October 23, 2003
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
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 projects on ethnic issues in the United States.
TICK, TICK, TICK: That鈥檚 the sound of the biological clock of American women who put education and career ahead of starting a family.
POLICING PARTNERS: 91探花Police Chief Vicky Peltzer will be leading a delegation of law enforcement executives to South Africa soon, sponsored by the Ambassador People to People Program.
Attention all men.
The open enrollment period for the state medical and dental plans, which runs from Oct.
The state of Washington is in the process of making a major change in its civil service system.
An ambitious new venture in scholarly publishing is aiming to broaden access to current research and to lower costs for academic libraries.
Married heterosexual couples can learn a great deal from gay and lesbian couples, far more than the stereotypical images presented by the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, according to the first published observational studies of homosexual relationships.
400 to attend landmark SEARCH meeting in Seattle on all aspects of Arctic change
Women who carry inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 have a lifetime risk of breast cancer of more than 80 percent, as well as a high risk of ovarian cancer, according to the most comprehensive study to date of these women and their families.
October 22, 2003
Vouchers, charter schools and other school-choice programs might not make America’s schools any more segregated and unequal than they are today, according to a new study.
October 20, 2003
Married heterosexual couples can learn a great deal from gay and lesbian couples, far more than the stereotypical images presented by the television show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” according to the first published observational studies of homosexual relationships.
October 16, 2003
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Since New Student Orientation in September, visitors to the Odegaard Undergraduate Library have been invited to fold a paper crane.
Name: Marilyn Gregory
91探花Job: Field Coordinator, Young Women鈥檚 Health Study, School of Social Work
Volunteer Activity: I am a member of the board for the University District Food Bank.
The imprisonment of more than 117,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry was no spur-of-the-moment decision launched in reaction to the Dec.
Like a sparring Hollywood tabloid couple, the squabbles are getting harder and harder to ignore.
Two recently designated “scholar-citizens” are receiving support from brand new graduate fellowships this fall.
Imagine a sleek, sports car-like contraption into which you can climb, sinking into a soft leather seat in a semi-reclining position.
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Hall Health Primary Care Center will offer flu shots in the upcoming weeks for the campus community.
There’s more to music than meets the ear.
Students, staff and campus visitors alike can meditate, write poems, try yoga, experience “being present” and even listen to a story on Oct.
The 91探花is part of an ambitious effort to develop new tools for assessing students’ skills in information and communication technologies (ICT).
An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation’s education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.
Students, staff and campus visitors alike can meditate, write poems, try yoga, experience “being present” and even listen to a story on Oct. 24 as the 91探花 puts its own twist on Take Back Your Time Day, a nationwide campaign to challenge the modern epidemic of overwork and overscheduling.
October 15, 2003
The public will have a chance to hear from three of the 91探花’s world-class researchers on some of today’s hot technology topics via “Engineering the Future,” a fall lecture series that begins next week.
October 14, 2003
Researchers trying to understand how the mind comprehends music and the role that cultural familiarity plays in the process have found that exposure to music of another culture produces no differences in brain activity than when people are exposed to music from their own culture.
October 13, 2003
The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the 91探花 is celebrating the 100th anniversary of flight with a lecture series that begins this week.
Will the lives of young children be saved under a planned Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation requiring children under two-years-old to have their own seats and ride in child-restraint seats?
A lecture exploring how human needs must be considered as new computing technologies emerge, followed by a book signing.
An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation’s education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.
October 10, 2003
“Rebuilding Iraq: America’s Role and Responsibility,” a 40-minute presentation followed by audience questions.
Seeking to realize the full potential of the emerging field of eHealth — the use of interactive technologies to improve health behavior and disease management –the 91探花 School of Medicine is one of 18 sites to have been awarded a grant by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) through its Health e-Technologies Initiative national program.
October 9, 2003
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The 91探花is the lead institution for one of eight Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, the federal Department of Health and Human Services announced early in September.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
鈥淢edicine is full of complex information management problems that are worth solving,鈥� says Dr.
The 91探花is the lead institution for one of eight Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, the federal Department of Health and Human Services announced early in September.