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May 20, 2004
Benefits in spotlight: Tuition waiver, peer comparison, long-term care on agenda of council
Editor’s note: This is one of a series of columns by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
Donated Native American-inspired art to be featured in Burke auction
The UW’s Burke Museum will auction off more than 200 Native American-inspired works of art donated by about 70 artists in its Contemporary Northwest Coast Art Auction, 4 to 8 p.
Woods Hole researcher
to speak on ocean currents
Large changes in Atlantic Ocean circulation that have amplified abrupt changes in climate in the past — and parallel trends being observed today — are the subjects of a free, public lecture Monday, May 24, just weeks after UW and NASA scientists reported in the journal Science that the North Atlantic circulation system weakened considerably during the decade of the 1990s.
Sign of caring: Ladner learns parents’ language, contributes to their community
In a way, Richard Ladner inherited his volunteer interests.
Tag(s): American Sign Language • College of Engineering • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Richard Ladner
Artists’ coming out party
A university education, especially at the graduate level, often ends with a paper.
Health Sciences News Briefs
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Presentation at HMC on who owns what in lab
“Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” the popular series sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations, has scheduled a presentation at Harborview Medical Center next week.
Ways for recent college graduates to stay covered or find health insurance
- Stay on Your Parents’ Insurance.
College graduates may soon join the uninsured
Graduating from college can mark the end of going to classes and the beginning of going without health insurance.
Teach-In Friday on health disparities
The Center for the Advancement of Health Disparities Research, based in the School of Nursing’s Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, is holding a Spring Institute and Teach-In this Thursday and Friday, May 20 and 21.
Research Integrity series begins in June
The Biomedical Research Integrity (BRI) Series, administered by the Department of Medical History & Ethics Continuing Education Program, was developed several years ago by the UW School of Medicine in response to a directive by the National Institutes of Health.
Notices
GENERAL NEWS
English Language Courses
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.Dance concert set
The UW Dance Program presents the 2004 Dance Majors Concert in the Meany Studio Theatre, May 25–28 at 7:30p.
Massive, quiet quake under way — but you won’t feel a thing
Right on schedule, a slow earthquake apparently has started deep beneath western Washington.
Underground lab plan unveiled
A preliminary plan for a national science and engineering laboratory deep underground near Leavenworth is being unveiled this week as a starting point for a formal proposal.
A rare sight: Eruption on the sea floor surprises researchers at Northern Mariana Islands
As one watches the clip of footage from the sea floor one hears the voices of scientists and technicians at the monitors in the control room on board the UW’s research vessel Thomas G.
Decrease in crime, absence of complaints leave police happy
Any campus or city report on crime statistics tends to carry both good and bad news.
Imprisonment a more common ‘life event’ than college or military service, study shows
Being jailed in federal or state prisons has become so common today that more young black men in the United States have done time than have served in the military or earned a college degree, according to new study.
Male susceptibility to disease may play role in evolution of insect societies
A pair of scientists has proposed a new model for behavioral development among social insects, suggesting that a higher male susceptibility to diease has helped shape the evolution of the insects’ behavior.
Spokane physician Dr. Paul Crosby selected as WWAMI Distinguished Teacher
Students graduating this June from the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine have selected Dr. Paul Crosby for the 2004 WWAMI Distinguished Teacher Award.
More young black men have done prison time than military service or earned college degree, study shows
Being jailed in federal or state prisons has become so common today that more young black men in the United States have done time than have served in the military or earned a college degree, according to a new study.
May 19, 2004
Author of “The Drake Equation” to deliver lecture at UW
Frank Drake, author of “The Drake Equation,” will speak in June about the current status of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
May 18, 2004
Water-chemistry monitoring company wins business plan competition
Graduate students in chemistry and business pool resources to create viable venture.
Playwright August Wilson is University of Washington commencement speaker
Playwright August Wilson, who has received two Pulitzer prizes and numerous other awards for his plays, will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington’s 129th annual Commencement ceremonies June 12 at Husky Stadium.
May 17, 2004
UW scientists issue preliminary plan for underground lab near Leavenworth
A preliminary plan for a national science and engineering laboratory deep underground in the Cascade Mountains near Leavenworth is being unveiled this week as a starting point for a formal proposal.
May 13, 2004
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Questioning reality: Undergraduates present innovative research in May 14 symposium
Are small-scale stream restoration projects successful? What are the most efficient undergraduate business programs in the Pac-10? And by the way, how have novelty records affected British popular culture?
Such questions and scores more will be addressed by UW students in oral and printed presentations at the Seventh Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, to be held noon to 5 p.
Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’ plays this weekend
The School of Music’s spring opera is one well known to opera fans.
No need for Tums: Penguins ingest mollusk shells to obtain calcium for thicker eggshells
It is virtually impossible for a prospective Magellanic penguin mother to find or build a soft spot to lay her eggs.
Denton honored by White House
Denice D.
WRF donation to help create Simpson endowed chair
The Washington Research Foundation has committed to donate $5 million to the UW as the first founding donor in a new matching program designed to stimulate increased giving to the University.
Five UW faculty elected to society for world-renowned scholars
Five UW faculty members were among those recently elected as fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the highest honors accorded to scholars in the United States.
Leading the way: UW Libraries named recipient of top honor
The Husky Marching Band will play, President Lee Huntsman will speak and Red Square will ring with the sounds of celebration at noon on Monday, all because of a high honor — the very highest, in fact — earned by the UW library system.
Physical, sexual abuse leaves American Indian women at increased risk for HIV, study shows
Urban American Indian women endure extremely high rates of physical and sexual trauma and, as a result, may engage in risky behaviors that place them at high risk for becoming infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, according to a new study focusing on American Indians in the New York City area.
Artificial light-dark cycles expose circadian clocks at odds with each other
When jet lag or oft-changing work shifts make you feel out of synch, it’s probably not your imagination.
Childhood conduct problems may predict depression among young adults
Preadolescents who reported high levels of conduct problems were nearly four times as likely to experience an episode of depression in early adulthood than were children who reported low rates of conduct problems, according to a new University of Washington study.
Scientists hope current silent earthquake will help to understand big quakes
A slow earthquake has apparently begun under western Washington, and UW scientists believe it will provide insight into stresses that eventually will lead to the region’s next major earthquake.
May 12, 2004
Artificial light-dark cycles expose circadian clocks at odds with each other
New research led by a University of Washington biologist shows there are at least two circadian clocks in the mammal brain, one that sticks strictly to an internal schedule and another that can be altered by external influences such as light and dark.
May 11, 2004
Childhood conduct problems may predict depression among young adults
Preadolescents who reported high levels of conduct problems were nearly four times as likely to have experienced an episode of depression in early adulthood than were children who reported low rates of conduct problems, according to a new University of Washington study.
May 10, 2004
Elevated rates of sexual, physical trauma may put urban American Indian women at increased risk for contracting HIV
Urban American Indian women endure extremely high rates of physical and sexual trauma and, as a result, may engage in risky behaviors that place them at high risk for becoming infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, according to a new study fousing on American Indians in the New York City area.
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