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July 20, 2006
In touch with art: Harborview hosts work of Seattle Braille artist
By Peggy Weis
Harborview Art Program Manager
As part of the Harborview art program’s series of temporary public art exhibitions, photographs from Seattle artist Spike Mafford’s “Braille Portfolio” are currently on view in the medical center’s Ground West Lobby, cafeteria, and the foyer of the Research & Training Building.
Supercomputers shed light on force of nature
What if the tiniest components of matter were somehow different from the way they exist now, perhaps only slightly different or maybe a lot? What if they had been different from the moment the universe began in the big bang? Would matter as we know it be the same? Would humans even exist?
Scientists are starting to find answers to some profound questions such as these, thanks to a breakthrough in the calculations needed to understand the strong nuclear force that comes from the motion of nature’s basic building blocks, subatomic particles called quarks and gluons.
Couple creates fellowship with pledge
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Listen while you look: Henry’s new artcasts help patrons learn more
Artist Cat Clifford’s current work does not occupy a large part of the Henry Art Gallery.
EPA supports UW pesticide research with $750,000 grant
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Magic carpet ride: Students learn commissioning process
Walk Softly, an exhibit of hand-woven carpets that opens July 21 at Consolidated Works, 500 Boren N.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Cultural proficiency center gets director
Amen Tsegai has been named project director for the Center for Cultural Proficiency in Medical Education, a new National Institutes of Health-funded initiative to increase cultural competency training of medical students, residents and faculty.
Working for a greener future: Open Space Seattle 2100 brings UW, community together
No one can read the future.
Self-inflicted injury can escalate, study shows
Non-fatal, self-inflicted injuries by adolescent and young adult females are major public health problems, and researchers have found physiological evidence that this behavior may lead to a more serious psychological condition called borderline personality disorder.
Banks book wins stellar reviews
Education Professor James Banks spent the past school year as a Spencer Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, where he also finished a new book that was published to excellent reviews.
Official Notices
VA seeks participants for alcohol study
The UW and the Seattle VA are looking for people ages 18 to 65 who use alcohol frequently, have problems with it, and want to stop using it.
UW Regents approve operating, capital budget requests for coming biennium
The University of Washington Board of Regents has approved an operating budget request for the 2007-09 biennium that would increase the state general fund allocation by more than 20 percent, which would begin to close about a third of the funding gap with the UW’s competitor institutions, which currently is about $4,000 per student.
Newsmakers
UNPAID INTERNS: A May 30 article in The New York Times took up the issue of internships, especially those without pay, and their effect on individual careers and the work culture in general.
Peer Portfolio
ACTING OUT: A certain section of a Statistics 101 class at the University of Missouri-Columbia was not quite what it seemed, according to an article in Mizzou Weekly, the university’s newspaper.
July 18, 2006
High court decision dumping exclusionary rule undermines established balance
Knock knock.
July 17, 2006
Newer, less aggressive air bags protect adults and pose less risk to children
Front air bags reduce injury and death for most drivers and front-seat passengers in vehicle crashes, yet first-generation air bags, installed in motor vehicles until 1998, deploy with such force that they put children and small adults at significant risk of death.
July 11, 2006
Supercomputers help physicists understand a force of nature
What if the tiniest components of matter were somehow different from the way they exist now, perhaps only slightly different or maybe a lot? What if they had been different from the moment the universe began in the big bang? Would matter as we know it be the same? Would humans even exist?
Scientists are starting to find answers to some profound questions such as these, thanks to a breakthrough in the calculations needed to understand the strong nuclear force that comes from the motion of nature’s basic building blocks, subatomic particles called quarks and gluons.
July 10, 2006
Practice builds brain connections for babies learning language, how to speak
Experience, as the old saying goes, is the best teacher.
July 7, 2006
UW Medical Center ranked in top 10 among nation’s best hospitals for fourth consecutive year
For the fourth consecutive year, University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) ranks among the top 10 hospitals in the nation.
UW among national leaders in producing certain minority undergraduate degrees
The University of Washington is among the nation’s leaders in producing several categories of minority baccalaureates, notably those of Asian American students, acccording the journal Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
July 6, 2006
ISIS: Where medicine meets virtual reality
Tina Wood and Laura Foy, co-hosts of Microsoft’s online technology program The Ten Show, are about to find out what happens when a patient’s heart stops beating in the OR.
Business alum gives $6 million for chair, building
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New recruiter seeks underrepresented groups for science, technology, engineering, math
When Sibrina Collins entered graduate school in chemistry at The Ohio State University, it suddenly became obvious to her that minority groups were far outnumbered in graduate study of the sciences.
UW Combined Fund Drive looking for a few good people
William Shakespeare may not really have been thinking of recruiting departmental coordinators for the UW’s fall Combined Fund Drive when he wrote that “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Testing hypertonic solutions for trauma victims
Hypertonic resuscitation — a concentrated intravenous dose of saline, with or without dextran, a sugar solution — has the potential to help survivors of traumatic injury by improving blood flow and delivery of oxygen to the injured brain while decreasing high pressure in the brain, a common problem for patients with brain injury.
Hormone study gives clues for treating cancer
Starvation typically has dire consequences for an organism’s growth.
UW says goodbye to Denton
An informal gathering for Denice Denton’s UW colleagues and friends is scheduled for 1 p.
Magazine’s ‘Best Doctors’ edition features several UW stories
The July issue of Seattle Metropolitan magazine includes a number of stories about Health Sciences and UW Medicine.
Physician Scientist Early Career Award for Martin
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Hormone treatment may improve cognition in seniors
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Health Sciences News Briefs
Support for geriatric nursing career
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Meet the vice provosts: Godfrey seeks more collaboration
When Eric Godfrey became the interim vice president for student affairs last fall, he did not intend to pursue the permanent position, which is now called the vice provost for student life.
UWT sees fitness center in its future
UW Tacoma faculty and staff and students who want to work out at work will be able to starting this fall — at UWT’s new fitness center.
Changes to HR5290 the subject of ‘Grass Routes’
A number of Northwest artists, writers, musicians and dancers will gather on Friday, July 21, for a multidisciplinary festival called Grass Routes, designed to invite exploration of the effects of State Route 520 and its famous floating bridge on the surrounding natural environment.
Meet the vice provosts: Tutoring started Taylor on life in education
Ed Taylor was a talented high school basketball player with no firm plan for his future when he met the people who would unknowingly steer his life toward teaching.
Etc: News & Notes from Around Campus
MAHLER MANIA: The Northwest Mahler Festival is not a UW organization, but you wouldn’t know it from the program of their July 18 concert in Meany Hall.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo at right was taken somewhere on campus. Editor’s note: The photos that accompany this story were all taken by Christine White, a student who participated in last year’s Exploration Seminar to the Galapagos Islands. Women with a serious mental disorder called borderline personality disorder who received a specialized form of cognitive behavioral therapy were half as likely to attempt suicide as women who were treated by expert therapists in dealing with difficult patients. Restoring degraded ecosystems around Seattle — and giving them a fighting chance to stay healthy — can be as much about PR as the right plants.
Around the world … and back again
Therapy cuts suicidal behavior in half, study shows
PR for the environment: Restoration Ecology Network helps students reach out
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