A long-standing scientific belief holds that stars tend to hang out in the same general part of a galaxy where they originally formed.
September 15, 2008
The latest news from the UW
Regents to act on honorary degrees for three members of Gates family
The University of Washington Board of Regents will be asked to approve honorary doctorate degrees for three members of the Gates family at the board’s meeting Sept.
Freshman Convocation features Bill Gates as speaker
Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington’s 25th Annual Freshman Convocation, which begins at 10:30 a.
September 12, 2008
UW Medicine invites public to free Fall Prevention Fairs beginning Sept. 18
UW Medicine will host free Fall Prevention Fairs beginning Sept.
September 11, 2008
My, what big teeth you had! – Extinct species had large teeth on roof of mouth
When the world’s land was congealed in one supercontinent 240 million years ago, Antarctica wasn’t the forbiddingly icy place it is now.
September 10, 2008
Researchers associate aberrations in aspecific region of chromosome 1q21.1 with broad range of disorders, levels of impairment in children
Researchers have discovered a submicroscopic aberration in a particular region of human chromosome 1q21.
Cause of conduct problems among girls appears to be different than in boys
The first study to include a significant number of aggressive girls with conduct problems indicates that psychological conditions including conduct disorder may have separate causes in the two sexes.
September 3, 2008
UW doctoral student in environmental health to receive 2008 Bullitt Foundation prize
Clarita Lefthand, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington, will receive the second annual Bullitt Environmental Prize at an awards dinner to be held Sept.
Patients with mild to moderate heart failure who receive ICD shock therapy are at higher risk of future death from heart failure
While implantable heart defibrillators reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest in patients with mild to moderate heart failure, patients who receive defibrillator shocks for rhythm disturbances have a higher future risk of death, primarily from heart failure, a new study has found.
September 2, 2008
How media covered Katrina aftermath affects response by blacks and whites
New research shows that black and white Americans responded differently when exposed to a video presentation that described Hurricane Katrina and then blamed the botched relief efforts on one of two causes: either government incompetence or racism, because the majority of Katrina’s victims were black.
August 28, 2008
UW buys multimillion-dollar tool for nanotech research
The University of Washington will acquire an electron beam lithography machine, a key instrument required to build devices at the nanometer scale.
August 27, 2008
Whether brown or red, algae can produce plenty of green fuel
Having studied the physiology of algae for more than 30 years, Rose Ann Cattolico is convinced the plant life found in oceans and ponds can be a major source of environmentally friendly fuels for everything from cars and lawn mowers to jet airplanes.
Obama builds large lead among Latinos in key Southwest states, McCain leads among Latinos in Florida
Latino voters favor Barack Obama over John McCain by a 3-1 margin in the key battleground states of New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada, according a new poll released today by Latino Decisions and the National Association of Latino Elected Officials.
August 26, 2008
UW filmmaker’s documentary on small-business struggle in New Orleans debuts on Katrina anniversary
Documentary on the struggles of small businesses in New Orleans
New space telescope gives UW physicist ringside seat for gamma-ray study
The newest space telescope is the payoff for years of work for a UW physicist.
August 21, 2008
UW to study Hispanic achievement gap
‘Can you see me now?’ Sign language over cell phones comes to United States
A group at the University of Washington has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.
University of Washington ranked 11th best public university by U.S. News
The University of Washington was ranked the 11th best public university in the most recent edition of America’s Best Colleges released today by U.
UW Medicine & Seattle Public Library series launches Sept. 3
Science in Medicine Lecture Sept. 25
Bugs put the heat in chili peppers
If you’re a fan of habañero salsa or like to order Thai food spiced to five stars, you owe a lot to bugs, both the crawling kind and ones you can see only with a microscope.
Fairs set for Fall Prevention Awareness Day Sept. 18
Tuscany provides backdrop for pharmacy education
By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy
Later this month, a group of UW School of Pharmacy faculty and staff and practicing Washington pharmacists will travel through the Tuscan region of Italy to learn about global practices in pharmacy.
Cataloguing invisible life: Microbe genome emerges from lake sediment
When entrepreneurial geneticist Craig Venter sailed around the world on his yacht sequencing samples of seawater, it was an ambitious project to use genetics to understand invisible ecological communities.
Underwater scout: New robot searches out best locations for components of undersea lab
Like a deep-sea bloodhound, Sentry — the newest in an elite group of unmanned submersibles able to operate on their own in demanding and rugged environments — has helped scientists pinpoint optimal locations for two observation sites of a pioneering seafloor laboratory being planned off Washington and Oregon.
Brown tree snake could mean Guam will lose more than its birds
In the last 60 years, brown tree snakes have become the embodiment of the bad things that can happen when invasive species are introduced in places where they have few predators.
The 160-mile download diet: Local file sharing drastically cuts network load
Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same.
UW ranked 16th among 500 schools
In time for the Olympics, a kind of academic Olympics has been conducted by one of China’s largest universities and the results show UW ranked 16th among 500 universities around the world.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Hearing impaired students to show animation work Friday
Students at the Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing will show the results of their work in animation at 7 p.
From the editor: Goodbye to all that; ‘UWeek’ going paperless
This issue of University Week is the last of the summer.
Getting to know UW: Orientation returns to in-person format
Beginning this fall, the University will be greeting its new recruits face to face once again.
UW employees can rent at Radford Court
Did you know UW employees can rent apartments at Radford Court, the University housing that sits right up against Magnuson Park and Lake Washington? Plus, if the employee is taking a class (matriculated or nonmatriculated) at the UW, the lower Public Student Rate applies.
Space flyers to land in Seattle Sept. 15–20
Dozens of space flyers will land in the Northwest next month.
‘Rising from Ruins’: UW filmmaker traces recovery struggle
Bruce Foret has spent the three years since Hurricane Katrina struggling to rebuild Oak Street Hardware in New Orleans.
Signing by cell: Can you see me now?
A group at the UW has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.
All that dance: High schoolers eyes open to dance through GEAR UP program
For the last two winters, Jennifer Salk’s students have brought the joy of dance to a group of middle and high school students in Central Washington.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Burke to host photo exhibit of birds from the Arctic Sept. 13–Dec. 31
Migration is one of nature’s great wonders; each year millions of birds travel great lengths — sometimes across the globe — to find feeding and breeding grounds.