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Message from the President: With pain, sorrow come reaffirmation

The beginning of the fall term is traditionally an exciting time, but this year the mood is somber.

March of Dimes funding supports program to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome

By Walter Neary
HS News & Community Relations 

The Parent-Child Assistance Program (P-CAP) at the UW has received funding from the March of Dimes Washington State Chapter for a project called “Prevent Double Jeopardy” that will provide services to women who have a birth defect.

Science Forum: Talk on neutrinos kicks off annual event

The second UW Science Forum colloquium kicks off tomorrow (Oct.

Trials of new ALS treatment begin in mice

Researchers will test the effectiveness of “transforming growth factor alpha” infusions in mice who have a condition similar to the form of amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that runs in families.

Physical therapists schedule events

UW physical therapists from Hall Health Primary Care Center, the Exercise Training Center at UWMC-Roosevelt, the Sports Medicine Clinic, and the UW Medical Center Physical Therapy Department have planned events to mark Physical Therapy Month in October.

UW scientists seek whiplash victims to study causes, treatment

Researchers at the University of Washington have been awarded a five-year grant of more than $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to study whiplash injuries from motor vehicle accidents (MVAs).

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ARCHITECTURAL ACCOLADE: The UW received a presidential citation from the American Institute of Architects recently.

Tennis tickets

Good seats are still available for the Schick Xtreme III Tennis Challenge on Saturday, Oct.

Notices

Search Continues for Dean of Undergraduate education

The University of Washington invites nominations and applications for the position of Dean of Undergraduate Education and Vice Provost, with a term to begin July 1, 2002.

New Briefs

Human rights speaker slated for UW appearance

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jose Ramos-Horta of East Timor will speak on Human Rights: Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Asian Pacific Region as the Severyns-Ravenholt Lecturer at 7 p.

A Special Newsmakers: Faculty speak out about Sept. 11

BOEING BUST: Well, not exactly, according to Christopher Haugen.

October 2, 2001

NIGMS Awards “Glue Grant” to Probe Body’s Response to Burn and Trauma Injury

People who survive serious injuries caused by burn or trauma face a long and difficult recovery period riddled with many potentially fatal complications along the way. Researchers yearn to understand the critical features that can tip the delicate balance of a severely injured body toward recovery, and those factors that cause people to die from such injuries–sometimes weeks after the injury occurred. Identifying those factors could help guide physicians in choosing the best treatment in response to a life-threatening injury.

September 25, 2001

Washington is only state outside the South to see drop in household incomes

Even before the latest round of terrorism-related layoff announcements, cutbacks in Boeing employment had contributed to a significant drop in average family incomes in Washington state, according to a University of Washington analysis.

September 24, 2001

Helping first graders master handwriting is goal of UW researchers

Now that the first weeks of the new school year are over, parents of some first-graders may notice that their children are having problems writing the alphabet. University of Washington researchers want to help, and they are looking for two dozen Puget Sound youngsters who are having difficulty mastering writing to participate in a study that includes an intervention component to help them.

September 21, 2001

Scientists explore new directions in Lou Gehrig’s disease research

Researchers will test the effectiveness of transforming growth factor alpha infusions in mice who have a condition similar to the form of amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that runs in families.

September 20, 2001

UW breaks gifts and grants record second year in a row

Total private support to the University of Washington totaled $231,918,169 in fiscal year 2000-2001, an increase over last year’s record-breaking total of $225,575,162.

September 19, 2001

Professor among seven nationally to receive new National Science Foundation award for expanding scientific research to education

A professor at the University of Washington is one of seven university educators nationwide selected to receive a new National Science Foundation award for integrating research into education, the NSF announced today.

September 18, 2001

Firefighter Jason Emhoff Speaks to Media Thursday, September 20

Jason Emhoff, the firefighter burned in the Thirty Mile Fire in Okanogan County, will speak to the media Thursday, September 20 at 10 a.m.

September 13, 2001

Statement of UW President Richard L. McCormick regarding plane crash in Mexico

The University of Washington suffered a terrible, sad loss yesterday when a number of very good friends and supporters went down in a plane crash in Mexico.

President McCormick’s statement to UW community regarding day of remembrance Sept. 14

President Bush has declared Friday, September 14 to be a national day of mourning for the victims of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Governor Locke has announced a statewide day of prayer and remembrance, highlighted by an observance at Westlake Center from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Joining Governor Locke will be King County Executive Ron Sims, Mayor Paul Schell and religious leaders. At sites around the state, sirens will sound at 12:29 in honor of fallen emergency response personnel, followed by a minute of silence and concluding at 12:31 with the ringing of bells.

List of UW faculty with insights into terrorist attacks, aftermath, now available on the Web, being regularly updated

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September 11, 2001

Statement of UW President Richard L. McCormick in the wake of Tuesday’s terrorist attacks

The unspeakable attacks this morning are an assault on America and on civilized society everywhere. These acts come from a source that combines hatred, ignorance and remorseless violence.

World Trade Center architect was Seattle native, UW graduate

Minoru Yamasaki, designer of New York’s World Trade Center, was born in a Seattle tenement and put himself through the University of Washington by working in Alaskan fish canneries. His most famous work was destroyed today by terrorist attacks, 35 years after the twin towers were completed.

September 10, 2001

UW Freshman Convocation Sept. 30

At least two thousand freshmen, their parents and guests are expected to attend the 2001 UW Freshman Convocation, to be held at noon, Sunday, September 30 in Meany Hall for the Performing Arts. The annual event officially marks the beginning of the new academic year, with classes starting on Monday, October 1.

Northwest forecasts hurt by too few Doppler radar sites, UW professor says

Coastal Washington and Oregon are being left to the mercy of Mother Nature because federal Doppler radar installations don’t provide meteorologists with enough information to come up with more accurate short-term forecasts, a University of Washington scientist says.

September 6, 2001

Business School moves up five spots in U.S. News & World Report rankings

Today’s U.S. News & World Report 2002 rankings of undergraduate business programs at public and private universities in the United States moves the University of Washington Business School up five notches from 21 to 16.

September 5, 2001

UW receives two major grants for human genome research

The University of Washington has received two five-year grants of $15 million each from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) for inaugurating the next phase of research into understanding how the human genome functions.

Ground-breaking study to target investment gap hindering minority entrepreneurs

While the U.S. Census Bureau reported earlier this year that the number of African American- and Hispanic-owned businesses are on the rise, such businesses still do not receive equal access to the venture capital crucial to staying competitive, according to a University of Washington researcher.

September 4, 2001

Digital mammography research study enters trials at UW with faster imaging technique

The University of Washington Medical Clinic-Roosevelt, at 4245 Roosevelt Way NE in Seattle, is the only local site for an international study of the use of digital imaging in mammography. The research study currently recruiting about 2,500 patients will examine the ability of digital mammography to find breast cancer as compared it to current film-based techniques.

Dorothy Van Soest to become dean of UW School of Social Work

Dorothy Van Soest, professor and associate dean of the School of Social Work of The University of Texas at Austin, has been selected as dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Washington, UW President Richard L. McCormick announced today.

September 2, 2001

Many Washingtonians work longer hours just to keep pace

Growing numbers of Washington state residents are working extra hours and multiple jobs just to keep up with the cost of living, according to a new University of Washington study.

August 31, 2001

Boeing gift of $1 million to fund new chair at UW Business School

The University of Washington Business School will announce a gift today of $1 million from The Boeing Co.

August 28, 2001

Whale of a Puget Sound problem lures researchers

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

August 27, 2001

Paychecks & power: Husbands lose household control when they retire, study finds

Society may honor the homemaker, but it’s the family wage-earner who is more likely to control household spending.

August 21, 2001

Researchers make key genome public on the Internet

Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine, DuPont and the University of Campinas in Brazil, with partial funding from the National Science Foundation, have sequenced the genome of an important organism, Agrobacterium, and made it freely available on the Internet.