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About 30 exhibits and hands-on demonstrations were set up in the Health Sciences Lobby and adjacent courtyard as part of the Dawg Daze orientation program for new entering freshmen and transfer students in late September.

All over the world, researchers are trying to find the answer to making spinal cords whole again after they have been injured.

It’s not every day that a 91̽»¨assistant professor leaves Mary Gates Hall to head a foreign delegation at a major overseas conference of the United Nations.

Aspiring set designers in the 91̽»¨School of Drama are going to be studying with a teacher who knows his way around Broadway — and pretty much everywhere else good theater is made.

The 91̽»¨Faculty Senate is taking nominations from those interested in becoming vice chair for the next school year, 2006-2007.

As an astronomy major, Ethan Owens saw student and faculty computers within the department being used to study galaxy formation and orbital mechanics.

Have you noticed the colorful signs planted strategically around campus these days that say: “Dismount zone”? They’re also signs of a new awareness of bicycle safety at the UW.

CYBER SLEUTH: Dave Dittrich, researcher and senior security engineer at the Information School, has been named one of the world’s top seven security professionals by Information Security magazine, which put him on the cover of its October edition.

The fossil cast of one of the largest birds that ever lived was installed at the Burke Museum this week.

Puget Sound men and women with an opiate addiction and women with suicidal behavior are needed as volunteers for two studies at the 91̽»¨ designed to refine a therapeutic treatment for borderline personality disorder.

Vince Gallucci, whose work includes developing mathematical and statistical models to link biological studies to future population changes and management options, has been named director of the UW’s Center for Center for Quantitative Science in Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife.

The 91̽»¨has once again topped the nation in biomedical engineering research funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Friends, family and colleagues of Anthony Qamar, 91̽»¨professor of Earth and Space Sciences, will gather in a special memorial service at 7 p.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

91̽»¨Recycling is continuing its Stop-Think-Recycle campaign this week.

More than 100 charitable and nonprofit agencies filled the HUB Ballroom Wednesday for the kickoff to the UW’s annual Combined Fund Drive — a gala invitation to the 91̽»¨community to donate a little bit each pay period to help others.

Mary Lidstrom, professor of chemical engineering and of microbiology, and holder of the Frank Jungers chair of engineering, has been appointed vice provost for research, effective Nov.

Airlift Northwest is holding a memorial service today, Oct.

The CEO of Sonosite, a firm headquartered in Bothell that produces handcarried diagnostic ultrasound devices and revenues of more than $100 million, is the Oct.

The UW’s World Dance Series begins a new season with Blueprint of a Lady: The Once and Future Life of Billie Holiday, a multi-arts performance piece based upon the life and legacy of the late jazz vocalist Billie Holiday.

91̽»¨President Mark Emmert and UWT Chancellor Patricia Spakes will host the the 15th anniversary celebration for 91̽»¨Tacoma on Oct.

President Emmert has supplied one-year pilot money for an effort to create leadership and professional development opportunities for graduate and professional students.

Twelve-year-olds whose parents smoked were more than two times as likely to begin smoking cigarettes on a daily basis between the ages of 13 and 21 than were children whose parents didn’t use tobacco, according to a new study that looked at family influences on smoking habits.

Physicists who work with a concept called string theory envision our universe as an eerie place with at least nine spatial dimensions, six of them hidden from us, perhaps curled up in some way so they are undetectable.

Six weeks after the unprecedented devastation of Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf states, the 91̽»¨community’s response continues to grow and evolve with help and hospitality for those affected.

Newly hatched magellanic penguin chicks in breeding grounds with a large number of human visitors show a significant spike in levels of a stress-related hormone compared to chicks hatched in areas not visited by humans, a 91̽»¨research team has found.

The 91̽»¨Libraries is getting new copy machines this week, and with the new machines will come some expanded services.

As researchers announced the lowest amount of ice cover in more than a century in the Arctic recently, the fourth consecutive year of record and near-record lows, two polar scientists at the UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory say they believe a tipping point has been reached.

The 91̽»¨will host the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition on Saturday, Oct.

Got something bugging you? A nagging concern you’d like to discuss or research? Or maybe just a life or change issue you’d like some discreet help coping with? APS Helplink is a useful link to know.

A 91̽»¨, Bothell business professor has published research on the disastrous effects the regional economy will suffer in the event of a magnitude 6.

ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

CSSS Seed Grant Program

The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants for the year 2005-6.

As researchers Wednesday announced the lowest amount of ice cover in more than a century in the Arctic, the fourth consecutive year of record and near-record lows, two polar scientists at the 91̽»¨’s Applied Physics Laboratory say they believe a tipping point has been reached.

AIDS symposium planned for Oct.