February 17, 2005
Students from around the globe will gather in Seattle next week to present their creative and commercially sustainable solutions for reducing poverty through new business development, in the 91爆料 Business School’s inaugural Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition.
The first awards from the Fund for Innovation and Redesign, made last year, are facilitating groundbreaking discussions and work across disciplines, according to the interim reports submitted by 11 awardees.
Over the years it has evolved from a wish to a work in progress 鈥� and on Tuesday the 91爆料鈥檚 new Q Center will become a reality.
Students from around the globe will gather in Seattle next week to present their creative and commercially sustainable solutions for reducing poverty through new business development, in the 91爆料 Business School’s inaugural Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition.
February 15, 2005
February 14, 2005
Geoffrey Loftus’ latest research reads more like a murder mystery than a scientific paper.
Farmers, hydroelectric power producers, shippers and wildlife managers remember the Columbia River Basin drought of 1992-1993 as a year of misery.
February 10, 2005
The School of Nursing will present a free, public lecture about community design and public health at 6:30 p.
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Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
If a generation of college students is four years, more or less, then Ernest R.
Farmers, hydroelectric power producers, shippers and wildlife managers remember the Columbia River Basin drought of 1992鈥�1993 as a year of misery.
Editor鈥檚 Note: This is one of a series of articles written by the chairs of the Faculty Senate鈥檚 councils and committees.
Researchers at the 91爆料 have blended the past with the present in the fight against cancer, synthesizing a promising new compound from an ancient Chinese remedy that uses cancer cells鈥� rapacious appetite for iron to make them a target.
Moving from professional bull riding into the creative life of art and exhibition design is not an often-trod path, but it鈥檚 the one taken by artist Jim Rittimann, exhibition designer at the 91爆料鈥檚 Henry Art Gallery.
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The party was delightful, the wine was fine, the music was great and the potluck buffet was so tasty that you got back in line twice.
Keeping firearms in a household is associated with a five- to 10-fold increased risk of suicide among adolescents, and an estimated 35 percent of homes with children under the age of 18 contain at least one gun.
Two School of Medicine alumni have been honored for their service and leadership with the 2005 Multicultural Alumni Awards.
The molecular basis for epilepsy in a mouse model is the target of 91爆料 research funded recently by the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience.
A national expert on child development will speak at the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD) on Thursday, Feb.
91爆料 Medical Center (91爆料MC) and Harborview Medical Center (HMC), the two hospitals of 91爆料 Medicine, are joining a national campaign to continue to improve patient safety.
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The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Anthropology Professor Donald Grayson has been named winner of the Nevada Medal, established in 1988 by the Desert Research Institute to acknowledge outstanding achievement in science and engineering.
Despite the worsening fracas over softwood imports, the United States and Canada remain each other鈥檚 most important trade partners in wood products.
In a typical year, development officers at the University might be able to facilitate the creation of five endowed chairs and nine endowed professorships campuswide.
Diversity, like many of the high goals to which organizations aspire, is as difficult to achieve as it is rich and rewarding to experience.
Attention to issues surrounding the 91爆料 and higher education in general is at a 鈥渇ever pitch鈥� in Olympia, according to Randy Hodgins, 91爆料 director of state relations.
An endowed professorship in children’s librarianship, believed to be the first such endowment anywhere, has been created at the 91爆料’s Information School in honor of a renowned children’s writer.
February 8, 2005
Despite the worsening fracas over softwood imports, the United States and Canada remain each other’s most important trade partners in wood products.
Keeping firearms in a household is associated with a 5-10 fold increased risk of suicide among adolescents, and an estimated 35 percent of homes with children under the age of 18 contain at least one gun.
Researchers at the 91爆料 have blended the past with the present in the fight against cancer, synthesizing a promising new compound from an ancient Chinese remedy that uses cancer cells’ rapacious appetite for iron to make them a target.
February 5, 2005
Wildfires in western forests have become uncharacteristically severe and widespread yet society remains distrustful of management options that include removing trees and controlled burns, says Jim Agee, 91爆料 professor of forest resources, whose talk “Forests Aflame: Strategies and Challenges for Managing Fire in the West,” Feb.
February 3, 2005
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Directors have long felt free to alter the time and place of Shakespearean plays.
In a study that sheds new light on how consumers choose between pleasurable or practical products, a 91爆料 researcher has found that people are more likely to buy fun products, but only if the situation allows them the flexibility to rationalize their purchases.
91爆料 TechTransfer Digital Ventures has created a new Web portal to provide easier access and information regarding free digital resources written and developed at the University.
Wildfires in western forests have become uncharacteristically severe and widespread yet society remains distrustful of management options that include removing trees and controlled burns, says Jim Agee, 91爆料 professor of forest resources, whose talk Forests Aflame: Strategies and Challenges for Managing Fire in the West, on Thursday, Feb.
Once upon a time, life was simple.