91爆料

Student Research Day

Student researchers in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences will be featured at the department鈥檚 Student Research Day, Thursday, May 19, from 12:30 to 3 p.

Healthy Aging Spring Lecture

As our bodies age, we require fewer calories but just as many nutrients.

Bodemer Lecture
Implanted medical devices pose some particular problems in clinical research, in part because there can be dangers involved in the surgery to put them in the body and because it can be difficult or impossible to remove them once they are in place.

The Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), a joint project of the 91爆料 and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, will hold the first in a planned series of mini-symposia on Friday morning, May 27, in room 316 of South Campus Center.

By Claire Dietz

News & Community Relations

Frontiers in Biomedical Research, an annual symposium sponsored by the School of Medicine, will focus this year on the effects of the revolution in information processing on medical research and patient care.

By Pam Sowers

News & Community Relations

Scientists have mapped the human genome and are hoping to predict who might be susceptible to certain diseases or responsive to certain treatments.

U District Food Bank

The University District Food Bank is seeking dedicated volunteers to fill open positions on its board of directors.

GENERAL NOTICES

English Language Courses

The 91爆料 English Language Programs (91爆料ELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.

Legislation now before Congress would prevent the National Weather Service from providing information that the private sector is supplying, or could supply, to the public.

The School of Social Work is establishing a visiting professorship in honor of Henry Maier, a beloved mentor and classroom lecturer whose life will be celebrated at a memorial service this Sunday.

In both her formal remarks and her response to questions, the third provost candidate to visit the campus stressed the importance of the modern university鈥檚 relationship to the outside world, both locally and globally.

The 91爆料 has announced a Faculty-Staff-Retiree 鈥淐ampaign for Students,鈥� designed to enhance fellowship and scholarship support for undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

Some people would describe the current system of scholarly publication as crazy.

There鈥檚 good news for 91爆料 researchers and fiscal staff weary of wading through paperwork every month to track expenses for grants, contracts and state budgets:  A new software tool called MyFinancial.

The Universitywide survey for faculty and staff regarding campus climate, diversity and values is now available online.

WHO: Mary McAleese, president of Ireland.

The 20th anniversary of the Elisabeth C.

Emerging companies whose goals are to improve medical care technology, encourage healthier lifestyles and introduce the Internet for use in novel ways dominate this year’s group of finalists in the 91爆料’s eighth annual Business Plan Competition.

Legislation now before Congress would prevent the National Weather Service from providing information that the private sector is supplying, or could supply, to the public.

She will be 18 this month, but has already won prestigious awards around the world, has made two CDs with the Moscow Philharmonic and debuted with the Los Angeles Philharmonic when she was only 15.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Bacteria, viruses, single-cell algae and other microorganisms waging a battle to keep themselves from freezing in sea ice appear to make ice malleable enough to trap ice breakers and could be affecting how sea ice changes and melts in places like the Arctic.

The order from Suzzallo Library sounded simple: Build them a bookcase.

Bacteria, viruses, single-cell algae and other microorganisms waging a battle to keep themselves from freezing in sea ice appear to make ice malleable enough to trap ice breakers and could be affecting how sea ice changes and melts in places like the Arctic.

            The President’s Diversity Appraisal Implementation Fund has awarded $400,000 to 13 proposals for innovative projects that will enhance student development, enhance faculty diversity or improve the campus, workplace or classroom climate.

This year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium will attract more than 500 participants 鈥� a growth of ten-fold in the program’s eight-year history.

The Voice Theatre of Japan, which attempts to create “auspicious interactions between skillful narrative and careful listening” by exploring the potential of recitation, will have a special performance from 6 to 8 p.

The Undergraduate Theater Society will present The Family of Mann, Theresa Rebeck鈥檚 biting comedy about television, May 19鈥�22 in the Cabaret Theater.

Choreographed pieces created by 14 graduating seniors and danced by 50 or more students will be featured when the 91爆料 Dance Program presents the 2005 Dance Majors Concert, May 19-22 in the Meany Studio Theater.

Fakes and Flops in Sculpture of the Pyramid Age is the title of a lecture by Rita Freed, curator of ancient Egyptian, Nubian and near eastern art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Carlos Cort茅s, a nationally respected author and professor, will present a free one-man play about growing up as a person of mixed ancestry at 7 p.

Tight budgets and a shift in priorities are causing NASA to back away from satellite-based sensors that observe processes on Earth, according to the interim report “Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation,” released at the end of April by a National Research Council panel.

The head of the United Nations Environment Program’s Post-Conflict Assessment Unit and chairman of the unit’s Iraq Task Force will be the featured speaker at a lecture Tuesday evening that caps the 91爆料 Program on the Environment’s War and the Environment day.

Earth’s climate is being changed substantially by a buildup of atmospheric greenhouse gases, but a group of leading climate scientists contends the overall impact is not understood as well as it should be because data are too scarce on how much energy the planet reflects into space.

The President’s Diversity Appraisal Implementation Fund has awarded $400,000 to 13 proposals for innovative projects that will enhance student development, enhance faculty diversity or improve the campus, workplace or classroom climate.