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September 24, 1996
President McCormick to address University community Oct. 2
Faculty and staff salaries, accountability to the public, enrollment growth, legislative and budget goals, cooperation among UW campuses, and –above all–the preservation of academic excellence–are among the topics to be discussed by University of Washington President Richard L. McCormick when he addresses the University community.
Higher Education Day in East King/South Snohomish counties: Oct. 7
Presidents and executive officers of universities and colleges serving the east King and south Snohomish counties will meet in a public forum with state legislative candidates from noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 in the auditorium at Lake Washington Technical College.
September 19, 1996
UW engineer helping Washington company develop instrument enabling semiconductor manufacturers to make faster, cheaper computer chips
An innovative temperature-measuring instrument developed with the assistance of a University of Washington engineering professor has yielded improvements in processing semiconductors that may lead to faster, cheaper computer chips.
September 17, 1996
UW psychologists develop first reproducible method showing subliminal messages can influence behavior, thought processes
Researchers from the University of Washington, writing in tomorrow’s issue of the journal Science, report that they have developed the first reproducible method demonstrating that subliminal messages do affect human cognition.
Fall Fling welcomes students to UW campus
The seventh annual Fall Fling is expected to draw several thousand new and returning University of Washington students on Friday, Sept. 27.
September 13, 1996
UW experiment sends shock waves through petrochemical industry
A radical new technique for processing natural gas that could save the petrochemical industry billions of dollars in energy and maintenance costs has been developed by University of Washington researchers.
September 12, 1996
Recently discovered virus associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma is frequently present in saliva and may be transmitted by this route, University of Washington study shows
A virus associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma has been detected in the saliva of six of seven HIV-infected gay men with a current or previous history of Kaposi’s sarcoma, report University of Washington researchers.
September 10, 1996
University of Washington Department of Family Medicine Turns 25
The University of Washington Department of Family Medicine is strongly rooted in the outside community, with nearly 600 volunteer clinical faculty in towns throughout Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho; and 31 faculty members at the UW.
September 9, 1996
UW ranked 10th among public universities by national magazine
The University of Washington was ranked 10th among all public universities in the United States in the quality of undergraduate education in a recentissue of U.S. News & World Report (Sept. 9)
UW participates in second phase of Diabetes Prevention Trial
The University of Washington is participating in the second phase of the national Diabetes Prevention Trial/Type 1, being announced nationally on Sept. 10.
September 4, 1996
MR technique for analyzing rattlesnake tail muscles can also be used to study muscle tone and function in the elderly
While almost all muscle tissue is either fast-twitch (like the sprinter’s) or slow- twitch (like the endurance runner’s), magnetic resonance studies at University of Washington Medical Center show that the rattlesnake’s tail muscles can sustain rapid firing over a long period of time, with great economy of energy.
August 19, 1996
Freshman Convocation Sept. 29, 1996
At least two thousand freshmen, their parents and guests are expected to attend the 1996 University of Washington Freshman Convocation, to be held at noon Sunday, Sept. 29 in Meany Hall for the Performing Arts.
August 9, 1996
UW researchers helping NASA plan affordable missions to Mars
The United States could put four astronauts on Mars within 15 years using existing technology and at a fraction of the cost proposed by NASA, under a plan proposed by Adam Bruckner, professor of aeronautics and astronautics in the UW College of Engineering.
August 7, 1996
School teachers leave Monday for one of the best “field trips” ever offered by the UW
Nine public school teachers leave Monday morning to visit the site of one of the Northwest’s most dynamic geological features to study the life forms that may pervade much of the Earth’s crust.
August 6, 1996
First study of small-town lesbian and bisexual women indicates significant percentage may be at risk for contracting HIV
In the first study of lesbian and bisexual women living in small towns and their behavior and knowledge concerning HIV, researchers have found that a significant percentage of them may be at risk for contracting the virus.
August 4, 1996
UW names 1996 Martin scholar
Gary Stielow, a transfer student coming to the University of Washington from Green River Community College, has been selected as the 1996 Martin Scholar.
August 1, 1996
Archaeologists find stone point that may link North America, Siberia
American and Russian archaeologists have found the first fluted point — a common artifact in North America that is associated with early inhabitants of the New World — on the Russian or Old World side of the Bering Strait.
July 30, 1996
Naturally occurring microorganisms gobbling toxic wastes at bottom of Eagle Harbor
Ferry passengers traveling to and from Bainbridge Island no longer see the remnants of the last creosote plant on the south shore of Eagle Harbor. On shore, oily wastes foul the ground water and the soil below it, in some spots going deeper than 70 feet. Those marine sediments have polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in concentrations a hundred times greater than clean areas of Puget Sound.
July 22, 1996
Salesin takes UW undergraduates to the forefront of computer graphics
David Salesin, associate professor of computer science and engineering at the UW. Salesin is the only professor at the UW and possibly in the nation to have received a Presidential Faculty Fellow Award, National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research Young Investigator awards and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. Salesin’s most recent achievement is having eight full-length research papers accepted for publication at the 1996 SIGGRAPH conference.
June 14, 1996
Rural high school girls get science, math, engineering experience at special UW camp, now through June 29
Thirty-three high school girls from seven rural school districts in the state are on the UW campus for a two-week camp designed to encourage them to pursue their interests in science, mathematics and engineering.
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