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June 27, 2002
Preventing lawn mower injuries to children
Lawn mowers can be dangerous. That’s the message from physicians at the Harborview Medical Center after serious injuries to children this spring and summer.
June 26, 2002
Electrical engineering alumnus awarded university’s highest honor, inventions scheduled for permanent display at Smithsonian
When your doctor sends you for an ultrasound, you can thank University of Washington alum Donald Baker for making the non-invasive procedure an option.
June 25, 2002
Harborview expert notes firework safety is the key to a fun Fourth of July
Last year dozens of firework-related injuries were treated at Harborview Medical Center. Injuries resulted in finger, hand and thumb amputations and fractures, loss of eyes and severe burns to faces, hands and backs. Illegal and legal fireworks caused the majority of these injuries.
June 21, 2002
Washington state called a leader in getting broadband to ‘last mile’
Creative new initiatives by governments can help expand “last mile” broadband connections to homes and businesses, according to some speakers at a panel discussion yesterday in Washington, D.
June 20, 2002
Students heading to Montana to help tribes combat housing crisis with tough ‘new’ material — straw
The winds of the Great Plains won’t stop two Montana tribes from making their newest buildings out of straw.
June 18, 2002
Executive education program bucks national trend in dropping revenues
The University of Washington Business School’s executive education program appears to be dodging the revenue decline that has hurt similar programs at many of the country’s business schools.
June 17, 2002
Dr. Christina Surawicz named assistant dean for faculty development of UW School of Medicine
Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the University of Washington School of Medicine, has named Dr. Christina M. Surawicz to the newly created position of assistant dean for faculty development.
June 12, 2002
The public is invited to the second annual Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer Conference
The University of Washington School of Medicine is inviting the public to attend the Second Annual Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer Conference from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 12, on the UW main campus.
June 10, 2002
Genetic engineering could salvage once-promising anti-cancer agents
A group of anti-cancer agents that once produced dismal results in clinical trials could once again be a promising tool in fighting the deadly disease, thanks to research by a team of chemists at the University of Washington and in Germany.
Summer teen volunteer opportunities available at Harborview Medical Center
Harborview Medical Center is looking for motivated and responsible teen volunteers, ages 14-18 years for its Summer Teen Volunteer Program.
June 6, 2002
Jagadeesh wins McKnight Scholar Award
Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
Dr.
Krebs Lecture features Goodman of Vollum Institute
Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
Genomics and Public Health
Walter Neary
HS News and Community Relations
It seems like hardly a day passes by without a scientist announcing a new discovery related to genes and genetics.
Faculty Senate
This year I have served as the first chair of the faculty’s newest council, the Faculty Council on Tricampus Policy, which includes balanced representation from Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma.
Etc: Campus news and notes
NOT GILLIGAN’S ISLAND: Want to be on a reality show that doesn’t make you look like an idiot? Well, it sounds like you’ll have a chance.
Ave revitalization project begins soon
The City of Seattle will begin a University Way revitalization project later this month.
Grad students win with ‘Cogelix’
A team of University of Washington graduate students has won $30,000 to finance a company that would provide a less-invasive radiation therapy to cancer patients.
Architecture students transform local playground
A three-stage outdoor performance space designed and built by College of Architecture and Urban Planning students will get its first workout June 14, when T.
Partnership with area tribes is thriving
Steve Hill
University Week
The UW’s Sciences and Tribes Educational Partnership (STEP) is entering its third summer on some kind of a roll.
Plan OK’d for Suzzallo grounds
A restoration plan has been approved for the open area to the south of Suzzallo Library — an area that has been fenced off for the last two years and occupied by construction trailers and a variety of equipment and supplies.
Oil exploration, fishing threaten penguins
As the world’s increasing population creates greater demand for resources, the southern Atlantic Ocean is becoming a more popular spot to consider for fishing and oil exploration.
School of Music duo highlights summer arts festival
Steve Hill
University Week
The third annual Summer Arts Festival at the UW is being billed as an exploration of beat.
History on the high seas
At 550, 8 1/2-by-11 pages, it’s hardly bedtime reading, but Keith Benson thinks Oceanographic History: the Pacific and Beyond is more interesting than the average “Proceedings” that comes out of a conference.
Correction
In a story last week on the June 5 Alzheimer’s Public Forum, Linda Teri was identified as director of the School of Nursing’s de Tornyay Center on Healthy Aging.
Cutting down on caffeine?
Withdrawal symptoms and how to ease them
Biomedical Research Integrity Series
First lecture June 20; discussion groups begin June 26
Center for AIDS Research plans conference June 14
The UW Center for AIDS Research will hold an afternoon conference on Friday, June 14, at Harborview Medical Center’s Research and Training Building.
Notices
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Instructors are reminded that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 requires that the University treat student records in a confidential manner.
Hill named acting Evans School dean
Paul T.
Ocean policy experts to meet in Seattle
Sixteen of the nation’s top ocean-policy experts, scheduled to meet in Seattle June 13 and 14, want to hear what Pacific Northwest residents consider to be the most pressing coastal and ocean issues facing the region and the nation.
Young sexual minorities face perilous existence on the street
Life on the street is dangerous for any homeless youth, but a new UW study shows that danger increases for sexual minorities.
Executives should take hiring cues from the basketball court
Only two teams remain in the running for this year’s National Basketball Association championship, which began yesterday. Teams that want a better shot at making it to next year’s finals might want to consider forfeiting their upcoming draft picks, a University of Washington researcher says.
June 5, 2002
Becoming parents: it’s more than having a baby
The Becoming Parents Program consists of 27 hours of class–21 hours over six weeks during pregnancy and three two-hour “booster classes” when the baby is 6 to 8 weeks old and 6 months old. The classes focus on the couple, rather than just the mother, and teach people skills to strengthen their couple relationship and make it all they want it to be–especially with the challenges of parenthood.
June 4, 2002
Hearing infants show preference for sign language over pantomime
Six-month-old hearing infants exposed to American Sign Language (ASL) for the first time prefer it to pantomime, lending new evidence that humans show a broad preference for languages over “non-languages,” according to a University of Washington researcher who will present her findings here Friday at the annual convention of the American Psychological Society.
June 3, 2002
Participation in study may spell help for youngsters with spelling woes
University of Washington researchers are looking for 40 Puget Sound area boys and girls who are good spellers and who are finishing up the fourth, fifth or sixth grades to participate in a study that is designed to help other children who are having difficulty learning to spell.
Rats depleted of salt become sensitized to amphetamine
Laboratory rats that have been repeatedly depleted of salt become sensitized to amphetamine, exhibiting an exaggerated hyperactive response to the drug and an unusual pattern of neuronal growth in a part of their brains, neuroscientists have found.
Falklands penguins forage far enough from home to get into trouble
As the world’s spiraling population creates greater demand for resources, the southern Atlantic Ocean is becoming a more popular spot to consider for fishing and oil exploration. But University of Washington zoologists and a Falkland Islands researcher have found that such interest could prove detrimental to Falklands penguins, whose numbers already could be declining.
May 30, 2002
Etc: Campus news and notes
FOUL FRAGRANCE: Sunshine and May rains are bringing forth the earthy fragrance of field and flower, but meanwhile, UW botanists are expecting a corpse flower to bloom this week, filling the air with a very different “fragrance” — one that drives flies, carrion beetles, sweat bees and their brethren wild.
Industry Relations director
Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
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Industry Relations director
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