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July 23, 2009
This article will self-destruct: A tool to make online personal data vanish
Computers have made it virtually impossible to leave the past behind.
July 9, 2009
UW back pain program provides relief, hope
Back pain affects an estimated 8 in 10 people, according to the National Institutes of Health.
UW Medicine Eye Institute opens at Ninth and Jefferson Building
The UW Medicine Eye Institute officially opened last week.
Airlift Northwest adds extra summer services to San Juan Islands
By Clare Hagerty & Susan Gregg-Hanson
News & Community Relations
Airlift Northwest (ALNW) will again base one of it helicopters at the Friday Harbor airport this summer to expedite emergency services for residents and visitors in the San Juan Islands.
Got ear plugs? You may want to sport them on the subway, researchers say
By Mary Guiden
News & Community Relations
Seattle doesn’t have a subway, but that doesn’t stop research scientist Rick Neitzel from doing his work.
Baillie and McCune accept professional pharmacy honors
Thomas A.
Olde-Time Picnic in the Arboretum
Seattle Parks & Recreation, the UW Botanic Gardens, and the Arboretum Foundation will host an old-fashioned picnic on Saturday, July 18, from 11:30 a.
Child with autism triggers greater parental stress than one with developmental delay, study shows
Ask any mother and she’ll tell you that raising a preschooler is no easy task.
A century after the AYPE’s cross-country race, old Model Ts are on the road again
On June 23, 1909, the first automobile of six entrants crossed the finish line on the UW campus after an “ocean to ocean endurance contest.
Newsmakers
BORDERLINE BLUES: The New York Times visited the topic of borderline personality disorder in a recent article, and quoted UW Psychology Professor Marsha Linehan.
UW Bothell to offer student housing in the fall
Beginning this fall, UW Bothell will offer student housing for the first time.
FEMA grant funds facelift for collections storage at the Burke Museum
The Burke Museum will be renovating its collection storage areas over the next two years, moving items from open shelves to new storage compactors that protect them from light and dust and possible damage from earthquakes.
UW CFD wins national award from EarthShare
The UW Combined Fund Drive has been presented with EarthShare’s 2008 National Campaign Award for Excellence as the outstanding public sector workplace giving campaign in the nation.
Finding fear: Neuroscientists locate where it is processed in mammalian brain
Fear is a powerful emotion and neuroscientists have for the first time located the neurons responsible for fear conditioning in the mammalian brain.
Straighten up and fly right: Moths benefit more from flexible wings than rigid
Most scientists who create models trying to understand the mechanics and aerodynamics of insect flight have assumed that insect wings are relatively rigid as they flap.
Technology resources to be consolidated on ‘IT Connect’ Web page
UW Technology has launched a new Web site, IT Connect (<A href="http://itconnect.
Etc: News & notes from around campus
CHAPTER TOPS CHARTS: The UW chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) has won the Chapter of the Year Award in the 10-19 member division from the national organization.
Busy GEAR-UP Project thriving, looking ahead at the 10 year mark
For 10 years now, the UW’s GEAR-UP Project has helped middle school students prepare for high school and high schoolers prepare for college.
Lost and found films: Will you accept this ‘Mission Impractical’?
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
Student-built rocket blasts more than two miles high
Eleven UW students are now able to say: “As a matter of fact, I am a rocket scientist.
UW remembers first minority affairs vice president with celebration of life
A celebration of the life of Samuel E.
Changes in brain architecture may be driven by different cognitive challenges
Scientists trying to understand how the brains of animals evolve have found that evolutionary changes in brain structure reflect the types of social interactions and environmental stimuli different species face.
In-hospital CPR survival rates for elderly patients shows no improvement, study reports
A study of elderly patients receiving CPR in the hospital shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005.
UW researchers begin receiving stimulus money
Editor’s note: Federal stimulus money is starting to be distributed.
UW Symphony’s July 23 concert canceled
The UW Symphony Orchestra’s performance for Thursday, July 23, has been canceled due to an unforseen problem.
Earth’s most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of fresh water to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years, probably because of a warmer world, according to research published in the July issue of Nature Geoscience.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Learn about hearing loss at Speech and Hearing Clinic Program
The UW Speech and Hearing Clinic presents “Ear-responsible?” from 1 to 2 p.
Student rockers, athletes, cheerleaders, scientists all part of a summer of UW campus visitors
The Parapsychological Association, which studies psychic experiences and clairvoyance, will visit the UW this summer for a conference.
Going mobile: UWTV branches out to YouTube, smart phones
People tune into UWTV for all manner of reasons — to watch reports on UW medical research, notable campus lectures, historical programming, to hear UW leaders addressing current issues, and much more.
New director of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences on the job at UW Tacoma
Larry Knopp arrived at UW Tacoma recently to head Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, the largest of UW Tacoma’s academic programs.
June 25, 2009
If the shoe flits, duck: A real-life example of humans’ dual vision system
It’s rare when real-world events perfectly mirror experiments that scientists are conducting.
Afghan archivists at UW for three-week workshop
Three archivists from Radio Afghanistan are spending three weeks at the UW in a National Endowment for the Arts-funded summer residency workshop on archiving.
Play ball! Husky Night with the Mariners is July 10
Junior’s back and Ichiro’s hitting — it’s a great time to head to Safeco Field for some major league baseball.
Disaster tip of the month: Plan for temporarily reduced public services
Editor’s note: The Emergency Management Division of the Washington Military Department is offering a tip a month to help people get prepared for a disaster.
New Graduate School Making a Difference staff award a nice surprise for UW Press designer
Ashley Saleeba, senior designer with UW Press, got a nice surprise last Thursday — she was named the recipient of the Graduate School’s first-ever Making a Difference staff award.
New definition could further limit habitable zones around distant suns
As astronomers gaze toward nearby planetary systems in search of life, they are focusing their attention on each system’s habitable zone, where heat radiated from the star is just right to keep a planet’s water in liquid form.
School of Music leadership changes from McCabe to Karpen
On July 1 the School of Music will experience its first change in top leadership since 1994.
More room to romp: New play courts open at the Experimental Education Unit
There were a few official remarks, some hearty applause, and then it was time to scamper and play!
The Experimental Education Unit (EEU) opened two new play courts on Wednesday, June 10, with the help of a few friends — and a bunch of youngsters really ready to romp.
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