UW News
The latest news from the UW
January 24, 2003
Vision researchers find that photon receptors pair up in neat rows
Using atomic-force microscopy, vision researchers have taken pictures of some of the eye’s photon receptors in their natural state, and have analyzed their packing arrangement.
January 23, 2003
Dance concert features work by women
The world of dance may be overwhelmingly female, but the world of choreography is overwhelmingly male.
New badges coming for health sciences faculty, staff and students
New badges for staff, faculty and students are coming to the Health Sciences Center, and wearing them when the building is closed to the public will soon be the rule.
Schilling Surgery Lecture: Mayo Clinic expert to talk about gut transplantation
Transplantation of solid-tissue organs has become fairly common, if not routine, and bone marrow transplants are being improved and tried for many different autoimmune diseases, as well as cancer.
Mini-Med classes begin Feb. 12
UW Medicine is offering the general public and the UW community the chance to learn about medical science, patient care and cutting-edge research by attending Mini-Medical School 2003.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Chocolate Man has passion for high-quality goodies
Everyone, it seems, knows one of them — the people who can’t say no to a chocolate treat.
Research on seals has implications for sustainability
Archaeological evidence from prehistoric hunters in Washington and Alaska adds new fuel to the ongoing debate over the belief that humans have a propensity to over-exploit their natural resources, and also indicates that early Indians’ harvest of northern fur seals was sustainable.
‘Fingerprints’ shed light on Shakespeare works
Find someone’s fingerprints at the scene of a crime and you know they were there.
Faculty Senate: Working For Equity
In the early seventies, the UW Faculty Senate began to formally examine the issues that particularly affect faculty women.
Grayson named AAAS Fellow
Anthropology professor Donald Grayson has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
HS News Briefs
Two new online teaching tools, the Portfolio Tool and Virtual Case, will be described in a presentation by Mark Farrelly of the UW’s Catalyst Initiative from 4 to 5 p.
Automatic defibrillator machines now available for home use
You slept well, but you’re feeling weighed down by crushing fatigue, then by intense chest pain.
Genetic mutation found for inherited nerve damage
UW researchers have found a genetic mutation underlying one of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorders.
Shortell to speak on managing chronic illness
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Notices
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be at noon on Wednesday, Feb.
Parker to speak on teaching democracy
Walter Parker, a UW professor of education, will give a book talk and sign copies of his latest work, Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity in Public Life, on Friday from 11 a.
Sea Grant agent stays involved with coastal action
Vacationers on Washington’s Pacific Ocean coast may get the impression that all is blissfully quiet at the water’s edge.
Speaker series tackles issue of academic achievement gap
The achievement gap is a very real thing to Steve Fink.
News Makers
NEED TO FEED: A recent story in the San Francisco Chronicle examined the problem of obesity in America. URBAN JOB CHAMP: The UW received the Corporate Job Challenge Award from Seattle’s Chamber of Commerce Urban Enterprise Center recently for its efforts in recruitment and retention of candidates from urban communities. Applications and nominations are now being sought for the 2003 Jeff and Susan Brotman Diversity Award. January 21, 2003 The new Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington is starting the new year as a fully enclosed structure. Archaeological evidence from prehistoric hunters in Washington and Alaska adds new fuel to the ongoing debate over the belief that humans have a propensity to over-exploit their natural resources, and also indicates that early Indians’ harvest of northern fur seals was sustainable. Children are more likely to suffer unintentional injuries in the 180 days following a sibling’s injury, according to a study by researchers at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center published in the January 2003 issue of the Journal of Pediatrics. January 16, 2003 Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. Earth’s most ancient fossils are hard to find. When The Outsiders opens next week at Seattle Children’s Theatre (SCT), its cast should look familiar to a lot of people on campus. As a graduate student teaching Introduction to Music, Larry Starr hit upon a teaching method that he found worked really well. Leslie Flores dodges hummingbirds as she picks snapdragons in a fragrant mountain field. In its 4. The key to managing fisheries so populations are stable and healthy may lie in the theories of an 18th century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician. What’s the difference between a patent and a copyright? And what laws govern them? Ask even productive researchers and you may be regarded with a blank stare. Three of electrical engineering assistant research professor Linda Bushnell’s students will travel to Tennessee next week to test their robot design and building prowess on the new cable television show Robot Rivals. Every day, we drive about 70 million miles and burn 3 million gallons of gasoline in the Puget Sound region. January 14, 2003 Heroin and cocaine-related deaths in the Seattle-King County area increased in 2002, following a dip in numbers in the period between July 2001 and December 2001, according to the semi-annual report titled Recent Drug Abuse Trends in the Seattle-King County Area. UW Medicine is offering the general public the chance to learn about medical science, patient care and cutting-edge research by attending Mini-Medical School 2003. Salute Harborview!! is Harborview’s biggest annual fund raiser. Proceeds from this year’s gala will go to the UW Burn Center at Harborview and one of its key components The Virtual Reality Pain Control Research Program. January 13, 2003 In its 4.5 billion years, Earth has evolved from its hot, violent birth to the celebrated watery blue planet that stands out in pictures from space. But in a new book, two noted University of Washington astrobiologists say the planet already has begun the long process of devolving into a burned-out cinder, eventually to be swallowed by the sun. “Science and Technology for Sustainability,” a free, public lecture by Harvard University’s William Clark, will focus on linking research to policy by, for instance, moving from arguments over statistics and reports generated by hundreds of different businesses, non-profits and government agencies to debates based on mutually agreed-on environmental data.
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Brotman award nominees, applications sought
UW’s new computer science building nearing completion
Research shows NW Indians hunted fur seals on sustainable basis
Children’s injury risk is greater after injury to a sibling
Mystery Photo
Roger Buick: From oldest fossils to newest science
Drama students take over as local theater’s ‘Outsiders’
Book traces history of American popular music
Grants fund travel, learning in developing countries
Earth faces its end — in 7.5 billion years
Mathematician’s theories hold promise for fisheries management
Complexities of copyright important for researchers to understand
EE prof’s students take part in TV robot building competition
Tips offered for clearing the air
Heroin and cocaine deaths rebound in Seattle-King County in 2002, while methamphetamine use appears to plateau
UW Medicine offers Mini-Medical School to the public
The 11th Annual Salute Harborview!! Gala
‘The end of the world’ has already begun, UW scientists say
Expert seeks ways to foster development without depleting resources
