February 2, 2006
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.
The authors of a paper in last week’s Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Section B, who say their 7.
The old adage tells that oil doesn’t mix with water.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES ADAI grant deadlines The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Where are we? The photo at top right was taken somewhere on campus.
The Getty Foundation gives out fewer than 50 grants and fellowships to individual scholars in a year — most to fellows, visiting scholars and scholars in residence at the Getty Center.
Last summer, University Week wrote to faculty and staff who have worked here at least 35 years and asked for their reminiscences.
NBC STAR: If you caught NBC’s Today Show on Wednesday, Feb.
The UW Graduate School has been honored for its innovations in promoting an inclusive graduate community.
Cheryl Angeletti-Harris has been named assistant vice provost for equal opportunity, taking over for Helen Remick, who recently retired from the position after 30 years at the University.
The most powerful earthquakes — such as those that shook Indonesia in 2004, Alaska in 1964, Chile in 1960 and the Pacific Northwest in 1700 — occur in subduction zones, areas of the sea floor just offshore where two tectonic plates meet and one dives beneath the other.
January 31, 2006
The old adage tells that oil doesn’t mix with water.
January 30, 2006
The most powerful earthquakes — such as those that shook Indonesia in 2004, Alaska in 1964, Chile in 1960 and the Pacific Northwest in 1700 — occur in subduction zones, areas of the sea floor just offshore where two tectonic plates meet and one dives beneath the other.
January 27, 2006
The authors of a paper in this week’s Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Section B, who say their 7.
January 26, 2006
The ideal Valentine’s Day present for people seeking their sweethearts might be a package of self-knowledge.
Last month President Mark Emmert was appointed by Gov.
Senior Jennifer Glass was back in class Monday after returning from Ecuador where she had a chance to lead a group making the first detailed maps of a seafloor rift that’s part of the hot spot responsible for the formation of the Galapagos Islands.
The sun, uncharacteristically of late, was out on Tuesday afternoon — a harbinger of springtime to come.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Soprano Carol Vaness’ Jan.
A roundtable on technology in traditional classrooms will be held at 3:30 p.
Nominations are now open for the Extra Mile Awards, which are given to individuals or teams of state employees who “surpass expectations for exemplary public service.
Loyola Marymount sociologist Margaret Hunter, author of Race, Gender and the Politics of Skin Tone, will discuss and read from her work from 11 a.
With the state poised to allow the first freshmen at UW Bothell and UW Tacoma in 2006, both schools have formalized agreements promising transfer students more than half of their undergraduate seats.
Changes ranging from a longer bereavement leave to additional performance evaluation options are coming to the Professional Staff Program Feb.
The 2005 Combined Fund Drive has ended, and with a record-setting total, too.
The Burke Museum is one of only four venues in the United States presenting Toi Maori: The Eternal Thread, an exhibition celebrating Maori weaving.
Vintner Gary Jackson, owner of the St.
Former Seattle Mayor Norman B.
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.
The Washington State Senate will announce its supplemental budget proposal for the remainder of the 2005-07 biennium on Feb.
January 25, 2006
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 is a three-ring affair this year, but it’s hardly a circus.
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
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.
When the Stardust sample return canister was opened at Johnson Space Center in Houston Tuesday, Donald Brownlee was delighted by what he saw.
Move over Good Housekeeping seal of approval.