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August 22, 2002
Surgery’s Strauss Lecture features MGH chief surgeon
The Department of Surgery’s 53rd annual Strauss Lecture will be given this year by Dr.
Hardwiring brain circuits
Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
Connecting a monitor to the keyboard input on a computer’s CPU will result in neither the monitor nor keyboard functioning properly.
Series on technology transfer begins Sept. 12
“Things Your Mother Never Taught You: How to Commercialize Technology in the University Setting” is the title for a new monthly series of presentations organized by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations and the UW Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer.
New University Week to debut this fall
University Week is responding to the difficult budget situation on campus by shifting the publication schedule.
Big boom in tiny microfluidics world?
The field of microfluidics, a discipline that deals with movement and control of fluids at the microscopic level, is poised for a boom similar to the microelectronics revolution that transformed computing, according to two UW researchers.
Undergraduate research institute has a human(ities) touch
Steve Hill
University Week
Janice DeCosmo tried to keep a lid on it during a June meeting of the Council on Undergraduate Research.
Area teacher joins expedition to Arctic
Log on for Lake Stevens High School teacher Gail Grimes’ reports as the UW’s Rebecca Woodgate leads an expedition on the U.
Researchers: Magazines silenced opposition voices after Sept. 11
Steve Hill
University Week
Journalists covering the Sept.
Scholars working to decipher ancient Buddhist manuscript
Somewhere in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban soldiers may well be sharing a cave with vessels containing Buddhist texts that were created 2,000 years ago.
August 20, 2002
One of earliest Buddhist manuscripts acquired by University of Washington
A birch bark manuscript from a Buddhist monastery, believed to have been written in the first or second century A.D., was recently acquired by the University of Washington Libraries and will become a key component of the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project.
Local teacher documenting expedition bound for crossroads of the Arctic
Log on starting Aug. 21 for Lake Stevens High School teacher Gail Grimes’ reports as University of Washington’s Rebecca Woodgate leads an expedition on the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star to a region of the Arctic where Atlantic and Pacific ocean waters interact in ways that could help explain the warming of the Arctic Ocean and thinning of the ice pack.
August 19, 2002
MEDIA ADVISORY: News conference at trench exposing Seattle fault
http://admin.urel.washington.edu/newsinfo/archives/2002archive/08-02archive/k081902b.html
Newsmagazines downplayed opposition voices after Sept. 11, researchers find
Journalists covering the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath were unwittingly complicit to government and military communication strategies to rally public support, according to findings by University of Washington researchers.
UW conferees seek to shape epochal reform of Japan’s legal system
With world attention focused on corporate lawbreaking and economic turmoil, Japan is trying to solve its problems by adding tens of thousands of new lawyers.
The vast legal reform now under way in Japan will be debated by some of its top designers and critics Aug. 23 and 24 at the University of Washington School of Law, sponsor of an international conference on “Law in Japan: A Turning Point.”
August 16, 2002
Professors predicting a big boom in the tiny world of microfluidics
The field of microfluidics, a discipline that deals with movement and control of fluids at the microscopic level, is poised for a boom similar to the microelectronics revolution that transformed computing, according to two University of Washington researchers.
Air bags offer little protection to unrestrained passengers and may endanger young children
Air bags were initially designed to protect an unbelted adult male in a 30 mph crash. But do air bags protect a child passenger? And are air bags really effective in protecting unrestrained adults?
August 14, 2002
Annual Northwest Microarray Conference is Aug. 14 to 16
The third annual Northwest Microarray Conference will be held Aug. 14 to 16 at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle. The conference showcases research in gene identification and protocols, protein studies, bioinformatics, and array applications specific to cancer research.
August 8, 2002
ETC Campus News and Notes
WAY TO GO, PROFS: Psychology professors Ronald Smith and Frank Smoll will be honored in October at the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology in Tucson, Ariz.
John Harlan named to Finch Endowed Professorship
Endowment honors
first head of hematology
Long-term protection orders effective
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an all-too frequent occurrence in the United States, with an estimated 1.
Dentistry ‘Camp’
Trying his hand
Health Sciences Brief News
Dr.
Jensen leads team on pain management
The National Institutes of Health has awarded UW researchers $4 million over five years to study chronic pain in people with disabilities.
UW Medical Center receives third Magnet Hospital certification
UW Medical Center has been recertified as a “Magnet Hospital” by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for its excellence in nursing care.
Medical school names Evan Kharasch as first clinical research assistant dean
Dr.
Getting to know Aikido
Staffer uses Japanese martial art to move toward harmony
Drama season to include Seagull, experimental series
Season tickets are available now for a School of Drama season that includes West Coast and Northwest premieres, Russian classics, camp comedies and the return of the 10-minute play festival.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPURTUNITIES
ADAI Grants
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
News Makers
PARENTING AT THE PROM: It’s an important consideration, according to Laura Kastner, a UW psychiatry professor who says intensely ritualized events like the prom put kids at risk.
Self-esteem makes it easier to improve mood
A study by a UW psychologist suggests self-esteem can contribute to negative, positive moods.
Controversial guests, protests all part of business as usual
Last spring a lecture by Daniel Pipes was scheduled in Kane Hall.
Budget request reflects tough times
The Board of Regents of the UW has approved a budget request for 2003–2005 calling for no new programs, and new enrollments only if the state improves its core funding of the University.
August 6, 2002
Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Some, But Not All, Protection Orders Help
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an all-too frequent occurrence in the U.S., with an estimated 1.5 million women experiencing 5 million physical or sexual assaults at the hands of their intimate partners annually. Civil protection orders are considered a means of protecting women from future acts of violence, but how effective are they?
August 5, 2002
People with low self-esteem less motivated to break a negative mood
People with low self-esteem are less motivated than people with high self-esteem to improve a negative mood, even when they are offered an activity that will change their frame of mind, a team of American and Canadian psychologists has found.
July 29, 2002
Chemical used to break up blood clots may also cause narrowing of blood vessels, a major problem in heart disease
Research into gene therapy shows that a substance used to treat blood clots may also be involved in the process by which arteries become narrowed and reduce the flow of blood to vital organs.
Conference considers ultrasound for cancer treatment, noninvasive surgery
In what is only the second meeting of its kind, the first conducted in the United States, more than 200 researchers and students are expected in Seattle for presentations Tuesday through Aug. 1 as part of an international symposium on therapeutic ultrasound. Presentations will be conducted at the Washington Athletic Club.
UW regents approve budget request with no increase in enrollment
The Board of Regents of the University of Washington has approved a budget request for 2003-5 calling for no new programs, and new enrollments only if the state improves its core funding of the university.
UW helping communities to get next-generation Internet to the ‘last mile’
When a next-generation Internet backbone is unveiled at a gala ceremony in Bremerton tomorrow, the University of Washington already will be exploring the next step — how to get that powerful link to individuals’ homes and businesses.
July 25, 2002
Etc: Campus News and Notes
MBA MASTER: Master’s in business administration students voted Ali Tarhouni, senior lecturer in business economics, as their favorite teacher — really.
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