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January 12, 2006
HUB Open House slated Jan. 18
On Wednesday, Jan.
The plight of the pika: Small species heading for extinction
The tiny rabbitlike American pika, an animal species considered to be one of the best “canaries in a coal mine” for detecting global warming in the western United States, appears to be veering toward the brink of extinction in the Great Basin.
Malaria drug may help prevent breast cancer, study shows
A derivative of the sweet wormwood plant used since ancient times to fight malaria and shown to precisely target and kill cancer cells may someday aid in stopping breast cancer before it gets a toehold.
One week, three shows at Meany
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts will be a busy place over the next week as it is visited by an acrobatic troupe, a string quartet and a dance company.
UW in top 10 for value
The UW is in the top 10 among schools identified as good values in education by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. Scientific insights come at the darnedest times. The Ford Foundation has selected the UW as one of 27 higher education institutions to receive $100,000 grants for projects that promote academic freedom and constructive dialogue on campus. Corporations like Enron that overemphasize outcomes such as profits might make their leaders blind to ethics and limit their abilities to recognize ethical or moral issues when they surface, according to a UW study. Consider, say, a quarterback and coach reviewing a play from last week’s football game. January 11, 2006 When a personal finance magazine named the 100 public universities that provide a stellar education at a relatively low cost, the University of Washington made the top 10. January 9, 2006 Corporations like Enron that overemphasize outcomes such as profits might make their leaders blind to ethics and limit their abilities to recognize ethical or moral issues when they surface, according to a University of Washington study. January 5, 2006 The experiences of Insitu Corp. It’s all there, even down to the details — the red brick and white trim, the evergreen trees, even the classic portico. Who says Red Square has to be red? Black flagstones might beautify that sea of brick. Members of the University community: I am pleased to announce the arrival of the new Voluntary Investment Program (VIP) online enrollment/change enhancement to Employee Self-Service (ESS). On bacterial communication Dr. “Frequencies” is the name for a fence of 2-inch diameter branches that doesn’t simply mark one’s property line, it undulates along it. UW Medicine’s Mini-Medical School will offer six sessions this year, Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 p. Celebrations of the legacy of Dr. It sounds like water — a “gloink” sound — said Elena Fox of the UW’s U-Pass office. UW researchers have found a genetic pathway linking nutrient response and the aging process, they report in the Nov. As a Washington state trooper patrolling the streets of Olympia, 39-year-old Matt Stone was trained to expect the unexpected. Occupants of Johnson Hall were busy moving in to their renovated quarters this week. When the UW gives out its annual awards this spring, there will be a new one added to the list. Cancer survivor and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong was the keynote speaker at the second annual UW Medical Center Survivors Celebration Breakfast held Dec. The urban campus and restored brick warehouses of UW Tacoma have earned recognition from the Sierra Club as one of the country’s best new development projects. Jim Antony gets pretty excited when he talks about the new Masters Program in Intercollegiate Athletics Leadership, to be offered by the College of Education starting this summer. Starting this quarter, students will be able to work toward a minor in diversity at the UW. Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. Academic opportunities Participants wanted for Continuums of Service conference Washington Campus Compact and the Western Region Campus Compact Consortium announce the dates, location, theme, and call for proposals for the Ninth Annual Continuums of Service Conference. A GRAND FILM: A group of UW Tacoma students won the short-film contest sponsored by the city’s Grand Cinema right before the break, producing a five-minute film in just 72 hours with only a few actors, minimal sets and equipment, and a clunky required line of dialogue. 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. The Stardust landing will be covered live on UWTV2, which will be broadcasting from NASA-TV starting at 1:30 a. January 3, 2006 One hundred families with two or more autistic children in Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho and Alaska are needed for an on-going University of Washington study that is searching for the genetic causes of autism. Adolescents who suffer physical injuries are vulnerable to emotional distress in the months following their hospitalization, yet almost 40 percent of hospitalized adolescents interviewed for a new study had no source for the follow-up medical care that could diagnose and treat symptoms of post-traumatic stress. The Stardust landing will be covered live on UWTV2, which will be broadcasting from NASA-TV starting at 1:30 a. December 29, 2005 The tiny rabbit-like American pika, an animal species considered to be one of the best canaries in a coal mine for detecting global warming in the western United States, appears to be veering toward the brink of extinction in the Great Basin. December 23, 2005 At least five million people around the world die from trauma each year, with enormous disparities in survival rates for patients injured in high-income and low-income countries. December 21, 2005 Polyester aside, the disco dancers of the ’70s may have been on to something. A study about the relationship between asthma and obesity, which uses a community-based twin registry from the University of Washington in Seattle, has found a strong genetic link between the two disorders, according to findings published in the December issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Army ants marching: Capturing large prey may be origin of their cooperative behavior
Ford Foundation grant focuses on Southeast Asian American students, communities
Profit-driven corporations can make management blind to ethics, study says
Video Traces: A flexible new medium for instruction
UW chosen as top 10 value in higher education in US
Profit-driven corporations can make management blind to ethics, study says
Seminar series looks at commercializing environmental monitoring equipment
Chef whips up president’s house
Red Square visions: Landscape architecture students compete to redesign a campus landmark
Benefits in Brief
Health Science News Briefs
Good fences make good forests, book shows
Mini-med school begins Feb. 7
A day to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
Scientists ask public to help them understand crow behavior
Researchers link caloric restrictions to aging
New device helps those awaiting heart transplants
Home at last, back in Johnson Hall
New award honors Thorud’s longtime leadership
Lance Armstrong inspires at cancer survivors celebration
Sierra Club honors UW Tacoma
Athletics leadership is focus of new program
New diversity minor launched this quarter
Mystery Photo
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Dress code days end, thanks to assistant dean
From stars to Earth: UW astronomer hopes for happy landing for spacecraft
100 families with two or more children with autism sought for genetics study
Follow-up care for adolescent trauma survivors’ emotional distress: A need unmet
Stardust nears end of epic journey; researchers await its treasure
Tiny pikas seem to be on march toward extinction in Great Basin
Preventing Injury Death Around the World: ‘The 1,000,000 Lives Campaign’
New study scientifically links dancing to attraction, genetic advantage
Study finds genetic link between asthma and obesity
