and Judith M. Runstad Endowment for Excellence in Real Estate at the University of Washington. Income from the endowment will support a comprehensive new real estate program in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Rapid size change in introduced species indicates it is evolving as it invades North America
The Old World fruit fly has exhibited one of fastest evolutionary changes ever recorded.
January 12, 2000
You were cooked in a star – UW faculty lecture will explain how
To paraphrase an old car ad, “This is not your father’s universe.
Astronomers use Hubble telescope to further Hubble’s research
Seventy-five years after Edwin Hubble demonstrated that the universe extended beyond the Milky Way, three University of Washington astronomers using the telescope that bears his name have made some surprising discoveries about one object of his research.
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