September 16, 2003
A team of medical researchers from three Seattle research facilities recently received a grant of over $15 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to continue the hunt for vaccines against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the causative agent of AIDS.
September 15, 2003
Archaeologists at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture had no idea what they would learn when they sent Nellie, the museum’s Egyptian mummy, to the 天美影视传媒 Medical Center to undergo a CT scan three years ago as the first step in a conservation process.
September 10, 2003
天美影视传媒 Medical Center will offer the public a preview of its new Surgery Pavilion during a pair of open houses Sept. 19 and 20.
It’s been a hot summer in Washington, but it’s a dry heat. Literally. The state is experiencing its driest summer since at least 1900, with local rain amounts from 70 percent to 85 percent below normal.
September 9, 2003
A virtual reality researcher from the 天美影视传媒 and a Weill Cornell Medical College therapist have engaged the virtual world to treat victims of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.
Work done by researchers at the 天美影视传媒 and Group Health Center for Health Studies shows that depressed older adults use more health care services and have higher health care costs than their peers who do not suffer from depression.
September 4, 2003
天美影视传媒 leads $50 million Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research
Design and construction planning began this week by Vulcan Inc. on the newest phase of UW Medicine Lake Union, the 天美影视传媒’s new medical research hub that will be located in the heart of Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood.
The 天美影视传媒, Seattle, today announced a new transfer admissions agreement with the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC).
September 3, 2003
Researchers studying physical and chemical processes at the smallest scales, smaller even than the width of a human hair, have found that fluid circulating in a microscopic whirlpool can reach radial acceleration more than a million times greater than gravity, or 1 million Gs.
Companies that offer interactive Web sites to consumers have a two to five times greater chance of selling their products than those that only provide static information, according to a 天美影视传媒 professor.
September 2, 2003
Thirty-six participants from 13 Pacific Northwest Indian tribes will gather at the 天美影视传媒 next week for a workshop designed to open the linguistic riches of the UW campus and assist in tribal efforts to revitalize indigenous languages.
Harborview Medical Center physicians and staff will do their part to improve the cardiovascular health of the community by offering free Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) screenings 9 a.
August 29, 2003
An internationally recognized cosmologist will explain the latest theories about “dark matter” and “dark energy,” the invisible components that scientists say make up most of the universe.
August 28, 2003
A brief non-judgmental interview and feedback session designed to enhance people’s motivation to change their behavior added to a self-help program appears to be effective in treating some people with two common types of eating disorders –bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.
As Americans begin to tune into another presidential campaign season, they might assume that democracy is alive and well.
August 26, 2003
Children with sickle cell disease often do not get the daily dose of antibiotics that they need to protect them from deadly infections, according to a study led by researchers at the 天美影视传媒.
August 22, 2003
The region’s first light rail line opened Aug. 22 in Tacoma, and the UW Tacoma campus was at the center of the celebration.
August 21, 2003
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Tacoma family physician Dr.
Sometimes transplanted organs do not thrive in their new homes.
Members of the UW community and the neighborhoods around the University will be able to tour UW Medical Center鈥檚 new Surgery Pavilion at open houses on Friday and Saturday, Sept.
There鈥檒l be a little romance in UW Extension鈥檚 Writers鈥� Program this fall, but it won鈥檛 be among the students.
鈥淪howdown in the Arctic: Polar bear attacks nuclear submarine!鈥� blared the headline in the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News last month.
They are the Earth鈥檚 tiniest organisms capable of photosynthesis and, because there are so many of them, they alone are responsible for two-thirds of the carbon absorbed by the world鈥檚 oceans each year from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
An exhibit and sale, opening Sept.
There鈥檒l be a little romance in UW Extension鈥檚 Writers鈥� Program this fall, but it won鈥檛 be among the students.
鈥淪howdown in the Arctic: Polar bear attacks nuclear submarine!鈥� blared the headline in the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News last month.
They are the Earth鈥檚 tiniest organisms capable of photosynthesis and, because there are so many of them, they alone are responsible for two-thirds of the carbon absorbed by the world鈥檚 oceans each year from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
An exhibit and sale, opening Sept.
Late this month, the night sky will brighten with the closest approach of Mars since human ancestors were still living in caves 60,000 years ago.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES ADAI Grants
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
For clinical researchers
A new lecture series, called THINK (The Investigator Needs to Know), will begin next month for clinical researchers and their research and administrative staff members.
鈥淭he Bandwagon Effect鈥� is the topic for the Department of Surgery鈥檚 annual Struass Lecture, set for 4 p.
The UW community and the public can learn about research at the School of Dentistry on Wednesday, Sept.
The School of Public Health and Community Medicine鈥檚 Department of Pathobiology is sponsoring a symposium on Tuesday, Sept.
The first monthly seminar in the 2003-04 series on 鈥淭hings Your Mother Never Taught You,鈥� sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Office of Industry Relations, will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.
Editor鈥檚 Note: The following books are by UW faculty and are available at University Book Store.
APL HONORS: Bill Plant, principal research scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory, is the recipient of the John Wesley Powell Award, presented by the U.
Memorial services have been set for James Hewitt, a 29-year-old computer systems engineer and architect in the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering who died Aug.