July 17, 2000
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
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.
July 7, 2000
In one of the largest and most comprehensive studies to date of the care received by elderly patients suffering an acute myocardial infarction, University of Washington researchers have revealed gender-based differences in early, in-hospital management.
July 1, 2000
The University of Washington has named Professor Ed Lazowska to the first Bill & Melinda Gates Endowed Chair in Computer Science.
June 30, 2000
Intriguing archaeological sites that may go back 15,000 years and a mountain lake pierced by a volcanic cone that has been isolated for at least 30,000 years are among the primary targets for an international team of researchers heading for the North Pacific in the sixth year of the International Kuril Island Project.
June 27, 2000
Don’t even try to think of a joke, a jibe or a bad pun.
The first major political-attitude survey of people with disabilities ? 54 million Americans who could be viewed as the nation’s largest minority group ? reveals distinctive opinions and potential clout largely untapped by parties and candidates.
June 22, 2000
Robert Mugerauer, Sid Richardson Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Architecture, has been selected to be the next dean of the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning, effective Sept. 1.
At the turn of the 20th century it was common for museums in the Western world to have broad collections including mummies.
June 19, 2000
Dr. Alan M. Weiner, currently a professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry and of genetics at Yale University School of Medicine, has been named chair of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine.
June 16, 2000
One of the most generous scholarship gifts ever received by the University of Washington will help women in Washington wishing to pursue careers in science and technology.
June 13, 2000
Students in the University of Washington’s civil and environmental engineering department hope to paddle their way to national acclaim later this month in a canoe made of concrete.
June 12, 2000
University of Washington researchers in collaboration with the Seattle-based biotechnology company, Corixa Corp., have determined that the HER-2/neu protein, which is over-produced, or “expressed,” by some breast and ovarian cancer cells, can stimulate an immune response in cancer patients.
June 8, 2000
Two University of Washington economists have discovered that American men work longer hours after having children – and the effect is significantly greater when they have sons than when they have daughters.
June 7, 2000
The Sciences and Tribes Educational Partnership (STEP) – based in the UW’s College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences and the College of Forest Resources – will hold its first summer institute June 7-30.
June 6, 2000
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June 5, 2000
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June 2, 2000 UW president, professors arrive in Yakima Valley June 15 to tour clinic, visit Heritage College and review GEAR UP partnershipsA busload of University of Washington professors will visit the Yakima Valley June 15 for a busy day that includes touring a family-medicine clinic, seeing Heritage College, reviewing educational-outreach efforts in the Yakima Valley and hearing about community-revitalization projects in the town of Wapato. UW professors to explore Wenatchee orchard industry June 12 during Faculty Field TourA busload of University of Washington professors will visit Wenatchee’s Stemilt packing plant and Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center June 12 as part of the third annual UW Faculty Field Tour. UW president, professors to tour penitentiary June 14; join Tri-Cities panel on salmon and dams June 15A busload of University of Washington professors will tour the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla June 14 and take part in a panel discussion on dams and salmon the following day in Kennewick. Do automatic shoulder seatbelts provide a false sense of security?Drivers and passengers who rely on automatic shoulder belts risk serious injury if they fail to use their lap belts at the same time, according to a study by physicians at Harborview Medical Center to be published in the June 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. UW president, professors to meet with Colville leaders June 13 to discuss planning, development and educationA busload of University of Washington professors will be briefed June 13 on Colville community planning and business development as part of the third annual UW Faculty Field Tour. May 31, 2000 Students help inner-city businesses cross ‘Digital Divide’More than 80 University of Washington business students have narrowed – at least slightly – the technology gap known as the Digital Divide by helping Seattle’s inner-city small-business owners compete in the wired world. May 26, 2000 UW, Seattle law firm set pace in tricky area of intellectual property by teaching techies the legal ins and outsThe department of electrical engineering at the University of Washington has grabbed worldwide academic attention in recent months with a groundbreaking push to teach its engineers the ins and outs of intellectual property law. May 25, 2000 Tropical tree distribution could have implications for forest management, conservation
The sheer diversity of tropical forests – where 130 acres can contain as many as 1,100 tree species and 366,000 individual trees – has long clouded the basic ecological question of whether tropical trees of the same species are “aggregated” or dispersed randomly across the landscape. May 24, 2000 Novel treatment helps dyslexics significantly improve reading skills, shows the brain changes as children learnA novel treatment for dyslexia not only helps children to significantly improve their reading skills but also shows that the brain changes as dyslexics learn, according to a study by an interdisciplinary team of University of Washington scientists. May 23, 2000 Northwest Coast Indian information available on WebA unique collection of information about the Northwest Coast Indians is now available on the Web as a result of a University of Washington Libraries-led project, under a grant from the Library of Congress and Ameritech. May 22, 2000 UW partners with Advanced Tissue Sciences and others in $10 million grant to ‘grow’ human heart tissueBioengineering researchers at the University of Washington will lead a multi-million-dollar effort to grow functional human heart tissue, an undertaking that could lead to tissue-engineered replacement hearts and set in place the technology to grow other major organs in the laboratory. Gender switching on the Internet isn’t as common as believedWhen it comes to gender switching, the Internet appears to be a far tamer frontier and much more conventional than many critics have claimed. May 19, 2000 UW program wins national substance abuse prevention awardReconnecting Youth, a substance abuse prevention program from the University of Washington School of Nursing, was one of two Washington programs that won an Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Program Award for 1999, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) announced this week. May 18, 2000 Kennewick Man not affected by minor Burke Museum floodA pipe burst in a freezer system at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture on the University of Washington campus early this morning causing minor water damage UW to launch Technology Management MBAA new kind of University of Washington MBA will offer rising technology professionals the knowledge and skills to become corporate leaders, Business School Dean Yash Gupta announced today. May 16, 2000 Student foresters bring annual celebration back to Seattle campusUndergraduates from the University of Washington’s College of Forest Resources will be explaining the range of careers possible in forestry today and competing in logger sports using chain saws, crosscut saws and axes during “Garb Day.” UW School of Nursing receives record endowment from Bellingham coupleBob and Jean Reid of Bellingham have made a $5 million donation to the University of Washington School of Nursing—the largest gift in the school’s history. May 15, 2000 Mutant mice voluntarily drink more alcohol, recover faster from its sedative effectsResearchers trying to unravel the causes of alcoholism have discovered that mice voluntarily drink significantly more alcohol when a gene that encodes a key brain protein is missing. May 12, 2000 Groundbreaking course helps future teachers get art into classroomsSome future teachers have spent their final quarter at the University of Washington on center stage, with a paintbrush and pallet in hand, while considering music theory. May 11, 2000 Patricia Wasley selected as dean of College of EducationPatricia Wasley, who currently is dean of the Graduate School of Education at Bank Street College in New York, has been selected to be dean of the University of Washington College of Education, effective Sept. 1, 2000. Five Seattle scientists selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute InvestigatorsFive Seattle researchers — three from the University of Washington and two from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center — have been selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. May 10, 2000 UW family practice residents research gun ownership, gun safety practices and gun safety counselingUniversity of Washington (UW) third-year family practice residents took on a year-long community project to learn whether gun safety was a health issue for their patients Gun Safety Editorial by Dr. Chien-Wen Tseng: Common Ground in the Gun DebatePublished in the Tuesday, May 9, 2000 edition of the Seattle Times. |