The latest news from the UW

Harborview Medical Center has received its three-year accreditation with the special designation of commendation from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). This is the highest rating that the JCAHO awards to health care organizations.

Harborview Medical Center has received a three-year accreditation from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations with the special designation of commendation.

A plume of pollution that crossed the Pacific Ocean from Asia earlier this year contained ozone at levels high enough to violate a new federal ozone standard.

News conference by the newly formed Hepatitis C Coalition to discuss key findings from a statewide public awareness survey about a largely unknown, but potentially deadly, disease.

Even before protests and arrests disrupted this week’s World Trade Organization conference, Puget Sound residents were skeptical of the WTO’s mission and believed the organization wasn’t listening to the public and didn’t care what it thought, according to a University of Washington survey.

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Consumer advocate Ralph Nader will address the University of Washington Law School tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 2) on his criticisms of the World Trade Organization.

Microwaves similar to those emitted by cell phones may affect long-term memory, according to a new study by a University of Washington researcher.

A forum entitled “The United States, the European Union and WTO: Genetically Modified Products, National Sanctions, British Beef, and American Hormones,” will take place from 6:10 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the University of Washington’s Kane Hall 120.

A speech by Cuban President Fidel Castro at the University of Washington, which had been tentatively scheduled for Dec. 2, has been cancelled.

A conference, The WTO and the Developing World in the Millennium Round: Beyond the NGO Din, will be held at the University of Washington from 8:30 – 5:00 on Monday, November 29 in the Walker-Ames Room in Kane Hall.

A speech by Cuban President Fidel Castro is tentatively planned for 8 p.m. Dec. 2 in Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus, but his appearance in Seattle has not been confirmed.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is scheduled to visit the University of Washington’s Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center Dec. 9 to participate in a Global Health Roundtable sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

This Thanksgiving will be the third year in a row that Sandi Claudell has provided a turkey dinner with all the trimmings for families of patients hospitalized in University of Washington Medical Center’s Critical Care Unit.

Discovery provides key for development of improved blood-clotting drugs for hemophiliacs and better blood-thinning medications for those at risk of stroke and heart attack

Fuzzy logic can deliver exacting answers about the ever-changing status of area freeways to help move traffic more efficiently, according to researchers at the University of Washington.

For decades, motor vehicle safety standards have been based on the results of tests with crash dummies. Now research being conducted at Harborview Medical Center that involves real crash victims may help to save lives and reduce injury.

Correspondence from novelist Vladimir Nabokov to University of Washington history professor Marc Szeftel will be part of a fall quarter exhibit at the University of Washington’s Allen Library.

University of Washington President Richard L. McCormick and Washington State University Samuel H. Smith will join together for their annual pre-Apple Cup media availability at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 18 in 301 Gerberding Hall on the UW campus.

University of Washington researchers are looking for between 200 and 300 Seattle-area residents to volunteer as subjects for a new study testing the effectiveness of state-of-the-art treatments for depression.

A reconnaissance team of Washington engineers who visited Taiwan after the devastating Sept. 21 earthquake to observe and evaluate damage will present their findings and discuss lessons learned during a briefing at the University of Washington.

The University of Washington School of Communications is creating a Center for Journalism and Trauma, the first of its kind in the country.

Seven high technology leaders collaborated at SC99 today to set a number of internet speed records, demonstrating that long-distance gigabit-per-second networking is ready for prime time.

Imagine sitting down to these exam questions:
„h Are human rights universal or culturally bound?
„h Do rights exist prior to law?
„h Which should prevail: human rights or national sovereignty?

Tough as those questions are, they?ve been dominating the headlines and inspired the creation of the University of Washington?s trail-blazing Human Rights Education & Research Network (HRERN).

When it comes to training his first-year Portuguese students, Elwin Wirkala doesn’t stint on the grammar and spelling drills.

The University of Washington (UW) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Cooperative Research Center, based at Harborview Medical Center, has received funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to examine familial predisposition to the illness.

Routine counseling in trauma centers for those injured due to alcohol abuse can significantly reduce further excessive drinking and prevent future injuries, according to a study at Harborview Medical Center, published in the November issue of Annals of Surgery.

Individuals with certain personality styles – those who are aggressive and those who have low dependency on other people – are at higher risk for recurrent bouts of major depression, according to a new University of Washington study.

Graduate math, science and engineering students desiring a PRIME experience should consider applying for one of 12 fellowships in a new University of Washington program that seeks to involve UW students in revamping how middle school math and science are taught and learned.

Thanks to new tests coming on the market, a flood of people may learn in coming months that they are part of a huge epidemic of genital herpes. A University of Washington scientist is leading a team that will study how health care professionals can help educate people about the disease and prevent it.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.”

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.

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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.

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.

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