The School of Music’s first opera production this year proves that even back in 1777, humans were already thinking about going to the moon.
November 6, 2008
The latest news from the UW
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Climate Survey 2008: Satisfaction, and continued improvement
Faculty and staff at the 91̽»¨generally report that they are proud to work here and satisfied with their employment experience.
Inauguration of Diabetes and Obesity Center set for Nov. 14
The inauguration of the new 91̽»¨Medicine Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence will take place from 1:30 to 6 p.
Researchers find that mouse heart can regenerate diseased tissue
A recent study in mice shows the ability of the fetal heart to grow healthy cells to compensate for cardiac tissue lost to disease.
91̽»¨receives nearly $17 million to study emerging respiratory viruses
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a contract to the 91̽»¨to use systems biology approaches to comprehensively analyze and model the virus-host interactions and cellular response networks that are induced or altered during the course of acute respiratory virus infection.
91̽»¨Photographers Group launches fall exhibit Nov. 11
The 91̽»¨Photographers Group fall exhibition will be on display in the 91̽»¨Medical Center’s Skylight Gallery from November 11 through December.
91̽»¨Medical Center expansion project to break ground this winter
By Staishy Siem
News & Community Relations
91̽»¨Medical Center is scheduled to break ground this winter on the first phase of a two-part construction project designed to give the hospital much needed space for patient care.
Green neighborhoods may reduce childhood obesity
As obesity rates continue to rise in the United States — and related health care costs — 91̽»¨researchers continue to offer findings that may offer some possible solutions, or explanations.
The silver lining of lost parking privileges
By Brian Donohue
News & Community Relations
This past springtime I was cheerfully anticipating new work digs.
November 5, 2008
Newly tested compound makes Gram negative bacteria less virulent
A newly tested compound appears to inhibit certain mechanisms that make Gram-negative bacteria virulent disease agents.
91̽»¨researchers find that having a big heart is not always a good thing
A cell signaling pathway that abnormally promotes heart muscle cell growth invariably leads to unhealthy enlargement of the heart.
DNA provides ‘smoking gun’ in the case of the missing songbirds
DNA evidence shows conclusively that males from a North American warbler species interbred with females from a related species and took over a large part of the other species’ range.
October 30, 2008
Are all precinct voting sites created equal? Maybe not
Are all precinct voting sites created equal? Maybe not
Friend or foe? How the body’s clot-busting system accelerates atherosclerosis
91̽»¨scientists are discovering how the body’s over-production of clot-busters speeds up artery wall damage, knowledge that may point to new ideas for preventing heart disease and strokes.
EntrepreneurWeek 91̽»¨features variety of events Nov. 3-7
Interested in starting your own company? Want to take your knowledge beyond the academic setting? Have a great idea for a product but don’t know what to do next? Next week, the UW’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) and the UW’s Science and Engineering Business Association (SEBA) will host the second annual EntrepreneurWeek, a five-day series of talks, events and networking opportunities focused on starting new companies.
Common Book event and photo exhibit bring border to life
This year’s Common Book, The Devil’s Highway, brings U.
Class Notes: Games class combines work and play
Class title: CHID 498: Poetics of Play in Digital Role-playing Games, taught by Terry Schenold, doctoral candidate in English.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Rob Brown: Helping make the Combined Fund Drive a success
Editor’s note: Every other week through the duration of the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight members of the 91̽»¨community who help make the campaign a success.
Scientists find evidence of tsunamis on Indian Ocean shores long before 2004
A quarter-million people were killed when a tsunami inundated Indian Ocean coastlines the day after Christmas in 2004.
From academic to artist: Richey retires to new career
When the Women Painters of Washington’s Waters Alive! show opens Nov.
Work of 16 photographers featured in HUB Gallery
The seventh Annual 91̽»¨Photographers Group show will be in the HUB Gallery through Nov.
A look behind the veil at sexuality in Islam — second of four in the Centennial Lecture Series
Two images seem to compete when westerners think of sexuality in the Islamic world — belly dancers and harems on the one hand and shrouds and restrained, even repressed sexuality on the other.
Machala brings spirit of entrepreneurship to UW
91̽»¨TechTransfer, the department responsible for commercial applications of academic research, is bringing new blood and new programs to help 91̽»¨researchers who want to start new companies.
Somerman affirms School of Dentistry’s mission of social responsibility
By Steve Steinberg
School of Dentistry
Saying, “This is no time to accept the status quo,” Dean Martha Somerman affirmed the 91̽»¨School of Dentistry’s mission of social responsibility and patient care, progressive oral health training and research leadership in her annual State of the School speech on Oct.
A quilting life: Even after many years, staffer finds comfort in quilts
Where others have a dining room, Joan Hanson has a quilting room.
‘In good hands’: Foundation for International Understanding Through Students celebrates 60 years of welcoming newcomers
Imagine you’re on your own, a new student in a foreign land.
91̽»¨students to work at polling places election day
Armon Dadgar was surprised by the amount of stuff King County Elections wants him to know on Election Day, Nov.
Woodstick 2008 to benefit hearing research at UW
Celebrity and amatueur drummers in nine cities in the United States and Canada will attempt the world record for the number of drummers playing the same tune at the same time in the same place via the Internet at <A href="http://www.
Like rest of society, doctors implicitly favor whites over blacks
In the first large study to explore possible unconscious bias among physicians, researchers have found that doctors mirror the attitudes of the majority in society and implicitly favor whites over blacks.
Name that dawg
Choose a name for the Husky mascot! The current mascot, “Spirit,” will retire in November.
91̽»¨Bothell hosts two authors at campus library
The 91̽»¨Bothell is expecting two literary guests in the next week.
Is your teenager hiding an eating disorder?
In the United States, as many as 10 in 100 young women suffer from an eating disorder.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Danger, massive amounts of data ahead; eScience Institute can help
The UW’s new eScience Institute will help keep the 91̽»¨competitive as research projects become ever more reliant on computation and on the analysis of massive amounts of data.
High school students attend 91̽»¨dental camp
Twenty-one students from the Yakima Valley area sampled the oral health profession on Saturday at the School of Dentistry’s annual Dental Camp.
Beware! Halloween tooth decay is lurking
By Steve Steinberg
School of Dentistry
Many of those who enjoy Halloween will find a scary and unwanted bonus: a crop of cavities on their next visit to the dentist.
Sir David Cox to present Biostatistics’ Breslow Distinguished Lecture
One of the seminal statistical thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries, Sir David Cox, will present the Department of Biostatistics’ Norman E.
91̽»¨and WSU researchers target the science behind infectious diseases
It’s not unusual to see news headlines related to salmonella outbreaks, avian flu concerns or mad cow disease.