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July 22, 2004
Full recovery from bone marrow or stem cell transplants may take years
Patients with leukemia or lymphoma who receive bone marrow or stem cell transplants and survive can expect that it will be three to five years before they fully recover, according to a study published in the May 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
National study finds limited benefit for behavioral intervention in HIV prevention
A national study has reinforced that behavioral interventions are effective in preventing the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men who have sex with men (MSM).
Peer Portfolio
DIGITAL EVOLUTION: A professor at Michigan State University is turning evolution into a computer teaching tool.
Capital Projects gets a software bargain
Any office on campus using the drawing program AutoCAD will be able to get it and related software more cheaply, thanks to a purchase by the Capital Projects Office.
Correction
A story in the June 24 University Week may have confused some people because the President’s Medalist from UW Bothell, Karen Sherwin, was later described as a UWT (Tacoma) graduate.
Burke to host family fossil day
Fossils will be the focus in a special family event from 11 a.
Notices
Notice of Expedited Rule Making — Repeal (Per RCW 34.
Moving toward a paperless payroll
In the beginning, there was the printed paycheck.
Geographer puts gays, lesbians on the map
Ask the average Seattleite where the “gay/lesbian district” is, and he or she is likely to point to Capitol Hill.
UW, Washington Technology Center team up for research
From computers to cancer treatment, wheelchairs to semiconductors, six Washington companies have teamed with researchers from the UW to conduct critical research as a result of funding awards from the Washington Technology Center.
UW helps state be first with disaster plan
Washington Sate is the first in the nation to secure federal approval for an enhanced plan to prevent and manage natural disasters, and the UW is one of the state agencies that participated in its development.
Fish ‘love hums’ may yield help for high-frequency hearing loss
A small fish with a remarkable hearing system that enables females to zero in on the love hums broadcast by males during the breeding season is providing scientists with clues that someday might provide a treatment for people with high-frequency hearing loss.
Northwest’s rural beauty hides economic crisis, study finds
Urbanites escaping to the majestic beauty of the rural Northwest this summer may not realize that the families living in those scenic communities face a growing struggle to hang on.
July 20, 2004
UW School of Pharmacy researcher receives $2.8 million grant
for study of medications in pregnant women
Dr. Mary Hebert, associate professor of pharmacy, and her University of Washington team of researchers have received a $2.8 million grant from the National Institution of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) to research the clinical pharmacology of drugs in pregnant woman.
July 15, 2004
When male fish hum females swim in, thanks to hormones, adaptable hearing
A small fish with a remarkable hearing system that enables females to zero in on the love hums broadcast by males during the breeding season is providing scientists with clues that someday might provide a treatment for people with high-frequency hearing loss.
School study finds more equity after shift to weighted student funding
A finance reform known as weighted student funding enabled two major school districts to shrink inequities and direct resources to pupils in need, researchers have found.
July 13, 2004
Some of the biggest raindrops on record found in both clean and dirty air
On two occasions, separated by four years and thousands of miles and in very different conditions, raindrops were measured at sizes similar to or greater than the largest ever recorded. The largest ones were at least 8 millimeters in diameter and were possibly a centimeter, about four-tenths of an inch or a quarter the size of a golf ball.
July 8, 2004
Olsen appointed director of Native American Center of Excellence
Polly Olsen has been named director of the Native American Center of Excellence (NACOE), part of the Office of Multicultural Affairs in the School of Medicine.
Susan Grant named assistant dean for nursing practice
Susan Grant, senior associate administrator for Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer of UW Medical Center, has been appointed as an assistant dean for clinical nursing practice in the UW School of Nursing.
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