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May 29, 2003
Faculty Senate
The Faculty Council on Retirement, Insurance & Benefits (FCRIB) is responsible for “all matters of policy relating to faculty retirement, insurance and benefits” (UW Handbook, Vol II, and Sec 42-44).
Health Sciences News Briefs
Cosmetic surgery
UW Medical Center’s Cosmetic Surgery Center is presenting an informal seminar, “Recent Advances in Facial Cosmetic Surgery,” from 4 to 6 p.
Vice Provost Severson to speak
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Panel discussion focuses on looting in wartime
The newscasts are rife with stories of looting and destruction of cultural artifacts at the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad.
Results mixed in lung surgery study
Results of the largest study of bilateral lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) to treat severe emphysema indicate that, on average, patients who undergo LVRS with medical therapy are more likely to function better after two years and do not face an increased risk of death compared to those who receive medical therapy only.
More people than ever living with HIV infection
Back in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, most people thought they knew what the face of AIDS looked like.
Memorial planned for law professor
A campus memorial will be held Tuesday, June 3, for Joan Fitzpatrick, the internationally known human rights expert and professor of law who died May 16.
Notices
Board of Regents
The University of Washington Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 1 p.
Staffer’s illustrations grace children’s book
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Digital Portfolio uses shared at forum
When a new tool called Portfolio was released last fall, Catalyst employees had some ideas about how it could be used, but they knew it might be put to all kinds of uses they hadn’t thought of in advance.
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SPJ HONORS: The UW’s Columns magazine and KUOW radio station did very well at the recent awards competition of Western Washington’s chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. School districts transfer millions of dollars each year from schools in poor neighborhoods to those with wealthier students and higher-paid teachers, a new study shows. Autism research at the University of Washington has received a major boost from an $8.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The grant, which runs for five years, nearly doubles the research funding of the UW’s Autism Center, directed by psychology professor Geraldine Dawson. May 27, 2003 School districts transfer millions of dollars each year from schools in poor neighborhoods to those with wealthier students and higher-paid teachers, a new study shows. May 22, 2003 A free concert on Friday, May 30 is the culmination of a new School of Music class in gospel music. UW Tacoma’s first official athlete is a Husky who rides bulls. Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere at the UW, but not in Seattle. Students grabbed sediment, sieved for shrimp and viewed plankton with a video microscope during Puget Sound research cruises led by UW alumnus Jim Norris. What constitutes “good work?” This is the central question explored in an innovative class offered by Britt Yamamoto, doctoral candidate in geography. Atmospheric aerosols, airborne particles that reflect the sun’s heat away from Earth and into space, are part of everyday life. Murder often begins at a terrifyingly early age. Writing and the teaching of writing are drawing record numbers of school teachers to classes and seminars here. If you’ve ever had the desire to live someone else’s life for a while, Janice Thomas has a message for you: It can be done. If recommendations of the Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Writing Committee are accepted, students will be writing more and college writing programs will be more coordinated. The manager of a multi-million dollar research program for the Office of Naval Research and an expert on using sound energy to “see” inside the world’s oceans has been named director of the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory, a center for research and teaching that last fiscal year brought in $43 million in grants and contracts. The Medicines for Malaria Venture has awarded its Project of the Year Award to two researchers at the University of Washington, Dr. Wesley Van Voorhis, professor in the School of Medicine, and Dr. Michael Gelb, professor in the Department of Chemistry. How global climate change may alter how we live in the Pacific Northwest will be discussed by University of Washington research scientist Nate Mantua Tuesday, May 27, 7 p.m., Kane Hall 120. May 21, 2003 Creators of a company that will broaden advances in genome science have won the $25,000 top prize at the University of Washington’s sixth annual business plan competition. May 20, 2003 An analysis of clinical trials involving more than 192,000 patients with hypertension shows that low-dose diuretics are more effective at preventing cardiovascular health problems than any other blood-pressure medication, according to University of Washington researchers and colleagues. May 19, 2003 People are only slightly more likely to die of respiratory and cardiovascular problems when the air is increasingly stagnant, according to research by University of Washington scientists that will be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society in Seattle. May 15, 2003 Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center, and several other Puget Sound area hospitals were among the participants this week in a national counter-terrorism drill. Dr. Dr. If two renegade violins started quietly playing “Ode to Joy” during Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony,” some audience members might sense a problem. Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. Undergraduate tuition is approximately 70 percent as much as graduate tuition (in-state rates, Spring 2003). Kelly Clingan, who is majoring in both Women Studies and Music Education, has found the perfect way to combine her interests: she is conducting an all-girl jazz band in a performance of music composed or arranged by women. President Bush has selected UW computer scientist Ed Lazowska as co-chair of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, the White House announced recently. Scott Macklin’s first full-length film was just around the corner, but he didn’t know it. Dr.
School funding gets failing mark
$8.6 million grant nearly doubles autism research at UW
System takes from poor schools and gives to the rich, study shows
School of Music class to sing gospel May 30
UWT has one student athlete, and that’s no bull
Mystery Photo
Students get hands-on research experience on cruise
Doing, defining ‘good work’ is focus of class
Aerosols’ effects could change current understanding of global climate change
Study traces roots of violence in lives of murderers
K-12 teachers flock to UW classes on teaching writing
UW librarian swaps jobs, homes with British counterpart
Committee calls for more student writing, more coordinated writing programs
Physicist to lead UW oceanography, engineering laboratory
UW researchers win award for research on groundbreaking class of anti-malarial drugs
Past PNW climate not a good guide for future, researcher says
Budding biotechnology company takes UW business plan competition
Low-dose diuretics are the most effective way to treat hypertension, according to analysis of 42 studies
People only slightly more likely to die after episodes of stagnant air
Harborview and UWMC join response to terrorism drill
Medical ethics and casualties
Catterall selected for Bristol-Myers Squibb Award in neuroscience research
Anderson studies brain stimulation for Parkinson’s
Mystery Photo
Faculty Senate
Student leads all-female group in all-female program
Lazowska named to IT advisory committee
Staffer’s film debuts at Seattle festival
Health Sciences News Brief
