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August 2, 2012
Arts Roundup: Student art, ongoing exhibits — and natural science trivia
Should you want a break from the Olympics, UW arts are here for you. There are student art exhibits, a student-organized show of print arts and popular ongoing exhibits at the Burke Museum and Henry Art Gallery. The Burke also is restarting its monthly trivia contest at the College Inn Pub — a sort of…
Volunteers aid scientists with data on shoreline carcasses
UW Farm to supply produce for campus dining halls
August 1, 2012
UW researchers urge integrating deworming into HIV care in Africa
HIV care centers are an important and highly accessed point of care for HIV-infected children and their families in sub-Saharan Africa, but opportunities to address other health issues are being missed. Proven interventions, including routine deworming among children, could be effectively integrated into HIV care according to a new paper by University of Washington researchers…
Tag(s): Global Citizens
26 from UW selected for state Academy of Sciences
The Washington State Academy of Sciences has named 35 new members, 25 of them from the University of Washington.
Tag(s): awardsJuly 31, 2012
Athletes, accountants and more: UW hosts visitors all summer
Athletes, accountants, leaders, teachers, gamers, programmers and more — all manner of groups use the University of Washington campus facilities during the summer, all hosted by Housing and Food Services. And new this summer, Teach for America trainees, athletes with disabilities and a new precollege recruitment program from the Office of Minority Affiars will join…
Rockets, roller coasters and more for young scholars – with slideshow
Pedestrians along the UW’s Rainier Vista may have noticed an unusual warning last Friday. “Danger Rocket Launching Area,” the sign read. Below that someone had drawn a cartoon stick figure receiving a “doink” to the head from a descending bottle rocket. The sign was part of a demonstration by students in grades five through 10…
Critically endangered whales sing like birds; new recordings hint at rebound — with audio
When a University of Washington researcher listened to the audio picked up by a recording device that spent a year in the icy waters off the east coast of Greenland, she was stunned at what she heard: whales singing a remarkable variety of songs nearly constantly for five wintertime months. Listen to the bowheads repeat…
Tag(s): endangered species • whalesJuly 27, 2012
Lost and Found Films: ‘Play Fair, 1950’
Welcome back to 1950 for an installment of Lost and Found Films, old footage promoting a play festival that aims for a Norman Rockwell feel, with maybe a little Twain thrown in. Lost and Found Films is an occasional UW Today series where readers help identify historic bits of film unearthed from the UW Audio…
Tag(s): Lost and Found Films
Seattle researchers to engineer kidney tissue chip for predicting drug safety
Seattle researchers will be part of the new federal initiative to engineer 3-dimensional chips containing living cells and tissues that imitate the structure and function of human organs. These tissue chips will be used for drug safety testing. Tissue chips merge techniques from the computer industry with those from bioengineering by combining miniature models of…
July 26, 2012
Underwater ‘electrical outlets’ put in place for cabled ocean observatory project
The first U.S. cabled ocean observatory reached a milestone on July 14 with the installation of a node 9,500 feet deep off the coast of Oregon. Like a giant electrical outlet on the seafloor that also provides Internet connectivity, the node was spliced into a network of cable segments totalling some 560 miles that were…
Tag(s): Ocean Observatories Initiative • oceanography • Regional Scale Nodes • School of Oceanography
Chemical makes blind mice see
A chemical that temporarily restores some vision to blind mice has been discovered. Its discoverers are working on an improved compound that may someday allow people with degenerative blindness to see again. Read the paper in Neuron News release on earlier study A team of UW Medicine researchers, in collaboration with scientists at the University of California, Berkeley,…
July 25, 2012
Heating Arctic Sea prompts ‘instant evolution’
July 24, 2012
‘Control-Alt-Hack’ game lets players try their hand at computer security
Do you have what it takes to be an ethical hacker? Can you step into the shoes of a professional paid to outsmart supposedly locked-down systems? Now you can at least try, no matter what your background, with a new card game developed by University of Washington computer scientists. “Control-Alt-Hack” gives teenage and young-adult players…
News Digest: Campus dining changes, venues on display Sunday, volunteer for Azalea Way gardening
Options, changes for campus dining Summertime always brings some new twists to eating on campus, and this year is no different, as Housing & Food Services brings some changes and additions in mid-August, while some established things remain. The $6.50 “all you care to eat” option has returned for UW faculty and staff at 8…
Six minutes in Berlin — UW crew at the 1936 Olympics
July 23, 2012
Memorial for UW-IT’s R.L. “Bob” Morgan
A memorial for R.L. “Bob” Morgan, 57, an expert in “identity management” for UW Information Technology, will be held in Kane Hall 225 (the Walker-Ames Room) at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 29. He died July 12 during cancer treatment at UW Medical Center. Besides his work in identity management, which provides the foundation for safe…
Grant helps UW turn research into medical products
UW prof aims to salvage legacy of Ladino language
Yiddish has more than 3 million speakers worldwide, but fewer than 150,000 people still speak Ladino. A new organization is gathering Ladino source materials before they are lost forever.
Polluted waters: How clean is clean?
Bill Daniell, a researcher in the UW School of Public Health, says there’s not good data on how many people eat fish from the polluted Duwamish River, but doing so raises health concerns.
President Obama honors UW biologist
Jay Z. Parrish, University of Washington assistant professor of biology, has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
July 20, 2012
UW Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center take top two spots in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals state, metro rankings
U.S. News latest hospital rankings UW Medicine’s two academic medical centers are ranked the best in the region and the state of Washington in U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 edition of America’s Best Hospitals. UW Medical Center holds the No. 1 rank and Harborview Medical Center is No. 2 out of 35 hospitals in the…
Engineering students race first 3-D printed boat in Milk Carton Derby – with slideshow
Mechanical engineering students last weekend braved uncharted waters as they paddled to the finish line at the annual Milk Carton Derby at Green Lake, in what they believe is the world’s first boat made using a 3-D printer.
July 19, 2012
Global health exhibit at Seattle Center is family-friendly, free and open to all
Seattle is showcasing the work of more than 30 area organizations at an exhibit at Seattle Center through Aug. 19. Global Health Exhibit at Seattle Center Dates: Now – Aug. 19, 2012 Time: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Location: Seattle Center, Next Fifty Plaza World Vision donated a mock village that has been turned…
Tag(s): Global Citizens
UW designated an NIH Center of Excellence in Pain Education
Chronic pain affects approximately 100 million Americans and costs up to $635 billion in medical treatment and lost productivity each year. Yet pain management often is not taught in many health professional schools. Recognizing the need to change this, the National Institutes of Health have selected 12 schools to develop pain curricula, and the UW…
Arts Roundup: Faculty, student art — on and off campus
Here in another slow summer week, the School of Art takes the lead with art by students, faculty — and former faculty as well. Plus, there are continuing exhibits on campus well worth investigating. Exhibit: “Tangible Competitive Intangibles,” through Aug. 4. An invitational show in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery featuring the work of artists who have taught in…
July 18, 2012
UW astronomer helped discover planet
UW names DeLuca director of School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
A soils and ecosystem scientist who studies natural resources sustainability has been named the director of the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. Thomas H. DeLuca is currently professor of natural resources and geography at Bangor University, Wales, where he holds the chair in environmental sciences sponsored jointly by the university and…
UW is first U.S. school to give credit for classes, certificate programs on massive open online course platform
The University of Washington is about to become the first university in the United States to provide classes for university credit using a massive open online course learning platform. UW is planning courses that will be made available in multiple ways, tailoring innovative options to match consumer needs. Free, non-credit versions will use the Coursera…
July 17, 2012
UW Medicine hospitals ranked best in region, state
DO-IT celebrates 20 years preparing students with disabilities for college
A group of Washington high-school students will arrive at the University of Washington campus this week for the annual DO-IT Scholars Summer Study program. It’s the 20th anniversary of the summer program, which has now helped launch the careers of hundreds of students from Washington and beyond who have a wide range of disabilities. DO-IT…
July 16, 2012
UW study plays pivotal role in todays FDA approval of HIV prevention drug
In evaluating whether to allow Truvada® to be prescribed for HIV prevention the FDA reviewed evidence from two studies. The largest was conducted by the UWs International Clinical Research Center.
Tag(s): Global Citizens • HIV and AIDSJuly 13, 2012
Robert J. Naiman earns award for insights into freshwater ecosystems
Robert J. Naiman has received the highest award given by the Ecological Society of America, the world’s largest society of professional ecologists.
3-D printed boat to enter tomorrow’s Milk Carton Derby
Students in the UW’s new 3-D printing club plan to enter tomorrow Milk Carton Derby at Green Lake with what they believe is the world’s first 3-D printed boat, made from more than 150 recycled, melted and extruded milk cartons.
UW Medicine opens comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center at Northwest Hospital
The public is invited to an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday July 21 at the facility, which has one of the regions strongest concentrations of MSspecialists.
July 12, 2012
Early-career neuroscientists sought for new UW-based diversity program
A new professional development program aims to nurture neuroscientists who are underrepresented minorities as they enter faculty positions.
Arts Roundup: Henry Art Gallery pays homage to vinyl records
“The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl,” opening July 14, explores the world of vinyl records from the 1960s to the present through sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography, video, performance and — of course — sound.
July 11, 2012
Groundbreaking research paves way for HIV prevention drug approval
The UW International Clinical Research Center played a key role in examining Truvada’s effectiveness for HIV prevention. The center’s director Connie Celum talks about the impact of the findings in a Q & A.
Tag(s): Global Citizens • HIV and AIDS
Got milk? Climate change means stressed cows in southern U.S. may have less
UW researchers found that the decline in milk production due to climate change will vary across the U.S., since there are significant differences in humidity and how much the temperature swings between night and day across the country.
July 10, 2012
Multiracial youths show similar vulnerability to peer pressure as whites
Experts have thought that multiracial adolescents use drugs and engage in violence more than their single-race peers. But in a new study, researchers find that mixed-race adolescents are more similar to their white counterparts than previously believed.
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