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March 9, 2006
Health Sciences news briefs
Memorial service for Milo Gibaldi
A memorial service for Dr.
UW Bothell launches Center for Student Entrepreneurship
Starting a business can be a daunting challenge, but with help from a new University of Washington Bothell Center for Student Entrepreneurship, the advice and mentoring from faculty and professionals can mean success.
Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates brave howling winds to open new bioengineering and genomic sciences building
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Conference provides educators with new tools to combat effect of media on youthSeveral nationally-known experts on how media can affect the health of young people and how media literacy can minimize these effects, will speak at a two-day conference at the University of Washington. Leave it to salmon to leave no stone unturnedLike an armada of small rototillers, female salmon can industriously churn up entire stream beds from end to end, sometimes more than once, using just their tails. Extraterrestrial extremes: Comet from coldest spot in solar system has material from hottest placesScientists analyzing recent samples of comet dust have discovered minerals that formed near the sun or other stars. Artist Maya Lin coming to Henry Art GalleryMaya Lin, the award-winning artist who designed the evocative Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D. Summer teaching workshop deadline March 31The UW Teaching Academy’s Institute for Teaching Excellence is offering 16-20 UW faculty a chance to reflect with peers on their teaching methods and goals in a weeklong workshop June 11-17 at the Olympic National Resource Center, located on the Olympic Penninsula. March 8, 2006 There’s more than meets the eye in judging the size of an objectYou can’t always trust your eyes. March 7, 2006 Daniel S. Friedman selected as dean of College of Architecture and Urban Planning at University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington Provost Phyllis Wise announced the selection of Daniel S. Rainy day budgetingA group of legislators in Olympia is tackling the state treasury’s perennial “rainy day fund” problem. March 2, 2006 Mosey on down to Biz Tech round-upYou won’t need to be a technology expert to find something of interest at the annual Biz Tech 2006: Technology Round-Up fair. Study: Containment strategy may only delay bird fluContaining an emerging bird flu pandemic at its source is likely to only delay, and not stop, the spread of illness. Red Square was once a ‘swimming pool’Last summer, University Week wrote to faculty and staff who have worked here at least 35 years and asked for their reminisciences. Mystery PhotoWHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. Graduate, Professional Education Week celebrated with varied eventsVaried events are scheduled for Graduate and Professional Education Week at the UW, March 6-10, sponsored by The Graduate School, GPSS, UW Alumni Association and the Center for Career Services. Educational Outreach: An IntroductionI would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to UW Educational Outreach, the programs we administer, the value we bring to students, departments and the UW, as well as the services our talented and professional staff offer to our campus partners. Dietrich to speak on writingJournalist William Dietrich will speak on Two Roads to Reality: Journalism, Fiction, and the Future of Writing as part of the UW Libraries’ Blom Lecture Series. Calm heads prevail at Facilities Services’ Communications CenterNina Butorac and Cindy Guadiz’s work involves going from one crisis to another. Electronic field tripMillions of school students could “visit” the Wind River Canopy Crane this Tuesday. Prof Hollywood: Book makes film debutUW faculty write books all the time, but it’s rare for one of them to be made into a movie. Context, Collaboration, and Installation
Seeking to reduce cancer in Native AmericansThere is no word for cancer in most American Indian and Alaska Native languages. Doctor shortages threaten community health effortsShortages of physicians may threaten the planned expansion of the nation’s Community, Migrant, Public Housing, and Homeless Health Centers, concludes a study released this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Of jellyfish and ‘jumping green genes’The green fluorescent protein that some jellyfish have developed to light themselves up has proven useful for scientists, too. Toward a cell therapy for cancerCertain types of white blood cells assist the body in destroying cancerous tumors. Bringing a medical perspective to Ph.D. programsThe UW is one of 13 institutions around the country that have won grants from a new program at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) aimed at introducing Ph. Clinical research scholars namedThe NIH Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program at the UW has accepted its second group of clinical research scholars. Health Science News BriefsJimmy Carter coming for dedication Former President Jimmy Carter will be the keynote speaker next week at a ceremony dedicating the new building for the departments of Bioengineering and Genome Sciences in the name of Dr. Class gives credit for solving real-world problemsWho is responsible for addressing the epic problems of our age? What is society to do about homelessness, poverty, disease, discrimination, addiction, suicide, injustice and other widespread afflictions? Must the government always be the main agent for change, or should charitable, faith-based and other public organizations share the burden? And most important, where does individual responsibility begin for these public problems? Lots of questions, to be sure, but these are the substantial matters being taken up by Eugene Edgar, a professor of special education, and his Winter Quarter honors seminar, “Public Problems: Who is Responsible and How Should They Be Solved?” Edgar, who has worked extensively with different types of learning communities (and earned the James D. Report on Interdisciplinary initiatives availableThe Graduate School is pleased to announce the release of a study by Gail Dubrow and Jennifer Harris: “Seeding, Supporting, and Sustaining Interdisciplinary Initiatives at the University of Washington: Findings, Recommendations and Strategies. Official NoticesAcademic opportunities ADAI grant deadlines The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards. Provost to speak on estrogen researchProvost to speak on estrogen research
On Tuesday, March 7, Provost Phyllis Wise will speak on her research on estrogens. February 24, 2006 Devices tease out individual sounds from underwater racketWhile biologists sort out what levels of noise go unnoticed, are annoying or cause harm to marine mammals, physical oceanographer Jeff Nystuen is giving scientists and managers a way to sift through and identify the sounds present in various marine ecosystems. February 23, 2006 Initative team moves forward based on survey resultsThe Leadership, Community and Values Initiative is moving forward to implementation, based upon the findings in the Universitywide survey conducted in April, 2005. The true colors of Roy LichtensteinJordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Comic book-style images like the offset lithograph poster above, from 1967, appropriately titled WHAAM!, are what Roy Lichtenstein is known for. But a new exhibit at the Henry shows he was able to do much more than that. Opening on Friday, Feb. 24, the exhibit runs until May 7. See the… The true colors of Roy LichtensteinTearful blondes wait and worry for their men, suffering through their makeup and lipstick. All invited to listen and learn at Peace Corps DayEvery returned Peace Corps volunteer has a story to tell. Edwina Uehara named dean of UW School of Social WorkEdwina Uehara, who has spent her entire teaching career at the UW’s School of Social Work, is the school’s new dean. Devices tease out individual sounds from underwater racketWhile biologists sort out what levels of noise go unnoticed, are annoying or cause harm to marine mammals, physical oceanographer Jeff Nystuen is giving scientists and ecosystem managers a way to sift through and identify the sounds present in various marine ecosystems. Previous page Next page |
