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ADAI Grants available
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.

FOR LOVE OF PIXIE: The love a pair of poodle owners had for their show dog Pixie has translated into a major donation that will pay for a new endowed faculty chair in comparative oncology next year at the University of Minnesota, according to the UMNews Web site.

FOR THE CAUSE: Jacqueline Brown, assistant vice provost for Information Technology Partnerships at the UW, will be honored with the 2004 EDUCAUSE Award for Leadership in the Profession at the association’s annual conference this October.

A new home is coming for the community outreach programs the UW shares with Heritage College, in Toppenish, Wash.

Songwriting is experience filtered through words, melody and rhythm.

University and union negotiating teams continue weekly bargaining sessions, according to Patti Carson, vice president for human resources, in an atmosphere of cooperation and commitment that is “evident to all involved.

Two of the biggest physics breakthroughs during the last decade were the discovery that wispy subatomic particles called neutrinos actually have a small amount of mass and the detection that the expansion of the universe is actually picking up speed.

The University gets about 6,100 job applications and resumes every month, each one representing the career hopes of a would-be employee.

Susan Douglas Franzosa has accepted the position of director and professor of education at the University of Washington, Bothell.

Researchers at the University of Washington will direct the largest study of its kind to explore the connection between air pollution and the No. 1 cause of death in the United States: cardiovascular disease.

Two major physics breakthroughs in the last decade are the discovery that neutrinos have mass and that universe expansion is accelerating. Three physicists are suggesting the two discoveries are integrally linked through one of the strangest features of the universe: dark energy.

Researchers have found a delivery method for gene therapy that reaches all the voluntary muscles of a mouse – including heart, diaphragm and all limbs – and reverses the process of muscle-wasting found in muscular dystrophy.

Next week, more than 40 college-bound students with disabilities will gather at the University of Washington to explore challenging careers and strategies for success in the academic world as participants in the annual DO-IT Scholars Summer Study Program.

Ovarian cancer has often been called the silent killer because it’s so hard to detect.

Projects geared toward improving patient safety and health care by increasing understanding among health care professionals were the impetus for a newly funded program that will bring together participants from all of the health care disciplines.