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September 19, 2000
Editorial calls for making defibrillators available for home use to save lives of heart attack victims
Sudden cardiac arrest remains the No. 1 killer of adults in the United States. Coronary artery disease will kill 250,000 or more people this year. One way to reduce the numbers of these deaths dramatically is to make automatic external defibrillators, or AEDs, widely available for home use, said Dr. Mickey Eisenberg.
September 18, 2000
Is everything you know about love and sex wrong?
When it comes to love and sex, one size definitely doesn’t fit all.
UW coordinates analysis of Ginkgo biloba study
Can the extract of the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree prevent or delay memory loss and personality changes associated with aging? Scientists at the University of Washington will analyze data being collected nationwide in a $15 million National Institutes of Health study of ginkgo.
September 14, 2000
Quake jars assumptions about crustal plumbing, life at mid-ocean ridges
A small earthquake off the coast of Washington that caused hydrothermal vent systems miles away to pump out substantially warmer water at 10 times the rate and in an unexpected pulsing pattern has seafloor geologists questioning long-held assumptions about how fluid circulates within oceanic crust.
September 13, 2000
Talking to the Internet: UW researchers win $4 million to bring people and cyberspace together
If David Allstot and his University of Washington colleagues have their way, a few years from now you may find yourself talking to the Internet through your wristwatch.
September 12, 2000
Readers become part of the action through high-tech mixture
of traditional storytelling and virtual reality in UW’s ‘Magic Book’
A Magic Book looks like a traditional book – it has text and colorful pictures. But look at it through a lightweight viewer and moving, three-dimensional images jump off the page.
Subliminal ‘rats’ ad could backfire on Bush, GOP
“Rats” the subliminal political commercial will never rival “Cats” for longevity, but it may prove to be one long bad memory for the national Republican Party, according to a University of Washington researcher who was among the first to show that subliminal visual messages can influence human thought processes and decision-making.
Dr. Douglas S. Paauw named to Rathmann Family Foundation Chair
Dr. Douglas S. Paauw, associate professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Washington, has been appointed as the first holder of the Rathmann Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Patient-Centered Clinical Education.
Gifts to University of Washington set record
Gifts to the University of Washington in 1999-2000 surged by more than 30% to a record total of $134,038,997. The previous year’s total was $102,925,052.
September 11, 2000
UW establishes first Endowed Chair for Women’s Sports Medicine and Lifetime Fitness
As many of the world’s leading female athletes descend on the Olympic Games in Sydney, the University of Washington School of Medicine is establishing what may be the nation’s first endowed chair dedicated solely to the study of women’s sports medicine and lifetime fitness.
Marital researchers now can predict not only which couples will divorce but when they will split
Researchers studying the state of American marriages now can predict not only which couples will divorce but also when they will divorce.
Political parody sites pack a serious information punch, study shows
All kidding aside, Web sites that make fun of the presidential contenders do an effective job of educating ? as well as amusing ? a growing segment of the electorate, according to a new University of Washington study.
September 7, 2000
New evidence indicates huge vegetation loss accompanied mass extinction
The greatest mass extinction in Earth history eliminated 85 percent to 90 percent of all marine and land vertebrate species 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period and the beginning of the Triassic. New evidence from researchers at the University of Washington and the South African Museum shows the extinction was accompanied by a massive loss of vegetation, causing major changes in river systems.
White House honors Washington MESA program with Presidential Mentoring Award
A statewide program designed to involve elementary through high school students in math, science and engineering has won a presidential award for mentoring, White House officials announced today.
Environmental health issues come front and center at town meeting
Key environmental health concerns for Washington will be aired at a town meeting Sept. 29 and 30 in Seattle.
September 6, 2000
Institute for K-12 Leadership Receives $5.76 Million Grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Create Small Model Secondary Schools
The Institute for K-12 Leadership at the University of Washington announced today that it has received $5,760,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to create small model secondary schools in eight urban school districts across the nation.
UW establishes special lab for gene and cell therapy
The University of Washington School of Medicine is opening a state-of-the-art laboratory to explore the cutting edge of medicine’s future: gene and cell therapy.
August 31, 2000
Lazowska steps down, Notkin is new UW computer science chairman
Professor David Notkin, an internationally recognized expert in software engineering, will become the new chairman of the University of Washington’s nationally ranked Department of Computer Science & Engineering tomorrow when current chairman Ed Lazowska steps down after leading the department for eight years.
August 30, 2000
Scientists sequence the largest bacterial genome yet
Scientists have completed mapping the genome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the largest bacterium sequenced so far, which may lead to potential new treatments for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), patients with severe burns and others who develop this type of infection.
Children growing up in families with physical or verbal abuse more likely to smoke
The family environment that children grow up in can have long-lasting effects on whether they smoke, according to a new study by University of Washington researchers who used data collected over a 35-year time span.
August 29, 2000
Some antihypertensive drugs may cause unnecessary illness
Up to 85,000 unnecessary heart attacks and cases of heart failure may occur worldwide every year among the estimated 28 million users of longer-acting calcium channel blockers (CCBs), a class of drugs used to treat high blood pressure, according to the results of a study reported Monday at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Amsterdam.
August 25, 2000
Sedro-Woolley, Kelso, Steilacoom, Bellingham teachers join UW expedition
Teachers Beverly Mowrer of Sedro-Woolley High School, Cynthia Maldonado of Kelso’s Cornerstone Christian Community School, Robert Mize of Steilacoom Historical School and Misty Nikula-Ohlsen of Bellingham’s Whatcom Day Academy will sail Sept. 1 to 19 with scientists who are seeking information about the rugged, volcanically active areas on the seafloor 200 miles off the Washington coast.
Flying showers, winning water skis, better fishing rods: UW professor taps group brainpower to push engineering projects forward
Transcontinental business travelers could be singing in the shower rather than enduring the weary griminess that marks the end of globe-hopping flights if Dan Brunton has his way.
August 23, 2000
Teen ‘guest hackers’ to attempt digital intrusion during UW workshop on computer security
Computer professionals at the University of Washington will get hands-on training in Internet security on Thursday when a couple of teen-age cyber aficionados attempt to hack digital safeguards set up by the university.
August 21, 2000
Russia scholar paints startling portrait in ‘Yeltsin’ documentary
Despite contemporary Russia’s serious troubles, its founding father, Boris Yeltsin, will be portrayed in an unexpectedly sympathetic light when public television profiles the former Russian president in a 90-minute nationwide special on Aug. 28.
Washington Research Foundation supports UW’s Cell Systems Initiative
The Washington Research Foundation has made a $250,000 grant to the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Cell Systems Initiative (CSI).
August 16, 2000
MOSAIC 2000 to explore places where math and art intersect
Computer scientists, mathematicians and architects will join artists, musicians, writers and poets on the University of Washington campus next week to explore the junctures where their disciplines overlap – zones that have helped revolutionize art in the past and promise to take creative endeavors in new directions in the future.
August 9, 2000
Microscopic bone evidence supports dinosaur-bird evolution link
A researcher at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington and a Japanese colleague have found similarities in bone structure suggesting that birds did, in fact, evolve from a group of dinosaurs.
August 8, 2000
Students ‘GEAR UP’ for college through summer institute at UW
About 1,000 seventh- through 12th-grade students will spend a week on the University of Washington campus Aug. 14-18 as part of an innovative program to increase the number of low-income students who go to college.
August 3, 2000
Washington public school teachers join UW expedition
Teachers Diane Nielsen of Mercer Island High School, Tom Lee of Battleground’s Columbia Adventist Academy, Evan Justin of Vashon Island Middle School and Melissa Cohen of Seattle’s Meany Middle School are among the teachers sailing Aug. 3 to 21 aboard the University of Washington’s vessel the Thomas G. Thompson seeking information about the rugged, volcanically active areas on the seafloor 200 miles off the Washington coast.
Scientists map first structure in crucial family of proteins
An international team including scientists from the University of Washington has mapped the first crystal structure of a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), one of a family of proteins that are crucial to everything from vision to the development of the human embryo, according to a paper published in the Aug. 4 issue of Science.
July 31, 2000
UW names Nancy Wells vice president for development and alumni relations
Nancy L. Wells, currently associate vice president and director of university development at Stanford University, has been named vice president for development and alumni relations at the University of Washington by UW President Richard L. McCormick.
July 27, 2000
DO-IT summer camp for disabled students to begin at UW
More than 40 high school students with disabilities from Washington and Oregon will gather at the UW campus in Seattle for the summer study sessions of the Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology (DO-IT) Program. DO-IT is an award-winning program intended to show the students how to develop the skills needed to enter a college and succeed in a university setting.
July 24, 2000
UW to launch nation’s first doctoral program in tiny world of nanotechnology
The University of Washington is launching the nation’s first doctoral degree program in nanotechnology, an undertaking designed to prepare students as leaders in a world in which engineering the very small will soon become big business.
July 21, 2000
UW scientist leads the way in computer graphics research by melding traditional art and high tech
Where art and technology meet, you’ll find David Salesin. The University of Washington associate professor of Computer Science & Engineering and senior researcher at Microsoft Corp. has been expanding what’s possible at that juncture for more than a decade, bringing techniques from the fine arts to the computer screen.
July 19, 2000
200 volunteers sought for study to find better depression treatment
University of Washington researchers trying to come up with more effective treatments for depression, America’s most common mental health problem, are looking for 200 Puget Sound residents to volunteer for a new study
Sharon Nelson to head Center for Law, Commerce and Technology
Sharon Nelson, chairwoman of the state Utilities and Transportation Commission from 1985 to 1997, has been named the first director of the University of Washington Law School’s Center for Law, Commerce and Technology.
July 18, 2000
Firm parental rules can deter or delay teen use of alcohol, marijuana
There’s new evidence that parents can prevent or delay their children from using alcohol and marijuana if they set clear rules and expectations – even if the relationships between parents and children seem strained during the teen years.
July 17, 2000
UW team to examine effects of change in southern Africa on air pollution
A state-of-the-art University of Washington research aircraft will be a key element in the Southern Africa Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) campaign, taking low-altitude readings that will be correlated to data from a high-flying NASA aircraft and from a satellite that is part of NASA’s Earth Observing System.
July 11, 2000
Extra oxygen improves survival odds for climbers on Mount Everest, K2
Climbers who conquer the world’s highest peak are about one-third as likely to die during descent if they use supplemental oxygen during the journey than if they rely only on the limited oxygen in thin mountain air, a University of Washington researcher has found.
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