October 26, 2006
The Amgen Foundation has announced its partnership with the 91探花and nine other of the nation’s premier universities to provide hundreds of undergraduate students an opportunity to engage in a fully-funded, hands-on research experience each summer.
Medical/Dental open enrollment continues through Nov.
“Neuroscience for Kids,” an educational Web site created by a 91探花neuroscientist, has received an award in recognition of its value as an online teaching resource.
Huntington’s disease includes a metabolic disorder, not just the brain effects seen in the disease, according to a new study by 91探花 researchers.
By Roberta Wilkes
Department of Medicine
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What group of 91探花employees is 6,200 strong, crucial for keeping the University functioning, and largely invisible? Professional staff.
Sharing information on successful strategies for mentoring and retaining underrepresented students in the sciences is the goal of a symposium that is expected to draw participants from more than 30 institutions to campus this weekend.
Leila Gray
News & Community Relations
For each operating room procedure at 91探花Medical Center, supplies are carefully selected and set out on a sterile tray, easy to reach during critical moments.
When Sindiwe Magona was a little girl in South Africa during the ’40s and ’50s, she anxiously looked forward to the days when white folks’ threw out books because they eventually came to her, and she was delighted.
By Claire Dietz
News & Community Relations
Other summers, Araceli Vasquez had worked with her family in the beet fields of southern Idaho.
Gail Stygall, chair of the Faculty Senate for the 2006–2007 year, believes strongly in the idea of shared governance, and says openness and cooperation have grown tremendously at the 91探花in recent years.
By Clare Hagerty & Elizabeth Lowry
News & Community Relations
Orin Smith, retired Starbucks president and chief executive officer, has donated $5 million for the UW’s Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine.
Where are we? The photo to the right was taken somewhere on campus.
A CAT PROBLEM: If a single female cat is left unspayed, how many offspring can she produce in seven years? That’s the problem Math Professor Jerry Folland was presented with recently.
October 25, 2006
“Americanese,” the film based on a novel by 91探花 professor Shawn Wong, is going big time.
More and more, Congressional candidates are turning to the Web as a tool to mobilize their base and build credibility with undecided voters, according to findings in a new book by a 91探花 researcher.
An earthquake swarm — a steady drumbeat of moderate, related seismic events — over hours or days, often can be observed near a volcano such as Mount St.
October 24, 2006
Researchers at the 91探花 are working on an implantable electronic chip that may help establish new nerve connections in the part of the brain that controls movement.
The Behavioral Research & Therapy Clinics at the 91探花 are looking for Puget Sound men and women who have an opiate addiction and women with suicidal behavior to volunteer for two studies designed to refine a therapeutic treatment for people who have trouble regulating their emotions.
October 23, 2006
Vertebrate creatures first began moving from the world’s oceans to land about 415 million years ago, then all but disappeared by 360 million years ago.
Once consumers buy an item, it is often difficult for them to get rid of it, even if it makes rational sense to do so.
October 20, 2006
The state’s single most valuable resource, its smartest young students, are wanted by the 91探花 as it embarks on its annual hunt for the brightest fifth- through eighth-grade students across Washington.
Natural and manmade disasters, including the terrorist attacks of Sept.
October 19, 2006
PHILADELPHIA — If you think the world is on the verge of running out of oil or other mineral resources, you’ve been taken in by the foremost of seven myths about resource geology, according to a 91探花 economic geologist.
On Wednesday, Oct.
In his book Growing Up Brown: Memoirs of a Filipino American, Peter Jamero, former 91探花assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine and social work, recounts his early life in a farm labor camp in Livingston, Calif.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Ann Lally, head of the 91探花Libraries Digital Initiatives, was looking at statistics for the annual report last spring when she noticed something interesting: The libraries’ digital collections were getting quite a bit of traffic from Wikipedia.
Faculty violist Melia Watras will perform new, cutting-edge music by five composers, including three from the UW, in a concert titled Prestidigitation, at 7:30 p.
The 91探花School of Music will offer concerts by two pianists of contrasting style next week.
91探花Libraries and the Friends of the Libraries are teaming up to sponsor a student speaker series relating to this year’s common book, Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder.
Nominations for vice chair of the Faculty Senate are being sought.
The Growing Threat of Suicide Terrorism is the title of a lecture by Robert Pape scheduled for 7:30 p.
A reminder: Purchasing and Stores is looking for help in redesigning its Web site.
“Place Matters: Seeking Equity in a Diverse Society” is the title of a conference slated for Oct.
Open enrollment, the time for 91探花employees can make changes to their health care options, will be from Oct.
Come January, Dance Professor Hannah Wiley and some of her dancers will be appearing on Japanese TV.
Chicken with Plums, the new book by Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, will be the topic of conversation at the new International Book Club, which will have its first meeting at 2 p.