February 12, 2004
Prolonged exposure to low-level magnetic fields, similar to those emitted by such common household devices as blow dryers, electric blankets and razors, can damage brain cell DNA, according to researchers in the 91爆料鈥檚 Department of Bioengineering.
Editor鈥檚 note: This is one of a series of articles by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
A need for inexpensive housing led Carolyn Apel to the experience that started it all.
Maybe it was inevitable that when John Goodlad decided to write a memoir, it wouldn鈥檛 turn out to be a memoir of his life.
Imagine the scene: All the factories in a city have been closed by sit-down strikes.
Prolonged exposure to low-level magnetic fields, similar to those emitted by such common household devices as blow dryers, electric blankets and razors, can damage brain cell DNA, according to researchers in the 91爆料鈥檚 Department of Bioengineering.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Ethnic studies grants
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from 91爆料 faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States.
DRAMA KINGS AND QUEENS: When The Time of Your Life begins preview performances at Seattle Repertory Theatre tonight, the 91爆料 School of Drama will be well represented.
Now is a great time to be a home buyer or to refinance your current home.
The first of three public lectures on the topic of Religion, Conflict, and Violence: Exploring Patterns Past and Present, East and West will be presented next week.
The 91爆料 Libraries has received the 2004 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, which recognizes the top university research library in the country.
A controversial and powerful play by a Nobel laureate will have a special one-night performance at the Faculty Club Feb.
Scientists trying to understand and treat autism have discovered that the brains of people with autism function differently than those of normal people when they view pictures of unfamiliar people.
Even though there is evidence that dyslexia has a genetic basis, 91爆料 researchers are reporting new findings today that show children afflicted with the learning disability are not doomed to a life of reading difficulties.
There are no general laws of human relationships as there are for physics, but a leading marital researcher and a group of applied mathematicians have teamed up to create a mathematical model that predicts which couples will divorce with astonishing accuracy.
Kavandi was awarded a doctorate in chemistry in 1990 for her work with pressure-sensitive coatings to aid in studying air pressure on surfaces such as airplane wings. She subsequently joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, logging 33 days in space and 13.1 million miles traveled in 535 Earth orbits.
Scientists trying to understand and treat autism have discovered that the brains of people with autism function differently than those of normal people when they view pictures of unfamiliar people.
Even though there is evidence that dyslexia has a genetic basis, researchers will report new findings today (Feb. 12) that show children afflicted with the learning disability are not doomed to a life of reading difficulties.
There are no general laws of human relationships as there are for physics, but a leading marital researcher and group of applied mathematicians have teamed up to create a mathematical model that predicts which couples will divorce with astonishing accuracy.
February 11, 2004
Elected fellows
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Hormone therapy used in the treatment of prostate cancer can lead to severe bone loss in men, according to the report of an October 2002 research summit.
The 2004 Health Sciences Open House will be Friday, April 23, and Saturday, April 24.
Scattered across the United States are about 60 penal institutions that are called super-maximum security prisons, control units or some other similar name.
February 10, 2004
Five 91爆料 students won the western division of the National Venture Capital Investment Competition held last weekend in Boulder, Colo.
As the publication of scientific research papers shifts more and more from print to electronic distribution, universities often buy site licenses that provide campuswide online access to a variety of journals, which cuts publishers’ production costs and is more convenient for readers.
February 9, 2004
Underwater gliders that can operate autonomously at sea for months at a time and travel thousands of miles are revolutionizing how oceanographers collect measurements.
February 8, 2004
The challenge of preserving Pacific Northwest natural resources is the subject of “Sustaining Our Northwest World: When Humans and Nature Collide.”
February 5, 2004
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
91爆料 Professor Anthony Chan will be speaking next week when the U District鈥檚 Grand Illusion movie house opens its weeklong run of Piccadilly, a 1929 film starring Anna May Wong.
Photos from here 鈥� and there 鈥� on display in Marine Studies
A career in oceanography has meant a life of travel for 91爆料 Professor Warren Wooster, whose photos of one of his destinations are on display now in the Marine Studies Building. Sixteen black-and-white images span 25 years of Wooster鈥檚 visits to France. Also displayed are photos of the Northwest by professional photographer Mary Randlett.
Surplus property turns to eBay for some sale items
Wanna buy some used card catalogs? Later this month, 91爆料 surplus will be selling the empty card catalog cabinets that stood in Suzzallo for many years, before computers revolutionized library searching. They鈥檙e just one of the many unusual items that come through surplus property, which has lately been posting some of its sale items on eBay.
Underwater gliders that can operate autonomously at sea for months at a time and travel thousands of miles are revolutionizing how oceanographers collect measurements.
Bhutan: A Visual Odyssey across the Last Himalayan Kingdom, will be presented at 7 p.
鈥淒esigning Effective Assignments for Group Learning鈥� is the title of the next Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning, set for 2:30 to 4 p.
Author and psychologist Robert J.
The challenge of preserving Pacific Northwest natural resources is the subject of “Sustaining Our Northwest World: When Humans and Nature Collide,” a lecture series starting next week with a look at the need for active forest stewardship of public forests.
Sherwood “Sherry” Rowland, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, who won the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry, will offer a free public lecture, Our Changing Atmosphere in 2004, at 7 p.