A preliminary plan for a national science and engineering laboratory deep underground near Leavenworth is being unveiled this week as a starting point for a formal proposal.
May 20, 2004
May 20, 2004
A preliminary plan for a national science and engineering laboratory deep underground near Leavenworth is being unveiled this week as a starting point for a formal proposal.
As one watches the clip of footage from the sea floor one hears the voices of scientists and technicians at the monitors in the control room on board the UW鈥檚 research vessel Thomas G.
Any campus or city report on crime statistics tends to carry both good and bad news.
Being jailed in federal or state prisons has become so common today that more young black men in the United States have done time than have served in the military or earned a college degree, according to new study.
A pair of scientists has proposed a new model for behavioral development among social insects, suggesting that a higher male susceptibility to diease has helped shape the evolution of the insects’ behavior.
Students graduating this June from the 91探花 (UW) School of Medicine have selected Dr. Paul Crosby for the 2004 WWAMI Distinguished Teacher Award.
Being jailed in federal or state prisons has become so common today that more young black men in the United States have done time than have served in the military or earned a college degree, according to a new study.
May 19, 2004
Frank Drake, author of “The Drake Equation,” will speak in June about the current status of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
May 18, 2004
Graduate students in chemistry and business pool resources to create viable venture.
Playwright August Wilson, who has received two Pulitzer prizes and numerous other awards for his plays, will be the featured speaker at the 91探花’s 129th annual Commencement ceremonies June 12 at Husky Stadium.
May 17, 2004
A preliminary plan for a national science and engineering laboratory deep underground in the Cascade Mountains near Leavenworth is being unveiled this week as a starting point for a formal proposal.
May 13, 2004
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Are small-scale stream restoration projects successful? What are the most efficient undergraduate business programs in the Pac-10? And by the way, how have novelty records affected British popular culture?
Such questions and scores more will be addressed by 91探花students in oral and printed presentations at the Seventh Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, to be held noon to 5 p.
The School of Music鈥檚 spring opera is one well known to opera fans.
It is virtually impossible for a prospective Magellanic penguin mother to find or build a soft spot to lay her eggs.
The Washington Research Foundation has committed to donate $5 million to the 91探花as the first founding donor in a new matching program designed to stimulate increased giving to the University.
Five 91探花faculty members were among those recently elected as fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the highest honors accorded to scholars in the United States.
The Husky Marching Band will play, President Lee Huntsman will speak and Red Square will ring with the sounds of celebration at noon on Monday, all because of a high honor 鈥 the very highest, in fact 鈥 earned by the 91探花library system.
Urban American Indian women endure extremely high rates of physical and sexual trauma and, as a result, may engage in risky behaviors that place them at high risk for becoming infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, according to a new study focusing on American Indians in the New York City area.
When jet lag or oft-changing work shifts make you feel out of synch, it’s probably not your imagination.
Preadolescents who reported high levels of conduct problems were nearly four times as likely to experience an episode of depression in early adulthood than were children who reported low rates of conduct problems, according to a new 91探花 study.
A slow earthquake has apparently begun under western Washington, and 91探花scientists believe it will provide insight into stresses that eventually will lead to the region’s next major earthquake.
May 12, 2004
New research led by a 91探花 biologist shows there are at least two circadian clocks in the mammal brain, one that sticks strictly to an internal schedule and another that can be altered by external influences such as light and dark.
May 11, 2004
Preadolescents who reported high levels of conduct problems were nearly four times as likely to have experienced an episode of depression in early adulthood than were children who reported low rates of conduct problems, according to a new 91探花 study.
May 10, 2004
Urban American Indian women endure extremely high rates of physical and sexual trauma and, as a result, may engage in risky behaviors that place them at high risk for becoming infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, according to a new study fousing on American Indians in the New York City area.
New 91探花research shows Magellanic penguin eggs come with extra-thick shells to withstand being laid on hard surfaces and survive being kicked around during penguin fights.
May 6, 2004
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A self-help book from a law professor?
That鈥檚 only the latest surprise to come from Lis Wiehl, an associate professor of law who is better known to millions of Americans as a capable jouster in the cable-TV news pundit pits.
The largest volunteer work party ever at the grounds of the UW鈥檚 Center for Urban Horticulture descended 150 strong
April 24 to weed out invasive species and help re-establish native plants.
TOPS IN TEACHING: Jan Spyridakis, professor of technical communication, received the national award for Excellence in Teaching from the Society of Technical Communication.
Editor鈥檚 note: this is one of a series of columns by the chairs of the councils and committees of the Faculty Senate.
91探花Medical Center is seeking about 100 people willing to participate as mock victims, family members and volunteers for a Western Washington Disaster Drill on Thursday, May 13, between 9 a.
鈥淔rontiers in Structural Biology鈥 is the title for the second annual Frontiers in Biomedical Research Symposium, sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Office of Research and Graduate Education and Office of the Dean.