August 21, 2003
They are the Earth’s tiniest organisms capable of photosynthesis and, because there are so many of them, they alone are responsible for two-thirds of the carbon absorbed by the world’s oceans each year from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
An exhibit and sale, opening Sept.
There’ll be a little romance in UW Extension’s Writers’ Program this fall, but it won’t be among the students.
“Showdown in the Arctic: Polar bear attacks nuclear submarine!” blared the headline in the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News last month.
They are the Earth’s tiniest organisms capable of photosynthesis and, because there are so many of them, they alone are responsible for two-thirds of the carbon absorbed by the world’s oceans each year from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
An exhibit and sale, opening Sept.
Late this month, the night sky will brighten with the closest approach of Mars since human ancestors were still living in caves 60,000 years ago.
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The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
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A new lecture series, called THINK (The Investigator Needs to Know), will begin next month for clinical researchers and their research and administrative staff members.
“The Bandwagon Effect” is the topic for the Department of Surgery’s annual Struass Lecture, set for 4 p.
The UW community and the public can learn about research at the School of Dentistry on Wednesday, Sept.
The School of Public Health and Community Medicine’s Department of Pathobiology is sponsoring a symposium on Tuesday, Sept.
The first monthly seminar in the 2003-04 series on “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations, will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.
Editor’s Note: The following books are by UW faculty and are available at University Book Store.
APL HONORS: Bill Plant, principal research scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory, is the recipient of the John Wesley Powell Award, presented by the U.
Memorial services have been set for James Hewitt, a 29-year-old computer systems engineer and architect in the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering who died Aug.
Editor’s Note: Steven Corbett is a graduate student in English who directed the department’s Writing Center this summer.
Companies that offer interactive Web sites to consumers have a two to five times greater chance of selling their products than those that only provide static information, according to a UW professor.
Esteban Maldonado is a college recruiter.
Thirty-six participants from 13 Pacific Northwest Indian tribes will gather at the UW in early September for a workshop designed to open the linguistic riches of the UW campus and assist in tribal efforts to revitalize indigenous languages.
John Gastil is certain of one thing: jury service, in some way, impacts voting behavior.
Contrary to popular belief, using the Internet may not improve a person’s chances of finding a job.
August 19, 2003
The University of Washington has signed an exclusive patent license with Acucela Inc. for technology used in the study of potential treatments for eye disease.
August 15, 2003
Members of the public can learn about research at the University of Washington School of Dentistry on Wednesday, Sept. 24, during Research Day 2003.
August 14, 2003
The world’s smallest photosynthetic organisms, microbes that can turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into living biomass like plants do, are in the limelight this week. Three international teams of scientists announced the genetic blueprints for four closely related forms of these organisms, which numerically dominate the phytoplankton of the oceans.
In late August and early September, the red planet will appear closer and brighter than it has throughout all of recorded history, and astronomers with the University of Washington and the Seattle Astronomical Society will provide front-row seats for the public during a special “Mars Party” on Sept. 3.
August 13, 2003
Contrary to popular belief, using the Internet may not improve a person’s chances of finding a job.
August 7, 2003
The UW community is invited to attend groundbreaking ceremonies for the Genome Sciences and Bioengineering Building, to be constructed along 15th Avenue.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The UW community is invited to attend groundbreaking ceremonies for the Genome Sciences and Bioengineering Building, to be constructed along 15th Avenue.
Spending time with 13 Nobel Prize winners would be an exhilarating experience for any young scientist, and Summer Lockerbie Randall is no exception.
Bethann Pflugeisen describes her college major, community studies, as being about “social change with a practical component.
If students enrolled in Georgia Roberts’ fall quarter class expect two hours of celebrity worship every Friday afternoon, they’ve got another thing coming.
Correction: The caption for a photo of a research group in Africa, published in the July 24 issue, misidentified the UW participants in the group.
A private technology start-up company, Teranode Corp.
UW researchers are looking for people who have sustained whiplash injuries in a motor vehicle accident for a study of the factors that contribute to whiplash injuries and the treatment of whiplash injuries.
TV comedy fans may have fond memories of the old “Sanford & Son” series.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ADAI Grants
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.