UW researchers have found that the risk of someone getting Parkinson’s disease after high consumption of both iron and manganese together is greater than expected.
June 26, 2003
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Book Picks
African American Women Confront the West: 1600–2000
Editor, Quintard Taylor, professor of history with Shirley Ann Wilson Moore
University of Oklahoma Press
African American women in the West have long been stereotyped as socially and historically marginal, existing in isolation from other women in the West and from their counterparts in the East and South.
UW linguist to lead efforts to save language
It’s getting harder and harder for the few remaining residents of the Aleutian and Pribilof islands who speak Aleut to hold a conversation in the native Alaskan language.
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ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES Staff Forum members wanted
The President’s Staff Forum is looking for seven new members to replace members whose terms are ending.
Administrative staff wax poetic in lesson on communication
What does poetry have to do with a University center dedicated to developing a new generation of biomaterials for medical implants? And what does it have to do with eight staff members of that center whose jobs vary from dealing with the budget to providing computer support?
That’s a question the administrative staff of UW Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB), an engineering research center, was exploring in a light-hearted way recently.
Learning sciences scholar to join College of Ed.
John Bransford, regarded as perhaps the nation’s pre-eminent scholar in learning sciences, will be hired as a professor in the UW’s College of Education, Acting Provost David Thorud has announced.
Social program benefits ‘spill over,’ study shows
Social-welfare programs may help many more people than previously thought, UW research indicates.
Study of undergraduate learning probes thoughts, feelings of students
For the last four years she’s been listening, and now it’s Catharine Beyer’s turn to speak.
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GOING THE DISTANCE: A UW professor and a doctoral student, both from the College of Engineering, have been named recipients of the third annual R1edu Awards recognizing pioneering work in the field of distance learning.
Discretionary leave gives supervisors another way to reward good service
With another year of state budget cuts, UW supervisors may be looking around for ways they can reward good employees.
Budget cuts to be 3 to 4 percent
The state Legislature has finally concluded its work, with two special sessions, and the UW fared pretty well, considering.
Charting seismic effects on water levels can refine earthquake understanding
The relationship between seismic activity and hydrology is not well understood and is ripe for serious examination by scientists from the two disciplines, said David Montgomery, a University of Washington professor of Earth and space sciences.
June 24, 2003
Internal waves appear to have the muscle to pump up mid-lats
In a novel use of mooring data, a University of Washington researcher has calculated just how much punch waves appear to carry as they travel thousands of miles from where they originate.
Memorial service will be held June 30 for Dr. Belding H. Scribner
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Dr. Belding H. Scribner will be held at 4 p.m. on Monday, June 30, in Hogness Auditorium at the University of Washington Health Sciences Center in Seattle.
Saving Aleut: Linguist begins new effort to preserve native Alaskan language
The number of Alaskans who speak Aleut has fallen to around 100 from 620 just two decades ago. That’s a far cry from the estimated 20,000 people who once spoke Aleut in the Aleutians and Pribilofs, which jut out hundreds of miles into the North Pacific Ocean off the Alaska Peninsula.
June 23, 2003
Is the cessation of abuse enough to resolve depression for victims of intimate partner violence?
Women who have been victims of intimate partner violence experience a decreased likelihood of depression after the violence ceases, according to a study by researchers at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center published in the latest issue of the Violence and Victims.
June 20, 2003
UW mourns loss of Dr. Belding H. Scribner
Dr. Belding H. Scribner, professor emeritus of medicine in the University of Washington School of Medicine and an inventor whose device has saved millions of lives, died in Seattle on June 19, 2003.
June 19, 2003
Social programs may provide hidden ‘spillover’ benefits, study finds
Social-welfare programs may help many more people than previously thought, University of Washington research indicates.
June 16, 2003
Hypertonic resuscitation may help victims of blunt trauma
Hypertonic resuscitation — a concentrated intravenous (IV) dose of saline and dextran, a sugar solution — has the potential to help survivors of blunt trauma by improving blood flow and delivery of oxygen to the injured brain while decreasing high pressure in the brain, a common problem for patients with brain injury. This therapy is now being tested in a research study by University of Washington (UW) physicians based at Harborview Medical Center.
Washington state financial institutions yield substantial returns for investors
In the wake of the dot-com bust, banks and savings and loan associations headquartered in Washington state proved to be smart investments in 2002, according to a University of Washington expert in banking and financial markets.
June 13, 2003
Major gift by Milgard family names business school at UW Tacoma
The University of Washington, Tacoma has announced a gift of $15 million from the Milgard family of Tacoma, founders of Milgard Manufacturing, to fund expansion of its Business Administration program, which now offers both baccalaureate and master’s degrees.
June 11, 2003
Architecture students joining Montana tribe for ‘barn raising’
Forty architecture students soon will head to Montana to help the Northern Cheyenne tribe build a house out of straw.
June 9, 2003
Researchers find association between dietary intake of iron and manganese and Parkinson’s disease
University of Washington researchers have found that the risk of someone getting Parkinson’s disease after high consumption of both iron and manganese together is greater than expected.
UW researchers develop local test for West Nile virus
Researchers and doctors in the Northwest who wonder if a blood or tissue sample has West Nile virus will no longer have to send samples to the East Coast for testing. The Virology Division of the University of Washington’s Department of Laboratory Medicine has developed an assay to detect the virus.
June 5, 2003
Drumheller Fountain returns
Drumheller Fountain returned this week after several months’ absence.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Environmental, economic expert tabbed to lead Evans School
UW plans commencement ceremonies for Seattle, Tacoma, Bothell
UW graduation 2003 statistics
Charrette seeking renewed identity for Seattle’s Nihonmachi
A UW charrette from 9 a.
SARS guidelines seek to prevent campus outbreak
The UW has announced guidelines to prevent an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the University community.
$8.6 million grant will help with earlier autism diagnosis
Autism research at the UW has received a major boost with an $8.
Space management at UW gets boost from GIS tool
Shortly after he came to work in the Capital and Space Planning Office (CASPO) eight years ago, Dan Trythall was asked to produce a study of how space was being used in Gerberding Hall.
Students put the Northwest back in local garden
A thicket of Himalayan blackberries, English holly, European buttercup and laurel cherry has been cleared by hand.
June 4, 2003
Child-passenger safety training focuses on Latino families
The importance of buckling up, how car seats and booster seats protect children, and the state’s seat belt and car seat laws will all be part of training sessions for Latino community outreach workers this week.
June 3, 2003
UW study shows MRIs have no advantage over traditional radiography in diagnosis and treatment of low back pain
A University of Washington study featured in this week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that while the latest technology may be faster than traditional radiograph or X-ray in providing images of the spine, rapid magnetic resonance imaging, or rapid MRI, does not result in cost savings or significant reductions in lower back pain.
June 2, 2003
Sandra Archibald named dean of Evans School
May 29, 2003
Packing the Dog
David Thomas to give Public Health faculty lecture on contraceptives and cancer
Project of the Year award for malaria research
An effort to test protein farnesyltransferase (PFT) inhibitors against malaria parasites has received the “Project of the Year Award” from the Medicines for Malaria Venture.