School districts transfer millions of dollars each year from schools in poor neighborhoods to those with wealthier students and higher-paid teachers, a new study shows.
May 27, 2003
School districts transfer millions of dollars each year from schools in poor neighborhoods to those with wealthier students and higher-paid teachers, a new study shows.
May 22, 2003
A free concert on Friday, May 30 is the culmination of a new School of Music class in gospel music.
91探花Tacoma’s first official athlete is a Husky who rides bulls.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere at the UW, but not in Seattle.
Students grabbed sediment, sieved for shrimp and viewed plankton with a video microscope during Puget Sound research cruises led by 91探花alumnus Jim Norris.
What constitutes “good work?”
This is the central question explored in an innovative class offered by Britt Yamamoto, doctoral candidate in geography.
Atmospheric aerosols, airborne particles that reflect the sun’s heat away from Earth and into space, are part of everyday life.
Murder often begins at a terrifyingly early age.
Writing and the teaching of writing are drawing record numbers of school teachers to classes and seminars here.
If you鈥檝e ever had the desire to live someone else鈥檚 life for a while, Janice Thomas has a message for you: It can be done.
If recommendations of the Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Writing Committee are accepted, students will be writing more and college writing programs will be more coordinated.
The manager of a multi-million dollar research program for the Office of Naval Research and an expert on using sound energy to “see” inside the world’s oceans has been named director of the 91探花’s Applied Physics Laboratory, a center for research and teaching that last fiscal year brought in $43 million in grants and contracts.
The Medicines for Malaria Venture has awarded its Project of the Year Award to two researchers at the 91探花, Dr. Wesley Van Voorhis, professor in the School of Medicine, and Dr. Michael Gelb, professor in the Department of Chemistry.
How global climate change may alter how we live in the Pacific Northwest will be discussed by 91探花 research scientist Nate Mantua Tuesday, May 27, 7 p.m., Kane Hall 120.
May 21, 2003
Creators of a company that will broaden advances in genome science have won the $25,000 top prize at the 91探花’s sixth annual business plan competition.
May 20, 2003
An analysis of clinical trials involving more than 192,000 patients with hypertension shows that low-dose diuretics are more effective at preventing cardiovascular health problems than any other blood-pressure medication, according to 91探花 researchers and colleagues.
May 19, 2003
People are only slightly more likely to die of respiratory and cardiovascular problems when the air is increasingly stagnant, according to research by 91探花 scientists that will be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society in Seattle.
May 15, 2003
Harborview Medical Center, 91探花Medical Center, and several other Puget Sound area hospitals were among the participants this week in a national counter-terrorism drill.
If two renegade violins started quietly playing 鈥淥de to Joy鈥 during Beethoven鈥檚 鈥淔ifth Symphony,鈥 some audience members might sense a problem.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Undergraduate tuition is approximately 70 percent as much as graduate tuition (in-state rates, Spring 2003).
Kelly Clingan, who is majoring in both Women Studies and Music Education, has found the perfect way to combine her interests: she is conducting an all-girl jazz band in a performance of music composed or arranged by women.
President Bush has selected 91探花computer scientist Ed Lazowska as co-chair of the President鈥檚 Information Technology Advisory Committee, the White House announced recently.
Scott Macklin鈥檚 first full-length film was just around the corner, but he didn鈥檛 know it.
鈥淪ignal Transduction by Stress-Activated Protein Kinases鈥 is the title for the 16th annual Edwin G.
Before you take doses of more than one cold, allergy or flu medication, you should take a good close look at the labels, to make sure you won鈥檛 be taking too much acetaminophen, a medication found in a lot of sleep medications, pain killers, decongestants and other over-the-counter medications.
91探花Equal Opportunity Statement
The 91探花 reaffirms its policy of equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran or other eligible veteran.
Three colleagues in the Atmospheric Sciences Department are circulating a petition to Congress calling for the resumption of UN weapons inspections in Iraq.
HUMANITIES FELLOW: Jordanna Bailkin, assistant professor of history, is one of 41 Fellows of the National Humanities Center for 2003-2004.
Compiled by Debbie Kilgren, University Book Store Citadel to City-State: the Transformation of Greece, 1200鈥700
How global climate may change in the future and how that may alter how we live in the Pacific Northwest are the subjects of lectures the next two Tuesdays that are free and open to the public.
The manager of a multi-million dollar research program for the Office of Naval Research and an expert on using sound energy to 鈥渟ee鈥 inside the world鈥檚 oceans has been named director of the UW鈥檚 Applied Physics Laboratory, a center for research and teaching that last fiscal year brought in $43 million in grants and contracts.
Atmospheric aerosols, airborne particles that reflect the sun’s heat away from Earth and into space, are in air pollution, in plumes of smoke from forest fires and in ash clouds from erupting volcanoes. A new study says the cooling effect of man-made aerosols could throw a monkey wrench into the current understanding of climate change.
Retrieving the second year-round mooring ever used at the North Pole was among the challenges faced April 21 to May 9 during North Pole Environmental Observatory work led by James Morison, an oceanographer with the 91探花’s Applied Physics Laboratory.
May 13, 2003
Four- and 5-year-old children who are extremely active, oppositional, fidgety, squirmy, temperamental or have difficulty maintaining their attention are being sought by 91探花 researchers to participate in a pilot study.
May 9, 2003
The resilience of sockeye salmon runs in Alaska鈥檚 Bristol Bay -鈥 after a century of fishing they’re as healthy as they’ve ever been 鈥 is about strength in numbers.