The latest news from the UW

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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

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.

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

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.

Marjorie Wenrich
Medical Affairs

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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.

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.

SUPREMELY LEGAL: When the recent well-publicized case of disability rights vs.

Cynthia Scanlon
UW Bothell

At the UW Bothell, nursing students studying ethics get a true cross-cultural perspective.

A new center named in honor of Evans School of Public Affairs Dean Marc Lindenberg was announced last week to increase the UW’s teaching, research and service connections with struggling regions around the world.

When the UW Opera production of The Beggar’s Opera opens Friday, it will be with a new “musical realization” of the score written by a student.

Stroke survivor event
Harborview Medical Center is hosting a free community event this Saturday, May 11, for stroke survivors, their families and others concerned about strokes.

Because of the rise in HIV and STD infections in King County, the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit of the UW and the Student Leadership Division of Multicultural Events and Activities at Seattle Central Community College have joined forces and organized a conference and health fair called “Sex Gets Even Louder.

We’ve all heard it’s a good idea to consume a diet rich in vegetables, legumes, and whole grains because of the many health-promoting nutrients they contain.

ACADEMIC INFORMATION

Textbook Requirements

Each spring the University Book Store asks faculty teaching fall quarter courses to forward their textbook requirements to the store before the end of May.

This is a story about Johnnella Butler.

This is a great story about the UWRA. It’s really great!

Isn’t “responsible” something of an editorial distinction?

Smart Alecky. Amazon.com closed at a low of around 4 bucks a stub this year. In a spectacular miscalculation, Amazon offered more than $2B in covertible bonds at the height of the stock bubble in 1999. Rather than taking advantage of their frothy stock price to raise capital, AMZN took on a mountain of debt with the expectation that the convertible bonds would quickly hit a strike price of ~$80, convert to stock, and further dilute the outstanding pool of common shares. Instead, AMZN shares fell like a rock as the tech bubble collapsed, and the company’s survival is imperiled as this debt comes due.

I ride my bike to work almost every day.

I’m testing “quotes” and other characters that can cause problems if JavaScript attempts to interpret them. I wrote a function called overlibTranslate that converts characters like ‘ and ” to entity equivalents. &*^%$#@!

UW Daily News Editor Lale Giray went on to a distinguished career in the UW School of Law.

Scientists returned last week from the North Pole after recovering 3,500 pounds of instruments and equipment from a mooring anchored to the seafloor for a full year, eight times longer than the only previous mooring at the pole.

Because of the rise in HIV and STD infections in King County, the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit of the University of Washington and the Student Leadership Division of Multicultural Events and Activities at Seattle Central Community College have joined forces and organized a conference and health fair called “Sex Gets Even Louder.”

Seattle, WA ­ Harborview Medical Center will host an educational event for stroke survivors, their families and friends from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, at the Harborview Research and Training Building, 300 9th Ave., Seattle.

Businesses that provide goods and services designed to foster a better and healthier lifestyle dominate this year’s University of Washington Business Plan Competition, continuing through May 21.

Steve Hill
University Week

Another piece of the UW’s newest academic unit was put in place recently when Gerald Baldasty was named the first chair of the Department of Communication, scheduled to open its doors on July 1.

“A Campus Forum on Ethnic Profiling and Law Enforcement, Post-Sept.

Two events this weekend will benefit breast cancer research, including work at the UW.

You’ve heard a lot about controlling cholesterol to prevent heart attack, and you’ve sometimes wondered if having high blood cholesterol definitely means that you’ll have what cardiologists sometimes call an event.

“Reperfusion Injury after Lung Transplantation” is the topic for the Cardiothoracic Surgery Division’s 11th annual visiting scholar lecture, set for 3:30 p.

UWATS Service Upgrade

On May 9, at approximately 7 p.