The latest news from the UW

The most successful way to develop new products is to emphasize satisfying needs consumers aren’t even aware they have, according to new research conducted by the University of Washington and Colorado State University.

Two University of Washington computer scientists are part of a team that has discovered a pair of rare, naturally occurring RNA “switches” in a class of bacteria that work cooperatively to manage the amino acid glycine.

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Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

The UW’s newest sculpture, The Department of Forensic Morphology Annex, will be dedicated at 5 p.

TWO-WHEEL TOURISM: For a couple of UW professors, the life of the mind during the academic year is nicely balanced by a little bodily exertion over the summer.

The first ever genomic map of a diatom, part of a family of microscopic ocean algae that are among the Earth’s most important inhabitants, has yielded surprising insights about the way they may be using nitrogen, fats and silica in order to thrive.

The UW School of Drama has a diverse season for the coming school year that truly offers something for everyone.

She’d run regularly for 15 years.

In the not-so-distant future, your wristwatch could stop you if you try to run out the door without the necessities you need for the day, like your keys, wallet or cell phone.

One of the University’s “sacred spaces” is getting a facelift.

In my welcome message last week to students, faculty, and staff, I noted the strength of the University’s faculty and staff as evidenced by the many people I have had the privilege of meeting and getting to know over the course of the summer.

In Joel Loveland’s office, don’t look for the light switch.

To ring in the fall season and welcome students, faculty and staff back to school, the University of Washington Press will hold its Incredible Fall Book Extravaganza from 10 a.

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ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Call for proposals for 2004-5

The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants for the year 2004-5.

Kidney donation

Last year, over 6,000 family members, friends, co-workers and good Samaritans became living kidney donors.

A new shuttle service now links UW Medical Center with the developing research hub at South Lake Union.

Former Washington Governor Booth Gardner will be at the Health Sciences Center on Monday, Oct.

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding $4.

The Professional Staff Organization is at a crossroads.

How do you recruit faculty for a program that is not able to offer lavish support or huge salaries, that won’t likely generate articles in prestigious journals, and that probably involves more work than your average class?

You offer them an opportunity to work with some of the smartest undergraduates in Washington.

The UW is holding a party for thousands of its closest friends to celebrate the accomplishments of students, faculty and staff and their contributions to the region and society.

Other people celebrate New Years on Jan.

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In the not-so-distant future, your wristwatch could stop you if you try to run out the door without the necessities you need for the day, like your keys, wallet or cell phone.

Three new University of Washington, Bothell Student Ambassadors have been selected for the 2004-05 academic year.

Jace Weaver, Founding Director of the Institute of Native American Studies at the University of Georgia and a prominent Native American studies scholar in religion, law, environment and culture, will discuss Native American ethics of place and architecture, part of a larger conversation being developed at UW Bothell with local scholars, artists and community workers on Native story, land and community.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Five floats loaded with instruments and deployed in the path of the eye of hurricane Frances — that’s the one after Charley and before Ivan and Jeanne — have transmitted data that may help scientists better understand ocean conditions that put a damper on tropical storms and those that pour on the gas.

While the University is gearing up for a new academic year, Nancy Amidei, a senior lecturer in the social work department, is gearing up for the election in November.

Despite a longstanding international ban on ivory trade, African elephants continue to be killed in large numbers for their prized tusks.

Five floats loaded with instruments and deployed in the path of the eye of hurricane Frances — that’s the one after Charley and before Ivan and Jeanne — have transmitted data that may help scientists better understand ocean conditions that put a damper on tropical storms and those that pour on the gas.

While the University is gearing up for a new academic year, Nancy Amidei, a senior lecturer in the social work department, is gearing up for the election in November.

An interdisciplinary team of University of Washington researchers has been awarded $12.

A former dean with Oxford University — who oversaw refurbishment of gardens in the heart of Oxford that are visited by many thousands every year and managed one of the most historically significant herbarium collections in the United Kingdom — has been named director of the UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture and Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum.

A new national research center is being established at the UW with the aim of finding easier, more powerful and more environmentally friendly ways of manipulating the strong chemical bonds found in most materials, from petroleum products to pharmaceuticals and biological molecules.

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