December 11, 2003
The UW Business School announced this week the combined contributions of $20 million by members of its advisory board to help fund the construction of a new building to accommodate the near and long-term growth by the UW’s nationally ranked Business School.
UW officials believe that two alternatives for routing Sound Transit light rail trains through the University District may not substantially disrupt sensitive research on campus.
With outbreaks of new and frightening infectious diseases such as SARS and monkey pox jumping from the animal kingdom to humans, tracking their spread is vital to public health efforts to contain them.
Campus bike riders are invited to participate in the Ride in the Rain Challenge, sponsored by the UW’s Transportation Office and set to run Jan.
The 2004 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Heavy rainfall causes both higher surface erosion rate and upheaval of underlying bedrock in the Washington Cascades mountain range, according to a study being published in the Dec.
Nominations are being sought for the annual UW awards — including the newly created James D.
Astrobiologists disagree about whether advanced life is common or rare in our universe.
Whistleblowers at the Hanford Nuclear Site got their health and safety complaints resolved fast and at a fraction of the usual cost through a unique mediation group that has gone out of business, according to a new report.
Heavy rainfall causes both higher surface erosion rate and upheaval of underlying bedrock in the Washington Cascades mountain range, according to a study published in the Dec. 11 issue of the journal Nature.
Scientists have found that, despite a vast difference in precipitation between the north and south sides of the Himalaya Mountains, rates of erosion are indistinguishable across these mountains.
With outbreaks of new and frightening infectious diseases such as SARS and monkey pox jumping from the animal kingdom to humans, tracking their spread is vital to public health efforts to contain them. A novel mathematical model now gives public health leaders another tool to assess the risk of new infectious disease emergence that emphasizes the potentially perilous role of pathogen evolution.
December 10, 2003
Astrobiologists disagree about whether advanced life is common or rare in our universe. But new research suggests that one thing is pretty certain — if an Earthlike world with significant water is needed for advanced life to evolve, there could be many candidates.
December 9, 2003
The University of Washington Business School announced today the combined contributions of $20 million by members of its advisory board to help fund the construction of a new building to accommodate the near and long-term growth by the UW’s nationally ranked Business School.
December 4, 2003
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
I wish I could say that I got into being a lab rat for some noble purpose, like the furtherance of great scientific quests, or a desire to help find a cure for some dread disease that has endangered humanity for countless millennia, or even a wish to find the answer to the great universal Why? To be honest, I wanted the exercise ball.
“Global Health and Justice: The Ethics of Access to Care and Protection from Secret Experiments” is the title for the next John R.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
I wish I could say that I got into being a lab rat for some noble purpose, like the furtherance of great scientific quests, or a desire to help find a cure for some dread disease that has endangered humanity for countless millennia, or even a wish to find the answer to the great universal Why? To be honest, I wanted the exercise ball.
We are just a few short weeks from the opening of the “short” session of the Legislature in Olympia.
Betsy Wilson, director of University Libraries, has been elected chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees.
Dealing with pressing issues of the nation’s 3.
What are the chances that three people who grew up together in a small town in northern Minnesota would all end up working at the same university 40 years later? Whatever the odds, Jay Johnson, Dorothy Van Soest and Keith Ritala have beaten them.
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Health Sciences News BriefsCoffee, tea, or surgery? Children who see mother abused are more likely to have behavior problemsChildren exposed to abuse of their mother by an intimate partner are more likely to exhibit aggressive or delinquent behavior as well as other behavioral problems, compared with a representative sample of similarly aged children. Researcher to report on process to preserve blood platelets longerNoticesPayroll Notices Paycheck Addresses Peer PortfolioOPEN ADMISSIONS: Members of the University of California, Berkeley’s admissions office recently opened up a part of their complex process to the media in an effort to educate the public. Etc.SWEDISH SAVVY: The UW’s Swedish Studies Program is one of the two top programs in the world, according to the Swedish Institute, the federal agency in Stockholm responsible for evaluating university programs throughout the world (the other winner is in Europe). Suzzallo to host medieval choir performanceThe Suzzallo Library Reading Room may not have been designed for music, but the room and medieval music are a match made in heaven. More high-end computers available for studentsStudent researchers who need access to more than one high-end computer can now use the Computing Resource Center. e-Learning: A risk that’s paid offAt least one group at the UW has found a way to successfully expand services even during these tight budgetary times. UW to evaluate national youth programThe UW’s Social Development Research Group (SDRG) has been awarded $19. Mediation made Hanford safer and could work elsewhere, too, report says
Whistleblowers at the Hanford Nuclear Site got their health and safety complaints resolved fast and at a fraction of the usual cost through a unique mediation group that has gone out of business, according to a new report. December 1, 2003 UW students heading to Oxford as Rhodes Scholar, London as Marshall Scholar
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