April 3, 2003
An increasing number of researchers around the country are encouraging “community-based participatory research” to bring communities and academic researchers together as partners to study what a community is interested in learning about.
UW faculty and representatives of the media will gather from 1:30 to 4:30 p.
Dorris brothers
When the Department of Defense began attaching journalists to military units in Southwest Asia and the Persian Gulf, Pat Dorris, a TV reporter for KGW in Portland, Ore.
“Ears, Hearing & Beyond: 2003” is the title for a day-long conference open to the public on Sautrday, April 5, at the HUB Auditorium on campus.
Among those “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” the name of a School of Medicine series organized by the Industry Relations Office, are “UW Models for Managing, Distributing and Commercializing Data, Code and Other Materials,” the title for their next program.
The annual clinical research and compliance conference for investigators, arranged by the UW School of Medicine, will be held from 7:15 a.
UW architecture and planning students and their advisers are helping develop a vision for a future transportation hub in Seattle south of downtown.
Patricia Wasley, dean of the College of Education, is scheduled to give a talk in 147 Architecture at 7 p.
All performers have the same nightmare — they’re walking onstage with no idea what their lines are or what they’re supposed to do.
Recently, in connection with a grant that seeks to develop more American Indian engineers and scientists, I was invited to a night launch of the space shuttle in Florida.
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The third candidate for dean of the Daniel J.
While there is no guarantee of success in the presidential search process, those involved should focus on what they regard as the essential qualities for the new president, a panel of former university presidents told members of the Board of Regents, the Search Advisory Committee, and the public in a forum March 20.
PHONY SONIS: When the Center for Urban Horticulture dedicated its new Seed Vault recently, there was some entertainment that may have sounded familiar but wasn’t.
More than 20 individuals, teams and units are being honored this year as part of the annual University-wide awards program.
For many legislators and lobbyists, the current legislative session is the toughest of their lifetime.
The Simpson Center for the Humanities is hosting a project that is the first of its kind in the country: An Institute on the Public Humanities for Doctoral Students.
April 2, 2003
University of Washington astronomy department’s annual open house
Getting quality principals into troubled schools has become an educational rallying cry so intense that New York City is making headlines with its efforts to place leaders in failing schools.
April 1, 2003
Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Southern California have developed a new computer program that approaches a 90 percent score in saving money by predicting air fares.
March 31, 2003
To help draw attention to child abuse and sexual assault prevention, Children’s Response Center is holding the annual “To Heal A Child’s Heart” luncheon to coincide with the April observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Week (April 7-13).
March 27, 2003
Undergraduate students from 14 countries will converge in Seattle April 7-12 to compete in the University of Washington Business School’s fifth annual Global Business Challenge case competition.
March 26, 2003
Children whose mothers are the most depressed, anxious, and report high levels of psychosomatic symptoms are twice as likely to be taken to a doctor when they complain of a stomach ache or abdominal pain than are children whose mothers report the least amount of such mental stress.
Researchers have identified a cell signaling system that may help the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa establish itself in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients.
Crashes involving children riding in sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are more likely to be rollover crashes than those involving passenger cars, and these rollover crashes are associated with a greater risk of death and injury.
March 18, 2003
Samples of fluid drawn from the crustal rocks that make up most of the Earth’s seafloor are providing the best evidence yet to support the controversial assertion that life is widespread within oceanic crust, according to H. Paul Johnson, a University of Washington oceanographer.
March 17, 2003
The Internet could help unleash the largest antiwar protests in human history, according to a University of Washington expert in the rise of online activism.
March 13, 2003
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A Noah’s ark of sorts, meant to protect seeds of rare and endangered native plants in Washington, has just been launched at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture.
This is the story of how Professor of English Shawn Wong became a television star.
When classes resume after spring break, a group of faculty and students from drama and dance will be presenting the culmination of a project they’ve been working on since fall.
The Work/Life Resource Center now has information about summer programs for children of all ages.
Just one year after a merger between two Human Resources units, the new Recruiting and Candidate Services seems to be hitting its stride.
Two friends are taking a conversation that has gone on for years and inviting other friends, and the community, to sit in on it.
Animal behaviorists have something new to crow about.
The Search Advisory Committee on the deanship of the Daniel J.
The necessity for a good president to collaborate with faculty in administering the institution was the overriding theme expressed during a forum this week on the search for a new president.
At this moment, parts of Washington and British Columbia are having an earthquake, but it is a slow-moving temblor that can’t be felt and won’t cause any injuries or damage. Still, by the end of the event, which already has lasted more than two weeks, it is likely to have released about as much energy as the Nisqually earthquake did in February 2001.
March 11, 2003
Researchers at the University of Washington have found a species of crow that distinctly alters its behavior when attempting to steal food from another crow, depending on whether or not the other bird is a relative.
March 10, 2003
Primary care physicians under a managed care system were more likely to refer patients to a pain specialist than other physicians were, according to a University of Washington study.