The latest news from the UW

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A year ago, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences awarded the UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center $5 million over five years to establish a Comparative Mouse Genomics Center, one of five to be developed in the nation.

The international medical organization Doctors Without Borders, often known by its French name Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), will have a traveling exhibit in Seattle Aug.

The National Cancer Institute will provide $10.

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Arborists spent part of last week trying to repair a structural problem in the campus’ Washington elm.

The University Archives helps more than 4,000 researchers every year with an abundance of historical material.

Where are we? Our mystery photo this week is a little different.

LEGAL NOTICES

Description of proposal: Replacement of Merrill Hall, which was substantially destroyed by arson fire on May 21, 2001.

Network, the monthly breakfast speaker series for UW faculty and staff, will end Sept.

Two UW staffers have a standing commitment to be camp counselors during their time off.

Henry Kautz knows firsthand the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute will support students and K-12 outreach.

The Assisted Cognition Project is a collaborative effort by the UW, Intel Computers and Elite Care, a private company developing a state-of-the-art retirement community in the Portland area that utilizes so-called ubiquitous computing to keep tabs on residents’ needs.

The dust has been piling up in Earth’s attic for billions of years, and now some scientists want to sift through the accumulation to see if they can find evidence of the planet’s earliest life.

The University of Washington School of Dentistry is teaming up with Washington Dental Service Foundation and GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) to conduct a “Dental Camp” for junior high students from across the state on July 25, Aug. 8 and Aug. 29.

The National Cancer Institute will provide $10.5 million in funding to the University of Washington (UW), the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) over five years for study of the progression and treatment of prostate cancer.

It can be a numbing and confusing experience for parents who receive a diagnosis that their child has autism and then must sort through the wide variety of treatment approaches available. Helping parents deal with this experience is why two leading researchers, Sally Ozonoff and Geraldine Dawson, have written “A Parent’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism,” which has just been published.

A study published by the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) at the University of Washington shows a significant drop in the number of deaths involving heroin and cocaine since 2000.

El Niño is coming! El Niño is coming!

But this time, the climate anomaly that usually brings warmer and drier winters to the Pacific Northwest might not have such a noticeable impact, say two University of Washington climatologists

University of Washington Medical Center moved up one place in its ranking among the top hospitals in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2002 annual guide to “America’s Best Hospitals,” which was updated in its July 22 issue, available July 15.

The winds of the Great Plains won’t stop two Montana tribes from making their newest buildings out of straw.

A newly discovered gene plays a dramatic role in diabetes among rats, and is also present in nearly identical form in humans, according to UW researchers and their colleagues.

Some people may find it surprising, but biology laboratories and the experiments conducted there have long been resistant to computerization.

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Top national genetics leader expected to arrive in
January from St. Louis

RAISING THE DEAD: The dead rhino, that is.

Make no mistake about it, UW sociologist Pepper Schwartz’s new book is the print version of a “chick flick.

Blood drives

Friday, July 12 from 10 a.

Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.

WORLD ROBOCUP: While the U.

Top-gun educators work on their skills during a summer retreat.

The UW Tacoma recently named Carol Van Natta as director of development and alumni relations.

Office works to ensure Husky products aren’t made in sweatshops.

With more than 40 events packed into five days, the UW’s Summer Arts Festival continues to be perhaps the most ambitious display of the arts on campus.

Dr. Robert H. Waterston, one of the world’s leading genome scientists, has been named chair of the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, announced Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, UW vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.

The University of Washington has won a four-year, $2.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for programs to support undergraduate biology education, to help prepare future faculty and to develop K-12 outreach programs.

Make no mistake about it, University of Washington sociologist Pepper Schwartz’s new book is the print version of a “chick flick.” The book, “The Lifetime Love and Sex Quiz Book,” is targeted at women, and for a good reason.

A little more than half of Western Washington physicians listed in the latest edition of The Best Doctors in America are faculty physicians who practice at institutions managed by, or affiliated with, the University of Washington School of Medicine, including Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System.

The University of Washington’s Center For Urban Horticulture has spent the past year re-creating and reconnecting — work that’s far from done even many months after the May 21, 2001, arson attack damaged the center’s main building, rendering most if it beyond repair.