The ones that stay and the ones that stray are biological puzzles among Pacific salmon, of whom the vast majority — but not all — travel thousands of miles to sea and back to the streams where they hatched.
April 14, 2005
The latest news from the UW
Your opinion needed: UW Image Bank surveys faculty, staff on photo use
The organizers of the UW Image Bank, a new online digital image resource, are conducting a digital image use survey April 11 to 22 and seeking help from UW faculty, staff and students.
Canopy crane featured in forestry service film
The story of the U.
Grant leads to expansion of African Studies
The UW’s African Studies Program, after years of fruitless search for stable funding, has snagged its first federal grant and announced an expansion of classes and outreach activity.
Location found for genes that contribute to dyslexia
Researchers trying to tease out the genetic basis of dyslexia have discovered a genetic location that may contain one or more genes that contribute to the reading disorder and make it difficult for people to rapidly pronounce pseudowords.
State may have budget by April 24 deadline
An unusual degree of consensus is emerging from the legislative budget process, with funding of higher education remaining as one of the major differences among the state budgets proposed by the Governor, the Senate, and the House.
Low oxygen likely made ‘Great Dying’ worse, greatly delayed recovery
The biggest mass extinction in Earth history some 251 million years ago was preceded by elevated extinction rates before the main event and was followed by a delayed recovery that lasted for millions of years.
April 13, 2005
UW team takes top honors in international math contest fourth year straight
A team of three University of Washington undergraduates has taken top honors in an intensely competitive international math contest, putting the university in the winner’s bracket for the fourth year in a row.
April 11, 2005
Journalists to gather Friday at UW to gauge tsunami coverage
The wave of news coverage of December’s Indian Ocean tsunami — 35,000 reports, by one count — surpassed coverage of the year’s other Top 10 disasters combined.
April 8, 2005
Paralytic shellfish toxins cause mutation that allows clams to accumulate 100 times more toxin
Exposure to toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning can result in a mutation that makes some clams much more resistant to the toxin, which can result in a greater danger to humans, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature.
April 7, 2005
New project will look for longevity genes shared by many species
If a real Fountain of Youth existed, would its magical waters affect humans and other species in the same way? Recent evidence from investigators working on the genetics of longevity suggests that many of the same genes determine longevity across different species.
School of Medicine faculty become HHMI investigators
Two UW School of Medicine faculty members, genome researcher Dr.
Anthony Fauci, NIAID director, to speak here
Bicycling staffers help raise money for early cancer detection
Editor’s note: Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences staffer Joel Levin and his wife, University Photographer Mary Levin, recently returned after an 1,800-mile bike trip to raise money for cancer research.
World-roaming UW Seagliders retrieved
Two ocean-diving gliders built at the UW were retrieved late last month near Kauai after setting a world record by traveling a quarter of the way across the Pacific Ocean.
New Web site shows Seattle’s civil rights history
Mention civil rights and most people will automatically think of cities like Montgomery, Ala.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Faculty Senate looks at UW library challenges
Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of articles by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
Trauma Pod: A battlefield robo-medic
On the battlefield of the future, medical personnel won’t be on the front lines dodging bullets and shrapnel as they try to reach fallen soldiers to render aid.
Emmert launches leadership initiative
President Mark Emmert has announced a major new initiative that will examine leadership and values throughout the University.
Sloan fellow in Physiology/Biophysics
New project will look for longevity genes shared by many species
If a real Fountain of Youth existed, would its magical waters affect humans and other species in the same way? Recent evidence from investigators working on the genetics of longevity suggests that many of the same genes determine longevity across different species.
School of Medicine faculty become HHMI investigators
Two UW School of Medicine faculty members, genome researcher Dr.
Anthony Fauci, NIAID director, to speak here
Health Sciences News Briefs
“Coping and Comforting” is a public forum for cancer patients and their loved ones from 12:30 to 2 p.
Dean’s comment
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
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.