February 15, 2007
The stack of proposals is about 4 inches thick 鈥� ideas from 38 91爆料 units interested in space in the recently purchased 91爆料 Tower, or space that might become available on the Seattle campus if a unit moved all or part of itself to the tower.
The Keck Microscopy Facility will hold an open house, Friday, Feb.
Ramanan Laxminarayan, senior fellow at Resources for the Future in Washington, D.
A palliative care family conference program developed at Harborview Medical Center improves communication between family members and clinicians, and helps reduce some of the symptoms related to the trauma of a loved one’s death, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
February 14, 2007
In the digital age, organizing a photo collection has gone from bad to worse.
February 13, 2007
Two of Greenland’s largest glaciers shrank dramatically and dumped twice as much ice into the sea during a period of less than a year between 2004 and 2005.
February 12, 2007
Some of a neighborhood’s features — the length of its blocks, how many grocery stores or restaurants are nearby — may be more than selling points for real estate agents.
Although mobile phones have long been a part of the business community, they are quietly becoming entrenched in personal lives.
Look around any organization and chances are you’ll be able to find at least one person whose negative behavior affects the rest of the group to varying degrees.
February 8, 2007
Two-winged insects such as houseflies and mosquitoes that are active during the light of day rely on their vision for flight control, but they also get help from organs called halteres, which grow where a second set of wings might otherwise be found and aid in navigation.
Most people on campus know the 91爆料 Health Sciences Library as a font of health information for students, staff and faculty.
Roberta Wilkes
Department of Medicine
Many engaged in the fundamental study of human biology would like their work applied to improving health and advancing the understanding and treatment of disease.
In December, Dr.
The digital divide is no longer just a term to connote the differences in Internet use between the rich and the poor.
The yellowish haze you may have seen floating at the edge of the horizon on a sunny Seattle day is doing more than clouding the view of Mount Rainier.
Lizabeth (Betsy) Wilson, dean of University Libraries, is the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year.
They’ve won the national championship, met President George W.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
The camera’s in tight; we’re watching a close-up shot.
Class Title: Tacoma Global Honors Program: Global Imaginations, taught by Sam Parker.
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization is presenting a series of films from Iran in collaboration with the Seattle Art Museum.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
In 1997, Suzanne Jeneby went to Kenya as a 21-year-old Washington native, bringing nothing but a backpack and a determination to volunteer in a hospital.
Editor’s note: Uniquely Washington is a bi-weekly column featuring one of the University’s most important resources 鈥� our people.
FIRST-RATE FUNDERS: The 91爆料’s Combined Fund Drive (CFD), and the people who make it happen, have received an armload of awards from King County’s CFD office.
The 91爆料 Bothell Initiative for Creativity, Performance and Research will feature Matthew Burtner as its artist in residence this month.
Leaders at all levels of the 91爆料 are invited to attend a seminar, “Creating a Values-Based Culture: The Role of Leaders at the University,” from 8:30 a.
Balance@91爆料, an initiative to help faculty balance their academic careers with their personal lives, is offering sessions for faculty women who are pregnant or in the process of adoption.
The 91爆料 Human Resources Web site has a new look as of Feb.
February 5, 2007
February 2, 2007
Climate scientists from the Pacific Northwest, many from the 91爆料, have played key roles in a major new international study that shows climate change will have serious effects on the world in the coming decades.
February 1, 2007
Women living in areas with higher levels of air pollution have a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease and subsequently dying from cardiovascular causes, according to a 91爆料 study appearing in the Feb.
A history of forestry in the United States and the 91爆料’s College of Forest Resources role during the last 100 years is the topic of a talk Feb.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted with permission from Inside Track, the faculty/staff newsletter at 91爆料 Tacoma.
For Jessica Burstein, “Tenure Club” was the mental equivalent of a trip to the gym, a break from the grind that goes with being an assistant professor.
Ladies and gentlemen, ready your recycling bins, and may the most tonnage win.
As humans exert ever-greater influence on the Earth, their preferences will play a substantial role in determining which other species survive.