The latest news from the UW

A collaborative research team headed in part by a UW atmospheric scientist this week began one of the largest hurricane research projects ever undertaken to better understand dramatic, rapid changes in tropical storm intensity that have baffled forecasters for years.

A VERY HUSKY CD: Kim Davenport, a pianist who earned her master’s at the School of Music, plays music composed by the late John Verrall, a longtime professor at the school, on a new CD.

The nation’s main program for educating the disadvantaged, Title I, is hampered by loopholes that prevent it from fulfilling its mission, according to a new study.

Many living things, from fruit flies to people, naturally produce disease-fighting chemicals, called antimicrobial peptides, to kill harmful bacteria.

Consumers who are very skeptical about the truth of advertising claims are more responsive to emotionally appealing ads than ones peppered with information, according to a new study.

The impact of global warming has become obvious in high latitude regions, including Alaska, Siberia and the Arctic, where melting ice and softening tundra are causing profound changes.

Seattle — UW TechTransfer announced today it has entered into an option agreement with Ascentia Biomedical Corp.

Most states mandate some consideration of intimate partner violence (IPV) in child custody proceedings, but the existence of such abuse is often unknown to the court when custody is at issue.

A number of hypotheses have been used to explain how free oxygen first accumulated in Earth’s atmosphere some 2.

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The SLUGs are having tapas this week, and everyone is invited to join them.

Polly Olsen, director of the School of Medicine’s Native American Center of Excellence, and Dr.

The look and feel of a neighborhood reaches out to passers-by through the facades of its many storefronts.

Scientists have identified the first reported case in Asia of primate-to-human transmission of simian foamy virus (SFV), a retrovirus found in macaques and other primates that so far has not been shown to cause disease in humans.

A double row of Leyland cypress trees along Montlake Boulevard are scheduled to be removed soon.

Beth Kalikoff may be the only author whose doctoral dissertation helped prepare her for writing a mystery novel.

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.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Sixteen-year-old Jolene Monk of Shoreline hopes to become an engineer — just like her mother.

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY

ADAI grants

The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.

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.

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.

The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harder — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly — than anyone realized.

FARM POND FINDS: During the summer, recreational use of the 1 million or so farm ponds in Texas reaches its annual peak.

Meredith Clausen, professor of art history and architecture, will present a lecture at the Henry Art Gallery Aug.

Next week, about 70 UW employees, along with several of their counterparts with the city, county and state, will travel to Emmitsburg, Md.

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.

The UW Police Department has received national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).

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.

Next week UW staff will have the opportunity to attend the first Staff Resource Fair, slated for 11:30 a.

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.

Women are vastly underrepresented in the academic sciences — that unfortunate fact is widely known.

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.

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.

Being seasick is not a problem for scientists on a major expedition now under way in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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.

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.

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.

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.