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March 11, 2003
Crows alter their thieving behavior when dealing with kin, other birds
Researchers at the University of Washington have found a species of crow that distinctly alters its behavior when attempting to steal food from another crow, depending on whether or not the other bird is a relative.
March 10, 2003
More political candidates turning to Web to foster participation, mobilize support
Eighty-four percent of political campaigns last year used Web sites designed to encourage participation in the political process, according to a University of Washington researcher. That’s up from less than 70 percent of campaign sites in 2000 that offered opportunities for involvement.
Managed care plans generally refer patients with pain symptoms to specialists
Primary care physicians under a managed care system were more likely to refer patients to a pain specialist than other physicians were, according to a University of Washington study.
March 6, 2003
Decade-long study of weight loss and type 2 diabetes still needs participants; more than 200 already recruited
Look AHEAD, the first long-term study to look at the effects of weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes, has recruited more than 200 of the approximately 300 people being sought for the local study site.
UW, national lab initiate a nationwide effort to bolster nanotech education
An effort initiated by the University of Washington to broaden the scope of education in one of science’s hottest and most rapidly evolving fields has attracted a national audience of researchers.
‘Cover the Uninsured’ effort plans two programs here
“Cover the Uninsured Week” is a series of national and local activities from Monday, March 10, to Sunday, March 16.
March 12 program explores options for financing new companies
Options for financing newly formed companies will be the topic for the next program in the “Things Your Mother Never Taught You” series sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Ramsey on advisory board
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UW-China exchange gives students unique research opportunity
Imagine you’re a junior at the UW, maybe 20 or 21 years old.
Students, alumni make for odd ‘Coupling’
Perhaps bowling can bridge a gap between Seattle’s professional artists and its aspiring art students at the UW.
Playing for the cycle: Sheppard takes on Beethoven’s sonatas
Craig Sheppard has performed more than half of Beethoven’s sonatas over the years.
Gardeners keep a close eye on campus trees
Citizens of the UW love their trees.
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Magnuson Scholars have support for graduate work
Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2002-2003 academic year.
General Clinical Research Center support renewed for five years
The UW General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) has received a five-year grant renewal for $36 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Reconstructing the nose
The intricacies of reconstructing the human nose will be the topic for the 10th annual Buehler Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Surgery’s Division of Plastic Surgery.
March 5, 2003
Scientists gather at UW to discuss the intersections of engineering and biology
Leaders in the fields of biology and engineering and researchers from around the Puget Sound region involved in exploring the intersection of these rapidly advancing fields.
March 4, 2003
Companies must roam to stay competitive, say corporate information chiefs
The high-tech industry may be mired in a slump but it continues to stoke a business revolution that could leave some regions behind, University of Washington researchers have found.
February 28, 2003
Celebrities to read for kids at Harborview on March 3
What: The general public is invited to Harborview’s Reach Out & Read in the Children and Teens clinic in the Ground West Clinic of the medical center.
Composted biosolids bind lead in soil, reducing danger of poisoning
Adding composted biosolids rich with iron, manganese and organic matter to a lead-contaminated home garden in Baltimore appears to have bound the lead so it is less likely to be absorbed by the bodies of children who dirty their hands playing outside or are tempted to taste those delicious mud pies they “baked” in the backyard.
February 27, 2003
They’re innocent: Scientists exonerate Clovis people in 11,000-year-old mystery
Archaeologists have uncovered another piece of evidence that seems to exonerate some of the earliest humans in North America of charges of exterminating 35 genera of Pleistocene epoch mammals.
Opera is inspiration for new dance
Next week’s Faculty Dance Concert will offer a new interpretation of a scene from one of the world’s great operas.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
February 26, 2003
Endless hotcakes make for hot debate among hungry engineering students
The International House of Pancakes restaurant just west of the University of Washington campus in Seattle is not usually considered a hotbed for science.
February 25, 2003
UW School of Dentistry opens Center for Leadership Education in Pediatric Dentistry
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Doctors should consider providing more information to patients about medical errors
errors. Researchers who conducted a series of focus groups with doctors and patients say that patients want to be fully informed when an error happens, and believe such disclosure would increase their trust in their doctor. Yet while doctors want to be truthful, a variety of barriers may prevent physicians from disclosing errors to patients.
February 24, 2003
Evidence acquits Clovis people of ancient killings, archaeologists say
Archaeologists have uncovered another piece of evidence that seems to exonerate some of the earliest humans in North America of charges of exterminating 35 genera of Pleistocene epoch mammals.
February 21, 2003
Top executives discuss opportunities, challenges of e-business
The push to digitize the workplace is changing the strategies behind how successful businesses strengthen security issues, revolutionize corporate travel and advance customer relationship management initiatives.
February 20, 2003
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Ultrasound Provides a New Way to Look at Heart Health
Seattle — Every 53 seconds, someone in America has a stroke.
Studying all life: New department combines botany, zoology, biology
The University of Washington has a biology department.
Goodbye spam: New filter makes it possible
It happens to all of us.
Researchers learning about language learning
Researchers have found a way to reverse what appears to be a universal decline in foreign language speech perception that begins toward the end of the first year of life.
Engines based on nature may someday improve synthetic world
For Viola Vogel, thinking big naturally comes coupled with the smallest objects imaginable.
UW tutors help public school students prepare for the WASL
The small elementary school gymnasium is teeming with the unmistakable energy of youth.
Computer analysis finds patterns in viral RNA
Medical and health sciences researchers frequently conduct studies in vivo, within the body, or in vitro, in a test tube.
Environment and disease
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Pediatric Dentistry chair begins work
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Bremner to receive 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award from UW medical grads
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February 19, 2003
Landscape students from 2 nations to design for International District
Eleven landscape architecture students from Japan’s Chiba University will join their University of Washington counterparts to develop urban-design proposals for key sites in the Chinatown-Nihonmachi-Little Saigon-International District, where community groups seek to preserve the area’s heritage amid development pressure.
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