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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.
Genes and aging
Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
The good news is, people live longer.
Etc. Campus news and notes
A ROYAL HONOR: Professor Emeritus George Hiroaki Kakiuchi will receive the prestigious Emperor’s Award, the Order of the Rising Sun, in ceremonies at the official residence of the Consul General of Japan, on May 24.
Official notices
Public Hearing Notice
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 1 p.
Newsmakers
TIME TO ACT: A UW animal behaviorist recently told Newsday that it’s time to intervene on behalf of the young killer whale that’s been swimming alone in central Puget Sound.
Mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
A&S celebrates opening of new space
As celebrations go, it wasn’t exactly posh.
A Big Idea: Undergrads strut stuff at festival
If you’ve ever had the urge to write a play, you can get your feet wet beginning Wednesday, May 22, when Once Upon a Weekend kicks off.
Psych 419 is wildest thing to hit campus since ‘Animal House’
Through the years, some of Barbara Kirkevold’s and Joan Lockard’s students have had some pretty unusual “classmates” — a baby elephant, a pair of rambunctious juvenile grizzly bears, two troops of western lowland gorillas, orangutans, a northern fur seal, a family of laughing thrushes, and many more.
Cycle for the fun of it, prof says
Steve Hill
University Week
He’s logged more than 60,000 miles while commuting to and from the UW campus during the last 30 years.
Dancer goes dot-com
As you sit in the audience waiting for a dance concert to begin, the last thing you might think the dancers would be worried about is their computer.
Can mechanical pets teach kids life lessons?
Pets can help children learn about life, love and death.
Diet for diabetics
New recommendations from American Diabetes Association stretch options
Don’t forget seat belts and depend on air bags, HMC study shows
Driver air bags offer relatively little benefit in road vehicle crashes compared with seat belts, according to a study published in the May 11 issue of the British Medical Journal.
Cochlear implants and their future
Hearing Research Day on May 20 will bring experts together at UW next week
Notices
Public Hearing Notice
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 1 p.
Event will help rural landowners comply with rules
A year ago on May 17, Washington’s Forest Practices Board adopted new permanent rules implementing what’s called the Forest and Fish law passed by the Legislature.
News Makers
TIME TO ACT: A UW animal behaviorist recently told Newsday that it’s time to intervene on behalf of the young killer whale that’s been swimming alone in central Puget Sound.
Researchers pull project from frigid North Pole waters
A 1.6-mile long cable and 3,500 pounds of instruments were retrieved from a mooring that was anchored to the seafloor at the North Pole for a full year — eight times longer than the only previous mooring.
Take a trip aboard UW’s research vessel
Daily journal entries and the ability to ask questions online allow anyone interested to go along on the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson as it maps the seafloor off the Washington coast.
High-tech companies score with judges in competition
Sixteen finalists will compete for investment capital May 21 in the UW’s annual entrepreneurial business plan competition.
Industry adopts UW researchers’ innovation that promises huge boost in speed and efficiency for high-traffic computer chips
The speed and efficiency of computer network and database servers could increase as much as 400 percent because of an idea developed by two University of Washington computer scientists that is reaching mainstream computing.
Observing zoo residents is regular part of some students’ schedule
Psychology 419, or behavior studies of zoo and aquarium animals, primarily draws psychology and zoology majors.The course was started in 1975 by Lockard, a psychology professor, as an alternative to an animal behavior laboratory class that used rats, and it was designed for students who wished to do research on exotic species.
May 15, 2002
Global experts to confer on social impact of a wired (& wireless) world
When residents of one Amazon jungle village get ready to harvest yucca root, they stop by a grass hut to log onto the Internet and check out market prices 250 miles away in Lima.
May 14, 2002
Teachers from across Washington state join UW sea-going expedition
Log on starting Wednesday to join researchers and five public-school teachers on an oceanographic expedition aboard the University of Washington’s research vessel the Thomas G. Thompson as it works off our coast.
Special seminar: Rural landowners laboring to understand, comply with Forest-Fish rules
the University of Washington’s College of Forest Resources is bringing together representatives of four organizations that have been trying to help rural landowners understand and meet requirements of the new Forest and Fish Law.
Seat Belts Offer More Protection Than Air Bags
Driver air bags offer relatively little benefit in road vehicle crashes compared with seat belts, according to a study published in the May 11 issue of the British Medical Journal. The study was conducted by researchers at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC).
May 13, 2002
Researchers studying whether a robot dog is kid’s best friend
Pets can help children learn about life, love and death.
Pregnancy, birth rates fall among young women exposed to intervention program in elementary school
An elementary school intervention program that promotes social competency, academic success and bonding to school also has the long-term effect of cutting pregnancy and birth rates among young women before age 21, according to a new University of Washington study.
May 9, 2002
Mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
New faces in School of Medicine office: Research and Industry Relations Support will handle outside employment, research contracts, policies on conflict of interest
Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
The School of Medicine’s Office of Research and Graduate Education has recently completed reorganization of a unit focusing on outside professional employment for faculty members, research contracts and conflict-of-interest policies.
New grant supports evaluation of care at end of life
Marjorie Wenrich
Medical Affairs
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Forum to demonstrate new conferencing technology
Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
The UWired Health Sciences initiative will present the second in a series of Advanced Applications Forums on Thursday, May 16.
Faculty senate
Last month, Dan Jacoby, Chair of the General Faculty Organization at UW Bothell shared his views in a University Week column titled, “Growing up is a challenging balancing act for Bothell.
Etc. Campus news and notes
SUPREMELY LEGAL: When the recent well-publicized case of disability rights vs.
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