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“Clinical Research: Challenges and Controversies” is the title for the annual one-day conference sponsored by the UW School of Medicine in cooperation with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center.

The Department of Microbiology will present the first Neal Groman Memorial Seminar at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, in room K-069 of the Health Sciences Building.
The speaker is Dr. R. John Collier, Maude and Lillian Presley professor in Harvard Medical School’s Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. His topic is “Anthrax Toxin: Structure, Activity and New Inhibitors.”
In addition to his research on the anthrax toxin, Collier is a major force in the scientific community’s efforts to combat threats of bioterrorism. He has been a member of several national and international advisory groups, including the Centers for Disease Control’s Panel on Countering Bioterrorism and the National Academy Committee on Research Standards and Practices to Prevent the Destructive Application of Biotechnology.
Dr. Neal Groman joined the UW Department of Microbiology in 1950 after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He taught and conducted research, focusing on diphtheria pathogenesis, at the medical school for nearly 40 years. He died in 2001.

The next program in the series “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations, will be at noon, Wednesday, April 14, in Turner Auditorium, room D-209 in the Health Sciences Building.

Throughout the Health Sciences Center, faculty, staff and students are making preparations for the Health Sciences Open House, set for Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24.

MASSIVE MUSIC: Some time ago, University Week featured a story about a UW biostatistician who founded Science Groove, a band of UW employees and friends specializing in educational science songs.

UW Tacoma has named a campus auditorium and an endowed scholarship in honor of Chancellor Vicky Carwein, who leaves the UWT campus April 15.

The Work/Life Resource Center now has information about summer programs for school children of all ages.

The Staff Employment Building at 1320 NE Campus Parkway is being renamed the Staff Human Resources Center.

The UW again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.

Two UW physicists, responding to a new National Science Foundation plan, are preparing a proposal to place a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory beneath the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington.

Many American parents know all too well that they are chronically short of time, or money, or both.

More than 20 individuals and units are being honored this year as part of the annual University-wide awards program.

The economic slowdown that began in 2000 has had very little effect on startup companies with close ties to research at the UW, according to a recent study.

Flushing your pet tropical fish to set it free is a bad idea.

A pair of researchers believes that American families with children would be stunned if they knew what kind of social policies and support 10 Western European nations and Canada offer their working families.

New eligibility verification policies for the Washington State Medicaid program have resulted in 20,615 people — primarily children — losing coverage from April through December 2003.

More than 65 exhibitors will demonstrate the latest in research and technology in health sciences and medicine at the University of Washington Health Sciences Open House from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 23, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 24.

Students from universities around the globe will converge in Seattle April 12-17 to compete in the University of Washington Business School’s sixth annual Global Business Challenge.

Two University of Washington physicists, responding to a new National Science Foundation plan, are preparing a proposal to place a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory beneath the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington.

For the 11th consecutive year, the University of Washington School of Medicine has been ranked as the nation’s top primary-care medical school in U.S.News & World Report’s annual survey of graduate and professional schools.

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

With a title like 50 Years Behind Bars, you might expect a presentation by a very elderly convict.

When Janet Kavandi was pursuing her doctoral degree at the UW, she harbored the same career dream she had when she was growing up in rural Missouri.

Flushing your pet tropical fish to set it free is a bad idea.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past two weeks, you probably know that the UW has found a new president.

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist David Horsey will deliver the commencement address at the University of Washington, Tacoma’s 14th annual graduation ceremony on Friday, June 11.

Playwright August Wilson, who has received two Pulitzer prizes and numerous other awards for his plays, will be the featured speaker at the UW’s 129th annual Commencement ceremonies June 12 at Husky Stadium.

Recipients of University-wide awards are being honored with a new “Hall of Fame” type display in the first floor foyer of Gerberding Hall.

Applications are due April 5 for the third annual Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities, “Trauma, Time and Memory.

A three-member team of UW students — all local residents and all products of public education — have taken top honors in an international mathematics competition, beating teams from such math powerhouses as MIT, Yale and the University of California, Berkeley.

Higher education is not the hindrance to marriage and motherhood it once was, new research shows.

The recently concluded legislative session saw some progress on issues of importance to the UW, and a lot of discussion about the future of higher education in the state.

Negotiations are set to begin in early April for the first-ever collectively-bargained contract for University TAs, RAs, readers, tutors and graders.

A three-member team of University of Washington students — all local residents and all products of public education — have taken top honors in an international mathematics competition, beating teams from such math powerhouses as MIT, Yale and the University of California, Berkeley.

University of Washington (UW) researchers have shown for the first time that air pollution has adverse effects on people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The research results are published in the April 1 edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Higher education is not the hindrance to marriage and motherhood it once was, new research shows.

Students from the University of Washington School of Dentistry rank No. 1 in the nation among the 50 dental schools that participated in the December 2003 National Board Dental Examinations Part II.

Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine have found that bone marrow stem cells do not convert into heart muscle cells in mice. These results contradict a study conducted elsewhere that had prompted human clinical trials for such stem cell therapy in the treatment of heart attack.

The University of Washington Board of Regents today authorized Board president Jerry Grinstein to offer the presidency of the University of Washington to Mark Emmert, chancellor of Louisiana State University, subject to successful negotiation of an agreement.

University of Washington researchers are looking for 20 budding elementary school “scientists” who enjoy science to participate in a study exploring how computers can help children with scientific problem solving and report writing.