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Students to provide window dressing for Ave. storefronts

When Aaron Hoard met with Ave.

While economy lags, UW sticks to mission

You are all aware that the state of Washington is facing severe financial challenges.

Crafty crows flock to thievery

Crows and ravens are depicted as being clever and tricky animals in countless American Indian stories and legends.

Medieval chant concert returning

Last December, the new Mary Gates Hall was the scene of a musical experiment – a performance of medieval chant in the Commons.

December 12, 2001

UW dentistry students learn high-tech photography for patients

Students in the University of Washington School of Dentistry are finding a new and high-tech way to communicate with patients and plan comprehensive treatment. They are taking a course in digital photography.

December 11, 2001

Pollution in Asian air mass likely measured on both sides of Pacific

Scientists watched closely last spring as a haze of pollution, which had been tracked by satellite as it crossed the Pacific Ocean, settled over a large swath of North America from Calgary, Canada, into Arizona.

December 10, 2001

A little larceny comes naturally to northwestern crows

Crows and ravens are depicted as being clever and tricky animals in countless American Indian stories and legends. Those characterizations apparently are right on the mark, according to a pair of University of Washington researchers who have found a species of crow that is constantly looking for opportunities to steal food from other members of its flock.

Dr. Eugene Natkin presented with first distinguished teacher award

Dr. Eugene Natkin, professor emeritus of endodontics in the University of Washington School of Dentistry, has received the first Bruce R. Rothwell Distinguished Teacher Award.

December 7, 2001

Statement from Dr. Eric Larson, medical director at University of Washington Medical Center

“Widespread news coverage has been given this week to Donald Church, who, in the course of a lifesaving procedure at UW Medical Center in June 2000, experienced a serious medical error.

Information about medical errors

The following statement is from Dr. Eric Larson, medical director at University of Washington Medical Center:

December 6, 2001

Play explores racial profiling

For Valerie Curtis-Newton, the theater isn’t just a place to perform plays; it’s “a place for communities to gather to create and experience stories that directly apply to their lives.

Scientists track protein changes with new technique

Researchers at the UW have developed a new technique for observing large proteins that gives scientists the most detailed picture yet of the biological workhorses in action and promises to shed light on a wide range of issues, including the biocompatibility of medical implants, blood-clotting processes and how cancer spreads.

Center to help those who care for society’s children

Aside from the Internal Revenue Service, perhaps no government agencies are the object of more scorn than state child protective services organizations (CPS).

Collaborative dance concert kicks off tonight

MFA candidates in dance designed the moves, postgraduate composers wrote the music and undergraduate dance students bring it all to life in the Composer/Choreographer Collaborative Concert, opening tonight in Meany Studio Theater.

Health, safety committee members named

The votes have been counted in the Health & Safety Committee election.

Preventing heart attacks: Dramatic improvement with statin-niacin combo

By Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations

Treatment with a combination of statin and niacin can slash the risk of a fatal or non-fatal heart attack or hospitalization for chest pain by 70 percent among patients who are likely to suffer heart attacks and/or death from coronary heart disease, according to a study by UW researchers in the Nov.

Infant mental health center established

By Laurie McHale
Center on Human Development and Disability

To focus on the social and emotional health and well-being of the youngest members of society, a new Center on Infant Mental Health and Development is being established at the UW.

Celebrating a Nobel Prize

Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell, second from right, posed with yeast geneticists and former colleagues from the UW Department of Genetics, now known as the Department of Genome Sciences, at a luncheon given to honor him by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) Board of Trustees on Nov.

Totem of generosity

George Snyder, a 1931 graduate of what was then the UW’s aeronautical engineering program, was on hand Tuesday to donate this totem pole to the University.

Disis continues work to develop a vaccine for breast cancer recurrence

By Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations

Of women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, 30 percent will develop a recurrence within five years.

Mystery photo

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

Public health project to evaluate Northwest child mental health

The UW’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program, based in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, has received a grant from the Paul G.

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Scanning for brain functions

By Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations

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New ATM options coming soon

By Steve Hill
University Week

Consider it money in the bank.

Registration nears for MLK service day

By Steve Hill
University Week

Officials at the UW are hoping faculty, staff and students will put their Jan.

Autistic brain bigger, less responsive than normal

Preschool-age children with autism exhibit no difference in brain activity when they are shown photographs of faces displaying different emotions, and their brains are larger than normal, according to new research at the UW’s Autism Center.

How to try bin Laden is far from certain

Since Sept.

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Urban ecology: Collaborative program prepares students for real world

A group of UW faculty intent on changing the culture of graduate education has just received $2.

December 4, 2001

Autistic preschoolers have larger-than-normal brains, can’t distinguish emotions from facial photographs

Preschool-age children with autism exhibit no difference in brain activity when they are shown photographs of faces displaying different emotions, and their brains are larger than normal, according to new research at the University of Washington’s Autism Center.

UW establishes Center on Infant Mental Health and Development

To focus on the social and emotional health and well-being of the youngest members of society, a new Center on Infant Mental Health and Development is being established at the University of Washington. The center will place special emphasis on vulnerable children at developmental risk for various reasons, including mental health issues faced by their mothers or other caregivers, an absence of social supports, conditions of poverty and homelessness, and parental substance abuse.

December 3, 2001

Improving quality of child protective services in Washington, Oregon, Alaska is goal of $2.2 million grant

Aside from the Internal Revenue Service, perhaps no government agencies are the object of more scorn than state child protective services organizations (CPS). To help these agencies in Washington, Oregon and Alaska improve their services, the Children’s Bureau of the federal Department of Health and Human Service has awarded the University of Washington a $2.2 million grant over five years to establish a CPS Quality Improvement Center, called Frontline Connections.

November 29, 2001

Ancient Chinese remedy proves effective against cancer cells

Two bioengineering researchers at the UW have discovered a promising potential treatment for cancer among the ancient arts of Chinese folk medicine.

Health Sciences Brief News

Martin edits Web site

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