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July 6, 2006

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.


July 5, 2006

UW alumnus gives $6 million to building campaign, endowed chair in marketing

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July 3, 2006

Women given specialized treatment half as likely to attempt suicide

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.


June 30, 2006

Students with disabilities gather at UW to find success through technology

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June 29, 2006

Planning for stewardship an important part of successful ecological restoration

Restoring degraded ecosystems around Seattle — and giving them a fighting chance to stay healthy — can be as much about PR as the right plants.


‘Ape-earances’ can be deceiving for many under the influence of alcohol

It’s pretty difficult to overlook the proverbial 800-pound gorilla, or even an average-size person dressed in a gorilla suit.


June 24, 2006

Statement from UW President Mark Emmert on the death of Denice Denton

“We mourn the loss of Denice Denton.


June 22, 2006

Two Miss Seattle winners at School of Medicine

More than a year ago Weiya Zhang and Allison Porter sat next to each other in UW School of Medicine orientation for first-year students.


Blog, photos let campus share China trip with President Emmert

UW President Mark Emmert was in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai June 12–21, meeting with dignitaries, educators and government officials.


World-class debut: Student receives first-ever Global Health Pathway Certificate

Marjan Zarghami is the first recipient of the UW School of Medicine’s Global Health Pathway Certificate, awarded to students who have completed additional coursework in international health during their medical school training.


Heart in his game: UW lecturer loves accounting and basketball, not necessarily in that order

By Ed Kromer
Business School


Bill Resler, an eccentric senior lecturer in tax accounting and part-time basketball coach whose scruffy appearance has been described as “Santa Claus in Birkenstocks,” doesn’t exactly fit Hollywood’s image of a leading man.


Ballpark buddies: Mariners & UW Medicine

Safeco Field is sporting a new health care partner this season as part of a sponsorship agreement between UW Medicine and the Seattle Mariners.


Downtown art to be reborn on campus

Some major earth moving will be taking place in the shadow of George Washington this summer.


Bacteria protected by their own ‘immune system’

Bacteria, those nasty little bugs that cause many illnesses, constantly assault our immune systems as they try to infect us.


Student art on display at retirement residence

Visually Speaking: MFA and BFA Student Artworks, curated by Charlotte Beall, opens June 22 and runs through Oct.


Call it the Brotman Building

The building at 815 Mercer Street has been named the Brotman Building in honor of UW Regent Jeff Brotman and his wife, Susan Brotman.


UW Motor Pool looking at electric cars, alternative fuels as part of energy saving strategy

At about lunchtime last Tuesday, the parking lot of the UW Motor Pool was lined with several attractive vehicles, gleaming with showroom polish but a bit smaller than most you see on the street.


Health Sciences News Briefs

Crittenden twice honored


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Faculty member claims Flexcar prize in quiz

Steven Goodreau, assistant professor of anthropology, won $100 worth of Flexcar use after completing a quiz sponsored by the Facilities Services Conservation Campaign Committee.


Report recommends new office, new administrator to manage information

A task force appointed by Provost Phyllis Wise has completed an interim report that calls for articulating a vision for the future of the University’s information systems, and thinking about how future hardware and software development would fit into that vision.


Notices

Research Studies

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center seeks women for study

The Nutrition and Exercise for Women (NEW) Study — A study that examines the effects of exercise and nutrition on breast cancer risk factors — seeks to recruit more than 500 Seattle-area participants.


NSF supports underground lab effort

The National Science Foundation has reversed an earlier decision and will support UW efforts to draft a conceptual design proposal for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the Washington Cascades, university officials have learned.


A family man retires


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Blog, photos let campus share China trip with President Emmert

UW President Mark Emmert was in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai June 12-21, meeting with dignitaries, educators and government officials.


Tiny creatures survived Earth’s deep freeze

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Etc: News & Notes from around campus

TOURING TROMBONIST: School of Music doctoral trombone student Philip B.


Wanted: Skilled tradesmen

I recently listened in on a conversation between two savvy people.


Brief therapy can help depression, study shows

Taking a page from the treatment book on alcohol abuse, researchers from the UWhave successfully tested a brief, low-cost intervention to deal with depression, the No.


Study: HIV rate higher in blacks

HIV infection is significantly more common among non-Hispanic blacks than it is among any other young adult racial or ethnic group in the United States, according to the first study drawn from the nation’s general youth population.


UWB theater group heads to Italy

By Elaine Kraft
UW Bothell


The Empty Suitcase Theater Company, a student theater group of the UW Bothell, will be traveling to Tuscany this month at the invitation of the international student theater festival in Arezzo, Italy.


Mystery Photo

WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.


Report recommends new office, new administrator to manage information

A task force appointed by Provost Phyllis Wise has completed an interim report that calls for articulating a vision for the future of the University’s information systems, and thinking about how future hardware and software development would fit into that vision.


NSF supports underground lab effort

The National Science Foundation has reversed an earlier decision and will support UW efforts to draft a conceptual design proposal for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the Washington Cascades, University officials have learned.


June 19, 2006

Brief intervention reduces symptoms of depression

Taking a page from the treatment book on alcohol abuse, researchers from the University of Washington have successfully tested a brief, low-cost intervention to deal with depression, the No.


National Science Foundation reinstates Cascades underground lab proposal

The National Science Foundation has reversed an earlier decision and will support University of Washington efforts to draft a conceptual design proposal for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the Washington Cascades, university officials have learned.


June 15, 2006

Researchers find physiological markers for cutting, other self-harming behaviors by teenage girls

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.


June 12, 2006

New satellite set to collect most-detailed data yet about atmospheric particles

(Updated on June 21, 2006)



            A new satellite that last week began gathering data from the Earth’s atmosphere could be a key tool in unraveling just how much effect the reflectivity of clouds and tiny particles called aerosols are having on the planet’s changing climate.


June 9, 2006

Decreased Alcohol Consumption, Increased Use of Seat Belts Save Lives

Traffic crash mortality rates in the U.


Bacteria have their own immune system protecting against outside DNA

Bacteria like Salmonella have a complicated immune system that helps them recognize and isolate foreign DNA trying to invade their cell membrane, according to a University of Washington-led study in the June 8 issue of Science Express.


June 6, 2006

Mussel strain: Same species responds differently to same warming, depending on location

Based on current trends for both air and water temperatures, by 2100 the body temperatures of California mussels — found along thousands of miles of coast in the northeast Pacific Ocean and not just in California — could increase between about 2 degrees F and 6.



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