When 25 percent of the payments to community health clinics were based on quality of care, patients received better care and had better depression outcomes.
April 20, 2012
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April 19, 2012
Girls born in 2009 will have shorter lives than their mothers in hundreds of U.S. counties
Lifespan gap between counties grows. Life expectancies for black Americans improve greatly.
Dirty to Digital: 91探花introduces 鈥榠ntelligent kiosks for composting, recycling, garbage
As part of a just-launched pilot, a number of the existing outdoor garbage and recycling cans on Red Square have been will be replaced with high-tech, automated kiosks that collect more types of materials.
April 18, 2012
Arts Roundup: HuskyFest2012 the big Dawg in arts this week
HuskyFest 2012 is the big Dawg this week in the arts, with an extraordinary assortment of music, exhibits, open houses and more across campus, running Thursday through Saturday, April 19-21. It’s a party for the whole UW. The arts will shine, and with a little luck, maybe the sun will, too. See you there!
April 17, 2012
News Digest: New child care resources, police open house Wednesday, workplace giving best in state, Honor: Magnuson Scholars
New child care resources available to 91探花community || 91探花police open house Wednesday || 91探花has highest participation in state’s workplace giving program || Six health sciences students named Magnuson Scholars
Furniture as architecture: 91探花Press publishes book on course in furniture design — with slide show
A look at the new book “Furniture Studio: Materials, Craft, and Architecture,” written by Jeffrey Ochsner, professor of architecture, published by 91探花 Press.
April 16, 2012
Couple says 鈥業 do at 91探花Medical Center
Facing an uncertain future after 20 years together, a couple decides to marry on the transplant unit where the groom is hospitalized.
Faster, higher each year: 91探花rockets fly again in Nevada
Rockets built by students of Robert Winglee, professor and chair of Earth and space sciences, pierced the Nevada sky once again in March, flying faster and 5,000 feet higher than last year.
Celebration of Life planned for Donna Gerstenberger
A Celebration of Life for Donna Gerstenberger, former head of the 91探花English Department and Faculty Senate, will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 29, at the University Club.
April 13, 2012
History Channels Titanic documentary features 91探花engineers
A History Channel documentary on the Titanic airing Sunday includes materials testing in the UW’s Structural Research Laboratory. 91探花faculty and staff participated in the testing.
Three faculty members awarded Guggenheim fellowships
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced that three 91探花faculty members have been named among the foundation’s 181 fellows for 2012.
Your child gets diagnosed with autism 鈥� what now?
A new workshop at the 91探花Autism Center teaches parents and other caregivers techniques to encourage social and communication skills in their children recently diagnosed with autism.
April 12, 2012
Get your HuskyFest on April 19-21
The first-ever HuskyFest, a part of UW’s 150th anniversary celebration, is almost here. Events kick off at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 19.
Engineering Discovery Days April 20-21 coincides with HuskyFest
The College of Engineering’s annual Discovery Days event takes place next Friday and Saturday. Research and education exhibits are free and open to the public.
Annual campus Earth Day events April 20 during HuskyFest
The annual campus observation of Earth Day Friday, April 20, coincides this year with HuskyFest.
Arts Roundup: Dance, drama, recitals 鈥� and the Solaris Vocal Ensemble debuts
Student performances on piano, flute and saxophone, and a black comedy performed by the Undergraduate Theater Society. Visiting artists give a contemporary dance performance and showcase music from West Java, Indonesia.
April 11, 2012
Bruce reappointed iSchool dean, plans to increase students, faculty, industrial partnerships
Reappointed for a second five-year term as dean, Harry Bruce plans to add faculty to the 91探花Information School and hopes to increase enrollment by more than 35 percent. He also aims to increase industrial partnerships.
Space weather forecast: Sunspotty, with an increasing chance of solar storms
Electrical engineering professor John Sahr gives his read on the increase in solar activity, and how it relates to his research.
News Digest: WasteWise honorable mention, faculty lecturer nominations due, volunteer April 14 at arboretum
EPA awards 91探花WasteWise honorable mention || Nominations for University Faculty Lecturer Award sought || Volunteers welcome for arboretum work party April 14
April 10, 2012
Newfangled space-propulsion technology could help clean up Earth orbit
A magnetized ion plasma system devised by a 91探花researcher to propel spacecraft at ultra-high speeds could be adapted to clean up dead satellites and other debris crowded in Earth orbit.
April 9, 2012
Wearable artificial kidney to be tested for safety and effectiveness in collaboration with FDA
The battery-powered wearable artificial kidney weighs about 10 pounds and is worn in a waist belt. Dr. Victor Gura from UCLA invented the device to provide greater freedom to dialysis patients.
Landscape architecture students devise ideas for Rapid Ride in Ballard
City planners and Ballard residents say ideas from a group of 91探花landscape architecture students have expanded their thinking for Rapid Ride, the new Metro bus service coming to Ballard in September.
April 6, 2012
Video Friday: April edition of UW|360, just out, includes cherry-tree feature
Watch a clip from Sunday’s episode of UW|360 where campus arborist Sara Shores talks about the Quad’s cherry trees and how they were rescued in the mid-60s from the arboretum, where they were in the path of the 520 bridge, then under construction.
April 5, 2012
Children perceive humanoid robot as emotional, moral being
Robot nannies could diminish child care worries for parents of young children, but 91探花psychologists warn that this could impoverish kids’ emotional and social growth.
Inequities in court-imposed fines and fees is subject of April 19 lecture
Alexes Harris, 91探花associate professor of sociology, will deliver the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversitys eighth annual Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture on the topic, “The U.S. Criminal Justice System: Race, Poverty and Punishments.鈥�
Arts Roundup: Dance troupes, opera, student recitals, undergraduate theater
Student musicians and actors showcase their talents and two well-regarded dance companies visit campus to perform. Plus, the Undergraduate Theater Society has a new production, the Seattle Opera Young Artists perform and the Burke Museum offers trivia with a beer chaser.
April 4, 2012
Autism mutations, scattered across genes, merge into network of interactions
New findings on the molecular biology of autism spectrum disorders are reported today in Nature.
Recipients announced: 91探花recognizes outstanding contributions to learning, service
The university will honor 26 individuals and one team of five this year as part of the annual university-wide awards program. The awards honor outstanding performance in teaching, mentoring, librarianship, public service and staff support.
News Digest: U-PASS 20th celebration, Honor: KUOW, home improvement fair April 11, Honor: Guntis Smidchens
U-PASS turns 20 with website, trivia contest || KUOW trio wins national broadcast award || 15th annual home improvement fair April 11|| Guntis Smidchens honored by Estonia
91探花leads NIH-funded consortium to train global health researchers
The 91探花is one of five consortia of colleges and universities to receive National Institutes of Health funding to foster the next generation of global health scientists.
April 3, 2012
For volunteer naturalist, the beach is a stage
Deborah Trout has spent her life helping to create artificial worlds. Maybe thats why she turns to the natural one when she isnt working. She is a costume designer in the School of Drama, and in her spare time she hits local waterfront parks as a beach naturalist
Ingrid Daubechies: Using math to identify art forgeries, reconstruct extinct animals' diets
Ingrid Daubechies, a professor of mathematics at Duke University and head of the International Mathematical Union, will give a public talk Monday, April 9 in the Paul Allen Center. She will give another more technical talk Tuesday morning.
April 2, 2012
Single-session ablation relieves misery of cancer that has spread to the bones
Technological advances make radiofrequency instruments a stronger complement to radiation therapy in treating spinal and pelvic tumors.
Sex-offender registries list individuals not living in community, 91探花study
A 91探花Tacoma researcher has discovered that sex-offender registries include people who are not actually living within the community,such as individuals who have died, been deported, are in jail or have moved out of state.
March 30, 2012
Bigger, bolder, greener: The 2012 91探花Environmental Innovation Challenge (with video)
The fourth Environmental Innovation Challenge was the biggest yet. The winning team proposes to replace concrete lane dividers with ones made from recycled rubber tires. Other student teams presented their prototypes for emergency shelters, rooftop gardens, nonstick cookware and other green businesses.
Restoring credibility and the joy of discovery to science
In several journal editorials and testimony before the National Academy of Sciences, a 91探花professor presents opinions on reforming scientific enterprise.
Photo Friday: Open window to campus wild areas
Enjoy plants and animals of the 91探花 Botanic Gardens as captured by 91探花alumnus Art Wolfe in a slideshow for the current edition of Columns magazine.
March 29, 2012
91探花invites kids, families for ‘paws-on’ science activities this weekend
Head for Paws-On Science: Husky Weekend, March 30, 31 and April 1, at Pacific Science Center, for 50 stations featuring 91探花research. 91探花faculty, staff, students and their families receive a 20 percent discount on admission during the event, as do 91探花alums.
Arts Roundup: Student recitals, art shows, deaf film festival as spring gets under way
Spring quarter is under way, creativity is flowing and arts events are back on the calendar. The Quad’s flowering cherry trees might be the biggest campus stars just now 鈥� poetry in pink 鈥� but there’s art, film and music aplenty sharing the bill with the blooms.
Second annual All Health Professions Error Disclosure Day teaches important team skills
In case scenarios, medical, nursing, and pharmacy students learned how to tell a patient’s family that a serious error has occurred.