March 19, 2008
Despite public health campaigns, a surprising number of women continue to use substances such as tobacco, marijuana and alcohol during pregnancy and their usage rebounds to pre-pregnancy levels within two years of having a baby, according to a new 天美影视传媒 study.
Many important chemical reactions are slow and unwieldy because no enzyme exists to prod them to greater efficiency.
March 18, 2008
As cries of “play ball” ring out this spring, they undoubtedly will be followed by complaints of anxiety and stress from young athletes wanting to quit sports.
Rain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens in the far north it can mean lingering death for reindeer, musk oxen and other animals that normally graze on the Arctic tundra.
March 17, 2008
Unlike several other areas of the country, painkilling medicine is widely available throughout Washington state to people suffering from chronic or acute pain and who have received prescriptions, according to a new survey of the state’s pharmacies.
March 13, 2008
In addition to being home to intense geological and climatological change, Alaska’s Glacier Bay hosts one of the richest cold-water marine environments including a great diversity of top-level marine predators, such as seabirds and marine mammals.
Nature is full of examples of creatures that try to look as big as possible in an effort to scare away potential predators.
Researchers trying to understand how young children develop the ability to control their attention, behaviors and emotions are looking for 300 Seattle-area families to participate in a new study.
When a guy who works for UW Parking Services decides to write a novel, it’s not surprising that he’d choose a title like Secluded Parking.
There’s new evidence supporting the idea that bigger brains are better.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Thursday, March 20, at UW Tacoma.
Black Grace, a hit group from New Zealand that combines contemporary Samoan and Maori dance, music and even acrobatics, will play three shows at Meany Hall, Thursday through Saturday, April 3-5.
Macedonian pianist Simon Trpèeski will make his third appearance as part of the UW World Series at 8 p.
This month, the UW will host more than 600 members of Engineers Without Borders-USA.
The UW Photographers Group will have an exhibit, The Healing Show: Image as Remedy, March 18–April 28, in Skylight Gallery (also known as the Barrel Vault) behind the Information Desk at UW Medical Center.
The fossil record, human evolution, the origin of the species and even the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria will be subjects of the discussion-based lecture series “Evolution in the Evening,” starting April 3 on the UW campus.
Some medical devices such as implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are now equipped with wireless technology, allowing for remote device checks and freeing patients from repeated doctor visits.
Star Trek uniforms, hand-made robots and spacey headgear ruled the day on Wednesday, March 19, at the HUB, when BizTech2008, the UW鈥檚 annual in-house business and technology fair, launched into a daylong orbit.
Class title: Asian Languages and Literature 207/Comparative Literature 272: “Asian Martial Arts Films: Conventions, Institutional History, and Ideology.
Feeling a little hemmed in at home? Then you might want to check out the Home Improvement Fair offered on campus on Wednesday, April 9, by UW Benefits in partnership with HomeStreet Bank.
In addition to being home to intense geological and climatological change, Alaska’s Glacier Bay hosts one of the richest cold water marine environments including a great diversity of top-level marine predators, such as seabirds and marine mammals.
Marilyn Cox, currently assistant vice provost for capital planning at UW Seattle, will become the new vice chancellor for administration and planning at UW Bothell, UWB Chancellor Kenyon S.
PANEL PARTNERS: UW Tacoma Professor Joel Baker has been selected to chair the Puget Sound Partnership’s Science Panel, while the Applied Physics Laboratory’s Principal Oceanographer Jan Newton will be the vice chair.
Many people on campus already know that Kerri Everly is an effective and successful campus coordinator for the Combined Fund Drive.
The Graduate School will kick off spring quarter with its annual Graduate and Professional Education Week March 31-April 5.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The University will honor 25 individuals this year as part of the annual Universitywide awards program.
The 2008 Health Sciences Open House, “A Path with Promise,” is almost here.
By LaDeana Huyler
Microsoft Accessibility
The following article was featured in the Microsoft Accessibility Update newsletter.
James Garlick is a 24-year-old accomplished violinist who recently debuted as concertmaster of the Cascade Symphony Orchestra, where he performed as featured soloist and joined Seattle Symphony principal cellist Joshua Roman in a duo-encore.
Adam Drewnowski, director of the UW Center for Obesity Research and a professor of epidemiology and adjunct professor of medicine, has received a new $1.
Cells are coded with several programs for self-destruction.
March 12, 2008
For the 15th consecurive year, U.
Students in the UW School of Medicine joined more than 15,000 other medical students around the country in participating in the National Resident Matching Program, which pairs them with medical residency programs throughout the nation.
March 11, 2008
There’s new evidence supporting the idea that bigger brains are better.
Some medical devices such as implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are now equipped with wireless technology, allowing for remote device checks and freeing patients from repeated doctor visits.
March 10, 2008
Cells are coded with several programs for self-destruction.
March 6, 2008
The UW Chorale will make its Seattle Symphony debut in March in an American musical theater extravaganza conducted by Seattle Symphony’s newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor, Marvin Hamlisch.
World-renowned opera performer Jane Eaglen will make her UW School of Music performance debut, along with Northwest tenor Gregory Carroll, when Peter Eros conducts the 100-voice combined choirs and University Symphony in A Sea Symphony, Vaughan Williams’ evocative tour de force for choir, soloists and orchestra.