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April 24, 2003

Sherman Alexie to be commencement speaker

Award-winning writer and filmmaker Sherman Alexie will deliver the commencement address at the UW on June 14 in Husky Stadium.

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Record $70 million gift boosts UW’s position as leader in genomics research

The UW today announced a major gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enhances the University of Washington’s position as the emerging world leader in genomics research.

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UW Tacoma launches geographic information systems certificate

The UW, Tacoma’s Urban Studies Program is launching a certificate program in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in September.

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New state law brings more flexibility to care for family members

 


A new law that went into the books in January gives employees in Washington state more freedom to use accrued leave.

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Students: Higher learning should include high tech

If a recent student survey is to be believed, UW students are a pretty tech-savvy group and would like to be more so by the time they graduate.

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Record gift boosts UW’s position as world leader in genomics research

The University of Washington today announced a major gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enhances the UW’s position as the emerging world leader in genomics research. The $70 million gift is by far the largest single private donation ever to an institution of higher education in the Northwest.

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April 22, 2003

Study shows that workers seek information from people they already know

Even with the Internet at their fingertips, people who really need information are more likely to seek it from other people — especially people they know.

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April 21, 2003

Sherman Alexie to be UW Commencement speaker for 2003

Award–winning writer and filmmaker Sherman Alexie will deliver the Commencement address at the University of Washington on June 14 in Husky Stadium.

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240 families sought for study of childhood depression, conduct disorder

Psychologists at the University of Washington trying to understand the underlying causes of childhood and adolescent depression and conduct disorder are looking for 240 Seattle-area 8- to 12-year-olds and one of their parents to participate in a new study.

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April 18, 2003

Eclectic ideas abound for UW’s sixth annual Business Plan Competition

Students aspiring to secure seed money to grow future ventures will put their brightest ideas forward during the investment round of the University of Washington Business School’s Center for Technology Entrepreneurship (CTE) Business Plan Competition.

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April 17, 2003

2003 Distinguished Staff Award Nominees

Nominees for the Distinguished Staff Award were honored at a reception recently.

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Putting bone-marrow stem cells to work in muscles

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CHID program brings cultural impacts, conflicts to life for students

Studying in another country is usually touted as a way to gain an understanding of a different culture.

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Balance: Pairing music, work makes staffer a happy ‘soldier’

Music is a complex balancing act for Hainzle Malcolm.

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Faculty Senate

Spring is a time of great activity for the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and the Faculty Senate.

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Science comes to ‘Lost City’

The bizarre hydrothermal vent field discovered a little more than two years ago surprised scientists not only with vents that are the tallest ever seen — the one that’s 18 stories dwarfs most vents at other sites by at least 100 feet — but also because the fluids forming these vents are heated by seawater reacting with million-year-old mantle rocks, not by young volcanism.

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Health Sciences News Briefs

“Accelerating the Pace of Autism Research” is the title of a free lecture at 7 p.

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Teach-in on minority health issues set for April 30

A teach-in on minority health issues is scheduled from 1 to 3 p.

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Klausner to present Nursing’s Soule Lecture

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April 23 program focuses on consequences of war

In conjunction with the UW’s Day of Reflection on Wednesday, April 23, the health sciences school are sponsoring a symposium on “Health Consequences of War” with three speakers knowledgable about the various impacts of wars and regional conflicts on human health.

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Harborview to lead international medical response team

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Harborview Medical Center was recently selected as one of only three hospitals in the country to participate as a lead institution for an International Medical Surgical Response Team or (IMSURT).

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Gallagher to speak on talking with patients about medical errors

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U.S. News & World Report rankings: School of Nursing ranked first in nation for graduate studies

The UW School of Nursing takes the top honors again as the best nursing school in the nation, according to U.

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U.S. News & World Report rankings: School of Medicine at top of primary care list for 10th year

For the 10th consecutive year, the UW School of Medicine has ranked as the nation’s top primary-care medical school in U.

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Malaria may have been traveling with humans much longer than previously believed

An international team of scientists has gathered evidence that suggests the parasite that causes malaria may have emerged as a human disease agent much earlier in history than previously thought.

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Reach Out

The UW Office of Regional Affairs has received the following requests for faculty or staff volunteers.

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You’re not just a number, but your number’s important

Editor’s Note: You may or may not have noticed that the University has switched from using Social Security numbers on paychecks to Employee Identification numbers.

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LAWYER FOR THE LANDLESS: Law professor Roy Prosterman has received the Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award honoring achievement in alleviating world poverty.

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Notices

Language Exchange Opportunities
We would like your help if you are a fluent speaker of English who is interested in meeting and helping international students studying English.

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Book Picks

April has definitely not been the cruelest month at University Book Store, where we are winding down our celebration of National Poetry Month with book displays and readings.

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Hoofing it: Walk to campus is encouraged

The Transportation Office invites faculty, staff and students to participate in its “Walk In” campaign Monday, April 21 through Friday, April 25.

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Drinking during pregnancy triples offspring’s chance of alcohol woes

A woman’s heavy episodic drinking during pregnancy triples the odds that her child will develop alcohol-related problems at age 21, according to a new study that has been tracking young adults since before their birth.

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Funds sought for Anderson scholarship

The UW is seeking private funds to endow a scholarship in memory of Lt.

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Korean students trump competition in Global Business Challenge

A quartet of undergraduate business students from South Korea proved they knew beans about Starbucks’ strategy for international expansion and took home top honors last weekend in the Business School’s fifth annual Global Business Challenge.

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Campus pauses for ‘Time of Reflection’

Business as usual will temporarily stop for some at the UW on Wednesday, April 23.

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Time of reflection on war in Iraq April 23

Business as usual will temporarily stop for some at the UW on Wednesday, April 23. Interim UW President Lee Huntsman has set aside the day, a “Time of Reflection: The War in Iraq,” so that the campus community can come together and explore the meaning and consequences of the war and its aftermath.

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April 15, 2003

Scientists returning to field of eerie thermal spires

The remarkable Lost City hydrothermal vent field, so named partly because it sits on a seafloor mountain named the Atlantis Massif, was discovered in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean about 1,500 miles off the East Coast of the United States during an expedition that wasn’t even looking for hydrothermal vents. Now the two scientists who were the first to travel in a submersible to the field after its serendipitous discovery Dec. 4, 2000, are leading a National Science Foundation-funded expedition to map and farther investigate the field.

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Poll shows Washington residents believe too little is spent on protecting health with disease prevention research

A poll released today (April 14) indicates that nearly three-quarters of Washington state residents believe too little is spent on prevention research and that current spending should be more than doubled.

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April 14, 2003

Mothers’ heavy prenatal alcohol use triples offsprings’ chances of having drinking-related problems at age 21

A woman’s heavy episodic drinking during pregnancy triples the odds that her child will develop alcohol-related problems at age 21, according to a new study that has been tracking young adults since before their birth.

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