UW medical students participate in Residency Match Day

Students in the UW School of Medicine joined more than 15,000 other medical students around the country in participating in the National Resident Matching Program on March 24.

Science in Medicine Lecture set for April 9

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March of Dimes gives Peter Byers lifetime achievement award

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American Cancer Society grants funding to UW scientists

The American Cancer Society (ACS) presented its annual Legacy and Leadership Research Awards for Seattle-area cancer research at a special ceremony on March 13 at the UW campus.

Harborview Gala sets record for Mission of Caring Fund

By Elizabeth Robichaud
UW Medicine Development

The 2008 UW Medicine Salute Harborview Gala, held March 1 at the Sheraton Seattle, grossed more than $2 million — a first in the 16-year history of the event.

April 2, 2008

New fish has a face even Dale Chihuly could love

A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says a University of Washington professor.

April 1, 2008

Want docs to treat the underserved? Make sure they train at community health centers, researchers say

University of Washington researchers have found that community health center-trained family physicians were more likely to work in underserved settings than their non-community health center-trained counterparts (64 percent versus 37 percent), based on a study published in the April issue of Family Medicine.

Does greater trust improve financial performance of joint ventures in China? New research challenges conventional wisdom

Marketing literature often highlights the importance of trust in collaborative entities’ financial performance.

March 28, 2008

UW tops national primary care medical school rankings for 15th straight year

The University of Washington again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.

March 27, 2008

Researchers link genetic errors to schizophrenia

A team of researchers at the University of Washington and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories has uncovered genetic errors that may shed light on the causes of schizophrenia.

March 26, 2008

Engineers Without Borders-USA international conference this week in Seattle

Engineers Without Borders-USA will hold its annual conference Thursday through Sunday on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus.

March 24, 2008

Department of Medicine researcher mounts new attack on lupus

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Scientists uncover how superbug Staph aureus resists our natural defenses

Researchers at the University of Washington have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staph aureus) “superbug” strains, resists our body’s natural defenses against infection.

March 20, 2008

Quincy Jones to be UW commencement speaker, receive honorary doctorate

Quincy Jones, a distinguished musician, composer, producer, arranger and conductor for more than six decades, will be the University of Washington commencement speaker June 14 in Husky Stadium.

March 19, 2008

Some moms quit cigarettes, marijuana, alcohol during pregnancy, but dads don’t

Despite public health campaigns, a surprising number of women continue to use substances such as tobacco, marijuana and alcohol during pregnancy and their usage rebounds to pre-pregnancy levels within two years of having a baby, according to a new University of Washington study.

Molecular engineers design new enzymes from scratch

Many important chemical reactions are slow and unwieldy because no enzyme exists to prod them to greater efficiency.

March 18, 2008

Spring training for Parents? Youth sport programs would benefit

As cries of “play ball” ring out this spring, they undoubtedly will be followed by complaints of anxiety and stress from young athletes wanting to quit sports.

Satellites can help Arctic grazers survive killer winter storms

Rain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens in the far north it can mean lingering death for reindeer, musk oxen and other animals that normally graze on the Arctic tundra.

March 17, 2008

It’s easy for Washington residents to obtain, take their pain medicine

Unlike several other areas of the country, painkilling medicine is widely available throughout Washington state to people suffering from chronic or acute pain and who have received prescriptions, according to a new survey of the state’s pharmacies.

March 13, 2008

UW undergraduates scrutinize Glacier Bay, share exploits by blog

In addition to being home to intense geological and climatological change, Alaska’s Glacier Bay hosts one of the richest cold-water marine environments including a great diversity of top-level marine predators, such as seabirds and marine mammals.

Sand dollar larvae use cloning to ‘make change,’ confound predators

Nature is full of examples of creatures that try to look as big as possible in an effort to scare away potential predators.

300 Seattle-area families sought for study on how children learn self-control

Researchers trying to understand how young children develop the ability to control their attention, behaviors and emotions are looking for 300 Seattle-area families to participate in a new study.

UW Parking guide writes mystery and calls it, what else, ‘Secluded Parking’

When a guy who works for UW Parking Services decides to write a novel, it’s not surprising that he’d choose a title like Secluded Parking.

Social dominance or big brains? Wasps may answer question of which came first, research shows

There’s new evidence supporting the idea that bigger brains are better.

Official notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Thursday, March 20, at UW Tacoma.