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November 6, 2003
Students help town control destiny
Thirty picket-wielding protesters shouted at the loggers cutting down a forest of mature spruce trees.
Three from UW earn AAAS honor
Meldrum, Jenekhe, Knopp celebrated for distinguished careers
Touching may reduce spider fear, study shows
A new study of the use of virtual reality to treat spider phobia that was released, appropriately enough, on Halloween, indicates that touching the fuzzy creepy-crawlers can make the therapy twice as effective.
Flexing the schedule: Survey shows interest in alternative work hours
New survey shows high staff interest
in alternative forms of work hours
CFD: ‘Centro’ meets variety of community needs
Editor’s Note: Throughout the Combined Fund Drive campaign, which runs through Nov.
Quake affected most area businesses
Ninety percent of the businesses in the central Puget Sound region that responded to an online and telephone survey suffered damage or other adverse impacts from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, according to a report prepared by UW researchers for the departments of emergency management in Pierce and King counties.
New Web site helps find UW speakers
The UW Speakers Bureau is making it easier for people in the community to find campus speakers and also for faculty and staff to register with the bureau.
First Walker-Ames Lecture in Tacoma Nov. 13
Noted historian and professor Robin Kelley of Columbia University will discuss black history at 7 p.
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Scientists learn more about January 1700 quake, deadly tsunami
Evidence has mounted for nearly 20 years that a great earthquake ripped the seafloor off the Washington coast in 1700, long before there were any written records in the region.
Collaboration at UW lab led to obesity gene findings
The discovery of a gene believed to be connected to morbid obesity has international origins and began as an exploration into the causes of Type I diabetes.
Fall quarter enrollment up; minority count increases
The UW’s Seattle campus enrollment for autumn quarter 2003 is 39,136, including 1,652 non-matriculated students (those who are not seeking degrees) enrolled in credit courses through University Educational Outreach.
New findings on platelet development and disorders
It’s been in all the newspapers, so you know it’s true: The style pages all tell us that the 70s and 80s are back.
Voting for health, safety posts now under way in campus units
Voting for elected representatives to the UW organizational Health and Safety Committees is now in progress.
Mark Groudine named to Institute of Medicine
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DIET GURU: When Mother Earth News needed a dietitian to talk about good nutrition in their Guide to Real Health, they turned to Judy Simon, a staffer at UWMC Roosevelt.
Vegas alumni seek campus speakers
Visiting Las Vegas anytime soon? If so, the UW Alumni Association in that city is interested in talking to you.
November 5, 2003
UW architecture program gives youth a voice on Seattle waterfront
Seattle’s post-Viaduct waterfront should provide an outdoor educational environment for studying history, culture and ecology — as well as a skateboard park. So say high school students at Queen Anne’s Center School who were asked to inject the voice of youth into the future of the downtown waterfront.
November 3, 2003
Nisqually quake damaged 90 percent of Puget Sound businesses surveyed
Ninety percent of the businesses in the central Puget Sound region that responded to an online and telephone survey suffered damage or other adverse impacts from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, according to a report prepared by University of Washington researchers for the departments of emergency management in Pierce and King counties.
Role in Type 1 diabetes provides clue for researchers who discovered ‘obesity gene.’
The discovery of a gene believed to be connected to morbid obesity has international origins and began as an exploration into the causes of Type I diabetes.
October 31, 2003
Ultra-low oxygen could have triggered mass extinctions, spurred bird breathing system
A University of Washington paleontologist theorizes that low oxygen and repeated short but substantial temperature increases because of greenhouse warming sparked two major mass-extinction events, one of which eradicated 90 percent of all species on Earth.
Japanese shipwreck adds to evidence of great Cascadia earthquake in 1700
Evidence has mounted for nearly 20 years that a great earthquake ripped the seafloor off the Washington coast in 1700, long before there were any written records in the region. Now, a newly authenticated record of a fatal shipwreck in Japan has added an intriguing clue.
October 30, 2003
Internet2 growth creates digital lab notebook, other learning opportunities
It took 2½ decades for the benefits of the original Internet to diffuse broadly into the education community.
School of Music guest brings distinguished credentials from 40-year career
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Touch doubles the power of VR therapy for spider phobia, study finds
Just in time for Halloween, a new study of the use of virtual reality to treat spider phobia indicates that touching the fuzzy creepy-crawlers can make the therapy twice as effective.
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Scientists meeting in Seattle to consider all aspects of Arctic changeIt was something polar veteran Jamie Morison hadn’t seen in that part of the Arctic Ocean before. CFD: Retired UW employee teaches English for area literacy council
Editor’s Note: Throughout the Combined Fund Drive campaign, which runs through Nov. Researchers: Segregation charge against school reforms may be ‘overhyped’Vouchers, charter schools and other school-choice programs might not make America’s schools any more segregated and unequal than they are today, according to a new study. Districts’ response to testing may fail already-struggling studentsHigh-stakes tests are having the wrong effect on many of the K-12 students who need the most help, according to two scholars in Washington state. UW center for digital artists makes history“You are a dangerous young man. Students learn in real world while benefiting elderly SeattleiteEric Ragde advanced his UW education a couple of weekends ago, without getting anywhere near campus, turning on the computer or cracking a book. October 29, 2003 2003 Autumn Quarter enrollmentsThe University of Washington’s Seattle campus enrollment for autumn quarter 2003 is 39,136, including 1,652 non-matriculated students (those who are not seeking degrees) enrolled in credit courses through University Educational Outreach. October 28, 2003 UW named a nationwide center to help study surgical treatments for obesityThe University of Washington has been designated as one of five centers nationwide to participate in the National Institutes of Health Bariatric Surgery Clinical Research Consortium. Scientists trying to make sense of Arctic changes400 researchers traveled to Seattle this week for the first and largest meeting of international scientists studying all aspects of change in the Arctic October 24, 2003 AIDS in Africa“AIDS Treatment in Africa: Making It Work” is the title for the next Distinguished Faculty Lecture sponsored by the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Stamatoyannopoulos leads UW group seeking functional DNA elementsDr. Debate on mammogramsA series of articles published Oct. Health Sciences News BriefsAdvice on starting a company UW to have one of three new centers for muscular dystrophy researchThe UW has been named one of three new cooperative centers in the nation for research on muscular dystrophies, and will receive $6. Previous page Next page Latest news releases
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