March 29, 2004
91探花 (UW) researchers have shown for the first time that air pollution has adverse effects on people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The research results are published in the April 1 edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Higher education is not the hindrance to marriage and motherhood it once was, new research shows.
March 26, 2004
Students from the 91探花 School of Dentistry rank No. 1 in the nation among the 50 dental schools that participated in the December 2003 National Board Dental Examinations Part II.
March 23, 2004
Researchers at the 91探花 School of Medicine have found that bone marrow stem cells do not convert into heart muscle cells in mice. These results contradict a study conducted elsewhere that had prompted human clinical trials for such stem cell therapy in the treatment of heart attack.
March 22, 2004
The 91探花 Board of Regents today authorized Board president Jerry Grinstein to offer the presidency of the 91探花 to Mark Emmert, chancellor of Louisiana State University, subject to successful negotiation of an agreement.
March 18, 2004
91探花 researchers are looking for 20 budding elementary school “scientists” who enjoy science to participate in a study exploring how computers can help children with scientific problem solving and report writing.
March 15, 2004
Scientists have known for some time that some social insects undergo dramatic behavioral changes as they mature, and now a research team has found that the brains of a wasp species correspondingly enlarge as the creatures engage in more complex tasks.
March 12, 2004
A hand-held device that can precisely pinpoint a person’s location could mean freedom for many seniors whose navigational abilities are failing. 91探花 graduate student Don Patterson will be on Capitol Hill in Washinton, D.C., Tuesday to demonstrate such a device, dubbed “Opportunity Knocks.”
March 11, 2004
To inaugurate the new Fragile X Research Center at the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD), two internationally known experts on fragile X syndrome will visit the 91探花next week to give lectures and hold a series of meetings with fragile X researchers and clinicians.
To inaugurate the new Fragile X Research Center at the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD), two internationally known experts on fragile X syndrome will visit the 91探花next week to give lectures and hold a series of meetings with fragile X researchers and clinicians.
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Editor鈥檚 Note: This is one of a series of columns by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
Washington citizens have somewhat less favorable feelings toward the 91探花than in previous years, but the overall numbers remain quite high, according to a recent survey by Hebert Research.
Washington citizens have somewhat less favorable feelings toward the 91探花than in previous years, but the overall numbers remain quite high, according to a recent survey by Hebert Research.
Washington citizens have somewhat less favorable feelings toward the 91探花than in previous years, but the overall numbers remain quite high, according to a recent survey by Hebert Research.
University Police says goodbye this month to their two funniest officers.
It鈥檚 not often that a choreographer鈥檚 name is the one in the title for an art exhibit, but that will be the case when the Henry Gallery opens Trisha Brown: Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961鈥�2001 next week.
The mention of her name lights up the faces of those who know her.
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If life were a musical comedy, each and every teen would be depressed just long enough to sing a heartfelt tune about how miserable he or she was feeling.
Researchers at the 91探花and elsewhere have developed a targeted gene therapy that eliminates in adult stem cells the genetic mutations associated with brittle bone disease.
Spinal cord levels of a certain growth factor fall in mice just before the onset of symptoms similar to X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, a form of motor neuron disease.
A regional National Institutes of Health (NIH) seminar on program funding and grants, the first of these seminars to be presented in Seattle, will be hosted by the 91探花School of Medicine鈥檚 Research Funding Service in June.
CASE WINNERS: Once again the 91探花scored big in the competition sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Region VIII, covering Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Western Canada.
The 91探花Faculty Auxiliary supports scholarships each year through donations and fundraisers.
Steven Gribble and David Wetherall, both assistant professors in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, and Mina Aganagic, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, have been named to the 2003 class of Sloan Research Fellows.
Negotiators from the state House and Senate were working feverishly to forge a compromise on important legislation as the March 11 deadline for adjournment approached.
Aggressive 15-year-olds who attended religious services, felt attached to their schools or were exposed to good family management were much less likely to have engaged in violent behavior by the time they turned 18, according to a new multi-ethnic study of urban youth by 91探花researchers.
Teachers who qualify for national certification do a measurably better job in the classroom, according to a major study released last week.
March 8, 2004
Recent revisions to the master’s of business administration curriculum at the 91探花 will put students closer to the fundamentals that drive the real world of business today and the innovations that will shape tomorrow, said Business School Dean Yash Gupta.
Teachers who qualify for national certification do a measurably better job in the classroom, according to a major study to be released this week.
March 5, 2004
Rueben Mayes, former running back for the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks, will be the new assistant dean of external relations, Business School Dean Yash Gupta announced today.
March 4, 2004
The eyes will see dancers moving among walls that move, swirling water waves, and a lonely bed at this year’s 91探花Faculty Dance Concert March 4鈥�7 in Meany Studio Theater.
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