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Online form to ease payroll information

Soon the campus will watch the PAF go “Poof.

Myth-busters: Truth about children’s development uncovered for youth coaches

Call them the myth-busters.

October 24, 2001

Blame North America megafauna extinction on climate change, not human ancestors

Even such mythical detectives as Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot would have difficulty trying to find the culprit that killed the mammoths, mastodons and other megafauna that once roamed North America.

2001 autumn quarter enrollments at the University of Washington

The University of Washington’s Seattle campus enrollment for autumn quarter 2001 is 37,412, including 838 students in the Evening Degree Program. The number is about 3.5 percent higher than last year’s headcount of 36,139.

October 23, 2001

Hospitals, Health Departments Prepare for Possible Bioterrorism

Yesterday, at a more-than-capacity meeting sponsored by Harborview Medical Center, the Washington State Hospital Association, and the Central Region Trauma Council, hospital and health department leaders continued their preparations for dealing with bioterrorism. More than 400 people attended the meeting, which was also broadcast via live feed to several locations and taped for later distribution to other hospitals and health departments statewide.

2001 Autumn Quarter Enrollments

The University of Washington’s Seattle campus enrollment for autumn quarter 2001 is 37,412, including 838 students in the Evening Degree Program.

October 22, 2001

Publisher to address business leaders, UW faculty and alumni on future of Internet gold rush

Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard, one of the nation’s most influential technology journalists, will deliver the keynote address Thursday at the University of Washington Business Leadership Banquet.

UrbanSim to pit computer’s ingenuity against gridlock, pollution, sprawl

University of Washington researchers have won more than $5 million in federal grants to create software of unprecedented power and flexibility to help Puget Sound and other metropolitan areas tackle such problems as traffic jams and water pollution.

October 18, 2001

UW memorial dedicated to terror victims

UW President Richard L.

October 11 reflections

Several seminars and workshops for the University’s Day of Reflection and Engagement preceded the presentation by Laurie Garrett, author of The Coming Plague, for the Hogness Symposium last week.

Fact sheet for reporters: Canopy research could lead to better forest management

The crane and forest around it are closed to the general public because of safety concerns (the forest around the crane, for example, is a hard-hat area), there are scientific instruments on the forest floor and the area needs to be kept as pristine as possible for research to be meaningful. Please don’t include the crane in travel or outdoors stories leading readers or viewers to think they can visit. This will only frustrate people and cause them to be upset with the research staff.

A ‘responsive’ Ph.D.: UW ready to take action as national program kicks off

On Oct.

Story ideas for reporters: Investigations using crane range from water works to witches’ brooms

Going up — A key factor in forest growth, and subsequent carbon sequestration, is the way trees take up and give off water. Work at the crane covers this process from below the forest floor to the very tops of the trees. A new project at the crane site is trying to determine the significance of what scientists call hydraulic lift in the root zone.

Prof to open journalism, trauma center at Ground Zero

By Steve Hill
University Week

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the UW has received emergency funding to open an office in New York City to support journalists traumatized by their work covering the Sept.

Campus Responding To Tragedy: Providing emotional relief

By Steve Hill
University Week

The tragedy of Sept.

Campus Responding To Tragedy: Staffer’s art helps her cope

“Artists and Art Making: How Should We Proceed Post Sept.

Researchers looking for answers as whale population dwindles

As the federal government inches toward listing Puget Sound’s orca whales for protection under the Endangered Species Act, UW researchers have launched a multiyear effort to determine the cause of the marine mammals’ plummeting population.

Grant to promote women in science, engineering

The University of Washington has received a $3.

MacDonald to join Burke Nov. 1

Next month the Burke Museum will be welcoming a new director.

Briefly

Lecture focuses on World Trade Center

New York World Trade Center: Reflections on the Engineering and Thoughts About the Future is the title of a lecture scheduled for 4 p.

Mystery photo

Where are we?

The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Volunteer gives gift of food

Editor’s Note: The Combined Fund Drive runs through Nov.