November 8, 2001
Surgery simulation
Elected officials and leaders in higher education and health from Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho were at the UW Health Sciences Center in late October for a WWAMI Legislative Conference focusing on the School of Medicine’s regional medical education and training programs.
Public turning to books to understand war on terrorism
By Steve Hill
University Week
The terror of Sept.
The Home Front: Campus landscape altered by Sept. 11.
Since Sept.
Inner Workings: Scandinavian Studies
Department Chair’s Name: Terje Leiren
Department Location: Raitt Hall
Number of Faculty: 12, including two lecturers who are partially funded by the governments of Finland and Denmark
Number of Students: 16 graduate students and 81 undergraduate majors; department teaches about 2,000 students a year.
Employee prefers helpful over helpless
The Combined Fund Drive runs through Nov.
Mastering the business of caring: MBA students run campus food drive
By Steve Hill
University Week
Schlepping 70 waist-high barrels across campus and getting them in their proper locations for the UW’s annual food drive is a part of the job Lorrie Johnson would prefer to delegate.
Health Sciences News
Curriculum open house
The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine’s curriculum programs in occupational therapy, physical therapy and prosthetics/orthotics will be featured in an open house from 3:30 to 5 p.
Medications and pregnancy
The UW’s National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health is conducting new research into how drugs are handled in the body by pregnant women, a field which according to the U.
New consortium gets $7 million
By Kristin Woodward
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the UW will be participating in a federally funded, $37 million research consortium to study how individual genetic makeup affects one’s response to various environmental agents, from asbestos to tobacco smoke.
British expert on health status of countries to give Walker-Ames lecture
Richard Wilkinson, an expert on the differences in health status from country to country, will speak about “Unhealthy Societies: The Politics of Human Social Needs” at 6 p.
Symposium features Northwest community research projects
Several UW and Northwest-based researchers will be participating in a symposium on Friday, Nov.
Expert on inflammatory bowel disease coming to UW
Dr.
November 1, 2001
Etc.
KID SAFETY: Seventeen low-income families whose children attend school in the UW’s Experimental Education Unit received free child and infant car seats, thanks to the University Police Department.
Notices
Grant Proposal Deadline
Nov.
Mystery photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Rainy reflection
‘Tis the season when the bricks of Red Square are wet more days than not, but the sun occasionally breaks through the clouds and leaves us with a dazzling surface on which to walk.
Falling leaves
Leaves have piled up behind Gerberding Hall as fall progresses in the Northwest.
Briefly
Education’s role in shaping citizens examined in forum
Higher Education and Democratic Citizenship is the title of a forum to be held from 7 to 9 p.
Emergency guide: New posters installed in campus buildings
As a result of last February’s earthquake, a new poster is making an appearance in buildings around campus.
Guide available on suspicious mail
As the anthrax scare continues on the East Coast, the UW’s Mailing Services has increased its vigilance and advises others on campus who handle mail to do the same.
No flu shot clinics this year, Hall Health says
Finding a convenient flu shot clinic on campus may not be possible this year.
New benefit available to UWRA parents
A change in the admission policy to two retirement communities that are partnered with the UW Retirement Association will benefit the parents of UWRA members.
Staffer walks her way to compassion
The Combined Fund Drive runs through Nov.
CD planned for old recordings
Representatives of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Siuslaw and Lower Umpqua from Coos Bay, Ore.
Campus making dent in energy budget deficit
As temperatures fall and there are more hours of dark, the campus community is likely to be increasingly aware of our energy conservation program.
The Home Front: Documents play supportive role in tragedy
Since Sept.
UW joins effort to increase teacher certification
By Steve Hill
University Week
The UW has joined in a statewide effort to increase the number of national board-certified teachers in Washington’s K-12 classrooms.
New director dances the dance of life
Elizabeth (Betsy) Cooper is one of those people the rest of us envy – the ones who somehow knew, while still in childhood, what their future career would be, and have never really wavered from that path.
Lawmakers, UWRA consider revenue boost
If it were up to members of the UW Retirement Association, the state of Washington might well adopt an income tax.
UW profs named AAAS Fellows
Three UW professors are among 288 scientists to be awarded the distinction of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS announced last week.
Benefits advice
Marita Berg, King County coordinator for the Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA) talks with John Salveson of Plant Operations at the Health Sciences session of the Benefits Fair, held Wednesday, Oct.
Health Sciences Brief News
Dr.
Former surgeon general will speak at Pediatric Grand Rounds on Thursday
By Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
Dr.
Department of Genome Sciences formed by consolidation of Genetics and Molecular Biotechnology
By Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations
The UW Board of Regents, at its Oct.
Lecture will explore issues of nursing, systems and safety
News that 75 percent of all hospital vacancies today are nursing jobs could leave potential patients worrying about their safety.
Neuroscientist Bajjalieh studies the fundamental molecular steps in nerve cell function
By Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
A certain doctor shakes my office when he tromps down the hall every day in full bicycle gear.
October 25, 2001
Sounds of the season
Music majors Kris Knien and John Meier warm up at the Littlefield organ for the annual Halloween concert, to be presented tomorrow in the Walker-Ames Room, Kane.
Tennis Challenge nets $1.4 million
The Schick Xtreme III Tennis Challenge drew a capacity crowd to Key Arena on Oct.
Etc.
WOMEN IN SCIENCE: Suzanne Brainard, executive director of the Center for Workforce Development, has been honored with the Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award.
Mystery photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
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