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The latest news from the UW
January 26, 2006
Yakima vintner pledges support of farmworkers’ children through scholarships
Vintner Gary Jackson, owner of the St.
Former mayor to create seminar series for Evans school
Former Seattle Mayor Norman B.
The Smallest Witnesses: Odegaard exhibit features drawings by children in Darfur
A professor and a visiting fellow from the University will be among those speaking when a new exhibit, The Smallest Witnesses: The Conflict in Darfur Through Children’s Eyes, comes to the Odegaard Library Feb.
Higher ed issues in legislature overshadowed by WASL
The Washington State Senate will announce its supplemental budget proposal for the remainder of the 2005-07 biennium on Feb.
January 25, 2006
Trauma-center care significantly lowers risk of death
Care at a trauma center lowers the risk of death for injured patients by 25 percent compared to treatment received at non-trauma centers, according to the results of a nationwide study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Washington School of Medicine.
January 19, 2006
Career Discovery Week set for Jan. 23–30
Career Discovery Week is a three-ring affair this year, but it’s hardly a circus.
Mystery Photo
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Official Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Pilot project funding available
The Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health (CEEH) is offering pilot project funding in broadly defined areas of “gene-environment interactions.
Comet dust from seven-year project is paydirt for UW astronomer
When the Stardust sample return canister was opened at Johnson Space Center in Houston Tuesday, Donald Brownlee was delighted by what he saw.
UW custodians use products, methods easy on the environment and themselves
Move over Good Housekeeping seal of approval.
Three School of Music concerts planned next week
The UW School of Music plans three concerts next week.
The 35 Year Club: Dean earns standing ovation for memory feat
Last summer, University Week sent out e-mail to all the faculty and staff we could find who have worked here for at least 35 years.
Health Science News Briefs
New generation coming
“Here Comes Generation Why! Interacting with the Next Generation of Learners” is a new faculty development workshop offered by the Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics and the School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Development.
Local business leaders at CEO Lunch Series
The CEO Lunch Series, sponsored by the UW Business School and Alumni Association, will feature the presidents of regional giants Nordstrom Inc.
Forum on nanotech set for Feb. 8
The Washington Technology Center’s Microfabrication Laboratory will hold a forum and workshop titled “AccessIQ: A Forum for Innovation in Micro and Nano Process Development” from 7 to 9 a.
KUOW’s Sillman to speak Jan. 27
Changes in the public broadcasting industry will be the topic when veteran National Public Radio broadcaster Marcie Sillmann speaks at the annual meeting of the Friends of the UW Libraries.
Lecture topic: The nursing shortage and patient safety
A free public lecture on the national nursing shortage and its impact on patient safety is set for 5:30 p.
UW’s original mad scientist does funny things with microwave ovens
Bill Beaty isn’t really a mad scientist — he just plays one on the Internet.
White named new associate dean
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Ex-Limón dancer re-creates There is a time
Thanks to the Byrds, you don’t have to be a Biblical scholar to be familiar with the verses from Ecclesiastes, the ones about there being “a time for every purpose under Heaven.
Preparing for a pandemic: Conference addresses regional response
What happens if a pandemic flu strikes the Pacific Northwest? How will the region respond?
As part of disaster management preparation, Harborview Medical Center and Public Health-Seattle and King County are sponsoring a one day Regional Pandemic Flu Conference, Monday, Jan.
Gibaldi remembered for warmth, vision
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GHC study: Exercise key in delaying dementia
Regular exercise is associated with a delay in the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a Group Health Cooperative/UW study that appears in the Jan.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
MILLIONS: Wecve all seen those promotions where a customer walks into a store and suddenly a horn is blaring as she is surrounded by balloon-bearing staff declaring her the millionth customer.
Washington State Supreme Court to hear cases at UW law school
The Washington Supreme Court will take its work on the road with a community visit to the UW School of Law on Thursday, Jan.
Staffer enjoys short run for City Council
Lisa Kagan’s brief political career is over — for now
It started a week or so back, when the Seattle City Council asked for candidates to succeed outgoing Councilman Jim Compton.
New class part of effort to internationalize undergraduate curriculum
A new undergraduate course will explore how yearning for justice, vengeance, bravery, and honor — all manifested in the hero figure — has satisfied the psychological needs of Japanese and Chinese readers for centuries, and how that tradition is now being used to serve the psychological needs of American readers and moviegoers.
Genetic link found between asthma, obesity
A study about the relationship between asthma and obesity, which uses a community-based twin registry from the UW, has found a strong genetic link between the two disorders, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
$20 million grant from Gates Foundation establishes Global Health Department
The UW School of Medicine and the UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine will establish a jointly-operated Department of Global Health, pending approval at the January meeting of the UW Board of Regents.
Controlling evolved response can save tissue
Most biomedical researchers work in tandem with the process of evolution, tracing the history of an organism’s development over eons.
January 18, 2006
UW to establish Department of Global Health with $20 million Gates Foundation grant
The University of Washington School of Medicine and the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine will establish a jointly-operated Department of Global Health, pending approval at the January meeting of the UW Board of Regents.
UW astronomer hits cosmic paydirt with Stardust
Scientists at the Johnson Space Center in Houston were excited and awed Tuesday by what they saw when the sample-return canister from the Stardust spacecraft was opened.
January 15, 2006
Stardust parachutes to soft landing in Utah with dust samples from comet
DUGWAY, Utah — Nearly seven years after setting off in pursuit of comet Wild 2, the Stardust return capsule streaked across the night sky of the Western United States early today, making a soft parachute landing in the Utah desert southwest of Salt Lake City.
January 13, 2006
Rainfall records falling: Background experts available on flooding, landslides
University of Washington faculty members are able to provide background on the ways local watersheds have been managed, the effects of land-use changes on watersheds and other information concerning flooding and landslides as the region continues to experience wet, winter weather.
UW Medical Center first in nation to install next-generation PET/CT scanner
UW Medical Center is the first hospital in the country to install a new-generation PET/CT imaging system designed to help physicians detect, diagnose and monitor treatment of cancer and other diseases, including heart disease and neurological disease, more accurately and earlier in the disease process.
January 12, 2006
Notices: Reference update
The following UW policies, orders, and rules were recently created or revised:
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Odegaard exhibit focuses on poor who gained from education
The Missing Story of Ourselves is on display at Odegaard Undergraduate Library through Jan.
Lessons of the past: A&S history lectures to focus on African American contributions to history
The American West was a place of greater racial diversity and complexity than depicted in most mainstream histories, with Latino influences mixing with African American, and Asian American and other cultures.
UW honors Martin Luther King Jr. with day of service
More than 550 volunteers – faculty, staff and students — will participate in some 45 projects on Jan.
New UW center to help citizens learn about the oceans
Helping the public better understand the relationship between human health and the oceans, such as the environmental factors at work when shellfish develop toxic compounds that cause people to become ill or die if they eat the contaminated shellfish, is the initial focus of the new UW-based Center for Ocean Science and Education Excellence.
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