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A number of hypotheses have been used to explain how free oxygen first accumulated in Earth’s atmosphere some 2.
Most states mandate some consideration of intimate partner violence (IPV) in child custody proceedings, but the existence of such abuse is often unknown to the court when custody is at issue.
Women are vastly underrepresented in the academic sciences — that unfortunate fact is widely known.
BON APPETIT: You can enjoy fine dining and help the needy all at once when you attend the Sunset Supper sponsored by Seattle’s Market Foundation at 7:30 p.
Next week UW staff will have the opportunity to attend the first Staff Resource Fair, slated for 11:30 a.
Later this month, the University will launch an intensive effort to ensure that each faculty member properly reports to the federal government the amount of time that is spent on sponsored research, a subject known as faculty effort certification.
The UW Police Department has received national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
Researchers studying home videotapes of children’s first and second birthday parties have confirmed what a number of parents have been claiming for years — that some youngsters who are seemingly normal at age 1 regress and exhibit the characteristic behaviors of autism by the end of their second year.
Next week, about 70 UW employees, along with several of their counterparts with the city, county and state, will travel to Emmitsburg, Md.
Meredith Clausen, professor of art history and architecture, will present a lecture at the Henry Art Gallery Aug.
FARM POND FINDS: During the summer, recreational use of the 1 million or so farm ponds in Texas reaches its annual peak.
The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harder — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.
UW researchers are studying the effects of children’s exposure to diesel bus exhaust, and are looking for students in the Seattle and Tahoma school districts who ride diesel school buses.
UW Medicine Board review committee report available online
The full report of the UW Medicine Board review commmittee, “Achieving Excellence in Compliance” is now available on the Web.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY
ADAI grants
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Sixteen-year-old Jolene Monk of Shoreline hopes to become an engineer — just like her mother.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The end of World War II brought relief and joy, but it was also a bittersweet time as survirors remembered fallen family members, friends and classmates at the UW.
Beth Kalikoff may be the only author whose doctoral dissertation helped prepare her for writing a mystery novel.
A double row of Leyland cypress trees along Montlake Boulevard are scheduled to be removed soon.
Scientists have identified the first reported case in Asia of primate-to-human transmission of simian foamy virus (SFV), a retrovirus found in macaques and other primates that so far has not been shown to cause disease in humans.
The look and feel of a neighborhood reaches out to passers-by through the facades of its many storefronts.
Polly Olsen, director of the School of Medicine’s Native American Center of Excellence, and Dr.
The SLUGs are having tapas this week, and everyone is invited to join them.
Several local and regional agencies will be testing their ability to respond to an emergency involving mass casualties caused by a weapon of mass destruction in a drill to be held at the University of Washington Aug.
Researchers studying home videotapes of children’s first and second birthday parties have confirmed what a number of parents have been claiming for years — that some youngsters who are seemingly normal at age 1 regress and exhibit the characteristic behaviors of autism by the end of their second year.
The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harde — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.
Being seasick is not a problem for scientists on a major expedition now under way in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
More than 320 acres of gardens and woodlands — including one of the oldest arboretums this side of the Mississippi — and one of the West Coast’s largest horticulture centers and libraries began operating this summer under the umbrella “University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
The National Science Foundation has eliminated a proposed site in the Cascade mountains near Leavenworth from consideration as a potential location for a national Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory.
The University of Washington, faced with a July 23 deadline for securing $35 million in matching funds to construct a Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, has been unable to secure those funds, President Mark A.
All but four scientists taking part in a major expedition in the Atlantic Ocean starting this week are in a specialized command center in Mary Gates Hall on the University of Washington campus, a quarter of the world away from the ship they’re “on.
WE’RE IN PICTURES: Florentine Films, Ken Burns’ film production company (though not Burns himself), is at the UW Libraries Special Collections division through July 23 to film images for an upcoming film on National Parks.
WHOSE VOICE WAS THAT, ANYWAY?: An article under the headline “Voice Lessons” in a recent edition of Time Magazine’s special section Inside Business quoted Mark Forehand, a UW associate professor of marketing and international business, on the relative effectiveness of celebrity voice-overs in television commercials.
Training adults to have more effective parenting skills is the most potent tool available and should remain the standard of care in treating preadolescent children with serious conduct behavior problems.
Several local and regional agencies will be testing their ability to respond to an emergency involving mass casualties caused by a weapon of mass destruction in a drill to be held at the UW Aug.
Expanding connections and resources for new K12 teachers is at the heart of a two-year, $500,000 grant from Microsoft that the UW will share with three other universities, partnering with public school districts.
Reference update
The following UW policies, orders, and rules were recently revised:
- “Acceptance of Transfer Credit,” revised effective January 24, 2005 (University Handbook, Vol.
Drug-involved deaths increased by more than a third in 2004, due primarily to cocaine, heroin, prescription opiates and prescription and over-the-counter depressants, according to the latest report on drug abuse trends in the Seattle-King county area.