UW News
The latest news from the UW
August 4, 2005
Anniversary of WWII’s end to be marked Aug. 12
The end of World War II brought relief and joy, but it was also a bittersweet time as survirors remembered fallen family members, friends and classmates at the UW.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The materials world: Summer camp draws young minds to science
Sixteen-year-old Jolene Monk of Shoreline hopes to become an engineer — just like her mother.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY
ADAI grants
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Health Sciences News Briefs
UW Medicine Board review committee report available online
The full report of the UW Medicine Board review commmittee, “Achieving Excellence in Compliance” is now available on the Web.
Students wanted for diesel study
UW researchers are studying the effects of children’s exposure to diesel bus exhaust, and are looking for students in the Seattle and Tahoma school districts who ride diesel school buses.
Amazon carbon storage less than hoped, research shows
The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harder — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.
Of pond critters and river currents
FARM POND FINDS: During the summer, recreational use of the 1 million or so farm ponds in Texas reaches its annual peak.
Lecture focuses on Paris photos
Meredith Clausen, professor of art history and architecture, will present a lecture at the Henry Art Gallery Aug.
Staff train in emergency management
Next week, about 70 UW employees, along with several of their counterparts with the city, county and state, will travel to Emmitsburg, Md.
Regressive autism is real, study shows
Researchers studying home videotapes of children’s first and second birthday parties have confirmed what a number of parents have been claiming for years — that some youngsters who are seemingly normal at age 1 regress and exhibit the characteristic behaviors of autism by the end of their second year.
UW Police earn national accreditation
The UW Police Department has received national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).
Faculty training set on effort certification
Later this month, the University will launch an intensive effort to ensure that each faculty member properly reports to the federal government the amount of time that is spent on sponsored research, a subject known as faculty effort certification.
First Staff Resource Fair set for Aug. 10
Next week UW staff will have the opportunity to attend the first Staff Resource Fair, slated for 11:30 a.
Etc: Campus news & notes
BON APPETIT: You can enjoy fine dining and help the needy all at once when you attend the Sunset Supper sponsored by Seattle’s Market Foundation at 7:30 p.
UW center aims to fix system, ‘advance’ women scientists
Women are vastly underrepresented in the academic sciences — that unfortunate fact is widely known.
August 2, 2005
Drill to test emergency response to be held at UW Aug. 3
Several local and regional agencies will be testing their ability to respond to an emergency involving mass casualties caused by a weapon of mass destruction in a drill to be held at the University of Washington Aug.
August 1, 2005
Study confirms parents’ claims: Birthday home videos prove existence of autistic regression.
Researchers studying home videotapes of children’s first and second birthday parties have confirmed what a number of parents have been claiming for years — that some youngsters who are seemingly normal at age 1 regress and exhibit the characteristic behaviors of autism by the end of their second year.
July 29, 2005
Amazon source of 5-year-old river breath
The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harde — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.
Tag(s): Jeffrey Richey • School of OceanographyJuly 27, 2005
Oceanographers work a quarter of the world away from ship they’re ‘on’
Being seasick is not a problem for scientists on a major expedition now under way in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
July 25, 2005
UW Botanic Gardens new umbrella name for Seattle’s key horticultural features
More than 320 acres of gardens and woodlands — including one of the oldest arboretums this side of the Mississippi — and one of the West Coast’s largest horticulture centers and libraries began operating this summer under the umbrella “University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
July 21, 2005
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus, and this week it features the photographers who bring you the Mystery Photo each week.
HMC quilters share art — and recovery
On June 24, the sewing machines whirred at Harborview Medical Center as patients from the Burn, Psychiatry and Rehab units gathered for a two-hour workshop to explore the colorful world of quilting.
Where are we? Celebrating the Masters of the Mystery Photo
It might be just the edge of an ivy-laden wall, the corner of an obscure bench or a half-forgotten icon tucked away somewhere on the UW campus.
Two for the road: UW staffers train in tandem
When Daisy got on that famous “Bicycle Built for Two,” you can bet her ride was a lot more sedate than that anticipated by staffers Martin Criminale and Martha Walsh next week.
Tall tales may be true, seismically speaking
Stories of two-headed serpents and epic battles between Thunderbird and Whale, common among Northwest native peoples, have their roots in the region’s seismic history.
Huntsman to head Life Sciences Fund
UW President Emeritus Lee Huntsman has been selected by Washington Governor Christine Gregoire as the first executive director of the Life Sciences Discovery Fund Authority, a public-private partnership intended to give life sciences research in the state a major boost.
There’s the rub: Librarians solve mystery of missing Chinese art
The mystery begins last year when Paula Walker, interim head of the East Asia Library, receives a letter of introduction for a doctoral student at the UW.
Just lip service: Lip-plumping products don’t work, study says
Products sold over the counter to consumers as lip enhancers, with the promise of fuller lips, don’t live up to their claims, according to a new study conducted at the UW Medical Center’s Cosmetic Surgery Center and published in the May/June issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
Orthodontics chair named sixth WDS Distinguished Professor in Dentistry
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UW to host US.Japan Immunology Board symposium
This year for the first time, the UW will host the annual symposium of the U.
UWMC ranks in Top 10 for third year running
For the third consecutive year, UW Medical Center (UWMC) ranks among the top 10 hospitals in the nation.
Drug deaths rising in King County
Drug-involved deaths increased by more than a third in 2004, due primarily to cocaine, heroin, prescription opiates and prescription and over-the-counter depressants, according to the latest report on drug abuse trends in the Seattle-King county area.
Notices
Reference update
The following UW policies, orders, and rules were recently revised:
- “Acceptance of Transfer Credit,” revised effective January 24, 2005 (University Handbook, Vol.
Microsoft grant to UW, others, will help K12 teachers
Expanding connections and resources for new K12 teachers is at the heart of a two-year, $500,000 grant from Microsoft that the UW will share with three other universities, partnering with public school districts.
Emergency drill planned for Aug. 3
Several local and regional agencies will be testing their ability to respond to an emergency involving mass casualties caused by a weapon of mass destruction in a drill to be held at the UW Aug.
Teach your parents well: Training parents is best treatment for kids with conduct disorder
Training adults to have more effective parenting skills is the most potent tool available and should remain the standard of care in treating preadolescent children with serious conduct behavior problems.
Of celebrity voices and imploding bubbles
WHOSE VOICE WAS THAT, ANYWAY?: An article under the headline “Voice Lessons” in a recent edition of Time Magazine’s special section Inside Business quoted Mark Forehand, a UW associate professor of marketing and international business, on the relative effectiveness of celebrity voice-overs in television commercials.
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WE’RE IN PICTURES: Florentine Films, Ken Burns’ film production company (though not Burns himself), is at the UW Libraries Special Collections division through July 23 to film images for an upcoming film on National Parks.
Researchers view Lost City’s undersea vents from remotely from Mary Gates
All but four scientists taking part in a major expedition in the Atlantic Ocean starting this week are in a specialized command center in Mary Gates Hall on the University of Washington campus, a quarter of the world away from the ship they’re “on.
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