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November 18, 2004
New Global Health Department proposed
Plans to create a new UW Department of Global Health, with shared governance between the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, were announced last week in a memo from Dr.
Fossils at the Burke
The Burke Museum will play host to an extraordinarily diverse Smithsonian Institution exhibit of fossils, “The Burgess Shale: Evolution’s Big Bang,” from Nov.
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Faculty Senate position announcement
The Senate Executive Committee seeks applications and nominations from faculty on all three University of Washington campuses for the vital position of secretary of the faculty.
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‘CONNECTIONS’ CONNECTS: When four young women head off to college with a $10,000 Nordstrom Celebration of Cultural Diversity Scholarship, three of them can thank the UW for contributing to their success.
C&C: Caution battles computer viruses
In the world of e-mail, it’s getting so you can’t even trust your own friends.
Loss of ocean floor dwellers significant, study shows
The loss of seemingly inconsequential animal species in the top 6 inches or so of mud and sediment on the floors of the world’s oceans is giving scientists a look ahead at the consequences of the steady decline of the world’s biodiversity.
Minor candidates used Internet less than opponents, UW researchers find
Major-party candidates wield the Web, but many challengers stay offline
Contrary to predictions that third-party candidates would seize the Internet as a powerful tool for challenging the status quo, minor candidates remained far behind their Republican and Democratic foes this year in using the Web.
Award nominations sought
Nominations are now being solicited for the University’s annual awards — awards that honor outstanding teachers, staff, mentors and those engaged in public service.
UW Regents approve appointment of UW’s first chief investment officer
The University of Washington Board of Regents today (Nov.
Major-party candidates work the Web, while many challengers stay offline
Contrary to predictions that third-party candidates would seize on the Internet as a powerful tool for challenging the status quo, such candidates lagged far behind their Republican and Democratic foes this year in using the Web.
November 16, 2004
Ocean ecosystems at risk if plug pulled on Mother Nature’s ‘blenders’
The loss of seemingly inconsequential animal species in the top 6 inches or so of mud and sediment on the floors of the world’s oceans is giving scientists a look ahead at the consequences of the steady decline of the Earth’s biodiversity.
November 15, 2004
Pioneering work on biological integrity earns conservation award
University of Washington’s James R.
Black mothers who gave up custody of a child sought for study
While society expresses great respect for mothers, there is often little social or emotional support, let alone preparation, for the role of mothering.
November 10, 2004
New University Square design responds to community
UNICO Properties, the Seattle-based firm wishing to build a six-story retail, residential and office building at 42nd Street and 15th Avenue Northeast, has issued new designs that address neighborhood concerns about the project, which is called University Square.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Longtime jazz duo perform Nov. 18
Tom Collier and Dan Dean have been making music together for almost 40 years, but they’ve only managed to make two recordings in that time — the last one 25 years ago.
‘WOW’: Letting the art speak for itself
Step into the darkness, slowly, and just breathe a moment, then another.
Computer is partner in language learning
Computers have never been noted for teaching conversation skills, but thanks to two new UW-developed software programs, students are now using computers to learn to converse in Japanese.
Focus is Russia as UW inaugurates Ellison Center
With Americans’ attention riveted to the Middle East, interest has drifted away from the country with the most land, natural gas and nuclear warheads on Earth – Russia.
Oceanographer says award lets her ‘follow research dreams’
A UW marine microbiologist — whose work is of interest not just to oceanographers but to ecologists, climate scientists, biomedical researchers and materials scientists alike — has become a member of a select group of scientists named as Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation investigators in marine science.
November 9, 2004
UW Bothell releases growth plan
Today Chancellor Warren W.
Researchers to gather in Seattle for international meeting on fluid dynamics
More than a thousand scientists and engineers from around the world will gather in Seattle later this month to exchange ideas and discuss some of the latest work in such hot research areas as climate change, cardiovascular disease and the development of tiny devices fractions of a millimeter in size.
November 8, 2004
Award will help unlock mysteries of one of Earth’s most important organisms
A University of Washington marine microbiologist — whose work is of interest not just to oceanographers but to ecologists, climate scientists, biomedical researchers and materials scientists alike — has become a member of a select group of scientists named as Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation investigators in marine science.
November 5, 2004
Symposium weighs science’s role in improving fisheries management
In the midst of substantial debate surrounding recommendations made to the president by the U.
November 4, 2004
New type of radioactive seeds used to treat prostate cancer
In the first significant advancement in brachytherapy in more than 15 years, physicians at UW Medical Center last week implanted for the first time in the world a new type of radioactive seeds in a prostate cancer patient.
Charles Chavkin named to hold Treuer Endowed Chair
Allan Treuer, retired owner of the North Star Ice Equipment Co.
Investigating cholesterol oxidation and artery disease
Some functions of the human body that worked effectively for survival when people had short life spans, living only long enough to reproduce and raise their young, may have long-term consequences that catch up with us as we live longer lives.
Allen started her volunteer career in high school
Name: Sarah E.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Petersen named winner of Gates volunteer award
Family, friends, and about 1,000 guests witnessed the presentation of the Gates Volunteer Service Award to Donald E.
Hurricanes spark memory of great NW storms past
Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne weren’t very hospitable houseguests.
Tacoma prof left New York seeking to raise consciousness
UW Tacoma Assistant Professor Beverly Naidus created a series of digital paintings using images of Buddhas, boddhisattvas, pagan gods, goddesses, and yoga poses, breathing in a wide variety of landscapes and spaces
Two profs are AAAS Fellows
An emeritus UW atmospheric sciences professor and a chemistry professor who left the university last week are among 308 scientists nationwide to be named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Ground to be broken on new kind of building
The University will break ground Friday, Nov.
Denny Bell to ring again
Be assured, the Denny Bell will ring again this year for Homecoming, on Nov.
Health Sciences News Briefs
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Funding minority programs
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Volwiler visiting professor to speak
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Lecture inaugurates endowed chair in pain research
Dr. Allan Basbaum, professor and chair of the Department of Anatomy at the University of California at San Francisco, will give the first Allan and Phyllis Treuer Lecture in Pain Research on Thursday, Nov. 18. He will speak on “The Neurobiology of Pain: From Molecules to Circuits” at 2:30 p.m. in room T-733 of the Health Sciences Center. This lecture inaugurates the Treuer Chair in Pain Research in the Department of Pharmacology.
Basbaum is an international leader in pain research, focusing on the neurobiological basis of pain and its control. He studies the actions of neurotransmitter molecules used by the sensory neurons to transmit pain stimuli into the central nervous system and the processing of pain information by nerve cells in the spinal cord.
He has discovered several important new aspects of the changes that occur in nerve cells, and in the neurotransmitters that they use to signal pain stimuli, during the development of chronic pain in mouse models of injury. His research combines high-resolution microscopy, molecular biology, molecular pharmacology, and behavioral testing in a coordinated way to learn about pain mechanisms and the effects of drug treatments at the molecular, cellular, and whole-animal levels.
Basbaum is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal and received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972. After postdoctoral research at University College London, he joined the University of California at San Francisco as a senior postdoctoral fellow, was appointed assistant professor in 1977 and assumed his present position in 1997. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Pain, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Pain Research.
Creating patent strategies and portfolios
Developing patents from research work will be the topic for the next program in the “Things Your Mother Never Taught You” series sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations.
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