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Although the actual sites and test protocols for the “From Bench to Bedside and Beyond” project have not yet been chosen, two rural physicians participating in a separate but related University of Washington project, the WWAMI Rural Telemedicine Network, explained the importance of systematically evaluating the Internet as a clinical tool.

Joel Kingsolver thought he had lost his butterflies: 10,000 carefully preserved wings, representing nearly two decades of work, all apparently destroyed in a disastrous fire at the University of Washington’s zoology department last March. But within weeks his butterflies had “returned” — the heartfelt gift of a host of young children who had set about replacing the lost wings with colorful, imaginative and sometimes poignant butterfly pictures.

Knowledge of how the brain responds to weight loss and weight gain is advancing research toward the development of effective treatments for obesity, anorexia and other weight disorders

Interpretive walks to look at the 22-story Wind River canopy crane will be conducted most Saturdays this summer at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. The tours, which are free and open to everyone, start from the Whistlepunk Trailhead in the Wind River Ranger District, a part of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

Dr. Fredric M. Wolf has been named chair of the Department of Medical Education at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

New method of tracing metastatic breast cancer to the lymph nodes decreases the need for extensive surgery

Do you have a child aged 4 to 7 who is overly aggressive and non-compliant? You and your child may qualify for a program at the University of Washington School of Nursing’s Parenting Clinic.

In the first such instance in the Seattle area, a Puyallup man is being kept alive at University of Washington Medical Center with the help of a new type of implanted heart pump, until a donor heart becomes available for transplant.

In a major effort to discover the genetic causes of autism and develop intervention programs to assist children with the severe developmental disorder, an interdisciplinary team of University of Washington researchers has begun a nationwide effort to recruit at least 200 families with two or more autistic children for a new $5.6 million study.

Marc Lindenberg, a senior vice president with CARE USA, has been selected as the new dean of the University of Washington Graduate School of Public Affairs.

Father’s Day just may be the loneliest day of the year for that much-maligned group of males — divorced dads

Frustrated Internet shoppers who are unable or unwilling to wade through a flood of World Wide Web sites to find what they’re looking for soon can call on a computer software robot named Jango to help with their on-line shopping.

From the Wind River canopy crane’s gondola, scientists can gather samples, install instruments and conduct experiments in the canopies of trees as tall as 220 feet.

Canopy research could lead to better forest management

Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington medical school, has been named vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.

A scientific evaluation of an anti-violence curriculum developed in Seattle and used in over 10,000 schools throughout the US and Canada reveals that the curriculum is successful in reducing aggressive behaviors in elementary school-aged children.

Medical News from the University of Washington

Prevention of drug interactions, say researchers at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, lies in learning how the human body processes each drug. The school has recently established a formal Program in Drug Interactions, tapping the expertise of 22 faculty members believed to be the largest group of experts in the world on drug interactions.

The concept is known as the “sulfate paradigm.” Or to put it simply, the idea that industrial pollution in the atmosphere may actually keep the global temperature from soaring.

The 1997 graduating medical school class at the University of Washington School of Medicine has selected four faculty members to honor. Dr. Mindy Cooper, Dr. Douglas Paauw and Dr. Nicholas Ward were named distinguished teachers.

The state Department of Health has granted a certificate of need to University of Washington Medical Center and Northwest Hospital, approving an application filed last summer to develop a collaborative cardiac care program

More than 500,000 Americans each year may suddenly experience numbness or muscular weakness, lose the ability to speak, and have difficulty seeing. These frightening symptoms are common to stroke, the number-one cause of adult disability in the United States and at least 150,000 deaths each year.

Vitamin supplements may help asthmatics cope with air pollution

A system for running Java programs that is more secure than those found in commercial World Wide Web browsers has been developed by computer scientists at the University of Washington.

When it comes to talking to their teenagers about sex, health and condoms, mum’s the word for most American parents.

The University of Washington will receive a new resource in health care management and organization research with relocation of the Center for Health Management Research — a cooperative industry / university research center.

A CD-ROM created at the University of Washington mixes quirkiness with the very latest information about Puget Sound.

Starvation is a major cause of death for newly hatched penguins, the result of dwindling marine food reserves. To feed their families, adult birds are forced to forage great distances from their breeding colonies, says Dee Boersma, professor of zoology at the University of Washington .

Starvation is a major cause of death for newly hatched penguins, the result of dwindling marine food reserves. To feed their families, adult birds are forced to forage great distances from their breeding colonies, says Dee Boersma, professor of zoology at the University of Washington and one of the world’s leading authorities on temperate-zone penguins.

Who should be served by public transit and who should pay for it? These were among the questions that confronted Puget Sound voters in November’s Regional Transportation Authority ballot issue and that will be addressed in the 1997 Daniel L. and Irma Evans Lecture May 29 at the University of Washington.

A University of Washington undergraduate is among the 85 students nationally who have been awarded Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies.

A University of Washington undergraduate has been selected to receive a prestigious national scholarship for students preparing for careers in public service. R. Paul Stimers, a junior majoring in political science, has been selected to receive a scholarship awarded by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

The University of Washington will maintain a full two-year Yakima training site for its MEDEX Program, UW officials announced today, in addition to establishing a new satellite site in Spokane this fall.

The Paul G. Allen Foundation for Medical Research has committed $3.2 million for research at the University of Washington into the causes of and cures for prostatitis, a common but under-studied infection of the prostate gland.

Dr. George N. Aagaard, former dean and long-time medical school faculty member, dies in Seattle

Chimaera, a University of Washington graduate and professional student research forum, will be held from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17 at the HUB

A scientist’s curiosity about exactly what her infant children could see nearly three decades ago opened up a lifetime’s work that has provided a new view of how human vision develops.

The University of Washington (UW) was one of only three medical schools in the nation to maintain a three-year average of more than 30 percent in the rate of graduates entering family practice residencies from 1993 to 1996.

Leading research managers from Japanese high-tech giants NTT Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. will kick off a new lecture series sponsored by the technical Japanese program and technical communication department at the University of Washington.

New studies reported in the May 1 edition of Nature appear to contradict traditional thinking about the sympathetic nervous system’s influence in people who never gain weight no matter how much they eat, versus those who seemingly put on pounds if a piece of cheesecake is merely passed under their nose.