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The latest news from the UW
November 9, 1999
Climate change will have major Northwest impact in next 50 years
Can Washington, Oregon and Idaho handle average temperatures more than 5 degrees warmer, 5 percent more annual precipitation, one-third less winter snowpack and a mountain snow line as much as 1,500 feet higher?
Climate models show such changes are possible in the three-state Columbia River Basin by the middle of the next century as a result of human causes, primarily the spewing of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, a broad panel of scientists and policy analysts said today.
November 8, 1999
“Snow Falling on Cedars” has special local premiere
A special premiere showing of the film, “Snow Falling on Cedars,” adapted from the best-selling novel by local author David Guterson, will be held at 8 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Cinerama Theatre, 2100 Fourth Ave. for one showing only.
Ambassador and former House Speaker Thomas Foley to address UW Law School on Japan and the WTO
Thomas Foley, U.S. ambassador to Japan and former Speaker of the House, will address the University of Washington School of Law on Tuesday, Nov. 16, on “The U.S., Japan, and the WTO New Round.”
November 5, 1999
MEDIA ADVISORY: Scientists to issue report detailing regional impact of climate change
19 scientists from the UW and other regional institutions have compiled a report on how climate change in the Northwest will affect water resources, salmon, forests and coastlines.
November 4, 1999
UW hosts seminar about preventing workplace violence
Workplace violence is a real threat. The University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine is holding a daylong seminar on Nov. 16 on “Preventing Workplace Violence.”
UW School of Medicine teaches doctor/patient communication at each level of physician training
Long recognizing that good doctor/patient communication is essential to good practice, the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine has made it one of the cornerstone skills of the Introduction to Clinical Medicine course series for first- and second-year medical students.
November 2, 1999
Two health screening programs find health problems among some former Hanford workers
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University of Washington Campus Master Plan meetings Nov. 16
The University of Washington is hosting two Campus Master Plan public meetings on Nov. 16, to gather ideas on its preliminary planning concepts concerning open space, circulation and development of the Seattle campus from 2002 to 2012.
November 1, 1999
Professor who headed MIT committee that found systematic discrimination against women faculty to speak at UW forum
Mary C. Potter, MIT professor of brain and cognitive science and chairwoman of the committee that issued a nationally recognized report detailing systematic discrimination against women faculty members in MIT’s School of Science, will speak at the UW about the report and its aftermath.
October 29, 1999
UW to begin clinical trials of an implantable hearing aid system
A new implantable hearing aid system will undergo clinical trials at the University of Washington’s Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, one of five sites selected to study its effectiveness
October 28, 1999
UW, Japanese freshmen team up via the Net for engineering course
University of Washington freshmen are building tiny electro-mechanical valves, constructing a solar-powered fiber-optic laser, developing next-generation materials for ceramic fuel cells and sorting through other technical challenges this term in a new hands-on engineering course – all with the help of some overseas friends.
University of Washington begins Campaign for Arts with $2.5 million gifts
The University of Washington today announced a $12 million Campaign for the Arts and reported gifts of $2.5 million to begin that campaign.
UW awarded $10 million from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The University of Washington has received an additional $10 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to enhance the Mary Gates Endowment for Students.
October 26, 1999
UW expands Parent-Child Assistance Program to Eastern Washington
A University of Washington program that has proven highly effective in intervening with expectant and new mothers who abuse alcohol and drugs is expanding into Spokane, Grant and Yakima counties.
October 22, 1999
University of Washington medical school adds new strategies in training physicians to address unmet societal needs
For more than three decades, the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine has given its medical students hands-on opportunities throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska to learn how their medical training can be directly applied to addressing societal needs.
October 20, 1999
“Health of Hanford” discusses worker health, site conditions
The health of past and present workers and local residents will be among the topics that will be discussed Nov. 2 and 3 in Richland, Wash., during the annual “Health of the Hanford Site” conference sponsored by the University of Washington.
October 19, 1999
University of Washington to create Technology Enterprise Institute, a new model for business creation and research
The University of Washington is planning to create a Technology Enterprise Institute, with the goal of aiding the creation of high-technology businesses while advancing the academic disciplines that relate to enterprise creation.
October 15, 1999
50 expectant couples sought for study, free workshop on improving marital satisfaction after the baby arrives
University of Washington researchers are looking for 50 expectant couples in the Seattle metropolitan area to test a workshop designed to promote healthy marital and family relationships.
October 14, 1999
Wade named University of Washington Science in Medicine WWAMI lecturer
Dr. Paul R. Wade, professor of zoology and physiology and of human medicine at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, has been named the UW School of Medicine’s 15th Science in Medicine WWAMI lecturer.
Wade named University of Washington Science in Medicine WWAMI lecturer
Dr. Paul R. Wade, professor of zoology and physiology and of human medicine at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, has been named the UW School of Medicine’s 15th Science in Medicine WWAMI lecturer.
Forum to discuss Next Generation Internet and medical applications of new technologies
“Access in the Millenium: Medical Applications of New Technologies” is the theme of a forum to be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, Oct. 25, in the Seattle Center’s Conference Center Room H.
October 13, 1999
1999 Autumn Quarter Enrollments at University of Washington
The University of Washington’s main campus 1999 Autumn Quarter enrollment is 35,559, including 930 students in the Evening Degree Program.
October 12, 1999
Study examines STDs among women-to-women sex partners
Researchers at the University of Washington have begun the first extensive study of lesbian and bisexual women and sexually transmitted diseases.
October 8, 1999
Voluntary community service organization for UW medical students receives national Daily Point of Light Award
A voluntary public service organization for University of Washington (UW) medical students, the Community Health Advancement Program (CHAP), was named a Daily Point of Light Award Winner for Monday, Oct. 4.
Pre-WTO forum helps women, minority entrepreneurs go global
Donald King has designed schools before, but you wouldn’t expect a medium-sized Seattle architectural firm like his to go all the way to Ghana to do one.
October 7, 1999
Huge Antarctic ice sheet could be in its death throes
An immense expanse of Antarctic ice that has been receding steadily for 10,000 years poses the most immediate threat of a large sea level rise because of its potential instability, a new study indicates.
October 5, 1999
Ford Motor Co. gift boosts UW student research, diversity recruitment
More students in the University of Washington’s high-demand computer science and electrical engineering programs will soon have the opportunity to conduct hands-on research into embedded system design and how it applies to the transportation industry, thanks to a five-year, $3.85 million grant from Ford Motor Co.
UW Computer Science & Engineering awarded $3 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The University of Washington will receive $3 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish two endowed chairs in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Dick Thompson to become UW director of government relations
Dick Thompson, director of the state’s Office of Financial Management (OFM) since 1997, has been appointed director of government relations at the University of Washington.
October 4, 1999
Dyslexic children use nearly five times the brain area
Dyslexic children use nearly five times the brain area as normal children while performing a simple language task, according to a new study by an interdisciplinary team of University of Washington researchers.
October 1, 1999
Peering into the amazing mind behind those baby blue eyes
The next time you glance at a baby in a crib, appreciate the fact that you are looking at more than just another cute face.
September 30, 1999
Researchers say hormones are key to evolution of insect metamorphosis
Two University of Washington zoology professors are proposing a novel hypothesis for how metamorphosis evolved.
September 28, 1999
Hudson named to endowed chair in pulmonary disease research
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Director-General of World Trade Organization to participate in campus dialogue
Mike Moore, director-general of the World Trade Organization, will participate in a discussion of WTO-related issues from 4:30 to 6:30 p.
September 27, 1999
Bridging the gap: new program encourages underrepresented minorities pursuing science careers
It may not achieve quite the same global impact on minority science education as a recent $1 billion gift from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
First three minutes of discussion about on-going area of marital conflict are predictive of divorce for newlyweds
University of Washington researchers who have been putting marriages under the equivalent of a microscope say it is possible to predict which newlywed couples will divorce from the way partners interact in just the first three minutes of a discussion about an area of continuing disagreement.
September 22, 1999
Scholars, Internet visionaries, government strategists gather at UW
A group of international scholars and leaders in the public and private sectors, including Vinton Cerf, one of the four men credited with founding the Internet, will gather at the University of Washington for a conference to discuss how the Internet is transforming politics and economics on a global scale.
September 21, 1999
First-of-its-kind information fluency course prepares students to roll with punches in rapidly changing world of information technology
It’s an hour before a major presentation and your computer isn’t cooperating.
International symposium studies bacteria-heart disease connection
One hundred scientists from around the world are meeting this week (Sept. 22 to 25) in Seattle in the largest conference yet to focus on the possible connections between bacteria and heart disease
Award-winning history of Puget Sound Indians grew from historian’s experience representing tribes in court
Just like the people she’s worked with and written about, historian Alexandra Harmon has reinvented herself.
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