March 6, 1998
First Community Conversation in Seattle March 16
University of Washington President Richard L. McCormick will hold a Community Conversation from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Monday, March 16, at the Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway.
March 4, 1998
Internet privacy and other emerging technology issues focus of 24th annual UW Computer Fair March 18-19
The oldest and largest technology show in the Pacific Northwest is just around the corner. The 24th Annual UW Computer Fair, which attracts up to 16,000 visitors, will be held March 18 and 19 at th e University of Washington.
February 27, 1998
International dental symposium to focus on caries and periodontal disease
New knowledge about caries and periodontal disease and its impact on daily dental practice will be examined during the Third Washington Dental Service Foundation Distinguished Professorship Symposium, May 21 and 22, at the Four Seasons Olympic Hot el in Seattle.
February 26, 1998
It’s emotional abuse, not vicious beatings, that often spurs women to leave battering husbands
Despite the pain and bruises inflicted by punching, kicking and worse mayhem, it is the scarring left by an emotionally abusive husband that is more likely to trigger a battered wife’s decision to leave her spouse.
February 24, 1998
Nobel Prize-winner, acclaimed science photographer kick off UW Center for Nanotechnology
Nobel Laureate Steven Chu of Stanford University and acclaimed science photographer Felice Frankel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be keynote speakers at a March 6 seminar to formally kick off the UW Center for Nanotechnology.
Pilot study explores how people seek information on the Web
A pilot study to be conducted by University of Washington faculty could help them learn how individuals seek information on the World Wide Web. The research will be one of the first in-depth studies of how people use the Web.
February 23, 1998
University of Washington physicians comprise more than half of the “Best Doctors” in Western Washington
Physicians from University of Washington-affiliated hospitals in Seattle — University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center — and the University of Washington School of Medicine constitute more than 50 percent of the Western Washington doctors in the latest regional listings of The Best Doctors in America.
February 20, 1998
Husband’s willingness to be influenced by wife, share power are key predictors of newlywed happiness, stability, UW study shows
According to a study published in this month’s Journal of Marriage and the Family. Active Listening techniques may fall on deaf ears where the success of a marriage is concerned.
UN ambassador to speak at UW Feb. 23
William Richardson, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, will hold a “town meeting” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23 in 210 Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus.
February 19, 1998
For fifth straight year U.S. News & World Report ranks University of Washington as top primary-care medical school
For the fifth straight year, the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine ranks as the nation’s top primary-care medical school in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of graduate and professional schools.
February 13, 1998
Understanding obesity: Knowledge of weight control leading way for future treatments
PHILADELPHIA — Exercise and diet play an important role in weight regulation, but the true key to weight control lies in understanding and identifying personal quirks in the biological system.
El Nino expected to shrink spring snowpack, may reduce water supply
Though you wouldn’t guess it by looking at current conditions, snowpacks in the Cascade Mountains are likely to fall significantly below normal levels by late spring, which may affect water supplies, fisheries, agricultural operations and hydroelectric plants which depend on the runoff, University of Washington researchers predict.
Regents issue statement on diversity
Statement passed by the UW Board of Regents Friday, Jan. 16, reaffirming their commitment to diversity
February 10, 1998
New chemical processing technique being studied at UW may hold key to cleaning up Hanford, reducing industrial waste
A new technique for reducing waste from chemical processes involved in everything from petroleum refining to pharmaceutical manufacturing also may hold the key to cleaning up radioactive remains at eastern Washington’s Hanford nuclear site.
February 9, 1998
Need a solution for that biomedical problem? The answer could lie with mathematics, says researcher
These days when a biologist, a medical researcher or even a psychologist wants to set up an experiment, the chances are they will contact a mathematician.
February 4, 1998
Dental Implant Program established at the University of Washington School of Dentistry
The School of Dentistry, in partnership with the National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias, has established a new program to provide dental care for patients affected by ectodermal dysplasias.
Mysterious fate of vast dissolved organic matter in oceans may be to mitigate the greenhouse effect
Vast amounts of dissolved organic matter in the ocean, once thought to be inert, may play a surprising role in mitigating the greenhouse effect, according to bioengineering researchers at the University of Washington.
February 2, 1998
It doesn’t add up: First study of talented young mathematicians shows boys out-perform girls
There’s new evidence that when it comes to mathematics, the sexes apparently do not begin school on an equal footing.
January 30, 1998
How do I love thee? Instead of counting the ways, ‘The Love Test’ offers couples 32 scientific quizzes to measure their relationship
Compiled by two University of Washington sociologists, “The Love Test” is designed to help individuals and couples explore the dynamics of their relationships by using scientifically validated self-quizzes.
In spite of computers, handwriting instruction is important because of carry-over to composition
When the mechanical process of handwriting is taught in tandem with the more creative process of composition, the result is improvement in both skills, a study of Seattle first-graders shows.
January 29, 1998
Nancy Woods named dean of the UW School of Nursing
Dr. Nancy Fugate Woods, associate dean for research at the University of Washington School of Nursing, has been named dean of the school, UW President Richard L. McCormick announced today.
January 22, 1998
Staff Forum gathers first time Jan. 26
President Richard L.
January 16, 1998
New pacemaker implant helps patients with tremor
A 70-year-old Bellevue man has become the first local resident to receive a new treatment to alleviate the tremors associated with Parkinson’s disease and Essential Tremor.
January 15, 1998
Images of the brain in action may hold clues to recovery from stroke
Images of the living brain, made while stroke victims and normal subjects tap their fingers, are revealing how some stroke patients regain lost strength.
January 12, 1998
UW conference helps women engineering students build bridges to top firms
Female students looking for mentors or role models in science and engineering often find themselves swimming upstream. The eighth annual Women in Science and Engineering Conference at the University of Washington aims to buoy the efforts of these students by providing workshops and networking opportunities with women scientists, engineers and managers from more than 30 top companies.
January 7, 1998
Five rural towns slated as training sites for new, six-month program for University of Washington medical students
Four University of Washington third-year medical students are currently participating in a new program to provide these future physicians with extensive training in rural medicine. Another training site will open in 1999.
January 5, 1998
Magnetic stimulation offers new hope for people with depression
Magnetic stimulation–a method of stimulating a part of the brain involved with mood regulation–offers new hope for people whose depression has failed to be helped by medications.
January 2, 1998
University of Washington marks 50th anniversary of anti-Communist investigations with
In 1948, the University of Washington fired three tenured professors for alleged Communist sympathies. It was a controversial action in a time full of such actions. McCarthy, the blacklist, loyalty oaths-most Americans have heard of post-war anti-Commun ist fervor, though it is hard for those who didn’t live through it to understand what happened and why. To address some of those questions, the University will mark the 50th anniversary of the firings this winter with a series of events called the “All Powers Project.”
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