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January 4, 2007
Life Sciences Discovery Fund information sessions set for January
In 2007, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) is inviting research proposals from nonprofit entities within Washington state for health-related research.
‘Fighting the Fires of Hate’: Odegaard Library hosts exhibit on Nazi book burnings
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McDermott memorial planned for Jan. 14
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Jan.
December 26, 2006
MEDIA ADVISORY: Robotic crawler to explore subterranean UW power lines tomorrow
WHAT: Demonstration of a prototype robot developed by the University of Washington to inspect underground high-voltage power cables for damage.
How does a zebrafish grow a new tail? The answer may help treat human injuries.
If a zebrafish loses a chunk of its tail fin, it’ll grow back within a week.
December 21, 2006
Robotic crawler detects wear in power lines
To your left runs a high-voltage power cable that is worn, but still physically sound.
December 20, 2006
Teacher retention in Washington State bucks common wisdom
It’s often said that half of all public school teachers leave the profession during their first five years.
‘Speechless’ and ‘Mute’ help break the silence of the leaves
Researchers have discovered two genes that guide land plants to develop microscopic pores that they can open and close as if each pore was a tiny mouth.
December 19, 2006
UW snags Stanford political science professor
The University of Washington has lured a highly accomplished and popular political science professor from Stanford to head up Diversity Research Institute and help recruit and retain minority faculty members.
December 18, 2006
Virtual experiences can cause embellished, false memories
The next time you’re in the market for a new camera, it might be best to read about the product’s capabilities in a brochure rather than taking it for a test-run in an interactive, computer-generated virtual world.
December 14, 2006
Researchers demonstrate direct brain control of humanoid robot
A classic science-fiction scene shows a person wearing a metal skullcap with electrodes sticking out to detect the person’s thoughts.
Stardust findings override some commonly held astronomy beliefs
Contrary to a popular scientific notion, there was enough mixing in the early solar system to transport material from the sun’s sizzling neighborhood and deposit it in icy deep-space comets.
Microbe fixes nitrogen at a blistering 92 C, may offer clues to evolution of nitrogen fixation
A heat-loving archaeon capable of fixing nitrogen at a surprisingly hot 92 degrees Celsius, or 198 Fahrenheit, may represent Earth’s earliest lineages of organisms capable of nitrogen fixation, perhaps even preceding the kinds of bacteria today’s plants and animals rely on to fix nitrogen.
December 12, 2006
UW-led team discovers gene for inherited pancreatic cancer
An international group of researchers has discovered that the mutated form of a gene called Palladin causes familial pancreatic cancer.
December 11, 2006
NIH awards additional $10.2 million to UW research team to grow heart muscle
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health has awarded $10.
December 7, 2006
UW Press launches two Scandinavian series
The University of Washington Press, working with the Department of Scandinavian Studies, has launched two new book series that include Scandinavian co-publishers.
Sherrilynne Fuller presents the Education in Medicine lecture Jan. 5
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Magic Lantern technology lives again at the Burke
You can bring the family and experience the charm of a 19th century technology that was the forerunner of motion pictures at the Burke’s holiday event, “Magic Lanterns and the Birth of Photography,” from 10 a.
Harry Kimball honored by chest physicians organization
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UW Police offer Citizens’ Academy
UW faculty, staff and students interested in learning more about the UW Police Department are invited to apply for the UW Police Citizens’ Academy.
The art in science
Although there’s often a gulf of perception between the worlds of art and science, many artists use science for their creations and some scientists find art in their work.
Class notes: It’s an urban world, in ‘Metropolis’
Class title: Anthropology 469, “Metropolis: Anthropology of the Modern City,” taught by Chris Brown.
Combined Fund Drive extended
We won’t let snow get in the way of giving.
Postdocs raising professional profile at UW
With their own recognized association and a dedicated office on campus, postdoctoral scholars — “postdocs” for short — are raising their professional profile at the UW.
Arboretum plant collection featured in calendar
The first-ever wall calendar featuring the beauty of Washington Park Arboretum’s magnificent plant collection is now available at all eight PCC Natural Markets, at the Arboretum Shop, and online at <A href="http://www.
Combined Fund Drive: UW staffer a big influence on littler ones through volunteering
Editor’s note: This is the last in a series of profiles University Week has run of UW staff members volunteering for agencies that receive funding through the Combined Fund Drive.
You can run but you can’t hide: UW graduate students expose possible privacy breach in Nike+iPod Sport Kit
Most college term papers don’t make the national news.
Library to honor professor for gift to children’s collection
For their 25th wedding anniversary, Douglas Louie surprised his wife, UW Tacoma Professor of Education Belinda Louie, with an elaborate, expensive gift she can’t wear, drive or even touch.
Visiting lecturer underscores growing bond between UW and schools focusing on minority populations
By Sibrina Collins
The Graduate School
This fall the University took a step toward its goal of building relationships with minority-serving institutions and historically black colleges and universities when it hosted Andrew Williams, a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga.
New online museum makes Olympic Peninsula history more accessible
The UW Libraries have partnered with communities on the Olympic Peninsula to create an unusual online museum that provides access to much historical material that previously was in private hands.
Immigrants of a feather don’t necessarily flock together
The traditional idea that immigrants cluster together in neighborhoods with their countrymen after coming to the United States and move away after achieving economic success is far from universal.
Campus scavenging paid off for renovated Southwest Maintenance Zone
The front desk came from the law school, the carpeting in the back from Housing and Food Services.
Creation of new seafloor documented as never before
Seismometers in the right place at the right time detected the growing swarm of tiny undersea earthquakes that culminated in a volcanic eruption last January off the coast of Mexico.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Scientists want to solve puzzle of excess water vapor near cirrus clouds
A number of researchers in recent years have reported perplexing findings of water vapor at concentrations as much as twice what they should be in and around cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere, a finding that could alter some conclusions about climate change.
Coming UW Press offerings: Seattle bungalows, a Frank Lloyd Wright house, Boris Yeltsin and the return of the Ugyhur language
Invasive Northwest marine species, a house by Frank Lloyd Wright and the bungalows of Seattle are among topics covered by several books by UW faculty or about the Seattle area soon to be published by University Press.
UW gets big role in Energy Department project to study properties of nuclei
A UW team will lead a new $15 million U.
English professor and poet awarded $50,000 fellowship
Heather McHugh, a poet and English professor at the UW, has been awarded $50,000 in the inaugural round of United States Artists Fellowships.
December 6, 2006
Immigrants of a feather don’t necessarily flock together
The traditional idea that immigrants cluster together in neighborhoods with their countrymen after coming to the United States and move away after achieving economic success is far from universal.
UW Press launches two Scandinavian series
The University of Washington Press, working with the Department of Scandinavian Studies, has launched two new book series that include Scandinavian co-publishers.
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