October 14, 2003
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
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.
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?
A lecture exploring how human needs must be considered as new computing technologies emerge, followed by a book signing.
An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation’s education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.
October 10, 2003
“Rebuilding Iraq: America’s Role and Responsibility,” a 40-minute presentation followed by audience questions.
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
“Medicine is full of complex information management problems that are worth solving,” says Dr.
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.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
“Medicine is full of complex information management problems that are worth solving,” says Dr.
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.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Editor’s Note: Throughout the Combined Fund Drive campaign, which runs through Nov.
Partnership for Youth — the UW’s partnership with neighborhood agencies serving homeless youth — is searching for volunteers to help with this year’s One-Night-Count in the U-District.
Welcome to a new academic year at the University of Washington.
Jeffrey Ochsner is looking for a few good paintings.
Every day Tracey MacRae feeds the hungry.
When fires turn eastern Washington and Oregon forests into wastelands, valuable wildlife habitat is lost and it costs between $1,300 and $2,100 per acre in fire-fighting costs, lost buildings, economic suffering by nearby communities and degraded waterways, say UW researchers in a recently published report.
If you want to prevent your valued documents from becoming brittle and yellow, you might use permanent paper, which isn’t permanent but is likely to last longer than you do.
The UW School of Drama’s Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) has a new head this fall, but he’s not unfamiliar to the students in the program.
As William H.
The UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will establish one of three federally funded Exploratory Centers for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
Several departments and other units around campus have joined together to provide support for the Bioscience Careers Seminar Series, formerly known as “What Can You Do with a Ph.
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Costco breakfast nets $1.75 million for scholarshipsThe fourth annual Costco Scholarship breakfast raised $1. Donations sought for Gorbman fundThe College of Arts and Sciences is seeking contributions to the Aubrey Gorbman Lecture Fund, after Gorbman’s death last month. Etc.INFAMOUS JOB: The UW’s botany greenhouse manager Doug Ewing has won a dubious distinction: His was one of the jobs profiled by Popular Science magazine recently as “the worst, most torturous, icky, painful, stinky, dangerous and just plain horrible jobs in science. UW officials announce steps to address off-campus problemsUW Interim President Lee Huntsman has announced a set of initiatives, designed in collaboration with student leaders, to address issues of noise, disturbance and security in the neighborhood bordering the University north of 45th St. Felliniana to honor legendary filmmakerA major international event honoring the legacy of director Federico Fellini is occurring on campus and around Seattle. Community support evident in new people-friendly CSE building
Parallels exist to area salmon strifeNew laws protected salmon spawning grounds in 17 rivers, prohibiting the streams from being blocked with dams or fishing nets and imposing stiff fines for violations. October 6, 2003 Book says Northwest salmon could face same fate as in Northeast, EnglandThe year was 1715, and King George I of England enacted laws in an effort to protect salmon runs throughout Great Britain.Today few salmon ply British waterways, the victims of overfishing, degraded habitat, harnessing water power for industry, and misguided use of hatcheries to restore salmon runs, which ultimately hurt more than helped. Strikingly, much the same scenario began playing out 100 years later in the rivers of northeastern North America. UW Business School opens West Coast’s first Nasdaq student trading roomThe market’s looking bullish in Balmer Hall thanks to the University of Washington Business School’s new Nasdaq trading room. October 3, 2003 UW announces plan to improve security off campusUniversity of Washington Interim President Lee Huntsman announced today a set of initiatives, designed in collaboration with student leaders, to address issues of noise, disturbance and security in the neighborhood bordering the University north of 45th St. October 2, 2003 UW Combined Fund DriveThe UW Combined Fund is an easy and fun way for UW employees to contribute to their favorite charities through either payroll deduction or by check. Mystery PhotoPhoto 3: ML2003063_12 UW Tacoma answering need for parking spaces, housingThe Board of Regents recently approved a new housing and parking complex that will meet the growing needs of a growing UW Tacoma campus. The $17.1 million facility is funded primarily through private investments and is scheduled for completion in 2006. Spanish, Portuguese Studies looking to growWhen the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department played host to a delegation of consuls from Spain, Mexico and eight other Latin American and Caribbean countries recently, it was just part of the outreach it’s doing in an effort to grow. |