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June 26, 2003

Discretionary leave gives supervisors another way to reward good service

With another year of state budget cuts, UW supervisors may be looking around for ways they can reward good employees.

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GOING THE DISTANCE: A UW professor and a doctoral student, both from the College of Engineering, have been named recipients of the third annual R1edu Awards recognizing pioneering work in the field of distance learning.

Study of undergraduate learning probes thoughts, feelings of students

For the last four years she’s been listening, and now it’s Catharine Beyer’s turn to speak.

Social program benefits ‘spill over,’ study shows

Social-welfare programs may help many more people than previously thought, UW research indicates.

June 24, 2003

Internal waves appear to have the muscle to pump up mid-lats

In a novel use of mooring data, a University of Washington researcher has calculated just how much punch waves appear to carry as they travel thousands of miles from where they originate.

Saving Aleut: Linguist begins new effort to preserve native Alaskan language

The number of Alaskans who speak Aleut has fallen to around 100 from 620 just two decades ago. That’s a far cry from the estimated 20,000 people who once spoke Aleut in the Aleutians and Pribilofs, which jut out hundreds of miles into the North Pacific Ocean off the Alaska Peninsula.

Memorial service will be held June 30 for Dr. Belding H. Scribner

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Dr. Belding H. Scribner will be held at 4 p.m. on Monday, June 30, in Hogness Auditorium at the University of Washington Health Sciences Center in Seattle.

June 23, 2003

Is the cessation of abuse enough to resolve depression for victims of intimate partner violence?

Women who have been victims of intimate partner violence experience a decreased likelihood of depression after the violence ceases, according to a study by researchers at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center published in the latest issue of the Violence and Victims.

June 20, 2003

UW mourns loss of Dr. Belding H. Scribner

Dr. Belding H. Scribner, professor emeritus of medicine in the University of Washington School of Medicine and an inventor whose device has saved millions of lives, died in Seattle on June 19, 2003.

June 19, 2003

Social programs may provide hidden ‘spillover’ benefits, study finds

Social-welfare programs may help many more people than previously thought, University of Washington research indicates.

June 16, 2003

Washington state financial institutions yield substantial returns for investors

In the wake of the dot-com bust, banks and savings and loan associations headquartered in Washington state proved to be smart investments in 2002, according to a University of Washington expert in banking and financial markets.

Hypertonic resuscitation may help victims of blunt trauma

Hypertonic resuscitation — a concentrated intravenous (IV) dose of saline and dextran, a sugar solution — has the potential to help survivors of blunt trauma by improving blood flow and delivery of oxygen to the injured brain while decreasing high pressure in the brain, a common problem for patients with brain injury. This therapy is now being tested in a research study by University of Washington (UW) physicians based at Harborview Medical Center.

June 13, 2003

Major gift by Milgard family names business school at UW Tacoma

The University of Washington, Tacoma has announced a gift of $15 million from the Milgard family of Tacoma, founders of Milgard Manufacturing, to fund expansion of its Business Administration program, which now offers both baccalaureate and master’s degrees.

June 11, 2003

Architecture students joining Montana tribe for ‘barn raising’

Forty architecture students soon will head to Montana to help the Northern Cheyenne tribe build a house out of straw.

June 9, 2003

UW researchers develop local test for West Nile virus

Researchers and doctors in the Northwest who wonder if a blood or tissue sample has West Nile virus will no longer have to send samples to the East Coast for testing. The Virology Division of the University of Washington’s Department of Laboratory Medicine has developed an assay to detect the virus.

Researchers find association between dietary intake of iron and manganese and Parkinson’s disease

University of Washington researchers have found that the risk of someone getting Parkinson’s disease after high consumption of both iron and manganese together is greater than expected.

June 5, 2003

Drumheller Fountain returns

Drumheller Fountain returned this week after several months’ absence.

Students put the Northwest back in local garden

A thicket of Himalayan blackberries, English holly, European buttercup and laurel cherry has been cleared by hand.

Space management at UW gets boost from GIS tool

Shortly after he came to work in the Capital and Space Planning Office (CASPO) eight years ago, Dan Trythall was asked to produce a study of how space was being used in Gerberding Hall.

$8.6 million grant will help with earlier autism diagnosis

Autism research at the UW has received a major boost with an $8.

SARS guidelines seek to prevent campus outbreak

The UW has announced guidelines to prevent an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the University community.

Charrette seeking renewed identity for Seattle’s Nihonmachi

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UW graduation 2003 statistics

UW plans commencement ceremonies for Seattle, Tacoma, Bothell

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Environmental, economic expert tabbed to lead Evans School

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Mystery Photo

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

June 4, 2003

Child-passenger safety training focuses on Latino families

The importance of buckling up, how car seats and booster seats protect children, and the state’s seat belt and car seat laws will all be part of training sessions for Latino community outreach workers this week.

June 3, 2003

UW study shows MRIs have no advantage over traditional radiography in diagnosis and treatment of low back pain

A University of Washington study featured in this week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that while the latest technology may be faster than traditional radiograph or X-ray in providing images of the spine, rapid magnetic resonance imaging, or rapid MRI, does not result in cost savings or significant reductions in lower back pain.

June 2, 2003

Sandra Archibald named dean of Evans School

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May 29, 2003

Results mixed in lung surgery study

Results of the largest study of bilateral lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) to treat severe emphysema indicate that, on average, patients who undergo LVRS with medical therapy are more likely to function better after two years and do not face an increased risk of death compared to those who receive medical therapy only.