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October 2, 2003

Merrill Hall to rise from the ashes

The Center for Urban Horticulture broke ground yesterday on a replacement for Merrill Hall, which was torched more than two years ago by self-styled ecoterrorists. The new building should be ready in a year.

La Niña reshaping Amazon River basin

New findings by a UW researcher studying the Amazon River reverse conventional wisdom about flood plains. He shows that La Niña is responsible for moving enormous amounts of sediment from the Andes Mountains into the Amazon’s flood plain.

UW launches expanded TA training

A fresh batch of teaching assistants started their duties recently with a cram session designed to help them get ready to meet students. Graduate Dean Marsha Landolt called the three-day session a “signature event.”

Spanish, Portuguese Studies looking to grow

When the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department played host to a delegation of consuls from Spain, Mexico and eight other Latin American and Caribbean countries recently, it was just part of the outreach it’s doing in an effort to grow.

UW Tacoma answering need for parking spaces, housing

The Board of Regents recently approved a new housing and parking complex that will meet the growing needs of a growing UW Tacoma campus. The $17.1 million facility is funded primarily through private investments and is scheduled for completion in 2006.

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By Mary Levin

Surgery Pavilion dedication

UW Medical Center’s new Surgery Pavilion was dedicated Friday evening, Sept.

UW Combined Fund Drive

The UW Combined Fund is an easy and fun way for UW employees to contribute to their favorite charities through either payroll deduction or by check.

October 1, 2003

Earthquake hazards in Puget Sound region to be focus of public forum

A four-member panel will discuss how seismic faults are located, what faults look like above and below ground, the types of earthquakes the faults have produced and will produce in the future, and where scientists next will search for faults.

La Niña takes Bolivian Andes on a sedimental journey

Conventional wisdom says a river’s flood plain builds bit by bit, flood after flood, whenever the stream overflows its banks and deposits new sediment on the flood plain. But for some vast waterways in South America’s Amazon River basin, that wisdom doesn’t hold water.

September 30, 2003

Center for Urban Horticulture begins rebuilding Merrill Hall

The remaining shell of Merrill Hall is coming down and construction fencing is going up at the Center for Urban Horticulture. A groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow will mark the start of construction to replace the building, which was fire bombed May 2001 by domestic terrorists.

September 26, 2003

Dr. Sheila Lukehart named UW medical school assistant dean of research and graduate education at Harborview Medical Center

Dr. Sheila A. Lukehart, research professor of medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, has been named the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine’s assistant dean of research and graduate education.

Many low-income, uninsured adults could benefit from better integration of mental health services and primary medical care

A survey of 500 patients aged 18 to 64 in a Colorado primary-care clinic that serves only uninsured, low-income adults indicated that many were troubled by emotional distress and physical pain.

Without thinning the worst is yet to come for fire-prone forests

When fires turn eastern Washington and Oregon forests into wastelands, valuable wildlife habitat is lost and it costs between $1,300 and $2,100 per acre in fire-fighting costs, lost buildings, economic suffering by nearby communities and degraded waterways, say University of Washington researchers in a recently published report.

September 23, 2003

UW to study preventing cavities in underserved populations

Researchers from the University of Washington School of Dentistry and health care providers in the Yakima Valley will cooperate on a clinical trial this fall to explore a new way of using fluoride varnishes to prevent cavities in high risk children.

Geological Society to meet in Seattle; topics include geology of salmon, wine

Scientists will present cutting-edge geological research and discuss geology topics of specific interest in the Pacific Northwest when the Geological Society of America holds its annual meeting in Seattle in November.

September 22, 2003

Bones from French cave show Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon hunted same prey

A 50,000-year record of mammals consumed by early humans in southwestern France indicates there was no major difference in the prey hunted by Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, according to a new study.

September 19, 2003

Harvard professor named to Condit chair in business administration at UW

Richard L. Nolan, professor emeritus of The Harvard Business School, will be named on Monday the inaugural Philip M. Condit Endowed Chair in Business Administration at the University of Washington Business School.

September 16, 2003

UW researchers continue AIDS vaccine research with $15 million grant

A team of medical researchers from three Seattle research facilities recently received a grant of over $15 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to continue the hunt for vaccines against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the causative agent of AIDS.

September 15, 2003

This mummy has four feet, few bones and a new climate-controlled home

Archaeologists at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture had no idea what they would learn when they sent Nellie, the museum’s Egyptian mummy, to the University of Washington Medical Center to undergo a CT scan three years ago as the first step in a conservation process.

September 10, 2003

This summer is state’s driest in more than a century

It’s been a hot summer in Washington, but it’s a dry heat. Literally. The state is experiencing its driest summer since at least 1900, with local rain amounts from 70 percent to 85 percent below normal.

UW Medical Center to give public a preview of new Surgery Pavilion

University of Washington Medical Center will offer the public a preview of its new Surgery Pavilion during a pair of open houses Sept. 19 and 20.

September 9, 2003

Depression in the elderly leads to higher health costs

Work done by researchers at the University of Washington and Group Health Center for Health Studies shows that depressed older adults use more health care services and have higher health care costs than their peers who do not suffer from depression.

Researchers turn to virtual reality to treat 9/11 post traumatic stress

A virtual reality researcher from the University of Washington and a Weill Cornell Medical College therapist have engaged the virtual world to treat victims of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.

September 4, 2003

UW announces new transfer admissions agreement

The University of Washington, Seattle, today announced a new transfer admissions agreement with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC).

UW Medicine Launches South Lake Union Research Hub

Design and construction planning began this week by Vulcan Inc. on the newest phase of UW Medicine Lake Union, the University of Washington’s new medical research hub that will be located in the heart of Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.

University of Washington leads $50 million Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research

September 3, 2003

Seeing really is believing: study shows virtual demonstrations lead consumers to make real purchases

Companies that offer interactive Web sites to consumers have a two to five times greater chance of selling their products than those that only provide static information, according to a University of Washington professor.

Smallest whirlpools can pack stunningly strong force

Researchers studying physical and chemical processes at the smallest scales, smaller even than the width of a human hair, have found that fluid circulating in a microscopic whirlpool can reach radial acceleration more than a million times greater than gravity, or 1 million Gs.

September 2, 2003

Harborview to offer Legs For Life(TM) screening event Sept. 13

Harborview Medical Center physicians and staff will do their part to improve the cardiovascular health of the community by offering free Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) screenings 9 a.

Workshop designed to give ‘sleeping’ Indian languages a breath of life

Thirty-six participants from 13 Pacific Northwest Indian tribes will gather at the University of Washington next week for a workshop designed to open the linguistic riches of the UW campus and assist in tribal efforts to revitalize indigenous languages.

August 29, 2003

Leading cosmologist to speak about ‘dark matter’ and mysterious ‘dark energy’ that make up most of the universe

An internationally recognized cosmologist will explain the latest theories about “dark matter” and “dark energy,” the invisible components that scientists say make up most of the universe.

August 28, 2003

Disparity in wealth is killing democracy, scholar warns

As Americans begin to tune into another presidential campaign season, they might assume that democracy is alive and well.

Non-judgmental intervention may help binge eaters overcome disorders

A brief non-judgmental interview and feedback session designed to enhance people’s motivation to change their behavior added to a self-help program appears to be effective in treating some people with two common types of eating disorders –bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.

August 26, 2003