The latest news from the UW

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.

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.

Members of the public can learn about research at the University of Washington School of Dentistry on Wednesday, Sept. 24, during Research Day 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.

Contrary to popular belief, using the Internet may not improve a person’s chances of finding a job.

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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.

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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.

MINORITY MONEY: Providing seed money for minority-run businesses is a good investment, according to a recent study co-authored by a UW professor.

BEST IN SHOW: Staffers Kathy Hall and Cathy Schwartz received the international Best of Show and Distinguished Technical Communication awards from the Society for Technical Communication (STC) for the Department of Environmental Health’s 1999–2001 biennial report.

Season tickets are now on sale for the School of Drama’s 2003–2004 productions.

Two symposia later this month on San Juan Island are among six to be held in the coming two years to mark the 100th anniversary of the Friday Harbor Laboratories.

Susan Jeffords hasn’t forgotten the moment.

After only three weeks of reading instruction, brain scans in children with dyslexia develop brain activation patterns that match those of normal readers, according to a new study by four UW researchers published recently in the journal Neurology.

Nine out of 10 urban school superintendents say they need more authority to fix bad schools and boost student achievement, according to a survey of the superintendents of the nation’s 100 largest districts.

Just in time for the American Association of State Climatologists meeting this week in Portland, the state of Washington has someone fulfilling those duties for the first time since the late 1990s.

For the estimated 140,000 U.S. men diagnosed annually with localized prostate cancer, radioactive seed implantation is fast becoming a preferred alternative to standard treatments involving removal of the prostate gland or external-beam radiation therapy.

Just in time for the American Association of State Climatologists meeting next week in Portland, the state of Washington has someone fulfilling those duties for the first time since the late 1990s.

The University of Washington has signed an exclusive license with ActivBiotics, Inc., of Lexington, Mass., to allow the company to use knowledge and technology developed by Dr. Allan Shor of the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and researchers at the UW for the diagnosis and treatment of arterial chlamydial granuloma, a condition linked to one of the world’s leading causes of death.

Nine out of 10 urban school superintendents say they need more authority to fix bad schools and boost student achievement, according to a survey of the superintendents of the nation’s 100 largest districts.

U.S. News & World Report Magazine rated Harborview Medical Center’s Orthopaedics Department as one of the top 10 centers for orthopaedic care in the country.