UW News
The latest news from the UW
August 3, 2006
Business School gets $1.5 million gift
The UW Business School has announced the gift of $1.
Autism genes different in boys, girls?
Like detectives trying to solve a murder case, researchers searching for the biological cause of autism have come up with some surprising suspects.
Official Notices
English Language Courses
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.
Mystery Photo
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Health Sciences News Briefs
MEDEX’s Ballweg honored
Ruth Ballweg, program director of MEDEX Northwest, the UW’s physician assistant program, has received the Washington Rural Health Association’s Outstanding Contribution to Rural Health Award.
Point of Pride: Puget Sound Heart Walk coming Oct. 7
UW Medicine is gearing up once again for this year’s Puget Sound Heart Walk, which takes place Saturday, Oct.
Family Medicine launches Underserved Pathway
This fall, the Department of Family Medicine will launch a new program for WWAMI medical students interested in caring for underserved populations: the Underserved Pathway.
Raising their voices for stem cell funding
Elizabeth Lowry
News & Community Relations
For most of her life, Sen.
Healing at the Aloha Inn: Student-run clinic at transitional housing facility a boon to residents
When Brian Johnson graduated from medical school this year, he left a living legacy — a student-run free clinic at the Aloha Inn, a transitional housing facility in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood.
August 2, 2006
Association between famine and schizophrenia may yield clues about inherited diseases and conditions
The higher risk of schizophrenia among offspring of expectant mothers living through famine could help us understand the genetic basis for that debilitating mental disorder, a group of researchers argue in a commentary piece in the Aug.
Pigment formulated 225 years ago could be key in emerging technologies
Imagine turning on your computer and not having to wait for it to load the operating system, virus protection, firewalls and other programs.
August 1, 2006
Different genes may cause autism in boys and girls
Like detectives trying to solve a murder case, researchers searching for the biological cause of autism have come up with some surprising suspects.
July 27, 2006
Woodland Park Zoo, UW to expand collaboration, cooperation
Woodland Park Zoo and the University of Washington have renewed their agreement for scientific and educational cooperation to promote research, education and conservation.
July 25, 2006
National workshop puts blind students, professionals on path to success
WHO: Forty blind students, academics and professionals from around the country
WHAT: Technology Fair and tactile art experience, part of the first Vertical Mentoring Workshop for the Blind in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
WHEN: Friday, July 28.
July 24, 2006
Models show one nearby star system could host Earth-like planet
The steady discovery of giant planets orbiting stars other than our sun has heightened speculation that there could be Earth-type worlds in nearby planetary systems capable of sustaining life.
July 21, 2006
Universities present plan to expand medical education and dental education in Spokane
Spokane, WA–The presidents of the University of Washington, Washington State University and Eastern Washington University today announced their plan to expand Spokane’s medical and dental education programs to meet the need for physicians and dentists locally and in nearby rural towns.
July 20, 2006
Peer Portfolio
ACTING OUT: A certain section of a Statistics 101 class at the University of Missouri-Columbia was not quite what it seemed, according to an article in Mizzou Weekly, the university’s newspaper.
Newsmakers
UNPAID INTERNS: A May 30 article in The New York Times took up the issue of internships, especially those without pay, and their effect on individual careers and the work culture in general.
UW Regents approve operating, capital budget requests for coming biennium
The University of Washington Board of Regents has approved an operating budget request for the 2007-09 biennium that would increase the state general fund allocation by more than 20 percent, which would begin to close about a third of the funding gap with the UW’s competitor institutions, which currently is about $4,000 per student.
Official Notices
VA seeks participants for alcohol study
The UW and the Seattle VA are looking for people ages 18 to 65 who use alcohol frequently, have problems with it, and want to stop using it.
Banks book wins stellar reviews
Education Professor James Banks spent the past school year as a Spencer Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, where he also finished a new book that was published to excellent reviews.
Self-inflicted injury can escalate, study shows
Non-fatal, self-inflicted injuries by adolescent and young adult females are major public health problems, and researchers have found physiological evidence that this behavior may lead to a more serious psychological condition called borderline personality disorder.
Working for a greener future: Open Space Seattle 2100 brings UW, community together
No one can read the future.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Cultural proficiency center gets director
Amen Tsegai has been named project director for the Center for Cultural Proficiency in Medical Education, a new National Institutes of Health-funded initiative to increase cultural competency training of medical students, residents and faculty.
Magic carpet ride: Students learn commissioning process
Walk Softly, an exhibit of hand-woven carpets that opens July 21 at Consolidated Works, 500 Boren N.
EPA supports UW pesticide research with $750,000 grant
The U.
Listen while you look: Henry’s new artcasts help patrons learn more
Artist Cat Clifford’s current work does not occupy a large part of the Henry Art Gallery.
Couple creates fellowship with pledge
Dr.
Supercomputers shed light on force of nature
What if the tiniest components of matter were somehow different from the way they exist now, perhaps only slightly different or maybe a lot? What if they had been different from the moment the universe began in the big bang? Would matter as we know it be the same? Would humans even exist?
Scientists are starting to find answers to some profound questions such as these, thanks to a breakthrough in the calculations needed to understand the strong nuclear force that comes from the motion of nature’s basic building blocks, subatomic particles called quarks and gluons.
In touch with art: Harborview hosts work of Seattle Braille artist
By Peggy Weis
Harborview Art Program Manager
As part of the Harborview art program’s series of temporary public art exhibitions, photographs from Seattle artist Spike Mafford’s “Braille Portfolio” are currently on view in the medical center’s Ground West Lobby, cafeteria, and the foyer of the Research & Training Building.
Mystery Photo
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Etc: News & notes from around campus
PSYCHED UP: The Department of Psychology announced its annual honors.
Pre-proposals for innovation fund due Sept. 25
UW TechTransfer has announced that two-page pre-proposals requesting Technology Gap Innovation Fund (TGIF) money are due in the office of UW TechTransfer on Sept.
UWMC again ranked among nation’s best
UW Medical Center has ranked in the top 10 among the nation’s best hospitals for fourth consecutive year, according to U.
Jackson School ties for first in foreign-study grants
The U.
New staff recruiter to concentrate on diversity in hiring, retention
When the word diversity is mentioned at the UW, most people would be likely to think first of faculty and students, but this year the University has turned its attention to diversity among staff.
Making the connection: Brain areas for speaking, understanding, linked in babies
Experience, as the old saying goes, is the best teacher.
Expanding in Spokane: Proposal presented to increase medical, dental education in Spokane
By Tina Mankowski & Leila Gray
News & Community Relations
The University of Washington, Washington State University and Eastern Washington University plan to expand Spokane’s medical and dental education programs to meet the need for physicians and dentists locally and in nearby rural towns.
July 18, 2006
High court decision dumping exclusionary rule undermines established balance
Knock knock.
July 17, 2006
Newer, less aggressive air bags protect adults and pose less risk to children
Front air bags reduce injury and death for most drivers and front-seat passengers in vehicle crashes, yet first-generation air bags, installed in motor vehicles until 1998, deploy with such force that they put children and small adults at significant risk of death.
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