UW News
The latest news from the UW
February 15, 2002
Weyerhaeuser chief to discuss renewing company, recent merger
Steven Rogel, president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Co. and a key player in the company’s recent lengthy takeover bid for Willamette Industries will discuss his plans for the company’s increased performance during an address at the University of Washington Business School.
UW scientists discuss ‘Life in the Rocks’ at annual AAAS meeting
In years past, scientific speculation about how life began on Earth envisioned primordial soups and slimy goo as the incubators in which the first tiny microorganisms developed, billions of years ago.
Rival robots go head-to-head in practice meet for UW regional robotics smackdown
SWAT Robotics, a team that combines students from the UW’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Roosevelt High School, will host a robotics competition to test their latest creation against the handiwork of other area teams in preparation for a regional competition.
February 14, 2002
Chamber Dance tickets on sale
The UW’s Chamber Dance Company will explore the impact of humanism and expressionism on modern dance during its annual winter concert.
Valentine’s concert has love theme
The School of Music will help romantics celebrate Valentine’s Day with a concert tonight at 7:30 in Meany Theater.
College of Ed event to seek K-12 partners
The College of Education is accepting reservations for a colloquium designed to help facilitate partnerships between K-12 and the UW campus.
UW crime up, but still lower than peak
University Week Staff Report
The latest crime data from the UW Police Department show an 8 percent increase in reported crimes for 2001.
DO-IT staff creates Web site for colleagues nationwide
The award-winning UW-based DO-IT program is using cyberspace to reach a national audience with strategies for creating a level playing field in the academic world for students with disabilities.
Thanks to ‘Professor Picasso’ techniques of master artists just a click away
For Aaron Hertzmann, painting like a master is more a matter of algorithms than brush strokes.
North Pacific oxygen levels drop markedly
Oxygen in the upper waters of the North Pacific, an area that accounts for about 40 percent of the world’s oceans, decreased as much as 15 percent in a little less than two decades between the early 1980s and late 1990s.
Student Voices: UW-led project brings high school students face to face with public issues
Christina Roux never saw her Franklin High School economics students so engaged — designing dynamic Web sites, poring through the daily papers, throwing themselves into research projects.
Profile: UW custodian never defined by his job description
Ben Santos has never been plagued with doubts about who he is.
Online privacy is subject of report
Chris Jarvis
Washington State Attorney General’s Office
With as many as 94 percent of Americans concerned about possible misuse of personal information, the business community has a strong interest in promoting consumer privacy policies that bolster consumer confidence.
Magnuson Scholars
| Claire Dietz |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2001-2002 academic year.
Digital dental records:Students learning to use digital camers to document their work
| Walter Neary |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Students in the UW School of Dentistry are finding a new and high-tech way to communicate with patients and plan comprehensive treatment.
Massage therapist at Olympic village
| Craig Degginger |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Sylvia Burns, a licensed massage practitioner (LMP) in the Exercise Training Center at Roosevelt, is the UW Medical Center’s “entrant” in the Winter Olympic Games now under way in Salt Lake City.
In Brief
A faculty development workshop on “Leadership and Institutional Change” has been scheduled from 8:30 a.
Making dogs
Artist Gary Smoot has a thing for wiener dogs — the kind made out of balloons (note the drawing on his shirt).
Newsmakers
DISSENTING VOICE: A recent story in the Columbus Dispatch examined the controversy surrounding genetically altered grass.
mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Secretary of the Faculty Applicants Sought
Faculty Senate Leadership, in collaboration with the President, seeks applications for the position of Secretary of the Faculty.
Etc.
FABULOUS FURNITURE: Would you like to see Suzzallo’s Reading Room returned to its former glory when it reopens late this summer? Well, you may be able to help.
February 13, 2002
Scientists delve into North Pacific mystery of changing oxygen
Oxygen in the upper waters of the North Pacific, an area that accounts for about 40 percent of the world’s oceans, decreased as much as 15 percent in a little under two decades between the early 1980s and late 1990s.
Tag(s): oceanography • School of Oceanography • Steven Emerson
Paul B. Robertson named WDS Foundation Distinguished Professor
Dr. Paul B. Robertson, dean of the University of Washington School of Dentistry for nine years until June 30, 2001, has been appointed the Washington Dental Service Foundation Distinguished Professor in Dentistry.
February 12, 2002
DO-IT program takes award-winning techniques nationwide via the Internet
The award-winning University of Washington-based DO-IT program is using cyberspace to reach a national audience with strategies for creating a level academic playing field for students with disabilities.
February 11, 2002
Harborview Urges King County to Increase Booster Seat Usage in Preparation for Upcoming New Law
Physicians at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center urge King County residents today to prepare for a new child passenger safety law by putting their 4-8 year-old children in booster seats when travelling in motor vehicles.
February 7, 2002
New center targets oral health disparities
| Walter Neary |
| HS News & Community Relations |
A research center based at the UW School of Dentistry will try to understand the causes, and some of the answers, for needless suffering among diverse groups in the Northwest and Alaska.
New studies seek better treatment, prevention for genital herpes
| Walter Neary |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Researchers at the UW are testing to see if a mainstay of human health — the body’s immune system — can better battle one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases than conventional therapies.
Decade-long type 2 diabetes trial begins
Many research studies are looking for people willing to have some blood drawn once or twice and perhaps fill out a questionnaire.
Dean Woods receives honors for ‘Book of the Year’ from nursing journal
| Kathy Dannenhold |
| School of Nursing |
“Nursing’s legacy of keen observation, combined with a focus on the multiple environmental factors that influence human health and illness, has been the foundation for contemporary nursing research in general and women’s health research in particular.
Simple measures can cure ‘body blues’
| Pam Sowers |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Amy is sure there is something wrong with her.
U-DOC summer program offers support for high school students
U-DOC is a six-week high school summer enrichment program offered by the UW School of Medicine’s Office of Multicultural Affairs.
In Brief
Eight current and former UW-affiliated physicians and a School of Medicine graduate are featured in the new book, This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine (edited by Dr.
Russian cosmonaut, scientist to speak
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New UW commuter study available
The UW Transportation Office has announced a new study of commuting choices among people who live within two miles of campus.
Mexican-born teens drop out at higher rate
School dropout rates among immigrant teen-agers are most severe among students of Mexican descent, particularly those who migrated to the United States after starting school in Mexico.
UW research plane grounded
For sale: Convair 580, flown by University of Washington researchers for global atmospheric analysis, used to study smoke from burning oil wells in Kuwait, double-check satellite measurements of clouds over the tropical Pacific and measure properties of rain in the Pacific Northwest.
Profile: The professor and his brass band
| Steve Hill |
| University Week |
Leroy Searle has identified at least two general types of former musicians.
UW efforts to conserve pay off
The UW has done a good job conserving both energy and water in the past year, but the best may be yet to come, according to Facilities Services officials.
Survey finds public support for UW
University Week Staff Report
Residents in Washington view their public colleges and universities as high-quality institutions that make significant contributions to their state’s economy, according to survey data released this week by the American Council on Education (ACE).
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