June 3, 2002
University of Washington researchers are looking for 40 Puget Sound area boys and girls who are good spellers and who are finishing up the fourth, fifth or sixth grades to participate in a study that is designed to help other children who are having difficulty learning to spell.
Laboratory rats that have been repeatedly depleted of salt become sensitized to amphetamine, exhibiting an exaggerated hyperactive response to the drug and an unusual pattern of neuronal growth in a part of their brains, neuroscientists have found.
As the world’s spiraling population creates greater demand for resources, the southern Atlantic Ocean is becoming a more popular spot to consider for fishing and oil exploration. But University of Washington zoologists and a Falkland Islands researcher have found that such interest could prove detrimental to Falklands penguins, whose numbers already could be declining.
May 30, 2002
FOUL FRAGRANCE: Sunshine and May rains are bringing forth the earthy fragrance of field and flower, but meanwhile, UW botanists are expecting a corpse flower to bloom this week, filling the air with a very different “fragrance” — one that drives flies, carrion beetles, sweat bees and their brethren wild.
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.
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.
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.
UW units are sponsoring an Alzheimer’s Disease Public Forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.
The Department of Medical Education’s Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics has received a $3.
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Public Hearing Notice
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 1 p.
The UW Transportation Office is encouraging cyclists to team up when they accept the June Bicycle Commute Challenge.
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 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
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
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
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.
Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
Dr.
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.
The Burke Museum has received a major photographic collection, donated by photographer Adelaide De Menil, which documents the culture of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
The UW Board of Regents unanimously approved a budget last Friday that will include no salary increases and higher tuition.
Steve Hill
University Week
Cathy Taylor experienced an epiphany on a Seattle soccer field.
A public memorial will be held June 4 in Kane Hall to honor Marc Lindenberg, dean of the Daniel J.
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.