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July 23, 2009
Newsmakers
EXCESSES OF SUCCESS: Mark Sanford, John Ensign, David Vitter, Mark Foley — why did they do it? U.
July 9, 2009
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.
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.
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.
UW back pain program provides relief, hope
Back pain affects an estimated 8 in 10 people, according to the National Institutes of Health.
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.
UW Medicine Eye Institute opens at Ninth and Jefferson Building
The UW Medicine Eye Institute officially opened last week.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UW remembers first minority affairs vice president with celebration of life
A celebration of the life of Samuel E.
Baillie and McCune accept professional pharmacy honors
Thomas A.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UW researchers begin receiving stimulus money
Editor’s note: Federal stimulus money is starting to be distributed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UW Bothell to offer student housing in the fall
Beginning this fall, UW Bothell will offer student housing for the first time.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
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.
Learn about hearing loss at Speech and Hearing Clinic Program
The UW Speech and Hearing Clinic presents “Ear-responsible?” from 1 to 2 p.
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.
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.
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.
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.
June 25, 2009
Obsidian ‘trail’ provides clues to how humans settled, interacted in Kuril Islands
Archaeologists have used stone tools to answer many questions about human ancestors in both the distant and near past and now they are analyzing the origin of obsidian flakes to better understand how people settled and interacted in the inhospitable Kuril Islands.
Moving day: Cunningham Hall, Johnson Hall Annex emptied to make way for new Molecular Engineering Building
Occupants of Cunningham Hall and Johnson Hall Annex are moving out this month, and Cunningham itself will be moving later this summer to make way for the new Molecular Engineering Building on the site.
Professor wants to promote decades of UW innovation with science museum — on campus or online
Bob Charlson is holding an intergrating nephelometer and dreaming of a future where such key UW innovations are given their just historical due.
Hall Health launches building renovation Web site
Hall Health Primary Care Center at the UW has launched a Web site to facilitate communication with the UW community about its building renovation project, providing updates and news about the progress of the renovation as they become available.
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.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Summer Sounds series gets under way July 2
Enjoy live music with your art this summer when the Henry Art Gallery and the UW School of Music present “Summer Sounds at the Henry.
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.
UW researchers along as ‘Around the Americas’ vessel circumnavigates North and South America
UW scientists are leads for five of the eight science projects on board a 64-foot boat that is sailing 25,000 miles all the way around North and South America.
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