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November 8, 2007
Washington Poll shows Gregoire slightly ahead in governor race
A University of Washington poll shows Gov.
November 6, 2007
Relationship marketing builds illusionary loyalty as salespeople capture customers’ hearts
The battle to win and keep customers in an increasingly competitive and crowded marketplace has become tougher as more companies and products are available to the free world.
Research team finds link between asthma and depressive and anxiety disorders
Young people with asthma are about twice as likely to suffer from depressive and anxiety disorders than are children without asthma, according to a study by a research team in Seattle.
November 5, 2007
Association of American Medical Colleges honors Seymour Klebanoff with Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences
Certain white blood cells, called phagocytes, engulf and destroy harmful bacteria.
November 1, 2007
Vacation photos create 3D models of world landmarks
More than 10 million members of the photo-sharing Web site Flickr snap pictures of their surroundings and then post those photos on the Internet.
October 31, 2007
Motivational coaching climate outscores winning for young athletes
“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.
Washington Poll indicates three ballot measures may pass, but two others are tied
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October 30, 2007
Holier than thou? Employees who believe they are ‘ethical’ or ‘moral’ might not be
Bad behavior seems rampant in business, and scholars are divided as to why people act ethically or unethically.
October 25, 2007
Media advisory: Engineering students create electrifying Halloween decorations
WHAT:
Rolling robots, mechanical monsters that follow you, spooky candy jars: all are motorized Halloween decorations built by University of Washington electrical engineering students competing in a new departmental contest.Like it or not, uncertainty and climate change go hand in hand
Despite decades of ever more-exacting science projecting Earth’s warming climate, there remains large uncertainty about just how much warming will actually occur.
October 24, 2007
University of Washington receives A- grade in sustainability
The University of Washington has received a grade of A-minus in the College Sustainability Report Card, issued today by the Sustainable Endowments Institute.
Linguists looking for a Pacific Northwest dialect
Linguists generally believe the West is too young to have evolved separate identifiable accent features or words, as has happened in other areas of the United States, and they usually lump together everyone living west of the Missouri River as speaking a similar-sounding type of English.
October 23, 2007
UW renews its search for Washington’s brightest fifth- through eighth-graders
The annual statewide hunt for Washington’s most talented fifth-through eighth-grade students is on again by the University of Washington.
October 17, 2007
Earliest evidence for modern human behavior found in South African cave
Evidence of early humans living on the coast in South Africa, harvesting food from the sea, employing complex small stone tools and using red pigments in symbolic behavior 164,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented, is being published in the Oct.
October 15, 2007
Scientists ramp up ability of poplar plants to disarm toxic pollutants
Scientists since the early ’90s have seen the potential for cleaning up contaminated sites by growing plants able to take up nasty groundwater pollutants through their roots.
October 9, 2007
Generating ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’: Vocal Joystick uses voice to surf the Web
The Internet offers wide appeal to people with disabilities.
UW researchers play major role in next phase of Human Genome Project
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded University of Washington researchers $10.
October 8, 2007
‘Google 101’ class at UW inspires first Internet-scale programming courses
A pilot course taught at the University of Washington has been expanded into a national program that shows students how to program using tens, hundreds or thousands of computers.
UW undergrads discover more than 1,300 asteroids
Undergraduate astronomy students at the University of Washington combing through images from a specialized telescope have discovered more than 1,300 asteroids that had never before been observed.
Institute of Medicine announces newly elected members; four UW faculty members and two alumni among those named
Four faculty members from the University of Washington (including two who are also UW alumni) and two other alumni from the UW health sciences have been elected to the Institute of Medicine.
Conifers or condos? NW Environmental Forum develops strategies
Priorities the Washington Department of Natural Resources might consider when spending the $70 million it has available to bolster the amount of working forestland in the state were on the agenda last month during the Northwest Environmental Forum at the UW.
October 4, 2007
Philip Green named Inventor of the Year
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Staff sought for adjudication panel
UW staff are being sought to serve on the University Faculty Adjudication Panel.
University of Washington to lead local center in landmark national study of children’s health
The University of Washington has been selected as a study center in the National Children’s Study to assess the effects of environmental and genetic factors on child and human health in the United States.
New department chairs in the School of Medicine
Three new department chairs have been appointed in the UW School of Medicine.
September 28, 2007
Fact sheet: Perennial ice, sometimes thick enough to defy icebreakers, may be key to predicting Arctic thaw
Loss of sea ice that is more than a year old – called perennial ice – may be the key predictor for how much Arctic ice melts each summer, a University of Washington polar scientist says.
September 27, 2007
International child mortality goals fall short
The target for reducing mortality of children under 5 worldwide is unlikely to be met and the international community is not doing a better job of reducing child mortality than it was 30 years ago, according to a study published Sept.
Run for his money; Crutchfield looks for partners in half marathon
Sociology Professor Bob Crutchfield is looking for 99 friends to join him when he runs the Seattle Half Marathon on Nov.
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation sets priorities
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the UW, announced in June, will conduct independent, rigorous evaluations of health programs worldwide.
UW SafeCampus: New Violence Prevention & Response Program up and running
Even as Janet Brodsky took a few minutes Friday to discuss her new job as the UW’s Violence Prevention & Response Program Manager, which oversees the new SafeCampus phone lines, news of another school shooting was spreading across the country — this time at Delaware State University.
Suicide: Study shows being harassed for sexual orientation is risk factor
The film and television series M*A*S*H featured the song Suicide is Painless, but new research refutes that idea and indicates that being victimized because of sexual orientation is a chief risk factor for suicidal behavior among gay, lesbian and bisexual college students.
Horwitz receives NIH Pioneer Award
Dr.
Emmert announces administrative changes
UW President Mark A.
UW honors its Rhodes Scholars with exhibit
Last week the UW unveiled and dedicated a permanent exhibit honoring alumni who, as UW undergraduates, achieved prestigious recognition as Rhodes Scholars.
UW Dentists Faculty Practice offers full services
If you’re a member of the UW community and are looking for comprehensive and easily accessible dental care, check out the UW Dentists Faculty Practice clinic.
C&C expands computing support hours
To provide additional and more convenient customer service for faculty, staff and students on UW NetID computing and network issues, Computing & Communications (C&C) recently expanded its customer support hours, adding three additional hours in the evenings, from 5 p.
Critical conversations: A growing toolbox for communications during an emergency
Events last spring at the UW and nationwide have put the spotlight of public attention on how university campuses react to emergency situations, be they natural disasters, accidents or acts of violence.
Sign up for the 2007 UWMC Seattle Marathon
Tami Sadusky’s secret dream is to own a gourmet cupcake shop.
Mystery Photo
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Need a photo? Try the UW Image Bank
A small grant made in 2004 to facilitate groundbreaking discussions and works across disciplines supported a three-campus, five-department project to create an online resource of high-quality images in the fields of art, architecture, history and culture.
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