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October 8, 2008

Preserved by ice: Glacial dams helped prevent erosion of Tibetan plateau

New research suggests that the edge of the Tibetan plateau might have been preserved for thousands of years by ice and glacial debris at the mouth of many tributaries to the Tsangpo River. Those deposits appear to have acted as dams that prevented the rapidly traveling Tsangpo from carving upstream into the plateau.

October 6, 2008

Media Advisory: Professionals to discuss the melding of neuroscience and engineering

WHAT: The Pacific Northwest Center for Neural Engineering will host a workshop this week, sponsored by the University of Washington, the National Science Foundation and Microsoft Research.

Atomic-resolution views give clues to the function of an enzyme critical in regulating light-detecting signals inside the eye

An atomic-resolution view of an enzyme found only in the eye has given researchers at the University of Washington (UW) clues about how this enzyme, essential to vision, is activated.

October 3, 2008

University of Washington, Washington State University, Oregon Health & Science University collaborate in landmark national study of children’s health

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a grant of approximately $40 million over five years to the Pacific Northwest Center for the National Children’s Study at the University of Washington to partner with Washington State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and local communities in Washington’s Grant County and Oregon’s Marion County.

October 2, 2008

Finalists for UW police chief to visit campus

Three finalists for the position of chief of the University of Washington Police Department will be visiting campus in October.

September 30, 2008

Study links depression to higher death rate from all causes among Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes

In a large group of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, depression was associated with a higher death rate from all causes during a two-year study period.

Compared to all commercial carriers, log truckers have better safety record

A report on the log truck industry just delivered to the state legislature indicates that the number of traffic accidents involving log trucks declined 11 percent while collisions for all commercial trucks increased by 15 percent in Washington between 2004 and 2006.

Psychologists show experience may be the best teacher for infants

There’s a lot of truth in the old proverb “experience is the best teacher,” and apparently it even applies to 10-month-old infants.

September 26, 2008

UW again receives grade of A- for sustainability

The University of Washington received a grade of A- on the College Sustainability Report Card, issued by the Sustainability Endowments Institute.

September 25, 2008

Co-founder of University of Washington programs in Italy dies

Just in time for school: Free Adeona service tracks stolen laptops

As college students head back to school with gleaming new laptops, some will, unfortunately, see the last of their machine in a library, cafeteria or dorm room.

September 23, 2008

UW-led study finds wide variability in survival after emergency treatment for cardiac arrest

An analysis of emergency medical services–treated cardiac arrest outcomes in 10 areas in North America finds a five-fold difference in survival rates, according to a study in the Sept.

September 22, 2008

New Song of Washington selected, “Rise Up with Pride for Washington”

The University has selected a new Song of Washington, with lyrics by Catherine Henderson, a senior in the UW’s evening degree program in the humanities.

University of Washington architecture and urban planning renamed the College of Built Environments

University of Washington architecture and urban planning is renamed College of Built Environments

UW professor wins prestigious MacArthur fellowship

David Montgomery, a University of Washington professor of Earth and space sciences noted for his study of how soil and rivers shape civilizations, has been named one of 25 new MacArthur Fellows.

September 18, 2008

UW honors Rep. Helen Sommers with Regents Medal

The University of Washington Board of Regents, by unanimous vote today (Sept.

September 17, 2008

New UW research can help product manufacturers effectively shift to service-centric business strategies

According to research conducted at the University of Washington, manufacturing firms can increase shareholder value by transitioning to services, but there are some important caveats.

Emmert picks Woodward as athletic director

University of Washington President Mark A.

September 16, 2008

Baby eyes are taking in the world, applying self-experience to other people

Those wide-eyed babies are taking in and using more information than previously believed.

September 15, 2008

Freshman Convocation features Bill Gates as speaker

Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington’s 25th Annual Freshman Convocation, which begins at 10:30 a.

Regents to act on honorary degrees for three members of Gates family

The University of Washington Board of Regents will be asked to approve honorary doctorate degrees for three members of the Gates family at the board’s meeting Sept.

Immigrant Sun: Our star could be far from where it started in Milky Way

A long-standing scientific belief holds that stars tend to hang out in the same general part of a galaxy where they originally formed.

September 12, 2008

UW Medicine invites public to free Fall Prevention Fairs beginning Sept. 18

UW Medicine will host free Fall Prevention Fairs beginning Sept.

September 11, 2008

My, what big teeth you had! – Extinct species had large teeth on roof of mouth

When the world’s land was congealed in one supercontinent 240 million years ago, Antarctica wasn’t the forbiddingly icy place it is now.

September 10, 2008

Cause of conduct problems among girls appears to be different than in boys

The first study to include a significant number of aggressive girls with conduct problems indicates that psychological conditions including conduct disorder may have separate causes in the two sexes.

Researchers associate aberrations in aspecific region of chromosome 1q21.1 with broad range of disorders, levels of impairment in children

Researchers have discovered a submicroscopic aberration in a particular region of human chromosome 1q21.

September 3, 2008

Patients with mild to moderate heart failure who receive ICD shock therapy are at higher risk of future death from heart failure

While implantable heart defibrillators reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest in patients with mild to moderate heart failure, patients who receive defibrillator shocks for rhythm disturbances have a higher future risk of death, primarily from heart failure, a new study has found.

UW doctoral student in environmental health to receive 2008 Bullitt Foundation prize

Clarita Lefthand, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington, will receive the second annual Bullitt Environmental Prize at an awards dinner to be held Sept.

September 2, 2008

How media covered Katrina aftermath affects response by blacks and whites

New research shows that black and white Americans responded differently when exposed to a video presentation that described Hurricane Katrina and then blamed the botched relief efforts on one of two causes: either government incompetence or racism, because the majority of Katrina’s victims were black.

August 28, 2008

UW buys multimillion-dollar tool for nanotech research

The University of Washington will acquire an electron beam lithography machine, a key instrument required to build devices at the nanometer scale.

August 27, 2008

Obama builds large lead among Latinos in key Southwest states, McCain leads among Latinos in Florida

Latino voters favor Barack Obama over John McCain by a 3-1 margin in the key battleground states of New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada, according a new poll released today by Latino Decisions and the National Association of Latino Elected Officials.

Whether brown or red, algae can produce plenty of green fuel

Having studied the physiology of algae for more than 30 years, Rose Ann Cattolico is convinced the plant life found in oceans and ponds can be a major source of environmentally friendly fuels for everything from cars and lawn mowers to jet airplanes.

August 26, 2008

UW filmmaker’s documentary on small-business struggle in New Orleans debuts on Katrina anniversary

Documentary on the struggles of small businesses in New Orleans

New space telescope gives UW physicist ringside seat for gamma-ray study

The newest space telescope is the payoff for years of work for a UW physicist.

August 21, 2008

Getting to know UW: Orientation returns to in-person format

Beginning this fall, the University will be greeting its new recruits face to face once again.

University of Washington ranked 11th best public university by U.S. News

The University of Washington was ranked the 11th best public university in the most recent edition of America’s Best Colleges released today by U.

A group at the University of Washington has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.

August 19, 2008