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Car thieves beware: There鈥檚 a new police tool at the University that might reduce your job efficiency.

James Morrison was surprised when Bruce Adee, acting chairman of mechanical engineering, called him and asked him to come meet with Henry Schatz, an alumnus wishing to donate money to the department.

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The Digital Ventures and Invention Licensing units of the 91探花Office of Technology Transfer are now holding office hours at South Campus Center on Wednesdays.

A new shuttle service, scheduled to begin Monday, July 12, will link 91探花Medical Center with the developing research hub at South Lake Union.

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91探花Medical Center has moved up one place in its ranking among the premier hospitals in the country, according to U.

91探花Weekend Homestay

English Language Programs is looking for individuals and families to host Japanese university students for the Summer 2004 Weekend Homestay program.

CLIMATE CHAOS: Author Charles Wohlforth consulted Gerard Roe, a 91探花associate professor of Earth and Space Sciences, when Wohlforth researched his book on climate change titled The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change.

TOP ACADEMIC: Law Professor Anita Ramasastry received the 2004 National South Asian Bar Association鈥檚 Outstanding Academician Award.

Heavy drinking during the teenage years begins taking a serious health toll by the time people are 24 years old.

A recent University report on faculty hiring and retention restates a continuing reality: Though minority faculty are growing in overall numbers, the 91探花still is falling short of its own stated goals for employing black and Hispanic faculty members.

A new 91探花study has found that people who began binge drinking at age 13 and continued throughout adolescence were nearly four times as likely to be overweight or obese and almost 3 1/2 times as likely to have high blood pressure when they were 24 years old than were people who never or rarely drank heavily during adolescence.

91探花 Medical Center has moved up one place in its ranking among the premier hospitals in the country, according to U.S.News & World Report.

The 91探花鈥檚 Fertility and Endocrine Center at 91探花Medical Center-Roosevelt will close Sept. 24, 2004 following the decision by four faculty physicians to move into private practice this fall.

About 1,000 middle and high school students from across the state will be spending a week this summer at the 91探花, taking courses designed and taught by 91探花faculty, as part of a program to help them plan for a college education.

A 91探花eye surgeon performed the Pacific Northwest鈥檚 first artificial cornea implant June 9 at 91探花Medical Center-Roosevelt.

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For five weeks this summer, the University will be home to about 1,000 middle school and high school students from throughout Washington State, here to soak up atmosphere, see the sights and begin considering their college options.

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

When the Nisqually earthquake struck western Washington in 2001, brick chimneys in parts of West Seattle and Bremerton were left looking like so much straw after the Big Bad Wolf had gone huffing and puffing through.

Quick quiz: Which members of the campus community get to use the 91探花Faculty Club?

You could hardly be blamed for answering only 鈥渇aculty.

The Internet has opened up Distance Learning to a whole new level, with courses once offered through the mail being delivered instantaneously online 鈥� across town or worldwide.

Shortly after Ian Taylor arrived in Seattle in 1975, he got a job at the UW.

Virtual reality appears to dramatically change how the brain physically registers pain, not just how people subjected to pain perceive the incoming signals, according to a new study by a group of 91探花researchers.

A regional National Institutes of Health (NIH) seminar on program funding and grants, the first of these seminars to be presented in Seattle, has drawn more that 600 registered participants.

The series on 鈥淭hings Your Mother Never Taught You,鈥� sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Industry Relations Office, will present 鈥淲orking with Companies: Corporate Research and Material Transfer Agreements鈥� at noon on Tuesday, June 29, in Harborview Medical Center鈥檚 Research and Training Building.

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Two researchers in the School of Medicine have won 2004 Career Awards in Biomedical Sciences from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

While physicians are able to treat patients who suffer blood loss after major injuries, a large number of these patients go on to develop infections or multiple organ failure, in which the functioning of the body vital organ systems, such as the lungs, heart, kidneys of liver, go awry.

English Language Courses
The 91探花English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.

On behalf of state employee Jeff Ott, we, his family and friends, would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you at the 91探花for your generous donations of sick leave through participation in Washington State鈥檚 shared leave program.

JAMMERS JAM: Allow us to be boastful for a moment and note that University Week鈥檚 parent department, News & Information, is home to the current champs of the Walk-in Challenge.

The 91探花Bothell and the 91探花Tacoma have announced the recipients of the President鈥檚 Medalist Award at their institutions.

Attention new employees and those who help them get started at the University: Signing up for direct deposit just got a whole lot easier.

John Wott, professor of forest resources and director of the Washington Park Arboretum for more than 10 years, has been named acting director of the UW鈥檚 Center for Urban Horticulture in addition to his duties as arboretum director.

Adults often struggle trying to learn a second language, but the process may not be as tedious and slow as commonly believed.

Innovative programs ranging from English language classes for 91探花employees to an interdisciplinary degree program in humanitarian relief received support from the Fund for Innovation and Redesign.

John Wott, professor of forest resources and director of the Washington Park Arboretum for more than 10 years, has been named acting director of the UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture in addition to his duties as arboretum director.

The major trends in the American diet can be described as more calories, more refined grains, more added sugars, and more added fats. The reasons behind these trends are largely economic, says Dr. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Nutritional Sciences Program in the 91探花School of Public Health and Community Medicine