February 22, 2006
Students representing universities in China, India, Japan and the United States will present their ideas to incorporate both financial and socially sustainable solutions for reducing poverty through new business development, in the University of Washington’s Business School’s second annual Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition.
February 17, 2006
Edwina Uehara, who has spent her entire teaching career at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work, is the school’s new dean.
February 16, 2006
University of Washington President Mark A.
Certain types of white blood cells assist the body in destroying cancerous tumors.
Snowboarding for breast cancer
The sixth annual Mamafest: Snowboarding for Breast Cancer event will be on Saturday, March 11, at the Summit at Snoqualmie West, with support from the event going to the UW Medical Center’s Cancer Genetics Clinic and other local organizations.
Devices sold over the counter to consumers as facial stimulators, claiming to produce results similar to those of a traditional face-lift, provide little, if any improvement to aging skin, according to a new study conducted at UW Medical Center’s Cosmetic Surgery Center and published in the January/February issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
A 15-foot mesh form, complete with red lights in the shape of a dress, appeared last week on the roof above UW Medical Center’s Valet Parking kiosk.
The search for the first chair of the UW Department of Global Health has been winnowed down to three candidates.
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.
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.
Former President Jimmy Carter will be on campus Wednesday, March 8, to give the keynote address at the dedication of the new building at the corner of Pacific Ave.
In case a pandemic flu arises, contingency planning is under way at a global, federal, regional, state, county, city, business, hospital, and clinic level.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The woman who helped shape marine policy at the national level and spoke before Congress and federal ocean agencies on behalf of 83 of the nation’s largest oceanographic institutions has joined the UW as director of the Washington Sea Grant Program.
The members of the computer science department faculty search committee entered Room 310 of the HUB chatting idly, and sat down to begin their work.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ADAI grant deadlines
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
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.
Devout Christians blow up abortion clinics as an act of protest.
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.