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January 6, 2005
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.
Patricia Spakes named chancellor of UW Tacoma
University of Washington President Mark Emmert has selected Patricia Spakes, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, to become chancellor of University of Washington, Tacoma, effective April 4, 2005.
January 5, 2005
Pinatubo’s rivers show the danger isn’t over when volcanic eruption ends
Erupting volcanoes are among the most destructive forces in Mother Nature’s arsenal.
Shepherds whistle while they work and brains process sounds as 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.
January 3, 2005
Elementary school intervention boosts positive functioning in early adulthood
An elementary school intervention program that taught children impulse control and gave their teachers and parents better management skills has 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.
December 21, 2004
Study shows how religious group fended off the Internet — then adapted it
Twenty-first century technology has deeply penetrated even strict, self-contained religious communities that try to shut it out, University of Washington researchers have found.
December 18, 2004
Stroke risk is greater for migraine sufferers, especially those on oral contraceptives
Migraine sufferers are twice as likely to experience a stroke, compared to people who do not get this type of headache.
December 17, 2004
Statement from UW President Mark Emmert and WSU President V. Lane Rawlins on Gov. Locke’s 2005-07 Budget Proposal
We greatly appreciate Gov.
December 16, 2004
Winds, ice motion root cause of decline in sea ice, not warmer temperatures
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, University of Washington researchers say.
December 15, 2004
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.
December 14, 2004
UW dean of engineering named chancellor at UC Santa Cruz
The following is a statement by University of Washington Acting Provost David Thorud on today’s appointment of Denice D.
December 13, 2004
Hudson’s Bay Company policies set stage for modern environmental struggles
The Pacific Northwest has seen its share of major environmental battles.
Historic Himalayan ice dams created huge lakes, mammoth floods
Ice dams across the deepest gorge on Earth created some of the highest-elevation lakes in history.
December 11, 2004
Campus Parkway project gets green light
They’re down to the finishing touches.
December 9, 2004
Memorial Way plaques a student art project
If you took a stroll down Memorial Way this week, you might have noticed some wooden plaques leaning against the trees.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Lieberman and Friends concert to feature Bottom Line Duo
The Bottom Line Duo, made up of husband-and-wife team Spencer and Traci Hoveskeland, will be the featured guests for the Barry Lieberman and Friends concert at 2 p.
Levy named to Wissner-Slivka Endowed Chair
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Click and bid: UW’s surplus property auctions now online, too
When the UW’s Property and Transport Services holds a public auction on Saturday, Dec.
Facilities Services’ ‘five-star’ Motor Pool just keeps winning awards
When the UW Motor Pool was honored recently for pollution prevention, it was the fourth time in the last year it has been singled out for its environmentally friendly efforts.
More area, more diversity true for microbes too, studies show
The connection between species richness and area occupied, recognized by biologists for more than a hundred years as a fundamental ecological relationship in plant and in animal communities, has been discerned for the first time at the microbial level.
Slaves took risks to resist their state, historian says
By today’s standards, pretending to be sick to get out of a day’s work, sneaking away to meet friends in the woods at night, learning to read and write or tacking up an abolitionist poster in their quarters may seem to be pretty tame infractions.
Intelligence reforms unlikely to prevent terrorist attack, Gorton says
The Congressional response to the recommendations of the 911 Commission is unlikely to prevent future terrorist attacks in the United States, according to former Washington Senator Slade Gorton.
Imaginary friends: Most kids have one (or more)
Imagination is alive and thriving in the minds of America’s school-age children.
Faculty Senate endorses athletics reforms
The UW Faculty Senate is starting to get interested in intercollegiate athletics.
Drug sales pitches have little effect on physicians, study shows
Pharmaceutical drug companies spend upward of $25 billion per year on promoting new drugs and distributing free samples to doctors, but new research shows such marketing devices have little impact on physicians and their prescribing behavior.
Who did voters pick on Nov. 2? In some cases, we’ll never know
As citizens of Washington state wait out a third count with 42 votes separating the candidates for governor, new research shows that Washington was not the only state where the voters’ true choice may never be known.
December 8, 2004
Birds, butterflies, bacteria: same law of biology appears to apply
The connection between species richness and area occupied, recognized by biologists for more than a hundred years as a fundamental ecological relationship in plant and in animal communities, has been discerned for the first time at the microbial level.
December 7, 2004
Pharmaceutical marketing tactics hold little sway with prescribing physicians
Pharmaceutical drug companies spend upward of $25 billion per year on promoting new drugs and distributing free samples to doctors, but new research shows such marketing devices have little impact on physicians and their prescribing behavior.
December 6, 2004
Two-thirds of school-age children have an imaginary companion by age 7
Imagination is alive and thriving in the minds of America’s school-age children.
A review of the health implications of lead in Seattle School District drinking water
Recent testing throughout the Seattle Public School District revealed that many schools have at least one drinking fountain with lead levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency guideline for lead in school drinking water.
December 2, 2004
Stamatoyannopoulos appointed to Motulsky professorship
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New lecture series honors Biochemistry Department’s Milton Gordon
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Complex genetics of collagen disorders
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