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The latest news from the UW
April 7, 2005
Teach-In, conference this month to focus on health disparities research
The Center for the Advancement of Health Disparities Research, a joint project with the University of Hawaii based at the UW School of Nursing, will sponsor an afternoon Teach-In at the UW Health Sciences Center on Thursday, April 28.
Charles Mock named to lead Injury Prevention Research Center
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Dentistry wins related grants of $22 million
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding two seven-year research grants totaling $22 million to researchers in the UW School of Dentistry.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Grant applications wanted
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from UW faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning scholarly projects on ethnic issues in the United States.
UW community gives nearly $3,500 to tsunami relief
The University community and others have contributed nearly $3,500 to a relief fund to assist Indonesian students affected by last winter’s killer earthquake-tsunami, which ravaged the Indian Ocean basin.
Students shine on national, international stage
While the UW men’s basketball team was doing its part for national recognition, UW students were winning more than their share of prominent national and international awards and competitions on an unprecedented scale.
Third public meeting set on UW biocontainment lab
The UW Regional Center for Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease applied in December for a $25 million grant, to partially fund the construction of a regional biocontainment laboratory.
Etc.: Campus News & Notes
DUE NORTH: Most of us dream of attending conferences in places like Maui, but Adam Schiff, a principal cataloger for the UW Libraries, went to the opposite extreme, attending the Alaska Library Association’s annual conference in Barrow, described as the “northernmost outpost of American civilization.
UW medical school top-ranked nationally — again
The UW again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
Award winners named: Faculty, staff, honored for teaching, mentoring, service
More than 20 individuals and units are being honored this year as part of the annual Universitywide awards program.
James Jiambalvo named dean of UW Business School
James Jiambalvo, a UW professor of accounting whose research includes audit decision-making, the relationships between stock prices and information, and earnings management, has been selected by UW President Mark Emmert as the new dean of the University of Washington Business School, subject to approval by the Board of Regents.
April 6, 2005
UW researchers identify potential therapeutic target for Huntington’s disease
Researchers studying yeast cells have identified a metabolic enzyme as a potential therapeutic target for treating Huntington’s disease, a fatal inherited neurodegenerative disorder for which there is currently no effective treatment.
UW Medical Center installs first volume CT scanner in the western United States
UW Medical Center has completed the first installation in the western United States of a next-generation volume computed tomography (VCT) scanner.
April 5, 2005
UW to dedicate collection of art by artists of color
The University of Washington and the Washington State Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program will dedicate a new collection of artworks by nine artists of color at 6 p.
Pairs of Seagliders set endurance records
Two ocean-diving gliders built at the University of Washington were retrieved late last month near the Hawaiian island of Kauai after setting a world record by traveling a quarter of the way across the Pacific Ocean.
April 1, 2005
UW study shows weight loss reduces markers of inflammation associated with increased risk of heart problems
In otherwise healthy obese women, weight loss is associated with significant decreases in biomarkers associated with cardiovascular risk, according to an article printed in the April 6 edition of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Selected local dentists in five-state region will join in UW research collaborative
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding two seven-year research grants totaling $22 million to researchers in the University of Washington School of Dentistry.
UW tops national primary care medical school rankings for 12th straight year
The University of Washington again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
March 31, 2005
Dancers with and without disabilities to blend talents in innovative summer program
Most of us, when we think of a dancer, are likely to think of someone gliding across the stage with ease and grace.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
When it comes to landscape, looks matter, rural residents say
Adding homes to a rural countryside, harvesting timber or building condos on a lake shore affects how an area looks, and that has become so important that growth management, sustainable forestry and other development plans now include mandates concerning changes to the “visual landscape.
Sylvan Theater undergoing needed restoration
Work in the Sylvan Theater, originally scheduled for last October, is now in full swing.
Missouri dean, Seattle native to head UW Graduate School
UW President Mark Emmert has selected Suzanne Trager Ortega, vice provost for advanced studies and dean of graduate school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, as dean and vice provost of the UW Graduate School, effective Aug.
New Kane collection spotlights artists of color
The UW and the Washington State Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program will dedicate a new collection of artworks by nine artists of color at 6 p.
Burke Museum to expand gallery space
The Burke Museum’s popular 2001 exhibit about the Antarctic voyage of Ernest Shackleton and his ship The Endurance was realistic for reasons both good and unfortunate, remembers Roxana Augusztiny, the museum’s interim director.
UW Tacoma formalizes commitment to transfer students
With the state poised to allow the first freshmen at UW Tacoma in 2007, a new agreement promising transfer students nearly three-quarters of UWT’s undergraduate seats has been signed by UW President Mark Emmert and representatives from the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and the Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Summer Learning Guide available
The Work/Life Resource Center now has information about summer programs for school children of all ages.
Fish quotas may reduce discarding, study shows
Contradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea.
Birds and brains: Singing a similar tune
A pair of leading scientists who study songbirds as models for understanding the human brain and how humans acquire language say it’s time for the burgeoning field to begin singing a different tune and study a wider variety of species.
Forward into the past: Researchers study matter created in microsecond after Big Bang
Scientists trying to recreate conditions that existed just a few millionths of a second after the big bang that started the universe have run into a mysterious problem — some of the reactions they are getting don’t mesh with what they thought they were supposed to see.
Triple Door jazz event benefits history, jazz studies at UW
Celebrated pianist and composer, Marc Seales will be joined by fellow UW jazz and history faculty to explore how jazz has intimately reflected the African American experience through the years at 7:30 p.
Ice core ‘dipstick’ shows West Antarctic ice has thinned less than previously believed
Rising sea levels 20,000 years ago, as the last ice age was beginning to wane, often are attributed in part to melting in West Antarctica.
Chancellor of UW Bothell to step down
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CareNet: One-stop shopping on UW benefits
Randi Shapiro, assistant director of the Work/Life office, was a little surprised herself when she saw all the UW support and benefit programs lined up together — even though listing them that way had been her idea in the first place.
Two budgets, different implications for UW
It’s a tale of two budgets. Researchers trying to tease out the genetic basis of dyslexia have discovered a location on chromosome 2 that may contain one or more genes that contribute to the reading disorder and make it difficult for people to rapidly pronounce pseudowords. March 30, 2005 PHILADELPHIA — Even though the American government and people have not always embraced immigrants with open arms, the image of the United States as a land of opportunity and refuge has become the focal point of the nation’s identity at home and around the world, says the incoming president of the Population Association of America. March 29, 2005 Warren W. While the UW men’s basketball team was doing its part for national recognition, UW students were winning more than their share of prominent national and international awards and competitions on an unprecedented scale. Mitja Gorenak was born on the day the torch for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo was carried through his birth city, Celje.
Separate genes influence speed, accuracy in decoding written words in dyslexia
Immigration has become hallmark of America’s image at home and abroad
Chancellor of UW Bothell to step down
UW students win national, international awards
Continents, colleges converge at UW Global Business Challenge
