鈥淐oping and Comforting鈥 is a public forum for cancer patients and their loved ones from 12:30 to 2 p.
April 7, 2005
April 7, 2005
鈥淐oping and Comforting鈥 is a public forum for cancer patients and their loved ones from 12:30 to 2 p.
The Center for the Advancement of Health Disparities Research, a joint project with the University of Hawaii based at the 91探花School of Nursing, will sponsor an afternoon Teach-In at the 91探花Health Sciences Center on Thursday, April 28.
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding two seven-year research grants totaling $22 million to researchers in the 91探花School of Dentistry.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Grant applications wanted
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from 91探花faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning scholarly projects on ethnic issues in the United States.
The University community and others have contributed nearly $3,500 to a relief fund to assist Indonesian students affected by last winter鈥檚 killer earthquake-tsunami, which ravaged the Indian Ocean basin.
While the 91探花men鈥檚 basketball team was doing its part for national recognition, 91探花students were winning more than their share of prominent national and international awards and competitions on an unprecedented scale.
The 91探花Regional Center for Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease applied in December for a $25 million grant, to partially fund the construction of a regional biocontainment laboratory.
DUE NORTH: Most of us dream of attending conferences in places like Maui, but Adam Schiff, a principal cataloger for the 91探花Libraries, went to the opposite extreme, attending the Alaska Library Association鈥檚 annual conference in Barrow, described as the 鈥渘orthernmost outpost of American civilization.
The 91探花again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
More than 20 individuals and units are being honored this year as part of the annual Universitywide awards program.
James Jiambalvo, a 91探花professor of accounting whose research includes audit decision-making, the relationships between stock prices and information, and earnings management, has been selected by 91探花President Mark Emmert as the new dean of the 91探花 Business School, subject to approval by the Board of Regents.
April 6, 2005
Researchers studying yeast cells have identified a metabolic enzyme as a potential therapeutic target for treating Huntington’s disease, a fatal inherited neurodegenerative disorder for which there is currently no effective treatment.
91探花Medical Center has completed the first installation in the western United States of a next-generation volume computed tomography (VCT) scanner.
April 5, 2005
The 91探花 and the Washington State Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program will dedicate a new collection of artworks by nine artists of color at 6 p.
Two ocean-diving gliders built at the 91探花 were retrieved late last month near the Hawaiian island of Kauai after setting a world record by traveling a quarter of the way across the Pacific Ocean.
April 1, 2005
In otherwise healthy obese women, weight loss is associated with significant decreases in biomarkers associated with cardiovascular risk, according to an article printed in the April 6 edition of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding two seven-year research grants totaling $22 million to researchers in the 91探花 School of Dentistry.
The 91探花 again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
March 31, 2005
Most of us, when we think of a dancer, are likely to think of someone gliding across the stage with ease and grace.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Adding homes to a rural countryside, harvesting timber or building condos on a lake shore affects how an area looks, and that has become so important that growth management, sustainable forestry and other development plans now include mandates concerning changes to the “visual landscape.
Work in the Sylvan Theater, originally scheduled for last October, is now in full swing.
91探花President Mark Emmert has selected Suzanne Trager Ortega, vice provost for advanced studies and dean of graduate school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, as dean and vice provost of the 91探花Graduate School, effective Aug.
The 91探花and the Washington State Arts Commission鈥檚 Art in Public Places Program will dedicate a new collection of artworks by nine artists of color at 6 p.
The Burke Museum鈥檚 popular 2001 exhibit about the Antarctic voyage of Ernest Shackleton and his ship The Endurance was realistic for reasons both good and unfortunate, remembers Roxana Augusztiny, the museum鈥檚 interim director.
With the state poised to allow the first freshmen at 91探花Tacoma in 2007, a new agreement promising transfer students nearly three-quarters of UWT鈥檚 undergraduate seats has been signed by 91探花President Mark Emmert and representatives from the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and the Higher Education Coordinating Board.
The Work/Life Resource Center now has information about summer programs for school children of all ages.
Contradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea.
A pair of leading scientists who study songbirds as models for understanding the human brain and how humans acquire language say it’s time for the burgeoning field to begin singing a different tune and study a wider variety of species.
Scientists trying to recreate conditions that existed just a few millionths of a second after the big bang that started the universe have run into a mysterious problem 鈥 some of the reactions they are getting don鈥檛 mesh with what they thought they were supposed to see.
Celebrated pianist and composer, Marc Seales will be joined by fellow 91探花jazz and history faculty to explore how jazz has intimately reflected the African American experience through the years at 7:30 p.
Rising sea levels 20,000 years ago, as the last ice age was beginning to wane, often are attributed in part to melting in West Antarctica.
Randi Shapiro, assistant director of the Work/Life office, was a little surprised herself when she saw all the 91探花support and benefit programs lined up together 鈥 even though listing them that way had been her idea in the first place.
It’s a tale of two budgets.
Researchers trying to tease out the genetic basis of dyslexia have discovered a location on chromosome 2 that may contain one or more genes that contribute to the reading disorder and make it difficult for people to rapidly pronounce pseudowords.
March 30, 2005
PHILADELPHIA — Even though the American government and people have not always embraced immigrants with open arms, the image of the United States as a land of opportunity and refuge has become the focal point of the nation’s identity at home and around the world, says the incoming president of the Population Association of America.
March 29, 2005