February 16, 2006
Susan Eggers, a professor in the UW’s Department of Computer Science & Engineering and co-inventor of a revolutionary computer processing technology that changed commercial industry standards, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
FLYING HIGH: When Pioneers of Aviation appears on public television, someone familiar to UW people will be front and center.
Carolyn Webster-Stratton, a professor in the UW School of Nursing and founding director of the UW Parenting Clinic, will present the 2005-2006 UW Annual Faculty Lecture.
Karisa Mayer Kevin Binz, left, and Elston Cloy ponder their next moves during the preliminary round of the Washington State Chess Tournament, held at UW Tacoma last weekend. The tournament features 20 of the best players in the state in two categories. The winner in each category will be decided in final matches over President’s Day weekend. Spectators are welcome, but no cheering, please. H.G. Pitre, a math instructor at the Instructional Center and a longtime chess player, is coordinating…
Brain images of children with dyslexia taken before they received spelling instruction show that they have different patterns of neural activity than do good spellers when doing language tasks related to spelling.
February 14, 2006
When fishing boats return with catches of increasingly less-valuable fish, the commonly held notion is that the more valuable species have been fished out.
February 13, 2006
Susan Eggers, a professor in the University of Washington’s Department of Computer Science & Engineering and co-inventor of a revolutionary computer processing technology that changed commercial industry standards, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
February 9, 2006
Four finalists have been selected from a field of more than 80 applicants for the chancellorship of UW Bothell.
The UW has become the largest purchaser of green power in Seattle.
Tapping sounds will be heard in the corridors of Thomson Hall in days to come.
The School of Music has a busy schedule over the coming week, with five ensemble concerts planned.
The UW World Series presents a celebration of Japan’s folk history and a solo piano concert this week in Meany Theater.
Like the Ents — the tree guardians from J.
The best venue for teaching citizenship skills and values to young people is where the diversity of students is greatest, and that’s public school, says Walter Parker, one of three professors from the UW College of Education who will meet the public on Feb.
Do your children want to go to Mars? Or maybe design a space colony? If so, they’re just the people the Space Huskies Program is looking for.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Spyware is alive and well on the Internet.
The Washington Technology Center (WTC) recently awarded grants to eight Washington researchers teamed with local companies to commercialize new technologies.
There’s going to be a major earthquake at the UW next quarter, but don’t worry, it won’t be real.
The ideal Valentine’s Day present for people seeking sweethearts might be a package of self-knowledge.
This legislative session has reached its midpoint, and much of the good news for the UW has been about legislation that has “died” or been amended to satisfy UW concerns.
A draft vision statement for the UW is available for comment online at <A href=" https://catalysttools.
Free assistance in filing basic individual federal tax returns is available on the UW campus, Fridays, Feb.
Want a copy of the UW Academic and Administrative Office Directory right when it comes off the presses? Publications Services Office is offering online ordering through Wednesday, Feb.
New Zealanders (from left) Te Rau Huia Ngata-Kutia, Derek Lardelli, Patrick Takoko and Wayne Ngata, on the right, perform part of a traditional “haka” dance at the Burke Museum Friday — one of the demonstrations that accompanied the opening of the exhibit about Maori weaving, Toi Maori: The Eternal Thread.
February 8, 2006
Smart lighting choices and a solar panel provided by Seattle City Light are among the reasons the U.
Brain images of children with dyslexia taken before they received spelling instruction show that they have different patterns of neural activity than do good spellers when doing language tasks related to spelling.
February 2, 2006
Spyware is alive and well on the Internet.
Older diabetic patients with depression who received a new type of team care had more depression-free days, better physical functioning, and lower medical costs than patients treated with a standard model of care.
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 UW School of Medicine.
UW Medical Center has become the title sponsor for the 2006 Seattle Marathon, and has designated proceeds to benefit the Living Legacy Foundation, which builds community awareness of organ and tissue donation in the Pacific Northwest.
Exhibitors are now signing up to reserve space for the 31st Health Sciences Open House, “Passport to Health: Make the Global Connection!”
Slated for Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29, this important community outreach event provides the opportunity to inform the general public about the education, research and patient care programs of the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, Public Health and Community Medicine, and Social Work, their affiliates and the medical centers.
Clinical research, or research with human subjects, and the systems that support it at the UW, the School of Medicine and affiliated medical centers will be the topic for a presentation from 4:30 to 5:30 p.
Once you hear Dr.
A contingent of Chinese medical school presidents, deans and faculty recently visited the UW Institute for Surgical and Interventional Simulation (ISIS) to explore how to train physicians in rural and urban locations throughout China in the latest advances in medicine.
The National Academy of Sciences has announced that Dr.
How can our schools better promote citizenship education? How do we handle increasing diversity within a framework of national unity? What is the unique role of schools?
Faculty from the UW College of Education will examine trends and issues from our local area as well as examples from South Africa and other emerging democracies to address these questions and suggest constructive ways of engaging these issues for the future.
When Plato said that life should be lived as play, was he kidding? A daylong workshop on Feb.