UW News
The latest news from the UW
September 28, 2006
Mystery Photo
WHERE ARE WE? The photo at right was taken somewhere on campus.
Entrepreneur series to show interested faculty how it’s done
Attention, would-be faculty entrepreneurs: Here’s your chance to learn everything you ever wanted to know about how to take your idea or invention to market.
Bye-bye sticker: Husky Card is getting smart
By Marty Perlman
Housing & Food Services
Your Husky Card.
Regent Gates salutes generous faculty, staff, retirees
University of Washington faculty and staff work tirelessly to provide our students the best possible educational experience.
Etc: Campus News & Notes
ROWING FOR CURE: When Sharon Smith Elsayed’s sister-in-law Judy Smith began battling breast and kidney cancer, Elsayed decided to “row for the cure.
Got academic blues? Librarians have the cure
Students suffering from assignment shock and other academic maladies will get some relief beginning this quarter as UW librarians offer a series of free, walk-in workshops at Odegaard Undergraduate Library.
September 25, 2006
Justice Alan Page to speak at the Costco Scholarship Fund breakfast Thursday at Seattle University
Justice Alan Page will be the guest speaker at the seventh-annual Costco Scholarship Fund Breakfast, which will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.
September 22, 2006
UW Botanic Gardens site of first regional conference on invasive plants in PNW
“Invasive plants are degrading ecosystems, lowering land values and affecting everyone,” says Sarah Reichard, associate professor with the University of Washington Botanic Gardens and lead organizer of the conference.
Stock analysts likely punished for unfavorable recommendations
Concerns that managers of publicly traded companies punish analysts with unfavorable stock recommendations are likely warranted, a new study reveals.
September 19, 2006
CEOs gather to develop collective vision for 21st century
More than 65 top executives of local companies, as well as a number of federal, state, and local political leaders will meet at the University of Washington Sept.
September 18, 2006
University of Washington awarded $6.8 million to improve workplace health and safety in agriculture
The Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH) Center has received a new five-year, $6.
September 15, 2006
Pioneering work assessing sustainable fisheries earns international award
A University of Washington professor who says that solving today’s fisheries problems will best be accomplished by applying lessons learned in the many successful fisheries in the world is one of three winners of this year’s Volvo Environment Prize, announced in Sweden this week.
September 12, 2006
Violence in the home leads to higher rates of childhood bullying
Children who were exposed to violence in the home engaged in higher levels of physical bullying than youngsters who were not witnesses to such behavior, according to a study by researchers from the University of Washington and Indiana University.
September 11, 2006
Postpartum suicide risk linked to fetal or infant death
Postpartum suicide attempts are strongly associated with fetal or infant death and most commonly occur in the first and 12th months postpartum.
September 8, 2006
World-renowned infectious disease expert King Holmes to lead UW Department of Global Health
Dr.
September 7, 2006
Washington state parched by one of driest summers ever
Western Washington’s reputation as a soggy bastion for the web-footed is taking a beating this year, thanks to an unrelenting dry spell.
September 5, 2006
New evidence shows Antarctica has warmed in last 150 years
Despite recent indications that Antarctica cooled considerably during the 1990s, new research suggests that the world’s iciest continent has been getting gradually warmer for the last 150 years, a trend not identifiable in the short meteorological records and masked at the end of the 20th century by large temperature variations.
September 1, 2006
UW Medical Center to help patients better understand charges for services
University of Washington Medical Center (UW Medical Center) has settled a class action lawsuit initiated by Heidi Rothmeyer, who was treated at UW Medical Center-Roosevelt.
August 31, 2006
School of Social Work to train future Cambodian social work facullty
A University of Washington faculty member is spearheading an effort to bring the field and practice of social work to Cambodia where there currently is no program at the college level to train students to become social workers.
Evolution of Old World fruit flies on three continents mirrors climate change
Fast-warming climate appears to be triggering genetic changes in a species of fruit fly that is native to Europe and was introduced into North and South America about 25 years ago.
August 30, 2006
UW Business School receives $4.5 million from former Starbucks CEO
Orin Smith, retired Starbucks president and chief executive officer, has donated $4.
August 29, 2006
Coastal ocean observatory extends miles up Columbia River
The Columbia River is the source of three quarters of the water pouring into the Pacific Ocean from the West Coast.
Tiny shock absorbers help bacteria stick around inside the body
Bacteria have hair-like protrusions with a sticky protein on the tip that lets them cling to surfaces.
August 28, 2006
UW to purchase Safeco property in University District
The University of Washington announced today that it has successfully negotiated the purchase of the Safeco property in the University District.
August 24, 2006
Researchers launch effort to build flexible solar cells to power aircraft
WHO: Researchers at the University of Washington, including Matthew O’Donnell, the new dean of the UW’s College of Engineering, and colleagues from the University of Colorado; University of California, Los Angeles; and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
August 23, 2006
Viruses can jump between primates and humans, researchers warn
Viruses that jump the species barrier between monkeys and humans can harm both people and animals, and we should take steps to reduce the risk of virus transmission.
Tiny ion pump sets new standard in cooling hot computer microchips
University of Washington researchers have succeeded in building a cooling device tiny enough to fit on a computer chip that could work reliably and efficiently with the smallest microelectronic components.
August 22, 2006
Health Sciences News Briefs
The UW Regional Heart Center is organizing a large team of walkers for the 2002 American Heart Association Heart Walk.
Knees in need of surgery?
Pam Sowers
HS News & Community Relations
You’ve tried over-the-counter painkillers, maybe glucosamine or chondroitin, modified exercise and even injections to calm the pain in your arthritic knees.
Investors will focus on medical devices
A half-day educational program on the medical device market and investing in medical device start-up companies is set for Thursday morning, Oct.
Streissguth honored
Dr.
Diabetes recognition awards program at Kane Hall Sept. 14
Diabetes recognition awards program at Kane HalPeople who have been living with diabetes 25, 50, 60 or more years will be honored at the first UW Purple and Gold Diabetes Recognition Awards ceremony at 9 a.
Surgery’s Strauss Lecture features MGH chief surgeon
The Department of Surgery’s 53rd annual Strauss Lecture will be given this year by Dr.
Hardwiring brain circuits
Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
Connecting a monitor to the keyboard input on a computer’s CPU will result in neither the monitor nor keyboard functioning properly.
Series on technology transfer begins Sept. 12
“Things Your Mother Never Taught You: How to Commercialize Technology in the University Setting” is the title for a new monthly series of presentations organized by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations and the UW Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer.
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MATERIAL MAN: UW Chemistry Professor Larry Dalton will receive the 2003 Award in the Chemistry of Materials from the American Chemical Society at the group’s annual meeting in New Orleans, March 25.
News Briefs
News Briefs
Law conference brings Japanese leader to campus
The vast legal reform now under way in Japan will be debated by some of its top designers and critics Friday and Saturday at the UW’s School of Law, sponsor of an international conference on “Law in Japan: A Turning Point.
August 18, 2006
UW Medical Center recertified as a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence for the fourth time
University of Washington Medical Center has been recertified as a “Magnet Nursing Services Organization” by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for its excellence in nursing practice and patient care.
Freshman Convocation, Sept. 24 in Seattle, Sept. 26 in Bothell
At least 2,000 freshmen, their parents and guests are expected to attend the 2006 UW Freshman Convocation, to be held at noon, Sunday, Sept.
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