Editor’s note: The Emergency Management Division of the Washington Military Department is offering a tip a month to help people get prepared for a disaster.
August 20, 2009
The latest news from the UW
Gotta sing? UW Women’s Choir seeking members again
Faculty and staff women who like to sing are again being offered a chance to be part of a choir that practices once a week and performs several times a year.
Walking the walk: UW staffers to support Lifelong AIDS Alliance at annual Seattle AIDS Walk
Want to take a walk with your UW colleagues and raise some money for a worthy cause in the process? Then join the Seattle AIDS Walk on Saturday, Sept.
Personal stories of connection shine in staffer’s book, ‘Mentoring Moments’
For Susan Canfield, the creation of her book of interviews about the mentoring relationship, Mentoring Moments, is something of a dream come true.
Radiology group uses internet to extend global influence and access
Leveraging the Internet to enhance professional communication and education, the International Society of Radiology (ISR) has launched an initiative to a welcoming audience.
Behavioral therapy effective in treating insomnia and osteoarthritis
Public health doctoral candidate named Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholar
The Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program (FICRS) has announced that Kristin Beima-Sofie, a doctoral candidate in the School of Public Health’s Insitute for Public Health Genetics, has been selected as a Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholar for the 2009-10 cohort.
Conrad honored for work in health care management education
New genome-analysis strategy passes initial test
UW researchers have successfully developed a novel genome-analysis strategy for more rapid, lower-cost discovery of possible gene-disease links.
Nursing dean emeritus explores a new path as a poet
By Ashley Wiggin
School of Nursing
What started out as a simple journaling of daily events for UW School of Nursing Dean Emeritus Sue Hegyvary has led to her first chapbook of poetry.
August 17, 2009
U.S.-born Asian-American women more likely to think about, attempt suicide
Although Asian-Americans as a group have lower rates of thinking about and attempting suicide than the national average, U.
Organic electronics a two-way street, thanks to new plastic semiconductor
A new organic material lets both positive and negative charges flow efficiently. It permits a simpler design for organic electronics.
August 12, 2009
UW experts on health care policy
As the national debate on health care policies continues, University of Washington experts are available to discuss the issues.
August 10, 2009
‘Puter Profs: Experts who can address a variety of computer-related issues
Ed Lazowska
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Phone: 206-543-4755
E-mail: <A href="mailto:Lazowska@cs.
Life and death in the living brain: Recruitment of new neurons slows when old brain cells kept from dying
Like clockwork, brain regions in many songbird species expand and shrink seasonally in response to hormones.
August 6, 2009
UW blog profile: Meet the ‘Quantum Pontiff’
Editor’s Note: Members of the UW community are increasingly expressing themselves in personal blogs about their interests, professional matters or some combination of the two.
When’s that bus coming? The shadow knows
When’s your bus coming? When the sun’s shadow hits the mark, that’s when.
Did you know Radford Court is open to UW employees?
With UW Ethernet, a 24-hour fitness center, on-site day care and playgrounds, a 24-acre park-like atmosphere and other amenities, Radford Court is a pretty nice place to live.
Chaos theory, ‘Ulysses,’ murder and more — Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning has lively classes for those 50 and up
As new director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the UW, Lois Lussier did what many new campus leaders do — she visited a few classes to get acquainted.
School finances: Trimming teacher pay could reduce layoffs, larger classes
School districts faced with large budget gaps could avoid some or all teacher layoffs by rolling back salaries, a UW education researcher says.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents August meeting has been canceled.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Why paint fish green? Help the library identify this week’s Lost and Found Film
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
Sleep apnea, air pollution, vitamin D, Native Americans in science among UW’s research awards through federal stimulus package.
By Catherine O’Donnell and Vince Stricherz
News & Information
Help for people who suffer from sleep apnea.
Computers unlock more secrets of the mysterious Indus Valley script
Four-thousand years ago, an urban civilization lived and traded on what is now the border between Pakistan and India.
Scientists compile most comprehensive look ever at fish stocks
Twenty-one fisheries management researchers and marine ecologists — many of whom have been at odds with each other in the past over the state of the world’s fisheries — have collaborated on a groundbreaking paper that puts forth a common way to look at fish abundance and exploitation as well as identifying management tools that have worked for rebuilding depleted fish stocks.
Nanoparticles cross blood-brain barrier to enable ‘brain tumor painting’
Brain cancer is among the deadliest of cancers.
Plastics that convert light to electricity could have a big impact
Researchers the world over are striving to develop organic solar cells that can be produced easily and inexpensively as thin films that could be used to generate electricity.
The Amgen Scholars Program: Encouraging a new generation of biomedical researchers
A chance encounter with a funny-looking rock when he was 8 years old helped launch Phillip Poonka’s lifelong interest in research.
Crashing comets probably not the cause of Earth’s mass extinctions
Scientists have debated how many mass extinction events in Earth’s history were triggered by a space body crashing into the planet’s surface.
Telling the UW story: Randy Hodgins takes on new challenge as vice president for external affairs
For the past five and a half years, Randy Hodgins has been telling the UW’s story to the Legislature as the director of state relations.
UW CareLink provides special workshop for continuing employees after a layoff
During the last few months, UW CareLink, the faculty and staff assistance program, has provided special workshops for employees who are continuing on the job after others were laid off.
Adviser of the Year Balston enjoys helping students find their way
When Kay Balston graduated from high school 40 years ago, she didn’t head right off to college.
David Acosta honored for leadership in multicultural education
Israel Cancer Research Fund honors Nancy Maizels
Nancy Maizels, UW professor of immunology, has received the Elliott Osserman Award for Distinguished Service in Support of Cancer Research from the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) in recognition of her three years of service on the fund’s Scientific Review Panel.
Tina Albertson named 2009 St. Baldrick’s Scholar
Tina Albertson, UW acting instructor of pediatrics, has been named a 2009 St.
UW researchers awarded Life Sciences Discovery grants
Two UW research teams have won the Life Sciences Discovery Fund’s inaugural winter commercialization grant competition to support commercial translation of health-related technologies.
UW takes multiple top honors at national pharmacy meeting
Faculty, students and alumni from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy had an impressive showing at the recent American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) annual meeting in Boston.
Post-stroke depression recovery improved by adding brief psychosocial/behavioral intervention to standard treatment
Depression is common after a stroke, and can interfere with a stroke patient’s rehabilitation.
August 4, 2009
Nickels leading tight field of contenders; voters oppose bag tax, poll says
Nickels leading tight field of contenders; voters oppose bag tax, poll says