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January 31, 2002
Take a couple more hours of sleep and see how you feel in the morning
You’re worn out all the time, you get tired very easily, that new weight-loss plan just isn’t working and you suspect you fell asleep as you were driving home after work last week.
Open House 2002: Planning well under way for event in late April
Exhibitors are signing up to reserve space for the 2002 Health Sciences Open House, the honorary chair has been named and a theme has been chosen.
Cosmetic Surgery Center opens: Refractive surgery also moves to UWMC-Roosevelt building with easy access
| Craig Degginger |
| HS News & Community Relations |
UW Medical Center-Roosevelt has opened three significant new areas on the second floor this month — the Cosmetic Surgery Center, Refractive Surgery Center and Ambulatory Surgery Center.
Understanding burn scars: Surgeon Nicole Gibran tries to learn how hypertrophic scars might be reduced or prevented
| Pamela Wyngate |
| HS News & Community Relations |
After a suffering a severe burn, some patients develop hypertrophic scars—a distinct and excessive growth of tissue with increased numbers of blood vessels and multiple nerves.
Land-use decisions led to flood-prone Skokomish
With a constancy that would impress the swallows at San Juan Capistrano, the Skokomish River seems to flood each year at the first sign of Western Washington’s rainy season.
SimpleSite takes HTML out of Web
| Roberto Sanchez |
| Educational Outreach |
The UW is making it easier for students, instructors and staff to produce their own Web pages — without having to know specialized computer languages or to use complicated software.
Comment sought on U-District transportation plan
The City of Seattle has released a draft final report of the University Area Transportation Study and is asking for comments by Feb.
‘Beloved community’ was MLK’s dream
Thirty-four years after his death, the legacy of Dr.
School of Drama planning 10-minute play festival
Next week the School of Drama is inviting people to see eight plays for the price of one.
UW scientists learn how many neutrinos sun generates
Neutrinos are among the tiniest particles in the universe.
Reaching out: UW delegates talk with Castro during Cuban visit
As the United States began sending its Al Qaeda captives to Cuba last month, the UW sent a delegation of 41 women.
Celebrating Henry: Revered art gallery reaches milestone anniversary
| Steve Hill |
| University Week |
While preparing for the festivities surrounding the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Henry Art Gallery, Richard Andrews can’t help but be moved by the generosity of the facility’s namesake.
InnerWorkings: Germanics
Department chair: Sabine Wilke
Department location: Denny Hall
Number of faculty: Ten regular faculty members (three with joint appointments), as well as one emeritus who teaches and a Distinguished Visiting Professor from Germany every spring.
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Lecture considers modernity, religion
UW Professor Frank Conlon will give the annual “Religion and Contemporary Life” lecture at 7:30 p.
HEC Board calls for tuition authority
University Week Staff Report
The Washington Higher Education Coordinating (HEC) Board last week voted unanimously in support of a resolution that recommends giving tuition-setting authority to public colleges and universities and encourages a restructuring or expansion of the state’s tax system.
Mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ADAI research grants available
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
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TIMELY TOPIC: Within hours of the announcement that Evergreen Forest Trust would purchase 100,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser forestlands in the Cascade foothills, one of the key participants was at the UW’s College of Forest Resources as a panelist discussing the very topic of land trusts.
January 24, 2002
Preeclampsia: Frequent blood-pressure checks are important to find early signs of potentially dangerous condition
| Pam Sowers |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Soon-to-be mothers hope for an uneventful pregnancy.
‘Women Docs’ on TV Sunday: UW-affiliated physicians featured in program that moves from Seattle to Alaska
The next episode of Lifetime television’s “Women Docs” is scheduled to air at 11 p.
Surgery’s Schilling Lecture:University of Toronto expert on shock and fluids to speak Feb. 1
The Department of Surgery’s eighth annual Helen and John Schilling Lecture next week will feature Dr.
Wootton Professorship: Mary Austin-Seymour named to new radiation oncology post
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Faculty Senate meeting slated
The Faculty Senate will meet at 2:30 p.
Lecture to focus on nouveau book bindings
The Art Nouveau Bindings of the Works of Louis Couperus is the title of a talk to be given by H.
In Search of Stories:Detective work leads ‘generalist’ to internment volunteer
At work, Linda Di Biase spends most of her time sleuthing the best publications for the University to purchase; on her own time she’s doing sleuthing of a different sort.
Brain areas involved in imitation identified
In a pair of pioneering studies, a French and American team of social-cognitive neuroscientists have identified a network of brain regions that are involved in human imitation and specific brain areas that enable a person to distinguish the self from others.
Genome Project subject of Faculty Lecture
| Walter Neary |
| Health Sciences News & Community Relations |
Only a year ago, you couldn’t get away from the word “genetics.
Tuition examined: Local authority could help manage University
Just because the governor proposed local tuition-setting authority doesn’t mean it will be a reality when the Legislature closes shop after what is scheduled to be a 60-day session.
Health Sciences/UW Medical Center hold tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Digging it up for the IMA
It may look like an archaeological dig, but it’s actually the construction site for the addition to the IMA.
Mystery photo
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Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ADAI research grants available
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Senior fellow in Dentistry named Magnuson Scholar, clinical scholar
A senior fellow in the Department of Oral Biology at the University of Washington School of Dentistry has received two different and prestigious honors. Dr. Ozlem Yilmaz has been named a Magnuson Scholar by the university, and awarded a clinical scientist (KO8) grant by the National Institutes of Health.
January 22, 2002
Neuroscientists searching for roots of empathy find brain regions involved in learning by imitation
In a pair of pioneering studies, a French and American team of social-cognitive neuroscientists have identified a network of brain regions that are involved in human imitation and specific brain areas that enable a person to distinguish the self from others.
January 20, 2002
Madeleine Albright to speak at University of Washington commencement
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January 17, 2002
School of Dentistry awards first Rothwell teaching prize to Eugene Natkin
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Donating your ‘extra’ kidney: What’s involved?
By Pam Sowers
HS News & Community Relations
What can you possibly give someone that would be more valuable to them than lavish jewelry, a trip to the city of their dreams or even a $100,000 Lamborghini? It’s something you already have and the expense to you will be minimal.
Bonica Lecture Jan. 29 features expert on cancer pain management: Mark Lema of Roswell Park Cancer Institute to speak
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MEDCON awards
Physicians honored for answering regional calls
Ten UW physicians have been honored for outstanding service as MEDCON consultants during 2001.
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