| Walter Neary |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Students in the 91爆料 School of Dentistry are finding a new and high-tech way to communicate with patients and plan comprehensive treatment.
February 14, 2002
The latest news from the 91爆料
Massage therapist at Olympic village
| Craig Degginger |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Sylvia Burns, a licensed massage practitioner (LMP) in the Exercise Training Center at Roosevelt, is the 91爆料 Medical Center’s “entrant” in the Winter Olympic Games now under way in Salt Lake City.
In Brief
A faculty development workshop on “Leadership and Institutional Change” has been scheduled from 8:30 a.
Making dogs
Artist Gary Smoot has a thing for wiener dogs 鈥� the kind made out of balloons (note the drawing on his shirt).
Newsmakers
DISSENTING VOICE: A recent story in the Columbus Dispatch examined the controversy surrounding genetically altered grass.
mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
Notices
Academic Opportunities
Secretary of the Faculty Applicants Sought
Faculty Senate Leadership, in collaboration with the President, seeks applications for the position of Secretary of the Faculty.
Etc.
FABULOUS FURNITURE: Would you like to see Suzzallo’s Reading Room returned to its former glory when it reopens late this summer? Well, you may be able to help.
February 13, 2002
Scientists delve into North Pacific mystery of changing oxygen
Oxygen in the upper waters of the North Pacific, an area that accounts for about 40 percent of the world’s oceans, decreased as much as 15 percent in a little under two decades between the early 1980s and late 1990s.
Paul B. Robertson named WDS Foundation Distinguished Professor
Dr. Paul B. Robertson, dean of the 91爆料 School of Dentistry for nine years until June 30, 2001, has been appointed the Washington Dental Service Foundation Distinguished Professor in Dentistry.
February 12, 2002
DO-IT program takes award-winning techniques nationwide via the Internet
The award-winning 91爆料-based DO-IT program is using cyberspace to reach a national audience with strategies for creating a level academic playing field for students with disabilities.
February 11, 2002
Harborview Urges King County to Increase Booster Seat Usage in Preparation for Upcoming New Law
Physicians at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center urge King County residents today to prepare for a new child passenger safety law by putting their 4-8 year-old children in booster seats when travelling in motor vehicles.
February 7, 2002
New center targets oral health disparities
| Walter Neary |
| HS News & Community Relations |
A research center based at the 91爆料 School of Dentistry will try to understand the causes, and some of the answers, for needless suffering among diverse groups in the Northwest and Alaska.
New studies seek better treatment, prevention for genital herpes
| Walter Neary |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Researchers at the 91爆料 are testing to see if a mainstay of human health — the body’s immune system — can better battle one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases than conventional therapies.
Decade-long type 2 diabetes trial begins
Many research studies are looking for people willing to have some blood drawn once or twice and perhaps fill out a questionnaire.
Dean Woods receives honors for 鈥楤ook of the Year鈥� from nursing journal
| Kathy Dannenhold |
| School of Nursing |
“Nursing’s legacy of keen observation, combined with a focus on the multiple environmental factors that influence human health and illness, has been the foundation for contemporary nursing research in general and women’s health research in particular.
Simple measures can cure ‘body blues’
| Pam Sowers |
| HS News & Community Relations |
Amy is sure there is something wrong with her.
U-DOC summer program offers support for high school students
U-DOC is a six-week high school summer enrichment program offered by the 91爆料 School of Medicine’s Office of Multicultural Affairs.
In Brief
Eight current and former 91爆料-affiliated physicians and a School of Medicine graduate are featured in the new book, This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine (edited by Dr.
Russian cosmonaut, scientist to speak
New 91爆料 commuter study available
The 91爆料 Transportation Office has announced a new study of commuting choices among people who live within two miles of campus.
Mexican-born teens drop out at higher rate
School dropout rates among immigrant teen-agers are most severe among students of Mexican descent, particularly those who migrated to the United States after starting school in Mexico.
91爆料 research plane grounded
For sale: Convair 580, flown by 91爆料 researchers for global atmospheric analysis, used to study smoke from burning oil wells in Kuwait, double-check satellite measurements of clouds over the tropical Pacific and measure properties of rain in the Pacific Northwest.
Profile: The professor and his brass band
| Steve Hill |
| University Week |
Leroy Searle has identified at least two general types of former musicians.
91爆料 efforts to conserve pay off
The 91爆料 has done a good job conserving both energy and water in the past year, but the best may be yet to come, according to Facilities Services officials.
Survey finds public support for 91爆料
University Week Staff Report
Residents in Washington view their public colleges and universities as high-quality institutions that make significant contributions to their state’s economy, according to survey data released this week by the American Council on Education (ACE).
Takin’ out the pack
Gilbert Bombon, Utility Worker II from the Outside Maintenance Zone, removes dry-pack from below the paver bricks at the Kane Hall columns.
91爆料 landscape team takes prize at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
Left to right, Landscape Architecture Professor Daniel Winterbottom and students David Knight, Michael Dalquist and George Wittren put the finishing touches on the 91爆料’s prize-winning exhibit at the Northwest Flower & Garden show.
Peer portfolio
DOUSING THE FLAME: Citing continued concerns for safety, plus rising costs and issues of liability, Texas A&M University President Ray M.
Mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
Difficult budget, difficult choices for faculty
This academic year, Brad Holt, the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Vice-Chair Sandra Silberstein, and the Senate Executive Committee made plans to increase communication between the Senate and faculty.
Notices
Academic Opportunities
HUB Hall of Fame
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2002 HUB Hall of Fame Activities Award.
Etc.
PHOTO OP: If you like color photos of the natural world, the Campus Public Art Office has a deal for you.
End of an era: 91爆料’s state-of-the-art airborne research facility grounded after 30 years
For sale: Convair 580, flown by 91爆料 researchers for global atmospheric analysis, used to study smoke from burning oil wells in Kuwait, double-check satellite measurements of clouds over the tropical Pacific and measure properties of rain in the Pacific Northwest.
February 6, 2002
91爆料 women physicians featured in anthology
Eight current and former 91爆料 physicians and a School of Medicine alumna are featured in the new book, This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine.
February 5, 2002
Seismologist who described likely Cascadia subduction earthquake to speak here
Seismologist who described likely Cascadia subduction earthquake to speak
February 4, 2002
Researchers try an old trick to battle common STD
Researchers at the 91爆料 are testing to see if a mainstay of human health — the body’s immune system — can better battle one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases than conventional therapies.
While most immigrant teenagers stay in school, dropout rate for Mexicans is 28 percent
School dropout rates among immigrant teenagers are most severe among Mexicans, particularly those who migrated to the United States after starting school in Mexico.
January 31, 2002
Free art exhibit in the HUB
Mark Ondrake, a fiscal specialist in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine’s Department of Environmental Health, will be sharing his collection of materials with examples of art from earlier times used for advertising, magazine covers and book covers.