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The latest news from the UW
January 27, 2005
Chicken genome still diverse
Today’s domestic chickens have just as much genetic diversity as their wild ancestor, according to genome scientists analyzing the variations on the newly sequenced chicken genome.
UW Medicine sponsoring ‘Go Red for Women’ Luncheon
UW Medicine is sponsoring the “Go Red for Women” luncheon on Monday, Feb.
School of Nursing
The School of Nursing will receive funding from UW Medical Center for a new endowed professorship, Dr.
New chair named for School of Dentistry’s
Periodontics Department
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Global HIV/AIDS treatment
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Global health conference on campus next month
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Notices
DEGREE EXAMS
Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations.
UW Summer Youth Programs to start registering Feb. 7
Attention parents: It may be midwinter, but it’s not too soon to think about summertime options for your school-age children.
Multimedia program looks at war’s effect on children
The effect of war on the lives of children will be the topic of an art exhibit and symposium at the UW in March.
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A&S HONORS: Internationally recognized local author, David Guterson (Snow Falling on Cedars), is among the recipients of this year’s Distinguished Alumnus Awards from the College of Arts & Sciences.
Sound Transit plans meeting
Sound Transit will host a meeting Feb.
State’s economic forecast looking rosier these days
The worst-kept secret in Olympia is that the next revenue forecast by the state’s chief economist is likely to be decidedly better than recent flat projections.
Commercialization of UW technologies is goal of fund
A joint project between the UW and the Washington Research Foundation (WRF) will drive the commercialization of five promising UW technologies.
Warming, not impact, may have been cause of mass extinctions
For the last three years evidence has been building that the impact of a comet or asteroid triggered the biggest mass extinction in Earth history, but new research from a team headed by a UW scientist disputes that notion.
Rain may bring drought: January snowpack at lowest level in 28 years
Warm winter rains that have curtailed the winter ski season in the Washington Cascades could also mean water shortages this summer.
January 26, 2005
Dwindling snowpack is bad news for Washington’s summer water needs
Warm winter rains that have curtailed the winter ski season in the Washington Cascades could also mean water shortages this summer.
January 25, 2005
UW to display conceptual drawings for proposed underground lab
University of Washington officials have developed conceptual architectural drawings of the entry, or “portal,” for the proposed Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory-Cascades, and drawings for associated surface facilities, including a visitor center and a science campus.
January 24, 2005
April journalism conference set to probe tsunami aftermath, next steps
WHAT: First conference on journalism and the tsunami — lessons learned, and what to do next in covering the social, political and economic fallout.
January 21, 2005
UW Bothell presents biotechnology and regional economic development forum
The Master of Arts in Policy Studies at University of Washington, Bothell is hosting a Policy Forum on February 16, 2005 from 3:30 – 5:30 PM.
UW Bothell helps 5th and 6th graders design a Mission to Mars
The University of Washington, Bothell (UW Bothell)’s very own student organization, Community Science Connection, is making a difference in the community!
Community Science Connection helped twenty-six 5th and 6th graders of Bothell to enter the “Design a Lunar-Based Mission to Mars” contest.
Mental health crisis looming for survivors of tsunami, warns UW psychologist just back from Indonesia
As the death toll from the Dec.
January 20, 2005
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UW sends out 850 volunteers on MLK Day
More than 850 volunteers participated in service activities in celebration of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
UW MBA students top dawgs in ‘Rose Bowl’ of case competitions
A team from the UW’s Master’s of Business Administration program won the 2005 Pac-10/Big Ten MBA Case Competition held last weekend at Arizona State University.
Going for the jugular: Cartoonist Horsey to speak
David Horsey, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, will speak at 7 p.
McCabe, Sheppard pianos to share Meany stage Jan. 25
Talk to pianists Robin McCabe and Craig Sheppard for any length of time and you’ll learn some fascinating historical tidbits.
Uzbek educators promote partnership with UW
Five educators from Uzbekistan are on the UW campus this week, continuing an exchange of time and talents that will culminate in a conference in Tashkent — Uzbekistan’s capital city — this fall and another in Seattle in spring of 2006.
What can you do with an art degree? Sessions offer answers
Myth or reality? There are no good jobs out there for people with undergraduate degrees in the visual arts.
Sessions designed to spark technology use
Technology comes more easily to some than to others.
Experts to probe tsunami aftermath
Throughout her childhood in Sri Lanka and during adult stints working as an anthropologist there, Manjari Wijenaike saw little letup in the island’s ethnic tensions until Dec.
New fund to help bring UW innovations to market
A joint project between the University of Washington and the Washington Research Foundation (WRF) will drive the commercialization of five promising UW technologies.
New evidence indicates biggest extinction wasn’t caused by asteroid or comet
For the last three years evidence has been building that the impact of a comet or asteroid triggered the biggest mass extinction in Earth history, but new research from a team headed by a University of Washington scientist disputes that notion.
January 19, 2005
UW’s Rosetta software to unlock secrets of many human proteins
University of Washington TechTransfer recently licensed software that will give scientists a huge advantage in the fight against disease.
In big speeches, Bush cites God more often than predecessors did, analysis shows
In his second inaugural address tomorrow, George W.
January 18, 2005
Experts to gather Thursday in Kane Hall to explore tsunami aftermath
WHAT: Panel discussion on politics, health consequences, relief efforts
WHEN: Thursday, Jan.
UW is top dawg in nation’s ‘Rose Bowl’ of MBA case competitions
A team from the University of Washington master’s of business administration program won the 2005 Pac-10/Big Ten MBA Case Competition held last weekend at Arizona State University.
January 14, 2005
Alcohol screening and intervention in the trauma setting save health-care costs by preventing further injuries
Brief alcohol counseling sessions for injured patients, already shown to be effective in reducing subsequent alcohol intake and trauma recidivism, can also reduce health-care costs.
From the ashes, Center for Urban Horticulture dedicates Merrill Hall Jan. 19
Merrill Hall at the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture — rebuilt nearly four years after an arson attack ruined the building and set back research, teaching and outreach — is being dedicated during events open to the public Jan.
January 13, 2005
Mullin joins UW Medicine Board
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Throwing a party for 800 kids
More than 800 children who have been patients at Harborview Medical Center attended a holiday party on Dec.
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