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February 19, 2003

Landscape students from 2 nations to design for International District

Eleven landscape architecture students from Japan’s Chiba University will join their 91×ÔÅÄ counterparts to develop urban-design proposals for key sites in the Chinatown-Nihonmachi-Little Saigon-International District, where community groups seek to preserve the area’s heritage amid development pressure.

February 17, 2003

Brief exposure to Mandarin can help American infants learn Chinese

Researchers have found a way to reverse what appears to be a universal decline in foreign language speech perception that begins toward the end of the first year of life. 91×ÔÅÄ neuroscientist Patricia Kuhl reported today that 9-month-old American infants who were exposed to Mandarin Chinese for less than five hours in a laboratory setting were able to distinguish phonetic elements of that language.

Where behavior and injury collide: Conference examines using behavior change to prevent ‘accidents’

A significant decrease in the motor-vehicle death rate for Americans – 90 percent fewer deaths per million vehicle miles between 1925 and 1995 – shows that efforts to raise safety standards and change personal behavior can be highly successful.

Notices

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

ADAI Small Grants Research Awards

The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.

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PUBLICITY’S GLARE: A UW alumnus has become a familiar face to Americans across the country who are following the aftermath of last Saturday’s tragic destruction of the space shuttle Columbia.

Peer Portfolio

PLANTING THE SEED: Texas A&M University recently announced the opening of an Office of Proposal Development, which will be focused on producing major, externally funded, multidisciplinary 91×ÔÅÄ centers and institutes of a national caliber.

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A WINNING VENTURE: Five UW students won the western division of the National Venture Capital Investment Competition held recently in Colorado.