Undergraduate astronomy students at the UW combing through images from a specialized telescope have discovered more than 1,300 asteroids that had never before been observed.
October 11, 2007
The latest news from the UW
UW is ‘nearly’ smoke-free
It’s well documented that smoking tobacco is one of the riskiest and deadliest behaviors around, contributing to over 30 percent of heart disease and strokes, nearly 90 percent of lung cancers and at least a third of other cancers.
Lehman and Goff win Health Breakthrough Award
MRI helps detect breast cancer in women at high risk
If a woman has been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the other breast may show cancer that the mammogram missed, according to a UW-led international study that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March.
NIH funds UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences
By Clare Hagerty & Elizabeth Lowry
News & Community Relations
The UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences is among 12 additional academic medical organizations nationwide to receive funding through the National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs).
UW faculty elected to Institute of Medicine
Four UW faculty members have been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
In Brief
Free seminar on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Oct.
October 9, 2007
UW researchers play major role in next phase of Human Genome Project
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded University of Washington researchers $10.
Generating ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’: Vocal Joystick uses voice to surf the Web
The Internet offers wide appeal to people with disabilities.
October 8, 2007
Conifers or condos? NW Environmental Forum develops strategies
Priorities the Washington Department of Natural Resources might consider when spending the $70 million it has available to bolster the amount of working forestland in the state were on the agenda last month during the Northwest Environmental Forum at the UW.
Institute of Medicine announces newly elected members; four UW faculty members and two alumni among those named
Four faculty members from the University of Washington (including two who are also UW alumni) and two other alumni from the UW health sciences have been elected to the Institute of Medicine.
UW undergrads discover more than 1,300 asteroids
Undergraduate astronomy students at the University of Washington combing through images from a specialized telescope have discovered more than 1,300 asteroids that had never before been observed.
‘Google 101’ class at UW inspires first Internet-scale programming courses
A pilot course taught at the University of Washington has been expanded into a national program that shows students how to program using tens, hundreds or thousands of computers.
October 4, 2007
University of Washington to lead local center in landmark national study of children’s health
The University of Washington has been selected as a study center in the National Children’s Study to assess the effects of environmental and genetic factors on child and human health in the United States.
UW staffer to run Seattle Marathon in memory of mentor
By Gene Woodard
Facilities Services
Gene Woodard, director of the Custodial Service Division of UW Facilities Services, is training for the UW Medical Center Seattle Marathon which will be held Sunday, Nov.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
City birds better than rural species in coping with human disruption
Birds that hang out in large urban areas seem to have a marked advantage over their rural cousins — they are adaptable enough to survive in a much larger range of conditions.
UW, community college team up to create teacher education program for diverse students
A new partnership between the UW and Seattle Central Community College is creating an education pathway for prospective elementary school teachers and encouraging a sense of community among the participants.
‘University Week’ remembers — 25 years and counting
This school year, University Week, the UW campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25 years old.
Research overturns accepted notion of neutron’s electrical properties
For two generations of physicists, it has been a standard belief that the neutron, an electrically neutral elementary particle and a primary component of an atom, actually carries a positive charge at its center and an offsetting negative charge at its outer edge.
Medical Genetics symposium Oct. 12-13
The UW Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medicine is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding with a two-day symposium to be held Oct.
Perennial ice, sometimes thick enough to defy icebreakers, may be key to predicting Arctic thaw
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old — called perennial ice — may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a UW polar scientist says.
Hinckley is first to hold David R.M. Scott Endowed Professorship
Thomas Hinckley, professor of forest ecology at the UW College of Forest Resources, is the recipient of the college’s new David R.
Jurkovich to lead trauma surgery group in 2008
Greener cleaning: New mops, fragrance-free soaps make debut
UW Custodial Services is giving the old mop and water bucket the heave-ho in favor of a more ecologically friendly way of cleaning floors — and also switching to a new fragrance-free foam soap in campus bathrooms.
Neile Graham: Adviser, administrator, poet, novelist
Neile Graham leads a double life.
Graduate School provides ‘one-stop shopping’ online for applicants
Drama School opens season with ‘Ring Round the Moon’
The UW School of Drama will open its first production of the 2007-08 season, Jean Anouilh’s, Ring Round the Moon, Oct.
Bridging the Gap Breakfast to celebrate diversity at UW, in the community
Tickets are on sale now for the annual Bridging the Gap Breakfast and silent auction, slated for Saturday, Oct.
Health and safety committee elections coming soon
Elections are beginning for employee representatives to the 11 UW organizational health and safety Committees.
Constitution readers needed
The staff of the Government Publications Office of UW Libraries seeks your help with the second annual “UW Reads the Constitution” event.
Trimpin event ful: walk-ins invited after 6:30
Registration is full but you might still get a chance to hear sound and media artist Trimpin give a presentation about his work at 7 p.
Terry to perform at St. Mark’s Cathedral
Faculty organist Carole Terry performs works by Mendelssohn, Duruflé, Bolcom, Reger, and others in a recital co-sponsored by St.
Staff sought for adjudication panel
UW staff are being sought to serve on the University Faculty Adjudication Panel.
Philip Green named Inventor of the Year
New department chairs in the School of Medicine
Three new department chairs have been appointed in the UW School of Medicine.
September 28, 2007
Fact sheet: Perennial ice, sometimes thick enough to defy icebreakers, may be key to predicting Arctic thaw
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old – called perennial ice – may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a University of Washington polar scientist says.
September 27, 2007
Get UW arts information with one click
From the stage, to the digital studio, to the gallery, the Arts at the University of Washington present creative cultural experiences that are open to everyone.
To prepare and protect: UW Emergency Management at work
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Business continuity during an emergency: People first, then systems
Scott Preston and his colleagues at UW Emergency Management help departments and units plan responses to disasters such as fires, earthquakes, pandemics and plain old human error.