February 5, 2008
An international clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a common medication for treating herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV infection when taken by people infected with HSV-2.
February 4, 2008
Babies recently treated with infant personal care products such as lotion, shampoo, and powder, were more likely to have manmade chemicals called phthalates in their urine than other babies, according to University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute study appearing in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Even though federal welfare-reform legislation calls for case workers to screen for domestic violence and most states have agreed to implement this requirement, just 9 percent of women applying for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families were screened for domestic violence, according to data from a University of Washington study.
January 31, 2008
The past is no longer a reliable base on which to plan the future of water management.
Hydrocarbons — molecules critical to life — are being generated by the simple interaction of seawater with the rocks under the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
The University of Washington Foundation has raised $2.
The UW Photographers Group will have a show in the Harborview Medical Center Cafeteria through March 18.
The Comparative Religion Program and The Center for Global Studies present Prof.
The Student Activities and Union Facilities Office is sponsoring a photography scavenger hunt, and faculty, staff and student photographers are all welcome to participate.
Last fall ice covered less of the Arctic Ocean than had ever been recorded before and the temperatures of the ocean rose as much as 5 degrees C above average.
Students of UW organ professor Carole Terry will play select pieces for world-renowned organist Olivier Latry of Notre Dame Cathedral during a master class on Monday, Feb.
Kent Peterson of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington will present a free bike safety lecture at noon Monday, Feb.
A concert of jazz duets is slated for 7:30 p.
As a writer, scholar and political activist, Julian Bond has been on the cutting edge of social change for nearly a half century.
Select middle school and high school student band musicians will perform with the UW Wind Ensemble, directed by Timothy Salzman, during the 20th Annual Pacific Northwest Band Festival Monday and Tuesday, Feb.
The UW School of Drama presents She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith Feb.
RecycleMania, the national intercollegiate recycling contest, started small in 2001.
Cuong Vu, who recently joined the UW School of Music as assistant professor of jazz studies, will perform his own compositions with his trio at 7:30 p.
On Saturday, Feb.
Pass by the black box theater in Hutchinson Hall late on a Monday or Wednesday afternoon and you won’t hear much noise.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Carefully tucked into a stand of pines on the Maryland shore, Loblolly House is a study in the pragmatic and the poetic.
As the office formerly known as Computing & Communications (C&C) evolves into UW Technology, it marks a transition in the way technology services that support the University’s mission are delivered.
More than 370 plant species in Washington are considered rare, threatened or endangered.
Find out what the Leadership, Community and Values Initiative is all about and how you can help to change our workplace culture at LCVI Day, from 10 a.
It’s a 50-minute session that could literally save lives.
GREEN AND GRAND: The Custodial Division of Facilities Services has won a Grand Award for green cleaning in the universities division of a competition sponsored by the American School and University Magazine, the Green Cleaning Network and the Healthy Schools Campaign.
The dean of university libraries, in cooperation with the Association of Libraries of the UW, has established the first-ever Distinguished Librarian Award, and the selection committee is seeking nominations.
The UW Professors on Politics Web site has re-emerged just ahead of Super Tuesday as well as the Washington caucuses and the primary.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
One of the UW’s supplementary budget requests to the Legislature this session would provide money to begin preliminary work on what is perhaps the boldest new initiative the University has put forward in years.
David Saunders, 1933 – 2008
David Saunders, professor emeritus of medicine and former head of the Division of Gastroenterology, died Tuesday, Jan.
The 2008 Health Sciences Open House will be on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, and it’s time for units that would like to have exhibits or demonstrations to begin making plans.
With a few clicks of your mouse on the UW Web site, you can check out hours for the Intramural Activities center, find out how much storage you have left in your UW e-mail account and buy tickets for an upcoming show at Meany Hall.
The State of Washington is seeking individuals to complete an online survey concerning retirement, long-term care, and financing of that care.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Nancy Woods has been a faculty member of the UW School of Nursing since 1978.
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.