UW News
The latest news from the UW
June 2, 2005
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New building planned for Educational Outreach, visitors center
The UW has announced that it will build a new home for its Educational Outreach department, which administers summer quarter, certificates, degrees and online learning programs and was displaced by a fire in December, 2002.
Exploring Indian gaming: Pilot class breaks stereotypes, myths
When Mary Wright created a pilot class to study the world of Indian gaming and casinos, she knew lectures and readings would only go so far.
Health Sciences News Briefs
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How does activity in the brain control neuron
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Retrovirus found to affect ancestors
The ancestors of chimpanzees and gorillas were infected with a deadly retrovirus about three to four million years ago, but there is no evidence it infected ancestors of modern-day humans, according to research by genome scientists.
Warfarin response related to one gene, UW researchers show
UW researchers have discovered that genetic variations may influence how individuals respond to a common coumarin-based anticoagulant called warfarin, according to an article published in the June 2 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
After-hours security changes coming for Health Sciences Building
A number of changes to after-hours access in the Health Sciences Building are slated for late June and July, all related to overall security improvements in the building.
Graduate student’s Web site searches UW technologies
UW TechTransfer’s Invention Licensing group recently unveiled a dynamic web tool that makes searching for UW technologies easier than ever.
Notices
LEGAL NOTICES
Equal Opportunity Statement
The University of Washington reaffirms its policy of equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran.
Home Improvement fairs soon
Experts on home remodeling projects will be on the Health Sciences campus and at Harborview Medical Center for the UW Home Improvement Fairs in coming days.
The Tall Ships are coming
The Tall Ships Festival will be held in Tacoma’s Commencement Bay from June 30 to July 4, and Thad Koza, author, photographer and expert on tall ships, will give a lecture titled Tall Ships: The Fleet for 2005 twice at UW locations during that time.
Graduation ceremonies June 10-12
Mark A.
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NATIONAL HONORS: News & Information staffers picked up national writing awards recently from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
E-mail settings to be changed to fight spam
The UW will soon begin implementing more vigorous procedures for preventing computers on the UW network from being used to originate spam.
Technology Gap Innovation Fund award recipients named
UW TechTransfer has announced the recipients of the second round of Technology Gap Innovation Fund (TGIF) awards.
Leadership initiative: Survey, discussion groups draw strong response
Although the information-gathering phase of the Leadership, Community and Values Initiative is far from complete, members of the team are encouraged by the response thus far, both to the online survey and in-person discussion groups.
UW researchers identify major genetic factor responsible for patient variability in warfarin response
University of Washington researchers have discovered that genetic variations may influence how individuals respond to a common coumarin-based anticoagulant called warfarin, according to an article published in the June 2 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
May 26, 2005
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Vending machines get milk, card readers
Got milk?
These days, There are vending machines on campus to make sure you always do.
Five young conductors ‘play the orchestra’ May 31
Five new talents will take turns on the stage of Kane Hall, batons at the ready, to display their orchestral conducting skills in the University Symphony’s Young Conductors Concert on Tuesday, May 31.
Christine Ingebritsen named acting dean of undergraduate education
Christine Ingebritsen has been named acting dean and acting vice provost in the Office of Undergraduate Education.
New TechTransfer program helps ‘launch’ from inspiration to implementation
UW TechTransfer Digital Ventures has developed a program to ease the transition of projects from the laboratory to self-sustaining entities.
Proposed UW budget ‘invests in excellence through our people’
The UW Board of Regents received a budget proposal for the 2005-6 fiscal year that would enable the University to invest in the excellence of its programs, expand opportunity and promote diversity.
May 20, 2005
Computer scientist gets presidential award for mentoring
A University of Washington theoretical computer scientist whose work includes access technology for deaf and blind people has been named a recipient of this year’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
May 19, 2005
School of Nursing hosts community-wide banquet for National Nurses Day
The UW School of Nursing honored outstanding nurses and nursing leaders at its 2005 Nurses Recognition Banquet Thursday May 12.
Huntsman to focus on strategic initiatives with eye toward future
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Spine Center opens at Harborview
More than 150 physicians, patients and health-care providers celebrated the launch of the new UW Medicine Spine Center at Harborview during an open house at the end of April.
Spine Center opens at Harborview
More than 150 physicians, patients and health-care providers celebrated the launch of the new UW Medicine Spine Center at Harborview during an open house at the end of April.
KUOW’s Wayne Roth given highest NPR honor
Wayne Roth, the man who has guided KUOW, the UW’s public radio station, for a generation of years, has been named the recipient of the 2005 Edward R.
‘Pochoirs’: A caper for two — and you, too
(See bottom of story for update on theft from show.
EEU to celebrate ‘heroes’ of special education in May 21 annual fund-raiser
The mission of the UW’s Experimental Education Unit is threefold: training, research and service.
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MEMORIALIZED: If you’re on Red Square on Wednesday, May 25, you’ll have a chance to observe Memorial Day a few days early.
Miller library marks 20th anniversary May 22
The 20th anniversary of the Elisabeth C.
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Council changes name to reflect wider scope
Editor’s note: This is one of a series of articles by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Student Research Day
Student researchers in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences will be featured at the department’s Student Research Day, Thursday, May 19, from 12:30 to 3 p.
Healthy Aging Lecture and Alzheimer’s Forum
geared to public audiences
Healthy Aging Spring Lecture
As our bodies age, we require fewer calories but just as many nutrients.
Major lectures coming up
Bodemer Lecture
Implanted medical devices pose some particular problems in clinical research, in part because there can be dangers involved in the surgery to put them in the body and because it can be difficult or impossible to remove them once they are in place.
Post-genomic technologies applied to AIDS research
The Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), a joint project of the UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, will hold the first in a planned series of mini-symposia on Friday morning, May 27, in room 316 of South Campus Center.
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