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January 13, 2005
Using fruit flies to study nerve degeneration
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Treating tsunami survivors in Thailand
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Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Chemical engineering at 100: From bubble gum to Pringles, UW department’s alumni have made their mark
Just over a hundred years ago, when chemical engineering made its first appearance at the UW as the new discipline of “industrial chemistry,” students conducted their experiments under the watchful eye of rookie Assistant Professor Henry K.
Photo feature: A squirrelly squabble
Several squirrels were seen and heard squawking up a storm Friday near where the Suzzallo and Allen libraries meet.
Librarians favored following FIG-gy finale
Way before Christmas, campus librarians got what they had long been wishing for — but it wasn’t quite a dream come true.
Patricia Spakes named UWT chancellor
UW President Mark Emmert has selected Patricia Spakes, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, to become chancellor of UW Tacoma, effective April 4.
Urban horticulture to dedicate new building
Merrill Hall at the UW’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.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Family and friends of Brian Colella, a 17-year-old Seattle-area athlete who has been diagnosed with fascio-scapulo-humeral muscular dystrophy, have organized a new nonprofit organization, the Pacific Northwest Friends of FSH Research, to support research on the condition.
Measuring quality in surgery
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Study links migraines and stroke risk
Migraine sufferers are twice as likely to experience a stroke, compared to people who do not get this type of headache.
Atomic-force microscopy used to watch protein clumping process
UW researchers have identified the mechanism for a protein that can protect against formation of the toxic protein clumps seen in Huntington’s disease.
Mini-Medical School registration open; classes begin Feb. 8
UW Medicine’s 2005 Mini-Medical School, a six-part series of exciting lectures and demonstrations designed to teach about medical science, patient care and cutting-edge research, is open to the UW community and the public.
Symposium to cover research on particulate matter pollution
Recent research on air pollution caused by particulate matter from combustion sources such as woodsmoke, agricultural burning and diesel exhaust will be presented at a one-day symposium this month.
UW to test campus water
Water provided to and used by the UW is regularly tested and found to be safe and clean — but it doesn’t hurt to double-check every now and then.
News Makers
TO CURE OR NOT?: Is autism a disease that needs treating or simply a variation in the human condition, like left-handedness?
The New York Times quoted Jane Meyerding, program coordinator for the UW’s International Studies Center, in a Dec.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Pilot project funding available
The Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health (CEEH) is offering pilot project funding in broadly-defined areas of “gene-environment interactions.
Three UW scientists named in Discover magazine’s top science of 2004
Three UW scientists shared the limelight in Discover magazine’s “100 most important discoveries and developments” of 2004, and one of them had a hand in the magazine’s top pick for the biggest science development of the year.
Sound Transit access issue occupies council
Editor’s note: This is one of a series of columns by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
Grant & Contract Accounting reorganizes with the new year
Grant holders on campus shouldn’t have any trouble knowing whom to turn to for help with the financial aspects of their work, thanks to a reorganization in Grant and Contract Accounting (GCA) that was launched with the new year.
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REINDEER RANT: A news release about anthropology Professor Donald Grayson’s research on the environmental threat posed to reindeer by continued global warming brought out the worst punning instincts in some headline writers.
Federal government’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 released
Note to News Editors: The University of Washington has dietary and nutrition experts available to discuss aspects of the new guidelines.
January 11, 2005
Electrical engineering Professor Mani Soma named acting engineering dean
Mani Soma, a professor of electrical engineering whose research involves the design of integrated circuits and bioelectronic systems, has been named acting dean for the University of Washington College of Engineering, the university announced today.
January 7, 2005
180 people with post-traumatic stress disorder needed for UW study
Approximately 70 percent of people in the United States experience a traumatic event during their lifetime and a significant number of these people later develop post-traumatic stress disorder, a chronic and debilitating condition that can persist for months or even years.
January 6, 2005
Brainy campus campaign urges recycling
Sandwich boards proclaiming “Stop, think, recycle,” and squishy yellow “brains” scattered around campus mark the start of a UW Recycling campaign to promote placing paper and cardboard in the proper recycling container instead of in the trash.
Evidence of ancient lakes seen in the Himalayas
Ice dams across the deepest gorge on Earth created some of the highest-elevation lakes in history.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Environmental Health & Safety a star in Food Bank giving
No matter how you measure it, the UW’s Environmental Health and Safety Department (EH&S) is a powerhouse when it comes to holiday donations.
Whistles are words to brains of those who speak special ‘language’
The human brain’s remarkable flexibility to understand a variety of signals as language extends to an unusual whistle language used by shepherds on one of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa.
Money currently the best aid for tsunami-ravaged areas
Cash is the best type of donation just now for the areas ravaged by the Dec.
Copyright is subject of Jan. 12 presentation
“Copyright Myths and Monsters: Authorship, Ownership, Open Source and Fair-Use Pitfalls” is the title for the next presentation in the series “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations.
MLK tributes planned at Harborview, Health Sciences Building
Two programs honoring the legacy of Dr.
UW opens office to foster communications on underground lab proposal
The University of Washington has established a special office to support further development of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory-Cascades.
Hudson’s Bay Company policies set stage for modern environmental struggles
The Pacific Northwest has seen its share of major environmental battles.
Research: Global warming not main cause of sea ice decline
Extreme changes in the Arctic Oscillation in the early 1990s — and not warmer temperatures of recent years — are largely responsible for declines in how much sea ice covers the Arctic Ocean, with near record lows having been observed during the last three years, UW researchers say.
Attend to security or risk Internet ostracism, computer expert warns
Any individual who does not attend to his or her computer’s security could be responsible for having all UW messages banned from major Internet service providers, UW computer experts warn.
School intervention has long-lasting effects, study shows
An elementary school intervention program that taught children impulse control and gave their teachers and parents better management skills has had long-lasting effects extending into early adulthood, showing that the children are more productive and well-adjusted members of society at age 21, according to a new study.
Waterways recover slowly after volcanic eruption, study shows
Erupting volcanoes are among the most destructive forces in Mother Nature’s arsenal.
UW first university chosen for emergency training
The UW is the first higher education institution in the country to be chosen for participation in a prestigious emergency management training course offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Governor or no, UW and higher ed budgets will loom large in 2005 legislature
The Washington State Legislature will open its session Jan.
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