April 28, 2005
Concerns are heightened on the UW campus over the fate of the federally funded programs grouped under the title TRIO, whose aim is to increase higher education access for low-income students and those who are the first in their families to attend college.
The tsunami that devastated south Asia coastlines and killed more than 200,000 people last December is a powerful reminder of just how dangerous those waves can be to humans.
A proposed change in the writing requirement for students in the College of Arts and Sciences will be among the items under discussion next week at a meeting sponsored by the college鈥檚 Writing Council.
The Washington State Legislature passed a budget for higher education in the coming biennium that was a compromise between versions passed by the state House and the Senate.
Spokane pediatrician Dr.
April 26, 2005
The tsunami that devastated south Asia coastlines and killed more than 200,000 people last December is a powerful reminder of just how dangerous those waves can be to humans.
The 91自拍 Alaska Salmon Program, the world’s longest-running effort to monitor salmon and their ecosystems, has received nearly $2.
The Honorable Robert E.
April 25, 2005
Washington’s Child Restraint Law, passed in 2002 as the first such law to be enacted in the U.
April 21, 2005
We affect the environment by what we build, but what we build, in turn, affects us and our health.
Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2004-2005 academic year.
It鈥檚 all in the heels and toes, 鈥淭one鈥� says.
It all started with an old hole in the ground discovered on the 301-acre site of the Colonial Williamsburg living museum in Virginia.
The biggest mass extinction in Earth history, some 251 million years ago, was preceded by elevated extinction rates before the main event and was followed by a delayed recovery that lasted for millions of years.
Patricia Spakes believes it鈥檚 her destiny to be at UW Tacoma.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
COVER GUYS: Housing and Food Services鈥� Paul Brown and Jean-Michel Boulot grace a magazine cover this month, but it isn鈥檛 Gentleman鈥檚 Quarterly.
Editor鈥檚 note: This is one in a series of articles by the chairs of Faculty Senate committees and councils.
We affect the environment by what we build, but what we build, in turn, affects us and our health.
Faculty workshop
Presentation skills: Everyone knows what sitting through a bad lecture is like, but not everyone knows how to create a great presentation.
Exposure to toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning can result in a mutation that makes some clams much more resistant to the toxin, which can then pose a greater danger to humans, according to a study published April 7 in the journal Nature.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY
An open invitation to Chairs, Directors and Faculty (Seattle Campus only)
You are invited to participate in the Academic Procession at the 91自拍鈥檚 130th Commencement Ceremony, Saturday, June 11, in Husky Stadium.
Editor鈥檚 note: The UW provides a wide spectrum of benefits for its employees, and you can see them conveniently displayed on the new CareNet Web site, located at <A href="http://www.
THE TIMES ON TOURETTE鈥橲: A Jan.
Genetic information that determines hair color or whether an individual might develop a particular cancer is passed from one generation to the next through DNA.
President Emmert鈥檚 leadership initiative is up and running and being fine-tuned in the early stages as the team prepares to launch a campuswide information gathering effort.
April 19, 2005
Genetic information that determines hair color or whether an individual might develop a particular cancer is passed from one generation to the next through DNA.
April 18, 2005
What: The 2005 Engineering Open House at the 91自拍
Who: Thousands of schoolchildren from around the region, their teachers, parents and UW engineering faculty and students
When: Friday, April 22, 9 a.
The ones that stay and the ones that stray are biological puzzles among Pacific salmon, of whom the vast majority — but not all — travel thousands of miles to sea and back to the streams where they hatched.
April 15, 2005
April 14, 2005
With popular lectures, tours, open houses, music, drama, dance, discussions and a healthy dose of springtime football in the planning, the UW community is preparing to show its stuff at Washington Weekend, a new campuswide celebration that organizers hope will become an annual tradition 鈥� maybe even several new traditions.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
If you ask about Professor Jim Morrow at the UW math department, people tend to use words like 鈥渁mazing,鈥� 鈥渁stounding鈥� and 鈥渨izard.
Two UW faculty members 鈥� David Shields of English and Mark Ellis of geography 鈥� have been chosen to receive Guggenheim Fellowship Awards for 2005.
What if you could get new ideas for teaching the same way you go shopping? You browse a bit, checking out what鈥檚 on the rack, then talk to someone about the things that interest you.
The ones that stay and the ones that stray are biological puzzles among Pacific salmon, of whom the vast majority 鈥� but not all 鈥� travel thousands of miles to sea and back to the streams where they hatched.
The organizers of the UW Image Bank, a new online digital image resource, are conducting a digital image use survey April 11 to 22 and seeking help from UW faculty, staff and students.
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