May 21, 2002
Work on core curriculum is done, the first class of graduate students has been accepted and one of the world’s top experts on global climate change, Harvard University professor James McCarthy, will present a free, public lecture here May 30 as the 91爆料 launches its Program on Climate Change.
The second annual PRIME Showcase, highlights hands-on projects the partnerships have developed during the year to learn math, science and engineering principles.
May 20, 2002
A ceremony in honor of Memorial Day will be held at the 91爆料 at 4 p.m. Friday, May 24 in Red Square.
May 18, 2002
Marc Lindenberg, dean of the 91爆料鈥檚 Daniel J.
May 16, 2002
Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
Age-related macular degeneration is a serious, progressive eye disease perhaps best known as the leading cause of legal blindness in people over 55.
The first Russell Ross Endowed Lecture, presented by the Department of Pathology, will be given next Friday.
Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations
The good news is, people live longer.
A ROYAL HONOR: Professor Emeritus George Hiroaki Kakiuchi will receive the prestigious Emperor’s Award, the Order of the Rising Sun, in ceremonies at the official residence of the Consul General of Japan, on May 24.
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TIME TO ACT: A 91爆料 animal behaviorist recently told Newsday that it’s time to intervene on behalf of the young killer whale that’s been swimming alone in central Puget Sound.
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
As celebrations go, it wasn’t exactly posh.
If you’ve ever had the urge to write a play, you can get your feet wet beginning Wednesday, May 22, when Once Upon a Weekend kicks off.
Through the years, some of Barbara Kirkevold’s and Joan Lockard’s students have had some pretty unusual “classmates” 鈥� a baby elephant, a pair of rambunctious juvenile grizzly bears, two troops of western lowland gorillas, orangutans, a northern fur seal, a family of laughing thrushes, and many more.
Steve Hill
University Week
He’s logged more than 60,000 miles while commuting to and from the 91爆料 campus during the last 30 years.
As you sit in the audience waiting for a dance concert to begin, the last thing you might think the dancers would be worried about is their computer.
Pets can help children learn about life, love and death.
New recommendations from American Diabetes Association stretch options
Driver air bags offer relatively little benefit in road vehicle crashes compared with seat belts, according to a study published in the May 11 issue of the British Medical Journal.
Hearing Research Day on May 20 will bring experts together at 91爆料 next week
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A year ago on May 17, Washington鈥檚 Forest Practices Board adopted new permanent rules implementing what鈥檚 called the Forest and Fish law passed by the Legislature.
TIME TO ACT: A 91爆料 animal behaviorist recently told Newsday that it鈥檚 time to intervene on behalf of the young killer whale that鈥檚 been swimming alone in central Puget Sound.
A 1.6-mile long cable and 3,500 pounds of instruments were retrieved from a mooring that was anchored to the seafloor at the North Pole for a full year 鈥� eight times longer than the only previous mooring.
Daily journal entries and the ability to ask questions online allow anyone interested to go along on the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson as it maps the seafloor off the Washington coast.
Sixteen finalists will compete for investment capital May 21 in the 91爆料鈥檚 annual entrepreneurial business plan competition.
The speed and efficiency of computer network and database servers could increase as much as 400 percent because of an idea developed by two 91爆料 computer scientists that is reaching mainstream computing.
Psychology 419, or behavior studies of zoo and aquarium animals, primarily draws psychology and zoology majors.The course was started in 1975 by Lockard, a psychology professor, as an alternative to an animal behavior laboratory class that used rats, and it was designed for students who wished to do research on exotic species.
May 15, 2002
When residents of one Amazon jungle village get ready to harvest yucca root, they stop by a grass hut to log onto the Internet and check out market prices 250 miles away in Lima.
May 14, 2002
Log on starting Wednesday to join researchers and five public-school teachers on an oceanographic expedition aboard the 91爆料’s research vessel the Thomas G. Thompson as it works off our coast.
the 91爆料’s College of Forest Resources is bringing together representatives of four organizations that have been trying to help rural landowners understand and meet requirements of the new Forest and Fish Law.
Driver air bags offer relatively little benefit in road vehicle crashes compared with seat belts, according to a study published in the May 11 issue of the British Medical Journal. The study was conducted by researchers at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC).
May 13, 2002
Pets can help children learn about life, love and death.
An elementary school intervention program that promotes social competency, academic success and bonding to school also has the long-term effect of cutting pregnancy and birth rates among young women before age 21, according to a new 91爆料 study.
May 9, 2002
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
The School of Medicine’s Office of Research and Graduate Education has recently completed reorganization of a unit focusing on outside professional employment for faculty members, research contracts and conflict-of-interest policies.
Marjorie Wenrich
Medical Affairs
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Claire Dietz
HS News & Community Relations
The 91爆料ired Health Sciences initiative will present the second in a series of Advanced Applications Forums on Thursday, May 16.
Last month, Dan Jacoby, Chair of the General Faculty Organization at 91爆料 Bothell shared his views in a University Week column titled, “Growing up is a challenging balancing act for Bothell.
SUPREMELY LEGAL: When the recent well-publicized case of disability rights vs.