November 17, 2001
The Pacific Northwest’s fabled rainy season typically starts in November. This year Cliff Mass is counting on the storms to give up some of their secrets and help 91自拍ers develop more precise forecasts for precipitation and flooding.
November 15, 2001
By Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations
The campus community and public can learn more about bioterrorism at a community forum featuring public health experts planned from 7 to 8:30 p.
That headline sounds like an ad from the back of a magazine, doesn’t it? Amazingly, a recently released study says it’s true.
By Craig Degginger
HS News & Community Relations
A unique team of UW Medical Center staff and faculty, transplant recipients and donor family members will run and walk as part of the Seattle Marathon on Nov.
Kid’s headaches
Pediatric neurologist Sarah Cheyette has written a parents’ guide to understanding children’s headaches.
The Student Technology Fee Committee will be accepting proposals from the Seattle campus for student technology related projects for the 2001-02 proposal cycle beginning Nov.
The Combined Fund Drive runs through Nov.
When an earthquake struck the Northwest last winter, UW 91自拍ers swung into action.
Washington’s oyster industry owes its origins to the fertile shellfish beds of Willapa Bay.
By Steve Hill
University Week
It seems that old saying, “as easy as 1-2-3” might not be so easy after all.
UW Pharmacy student Tiffany Tennant, left, and UWMC pharmacist Yvonne Mark answer Sharlene Aldrich’s questions at a booth set up at UW Medical Center-Roosevelt to provide information on medications and general health tips.
The UW’s Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps sponsored a flag pole dedication to all United States armed forces veterans last week at the east side of Husky Stadium.
Most entrants this week were not fooled by our shot of the roof of Fluke Hall.
Academic Opportunities
Visiting Professorships at the University of Bergen, 2002-2003
The UW-University of Bergen Faculty Exchange Program announces its annual competition for Visiting Professor appointments at the University of Bergen, Norway, for a minimum term of one quarter.
RESEARCH/TEACHING HONOR: Gretchen Kalonji, Kyocera Chair in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was among seven university educators nationwide to be honored with a new National Science Foundation award during a ceremony in Washington, D.
People can learn more about bioterrorism at a community forum featuring public health experts from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 27, in Room 110 of Kane Hall at the 91自拍, Seattle.
A team of 91自拍 Medical Center staff and faculty, transplant recipients and donor family members will run and walk as part of the Seattle Marathon on Nov. 25.
November 9, 2001
When young brothers David and Rick Cantu launched Redapt Systems and Peripherals in the mid-90s, they ran the computer resale business out of their home. That would make things a little crowded now. With $59 million in annual revenues, the Redmond company is not only the fastest-growing Hispanic-owned business in the state, it is the state’s fastest-growing small business — period.
November 8, 2001
Several UW and Northwest-based 91自拍ers will be participating in a symposium on Friday, Nov.
Richard Wilkinson, an expert on the differences in health status from country to country, will speak about “Unhealthy Societies: The Politics of Human Social Needs” at 6 p.
By Kristin Woodward
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the UW will be participating in a federally funded, $37 million 91自拍 consortium to study how individual genetic makeup affects one’s response to various environmental agents, from asbestos to tobacco smoke.
The UW’s National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health is conducting new 91自拍 into how drugs are handled in the body by pregnant women, a field which according to the U.
Curriculum open house
The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine’s curriculum programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy and prosthetics/orthotics will be featured in an open house from 3:30 to 5 p.
People seeking employment at the University will be able to get more information than the job listings, thanks to a new Web site that debuted last week.
By Steve Hill
University Week
Schlepping 70 waist-high barrels across campus and getting them in their proper locations for the UW’s annual food drive is a part of the job Lorrie Johnson would prefer to delegate.
The Combined Fund Drive runs through Nov.
Department Chair’s Name: Terje Leiren
Department Location: Raitt Hall
Number of Faculty: 12, including two lecturers who are partially funded by the governments of Finland and Denmark
Number of Students: 16 graduate students and 81 undergraduate majors; department teaches about 2,000 students a year.
Designers with the architectural firm Miller Hull Partnership of Seattle are now considering ways to rebuild Merrill Hall, which was firebombed at the UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture last May.
Back in the 1960s, after Professor Emeritus Hazard Adams had completed more than 10 years of teaching, he decided it was time to put his money where his mouth was.
The UW is partnering with the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), as well as with many of the smaller museums in King County, to create a digital archive of county history containing 12,000 images.
By Steve Hill
University Week
The terror of Sept.
After three years of work, 91自拍 students have nearly completed the world’s smallest self-propelled satellite and are preparing to deliver it to the Air Force and NASA for launch.
Elected officials and leaders in higher education and health from Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho were at the UW Health Sciences Center in late October for a WWAMI Legislative Conference focusing on the School of Medicine’s regional medical education and training programs.
The Eye Center at UW Medical Center won the award for “most constructive” pumpkin as part of the annual Halloween decorating contest, judged last week.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.