Suzie Hwang Pun, assistant professor of bioengineering and adjunct assistant professor of chemical engineering, will present the next Science in Medicine Lecture, titled Synthetic Gene Vectors: Molecular Tools for Biological Research and Delivery Vehicles for Medical Intervention.
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By Claire Dietz
News & Community Relations
Several medical schools had been using standardized patients in various programs for years, but it was in the mid-1990s that the movement really began to catch fire.
By Roberta Wilkes
Department of Medicine
The Department of Medicine has received a new five-year K12 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to create a multidisciplinary Male Reproductive Health Research Training Program for internists, endocrinologists, and/or urologists.
University of Washington President Mark A.
Relying on easy-to-measure factors like how many Internet access points a place has presents a simplistic picture of today’s digital divide.
The University of Washington and Washington State University will announce on Tuesday (Oct.
David Auth, former University of Washington professor of electrical engineering, has been awarded the 2006 Inventor of the Year Award.
The UW has recently received three grants that will assist underrepresented faculty, especially women, succeed in the academy.
Want to keep your bicycle safe on campus? Then the UW Police have two messages for you:
- There is no such thing as a good cable lock.
Not a lot of UW people have attended the annual Washington State Faculty & Staff of Color in Higher Education Conference over its 11-year history — but maybe that will change this year.
It’s not unusual for UW astronomers to use the Hubble Space Telescope in their research, but for the first time a UW scientist has been granted the largest share of observation time for an entire year.
Michael Magrath expects the sculpture he installed downtown in September to dissolve by Christmas.
The idea that a person could move an object just by thinking about moving it used to be the province of science fiction or tracts on extrasensory perception.
The UW World Music & Theatre Series is opening its season this year with Sarakasi, “the amazing African acrobats.
With the arrival of fall quarter, the signs and banners have begun to appear around campus, advertising everything from the Karate Club to the Look Up! safety campaign.
UW TechTransfer, which facilitates the commercialization of UW research, has announced record growth in key areas for the 2006 fiscal year.
There can be an unfortunate cycle to the under-representation of minority populations — in education, the workplace and the public sector.
A new National Science Foundation-funded interdisciplinary graduate training program will bring together faculty and students in two academic areas — anthropology and biology — at two institutions, the UW and Washington State University.
A new National Science Foundation-funded interdisciplinary graduate training program will bring together faculty and students in two academic areas — anthropology and biology — at two institutions, the UW and Washington State University.
Innovative Learning Spaces is the title of a program scheduled for 2:30 to 4 p.
A public forum on I-933 will be held from 7 to 9 p.
A public forum, “Organizing our Futures: Labor, Knowledge and the Economy,” will be held on Oct.
Seeking an evening of elegance on campus? The Seattle-based company Dance for Joy is sponsoring “An Evening in Vienna,” a Viennese ball in the grand tradition, Sunday, Oct.
The UW Bothell will add a new Community Psychology option for Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences students interested in careers in human services, community development, mental health, youth, prevention, and program evaluation.
For the first time Seattle’s urban ecology researchers and managers are gathering for a day-long symposium to exchange their respective insights about protecting and restoring natural ecosystems in urban settings.
Kathy Sauber Library Technician Lorna Aites warms up for the UW’s first-ever Constitution Readathon by reading the Declaration of Independence aloud. About 100 people, mostly library employees, are expected to participate in the readathon, to be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, outside the Suzzallo Reading Room. The readathon is sponsored by the libraries’ Government Publications Office as a belated celebration of Constitution Day, which was Sept. 17. Joining Aites are, left to right, Hilary Reinert, library…
Where are we? The photo at right was taken somewhere on campus.
President Mark Emmert will give his annual address to the University community at 4 p.
The 2006 Combined Fund Drive kicked off Wednesday on the UW campus with words of inspiration, a special song and a whacking-loud group percussion performance by the campaign coordinators.
Prizewinning pianist Melody Quah will perform at 2 p.
David Fluharty, a UW marine affairs expert, has just been named to chair the science advisory board of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency charged with conducting research about and management of the nation’s ocean and atmospheric resources.
People who experience emotional ambivalence — simultaneously feeling positive and negative emotions — are more creative than those who feel just happy or sad, or lack emotion at all, according to a new study.
Craig Degginger
News & Information
The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH) Center has received a new five-year, $6.
Virtual reality gives users the illusion of going inside SnowWorld, an interactive computer-generated virtual place where children at UW Harborview Burn Center escape their extreme pain during wound care procedures for severe burns.
David Fluharty, a University of Washington marine affairs expert, has been named to chair the science advisory board of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency that manages and conducts research about the nation’s ocean and atmospheric resources.
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