The latest news from the UW

Scientists at the University of Washington have been analyzing data since the Feb. 28 Nisqually earthquake that shook both structures and nerves in the Puget Sound region, and have some conclusions to present this week at a national conference. They also have a mystery or two.

Unlike normally developing and mentally retarded children, autistic 3- and 4-year-olds do not react to a picture of their mother but do react when they see a picture of a familiar toy, a University of Washington psychologist has found.

Online auctions have soared to immense popularity, enticing more than 35 million armchair bidders, but four out of 10 of those buyers report having had problems with a transaction.

Dr. Albert J. Berger, professor of physiology and biophysics, has been named associate dean of research and graduate education at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine.

William H. Gray, III, president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), will speak at the University of Washington Commencement exercises June 9 at Husky Stadium.

Solomon Trujillo, a leader in launching wireless sensor networks, will speak tomorrow at the University of Washington Business School Dean’s Lecture.

Graduates of University of Washington Medical Center’s Prematurity Prevention Program participating in March of Dimes WalkAmerica on Saturday, April 28 will meet at the finish line in Husky Stadium to start a celebration at 10 a.m. They’ll join more program participants for a gathering in the UWMC Plaza Café starting at 11 a.m. The reunion brings together mothers who worked on preventing the early births of their babies and clinical staff members to celebrate the children’s health and compare notes.

Third annual University of Washington astronomy department open house

Joseph Duncan, who has held top management positions at Oracle Corp. and Borland International, has joined the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Cell Systems Initiative (CSI) as chief of operations and information technology.

Michelle Habell-Pallan, a University of Washington assistant professor of American ethnic studies, has been awarded a career enhancement fellowship by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Puget Sound area children in the fifth and sixth grades who love to read are being sought as volunteers by University of Washington researchers trying to help other children with learning disabilities improve their reading and language skills.

The University of Washington is No. 1 among primary-care medical schools and nursing schools in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of graduate programs and professional schools.

For the eighth consecutive year, the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine has ranked as the nation’s top primary-care medical school in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of graduate and professional schools.

With the Census Bureau reporting two-thirds growth in the number of Hispanic-owned business in Washington state, a University of Washington and Heritage College student project plans to provide such businesses in the Yakima Valley with desperately needed support.

With the Census Bureau reporting two-thirds growth in the number of Hispanic-owned business in Washington state, a University of Washington and Heritage College student project plans to provide such businesses in the Yakima Valley with desperately needed support.

Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the University of Washington School of Medicine, announced today the appointment of Kathleen Sellick as executive director of University of Washington Medical Center.

Sarah Bernhardt strides across the pages of Susan Glenn’s book like a colossus.

The Fourth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, to be held noon to 5 p.m. Friday, May 4 in Mary Gates Hall, features the work of 260 undergraduates, in fields ranging from art to zoology.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is providing a $393,435 grant to the Tribal Connections project co-sponsored by the University of Washington and the National Library of Medicine. The collaboration will open access to electronic health information resources for Southwest Native American tribes.

Aided by a 56-foot-long photo montage, the energy of adolescents and the expertise of volunteer architects, the University of Washington this week will try to find a better way to help a neighborhood envision its future.

University of Washington researchers are on a scientific genealogical hunt and are looking for 500 first- through ninth-grade boys and girls in the Puget Sound area who are having problems reading or with spelling and handwriting.

This is the third of a series of releases about Comet Hale-Bopp, which is now at its brightest.

Dr. Roy C. Page of the University of Washington School of Dentistry has been named recipient of the AADR Distinguished Scientist Award, presented every three to six years by the American Association for Dental Research (AADR).

The University of Washington’s fourth Distinguished Professor in Dentistry Symposium, “Dentistry’s Future: Broadening the Impact on Patient Health and Dental Practice,” will be held Thursday and Friday, May 24 and 25, at the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel in Seattle.

Tour one of the nation’s most sophisticated oceanographic vessels, learn more about deep-sea vents where superheated water billows out of the seafloor feeding whole communities of unusual microorganisms and learn about the latest University of Washington efforts to explore the world’s oceans at an open house the last weekend of March.

Older adults are invited to a half-day seminar, “Exercise, Health and Aging,” that will offer plenty of practical tips about exercise. The seminar will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, April 3, at the Shoreline Center. Speakers will include Mary Ann Wilson, whose exercise program “Sit and Be Fit” is a fixture on public television.

The University of Washington’s research into understanding and finding life in the universe received a major boost today with a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and membership in NASA’s Astrobiology Institute.

The creation of a new transgenic mouse that makes a mysterious brain chemical may lead to better understanding of why people with Alzheimer’s disease lose their memory.

The crashing stock market. The Northwest’s impending recession. An increase in mortgage-loan and credit-card delinquencies. All vital issues facing businesses in the slowing economy. Phyllis Campbell, president of U.S. Bank, Washington, will speak about a business leader’s role in the midst of such a fast-changing economy at the University of Washington Business School Dean’s Breakfast Lecture Series talk at 8 a.m., Wednesday, March 21 in the Husky Union Building’s West Ballroom on the UW campus. A continental breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m.

This morning’s state revenue forecast – which normally guides lawmakers through key spending decisions – may not fully account for an impending economic slowdown, according to a University of Washington analysis.

The ground in the Puget Sound region didn’t just shake during the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake, it moved — literally.

University of Washington President Richard L. McCormick has selected Nancy “Rusty” Barceló to be the next vice president for minority affairs, effective July 1. She also will have an affiliate faculty appointment in the Department of American Ethnic Studies.

Several brief office visits along with continuing telephone calls or even e-mailed notes can help prevent relapse into depression among patients known to be at risk. A University of Washington study showed that interventions spaced throughout a 12-month follow-up period after an acute episode helped patients at risk of a relapse into major depression, also known as dysthymia, show a significant improvement in their adherence to an anti-depressant medication program.

Washington is one of five states selected to be a pioneer in developing and bringing the next generation of Internet materials, applications, and tools to K-12 schools and colleges.

At a time when new technology is continually increasing the need to understand international commerce, students from 15 countries will join together to learn about each other and to compete during the University of Washington Business School’s third annual Global Business Challenge case competition, April 1 – 7.

Kevin Zatloukal, a senior in the University of Washington’s Department of Computer Science & Engineering, is one of two winners of the Computing Research Association’s 2001 “Outstanding Undergraduate” award. Zatloukal, whose work as an undergraduate has resulted in three publications and one patent, will be honored this Sunday at an awards banquet in San Jose, Calif.

The Puget Sound region is being plagued by rumors that another major earthquake is imminent, but University of Washington scientists say the rumors are being fueled by people who have no scientific basis for their far-fetched claims.

Long before dot-com millionaires and wealthy Californians rediscovered the San Juan Islands as an ideal place to build fancy summer homes, the Coast Salish people inhabited the area for more than 11,000 years. But little visible evidence remains of their long occupation of the land.

Children who see the same doctor repeatedly are likely to stay healthier than children who see different doctors, according to a University of Washington study. Children with a regular doctor are considerably less likely than their peers to find themselves in an emergency room or admitted to a hospital.