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March 31, 2005
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. March 28, 2005 On the brink of a U. March 24, 2005 Contradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea. 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. March 23, 2005 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. March 21, 2005 WHAT: “Headlines: Emerging Architectural Ideas. In three spatial dimensions, it is a close relative of the quark-gluon plasma, the super-hot state of matter that hasn’t existed since the tiniest fraction of a second after the big bang that started the universe. Pregnant women who are hospitalized following motor vehicle crashes are at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, even if they are not seriously injured or not injured at all. March 18, 2005 University of Washington 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. March 16, 2005 A University of Washington alumnus who invented more than 30 biomedical devices, including a shunt that made kidney dialysis practical, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Northwest Pioneers of Biomaterials and Medical Devices Award. Astrophysicists in recent years have found evidence for a force they call dark energy in observations from the farthest reaches of the universe, billions of light years away. March 15, 2005 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. March 10, 2005 Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, a world leader in heart and lung transplant surgery and research, will speak at the 17th annual Rushmer Lecture, sponsored by the UW Department of Bioengineering. Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. Nature may still dictate their delicate display, but the famous cherry trees on the Quad, in keeping with the times, have gone online. Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of columns by chairs of the Faculty Senate’s councils and committees. Are farmers in southeast Idaho likely to start irrigating in early May, in late May, or somewhere in between? Private power producer PacifiCorp, for one, wants to know so it can prepare for less water being available and more power being needed when agricultural producers start pumping earlier in the year. Peg Cheng may look like a responsible adult, but for more than a year her mind has been on high school. The hydrothermal vents were miles from where anyone could have imagined. The UW Consolidated Laundry in Seattle’s Rainier Valley has installed a water recycling system that is expected to conserve approximately 18 million gallons a year. Prions, which have been identified as the causative agent in mad-cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease and scrapie, a disease of sheep and goats, were identified, named and characterized by Dr. Transmissible brain diseases among livestock and wild game have become a growing concern in veterinary medicine, agriculture, and public health. Dr. Local neuroscience meeting Dr. “Starting a Company While Keeping Your Day Job at the UW” is the title for the next presentation in the series “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Industry Relations Office. ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES Grant applications wanted
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
Economist finds that Cuba’s state-run baseball league doesn’t go to bat for players
Fewer fish discarded after individual transferable quotas offered
Researchers call for expanding the repertoire in studying birdsong
Ice core ‘dipstick’ indicates West Antarctic ice has thinned less than believed
Exhibit of emerging architectural ideas offers ‘glimpse of future’
Exotic physics finds black holes could be most ‘perfect,’ low-viscosity fluid
Pregnant women face risk after motor vehicle crashes regardless of the presence of injuries
Suzanne Trager Ortega selected as dean of the UW Graduate School
UW alum first recipient of award for outstanding achievements in biomaterials
Researchers find evidence of dark energy in our galactic neighborhood
Answer from ‘dusty shelf’ aids quest to see matter as it was just after big bang
Rushmer lecturer to speak on ‘Engineering the Heart’
Mystery Photo
Bloom time: Quad’s cherry trees go online
Council looks at UW ties with community
Predicting water needs is center’s specialty
Almost Famous: Staffer seeks screen success
Life in ‘Lost City’
Recycling system saves millions of gallons at Consolidated Laundry
Scientist from one of top prion labs will explain ‘amazing’ biology
Prions: From the lab to the barnyard and wildlife
Professorship honors Wayne Crill
Health Sciences News Briefs
The Pacific Cascade and Vancouver, B.
David Baker and colleagues receive award for article in Science
Program covers basics of starting a company at UW
Notices
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.
