A thicket of Himalayan blackberries, English holly, European buttercup and laurel cherry has been cleared by hand.
June 5, 2003
The latest news from the UW
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.
Medical students head out of town and into underserved areas for summer experiences
The School of Medicine’s Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program (R/UOP) will have a record number of participants as it enters its 14th year.
Mary Gates landscape project under way
A very visible part of campus will get a new look when a landscaping project now under way is completed.
Mystery Photo
Last week’s Mystery Photo was taken at the left entrance to the Snoqualmie Reading Room at the UW Tacoma library.
Wheels keep on turning for cycling-happy couple
This summer, UW staffers Maggie Williams and Eric Vigoren are taking a 3,500 mile trip.
Grad school staffer prepares for seventh year as commencement volunteer
Maybe it’s because she works in the graduate school that Barbara Buchmann has a thing about graduation.
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
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 funding gets failing mark
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.
$8.6 million grant nearly doubles autism research at UW
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
System takes from poor schools and gives to the rich, study shows
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
School of Music class to sing gospel May 30
A free concert on Friday, May 30 is the culmination of a new School of Music class in gospel music.
UWT has one student athlete, and that’s no bull
UW Tacoma’s first official athlete is a Husky who rides bulls.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere at the UW, but not in Seattle.
Students get hands-on research experience on cruise
Students grabbed sediment, sieved for shrimp and viewed plankton with a video microscope during Puget Sound research cruises led by UW alumnus Jim Norris.
Doing, defining ‘good work’ is focus of class
What constitutes “good work?”
This is the central question explored in an innovative class offered by Britt Yamamoto, doctoral candidate in geography.
Aerosols’ effects could change current understanding of global climate change
Atmospheric aerosols, airborne particles that reflect the sun’s heat away from Earth and into space, are part of everyday life.
Study traces roots of violence in lives of murderers
Murder often begins at a terrifyingly early age.
K-12 teachers flock to UW classes on teaching writing
Writing and the teaching of writing are drawing record numbers of school teachers to classes and seminars here.
UW librarian swaps jobs, homes with British counterpart
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.
Committee calls for more student writing, more coordinated writing programs
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.
Physicist to lead UW oceanography, engineering laboratory
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.
UW researchers win award for research on groundbreaking class of anti-malarial drugs
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.
Past PNW climate not a good guide for future, researcher says
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
Budding biotechnology company takes UW business plan competition
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.