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December 1, 2005
Gates Foundation gives $33 million to UW for scholarships to spur careers in public service law
The University of Washington School of Law has received a $33.
Specialized neurons allow the brain to focus on novel sounds
A team of Spanish and American neuroscientists has discovered neurons in the mammalian brainstem that focus exclusively on new, novel sounds, helping humans and other animals ignore ongoing, predictable sounds.
November 30, 2005
Parents slow to adapt to booster seat law
Booster seats have been proven to protect children from serious injury, yet new research shows that in some communities fewer than 21 percent of children 4-8 years old are properly secured in booster seats when they ride in cars.
November 28, 2005
School programs targeting antisocial behavior also can boost test scores, grades
With the No Child Left Behind Act increasingly focusing schools’ attention on test scores alone, programs that stress behavior, social development and commitment to school have sometimes gotten left behind.
November 23, 2005
UW Medical Center becomes title sponsor for 2006 Seattle Marathon
UW Medical Center has become the title sponsor for the 2006 Seattle Marathon.
November 21, 2005
Charter schools serving more urban and disadvantaged students, study finds
America’s charter schools serve a larger percentage of minority and low-income students than do the nation’s traditional public schools, according to a comprehensive new study of the growing charter movement.
November 17, 2005
The Southern Diaspora tells how black, white migration changed America
More than 20 million black and white Americans poured out of the South in the first seven decades of the 20th century, sweeping north and west in two parallel, but largely separate, migrations that transformed politics, culture and religion in the United States.
One book for all incoming freshmen: Mountains Beyond Mountains
Students who enter the UW next fall will have at least one thing in common — they will all have read the same book.
Russian director brings Chekhovian experience to drama school’s ‘Cherry Orchard’
Audiences may come to remember the UW’s 2005 production of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, set to run Nov.
Reel history: Library curator restoring vintage films
Deep in the bowels of Allen Library is a treasure trove in the process of being discovered.
Helping promising technologies get real: UW bioengineering helps speed new technology from the lab to clinical practice
The UW’s Department of Bioengineering has received a $2.
From the Arctic to Congress: Students travel, learn, report
The five-week course “Choices and Change in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge” may have concluded in August but the learning continues.
UW Bookstore gives thanks — and discounts — tonight
The University Book Store is holding a Campus Thank You Night from 5 to 9 p.
HFS kicks off annual Giving Tree program
For the 20th year the Giving Tree, a project of the Department of Housing and Food Services and the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH), is asking faculty, staff and students to help make a difference in a child’s holiday.
Mystery Photo – set in motion
Where are we? The film above was taken somewhere on campus.
Local talent: Faculty Dance Concert slated for Dec. 1–4
The Dance Program at the UW will open its annual performance series with an eclectic concert showcasing work choreographed and performed by Dance Program faculty, guest artists and students.
CFD: Helping at-risk youth, and much more
Editor’s note: Throughout the Combined Fund Drive, which runs through Nov.
Norm Stamper featured in Patriot Act forum
“Caught in the (Patriot) Act” is the title of a forum on the implications of the Patriot Act featuring Norm Stamper, former Seattle police chief, and other speakers.
Norm Stamper featured in Patriot Act forum
“Caught in the (Patriot) Act” is the title of a forum on the implications of the Patriot Act featuring Norm Stamper, former Seattle police chief, and other speakers.
November 16, 2005
‘The Southern Diaspora’ tells how black, white migrants changed America
More than 20 million black and white Americans poured out of the South in the first seven decades of the 20th century, sweeping north and west in two parallel, but largely separate, migrations that transformed politics, culture and religion in the United States.
November 10, 2005
If babies follow gaze early, language learning improved
Infants begin pulling off an amazing feat sometime in the final three months of their first year of life.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
PREMIER COURSEWARE: A group of faculty and students in the UW’s College of Engineering has won an award for an interactive CD tutorial the team created to use in an engineering class.
Doctoral programs to get global look
The UW has convened a group of international innovators in doctoral education to explore the forces that are driving change around the globe and the forms that innovation is taking.
Don Quixote: World’s most famous unread book gets 400 year celebration
Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote is one of those books that everybody has heard of but almost nobody has read.
Combined Fund Drive
Editor’s Note: Through the Combined Fund Drive, which runs until Nov.
UWT prof to help design AIDS policy
Most people think of HIV/AIDS as a young person’s disease.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Sex and violence in 1906: UW prof writes of ‘vigilante newspapers’
Saturation media coverage of strange rituals, weird attire and sexual eccentricities put the case in the public spotlight for weeks on end.
Engineering dean candidates to visit
Campus interviews for the next dean of the College of Engineering have been scheduled.
Depression and diabetes: A fatal mix
Type 2 diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix.
New speech pathology degree announced
The UW announced last week that starting fall 2006, it will offer a new Master of Science in Medical Speech-Language Pathology degree.
Annual drive benefits U District Food Bank
The “Hungry for the Holidays” Food Drive to benefit the University District Food Bank is in full swing on campus.
UW Notices
Academic opportunities
Funding opportunity
The University of Washington Specialized Center of Research in Pharmacology of Drugs in Pregnancy (UWSCOR; supported by NICHD and ORWH) announces $10,000 for one year of research for projects on the pharmacology of drugs in pregnancy (UWSCOR).
Studying ions to help hearts
A patient has a heart attack, and is rushed to the hospital for treatment.
A life of service, at the UW and beyond
Connie Huffine doesn’t take the idea of a personal philosophy lightly.
Money for growth
A project to renovate existing quarters and increase the amount of research laboratory space in the Department of Biological Structure has been awarded $4 million in Research Facilities Improvement Program funds from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Morelli named to facilities post
Jill Morelli has been named director of facilities for the School of Medicine.
Volwiler Lecture topic: digestive diseases
“New Gut Diseases and Old Ones Rediscovered” is the title for the Wade Volwiler Lecture, to be given at 8 a.
Dworkin receives award from American Pain Society
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‘Health or health care?’ theme for legislative health conference
“Health or Health Care? Reframing the Discussion” is the theme for the 2005 Washington Health Legislative Conference to be held Tuesday, Dec.
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