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September 12, 1996
Recently discovered virus associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma is frequently present in saliva and may be transmitted by this route, University of Washington study shows
A virus associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma has been detected in the saliva of six of seven HIV-infected gay men with a current or previous history of Kaposi’s sarcoma, report University of Washington researchers.
September 10, 1996
University of Washington Department of Family Medicine Turns 25
The University of Washington Department of Family Medicine is strongly rooted in the outside community, with nearly 600 volunteer clinical faculty in towns throughout Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho; and 31 faculty members at the UW.
September 9, 1996
UW participates in second phase of Diabetes Prevention Trial
The University of Washington is participating in the second phase of the national Diabetes Prevention Trial/Type 1, being announced nationally on Sept. 10.
UW ranked 10th among public universities by national magazine
The University of Washington was ranked 10th among all public universities in the United States in the quality of undergraduate education in a recentissue of U.S. News & World Report (Sept. 9)
September 4, 1996
MR technique for analyzing rattlesnake tail muscles can also be used to study muscle tone and function in the elderly
While almost all muscle tissue is either fast-twitch (like the sprinter’s) or slow- twitch (like the endurance runner’s), magnetic resonance studies at University of Washington Medical Center show that the rattlesnake’s tail muscles can sustain rapid firing over a long period of time, with great economy of energy.
August 19, 1996
Freshman Convocation Sept. 29, 1996
At least two thousand freshmen, their parents and guests are expected to attend the 1996 University of Washington Freshman Convocation, to be held at noon Sunday, Sept. 29 in Meany Hall for the Performing Arts.
August 9, 1996
UW researchers helping NASA plan affordable missions to Mars
The United States could put four astronauts on Mars within 15 years using existing technology and at a fraction of the cost proposed by NASA, under a plan proposed by Adam Bruckner, professor of aeronautics and astronautics in the UW College of Engineering.
August 7, 1996
School teachers leave Monday for one of the best “field trips” ever offered by the UW
Nine public school teachers leave Monday morning to visit the site of one of the Northwest’s most dynamic geological features to study the life forms that may pervade much of the Earth’s crust.
August 6, 1996
First study of small-town lesbian and bisexual women indicates significant percentage may be at risk for contracting HIV
In the first study of lesbian and bisexual women living in small towns and their behavior and knowledge concerning HIV, researchers have found that a significant percentage of them may be at risk for contracting the virus.
August 4, 1996
UW names 1996 Martin scholar
Gary Stielow, a transfer student coming to the University of Washington from Green River Community College, has been selected as the 1996 Martin Scholar.
August 1, 1996
Archaeologists find stone point that may link North America, Siberia
American and Russian archaeologists have found the first fluted point — a common artifact in North America that is associated with early inhabitants of the New World — on the Russian or Old World side of the Bering Strait.
July 30, 1996
Naturally occurring microorganisms gobbling toxic wastes at bottom of Eagle Harbor
Ferry passengers traveling to and from Bainbridge Island no longer see the remnants of the last creosote plant on the south shore of Eagle Harbor. On shore, oily wastes foul the ground water and the soil below it, in some spots going deeper than 70 feet. Those marine sediments have polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in concentrations a hundred times greater than clean areas of Puget Sound.
July 22, 1996
Salesin takes UW undergraduates to the forefront of computer graphics
David Salesin, associate professor of computer science and engineering at the UW. Salesin is the only professor at the UW and possibly in the nation to have received a Presidential Faculty Fellow Award, National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research Young Investigator awards and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. Salesin’s most recent achievement is having eight full-length research papers accepted for publication at the 1996 SIGGRAPH conference.
June 14, 1996
Rural high school girls get science, math, engineering experience at special UW camp, now through June 29
Thirty-three high school girls from seven rural school districts in the state are on the UW campus for a two-week camp designed to encourage them to pursue their interests in science, mathematics and engineering.
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