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October 23, 2003
Artist puts whimsical twist on spooky holiday
Kipling West has dabbled in brain juice, converted a Margaret Thatcher puppet to a nun with boxing gloves and created a tarot deck just for cats.
Carson named VP for Human Resources
Patricia Carson, a senior vice president at United Airlines, will become the vice president for human resources, beginning Monday, Oct.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Applications wanted
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from University of Washington faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States.
News Makers
TICK, TICK, TICK: That’s the sound of the biological clock of American women who put education and career ahead of starting a family.
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POLICING PARTNERS: UW Police Chief Vicky Peltzer will be leading a delegation of law enforcement executives to South Africa soon, sponsored by the Ambassador People to People Program.
Men called upon for women’s center event
Attention all men.
Open enrollment period brings good news and bad for employees
The open enrollment period for the state medical and dental plans, which runs from Oct.
Changes coming to civil service
The state of Washington is in the process of making a major change in its civil service system.
First run of ‘open access’ journal has local flavor
An ambitious new venture in scholarly publishing is aiming to broaden access to current research and to lower costs for academic libraries.
Gays could teach straights, study shows
Married heterosexual couples can learn a great deal from gay and lesbian couples, far more than the stereotypical images presented by the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, according to the first published observational studies of homosexual relationships.
News briefing Tuesday, new B-roll video available: 400 to attend landmark SEARCH meeting in Seattle on all aspects of Arctic change
400 to attend landmark SEARCH meeting in Seattle on all aspects of Arctic change
Study pinpoints high rate of cancer among people with genetic mutations; but date of onset can be delayed by exercise and healthy weight in adolescence
Women who carry inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 have a lifetime risk of breast cancer of more than 80 percent, as well as a high risk of ovarian cancer, according to the most comprehensive study to date of these women and their families.
October 22, 2003
Inequality prevails in public schools, researchers find
Vouchers, charter schools and other school-choice programs might not make America’s schools any more segregated and unequal than they are today, according to a new study.
October 20, 2003
Gay, lesbian couples can teach heterosexuals how to improve relationships
Married heterosexual couples can learn a great deal from gay and lesbian couples, far more than the stereotypical images presented by the television show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” according to the first published observational studies of homosexual relationships.
October 16, 2003
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Crane project really flies with Odegaard visitors
Since New Student Orientation in September, visitors to the Odegaard Undergraduate Library have been invited to fold a paper crane.
CFD: Volunteer likes contributing to most basic service
Name: Marilyn Gregory
UW Job: Field Coordinator, Young Women’s Health Study, School of Social Work
Volunteer Activity: I am a member of the board for the University District Food Bank.
Decision to intern Japanese dates to 1920s, UW scholar says
The imprisonment of more than 117,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry was no spur-of-the-moment decision launched in reaction to the Dec.
Canadian Studies headed for change, increasing relevance
Like a sparring Hollywood tabloid couple, the squabbles are getting harder and harder to ignore.
Graduate students receive 10K each for good deeds beyond campus
Two recently designated “scholar-citizens” are receiving support from brand new graduate fellowships this fall.
Henry exhibit lets visitors sing out loud, sing out strong (in private)
Imagine a sleek, sports car-like contraption into which you can climb, sinking into a soft leather seat in a semi-reclining position.
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Reference Update
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Flu shots available
Hall Health Primary Care Center will offer flu shots in the upcoming weeks for the campus community.
Music a universally understandable language, researchers find
There’s more to music than meets the ear.
UW museum and libraries to offer paths to Take Back Your Time on Oct. 24
Students, staff and campus visitors alike can meditate, write poems, try yoga, experience “being present” and even listen to a story on Oct.
UW part of effort to measure students’ information technology skills
The UW is part of an ambitious effort to develop new tools for assessing students’ skills in information and communication technologies (ICT).
UW researchers will ‘follow the money’ in schools
An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation’s education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.
MEDIA ADVISORY: UW offering places to pause and Take Back Your Time on Oct. 24
Students, staff and campus visitors alike can meditate, write poems, try yoga, experience “being present” and even listen to a story on Oct. 24 as the University of Washington puts its own twist on Take Back Your Time Day, a nationwide campaign to challenge the modern epidemic of overwork and overscheduling.
October 15, 2003
UW engineering faculty members speak to hot topics in 2003 lecture series
The public will have a chance to hear from three of the University of Washington’s world-class researchers on some of today’s hot technology topics via “Engineering the Future,” a fall lecture series that begins next week.
October 14, 2003
Patterns of brain activity differ with musical training, not cultural familiarity
Researchers trying to understand how the mind comprehends music and the role that cultural familiarity plays in the process have found that exposure to music of another culture produces no differences in brain activity than when people are exposed to music from their own culture.
October 13, 2003
UW Aeronautics and Astronautics celebrates 100 years of flight with lecture series
The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington is celebrating the 100th anniversary of flight with a lecture series that begins this week.
Proposal to require child restraint seats in airlines could cause more deaths than it prevents
Will the lives of young children be saved under a planned Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation requiring children under two-years-old to have their own seats and ride in child-restraint seats?
Pioneer in information visualization and computing usability speaks to UW audience about ‘Leonardo’s Laptop’
A lecture exploring how human needs must be considered as new computing technologies emerge, followed by a book signing.
Researchers launch four-year study to retarget America’s school dollars toward student achievement
An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation’s education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.
October 10, 2003
MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. official to describe efforts to rebuild Iraq
“Rebuilding Iraq: America’s Role and Responsibility,” a 40-minute presentation followed by audience questions.
Grant Awarded to Evaluate Effectiveness of EHealth Technologies
Seeking to realize the full potential of the emerging field of eHealth — the use of interactive technologies to improve health behavior and disease management –the University of Washington School of Medicine is one of 18 sites to have been awarded a grant by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) through its Health e-Technologies Initiative national program.
October 9, 2003
New position supports research at Harborview
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Structural informatics provides a way to deal
with information glut
“Medicine is full of complex information management problems that are worth solving,” says Dr.
UW to lead regional biodefense center
The UW is the lead institution for one of eight Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, the federal Department of Health and Human Services announced early in September.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
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