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February 1, 1999
UW astronomy professor’s Stardust quest set for launch Saturday
It’s a moment University of Washington astronomy professor Donald Brownlee has been awaiting for nearly two decades.
January 26, 1999
UW symposium to address quality of health care
“Beyond Consumer Protection: Appropriate Public and Private Roles in Quality of Care” is the subject of the University of Washington’s 14th John R.
January 25, 1999
Stardust launch audio available on UW web page
Stardust, a NASA Discovery mission in which the University of Washington plays a central role, is scheduled for on Feb.
January 23, 1999
Long-term forecasting could give nations tools to survive climate change
ANAHEIM, Calif.
January 22, 1999
200,000 Web tests show people’s unconscious roots of racism, ageism
People have taken more than 200,000 tests that measure unconscious components of prejudice and stereotyping since twin Web sites were opened to the public last year by psychologists from the University of Washington and Yale University.
Astrophysicist gets $1 million McDonnell grant to hunt for dark matter
University of Washington astrophysicist Christopher Stubbs has been awarded a $1 million grant from the James S.
January 19, 1999
Sixteen American Indian and Alaska Native communities selected for program to provide Internet access to health resources
Sixteen American Indian and Alaska Native communities in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana and Idaho have been selected to participate in a National Libraries of Medicine program that will connect them to the Internet.
January 9, 1999
Extrasolar planets favor stars with overabundance of heavy elements
AUSTIN, Texas – A three-year spectroscopic survey shows a group of stars near our solar system have a much greater allotment of heavy elements than other nearby stars that are like our sun, a University of Washington astronomer reported today at the national meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
January 7, 1999
MEDIA ADVISORY: Stardust prelaunch science briefing scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 13
Managers and scientists leading the team preparing the Stardust spacecraft to gather samples of icy comet dust and return them to Earth will conduct a media briefing on the mission and its science goals on Wednesday, Jan.
Great Falls, Mont., and Pocatello, Idaho, to be honored for 25 years as UW School of Medicine training sites in children’s health care
The University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine pediatric training units in Great Falls, Mont.
January 5, 1999
Nature Medicine paper highlights potential for treating HIV: UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researchers publish data on adoptive immunotherapy for HIV:
SEATTLE — Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), the University of Washington (UW), and Targeted Genetics Corp.
Yongmin Kim selected to lead UW bioengineering department
Yongmin Kim has been named professor and chair of the University of Washington’s nationally ranked bioengineering department.
Libby, Mont.; Sandpoint, Idaho; and Thermopolis, Wyo., each welcome a UW medical student for six months training in rural practice
Three University of Washington (UW) third-year medical students have started their six-month WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience (WRITE) in rural towns.
December 23, 1998
Don’t trip over your New Year’s resolutions
If you are like many Americans, somewhere in the next week you’ll draw up a list of New Year’s resolutions. You’ll pledge to start on a diet, vow to exercise three times a week, promise to stop smoking or maybe try to cut back on your alcohol consumption. Then you’ll spend hours wondering how you can keep your resolutions and why you made them in the first place. But those resolutions aren’t necessarily doomed to fail.
December 22, 1998
Rathmann Family Foundation commits to funding Endowed Chair in Patient-Centered Clinical Education
Recognizing the vital importance of training physicians who are dedicated to patient-centered care, the Rathmann Family Foundation will contribute $1.5 million to fund an endowed chair in patient-centered clinical education at the University of Washington.
December 17, 1998
UW astronomers have a hand in ‘Science’ Breakthrough of the Year
Two University of Washington astronomy professors and two UW graduate students were among dozens of scientists on two teams who this year showed that the expansion of the universe is actually accelerating, a discovery lauded by the journal “Science” in its Dec. 18 edition as the most important science advance of the year.
December 8, 1998
First complete fossil of fierce prehistoric predator found in South Africa
Paleontologists from the South African Museum and the University of Washington have discovered what appears to be the first complete fossil of a gorgonopsid, a ferocious predator with both reptilian and mammalian characteristics that became extinct 250 million years ago.
December 6, 1998
Asian pollution may have triggered stream changes at peninsula research site
Forest resources experts at the University of Washington suspect that Asian air pollution has contributed to dramatic increases of nitrate, sulfate and acidity in precipitation during four of the last six years at their research site on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.
West Coast measurements confirm Asian air pollution can travel to U.S.
Atmospheric pollution from eastern Asia is beginning to have measurable, though still small, effects on air quality in western North America, a researcher from the University of Washington, Bothell, said today.
December 3, 1998
Statement from UW President Richard L. McCormick regarding Initiative 200
Statement from UW President Richard L. McCormick regarding Initiative 200
December 2, 1998
Subduction zone quake could shake Puget Sound area harder than expected
Recent satellite measurements by University of Washington seismologists indicate the “locked zone” between the Juan de Fuca and North America plates is wider in the Seattle area than previously believed. That means the Puget Sound lowlands are likely to experience significantly greater motion during a subduction-zone earthquake than scientists earlier thought.
William Bremner named chair of the Department of Medicine
Dr. William J. Bremner has been named chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
December 1, 1998
100 policymakers from eight states paired with welfare recipients, will feed their families for a month on food-stamp budget
One hundred legislators and other public officials from eight states across the country are closing out 1998 by learning first-hand more about one of the nation’s most vexing problems, the welfare system.
November 25, 1998
Alcohol consumption, resistance to its effects related to levels of neurotransmitter, say UW researchers
Science is still a long way from understanding why some people are more prone to alcoholism and alcohol abuse than others, but University of Washington researchers have discovered that concentrations of a neurotransmitter in the brains of mice are directly related to alcohol consumption and resistance to the sedative effects of alcohol.
Pilot project launched on Olympic Peninsula to educate nurse practitioners
Responding to a pressing need for more health care providers on the Olympic Peninsula, the University of Washington School of Nursing is launching a pilot project to offer nurses on the peninsula easier access to courses that prepare them to become adult acute care nurse practitioners.
November 13, 1998
NASA Video File includes local angles for Leonid shower, Stardust launch
WHAT: The Leonid meteor shower and the Stardust Comet Sample Return Mission.
UW professor to lead American Institute of Chemical Engineers
University of Washington Professor Bruce Finlayson has been elected vice president of the 58,000-member American Institute of Chemical Engineers and will take over as president next year.
November 12, 1998
Leonid meteor shower coming, but “big storm” won’t be visible here
The annual Leonid meteor shower will appear Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 17 and 18. This year the event will include a meteor “storm,” as the Earth plows through a small and very dense clump of particles trailing from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.
November 8, 1998
Rare brain mapping procedure provides unique picture of two areas concerned with language processing and production
A unique opportunity to map and test the human brain has yielded new insights into two areas involved in producing and processing of language.
November 3, 1998
‘New’ plane will enhance UW climate and weather research
Armed with a ‘new’ tool, a 40-year-old Convair 580 turboprop plane stuffed with research equipment, University of Washington atmospheric scientists are ready to fly higher and farther to gain a greater understanding of climate and weather patterns, regionally and globally.
Medical Center raises parking fees for non-patients who use patients’ garage
More parking stalls should be available for patients and their visitors in the Triangle Parking Garage. The daily rate without a validation sticker will be raised from $6 to $18, to deter others from parking there.
November 2, 1998
‘Smart computer’ researcher at UW wins prestigious Packard Fellowship
A University of Washington professor researching ways to build computers with the intelligence and adaptability of living creatures has been awarded a highly competitive fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
October 30, 1998
UW president leads delegation to Beijing, Hong Kong and Taiwan
University of Washington President Richard L. McCormick will be leading a delegation of UW faculty and administrators to visit China, with stops in Beijing and Hong Kong in China and Taipei in Taiwan, November 1-9.
1998 Autumn Quarter Enrollments at University of Washington
The University of Washington’s main campus 1998 Autumn Quarter enrollment is 35,108, including 1,013 students in the Evening Degree Program instituted in autumn 1990.
October 29, 1998
UW designated a National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
The University of Washington has been selected as one of six new National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health.
Making the University District safer for homeless, runaway youth is focus of November conference open to public
Registration is now open for a conference – Solving the Puzzle ’98 – designed to find solutions to the problems posed by so many homeless and street youth in Seattle’s University District.
October 28, 1998
UW lecture series will focus on “Extreme Worlds”
A three-lecture series that explores life around hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor off the Washington-British Columbia coast and the possibility of life on Jupiter’s moons will be held on three consecutive Thursdays in November.
UWMC Center for Adoption Medicine provides care for special needs of adopted children and their families
Adopting a child can bring special joys as well as special challenges. Unique medical, social and developmental issues arise in both domestic and international adoptions. To help parents prepare and care for the special needs of adopted children, University of Washington Medical Center has established the Center for Adoption Medicine at the Pediatric Care Center.
October 27, 1998
Kennewick Man remains to be transferred to Burke Museum noon Thursday
The 9,300-year-old skeletal remains known as Kennewick Man will be transferred to the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture on the University of Washington campus in Seattle on Thursday, Oct. 29, from Battelle’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash.
Conference addresses implications of global economic conditions for forest products industry
The University of Washington’s College of Forest Resources and Jay Gruenfeld Associates will co-sponsor a conference Dec. 7 and 8 focusing on international markets and trade for forest products with an emphasis on Pacific Rim countries.
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