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Solomon Trujillo, a leader in launching wireless sensor networks, will speak tomorrow at the 黑料吃瓜网 Business School Dean’s Lecture.
William H. Gray, III, president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), will speak at the 黑料吃瓜网 Commencement exercises June 9 at Husky Stadium.
Dr. Albert J. Berger, professor of physiology and biophysics, has been named associate dean of research and graduate education at the 黑料吃瓜网 (黑料吃瓜网) School of Medicine.
Graduates of 黑料吃瓜网 Medical Center’s Prematurity Prevention Program participating in March of Dimes WalkAmerica on Saturday, April 28 will meet at the finish line in Husky Stadium to start a celebration at 10 a.m. They’ll join more program participants for a gathering in the 黑料吃瓜网MC Plaza Caf茅 starting at 11 a.m. The reunion brings together mothers who worked on preventing the early births of their babies and clinical staff members to celebrate the children’s health and compare notes.
Third annual 黑料吃瓜网 astronomy department open house
Joseph Duncan, who has held top management positions at Oracle Corp. and Borland International, has joined the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Medicine’s Cell Systems Initiative (CSI) as chief of operations and information technology.
Michelle Habell-Pallan, a 黑料吃瓜网 assistant professor of American ethnic studies, has been awarded a career enhancement fellowship by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Puget Sound area children in the fifth and sixth grades who love to read are being sought as volunteers by 黑料吃瓜网 researchers trying to help other children with learning disabilities improve their reading and language skills.
For the eighth consecutive year, the 黑料吃瓜网 (黑料吃瓜网) School of Medicine has ranked as the nation’s top primary-care medical school in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of graduate and professional schools.
The 黑料吃瓜网 is No. 1 among primary-care medical schools and nursing schools in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of graduate programs and professional schools.
With the Census Bureau reporting two-thirds growth in the number of Hispanic-owned business in Washington state, a 黑料吃瓜网 and Heritage College student project plans to provide such businesses in the Yakima Valley with desperately needed support.
With the Census Bureau reporting two-thirds growth in the number of Hispanic-owned business in Washington state, a 黑料吃瓜网 and Heritage College student project plans to provide such businesses in the Yakima Valley with desperately needed support.
Sarah Bernhardt strides across the pages of Susan Glenn’s book like a colossus.
Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Medicine, announced today the appointment of Kathleen Sellick as executive director of 黑料吃瓜网 Medical Center.
黑料吃瓜网 researchers are on a scientific genealogical hunt and are looking for 500 first- through ninth-grade boys and girls in the Puget Sound area who are having problems reading or with spelling and handwriting.
Aided by a 56-foot-long photo montage, the energy of adolescents and the expertise of volunteer architects, the 黑料吃瓜网 this week will try to find a better way to help a neighborhood envision its future.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is providing a $393,435 grant to the Tribal Connections project co-sponsored by the 黑料吃瓜网 and the National Library of Medicine. The collaboration will open access to electronic health information resources for Southwest Native American tribes.
The Fourth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, to be held noon to 5 p.m. Friday, May 4 in Mary Gates Hall, features the work of 260 undergraduates, in fields ranging from art to zoology.
This is the third of a series of releases about Comet Hale-Bopp, which is now at its brightest.
The 黑料吃瓜网’s fourth Distinguished Professor in Dentistry Symposium, “Dentistry’s Future: Broadening the Impact on Patient Health and Dental Practice,” will be held Thursday and Friday, May 24 and 25, at the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel in Seattle.
Dr. Roy C. Page of the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Dentistry has been named recipient of the AADR Distinguished Scientist Award, presented every three to six years by the American Association for Dental Research (AADR).
Tour one of the nation’s most sophisticated oceanographic vessels, learn more about deep-sea vents where superheated water billows out of the seafloor feeding whole communities of unusual microorganisms and learn about the latest 黑料吃瓜网 efforts to explore the world’s oceans at an open house the last weekend of March.
While the Puget Sound region was being shaken by the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake, George Thomas and his 黑料吃瓜网 team were preparing for the next temblor – and the one after that.
The 黑料吃瓜网’s research into understanding and finding life in the universe received a major boost today with a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and membership in NASA’s Astrobiology Institute.
Older adults are invited to a half-day seminar, “Exercise, Health and Aging,” that will offer plenty of practical tips about exercise. The seminar will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, April 3, at the Shoreline Center. Speakers will include Mary Ann Wilson, whose exercise program “Sit and Be Fit” is a fixture on public television.
The crashing stock market. The Northwest’s impending recession. An increase in mortgage-loan and credit-card delinquencies. All vital issues facing businesses in the slowing economy. Phyllis Campbell, president of U.S. Bank, Washington, will speak about a business leader’s role in the midst of such a fast-changing economy at the 黑料吃瓜网 Business School Dean’s Breakfast Lecture Series talk at 8 a.m., Wednesday, March 21 in the Husky Union Building’s West Ballroom on the 黑料吃瓜网 campus. A continental breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m.
The creation of a new transgenic mouse that makes a mysterious brain chemical may lead to better understanding of why people with Alzheimer’s disease lose their memory.
The ground in the Puget Sound region didn’t just shake during the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake, it moved — literally.
This morning’s state revenue forecast – which normally guides lawmakers through key spending decisions – may not fully account for an impending economic slowdown, according to a 黑料吃瓜网 analysis.
黑料吃瓜网 President Richard L. McCormick has selected Nancy “Rusty” Barcel贸 to be the next vice president for minority affairs, effective July 1. She also will have an affiliate faculty appointment in the Department of American Ethnic Studies.
Several brief office visits along with continuing telephone calls or even e-mailed notes can help prevent relapse into depression among patients known to be at risk. A 黑料吃瓜网 study showed that interventions spaced throughout a 12-month follow-up period after an acute episode helped patients at risk of a relapse into major depression, also known as dysthymia, show a significant improvement in their adherence to an anti-depressant medication program.
Washington is one of five states selected to be a pioneer in developing and bringing the next generation of Internet materials, applications, and tools to K-12 schools and colleges.
At a time when new technology is continually increasing the need to understand international commerce, students from 15 countries will join together to learn about each other and to compete during the 黑料吃瓜网 Business School’s third annual Global Business Challenge case competition, April 1 – 7.
Kevin Zatloukal, a senior in the 黑料吃瓜网’s Department of Computer Science & Engineering, is one of two winners of the Computing Research Association’s 2001 “Outstanding Undergraduate” award. Zatloukal, whose work as an undergraduate has resulted in three publications and one patent, will be honored this Sunday at an awards banquet in San Jose, Calif.
Long before dot-com millionaires and wealthy Californians rediscovered the San Juan Islands as an ideal place to build fancy summer homes, the Coast Salish people inhabited the area for more than 11,000 years. But little visible evidence remains of their long occupation of the land.
The Puget Sound region is being plagued by rumors that another major earthquake is imminent, but 黑料吃瓜网 scientists say the rumors are being fueled by people who have no scientific basis for their far-fetched claims.
The rolling 6.8 earthquake that hit the Puget Sound region the morning of February 28, 2001 knocked tens of thousands of books off the shelves, damaged stack ranges, and impacted service in a number of 黑料吃瓜网 Libraries units. A student in the Odegaard Undergraduate Library was hit by a piece of falling ceiling tile but was not seriously hurt. We are extremely fortunate that more people were not injured and that the Libraries did not suffer greater physical damage to its facilities and collections.
A committee of leading physicists today advocated the renovation of the 125-year-old Homestake Gold Mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota as a unique underground science laboratory.
Children who see the same doctor repeatedly are likely to stay healthier than children who see different doctors, according to a 黑料吃瓜网 study. Children with a regular doctor are considerably less likely than their peers to find themselves in an emergency room or admitted to a hospital.