January 31, 2008
By Kathy Hall
Environmental & Occupational Health
The UW Northwest Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (NW PEHSU) received the Environmental Protection Agency’s Children’s Environmental Health Excellence Award for its leadership in protecting children from environmental health risks.
January 30, 2008
Children with autism have normal-size heads at birth but develop accelerated head growth between six and nine months of age, a period that precedes the onset of many behaviors that enable physicians to diagnose the developmental disorder, according to new research from the University of Washington’s Autism Center.
January 28, 2008
Most of Washington state’s biofuels come from plants grown elsewhere.
January 24, 2008
The following UW policies and rules were recently adopted or revised:
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Carefully tucked into a stand of pines on the Maryland shore, Loblolly House is a study in the pragmatic and the poetic.
The State of Washington is seeking individuals to complete an online survey concerning retirement, long-term care, and financing of that care.
“Universities have a huge role to play in raising public awareness about climate change,” says LuAnne Thompson, University of Washington associate professor of oceanography and lead organizer of the UW events being conducted as part of Focus the Nation, a national teach-in on global warming solutions for America.
What if swallowing a pill with a camera could detect the earliest signs of cancer? The tiny camera is designed to take high-quality, color pictures in confined spaces.
Kathy Sauber Staff members at the Burke Museum load in the 145-million-year-old fossil of an ichthyosaur, or fish lizard, last week. Ichthyosaurs lived in the oceans of the Mesozoic Era while dinosaurs roamed the land. Though fish-shaped, the marine reptile breathed air like whales and dolphins and gave birth to live young. The fossil was donated to the Burke by the Hart family, which also recently donated a mosasaur, which was recently installed in Hitchcock Hall.
An anonymous donor off campus has set up an account for the UW student who was attacked off campus on Jan.
Ray Wittmier, who has served as assistant chief of the UW Police Department since 2003, has been appointed interim chief effective Feb.
The Simon Shaheen Trio will perform at 8 p.
The chances are good you’ve already heard Allen Vizzutti play the trumpet, somewhere.
The School of Music will present a piano concert and lecture by a member of the University of Idaho faculty on Jan.
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25.
Here in the coldest part of winter, it’s heartening that plans for summer are already under way.
What if swallowing a pill with a camera could detect the earliest signs of cancer? The tiny camera is designed to take high-quality, color pictures in confined spaces.
Diatoms — some of which are so tiny that 30 can fit across the width of a human hair — are so numerous that they are among the key organisms taking the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the Earth’s atmosphere.
Podcasting is so yesterday, pedagogically speaking.
Most of Washington state’s biofuels come from plants grown elsewhere.
When Biology Senior Lecturer Mary Pat Wenderoth and Communications Chair Gerald Baldasty were asked to talk to a group of Freshman Interest Group leaders about teaching last fall, they started by asking the students what they saw as the difference between a great instructor and a not-so-great one.
The human body is two-thirds water.
The Leadership, Community and Values Initiative (LCVI) began in 2005, and among its flagship efforts was a campuswide climate survey to examine how people feel about working at the UW.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The UW community and the general public are invited to UW Mini-Medical School, Tuesdays, Feb.
A genetic mutation occurring during embryo development at a particular point on a human chromosome may cause some cases of autism, scientists reported Jan.
Wendy Mouradian, clinical professor of medicine and dentistry, has been appointed director of the Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE).
Meg Kerrigan has been appointed as the new executive director for the University of Washington Physicians Network (UWPN), effective Feb.
January 22, 2008
Diatoms — some of which are so tiny that 30 can fit across the width of a human hair — are so numerous that they are among the key organisms taking the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide out of the Earth’s atmosphere.
A number of finalists for the deanship of the School of Law have been identified by the search committee and will begin visiting the university for interviews and public presentations over the next several weeks.
Ray Wittmier, who has served as assistant chief of the University of Washington Police Department since 2003, has been appointed interim chief effective Feb.
January 17, 2008
Melting glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica, combined with other effects of global climate change, are likely to raise sea levels in parts of Western Washington by the end of this century, though geological forces will offset the rising water in some areas.
Do you know of an outstanding female UW student, staff or faculty member who deserves recognition? Consider nominating her for “Celebrating University of Washington Women.
King County Executive Ron Sims will consider the social, economic and health inequities of climate change impacts during the lecture “Shared Prosperity in an Age of Global Warming: King county’s Vision for an Equitable Clean Energy Economy,” Jan.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Donna Shin, new flute faculty artist at the School of Music, and pianist Alexandra Nguyen, Eastman School of Music, perform music from around the world, including Korean and Chinese folk music, a tango reflecting the bordellos of Argentina (Astor Piazolla), and music of a Bohemian vacationing in Cape Cod (Bohuslav Martinu) in a concert scheduled for 4 p.
Year-end tax form distribution
W-2s, 1099Rs and UW Stipend letters for active employees will be distributed with paychecks on Friday, January 25th.