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August 21, 2000
Washington Research Foundation supports UW’s Cell Systems Initiative
The Washington Research Foundation has made a $250,000 grant to the University of Washington School of Medicine’s Cell Systems Initiative (CSI).
Russia scholar paints startling portrait in ‘Yeltsin’ documentary
Despite contemporary Russia’s serious troubles, its founding father, Boris Yeltsin, will be portrayed in an unexpectedly sympathetic light when public television profiles the former Russian president in a 90-minute nationwide special on Aug. 28.
August 16, 2000
MOSAIC 2000 to explore places where math and art intersect
Computer scientists, mathematicians and architects will join artists, musicians, writers and poets on the University of Washington campus next week to explore the junctures where their disciplines overlap – zones that have helped revolutionize art in the past and promise to take creative endeavors in new directions in the future.
August 9, 2000
Microscopic bone evidence supports dinosaur-bird evolution link
A researcher at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington and a Japanese colleague have found similarities in bone structure suggesting that birds did, in fact, evolve from a group of dinosaurs.
August 8, 2000
Students ‘GEAR UP’ for college through summer institute at UW
About 1,000 seventh- through 12th-grade students will spend a week on the University of Washington campus Aug. 14-18 as part of an innovative program to increase the number of low-income students who go to college.
August 3, 2000
Scientists map first structure in crucial family of proteins
An international team including scientists from the University of Washington has mapped the first crystal structure of a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), one of a family of proteins that are crucial to everything from vision to the development of the human embryo, according to a paper published in the Aug. 4 issue of Science.
Washington public school teachers join UW expedition
Teachers Diane Nielsen of Mercer Island High School, Tom Lee of Battleground’s Columbia Adventist Academy, Evan Justin of Vashon Island Middle School and Melissa Cohen of Seattle’s Meany Middle School are among the teachers sailing Aug. 3 to 21 aboard the University of Washington’s vessel the Thomas G. Thompson seeking information about the rugged, volcanically active areas on the seafloor 200 miles off the Washington coast.
July 31, 2000
UW names Nancy Wells vice president for development and alumni relations
Nancy L. Wells, currently associate vice president and director of university development at Stanford University, has been named vice president for development and alumni relations at the University of Washington by UW President Richard L. McCormick.
July 27, 2000
DO-IT summer camp for disabled students to begin at UW
More than 40 high school students with disabilities from Washington and Oregon will gather at the UW campus in Seattle for the summer study sessions of the Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology (DO-IT) Program. DO-IT is an award-winning program intended to show the students how to develop the skills needed to enter a college and succeed in a university setting.
July 24, 2000
UW to launch nation’s first doctoral program in tiny world of nanotechnology
The University of Washington is launching the nation’s first doctoral degree program in nanotechnology, an undertaking designed to prepare students as leaders in a world in which engineering the very small will soon become big business.
July 21, 2000
UW scientist leads the way in computer graphics research by melding traditional art and high tech
Where art and technology meet, you’ll find David Salesin. The University of Washington associate professor of Computer Science & Engineering and senior researcher at Microsoft Corp. has been expanding what’s possible at that juncture for more than a decade, bringing techniques from the fine arts to the computer screen.
July 19, 2000
Sharon Nelson to head Center for Law, Commerce and Technology
Sharon Nelson, chairwoman of the state Utilities and Transportation Commission from 1985 to 1997, has been named the first director of the University of Washington Law School’s Center for Law, Commerce and Technology.
200 volunteers sought for study to find better depression treatment
University of Washington researchers trying to come up with more effective treatments for depression, America’s most common mental health problem, are looking for 200 Puget Sound residents to volunteer for a new study
July 18, 2000
Firm parental rules can deter or delay teen use of alcohol, marijuana
There’s new evidence that parents can prevent or delay their children from using alcohol and marijuana if they set clear rules and expectations – even if the relationships between parents and children seem strained during the teen years.
July 17, 2000
UW team to examine effects of change in southern Africa on air pollution
A state-of-the-art University of Washington research aircraft will be a key element in the Southern Africa Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) campaign, taking low-altitude readings that will be correlated to data from a high-flying NASA aircraft and from a satellite that is part of NASA’s Earth Observing System.
July 11, 2000
Extra oxygen improves survival odds for climbers on Mount Everest, K2
Climbers who conquer the world’s highest peak are about one-third as likely to die during descent if they use supplemental oxygen during the journey than if they rely only on the limited oxygen in thin mountain air, a University of Washington researcher has found.
July 7, 2000
Researchers find gender differences in the treatment and outcome of heart attacks
In one of the largest and most comprehensive studies to date of the care received by elderly patients suffering an acute myocardial infarction, University of Washington researchers have revealed gender-based differences in early, in-hospital management.
July 1, 2000
UW Names Ed Lazowska to Bill & Melinda Gates Endowed Chair in Computer Science
The University of Washington has named Professor Ed Lazowska to the first Bill & Melinda Gates Endowed Chair in Computer Science.
June 30, 2000
Intriguing archaeological sites, isolated lake targets of Kuril expedition
Intriguing archaeological sites that may go back 15,000 years and a mountain lake pierced by a volcanic cone that has been isolated for at least 30,000 years are among the primary targets for an international team of researchers heading for the North Pacific in the sixth year of the International Kuril Island Project.
June 27, 2000
Study finds untapped political clout among Americans with disabilities
The first major political-attitude survey of people with disabilities ? 54 million Americans who could be viewed as the nation’s largest minority group ? reveals distinctive opinions and potential clout largely untapped by parties and candidates.
Inner health, outer embarrassment: In between it’s interesting history
Don’t even try to think of a joke, a jibe or a bad pun.
June 22, 2000
Burke Museum prepares to conserve, stabilize ‘Nellie’ the mummy
At the turn of the 20th century it was common for museums in the Western world to have broad collections including mummies.
Robert Mugerauer named dean of UW College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Robert Mugerauer, Sid Richardson Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s School of Architecture, has been selected to be the next dean of the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning, effective Sept. 1.
June 19, 2000
Dr. Alan M. Weiner will chair Department of Biochemistry at the UW School of Medicine
Dr. Alan M. Weiner, currently a professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry and of genetics at Yale University School of Medicine, has been named chair of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine.
June 16, 2000
New scholarship provides full funding for women studying science or technology
One of the most generous scholarship gifts ever received by the University of Washington will help women in Washington wishing to pursue careers in science and technology.
June 13, 2000
UW concrete canoe team takes aim at national title
Students in the University of Washington’s civil and environmental engineering department hope to paddle their way to national acclaim later this month in a canoe made of concrete.
June 12, 2000
University of Washington researchers develop a HER-2/neu vaccine targeting breast and ovarian tumors: human trials show promising results
University of Washington researchers in collaboration with the Seattle-based biotechnology company, Corixa Corp., have determined that the HER-2/neu protein, which is over-produced, or “expressed,” by some breast and ovarian cancer cells, can stimulate an immune response in cancer patients.
June 8, 2000
The gender effect: Fatherhood spurs men to work longer hours – especially if it’s a boy!
Two University of Washington economists have discovered that American men work longer hours after having children – and the effect is significantly greater when they have sons than when they have daughters.
June 7, 2000
STEP institute introduces Quinault students to fisheries, forestry research
The Sciences and Tribes Educational Partnership (STEP) – based in the UW’s College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences and the College of Forest Resources – will hold its first summer institute June 7-30.
June 6, 2000
UW Center on Human Development and Disability receives record donation to fund new Autism Center
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June 5, 2000
Third annual field tour connects faculty with life of Washington state
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June 2, 2000 UW president, professors to tour penitentiary June 14; join Tri-Cities panel on salmon and dams June 15A busload of University of Washington professors will tour the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla June 14 and take part in a panel discussion on dams and salmon the following day in Kennewick. UW professors to explore Wenatchee orchard industry June 12 during Faculty Field TourA busload of University of Washington professors will visit Wenatchee’s Stemilt packing plant and Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center June 12 as part of the third annual UW Faculty Field Tour. UW president, professors arrive in Yakima Valley June 15 to tour clinic, visit Heritage College and review GEAR UP partnershipsA busload of University of Washington professors will visit the Yakima Valley June 15 for a busy day that includes touring a family-medicine clinic, seeing Heritage College, reviewing educational-outreach efforts in the Yakima Valley and hearing about community-revitalization projects in the town of Wapato. UW president, professors to meet with Colville leaders June 13 to discuss planning, development and educationA busload of University of Washington professors will be briefed June 13 on Colville community planning and business development as part of the third annual UW Faculty Field Tour. Do automatic shoulder seatbelts provide a false sense of security?Drivers and passengers who rely on automatic shoulder belts risk serious injury if they fail to use their lap belts at the same time, according to a study by physicians at Harborview Medical Center to be published in the June 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. May 31, 2000 Students help inner-city businesses cross ‘Digital Divide’More than 80 University of Washington business students have narrowed – at least slightly – the technology gap known as the Digital Divide by helping Seattle’s inner-city small-business owners compete in the wired world. May 26, 2000 UW, Seattle law firm set pace in tricky area of intellectual property by teaching techies the legal ins and outsThe department of electrical engineering at the University of Washington has grabbed worldwide academic attention in recent months with a groundbreaking push to teach its engineers the ins and outs of intellectual property law. May 25, 2000 Tropical tree distribution could have implications for forest management, conservation
The sheer diversity of tropical forests – where 130 acres can contain as many as 1,100 tree species and 366,000 individual trees – has long clouded the basic ecological question of whether tropical trees of the same species are “aggregated” or dispersed randomly across the landscape. May 24, 2000 Novel treatment helps dyslexics significantly improve reading skills, shows the brain changes as children learnA novel treatment for dyslexia not only helps children to significantly improve their reading skills but also shows that the brain changes as dyslexics learn, according to a study by an interdisciplinary team of University of Washington scientists. Previous page Next page Latest news releases
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