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Children whose mothers were exposed to second-hand smoke while they were pregnant have more symptoms of serious psychological problems compared to the offspring of women who had no prenatal exposure to smoke, according to a new University of Washington study.
Researchers tracing the development of violent behavior have found a link between teenage violence and domestic violence.
“UW undergraduates are global citizens.
Johnese Spisso, chief operating officer for Harborview Medical Center, has been appointed to the new position of clinical operations officer (COO) for UW Medicine and vice president for medical affairs (VPMA) for the UW, effective July 1.
UW President Mark A.
The UW has become a signatory to the Designated Suppliers Program of the Worker Rights Consortium, which works to assure that all University-licensed apparel is made in factories meeting specific criteria regarding fair labor practices.
The UW has appointed a 16-member work group to provide advice on an appropriate location, size of student body and degree programs for a UW campus to be located in Snohomish, Island or Skagit county.
Lincoln Johnson, director of Student Activities and Union Facilities (SAUF), has been named to the newly created position of assistant vice provost for campus life, effective July 1.
GERONTOLOGY GREAT: Nancy Hooyman, professor of gerontology and dean emeritus of the School of Social Work, gave the keynote address at the Korean Gerontological Society’s International Symposium recently, talking about trends in aging in the U.
Johnese Spisso has been a guiding force in the operations of Harborview Medical Center for the past seven years.
Members of the UW community got a chance to see what the Husky Union Building might look like someday when representatives of Perkins + Will, the architectural firm that is creating a master plan for the building, visited just before the end of spring quarter.
Computer science alumna Suzanna Kovoor started a company in January selling implantable brain chips.
A celebration of Margaret Darland’s life is planned at 5:30 p.
Sandra McGowan was waiting to get her hair done when the woman who runs a beauty supply business nearby came running over.
Six well-known regional writers will speak at the UW this summer as the public part of two courses on the Pacific Northwest that will be taught jointly.
If German photographer Florian Schulz shows a boyish enthusiasm for his photography, it’s no surprise.
President Mark Emmert has appointed Kathryn Waddell as executive director of Health Sciences Administration, effective Aug.
Tina Mankowski, director of Health Sciences/UW Medicine News and CommunityRelations, has been named associate vice president-medical affairs for News and Community Relations and Marketing.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Two UW employees, Lois Fink and Miko Robertson, are among more than 1.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
EVALUATING EVALUATIONS — UW psychology professor Anthony Greenwald was quoted extensively in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article about student evaluations of university instructors.
Following an acquisition of another company, chief executive officers’ compensation levels usually increase, even when the purchase turns out to be unprofitable, according to researchers at the University of Washington and University of British Columbia.
The University of Washington has appointed a 16-member work group to provide advice on an appropriate location, size of student body and degree programs for a UW campus to be located in Snohomish, Island or Skagit county.
WHAT: The 2007 Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing, a nine-week academy teaching talented students the fundamentals of computer science and aimed at boosting their numbers in the field.
WHAT: 20th Annual American Society of Civil Engineers National Concrete Canoe Competition
WHO: 700 civil engineering students from 22 of the nation’s top schools whose teams won their regional championships
WHEN: Thursday, June 14, and Saturday, June 16
WHERE: University of Washington Seattle campus and Lake Sammamish
DETAILS: On Thursday the teams will display their canoes, weigh the boats and “swamp” them underwater in a tank to prove their buoyancy in the UW’s Red Square.
Researchers trying to understand why high school-age boys are involved in serious delinquency more often than girls have found that males are exposed to higher levels of risk factors and lower amounts of protective factors.
Scientists at the University of Washington and other members of an international consortium have completed a multi-year research effort that dramatically boosts understanding of how the human genome functions.
The “snows” of Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro inspired the title of an iconic American short story, but now its dwindling icecap is being cited as proof for human-induced global warming.
The notion that East Asians, Japanese in particular, are self-effacing and have low self-esteem compared to Americans may well describe the surface view of East Asian personality, but misses the picture revealed by recently developed measures of self-esteem, according to a new study by a team of researchers from the United States, China and Japan.
Early next year, when the University of Washington moves into the property recently acquired from Safeco Corp.
University of Washington President Mark A.
A massive crane reaches down 25 stories, picks up a container filled with Asian goods, and sets it on a truck for delivery.
Guy Demmert got quite a surprise when he hauled a fishing net into his boat off the coast of southeast Alaska in July 2002.
You could say teaching is in Crispin Thurlow’s blood.
For many, David Goldstein is a natural choice as recipient of a 2007 Distinguished Teaching Award.
Now well into his third decade of service at the UW, Lauro Flores, professor and chair in the Department of American Ethnic Studies, is a consummate teacher and a passionate advocate of diversity and inclusion.
Doug Black didn’t set out to earn one of the UW’s Distinguished Teaching awards; he didn’t even set out to have an academic career.
UW Tacoma Senior Lecturer G.