March 2, 2006
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to 91爆料 Educational Outreach, the programs we administer, the value we bring to students, departments and the 91爆料, as well as the services our talented and professional staff offer to our campus partners.
Varied events are scheduled for Graduate and Professional Education Week at the 91爆料, March 6-10, sponsored by The Graduate School, GPSS, 91爆料 Alumni Association and the Center for Career Services.
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Last summer, University Week wrote to faculty and staff who have worked here at least 35 years and asked for their reminisciences.
Containing an emerging bird flu pandemic at its source is likely to only delay, and not stop, the spread of illness.
You won’t need to be a technology expert to find something of interest at the annual Biz Tech 2006: Technology Round-Up fair.
February 24, 2006
While biologists sort out what levels of noise go unnoticed, are annoying or cause harm to marine mammals, physical oceanographer Jeff Nystuen is giving scientists and managers a way to sift through and identify the sounds present in various marine ecosystems.
February 23, 2006
With the statutory deadline for the legislative session fast approaching, there appear to be no major obstacles in the way of a March 9 adjournment, according to 91爆料 Director of State Relations Randy Hodgins.
The 91爆料 Photographers Group will run a new exhibit of photos titled At Random in the Odegaard Undergraduate Library from March 1 to April 28.
Women’s History Month at the 91爆料 begins with the third annual Women of Color Reception, from 11:30 a.
With the extent of Arctic ice reaching record-breaking lows in recent seasons and Antarctic ice sheets losing dramatic, miles-wide pieces of ice, the world’s attention has been focused on changes underway at both ends of the Earth.
Participants in this year’s Dinosaur Day at the Burke Museum can discover the evolutionary connection between dinosaurs and birds 鈥� and marvel at the museum’s new prehistoric giant duck.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
If you’d like to visit China and watch the 91爆料’s national champion volleyball team in action all at the same time, you can have your wish.
The School of Music is offering its usual potpourri of concerts this week, beginning with a free one.
The 91爆料 School of Law team won the southwest regional Jessup International Moot Court Competition at the University of Texas at Austin, Feb.
The Brazilian dance ensemble Grupo Corpo will return to Meany Theater next week, bringing its fusion of Western theatrical dance forms and Afro-Brazilian traditions.
91爆料 President Mark A.
While biologists sort out what levels of noise go unnoticed, are annoying or cause harm to marine mammals, physical oceanographer Jeff Nystuen is giving scientists and ecosystem managers a way to sift through and identify the sounds present in various marine ecosystems.
Edwina Uehara, who has spent her entire teaching career at the 91爆料’s School of Social Work, is the school’s new dean.
Every returned Peace Corps volunteer has a story to tell.
Tearful blondes wait and worry for their men, suffering through their makeup and lipstick.
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Comic book-style images like the offset lithograph poster above, from 1967, appropriately titled WHAAM!, are what Roy Lichtenstein is known for. But a new exhibit at the Henry shows he was able to do much more than that. Opening on Friday, Feb. 24, the exhibit runs until May 7. See the story.
The Leadership, Community and Values Initiative is moving forward to implementation, based upon the findings in the Universitywide survey conducted in April, 2005.
February 22, 2006
Students representing universities in China, India, Japan and the United States will present their ideas to incorporate both financial and socially sustainable solutions for reducing poverty through new business development, in the 91爆料’s Business School’s second annual Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition.
February 17, 2006
Edwina Uehara, who has spent her entire teaching career at the 91爆料’s School of Social Work, is the school’s new dean.
February 16, 2006
91爆料 President Mark A.
Certain types of white blood cells assist the body in destroying cancerous tumors.
Snowboarding for breast cancer
The sixth annual Mamafest: Snowboarding for Breast Cancer event will be on Saturday, March 11, at the Summit at Snoqualmie West, with support from the event going to the 91爆料 Medical Center’s Cancer Genetics Clinic and other local organizations.
Devices sold over the counter to consumers as facial stimulators, claiming to produce results similar to those of a traditional face-lift, provide little, if any improvement to aging skin, according to a new study conducted at 91爆料 Medical Center’s Cosmetic Surgery Center and published in the January/February issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
A 15-foot mesh form, complete with red lights in the shape of a dress, appeared last week on the roof above 91爆料 Medical Center’s Valet Parking kiosk.
The search for the first chair of the 91爆料 Department of Global Health has been winnowed down to three candidates.
91爆料 Medical Center is the first hospital in the country to install a new-generation PET/CT imaging system designed to help physicians detect, diagnose and monitor treatment of cancer and other diseases, including heart disease and neurological disease, more accurately and earlier in the disease process.
Older diabetic patients with depression who received a new type of team care had more depression-free days, better physical functioning, and lower medical costs than patients treated with a standard model of care.
Former President Jimmy Carter will be on campus Wednesday, March 8, to give the keynote address at the dedication of the new building at the corner of Pacific Ave.
In case a pandemic flu arises, contingency planning is under way at a global, federal, regional, state, county, city, business, hospital, and clinic level.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The woman who helped shape marine policy at the national level and spoke before Congress and federal ocean agencies on behalf of 83 of the nation’s largest oceanographic institutions has joined the 91爆料 as director of the Washington Sea Grant Program.
The members of the computer science department faculty search committee entered Room 310 of the HUB chatting idly, and sat down to begin their work.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ADAI grant deadlines
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from 91爆料 faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.