February 24, 2005
James Severson, the UW’s Vice Provost for Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, is the recipient of the 2005 Bayh-Dole Award given by the Association of University Technology Transfer Managers (AUTM) for his many contributions to academic technology transfer.
“The History of Craniofacial Surgery” is the topic for the 12th annual Peter K.
The “Healthy Heart Station,” a play area at Alderwood, supported by UW Medicine Regional Heart Center, will have its grand opening on Saturday, Feb.
A new study led by Public Health – Seattle & King County and published in the Feb.
A new career development program for clinical researchers, funded last fall by the National Institutes of Health with a $13 million grant for five years, has accepted its first group of trainees.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY
Grant applications wanted
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
The Sound Transit Board recently identified the 12th Avenue route as the preferred light rail link between the UW and Northgate.
Online staff learning at the UW has become more affordable even while its offerings have improved, according to Training and Development, a division of UW Human Resources.
Could there be a devastating tsunami on Puget Sound? And if so, how much time will there be to react, and what reaction is appropriate? Such questions will be addressed in a public lecture, Tsunamis in Washington, at 7 p.
Editor’s note: This is one of a series of articles written by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
A little sexual banter in the workplace isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
FORD DIGS IN: Former President Gerald Ford was the featured shoveler when the University of Michigan broke ground in November on its new Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, which will be the new home of the Gerald R.
LEADING LIBRARIANS: Four UW librarians have been selected to participate in what their boss, Director of Libraries Lizabeth Wilson, calls highly competitive national leadership programs.
The University of Washington Consolidated Laundry in Seattle’s Rainier Valley has installed a water recycling system that is expected to conserve approximately 18 million gallons a year.
February 23, 2005
A little sexual banter in the workplace isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
The first major awards for excellence in radio and television reporting on victims of violence will be launched in 2006 and 2007, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma announced today.
February 21, 2005
WASHINGTON — The common perception that most American teenagers go to school, engage in extracurricular activities such as sports and hang out with their friends is missing one crucial and time-consuming element in their lives — work.
February 18, 2005
Bigger is smarter is better.
February 17, 2005
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Bob Edie, who was the UW director of government relations from 1986 to 1995 and vice president for university relations from 1996 to 1999, has received the Robert G.
Geoffrey Loftus’ latest research reads more like a murder mystery than a scientific paper.
Five months after the Business School launched a search for its new leader, the search committee continues to evaluate candidates and officials say the school remains on track for having a permanent dean in place by fall.
Sounder sleep, healthier teeth and gums, eco-friendly food packaging, more powerful electronics — these are some of the innovative ideas generated by Washington researchers and business entrepreneurs that are being supported through public investment from the Washington Technology Center.
Students from around the globe will gather in Seattle next week to present their creative and commercially sustainable solutions for reducing poverty through new business development, in the UW Business School’s inaugural Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition.
The first awards from the Fund for Innovation and Redesign, made last year, are facilitating groundbreaking discussions and work across disciplines, according to the interim reports submitted by 11 awardees.
Over the years it has evolved from a wish to a work in progress — and on Tuesday the UW’s new Q Center will become a reality.
Students from around the globe will gather in Seattle next week to present their creative and commercially sustainable solutions for reducing poverty through new business development, in the University of Washington Business School’s inaugural Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition.
February 15, 2005
February 14, 2005
Geoffrey Loftus’ latest research reads more like a murder mystery than a scientific paper.
Farmers, hydroelectric power producers, shippers and wildlife managers remember the Columbia River Basin drought of 1992-1993 as a year of misery.
February 10, 2005
The School of Nursing will present a free, public lecture about community design and public health at 6:30 p.
“What we’re really doing,” says Dr.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
If a generation of college students is four years, more or less, then Ernest R.
Farmers, hydroelectric power producers, shippers and wildlife managers remember the Columbia River Basin drought of 1992–1993 as a year of misery.
Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of articles written by the chairs of the Faculty Senate’s councils and committees.
Researchers at the UW have blended the past with the present in the fight against cancer, synthesizing a promising new compound from an ancient Chinese remedy that uses cancer cells’ rapacious appetite for iron to make them a target.
Moving from professional bull riding into the creative life of art and exhibition design is not an often-trod path, but it’s the one taken by artist Jim Rittimann, exhibition designer at the UW’s Henry Art Gallery.
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