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June 6, 2002
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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Industry Relations director
Claire Dietz
HS News and Community Relations
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Pathway from stress to heart disease
The well-known link between stress and heart disease starts with stress and other factors that can lead to poor health habits, according to a new UW study led by Dr.
Writing teacher honored for writing about teaching
Roberto Sanchez
Educational Outreach
Whenever Priscilla Long collects assignments from her writing students, there’s a name on the pile that pops up every time — her own.
UW Tacoma prof creates aquarium exhibit
If you can create an aquarium exhibit that fascinates and entertains kids and their parents with green crabs, tiny zebra mussels and the cute Chinese mitten crab, along with vibrant graphics and stories that warn of alien invaders, then education sneaks into a fun adventure.
Alzheimer’s Disease Forum June 5 at Shoreline
UW units are sponsoring an Alzheimer’s Disease Public Forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.
In Brief
Dr.
Larry Kessler to speak on medical device regulation by FDA
Dr.
Grant from National Library of Medicine strengthens informatics research, training
The Department of Medical Education’s Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics has received a $3.
Notices
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Public Hearing Notice
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 1 p.
Cyclists asked to team up, challenge other employers
The UW Transportation Office is encouraging cyclists to team up when they accept the June Bicycle Commute Challenge.
Urban Horticulture struggles to rebuild
One year after a devastating arson fire, the Center for Urban Horticulture thanks its supporters even while it struggles to recover what was lost.
Homeless sexual minorities at greater risk for physical and sexual violence, mental illness, substance abuse
Homeless youths who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender have a perilous existence on the street. Compared to heterosexual homeless youth, they experience more physical and sexual violence, use more drugs and abuse them more frequently, have more sexual partners and have higher rates of mental illness, according to a new University of Washington study.
May 29, 2002
Smell like rotting animal flesh filling UW botany greenhouse again
An Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a corpse flower in its native Sumatra and elsewhere because of its foul odor, began blooming late Wednesday afternoon in the greenhouse operated by the University of Washington’s botany department.
May 24, 2002
Graduate students win $30,000 to start company to make cancer-fighting drug
A team of University of Washington graduate students have won $30,000 to finance a company that would provide a less-invasive radiation therapy to cancer patients.
May 23, 2002
Etc: campus news and notes
TUTU ON TV: If you didn’t get to see Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he was on campus this month, there will be many opportunities to see videos of his two appearances.
Preventive Services Task Force recommends depression screening
The U.
David Eschenbach named to lead Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
Dr.
Endowment recognizes nurses
Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
A Nursing Recognition Endowed Fund to honor and support the work of nurses at both UW Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center was established about a year and a half ago with a gift from an anonymous donor.
Photo collection documents Northwest coast culture
The Burke Museum has received a major photographic collection, donated by photographer Adelaide De Menil, which documents the culture of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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