ATLANTA — Rare metabolic diseases such as Tay-Sachs, Fabry and Gaucher syndromes are caused by enzyme deficiencies and typically have crippling, even fatal, consequences starting at very early ages.
March 28, 2006
March 28, 2006
ATLANTA — Rare metabolic diseases such as Tay-Sachs, Fabry and Gaucher syndromes are caused by enzyme deficiencies and typically have crippling, even fatal, consequences starting at very early ages.
Students who want to know what employers should do for their employees from both economic and moral perspectives will have the chance to learn from some of the region’s most respected employers this quarter in a new class co-taught through the 91爆料’s School of Social Work and the Business School.
March 27, 2006
The 91爆料 is launching a new national program that will consolidate its position as a leader in helping people with disabilities enter the world of computing.
If you think you’ve got a bad boss, one who loves to chew people out, or if you work with backstabbing co-workers, be thankful you are not a wasp.
March 23, 2006
With warming temperatures as the possible underlying cause, scientists wonder what is pushing Greenland’s glaciers out to sea as much as 50 percent quicker than before.
March 22, 2006
A team of students from the 91爆料’s graphic design program has created a bold new look for the University’s specialty license plate.
March 21, 2006
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March 20, 2006
A decade into the information society, key computing and communication technologies are even more concentrated in a few countries, not less, according to a 91爆料 report to be released today.
Lynne McKechnie, the first Visiting Cleary Professor in Children and Youth Services at the 91爆料’s Information School, will deliver her first 91爆料 lecture April 11 on the role of public libraries in the development of children as readers.
March 16, 2006
At its regular monthly meeting today, the 91爆料 Board of Regents increased the salary of President Mark Emmert by 5.
The 91爆料 has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over faculty salaries.
Matthew O’Donnell, chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan and a researcher who explores imaging technologies in biomedicine, has been named new dean of the 91爆料 College of Engineering and first holder of the Frank and Julie Jungers Endowed Deanship in Engineering.
March 15, 2006
A new project at the 91爆料 in collaboration with Syracuse University is aimed at addressing what is perhaps the most difficult problem in evaluating information gathered on the Internet: credibility.
March 14, 2006
Was part of your March Madness fandom a small, just-for-fun bet on your favorite Division I basketball team? Maybe a wager as a sign of support for the Husky men, the Husky women, or the Gonzaga Bulldogs?
Friendly wagers can be a pleasant, camaraderie-building diversion, and informal betting pools are generally legal in Washington.
March 13, 2006
A new model developed at the 91爆料 provides an accurate estimate of one-, two-, and three-year survival rates and average years of survival for patients with heart failure.
Scientists analyzing recent samples of comet dust have discovered minerals that formed near the sun or other stars.
Harmful drinking is one of the leading causes of death in the U.
March 9, 2006
The 91爆料 Teaching Academy’s Institute for Teaching Excellence is offering 16-20 91爆料 faculty a chance to reflect with peers on their teaching methods and goals in a weeklong workshop June 11-17 at the Olympic National Resource Center, located on the Olympic Penninsula.
Maya Lin, the award-winning artist who designed the evocative Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.
Scientists analyzing recent samples of comet dust have discovered minerals that formed near the sun or other stars.
Like an armada of small rototillers, female salmon can industriously churn up entire stream beds from end to end, sometimes more than once, using just their tails.
Several nationally-known experts on how media can affect the health of young people and how media literacy can minimize these effects, will speak at a two-day conference at the 91爆料.
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91爆料 Bothell launches Center for Student EntrepreneurshipStarting a business can be a daunting challenge, but with help from a new 91爆料 Bothell Center for Student Entrepreneurship, the advice and mentoring from faculty and professionals can mean success. Health Sciences news briefsMemorial service for Milo Gibaldi
A memorial service for Dr. Mystery PhotoWhere are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. There’s more than meets the eye in judging the size of an objectYou can’t always trust your eyes. 鈥業mages of Youth鈥 conference to address media literacyNew technologies are changing the ways we live and work, and few are more excited about these changes than teens and pre-teens. Mozart鈥檚 unfinished Mass on program this weekThe 91爆料’s combined choruses and symphony will present Mozart’s monumental unfinished work, the Great Mass in C minor tonight and again on Friday, March 10. Polish economist to speak on European UnionHenryka Bochniarz, former minister of industry and trade of Poland and currently President of the Polish Confederation of Private Employers (Lewiatan), will speak on The changing European Union: New Challenges and Opportunities, at 1:30 p. Claremont Trio to perform March 15The 91爆料 International Chamber Music Series continues with a performance by the young and exciting Claremont Trio. 91爆料 Police Offer Citizens鈥 Academy91爆料 faculty, staff and students interested in learning more about the 91爆料 Police Department are invited to apply for the 91爆料 Police Citizens’ Academy. 91爆料 ship to the rescue: Fuel filters help boaters in distressStill hundreds of miles from Hawaii, the Wright family was getting into trouble at sea after their fuel filters were fouled by poorly refined diesel they’d taken on in the Marquesas Islands. Two 91爆料 profs win Sloan Research FellowshipsTwo 91爆料 professors are among 116 outstanding young scientists, mathematicians and economists selected to receive Sloan Research Fellowships. Recycing in residence halls: 鈥淎 heck of an increase鈥When the people at Housing & Food Services installed recycling bins on each floor of the residence halls in January, they believed it would result in an increase in recycling versus throwing items in the trash. 91爆料 prof mentors high school student to research successIn a laboratory in Hitchcock Hall, two researchers talk softly as they huddle over a piece of specimen-mounting equipment for a confocal microscope. Class actress: Alumna Jean Smart visits 91爆料Students of the 91爆料 Professional Actor Training Program eagerly soaked up stories and career advice last week from popular actress Jean Smart, who made a rare visit to her alma mater. All those concrete trucks will spell a new life for Frosh PondIf you’ve been out on the central portion of campus recently, you know that pedestrians must make a wide detour around Frosh Pond. Salmon leave no stone unturned, affect whole ecosystem in processLike an armada of small rototillers, female salmon can industriously churn up entire stream beds from end to end, sometimes more than once, using just their tails. |