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August 7, 2003
Tickets available for UW drama season
Season tickets are now on sale for the School of Drama’s 2003–2004 productions.
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BEST IN SHOW: Staffers Kathy Hall and Cathy Schwartz received the international Best of Show and Distinguished Technical Communication awards from the Society for Technical Communication (STC) for the Department of Environmental Health’s 1999–2001 biennial report.
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MINORITY MONEY: Providing seed money for minority-run businesses is a good investment, according to a recent study co-authored by a UW professor.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
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ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ADAI Grants
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Several options for treatment of acid reflux
TV comedy fans may have fond memories of the old “Sanford & Son” series.
Groundbreaking planned Tuesday
The UW community is invited to attend groundbreaking ceremonies for the Genome Sciences and Bioengineering Building, to be constructed along 15th Avenue.
Help for whiplash injuries
UW researchers are looking for people who have sustained whiplash injuries in a motor vehicle accident for a study of the factors that contribute to whiplash injuries and the treatment of whiplash injuries.
Chair named for Dental Public Health Sciences
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Teranode Corp. licenses two UW-developed technologies
A private technology start-up company, Teranode Corp.
Correction
Correction: The caption for a photo of a research group in Africa, published in the July 24 issue, misidentified the UW participants in the group.
August 4, 2003
Ultrasound imaging advance improves prostate cancer treatment
For the estimated 140,000 U.S. men diagnosed annually with localized prostate cancer, radioactive seed implantation is fast becoming a preferred alternative to standard treatments involving removal of the prostate gland or external-beam radiation therapy.
July 30, 2003
Washington state gets climatologist just in time for national meeting
Just in time for the American Association of State Climatologists meeting next week in Portland, the state of Washington has someone fulfilling those duties for the first time since the late 1990s.
July 28, 2003
Superintendents say lack of clout holds them back from improving schools
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.
University of Washington licenses diagnosis and treatment method for bacteria found in arterial disease
The University of Washington has signed an exclusive license with ActivBiotics, Inc., of Lexington, Mass., to allow the company to use knowledge and technology developed by Dr. Allan Shor of the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and researchers at the UW for the diagnosis and treatment of arterial chlamydial granuloma, a condition linked to one of the world’s leading causes of death.
July 25, 2003
U.S. News & World Report Magazine Names Harborview’s Orthopaedics Department as 9th in the Country
U.S. News & World Report Magazine rated Harborview Medical Center’s Orthopaedics Department as one of the top 10 centers for orthopaedic care in the country.
July 24, 2003
UW Medical Center among top 10 in new US News survey
UW Medical Center has achieved a top 10 ranking among the premier hospitals in the country, according to U.
UWT scholar speaks out in ‘State of Black America’
When the National Urban League released its report on the “State of Black America” July 23, it included the voice of Carolyn West, associate professor of psychology at UW Tacoma, a scholar who is rapidly gaining prominence for her pioneering work studying African American families.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Medal of Merit
Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell, president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and UW professor of genome sciences, was one of four Washingtonians to receive the state’s highest civilian honor, the Medal of Merit, this month.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Directors named for WWAMI programs at two sites
New directors have been named for the School of Medicine’s regional WWAMI (Wyoming, Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) program at Montana State University and for the combined programs at the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
Summer Arts Festival won’t return
The UW Summer Arts Festival, which has graced the campus each July for the past four years, will not be returning next year.
Students aim to improve U-District
While Seattle city officials considered the lease lid, UW students worked to enhance the neighborhood surrounding their campus.
Carnegie grant ushers in new era for teacher preparation at UW
The UW’s College of Education and College of Arts and Sciences were awarded a $5 million grant and designated one of 11 “Teachers for a New Era” schools today.
Experienced school leaders work together in UW program
The students in Kathleen Poole’s school face different challenges than their peers at some of the other elementary schools in the Bellevue School District.
Internal waves generate great energy, researchers learn
When internal waves up to 300 feet first form they cause a mighty churning of ocean waters — something invisible to and unfelt by anyone at the surface.
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LIFETIME OF LANDSCAPE: Richard Haag, professor emeritus of landscape architecture, received the ASLA Medal from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
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Accord won’t bring rush to lease off campus
Now that the UW Board of Regents and the city of Seattle have removed the “lease lid” that limited UW leases outside of campus boundaries, there is not likely to be an immediate move for the University to lease off-campus properties.
Gates Foundation $30 million grant
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today (July 24) announced a $30 million grant to the UW School of Medicine for an unprecedented study at 10 sites in Africa, India, and Latin America to determine whether suppressing genital herpes can significantly reduce HIV transmission.
Keck names UW researcher ‘Distinguished Young Scholar’
Daniel Chiu does research at the tiniest scales, but he hopes he can help unlock some of medical science’s biggest puzzles.
Sugar in diet foods: Better or just more costly?
You’ve been drinking a lot of sodas and eating more candy than usual, thanks to job stress, family stress and traffic stress.
Student art travels to retirement community
Each year, students in the Master of Fine Arts program in the School of Art show their work at the Henry Art Gallery just about the time they’re picking up their degrees.
July 23, 2003
Hydrothermal vent systems could have persisted millions of years, incubated life
The staying power of seafloor hydrothermal vent systems like the bizarre Lost City vent field is one reason they also may have been incubators of Earth’s earliest life, scientists report in a paper published in the July 25 issue of Science.
July 18, 2003
Homestake collaboration completes new underground lab design
The group that proposed creating a National Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory at a closed South Dakota gold mine has completed a detailed engineering plan for the conversion, replacing the initial proposal sent to the National Science Foundation two years ago.
July 17, 2003
Research shows link between child and parental mental-health problems
Research from the Univerity of Washington’s Washington Kids Count project shows the emotional well-being of Washington children is strongly linked to their parents’ mental health. In turn, parents’ mental health is profoundly sensitive to their children’s emotions and behavior.
UW Medical Center joins top 10 among nation’s Best Hospitals
University of Washington Medical Center has achieved a top 10 ranking among the premier hospitals in the country, according to U.S.News & World Report’s 2003 annual guide to “America’s Best Hospitals,” which will be updated in its July 28 issue, available July 21.
July 14, 2003
Social interaction plays key role in how infants learn language, studies show
Social interaction apparently plays a far more important role in how infants learn language than previously believed, according to three related studies conducted by researchers at the University of Washington’s Center for Mind, Brain & Learning (CMBL).
July 10, 2003
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RESEARCH STAR: UW’s Research-Channel will be featured in an Internet2 Virtual Briefing from 10 to 11:30 a. Through many decades, stories about earthquakes raising or lowering water levels in wells, lakes and streams have become the stuff of folklore.
Seismology getting to know hydrology
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