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October 25, 2002
New Coalition Focuses on Reducing Injuries to Seattle’s Kids
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle is a new hospital-community partnership focused on reducing childhood injury in neighborhoods throughout the city.
Statement from UW Board of Regents President Jerry Grinstein
President of the UW Board of Regents Jerry Grinstein responds to UW President Richard McCormick’s decision to assume the presidency of Rutgers University.
Statement from UW President Richard L. McCormick
UW President Richard L. McCormick announces his decision to accept the presidency of Rutger’s University.
October 24, 2002
School of Drama’s ‘Seagull’ opens
The School of Drama opens its season next week with a production of Anton Chekhov’s classic, The Seagull.
Marion Nestle to speak on ‘Politics of Obesity’
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Conference focuses on international health careers
Registration ends Oct.
Notices
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Shostak to talk on extraterrestrials
The SETI Institute’s Seth Shostak will be on campus Monday, Oct.
Scary news in Oct. 31 lecture on health care
Some people believe we’re in the middle of a perfect storm in health care, but we’re not going to drown anytime soon.
New Web site created to encourage good ideas
Got a hot idea for improving some UW system? Looking for a hot idea to solve some problem you face at work? In either case, you might be interested in logging on to a new Web site, the UW Forum for Change.
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JAPANESE GIFT: Japanese Consul General Tadahiro Abe presented an $8,000 grant for the East Asia Library at a ceremony at his official residence earlier this month.
Beware software bearing gifts
Some computer software is like a piece of fruit: It looks good on the outside, and parts of it may taste good, but you always should be on the lookout for the worm.
Open enrollment begins; costs increasing
The annual medical/dental open enrollment has begun.
New Coalition Focuses on Reducing Injuries to Seattle’s Kids
Broken bones, scrapes, burns and the bruises of childhood may be dismissed as kids being kids, but the doctors and nurses who treat unintentional injuries have come to a different conclusion. When children live in a safe environment, are given alternatives to gang violence, follow street safety when walking, and wear helmets when biking, they have many fewer injuries and fewer visits to the hospital emergency department
October 23, 2002
Nearly 90 percent of MBA grads find jobs despite weak job market
A more personalized job placement program has led to nearly nine out of 10 University of Washington Business School master’s in business administration graduates obtaining jobs within three months — surpassing the average at the nation’s so-called Top 30 business schools.
October 22, 2002
ACE linked to calcium growth on aortic valve
Future studies may find that ACE inhibitors, a class of drugs now taken by people with high blood pressure, could slow down or prevent the development of aortic valve calcium, say University of Washington researchers.
October 21, 2002
Communities need technology, training for complexities of today’s forestry
A University of Washington and Washington State University program helping rural communities gain access to the latest technology and training for managing woodlands has received the highest national award for private-forestry education given by the National Woodland Owners Association and the National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges.
2002 Autumn Quarter enrollments
The University of Washington’s Seattle campus enrollment for Autumn Quarter 2002 is 39,216, including 1,418 non-matriculated students (those who are not seeking degrees) enrolled in credit courses through University Extension.
October 17, 2002
Law interns to work with Cantwell
The UW School of Law and the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology have established an internship program sponsored by Sen.
Diversity series planned by bookstore, GO-MAP
The University Book Store and the UW Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP) are sponsoring a Diversity Book Talk Series, which brings authors of color, as well as white authors who write on race, diversity, and multicultural issues, to the UW to read and discuss their work.
Kronos returning for another UW arts festival
Summer is a long way off, but not for Hannah Wiley, who directs the UW’s Summer Arts Festival.
Learning sciences conference set for Oct. 23–26
The UW will play host to the fifth International Conference of the Learning Sciences Oct.
Multicultural center celebrates anniversary with symposium
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Conference focuses on problem of human trafficking
An international conference on the global epidemic in human trafficking will be held on the UW campus Oct.
Grant to fund two Eastern Washington community technology centers
The UW’s Office of Educational Partnerships and Learning Technologies and its partners in Eastern Washington — Northwest Communities Education Center and Horizons Inc.
Lidstrom’s interdisciplinary effort gets boost from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
By training, Mary Lidstrom is a biologist.
Autism education is focus of $5 million grant
A $5 million Department of Education grant announced recently will set up a network of resources aimed at improving the nation’s approach to educating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Big Brother hacker is watching you
The scanners are watching.
October 16, 2002
Families with two or more children with autism sought for $10.2 million study of genetic, neurobiological causes of autism
Researchers have launched a hunt in Washington and 15 other states for 250 families with two or more autistic children to participate in a $10.2 million University of Washington study to uncover the genetic and neurobiological causes of autism.
October 15, 2002
UW professor Dr. Bertil Hille named to Institute of Medicine
Dr. Bertil Hille, professor of physiology and biophysics in the University of Washington School of Medicine, is one of 65 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences.
UW’s Barnard receives national honor for work with infants
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences Monday (Oct. 14) presented this year’s Gustav O. Lienhard Award for the advancement of personal health services to two leaders in understanding infant development: Dr. Kathryn E. Barnard, founder and director of the Center for Infant Mental Health and Development at the University of Washington, and Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, president and chair of the Brazelton Foundation Inc.
Expert on reuniting families to speak at University of Washington
An expert on children who were taken from their homes in the United Kingdom and shipped off to labor in other countries will speak at the University of Washington on Nov. 15 about issues related to reuniting children and personal identity.
October 11, 2002
Leader in search for extraterrestrial life to speak at UW
A free, public lecture on the search for extraterrestrial life
Grant will enable School of Dentistry to expand student opportunities for clinical practice and increased service to underserved populations
The University of Washington School of Dentistry is one of two schools on the West Coast to receive a grant of almost $1.5 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to increase the underserved population’s access to oral health care.
October 10, 2002
Notices
From the Office of the President, Members of the University Community:
The University is committed to maintaining an educational and employment environment that is enjoyable and respectful.
‘Things Your Mother Never Taught You’
Patents and inventions
The second seminar in the series on “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations and the UW Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, will cover patents.
Large classes are focus of forum series
The fall Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning will feature sessions on three different days, led by UW instructors speaking on their experiences teaching large classes at the UW.
Staff salaries remain below market
Despite experiencing a two-year period in which general merit raises were granted just once, the UW professional staff’s salaries remained at the same level compared to the market as in 2000.
Mystery Photo
Last issue’s answer was of the trees outside of the Oceanography Teaching Building.
Walker named medical director of UW Medical Center
Dr. Edward A. Walker, professor and vice chair of the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been named medical director of University of Washington Medical Center, announced Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. Dr. Walker will also serve as an associate dean of the School of Medicine.
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