UW News
The latest news from the UW
May 30, 2002
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.
Tuition up, no pay increase in final budget
The UW Board of Regents unanimously approved a budget last Friday that will include no salary increases and higher tuition.
Education professor wins prestigious teacher preparation award
Steve Hill
University Week
Cathy Taylor experienced an epiphany on a Seattle soccer field.
Memorial will honor Evans School dean
A public memorial will be held June 4 in Kane Hall to honor Marc Lindenberg, dean of the Daniel J.
Checking child’s sleep pattern
Sleep disturbances could have physical causes and may need evaluation
Study questions need for special diabetic footwear
UW-VA research carefully follows people with diabetes
Genome Sciences symposium brings speakers on genetic variation
All-day program on May 29 open to everyone
Entrepreneurial transfer symposium set
Morning program on June 13 for medicine and engineering faculty
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Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Seed Grant applications invited
The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants for the year 2002-03.
Harvard expert to help launch climate change program
Well-known speaker will help as the institution launches a strong program geared toward the study of Earth’s climate change.
Summer construction to be discussed
If you’d like to get more information about construction on campus this summer and how it will affect you, you can attend a brown bag presentation at noon Friday in 309 HUB.
Campus Conversation is wide ranging
President McCormick and other administrators met in a lively open forum with staff employees. Their discussion ranged from anthrax to the UW’s reputation and much more.
Bioengineering is focus of alliance
A five-year agreement will connect the UW and Nanyang Tech in Singapore.
Peer Portfolio
FOOTBALL U: The National Football League has drafted Michigan State University to help prepare training manuals for youth and high school football coaches.
Technology developed on campus will speed up computers
The speed and efficiency of computer network and database servers could increase as much as 400 percent because of an idea developed by two UW computer scientists that is reaching mainstream computing.
May 21, 2002
Lecture by Harvard expert marks launch of new UW climate program
Work on core curriculum is done, the first class of graduate students has been accepted and one of the world’s top experts on global climate change, Harvard University professor James McCarthy, will present a free, public lecture here May 30 as the University of Washington launches its Program on Climate Change.
Building bridges, colonizing planets and extracting DNA from onions: Middle school students flex math, science muscles at second annual PRIME Showcase
The second annual PRIME Showcase, highlights hands-on projects the partnerships have developed during the year to learn math, science and engineering principles.
May 20, 2002
Governor to speak at campus Memorial Day ceremony
A ceremony in honor of Memorial Day will be held at the University of Washington at 4 p.m. Friday, May 24 in Red Square.
May 18, 2002
Marc Lindenberg, Evans School dean and leader in global relief work, is dead at 56
Marc Lindenberg, dean of the UW’s Daniel J.
May 16, 2002
Age-related macular degeneration
Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
Age-related macular degeneration is a serious, progressive eye disease perhaps best known as the leading cause of legal blindness in people over 55.
First Russell Ross Lecture next Friday
The first Russell Ross Endowed Lecture, presented by the Department of Pathology, will be given next Friday.
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