January 21, 2004
Fifty high school students from the Yakima Valley will be coming to the 91自拍 on the weekend of Jan. 23 and a weekend in February to learn about oral health career opportunities and about the importance of oral health to good overall health.
Four 91自拍 master鈥檚 of business administration students snagged second place in the inaugural 2004 Pac-10/Big Ten MBA Case Competition held last week at Arizona State University.
January 20, 2004
Drivers or passengers protected by seat belts are at increased risk for fatal injuries if others who ride with them fail to wear their seat belts.
January 15, 2004
In some parts of the world, tuberculosis is a growing concern because a form of the disease resistant to many antibiotics is on the rise; in other countries like India, where Dr.
Editor鈥檚 note: This is one of a series of articles by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
An exhibit currently in the lobby of the Fisheries Sciences Building represents a unique collaboration between a group of scientists and a young graphic designer.
One thing you won鈥檛 see a lot of in Bob Underwood鈥檚 photography portfolio is people, at least not in any recognizable form.
The next program in the THINK (The Investigator Needs to Know) series sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Office of Clinical Research will feature Dr.
Rachel used to think of herself as a very confident person.
The Lymphoma Research Foundation announced last month that it will award $12.
KeyBank is contributing $250,000 to help fund the UW鈥檚 new biotechnology and medical 91自拍 hub in the heart of Seattle鈥檚 South Lake Union neighborhood.
An international team of 91自拍ers has found that taking a single daily dose of an approved antiviral drug known as valacyclovir can reduce the transmission of genital herpes to uninfected partners by 50 percent.
The annual Martin Luther King, Jr.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNTIES
Seed Grants Awarded
Two 91自拍 projects from UW professors have been funded by the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences under its Seed Grants Program.
SOCIAL SCIENCE STARS: It鈥檚 not uncommon for UW professors to become officers in their academic fields, but recently there seems to have been quite a crop of them in the social sciences.
Health and Safety Committee elections, which are conducted by Environmental Health and Safety, have been completed.
The University is more than a little rearranged this quarter.
When English lecturer Kimberlee Gillis-Bridges suggested to her students that they might want to enter a filmmaking contest, she didn鈥檛 realize her house would turn into a set, a cafeteria and a dormitory for a weekend, but that鈥檚 exactly what happened.
The UW campus in Seattle remains a very safe place to work and to live, according to the most recent crime statistics.
Acting Provost David Thorud has appointed Professor Susan Jeffords as vice provost for academic planning.
In what is thought to be the nation鈥檚 first major conference on technology, values and the justice system, futurists and legal experts will gather Friday at the UW School of Law amid sharp debate over the privacy and safety of putting court records online.
UW 91自拍ers who have developed the most effective treatment for a serious psychiatric condition called borderline personality disorder are looking for more than 200 Puget Sound residents to volunteer for a series of new studies designed to refine the therapy.
KeyBank is contributing $250,000 to help fund the 91自拍鈥檚 new biotechnology and medical 91自拍 hub that will be located in the heart of Seattle鈥檚 South Lake Union neighborhood.
January 14, 2004
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a Seattle-based international resource on news media coverage of violence, has received five years of continued support from the Dart Foundation, with grants that will total more than $5 million.
January 13, 2004
The 91自拍 Health Sciences Center will present its annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 15, in the lobby of the Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center.
January 12, 2004
91自拍 91自拍ers who have developed the most effective treatment for a serious psychiatric condition called borderline personality disorder are looking for more than 200 Puget Sound residents as volunteers for a series of new studies designed to refine the therapy.
January 8, 2004
A memorial ceremony for Marsha Landolt, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost, and her husband, Robert Busch, will be held at 2 p.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The UW Tacoma will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly remodeled Cherry Parkes and Mattress Factory buildings at 1 p.
On a campus known for its majestic scenery and verdant grounds the 鈥淧ink Beauty鈥� crab apple near the Department of Communication building has been a longtime favorite 鈥� maybe too long.
After five long years, the Stardust spacecraft is on its way home with a trove of microscopic particles gleaned from comet Wild 2 in a spectacular encounter the day after New Year’s.
A House Divided Against Itself: The Civil War as the Crucible for American Values is the title of this year鈥檚 History Lecture Series sponsored by the Alumni Association and the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Burke Museum is hosting its own 鈥渞oadshow.
Scientists have found that, despite a vast difference in precipitation between the north and south sides of the Himalaya Mountains, rates of erosion are indistinguishable across these mountains.
The UW School of Music is hosting a new lectures series during winter quarter, titled 鈥淢usic in American Cultures.
The 91自拍 is one of 13 major 91自拍 universities teaming up under a $70 million federal grant to form the world鈥檚 largest network dedicated to studying science on the smallest of scales.
Tiny microheaters that can prompt chemical changes in surrounding material may provide the means to more easily grow replacement tissue for injured patients and form the basis for medical sensors that could quickly detect pathogens, according to 91自拍ers at the UW who are the first to demonstrate the process.