January 7, 2002
Recent research at the University of Washington has found that a series of land-use decisions dating from the 1930s, from road building and streamside logging to dam construction, led to sedimentation that has made the Skokomish perhaps the most flood-prone river in the state.
January 4, 2002
The University of Washington Academic Medical Center is offering the general public the chance to learn about medical science, patient care and cutting-edge research by attending Mini-Medical School 2002.
January 3, 2002
An investigation of the activity of individual human nerve cells during the act of memory indicates that the brain’s nerve cells are even more specialized than many people think.
January 2, 2002
Neuroscientists examining the brain activity of people who learned to speak American Sign Language (ASL) at different times in their lives have found the first evidence that there is a critical period for acquiring a non-verbal language, just as there is for spoken languages.
December 31, 2001
Beds of thousands of tiny pulsating artificial “hairs” can provide a precise method for steering small satellites to docking stations on larger vessels, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Washington.
December 21, 2001
Most of the people at greater risk of acquiring HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS, don’t know it, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Washington.
December 20, 2001
During the last 40 years, chemists have developed an understanding of how an electron transfers from one group to another to create new compounds. Now a team of University of Washington chemists has found that the same ideas apply to transferring a hydrogen atom — an electron and a proton together. That understanding could prove important to scientists trying to devise new classes of chemical reactions.
The Discovery Health documentaries produced at Harborview this summer are scheduled to air Sunday, Jan. 6. The shows focus on HMC’s orthopaedics and neurosciences programs. Two video crews were on-site at the medical center for eight weeks under the direction of Community Relations. Many thanks to the staff, patients and families who gave permission to document the outstanding programs and services at Harborview.
December 19, 2001
The Learning Disabilities Center at the University of Washington is looking for 250 Seattle and Puget Sound children in the fourth through ninth grades to participate in a family genetics study of spelling disabilities.
December 18, 2001
Pancreatic cancer seems swift and unforgiving to its victims. Typically, the disease is not detected until after it has spread to other organs, and it is highly resistant to chemotherapy and radiation. Of the 29,000 people who will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year, approximately 28,900 will die within a few months of that diagnosis. Experts at the University of Washington say this situation is changing, and they predict huge breakthroughs in both early detection and therapy in the next 10 years.
December 17, 2001
UW robotics students, K-12 observers, College of Engineering faculty and staff and 13 self-controlled robot golfers participate in a tournament featuring student-designed and built golfing robots
December 14, 2001
The Washington State Executive Ethics Board today approved settlement of a case involving allegations that University of Washington President Richard L. McCormick and Athletic Director Barbara Hedges violated provisions of the state’s Executive Ethics Law when the UW participated in the 1999 Holiday Bowl and 2001 Rose Bowl. The allegations dealt with whether travel to the bowls by University Regents, staff and their families, and in some instances guests were in violation of state ethics laws.
December 13, 2001
The dates for the 2002 Health Sciences Open House have been set for Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27.
National Medical Fellowships (NMF) has presented a 2001 Community Service Award to Dr.
A UW public health professor is one of 30 people from around the world who make up the first group of scholars for the Fulbright New Century Scholars Program, a U.
By Pam Sowers
HS News & Community Relations
For years, people suffering through alcoholism or drug abuse with a family member have been told they have to confront the problem head-on, by holding an intervention and making him or her face up to the problem.
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.
The Center for Urban Horticulture’s Miller Library reopened Dec.
Last December, the new Mary Gates Hall was the scene of a musical experiment – a performance of medieval chant in the Commons.
Crows and ravens are depicted as being clever and tricky animals in countless American Indian stories and legends.
You are all aware that the state of Washington is facing severe financial challenges.
When Aaron Hoard met with Ave.
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.
Some events scheduled early in January:
Harborview day on Discovery Channel – On Sunday, Jan.
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.
ARTIST UNKNOWN: A University Week reader who admired the totem pole on the cover of the Dec.
Last week’s answer: last week’s photo was taken in the courtyard outside of Meany Theater, as almost everyone who entered knew.
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.
Jeffer Knowles wore his UW colors to hang the garland around the UW Medical Center entrance for the holiday season.
Leland Hartwell, center, smiles as he enjoys the banquet for winners of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Sweden.
December 12, 2001
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
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, professor emeritus of endodontics in the University of Washington School of Dentistry, has received the first Bruce R. Rothwell Distinguished Teacher Award.
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
“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.
The following statement is from Dr. Eric Larson, medical director at University of Washington Medical Center:
December 6, 2001
Payroll notices
Check the address on your paycheck
Check the address listed on your paycheck.
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.