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December 9, 2004
Slaves took risks to resist their state, historian says
By today’s standards, pretending to be sick to get out of a day’s work, sneaking away to meet friends in the woods at night, learning to read and write or tacking up an abolitionist poster in their quarters may seem to be pretty tame infractions.
Who did voters pick on Nov. 2? In some cases, we’ll never know
As citizens of Washington state wait out a third count with 42 votes separating the candidates for governor, new research shows that Washington was not the only state where the voters’ true choice may never be known.
More area, more diversity true for microbes too, studies show
The connection between species richness and area occupied, recognized by biologists for more than a hundred years as a fundamental ecological relationship in plant and in animal communities, has been discerned for the first time at the microbial level.
Facilities Services’ ‘five-star’ Motor Pool just keeps winning awards
When the UW Motor Pool was honored recently for pollution prevention, it was the fourth time in the last year it has been singled out for its environmentally friendly efforts.
Click and bid: UW’s surplus property auctions now online, too
When the UW’s Property and Transport Services holds a public auction on Saturday, Dec.
Levy named to Wissner-Slivka Endowed Chair
Henry M.
Lieberman and Friends concert to feature Bottom Line Duo
The Bottom Line Duo, made up of husband-and-wife team Spencer and Traci Hoveskeland, will be the featured guests for the Barry Lieberman and Friends concert at 2 p.
December 8, 2004
Birds, butterflies, bacteria: same law of biology appears to apply
The connection between species richness and area occupied, recognized by biologists for more than a hundred years as a fundamental ecological relationship in plant and in animal communities, has been discerned for the first time at the microbial level.
December 7, 2004
Pharmaceutical marketing tactics hold little sway with prescribing physicians
Pharmaceutical drug companies spend upward of $25 billion per year on promoting new drugs and distributing free samples to doctors, but new research shows such marketing devices have little impact on physicians and their prescribing behavior.
December 6, 2004
A review of the health implications of lead in Seattle School District drinking water
Recent testing throughout the Seattle Public School District revealed that many schools have at least one drinking fountain with lead levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency guideline for lead in school drinking water.
Two-thirds of school-age children have an imaginary companion by age 7
Imagination is alive and thriving in the minds of America’s school-age children.
December 2, 2004
Diers and Educational Partnerships office help communities help themselves
Last spring, the children of Toppenish were asked what they wanted to liven up their city park.
Health Sciences News Briefs
Dr.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UW associate dean is Australia-bound
Maresi Nerad, director of the UW’s Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) and associate dean for research in the Graduate School, has powerful ideas about the future of doctoral education, in the U.
Business School gets $10 million gift toward new building
Preparations for new facilities to house the UW Business School will accelerate from the planning to the design phase with the receipt of a $10 million donation, the largest private gift the school has received.
Diers and Educational Partnerships office help communities help themselves
Last spring, the children of Toppenish were asked what they wanted to liven up their city park.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Atmosphere warming claim validated by new study
A new interpretation for temperature data from satellites, published earlier this year, raised controversy when its authors claimed it eliminated doubt that, on average, the lower atmosphere is getting warmer as fast as the Earth’s surface.
Prof. James Karr wins top honors from American Fisheries Society
The UW’s James R.
World’s fastest glacier doubles speed
The world’s fastest glacier, Greenland’s Jakobshavn Isbrae, doubled its speed between 1997 and 2003.
Gotta dance: UW tappers hoof their way through holiday classic
Mention Scrooge and what comes to mind? Miserly, check; mean, check; unsympathetic, check; tap dancer, ch — huh? Dickens’ famous curmudgeon doing a soft shoe routine? Not the picture we usually have of the old boy.
Etc.
PRESS ON PREZ: If you missed UW President Mark Emmert’s speech on Tuesday, you have another chance to hear him as he sits for an interview with Seattle Times higher education reporter Sharon Chan and executive editor Michael Fancher.
Complex genetics of collagen disorders
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UW Police offer Citizens Academy
The UW Police Department will be offering a free 10-week Citizen’s Academy beginning Jan.
New lecture series honors Biochemistry Department’s Milton Gordon
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Human Subjects Division on the move
The Human Subjects Division is either moving to a new place or coming home to an old one, depending on how you look at it.
Stamatoyannopoulos appointed to Motulsky professorship
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Where’s Rudolph? Global warming may endanger reindeer
With increasing global warming, Rudolph and the rest of Santa Claus’ reindeer will disappear from large portions of their current range and be under severe environmental stress by the end of the century.
Tech transfer up in fiscal year 2004
Technology transfer activity at the UW increased significantly in fiscal year 2004, reports UW TechTransfer, the office that facilitates commercial development of innovations arising from UW research.
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Faculty Senate position
The Senate Executive Committee seeks applications and nominations from faculty on all three UW campuses for the vital position of Secretary of the Faculty.
Mary-Claire King receives award in Philadelphia
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More exercise, fewer cookies and an AED for his sleigh
“T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
UW associate dean is Australia-bound
Maresi Nerad, director of the UW’s Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) and associate dean for research in the Graduate School, has powerful ideas about the future of doctoral education, in the U.
December 1, 2004
UW Business School receives $10 million from The Foster Foundation
Preparations for new facilities to house the University of Washington Business School will accelerate from the planning to the design phase with the receipt of a $10 million donation, the largest private gift the school has received.
Say goodbye to Rudolph and other reindeer if global warming continues
With increasing global warming Rudolph and the rest of Santa Claus’ reindeer will disappear from large portions of their current range and be under severe environmental stress by the end of the century.
November 29, 2004
UW group blocks formation of toxic protein clumps seen in Huntington’s disease
Researchers at the University of Washington have identified the mechanism for a protein that can protect against formation of the toxic protein clumps seen in Huntington’s disease.
Media Advisory: Panelists to discuss proposal for managing Northwest power grid
WHAT: Panel discussion about Grid West, a proposed nonprofit corporation that would manage key features of the Northwest’s electric-power system.
Stratosphere temperature data support scientists’ proof for global warming
A new interpretation for temperature data from satellites, published earlier this year, raised controversy when its authors claimed it eliminated doubt that, on average, the lower atmosphere is getting warmer as fast as the Earth’s surface.
November 22, 2004
Everyday resistance to slavery far more common than believed, historian says
By today’s standards pretending to be sick to get out of a day’s work, sneaking away to meet friends in the woods at night, learning to read and write, or tacking up an abolitionist poster in their quarters may seem to be pretty tame infractions.
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