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August 21, 2003
UW to open linguistic treasures to tribes
Thirty-six participants from 13 Pacific Northwest Indian tribes will gather at the UW in early September for a workshop designed to open the linguistic riches of the UW campus and assist in tribal efforts to revitalize indigenous languages.
‘Ice man’ sets up, supplies camps in coldest places
“Showdown in the Arctic: Polar bear attacks nuclear submarine!” blared the headline in the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News last month.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Writers’ program expands into romance
There’ll be a little romance in UW Extension’s Writers’ Program this fall, but it won’t be among the students.
Talent Search employee pushes colleges — all of them
Esteban Maldonado is a college recruiter.
Surgery Pavilion on schedule to open in October
Members of the UW community and the neighborhoods around the University will be able to tour UW Medical Center’s new Surgery Pavilion at open houses on Friday and Saturday, Sept.
Interactive Web sites sell goods, study shows
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 UW professor.
Learning how lungs for transplant get damaged
Sometimes transplanted organs do not thrive in their new homes.
Guest column: Work at campus writing centers is never ending
Editor’s Note: Steven Corbett is a graduate student in English who directed the department’s Writing Center this summer.
Acosta named assistant dean
Tacoma family physician Dr.
Memorial planned for CSE employee
Memorial services have been set for James Hewitt, a 29-year-old computer systems engineer and architect in the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering who died Aug.
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APL HONORS: Bill Plant, principal research scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory, is the recipient of the John Wesley Powell Award, presented by the U.
Astronomers celebrate proximity of Mars
Late this month, the night sky will brighten with the closest approach of Mars since human ancestors were still living in caves 60,000 years ago.
Book Picks
Editor’s Note: The following books are by UW faculty and are available at University Book Store.
Computer science professor sells photos to benefit charity
An exhibit and sale, opening Sept.
Things Your Mother Never Taught You: Changes in tech transfer program explained
The first monthly seminar in the 2003-04 series on “Things Your Mother Never Taught You,” sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations, will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.
Symposium honors George Kenny
The School of Public Health and Community Medicine’s Department of Pathobiology is sponsoring a symposium on Tuesday, Sept.
Mysterious organisms dominate Earth’s oceans, researchers find
They are the Earth’s tiniest organisms capable of photosynthesis and, because there are so many of them, they alone are responsible for two-thirds of the carbon absorbed by the world’s oceans each year from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Dentistry’s Research Day set for Sept. 24
The UW community and the public can learn about research at the School of Dentistry on Wednesday, Sept.
On and off the medical bandwagon
“The Bandwagon Effect” is the topic for the Department of Surgery’s annual Struass Lecture, set for 4 p.
Health Sciences News Briefs
For clinical researchers
A new lecture series, called THINK (The Investigator Needs to Know), will begin next month for clinical researchers and their research and administrative staff members.
‘Ice man’ sets up, supplies camps in coldest places
“Showdown in the Arctic: Polar bear attacks nuclear submarine!” blared the headline in the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News last month.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES ADAI Grants There’ll be a little romance in UW Extension’s Writers’ Program this fall, but it won’t be among the students. August 19, 2003 The University of Washington has signed an exclusive patent license with Acucela Inc. for technology used in the study of potential treatments for eye disease. August 15, 2003 Members of the public can learn about research at the University of Washington School of Dentistry on Wednesday, Sept. 24, during Research Day 2003. August 14, 2003 In late August and early September, the red planet will appear closer and brighter than it has throughout all of recorded history, and astronomers with the University of Washington and the Seattle Astronomical Society will provide front-row seats for the public during a special “Mars Party” on Sept. 3. The world’s smallest photosynthetic organisms, microbes that can turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into living biomass like plants do, are in the limelight this week. Three international teams of scientists announced the genetic blueprints for four closely related forms of these organisms, which numerically dominate the phytoplankton of the oceans. August 13, 2003 Contrary to popular belief, using the Internet may not improve a person’s chances of finding a job. August 7, 2003 Just in time for the American Association of State Climatologists meeting this week in Portland, the state of Washington has someone fulfilling those duties for the first time since the late 1990s. Nine out of 10 urban school superintendents say they need more authority to fix bad schools and boost student achievement, according to a survey of the superintendents of the nation’s 100 largest districts. If students enrolled in Georgia Roberts’ fall quarter class expect two hours of celebrity worship every Friday afternoon, they’ve got another thing coming. After only three weeks of reading instruction, brain scans in children with dyslexia develop brain activation patterns that match those of normal readers, according to a new study by four UW researchers published recently in the journal Neurology. Bethann Pflugeisen describes her college major, community studies, as being about “social change with a practical component. Susan Jeffords hasn’t forgotten the moment. Spending time with 13 Nobel Prize winners would be an exhilarating experience for any young scientist, and Summer Lockerbie Randall is no exception. Black smoker hydrothermal vent systems may have the fire power, but the staying power of seafloor hydrothermal vent systems like the bizarre Lost City vent field — discovered just two and a half years ago — is one reason they may have been incubators of some of Earth’s earliest life, say UW scientists and their co-authors in a recent issue of Science. The UW community is invited to attend groundbreaking ceremonies for the Genome Sciences and Bioengineering Building, to be constructed along 15th Avenue. Two symposia later this month on San Juan Island are among six to be held in the coming two years to mark the 100th anniversary of the Friday Harbor Laboratories. Dr.
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Writers’ program expands into romance
UW signs licensing agreement for study of eye disease
Dental Research Day 2003 will be Sept. 24
Astronomers will give public view of Mars’ closest approach in 600 centuries
Genomes of tiny microbes promise insight into oceans, climate change
Using the Internet may hurt, not help, unemployed people in finding a job
Mote spells state’s climatologist drought
Study: Superintendents set up to fail
Class uses hip-hop to look at classics
Overcoming dyslexia: Brain scans show intervention makes a difference
GEAR UP staffer making a difference
Discovery Seminars show way to world beyond high school
Young UW scientist meets Nobel laureates
Seafloor vent systems may have spawned earliest life
Groundbreaking planned Tuesday
Lab celebrating first 100 years with symposia
Chair named for Dental Public Health Sciences
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