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September 25, 2008

Survival after emergency cardiac arrest treatment varies widely

An analysis of emergency medical services-treated cardiac arrest outcomes in 10 areas in North America finds a fivefold difference in survival rates, according to a study in the Sept.

UWPD renews its national accreditation

Over the summer, the UW Police Department got its national accreditation renewed — which is a tougher process than getting accredited in the first place.

All welcome at UWPD Open House Wednesday afternoon

The UW Police Department is welcoming all faculty, staff and students to its annual open house, from 2 to 4 p.

August 21, 2008

UW employees can rent at Radford Court

Did you know UW employees can rent apartments at Radford Court, the University housing that sits right up against Magnuson Park and Lake Washington? Plus, if the employee is taking a class (matriculated or nonmatriculated) at the UW, the lower Public Student Rate applies.

Getting to know UW: Orientation returns to in-person format

Beginning this fall, the University will be greeting its new recruits face to face once again.

From the editor: Goodbye to all that; ‘UWeek’ going paperless

This issue of University Week is the last of the summer.

Hearing impaired students to show animation work Friday

Students at the Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing will show the results of their work in animation at 7 p.

UW Medicine physicians recognized for diabetes care

Twenty-eight UW physicians working at UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics have achieved recognition in diabetes care from the National Commission on Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Mystery Photo

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

African American surgeons exhibit comes to UW

Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons, a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine and the Reginald F.

UW ranked 16th among 500 schools

In time for the Olympics, a kind of academic Olympics has been conducted by one of China’s largest universities and the results show UW ranked 16th among 500 universities around the world.

Extraordinary response to global health request for proposals

By Bobbi Nodell
News & Community Relations

In response to a campuswide invitation for concept proposals for interdisciplinary global health initiatives and centers, the Department of Global Health received an impressive 41 proposals from faculty representing all 17 UW colleges and schools.

The 160-mile download diet: Local file sharing drastically cuts network load

Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same.

Sherr wins Young Investigator Award for HIV/AIDS work

By Bobbi Nodell
News & Community Relations

Kenneth Sherr, UW clinical assistant professor in global health working at Health Alliance International (HAI), was one of five scientists worldwide honored with a Young Investigator Award at the 2008 Global AIDS Conference in Mexico City earlier this month.

Brown tree snake could mean Guam will lose more than its birds

In the last 60 years, brown tree snakes have become the embodiment of the bad things that can happen when invasive species are introduced in places where they have few predators.

Pharmacy student receives fellowship to target Uganda’s health

By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy

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Cataloguing invisible life: Microbe genome emerges from lake sediment

When entrepreneurial geneticist Craig Venter sailed around the world on his yacht sequencing samples of seawater, it was an ambitious project to use genetics to understand invisible ecological communities.

What’s in a name? UW doc’s is Hayes, Rutherford P. (not B.) Hayes

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Tuscany provides backdrop for pharmacy education

By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy

Later this month, a group of UW School of Pharmacy faculty and staff and practicing Washington pharmacists will travel through the Tuscan region of Italy to learn about global practices in pharmacy.

Burke to host photo exhibit of birds from the Arctic Sept. 13–Dec. 31

Migration is one of nature’s great wonders; each year millions of birds travel great lengths — sometimes across the globe — to find feeding and breeding grounds.

Fairs set for Fall Prevention Awareness Day Sept. 18

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Official Notices

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.

Bugs put the heat in chili peppers

If you’re a fan of habañero salsa or like to order Thai food spiced to five stars, you owe a lot to bugs, both the crawling kind and ones you can see only with a microscope.

All that dance: High schoolers eyes open to dance through GEAR UP program

For the last two winters, Jennifer Salk’s students have brought the joy of dance to a group of middle and high school students in Central Washington.

Science in Medicine Lecture Sept. 25

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Signing by cell: Can you see me now?

A group at the UW has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.

UW Medicine & Seattle Public Library series launches Sept. 3

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‘Rising from Ruins’: UW filmmaker traces recovery struggle

Bruce Foret has spent the three years since Hurricane Katrina struggling to rebuild Oak Street Hardware in New Orleans.

UW to study Hispanic achievement gap

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Space flyers to land in Seattle Sept. 15–20

Dozens of space flyers will land in the Northwest next month.

August 7, 2008

Governor calls for fuel reduction, hiring freeze

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Etc: Campus news and notes

FOUNDING HONOR: Social Work Professor Biren “Ratnesh” Nagda was at the University of Michigan recently, accepting an award as one of the founders of intergroup dialogue — a technique he and several other graduate students developed at Michigan 20 years ago.