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June 6, 2002
Jagadeesh wins McKnight Scholar Award
Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
Dr.
Cutting down on caffeine?
Withdrawal symptoms and how to ease them
Ave revitalization project begins soon
The City of Seattle will begin a University Way revitalization project later this month.
Correction
In a story last week on the June 5 Alzheimer’s Public Forum, Linda Teri was identified as director of the School of Nursing’s de Tornyay Center on Healthy Aging.
Etc: Campus news and notes
NOT GILLIGAN’S ISLAND: Want to be on a reality show that doesn’t make you look like an idiot? Well, it sounds like you’ll have a chance.
Executives should take hiring cues from the basketball court
Only two teams remain in the running for this year’s National Basketball Association championship, which began yesterday. Teams that want a better shot at making it to next year’s finals might want to consider forfeiting their upcoming draft picks, a University of Washington researcher says.
June 5, 2002
Becoming parents: it’s more than having a baby
The Becoming Parents Program consists of 27 hours of class–21 hours over six weeks during pregnancy and three two-hour “booster classes” when the baby is 6 to 8 weeks old and 6 months old. The classes focus on the couple, rather than just the mother, and teach people skills to strengthen their couple relationship and make it all they want it to be–especially with the challenges of parenthood.
June 4, 2002
Hearing infants show preference for sign language over pantomime
Six-month-old hearing infants exposed to American Sign Language (ASL) for the first time prefer it to pantomime, lending new evidence that humans show a broad preference for languages over “non-languages,” according to a University of Washington researcher who will present her findings here Friday at the annual convention of the American Psychological Society.
June 3, 2002
Falklands penguins forage far enough from home to get into trouble
As the world’s spiraling population creates greater demand for resources, the southern Atlantic Ocean is becoming a more popular spot to consider for fishing and oil exploration. But University of Washington zoologists and a Falkland Islands researcher have found that such interest could prove detrimental to Falklands penguins, whose numbers already could be declining.
Rats depleted of salt become sensitized to amphetamine
Laboratory rats that have been repeatedly depleted of salt become sensitized to amphetamine, exhibiting an exaggerated hyperactive response to the drug and an unusual pattern of neuronal growth in a part of their brains, neuroscientists have found.
Participation in study may spell help for youngsters with spelling woes
University of Washington researchers are looking for 40 Puget Sound area boys and girls who are good spellers and who are finishing up the fourth, fifth or sixth grades to participate in a study that is designed to help other children who are having difficulty learning to spell.
May 30, 2002
Cyclists asked to team up, challenge other employers
The UW Transportation Office is encouraging cyclists to team up when they accept the June Bicycle Commute Challenge.
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OFFICIAL NOTICES
Public Hearing Notice
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 1 p.
Grant from National Library of Medicine strengthens informatics research, training
The Department of Medical Education’s Division of Biomedical and Health Informatics has received a $3.
Larry Kessler to speak on medical device regulation by FDA
Dr.
Homeless sexual minorities at greater risk for physical and sexual violence, mental illness, substance abuse
Homeless youths who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender have a perilous existence on the street. Compared to heterosexual homeless youth, they experience more physical and sexual violence, use more drugs and abuse them more frequently, have more sexual partners and have higher rates of mental illness, according to a new University of Washington study.
In Brief
Dr.
Alzheimer’s Disease Forum June 5 at Shoreline
UW units are sponsoring an Alzheimer’s Disease Public Forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.
Industry Relations director
Dr.
Industry Relations director
Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
Dr.
Etc: Campus news and notes
FOUL FRAGRANCE: Sunshine and May rains are bringing forth the earthy fragrance of field and flower, but meanwhile, UW botanists are expecting a corpse flower to bloom this week, filling the air with a very different “fragrance” — one that drives flies, carrion beetles, sweat bees and their brethren wild.
UW Tacoma prof creates aquarium exhibit
If you can create an aquarium exhibit that fascinates and entertains kids and their parents with green crabs, tiny zebra mussels and the cute Chinese mitten crab, along with vibrant graphics and stories that warn of alien invaders, then education sneaks into a fun adventure.
Writing teacher honored for writing about teaching
Roberto Sanchez
Educational Outreach
Whenever Priscilla Long collects assignments from her writing students, there’s a name on the pile that pops up every time — her own.
Pathway from stress to heart disease
The well-known link between stress and heart disease starts with stress and other factors that can lead to poor health habits, according to a new UW study led by Dr.
Urban Horticulture struggles to rebuild
One year after a devastating arson fire, the Center for Urban Horticulture thanks its supporters even while it struggles to recover what was lost.
Industry Relations director
Claire Dietz
HS News and Community Relations
Dr.
May 29, 2002
Smell like rotting animal flesh filling UW botany greenhouse again
An Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a corpse flower in its native Sumatra and elsewhere because of its foul odor, began blooming late Wednesday afternoon in the greenhouse operated by the University of Washington’s botany department.
May 24, 2002
Graduate students win $30,000 to start company to make cancer-fighting drug
A team of University of Washington graduate students have won $30,000 to finance a company that would provide a less-invasive radiation therapy to cancer patients.
May 23, 2002
Preventive Services Task Force recommends depression screening
The U.
Etc: campus news and notes
TUTU ON TV: If you didn’t get to see Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he was on campus this month, there will be many opportunities to see videos of his two appearances.
Technology developed on campus will speed up computers
The speed and efficiency of computer network and database servers could increase as much as 400 percent because of an idea developed by two UW computer scientists that is reaching mainstream computing.
Peer Portfolio
FOOTBALL U: The National Football League has drafted Michigan State University to help prepare training manuals for youth and high school football coaches.
Bioengineering is focus of alliance
A five-year agreement will connect the UW and Nanyang Tech in Singapore.
Campus Conversation is wide ranging
President McCormick and other administrators met in a lively open forum with staff employees. Their discussion ranged from anthrax to the UW’s reputation and much more.
Summer construction to be discussed
If you’d like to get more information about construction on campus this summer and how it will affect you, you can attend a brown bag presentation at noon Friday in 309 HUB.
Harvard expert to help launch climate change program
Well-known speaker will help as the institution launches a strong program geared toward the study of Earth’s climate change.
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ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Seed Grant applications invited
The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants for the year 2002-03.
Memorial will honor Evans School dean
A public memorial will be held June 4 in Kane Hall to honor Marc Lindenberg, dean of the Daniel J.
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Education professor wins prestigious teacher preparation award
Steve Hill
University Week
Cathy Taylor experienced an epiphany on a Seattle soccer field.
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