UW News
The latest news from the UW
August 9, 2007
Computers expose the physics of NASCAR
It’s an odd combination of Navier-Stokes equations and NASCAR driving.
August 8, 2007
Conventional plowing is ‘skinning our agricultural fields’
Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth’s soil supply, a new study confirms.
President Emmert signs letter protesting threatened British boycott of Israeli universities
University of Washington President Mark A.
August 7, 2007
Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help, infants’ language development
Despite marketing claims, parents who want to give their infants a boost in learning language probably should limit the amount of time they expose their children to DVDs and videos such as “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby.
August 6, 2007
Infrastructure Experts: Engineers who can speak on building and bridge safety
Experts and their areas:
Charles Roeder
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: (206) 543-6199
E-mail: <A href="mailto:croeder@u.
Satellite tracking will help answer questions about penguin travels
You could understand if a half-dozen Magellanic penguins developed a “big bird is watching” phobia before this month is over, but the surveillance really will be for their own good.
August 2, 2007
Try alternate commute option during construction
UW Commuter Services is urging staff and faculty to take one car off the road by biking, busing or sharing a ride to campus during the I-5 lane closure.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Campus housing offered during highway crunch
Beginning Aug.
Official notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents has cancelled its August meeting.
State’s smartest students get three-day taste of UW
Every summer, the UW plays host to some of the smartest high school students in the state.
Jeffords heads to UW Bothell
Susan Jeffords has been named interim vice chancellor for academic affairs at UW Bothell, subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
‘Teacher leaders’ is aim of new program
In very real ways, graduate students Tim Harris and Marisa Gaalema are already leaders, on the job and in life.
Glass sponges: Once thought extinct, now found nearby
Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, UW scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor.
New Computer Science academy welcomes hearing-impaired students
History shows many deaf artists and inventors, including Thomas Edison and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Tag(s): Richard Ladner • Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Computing
Chemistry center wins $3 million NSF grant
A UW-based chemistry research center, poised to become a leader in science that will lead to new products and processes, has been awarded $3 million a year for five years by the National Science Foundation.
Etc: Campus News & Notes
LICENSE TO GIVE: A 1990 graduate of the UW School of Dentistry recently became the proud holder of UW specialty license plate number W2007A.
‘Accidental academic’ wins design award
Watch Frank Ching’s hands.
Lennon to be student regent
Erin Lennon, who will be entering her third year in the UW Law School, has been selected as student regent at the UW for the 2007-08 academic year.
Alaskan earthquake causes tremors in B.C.
Perhaps it was just a matter of sympathy, but tremors rippled the landscape of Vancouver Island, the westernmost part of British Columbia, in 2002 during a major Alaskan earthquake.
Research funding tops $1 billion
The UW received more than $1 billion in grant and contract research funding for the most recent fiscal year, marking the first time it has reached this level.
Yoga study seeks volunteers
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researchers are looking for 60 Seattle-area women to participate in a study to test the effectiveness of yoga on quality of life, fatigue and weight change in women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Demolition of Health Sciences Building’s G&H wings in progress
Before work on new systems and interiors can begin, the old ones have to be demolished.
A conversation with Jeffrey Harris
Dr.
Maresca leads Native American Center of Excellence
Dr.
Brown appointed Group Health Endowed Nursing Professor
Marie-Annette Brown, professor of family and child nursing at the UW School of Nursing, is the recipient of the school’s new Group Health Endowed Nursing Professorship in Chronic Illness Care, Dean Nancy Woods announced last week.
Wasserheit named global health ambassador
Dr.
August 1, 2007
Muslim political parties grow online but digital divide continues to widen
Political life in Muslim countries is surprisingly wired, according to researchers at the University of Washington.
Alaskan earthquake in 2002 set off tremors on Vancouver Island
Perhaps it was just a matter of sympathy, but tremors rippled the landscape of Vancouver Island, the westernmost part of British Columbia, in 2002 during a major Alaskan earthquake.
University of Washington achieves $1 billion research milestone
The University of Washington received over $1 billion in grant and contract research funding for the most recent fiscal year, marking the first time it has reached this level.
July 30, 2007
Waters off Grays Harbor only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found
Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, University of Washington scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor.
July 26, 2007
Governor Gregoire selects Erin Lennon as UW student regent
Erin Lennon, who will be entering her third year in the UW Law School, has been selected as student regent at the UW for the 2007-08 academic year.
July 23, 2007
Steroids, not songs, spur growth of brain regions in sparrows
Neuroscientists are attempting to understand if structural changes in the brain are related to sensory experience or the performance of learned behavior, and now University of Washington researchers have found evidence that one species of songbird apparently has something in common with a few baseball sluggers.
July 19, 2007
8,606 miles, 54 days, 26 cities: Udall Scholars come to UW on eco-friendly tour
Kayanna Warren has traveled abroad and even lived a year in China.
New center helps students talk back to screen
Last year, students enrolled in a professional master’s degree program in Seattle sat 800 miles from their teacher.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo at right was taken somewhere on campus.
Goodbye date stamp: Keep track of due dates online
UW longtimers might remember the days when you signed your name to check out a book from a UW Library.
Prof’s play is ‘First Class’ look at Roethke
Professors may sometimes see their classes as a kind of theater, but it isn’t often that a University class is portrayed onstage at a real theater.
UW geosciences ranks high in survey of published research
The UW scored very high in a survey of published geosciences research by Thomson Scientific, both in the number of times UW research was cited by other scientists and the average number of times a UW paper was cited.
Building for peace: UW students learn and serve in nation where the U.S. once waged war
When Christoph Giebel was a medical rescue technician on a German Red Cross boat in the early 1980s, he treated Vietnamese boat people — men, women and children fleeing the government that took over after the war ended in 1975.
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