Recent 91探花health sciences news: E-health in small practices, summer safety, stopping farm worker assaults
June 3, 2014
The latest news from the UW
91探花Libraries hosts digital collection of activist Gary Greaves’ interviews
Interviews from the 1990s by Seattle-area activist Gary Greaves on how the area changed after the 1962 World’s Fair are now offered online by 91探花Libraries.
June 2, 2014
91探花experts offer free resources to help caregivers boost babies’ brains
UW’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences has a new online library to showcase the latest in how young children learn 鈥� and what their caregivers can do to help kids be ready to start school.
May 29, 2014
News digest: Empowering blind students, personal stories of identity, pro staff nominations
Compiled by the Office of News and Information.
Retirees honored for more than 10,000 years of service to UW
Some 480 faculty and staff members retired between spring 2013 and spring 2014 and were invited to the event earlier this month at the 91探花Club
May 28, 2014
Arts Roundup: Drama, Gospel — and the Burke trivia night
Rounding out spring quarter is a variety of events to keep you entertained. From the Undergraduate Theater Society’s production of “Dog Sees God” to various music performances presented by the School of Music at Meany Theater, prepare yourself for the rest of spring quarter because it鈥檚 looking bright!
PTSD treatment cost-effective when patients given choice
A cost-analysis of post-traumatic stress disorder treatments shows that letting patients choose their course of treatment 鈥� either psychotherapy or medication 鈥� is less expensive than assigning a treatment and provides a higher quality of life for patients.
May 27, 2014
Graduate student art, design projects exhibited at Henry Art Gallery
With autobiographical oil paintings, informational graphics, a wall-sized photomontage and sculptures resembling inside-out cameras, the annual spring exhibition of graduate student art at the Henry Art Gallery offers a lot for the visitor 鈥� as it does every year.
91探花students, neighbors join forces down on the Union Bay ‘bayou’
Swamp once site of historic Yesler sawmill being restored with 91探花student and neighborhood help.
May 22, 2014
Moves from a master: 91探花student dancers work with choreographer Robert Moses for new piece
91探花undergraduate and alumni dancers work with with famed choreographer Robert Moses to create the piece “Draft,” one of five pieces to be performed by Robert Moses’ Kin May 29-31 in the Meany Studio Theatre. Read the story and watch a film by UWVideo.
Sociologist Robert Crutchfield examines the relationship between work and crime in ‘Get a Job’
In his new book, “Get a Job: Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime,” 91探花 sociologist Robert Crutchfield explains the nuanced links between work, unemployment and crime.
May 21, 2014
Marine apprenticeships give 91探花undergrads role in animal-ancestor breakthrough
Comb jellies 鈥� and not sponges 鈥� may lay claim as the earliest ancestors of animals, according to new research in Nature.
Arts Roundup: Music, dance 鈥� and ‘The Workroom’
As we head into a long weekend, take the time to indulge in some of the innovative performances and exhibits happening on campus.
May 20, 2014
Health Sciences Digest: Alcoholism in homeless, medical phone apps, aging with chronic disability
Designing medical apps for your phone, treating alcohol-dependent homeless individuals, and enhancing wellness in older disabled adults are some of the developments at the 91探花Health Sciences and 91探花Medicine
Shrub growth decreases as winter temps warm up
Many have assumed that warmer winters as a result of climate change would increase the growth of trees and shrubs because the growing season would be longer. But shrubs achieve less yearly growth when cold winter temperatures are interrupted by temperatures warm enough to trigger growth.
May 19, 2014
Favoritism, not hostility, causes most discrimination, says 91探花psychology professor
Most discrimination in the U.S. is not caused by intention to harm people different from us, but by ordinary favoritism directed at helping people similar to us, according to a theoretical review published online in American Psychologist.
May 16, 2014
Filmmaker Werner Herzog examined in new book of interviews
Eric Ames, 91探花professor of Germanics and editor of the new book, “Werner Herzog: Interviews,” discusses the work.
May 15, 2014
News Digest: New cherry trees, Mushroom May-nia, autism assessments, Honor: Daily staff
Compiled by the Office of News and Information.
May 14, 2014
$31M gift will fund early stage 91探花research by high-tech entrepreneurs
The 91探花 is receiving a $31.2 million gift from Washington Research Foundation to boost entrepreneurship and support research that tackles some of society’s most crucial challenges. The award will fund four interdisciplinary initiatives that seek to advance global innovation in clean energy, protein design, big data science and neuroengineering.
Arts Roundup: Dance, opera 鈥� and the University District Street Fair
Dance, opera, exhibition openings and the Roethke Reading fill this especially busy week in the arts. From the MFA Dance Concert to School of Music and Pacific MusicWorks’ production of G.F. Handel’s “Semele,” there鈥檚 plenty to see and do on the main stages.
May 13, 2014
Health Digest: Cutbacks jeopardize newborns, safe water, MERS facts
The costly effects of cutbacks on maternal/child services, assuring a pure water supply, and what you need to know about Middle East respiratory syndrome.
Focus on research: Undergraduates bring findings alive Friday
Join your colleagues at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday, May 16.
Video stories, other bonding exercises could help foster families connect
Researchers affiliated with the UW’s School of Social Work tailored a parenting program known to improve communication in non-foster families for use in foster families, who often say they don’t feel connected and have trouble communicating, but few resources exist that nurture their bonding.
May 12, 2014
Improve grades, reduce failure 鈥� undergrads should tell profs ‘Don’t lecture me’
A significantly greater number of students fail science, engineering and math courses that are taught lecture-style than fail with active learning according to the largest analysis ever of studies comparing lecturing to active learning in undergraduate education
West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse is under way
The collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has begun, according to computer models using detailed topographic maps. The fast-moving Thwaites Glacier will likely disappear in a matter of centuries, researchers say, raising sea level by nearly 2 feet.
Washington housing market weaker in first quarter of 2014
Washington state’s housing market finished weaker in the first quarter of 2014 when compared to the end of 2013, according to the UW’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.
May 9, 2014
Memorial June 8 for historian Stephanie Camp
Stephanie Camp, 91探花 associate professor of history, died on Wednesday, April 2. There will be a memorial service and reception in remembrance and celebration of Camp’s life at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8, in Kane Hall room 210.
May 8, 2014
91探花regents briefed on efforts to address sexual assault prevention, response
The Board of Regents heard an update Thursday on implementing recommendations from a task force on sexual assault prevention and response on all three 91探花campuses.
Documents that Changed the World: Airline ‘black box’ flight data recorder, 1958
Recent headlines sadly explain why Joe Janes chose the latest installment in his Documents that Changed the World podcast series 鈥� he’s writing about airline flight data recorders, or “black boxes.”
Army drug users twice as likely to use synthetic marijuana as regular marijuana
Social work researchers from the 91探花 have found that among a group of active-duty Army personnel who use illicit drugs, the most abused substance is synthetic marijuana, nicknamed “Spice,” which is harder to detect than other drugs through standard drug tests.
May 7, 2014
91探花building teleoperated robots for disaster response in national challenge
91探花 electrical engineers have developed telerobotics technology that could make disaster response faster and more efficient. They are working with a large team as part of the SmartAmerica Challenge, an initiative that encourages new technologies that help society in our increasingly connected world.
Greenland melting due equally to global warming, natural variations
Up to half of the recent warming in Greenland and surrounding areas may be due to climate variations that originate in the tropical Pacific and are not connected with the overall warming of the planet. Still, at least half the warming remains attributable to global warming caused by rising carbon dioxide emissions.
Arts Roundup: Dance, music 鈥� and IMPFest
This week, enjoy a bevy of events that range from the Painting + Drawing exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery to IMPFest at the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse.
91探花student briefs lawmakers on global land use, touts undergrad research
At an event in Washington, D.C. a 91探花biology student presented her research into the global connections between consumers and goods that come from agriculture and forest production.
May 6, 2014
91探花scientist a lead author on third National Climate Assessment
91探花 climate scientist Amy Snover is one of two lead authors for the Northwest chapter of the newly published National Climate Assessment.
Health sciences digest: Drug pricing uproar, antioxidant dangers
The latest news from the 91探花Health Sciences and 91探花Medicine: What price for a cure? The economics of drug pricing The uproar against the $1,000-a-pill hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, generic name sofosbuvir, may signal a turning point in drug pricing in the United States.聽 Purchasers appear to be pushing back and saying, 鈥淣o.鈥� 聽In a Q & A in HSNewsbeat, Sean Sullivan, professor of pharmacy and health services, explains how drug prices are set and changing attitudes on…
Social workers can help patients recover from mild traumatic brain injuries
More than a million people are treated for mild traumatic brain injuries in U.S. hospitals and emergency rooms each year. A 91探花 researcher has found that a 20-minute conversation with a social worker has the potential to significantly reduce the functional decline of those diagnosed with a mild traumatic brain injury.
May 5, 2014
Board of Regents 鈥� May 8 Regular Meeting
The Board of Regents will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, May 8, at 12:30 p.m. in the Petersen Room of Allen Library. The full agenda is available online.
Hundreds seek confidential, objective advice from 91探花Ombud
Career transitions, conflicts with colleagues, grades, student housing and more are issues that arise for the 91探花Office of the Ombud, which has released an annual report detailing the scope of their work during 2013.
Memorial May 14 for Information School’s Eliza Dresang
Eliza Dresang, a well-loved professor in the 91探花 Information School, died on Monday, April 21. She is remembered as a respected friend, colleague, teacher and community member. She was 72. There will be a campus memorial for Dresang from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 14, in the Husky Union Building Lyceum (room 160). “Our hearts ache with the loss of our dear friend and colleague,鈥� said Harry Bruce, dean of the Information School. “Eliza had a calling…