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December 13, 2001
Transplanting small-bowel cells
By Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
Adult stem cell research may lead to great advances in science and health research, but first researchers must literally find a method to the madness.
Urban horticulture library reopens
The Center for Urban Horticulture’s Miller Library reopened Dec.
Medieval chant concert returning
Last December, the new Mary Gates Hall was the scene of a musical experiment – a performance of medieval chant in the Commons.
Crafty crows flock to thievery
Crows and ravens are depicted as being clever and tricky animals in countless American Indian stories and legends.
While economy lags, UW sticks to mission
You are all aware that the state of Washington is facing severe financial challenges.
Students to provide window dressing for Ave. storefronts
When Aaron Hoard met with Ave.
Home Front: International news agencies see conflict differently
Since Sept.
Scientists follow plume of pollution on both sides of Pacific
Scientists watched closely last spring as a haze of pollution, which had been tracked by satellite as it crossed the Pacific Ocean, settled over a large swath of North America from Calgary, Alberta, into Arizona.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Some events scheduled early in January:
Harborview day on Discovery Channel – On Sunday, Jan.
Notices
Payroll notices
Employee Identification Numbers
In response to concerns about assuring the privacy of social security numbers, the Payroll/Personnel system (HEPPS) will convert from social security numbers (SSN) to employee identification numbers (EID) as the primary means of employee identification and record keeping.
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ARTIST UNKNOWN: A University Week reader who admired the totem pole on the cover of the Dec.
Mystery photo
Last week’s answer: last week’s photo was taken in the courtyard outside of Meany Theater, as almost everyone who entered knew.
On the Rhodes to Oxford
UW’s newest Rhodes Scholar, Elizabeth Angell, poses with International Studies Professor Resat Kasaba just before the class she TAs for him, “States and Capitalism.
Hanging the garland
Jeffer Knowles wore his UW colors to hang the garland around the UW Medical Center entrance for the holiday season.
A Nobel moment
Leland Hartwell, center, smiles as he enjoys the banquet for winners of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Sweden.
December 12, 2001
UW dentistry students learn high-tech photography for patients
Students in the University of Washington School of Dentistry are finding a new and high-tech way to communicate with patients and plan comprehensive treatment. They are taking a course in digital photography.
December 11, 2001
Pollution in Asian air mass likely measured on both sides of Pacific
Scientists watched closely last spring as a haze of pollution, which had been tracked by satellite as it crossed the Pacific Ocean, settled over a large swath of North America from Calgary, Canada, into Arizona.
December 10, 2001
Dr. Eugene Natkin presented with first distinguished teacher award
Dr. Eugene Natkin, professor emeritus of endodontics in the University of Washington School of Dentistry, has received the first Bruce R. Rothwell Distinguished Teacher Award.
A little larceny comes naturally to northwestern crows
Crows and ravens are depicted as being clever and tricky animals in countless American Indian stories and legends. Those characterizations apparently are right on the mark, according to a pair of University of Washington researchers who have found a species of crow that is constantly looking for opportunities to steal food from other members of its flock.
December 7, 2001
Statement from Dr. Eric Larson, medical director at University of Washington Medical Center
“Widespread news coverage has been given this week to Donald Church, who, in the course of a lifesaving procedure at UW Medical Center in June 2000, experienced a serious medical error.
Information about medical errors
The following statement is from Dr. Eric Larson, medical director at University of Washington Medical Center:
December 6, 2001
Notices
Payroll notices
Check the address on your paycheck
Check the address listed on your paycheck.
Scanning for brain functions
By Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations
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Public health project to evaluate Northwest child mental health
The UW’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program, based in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, has received a grant from the Paul G.
Disis continues work to develop a vaccine for breast cancer recurrence
By Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
Of women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, 30 percent will develop a recurrence within five years.
Celebrating a Nobel Prize
Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell, second from right, posed with yeast geneticists and former colleagues from the UW Department of Genetics, now known as the Department of Genome Sciences, at a luncheon given to honor him by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) Board of Trustees on Nov.
Infant mental health center established
By Laurie McHale
Center on Human Development and Disability
To focus on the social and emotional health and well-being of the youngest members of society, a new Center on Infant Mental Health and Development is being established at the UW.
Preventing heart attacks: Dramatic improvement with statin-niacin combo
By Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations
Treatment with a combination of statin and niacin can slash the risk of a fatal or non-fatal heart attack or hospitalization for chest pain by 70 percent among patients who are likely to suffer heart attacks and/or death from coronary heart disease, according to a study by UW researchers in the Nov.
Health, safety committee members named
The votes have been counted in the Health & Safety Committee election.
Collaborative dance concert kicks off tonight
MFA candidates in dance designed the moves, postgraduate composers wrote the music and undergraduate dance students bring it all to life in the Composer/Choreographer Collaborative Concert, opening tonight in Meany Studio Theater.
Center to help those who care for society’s children
Aside from the Internal Revenue Service, perhaps no government agencies are the object of more scorn than state child protective services organizations (CPS).
Scientists track protein changes with new technique
Researchers at the UW have developed a new technique for observing large proteins that gives scientists the most detailed picture yet of the biological workhorses in action and promises to shed light on a wide range of issues, including the biocompatibility of medical implants, blood-clotting processes and how cancer spreads.
Play explores racial profiling
For Valerie Curtis-Newton, the theater isn’t just a place to perform plays; it’s “a place for communities to gather to create and experience stories that directly apply to their lives.
Urban ecology: Collaborative program prepares students for real world
A group of UW faculty intent on changing the culture of graduate education has just received $2.
How to try bin Laden is far from certain
Since Sept.
Autistic brain bigger, less responsive than normal
Preschool-age children with autism exhibit no difference in brain activity when they are shown photographs of faces displaying different emotions, and their brains are larger than normal, according to new research at the UW’s Autism Center.
Registration nears for MLK service day
By Steve Hill
University Week
Officials at the UW are hoping faculty, staff and students will put their Jan.
New ATM options coming soon
By Steve Hill
University Week
Consider it money in the bank.
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WINNING WTO: The UW’s WTO History Project, <A href="http://depts.
Mystery photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
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