October 11, 2001
New protection for bus riders due next week
A new bus shelter for patrons who wait in front of Guthrie Annex 4 on the main campus should be ready for use on Monday.
MacArthur scholars scheduled to speak
What does it mean to be a genius? Five UW professors who have received MacArthur Foundation Fellowships will share their thoughts with the audience in the upcoming lecture series, Scholarly Adventure and Creative Process: UW MacArthur Fellows in the Humanities.
Inner workings
IW: Center for Career Services
Name and title of unit head: Susan Terry, director
Location: 134 Mary Gates Hall
Number of employees: 17
Unit’s main function: To provide job search services to students and alumni.
Briefly
MAP breakfast slated Oct.
Correction
An item in last week’s University Week contained an incorrect figure.
Health Sciences Brief News
Award for Stamm
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Whiplash Research Center established; volunteer subjects needed
UW researchers have been awarded a five-year grant of more than $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to study whiplash injuries from motor vehicle accidents (MVAs).
Hartwell wins Nobel Prize
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Lifetime series features UW ‘Women Docs’
By Craig Degginger
HS News & Community Relations
Four UW physicians are featured prominently in this week’s episode of “WomenDocs,” a new Lifetime Television series.
Elkon named to lead Division of Rheumatology
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Thursday events will precede Garrett talk
Several health sciences faculty and staff members are leading sessions today as part of the University’s Day of Reflection and Engagement.
October 4, 2001
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ARCHITECTURAL ACCOLADE: The UW received a presidential citation from the American Institute of Architects recently.
Notices
Search Continues for Dean of Undergraduate education
The University of Washington invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of Undergraduate Education and Vice Provost, with a term to begin July 1, 2002.
New Briefs
Human rights speaker slated for UW appearance
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor will speak on Human Rights: Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Asian Pacific Region as the Severyns-Ravenholt Lecturer at 7 p.
A Special Newsmakers: Faculty speak out about Sept. 11
BOEING BUST: Well, not exactly, according to Christopher Haugen.
A superhero’s welcome
Community Transit’s superhero, Mr.
Dawg Dash
Greg Crowther, a graduate student in Physiology and Biophysics and winner of the 1999 Dawg Dash, encourages UW departments to sign up as teams in the annual walk/run Oct.
Van Soest to head Social Work
Dorothy Van Soest, professor and associate dean of the School of Social Work of the University of Texas at Austin, has been selected as dean of the School of Social Work at the UW, President Richard L.
Private support for University sets record
Total private support to the UW totaled $231,918,169 in fiscal year 2000-2001, an increase over last year’s record-breaking total of $225,575,162.
Message from the President: With pain, sorrow come reaffirmation
The beginning of the fall term is traditionally an exciting time, but this year the mood is somber.
Science Forum: Talk on neutrinos kicks off annual event
The second UW Science Forum colloquium kicks off tomorrow (Oct.
Sept. 11 remembered
Campus responding to attack with variety of offerings
Sept.
Health Scienes Brief News
Lectures rescheduled
-The Department of Surgery’s Strauss Lecture, originally scheduled for Sept.
Muilenburg Tower dedicated
Members of the family of Rob Muilenburg, longtime executive director of UW Medical Center who died in September 2000, were on hand for dedication of the medical center’s eastern wing as the Robert H.
Laurie Garrett to speak on global health
Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague and a science writer for New York Newsday, will be the speaker for the UW’s Hogness Symposium Thursday, Oct.
Campus-community partnerships highlighted
Academic researchers have sometimes been criticized for going into communities, gathering data, publishing articles and leaving communities with little or no benefit.
Centers for Excellence in Genomic Science: UW Genome Center
(See features story for an overall look at the two UW grants for research based on the genome.
March of Dimes funding supports program to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome
By Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations
The Parent-Child Assistance Program (P-CAP) at the UW has received funding from the March of Dimes Washington State Chapter for a project called “Prevent Double Jeopardy” that will provide services to women who have a birth defect.
Physical therapists schedule events
UW physical therapists from Hall Health Primary Care Center, the Exercise Training Center at UWMC-Roosevelt, the Sports Medicine Clinic, and the UW Medical Center Physical Therapy Department have planned events to mark Physical Therapy Month in October.
Tennis tickets
Good seats are still available for the Schick Xtreme III Tennis Challenge on Saturday, Oct.
January 22, 2001
Media-driven public backlash spurred Clinton’s high job approval
While journalists, scholars and political pundits have speculated that negative media coverage of Bill Clinton’s most tumultuous time in office didn’t have any effect on the former president’s approval ratings, a University of Washington assistant professor argues just the opposite.
October 31, 2000
Some media can increase public’s confidence in government by increasing knowledge
In her new book “With Malice Toward All? The Media and Public Confidence in Democratic Institutions,” University of Washington communications professor Patricia Moy says there’s a relationship between media use, knowledge and confidence in government.
June 7, 2000
STEP institute introduces Quinault students to fisheries, forestry research
The Sciences and Tribes Educational Partnership (STEP) – based in the UW’s College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences and the College of Forest Resources – will hold its first summer institute June 7-30.
May 12, 2000
Groundbreaking course helps future teachers get art into classrooms
Some future teachers have spent their final quarter at the University of Washington on center stage, with a paintbrush and pallet in hand, while considering music theory.
September 27, 1999
Bridging the gap: new program encourages underrepresented minorities pursuing science careers
It may not achieve quite the same global impact on minority science education as a recent $1 billion gift from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
June 30, 1999
Conference delves into the World Wide Web’s power to communicate
The UW is hosting an international group of technical communication scholars to explore how people interact with the Web and to design guidelines for evaluating the communication effectiveness of Web sites.
April 6, 1999
Upward Bound students learn to build computers–and get to keep them
A group of low-income high school students is learning how to build computers in a UW class–and they will get to keep the product of their labors.
April 2, 1999
Three UW School of Dentistry professors receive international awards
Three professors from the University of Washington School of Dentistry in Seattle were recipients of awards at the opening of the 77th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) held in Vancouver, B.
March 26, 1999
Risks for heart disease associated with size of LDL particles
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine have produced new analyses predicting the risk of heart disease among diverse population groups — younger women, middle-aged men and older Japanese-American men.
March 18, 1999
Clinical trials examine a low-cost rinse to prevent tooth loss
The last 100 volunteers are being recruited for a clinical trial to determine whether an anti-bacterial oral rinse can help high-risk older adults prevent tooth loss.
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