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The UW鈥檚 Office of Educational Partnerships and Learning Technologies and its partners in Eastern Washington 鈥� Northwest Communities Education Center and Horizons Inc.

By training, Mary Lidstrom is a biologist.

A $5 million Department of Education grant announced recently will set up a network of resources aimed at improving the nation鈥檚 approach to educating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The scanners are watching.

Researchers have launched a hunt in Washington and 15 other states for 250 families with two or more autistic children to participate in a $10.2 million 91探花 study to uncover the genetic and neurobiological causes of autism.

Dr. Bertil Hille, professor of physiology and biophysics in the 91探花 School of Medicine, is one of 65 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine, a branch of the National Academy of Sciences.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences Monday (Oct. 14) presented this year’s Gustav O. Lienhard Award for the advancement of personal health services to two leaders in understanding infant development: Dr. Kathryn E. Barnard, founder and director of the Center for Infant Mental Health and Development at the 91探花, and Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, president and chair of the Brazelton Foundation Inc.

An expert on children who were taken from their homes in the United Kingdom and shipped off to labor in other countries will speak at the 91探花 on Nov. 15 about issues related to reuniting children and personal identity.

A free, public lecture on the search for extraterrestrial life

The 91探花 School of Dentistry is one of two schools on the West Coast to receive a grant of almost $1.5 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to increase the underserved population’s access to oral health care.

From the Office of the President, Members of the University Community:
The University is committed to maintaining an educational and employment environment that is enjoyable and respectful.

The second seminar in the series on 鈥淭hings Your Mother Never Taught You,鈥� sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Office of Industry Relations and the 91探花Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, will cover patents.

The fall Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning will feature sessions on three different days, led by 91探花instructors speaking on their experiences teaching large classes at the UW.

Despite experiencing a two-year period in which general merit raises were granted just once, the 91探花professional staff鈥檚 salaries remained at the same level compared to the market as in 2000.

Last issue鈥檚 answer was of the trees outside of the Oceanography Teaching Building.

Dr. Edward A. Walker, professor and vice chair of the 91探花Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, has been named medical director of 91探花 Medical Center, announced Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine. Dr. Walker will also serve as an associate dean of the School of Medicine.

The 91探花 Department of Urology announced today that it has received a $1 million grant from The Paul G. Allen Foundation for Medical Research to support continuing research by Dr. Richard Berger on chronic pelvic pain in men.

Fifty students from Muir elementary under the direction of Peter Lape, the Burke’s curator of archaeology, and 91探花archaeology students are participating in an urban dig that runs through Saturday in the Rainier Valley.

An international gathering of computer scientists, students and technology mavens

You鈥檝e tried over-the-counter painkillers, maybe glucosamine or chondroitin, modified exercise and even injections to calm the pain in your arthritic knees.

A half-day educational program on the medical device market and investing in medical device start-up companies is set for Thursday morning, Oct.

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People who have been living with diabetes 25, 50, 60 or more years will be honored at the first 91探花Purple and Gold Diabetes Recognition Awards ceremony at 9 a.

The Department of Surgery鈥檚 53rd annual Strauss Lecture will be given this year by Dr.

First Science in Medicine Lecture Sept. 26 with Robert Hevner

University Week is responding to the difficult budget situation on campus by shifting the publication schedule.

Eight-week session offers students a rigorous introduction to scholarly research

Educational mission will be documented on the Internet

Study finds that newsmagazines鈥� coverage paralleled government, military communication strategies.

Excellence in Teaching Awards are given to graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate outstanding skills in the classroom.

Excellence in Teaching Awards are given to graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate outstanding skills in the classroom.

Roy Chan is this year鈥檚 President鈥檚 Medalist.

Geoff and Judy Vernon died last fall in the crash of a sightseeing plane in the Yucatan Peninsula.

When your doctor sends you for an ultrasound, you have this year鈥檚 Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus to thank that he can use that technology to help him diagnose and treat illnesses.

The Outstanding Public Service Award is presented to a faculty or staff member to honor the recipients extensive local and/or national public service.

The S. Sterling Munro Public Service Faculty Fellowship is awarded to a 91探花faculty member demonstrating exemplary leadership in community-based instruction, including service learning, public service internships and community-partnership projects. It is named after an aide to U.S. Sen. Henry M. Jackson who was also an administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration.

Recent research at the 91探花 shows that Medicare patients who have difficulties performing the typical activities of daily living are more likely to also report dissatisfaction with their health care than those without these problems.

It is virtually impossible for a river or stream to first stop its flow and then reverse course. But an ice stream in Antarctica has done precisely that during the last 2陆 centuries, and scientists are trying to figure out exactly why.

An engineering professor at the 91探花 has received a $10 million federal grant for a national center to explore how engineering students think and learn — knowledge that experts consider essential to teach today’s undergraduates the skills they need to solve tomorrow’s problems.

Dr. Belding H. Scribner, professor emeritus of medicine in the 91探花 School of Medicine, will be honored with the Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research on Friday, Sept. 27, in recognition of his pioneering work in kidney dialysis, which has saved millions of lives.