The latest news from the UW

Sleep disturbances could have physical causes and may need evaluation

UW-VA research carefully follows people with diabetes

All-day program on May 29 open to everyone

Morning program on June 13 for medicine and engineering faculty

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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.

Well-known speaker will help as the institution launches a strong program geared toward the study of Earth’s climate change.

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.

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.

A five-year agreement will connect the UW and Nanyang Tech in Singapore.

FOOTBALL U: The National Football League has drafted Michigan State University to help prepare training manuals for youth and high school football coaches.

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.

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.

The second annual PRIME Showcase, highlights hands-on projects the partnerships have developed during the year to learn math, science and engineering principles.

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.

Marc Lindenberg, dean of the UW’s Daniel J.

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.

The first Russell Ross Endowed Lecture, presented by the Department of Pathology, will be given next Friday.

Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations

The good news is, people live longer.

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.

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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.

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

As celebrations go, it wasn’t exactly posh.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pets can help children learn about life, love and death.

New recommendations from American Diabetes Association stretch options

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.

Hearing Research Day on May 20 will bring experts together at UW next week

Public Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 1 p.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sixteen finalists will compete for investment capital May 21 in the UW’s annual entrepreneurial business plan competition.

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.

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.