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June 1, 2001
ADVISORY: China to get first look at marching, American-style
The University of Washington’s Husky Marching Band will perform in China this month in what is believed to be that ancient civilization’s first exposure to an American collegiate tradition.
UW submits emergency funding request, seeks public’s help to restore work after fire guts Center for Urban Horticulture
Today University of Washington administrators and friends in the Legislature pledged to rebuild the Center for Urban Horticulture, torched May 21 in an arson attack that burned the center’s main hall and destroyed or damaged years of research on ecosystem health and plant science.
Biting may drive division of labor among social wasp workers
Popular wisdom reminds people not to bite the hand that feeds them. But now a University of Washington researcher has found a species of social wasp that bites its fellow workers, prompting them to leave the nest and forage for the colony.
Work of 50 faculty, staff and students harmed including research on plant genetics and ecosystem health
Poplar research conducted at Center for Urban Horticulture since late ’80s
UW scientists say Arctic oscillation might carry evidence of global warming
For years, scientists have known that Eurasian weather turns on the whim of a climate phenomenon called the North Atlantic oscillation. But two University of Washington researchers contend that the condition is just a part of a hemisphere-wide cycle they call the Arctic oscillation, which also has far-reaching impact in North America.
May 31, 2001
Women should have regular Pap smears regardless of sex partner’s gender
Some women who have sex with other women may be risking their health because they may not have Pap smears as often as other women, according to a University of Washington study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
May 30, 2001
Migrating impurities in ancient ice can skew climate research findings
Chemicals trapped in ancient glacial or polar ice can move substantial distances within the ice, according to new evidence from University of Washington researchers. That means past analyses of historic climate changes, gleaned from ice core samples, might not be entirely accurate.
Researchers’ description of the regulation of a new family of ion channels may open doors for therapies for a variety of conditions
Researchers have made an important scientific advance by describing the regulatory mechanisms for two members of a new family of ion channels found in non-excitable cells.
May 29, 2001
Babies have a different way of hearing the world by listening to all frequencies simultaneously
The world apparently sounds very different to infants than it does to adults. Sometimes it’s filled with a cacophony of sounds that makes it difficult for babies to distinguish a single sound from all the surrounding noise, says a University of Washington scientist.
UW receives $5.3 million grant to study male reproductive systems
The UW Population Center for Research in Reproduction has received a $5.3 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development(NICHD) to continue its program of basic research and clinical studies in male reproductive processes.
May 25, 2001
Local high school students will dramatize genetic choices
A high school student struggles to decide whether to undergo genetic testing for a gene that causes blindness. This dilemma, presented in a play called The Cutting Edge, will be viewed by local high school students and teachers at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 30, at the Shoreline Center.
Forbes publisher compares investing freeze, economic downturn to PC fallout of mid 1980s
Today’s economic slowdown and capital crunch isn’t all that bad. In fact the climate resembles the economic downturn that followed the PC hype in the late 1970s and early 1980s, says Richard Karlgaard, Forbes magazine publisher and keynote speaker at an upcoming University of Washington Business School conference on e-business.
May 23, 2001
UW condemns arson as misguided act that destroyed ecosystem research
The University of Washington condemns this senseless act of arson that has destroyed decades of scientific inquiry aimed at improving the overall health of urban ecosystems. This misguided act has set back research concerning endangered plants in Washington, rehabilitation of degraded wetlands and even assistance for home gardeners. It is a vicious blow to some very gifted and dedicated faculty and students at the University of Washington. We abhor the violence and destructiveness of this act, and the potential risk to human safety. We hope the perpetrators are found and brought to justice.
May 21, 2001
University of Washington Health Sciences Library awarded $6.65 million contract by the National Library of Medicine
The University of Washington Health Sciences Library has been awarded a new five-year contract by the National Library of Medicine to serve as the Regional Medical Library for the Pacific Northwest Region, as part of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
May 18, 2001
New concept in supercomputing wins top prize at business plan competition
Creators of a company that will link computer networks to solve complex problems took the $35,000 top prize at the University of Washington’s fourth annual business plan competition.
May 16, 2001
Bicycle design, water testing and colonies on Mars: Middle school students push math, science boundaries during first PRIME Showcase
University of Washington students, middle school teachers and their students at five area schools are involved in the Partnership for Research in Inquiry-based Math, Science and Engineering Education, or PRIME, a program to develop hands-on projects to learn math and science.
May 14, 2001
Designing public art gets interesting when the ‘clients’ are 9 years old
The pupils of Tukwila Elementary School hail from 21 nations, and soon they will get to romp and dance atop every continent in the world.
May 11, 2001
Mock trials begin at Law School next week to give teens a taste of justice system
The woman who goes on trial next week for murdering her husband will claim that he was an abuser and she killed him in self-defense. ven if she loses the case, however, she won’t go to prison. The defendant, like the prosecutor, jurors and defense attorney, will be a Seattle-area high school student taking part in a mock trial through the University of Washington’s Street Law Program.
New technique for sound transmission makes sweet music on Internet
A new technology for transmitting audio that taps into the subtleties of human sound recognition could make listening to your favorite song on the Internet as clear and uninterrupted as tuning in on a radio — even if your computer is a 90-pound weakling in the bandwidth department.
May 8, 2001
Smell like rotting animal flesh fills UW botany greenhouse
Sunshine and May rains are bringing forth the earthy fragrance of field and flower to give everyone a touch of spring fever.
May 7, 2001
‘The Relationship Cure’ is manual for emotional connection
When psychologist John Gottman first began videotaping couples interacting in an apartment laboratory, he was disappointed with the seemingly trivial nature of their conversations.
May 3, 2001
Not listening to Prozac: Puget Sound residents who took antidepressants sought for UW study
The names of Prozac, Zoloft and other drugs prescribed to relieve depression have become so commonplace that computer spell-check programs recognize them. These ubiquitous drugs have helped thousands of people deal with America’s most common mental health problem.
May 2, 2001
New certificate prepares students to lead programs that improve living conditions around the world
Wendy Prosser has met the future of education, and it is both international and interdisciplinary. Specifically, it is the UW’s new graduate certificate program in International Development Policy & Management, which is designed to prepare leaders for humanitarian projects in an increasingly interdependent world.
May 1, 2001
Proteins are vastly more complicated than previously realized
The function of proteins – the workhorses of our bodies – depends on how those proteins are physically folded. Researchers around the world are examining the countless complex structures of proteins and their functions to learn more about therapies for the human body. Protein folding has been compared in complexity to the folding of delicate origami.
Cancer researcher and genome scientist named today to National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) today, May 1, announced the election of its new members. Among those newly elected to NAS are Dr. Mark T. Groudine, director of the Basic Science Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington (UW) professor of radiation oncology, and Dr. Philip P. Green, professor of molecular biotechnology and adjunct professor of computer sciences. The election was held during the 138th annual meeting of the NAS. Membership in the NAS is considered to be among the highest honors accorded to an American scientist or engineer.
April 30, 2001
Near light-speed ion collisions create brief, violent explosions
Scientists trying to replicate conditions that existed in the first microsecond after the Big Bang have discovered that gold ions ramming each other at nearly the speed of light produce a surprisingly powerful but unexpectedly brief explosion.
Authors yank infidelity out of closet: Monogamy appears to be unnatural in the natural world
In a new book called “The Myth of Monogamy,” a husband-wife scientific team contends that monogamy among animals, and humans in particular, may be the exception rather than the rule.
‘The Art of Book Collecting’ to be discussed June 2
The Friends of the University of Washington Libraries are sponsoring an event, “Passion and Prose: The Art of Book Collecting,” from 2 to 4:30 p.m. June 2 at the Odegaard Undergraduate Library, Room 220.
April 29, 2001
UW professor helping create digital replicas of Michelangelo’s sculptures
An exhausted, yet exhilarated, Brian Curless recently returned from Florence, Italy, where he spent two months working as many as 20 hours a day on the first phase of an ambitious effort to create virtual replicas of Michelangelo’s sculptures.
April 27, 2001
Dot-com ideas lose popularity among would-be entrepreneurs
This year’s University of Washington Business Plan Competition, continuing through May 14, is no longer dominated by Internet company ideas as in years past.
April 25, 2001
Professor’s new book seeks to rewrite understanding of cell biology
Most of what you think you know about cells may be wrong.
April 24, 2001
UW students build Chief Seattle Social Club in Havana
American students abroad, as the stereotype goes, soak up atmosphere and dig into local cuisine.
Most-serious greenhouse gas is increasing, international study finds
Scientists know that atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide have risen sharply in recent years, but a study released today in Paris reports a surprising and dramatic increase in the most important greenhouse gas — water vapor — during the last half-century.
April 20, 2001
High-tech telecommunications executive joins international business advisory board
Jeri Wait, president of global markets and co-founder of the telecommunications company edge2net, has been appointed to the University of Washington Business School’s International Business Advisory Council.
April 19, 2001
U.S. needs major steps to overtake European climate research, UW scientist says
The United States seriously lags behind England and Germany when it comes to computer-driven climate research, and a University of Washington scientist says it is time to take dramatic steps toward leadership in the field.
April 18, 2001
MBA students raise $90,000, prepare to defend charity title
The University of Washington Business School MBA Challenge for Charity team is gearing up to defend its title against the west coast’s top business graduate schools. And after raising $90,000 for Washington Special Olympics and the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County charity, they are the UW off to a successful start for the philanthropic competition.
Opportunities for learning abound at UW College of Engineering Open House
More than 3,000 schoolchildren, their teachers and parents, and University of Washington engineering faculty, will attend the open house.
April 17, 2001
Mother is just another face in the crowd to autistic children
Unlike normally developing and mentally retarded children, autistic 3- and 4-year-olds do not react to a picture of their mother but do react when they see a picture of a familiar toy, a University of Washington psychologist has found.
Damaged chimneys and unexpected liquefaction from Nisqually temblor yield earthquake insights, UW scientists say
Scientists at the University of Washington have been analyzing data since the Feb. 28 Nisqually earthquake that shook both structures and nerves in the Puget Sound region, and have some conclusions to present this week at a national conference. They also have a mystery or two.
UW and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory think big, aim small with creation of new joint nanotechnology institute
The University of Washington and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have formed the Joint Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to study an area of science that holds the promise to dramatically change the way we live in the new century.
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