May 20, 2003
An analysis of clinical trials involving more than 192,000 patients with hypertension shows that low-dose diuretics are more effective at preventing cardiovascular health problems than any other blood-pressure medication, according to University of Washington researchers and colleagues.
May 19, 2003
People are only slightly more likely to die of respiratory and cardiovascular problems when the air is increasingly stagnant, according to research by University of Washington scientists that will be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society in Seattle.
May 15, 2003
Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center, and several other Puget Sound area hospitals were among the participants this week in a national counter-terrorism drill.
If two renegade violins started quietly playing “Ode to Joy” during Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony,” some audience members might sense a problem.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Undergraduate tuition is approximately 70 percent as much as graduate tuition (in-state rates, Spring 2003).
Kelly Clingan, who is majoring in both Women Studies and Music Education, has found the perfect way to combine her interests: she is conducting an all-girl jazz band in a performance of music composed or arranged by women.
President Bush has selected UW computer scientist Ed Lazowska as co-chair of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, the White House announced recently.
Scott Macklin’s first full-length film was just around the corner, but he didn’t know it.
“Signal Transduction by Stress-Activated Protein Kinases” is the title for the 16th annual Edwin G.
Before you take doses of more than one cold, allergy or flu medication, you should take a good close look at the labels, to make sure you won’t be taking too much acetaminophen, a medication found in a lot of sleep medications, pain killers, decongestants and other over-the-counter medications.
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Three colleagues in the Atmospheric Sciences Department are circulating a petition to Congress calling for the resumption of UN weapons inspections in Iraq.
HUMANITIES FELLOW: Jordanna Bailkin, assistant professor of history, is one of 41 Fellows of the National Humanities Center for 2003-2004.
Compiled by Debbie Kilgren, University Book Store Citadel to City-State: the Transformation of Greece, 1200–700
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The UW Bothell has announced the appointment of two women to administrative positions.
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.
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.
Sabah Al-Dhaher, the subject of a feature story in the May 1 edition of University Week, recently received good news.
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.
Steven Charvat has been selected as the first director of the newly created Emergency Management Office.
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.
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.
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
Murder often begins at a terrifyingly young age.
May 5, 2003
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
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
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.