UW News
The latest news from the UW
May 15, 2003
Book Picks: New books by faculty authors
Compiled by Debbie Kilgren, University Book Store Citadel to City-State: the Transformation of Greece, 1200–700
Lecturers to discuss global climate impacts
How global climate may change in the future and how that may alter how we live in the Pacific Northwest are the subjects of lectures the next two Tuesdays that are free and open to the public.
New APL director named
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 UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory, a center for research and teaching that last fiscal year brought in $43 million in grants and contracts.
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 in air pollution, in plumes of smoke from forest fires and in ash clouds from erupting volcanoes. A new study says the cooling effect of man-made aerosols could throw a monkey wrench into the current understanding of climate change.
Just back from expedition: Scientists taking pulse of Arctic Ocean
Retrieving the second year-round mooring ever used at the North Pole was among the challenges faced April 21 to May 9 during North Pole Environmental Observatory work led by James Morison, an oceanographer with the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Laboratory.
May 13, 2003
Impulsive, hyperactive or fidgety youngsters sought for UW study
Four- and 5-year-old children who are extremely active, oppositional, fidgety, squirmy, temperamental or have difficulty maintaining their attention are being sought by University of Washington researchers to participate in a pilot study.
May 9, 2003
Solid management, natural resilience both key to sockeye success
The resilience of sockeye salmon runs in Alaska’s Bristol Bay -– after a century of fishing they’re as healthy as they’ve ever been – is about strength in numbers.
May 8, 2003
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UW Bothell tabs two new administrators
The UW Bothell has announced the appointment of two women to administrative positions.
Solid management, natural resilience both keys to sockeye success
The resilience of sockeye salmon runs in Alaska’s Bristol Bay — after a century of fishing they’re as healthy as they’ve ever been — is about strength in numbers.
Trip to Yakima Valley highlights important partnerships
Last week, 75 UW faculty and staff from 30 departments took a day out of their normal schedules, piling onto buses and heading to the Yakima Valley to learn more about current UW partnerships in that region and to think about potential future partnerships.
Iraqi-American artist gets good news
Sabah Al-Dhaher, the subject of a feature story in the May 1 edition of University Week, recently received good news.
Mini-course takes future librarians out to the ballgame
What may be the nation’s first university graduate course on Information In Sports is quietly introducing 30 future librarians this spring to, among other things, the infield fly rule.
Leader of new Emergency Management Office named
Steven Charvat has been selected as the first director of the newly created Emergency Management Office.
Study: Baby boys could be single moms’ ticket to marriage
As mothers anticipate the annual holiday celebrating their maternal bond, a study to be published next week reveals that major aspects of a single mom’s life are influenced by whether her child is a boy or a girl.
Regent, five scholars named to prestigious academy
Four UW faculty members, a researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) with an affiliate faculty appointment, and a member of the Board of Regents are among those elected Fellows of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced this week.
UW’s Lazowska selected to lead President Bush’s IT Advisory Committee
President George W. Bush has selected a University of Washington computer scientist as co-chair of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, the White House announced today.
May 7, 2003
Lessons from lives of 37 Texas murderers show different paths to death row
Murder often begins at a terrifyingly young age.
May 5, 2003
What makes a difference in Mom’s life? Whether it’s a boy or a girl
As mothers anticipate the annual holiday celebrating their maternal bond, a study to be published next week reveals that major aspects of a single mom’s life are influenced by whether her child is a boy or a girl.
May 2, 2003
New course introduces future librarians to data-rich world of sports
What may be the nation’s first university graduate course on Information In Sports is quietly introducing 30 future librarians this spring to, among other things, the infield fly rule.
May 1, 2003
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
New stent implanted at UW Medical Center
immediately after FDA approval
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UW scientists join in national vision for future genome research
Eleven UW scientists participated in the planning of a new national vision for genome research unveiled earlier this month.
Gardener poet finds healing in words
On the morning of Dec.
Iraq-born sculptor exhibits at Odegaard
He was there during the 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein’s iron-fisted government.
Faculty Senate
When we meet our colleagues in Seattle, one of the most common questions we get is, “So, what’s going on at UW, Bothell?” Rather than continuing to give the usual glib reply (“a lot”), we thought we would use this article as a forum to describe the inspiring people who surround us.
Atrial fibrillation without symptoms may be more common than realized, study finds
Irregular heartbeats that put people at higher risk of stroke are more common than patients and doctors might think, according to a report in a recent issue of Circulation, published by the American Heart Association.
UW study finds X-ray can cut risk of surgical error
A UW study of patients across the nation who had gall bladder removals, a procedure known as cholecystectomy, shows that a major error during these operations can be cut by close to half by use of a simple test.
Coming up: Major lectures and public events between now and May 15
Living with stroke –
Harborview Medical Center is sponsoring an event for stroke survivors, their families and friends on Saturday, May 3 from 8:45 a.
Health Sciences News Briefs
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Notices
New Driver Guidelines
15-Passenger Van Driver Guidelines – Effective April 15, 2003
New policy and procedure guidelines have been published by the Office of Financial Management (OFM) Risk Management Division (70.
Peer Portfolio
PENNY PINCHING: The University of Michigan, responding to health care expenditures that have doubled in the last five years, will force employees to pay a share of the costs beginning in January 2004.
Spots still available in summer kids’ programs
There are still openings in the summer programs for kids sponsored by UW Educational Outreach.
Conference brings cyberscholars together
The rapidly advancing Internet, where things happen in “real-time,” will have to endure a moment of reflection next month.
Business plan competition moves to final round
Students aspiring to secure seed money to nurture future ventures showcased their brightest ideas last week during the investment round of the UW Business School’s Center for Technology Entrepreneurship (CTE) Business Plan Competition.
Three profs win prestigious fellowships
Three UW scholars have won prestigious fellowships from two different foundations.
UW joins telescope effort
The UW and three other organizations are joining forces to build a world-class telescope to search the heavens for supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, near-Earth asteroids and dark energy, the mysterious force behind the expansion of the universe.
Brotman Diversity Award winners named
Pacific Islander Partnerships in Education (PIPE) and the Center for Multicultural Education are being honored with the 2003 Jeff and Susan Brotman Diversity Award.
UW, Fred Hutch researchers honored by National Academy of Sciences
An oceanographer striving to find the limits of life, a marine policy expert helping resource managers and citizens prepare for global climate change and a neurobiologist investigating the mechanism underlying the sense of smell became the University of Washington’s newest members of the National Academy of Sciences this week.
UW offers free public lecture by RWJ president on unequal treatment
It’s a fact of life that everyone gets older, but everyone may not get the same health care as they age, suggests research from the Institute of Medicine.
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