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August 22, 2011
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黑料吃瓜网 joins national push to sequence human genome on the cheap
黑料吃瓜网 is one of eight institutions funded August 22 by the National Human Genome Research to revolutionize DNA sequencing. Jay Shendure, whose lab is noted for several breakthroughs in genomic technology, will head the 黑料吃瓜网 project.
Less depression for working moms who expect that they 鈥榗ant do it all
A 黑料吃瓜网 sociologist reports less depression symptoms among working moms who expect that they will have to forego some aspects of their career or parenting to achieve a work-life balance.
August 19, 2011
Film being shot on campus over next month, with occasional disruptions
Parts of the campus will be disrupted as a film crew shoots “21 and Over,” a new movie starring Justin Chon, Sarah Wright and Miles Teller.
August 17, 2011
Ceremony marks dental students transition to clinical care
In a ceremony marking the transition from the classroom to the primarily clinical phase of their education, 68 黑料吃瓜网 dental students in the Class of 2013 donned white clinical coats and took a pledge of service
Mystery Photo: How well do you know the campus?
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photol. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.
Bioengineering’s Yongmin Kim selected to lead South Korean institution
Professor Yongmin Kim was named President of POSTECH-Pohang University of Science and Technology in his native South Korea.
Model shows polar ice caps can recover from warmer climate-induced melting
New 黑料吃瓜网 research indicates that even if Earth warmed enough to melt all polar sea ice, the ice could recover if the planet cooled again.
A murder, a mystery — and a glimpse of the face of autism
Jane Meyerding, longtime staffer at the University, has written a murder mystery involving autism and prosopagnosia, or face blindness 鈥� topics she knows well because she has both disabilities.
A Seattle accent? Study looks at 鈥榩erceptual dialectology 鈥� accents we think we have
“What people say about language has nothing to do with language,鈥� says Betsy Evans, assistant professor of linguistics. “It has to do with what they believe about the people who use that language.鈥� Shes started studying those beliefs in the Northwest.
Lost and Found Film: 鈥楰azakh Reel 6
Scenes of village life are featured in this weeks film, “Kazakh Reel 6,鈥� but can you help with the location, who is depicted, and why it was filmed?
Work by 黑料吃瓜网 profs included in 鈥�100 New Scientific Discoveries’ collection
Projects involving Marsha Linehan, psychology; Donald Brownlee, astronomy; Gaetano Borriello, computer science; Evan Eichler’s genome science lab; and Connie Celum and Jared Baeten of the International Clinical Research Center were among those included in a TIME Books collection of “100 New Scientific Discoveries.鈥�
New signs of visibility for recently-moved Surplus Property
New signage at the Plant Services Building is helping remind the campus community of Surplus Propertys new location.
Newsmakers, Aug. 18
Arctic ice retreat, testing a new drug, a Native American tribes acceptance of gay marriage and a 黑料吃瓜网 study on life expectancy in the rural south were all subjects of comments by 黑料吃瓜网 professors.
Official Notices, Aug. 18
A regents meeting, some blood drives and a legal notice about improvements to IMA Field #1
Inside a 黑料吃瓜网 Medicine O.R.: Robotic-assisted liver resection surgery
A 黑料吃瓜网 Medical Center surgical team performed the third laparoscopic, robot-assisted liver surgery Aug. 11. The patient, a woman with cancer, is recovering well.
黑料吃瓜网 named Americas 'coolest' school by Sierra Magazine
“Sierra Magazine” has named the 黑料吃瓜网 the top university in the country for its initiatives to operate sustainably and limit contributions to global warming. Schools were ranked on efficiency, energy, food, academics, purchasing, transportation, waste management, administration, financial investments and more, and the award includes all three 黑料吃瓜网 campuses.
Gutsy ribbon dispels myths and stigma surrounding bowel disease and ostomy
“It’s more than a ribbon…It’s a movement” is the tagline for an IBD awareness campaign led by 黑料吃瓜网 staff member Lois Fink and friend Barb Wozdin.
August 16, 2011
黑料吃瓜网 researchers to host landmark hepatitis C conference in Seattle Sept. 8-12
Seattle, one of the world leaders in hepatitis C research and treatment, will be hosting a landmark conference on hepatitis C Sept. 8-12 involving 800 people, including the discoverer of the virus affecting more people than HIV.
Poverty rates the same as in mid-1960s, but far more kids are poor
Fewer seniors but more children are poor since the War on Poverty began more than 40 years ago. Also, despite persistent efforts in both the public and private sectors, poverty rates in the U.S. have remained stubbornly the same since the mid-1960s.
August 15, 2011
黑料吃瓜网 Medicine study finds caffeine guards against certain ultraviolet-induced skin cancers at molecular level
Caffeine guards against certain skin cancers at the molecular level, according to a study appearing online August 15, 2011, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Younger siblings of children with autism have one in five chance of autism diagnosis
Parents of a child with an autism spectrum disorder face a 19 percent chance of having additional children diagnosed with the disorder, according to a new study co-authored by the 黑料吃瓜网 Autism Center.
August 12, 2011
A little evening music: Two concerts coming, on campus and off
The School of Music will offer two musical evenings of different types and in different locations, both on Thursday Aug. 18. The 黑料吃瓜网 Summer Concert Band will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. outside Meany Hall, and the University Summer Chorale will perform an innovative new piece at 7:30 p.m. at University Lutheran Church.
August 10, 2011
Russian language instruction and teaching aided this summer by new grant
A collaboration between the 黑料吃瓜网 and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is just about to finish its first-year pilot of programs that expand teaching and instruction in Russian.
TB antibody detection tests fail to diagnose tuberculosis accurately
Misdiagnosis remains a major obstacle for control of the TB epidemic. Findings from 黑料吃瓜网 and related studies prompt a World Health Organization policy asking health officials not to use these tests.
Etc.: Campus news & notes
Anita Ramasastry is named secretary of the Uniform Law Commission,Jessica Lundquist named an emerging leader by “Diversity MBA Magazine” and Zipcar honors the 黑料吃瓜网. The latest accomplishments by your campus colleagues.
Physicians, dentists plot new approaches to childrens oral health
An estimated 30 percent of toddlers and preschoolers already have tooth decay. Dentistry and pediatrics leaders gathered in Seattle to collaborate on improving kids’ oral health.
Cardboard metropolis: Middle-schoolers collaborate to create model city
A small city is growing on the floor of a classroom in the School of Art Building, created by middle school students in a Summer Youth Programs class on community architecture.
Decline in unions accounts for one-third of the growth in wage inequality among male, private sector workers
A new study co-authored by a 黑料吃瓜网 sociologist shows that unions have as much a role as education level in equalizing earnings between low- and high-paid workers, and that balancing force influences pay for nonunion workers.
Official Notices, Aug. 11
Grants are sought for alcohol or drug abuse-related fields, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center conducts a smoking cessation study.
Bankers, businessmen, bicyclists and more 鈥� 黑料吃瓜网 hosts visitors all summer
They come to campus each summer by the hundreds 鈥� students, teachers, athletes, cheerleaders, musicians, techies, accountants, businessmen, bankers, bicyclists and more. From days 鈥� sometimes hours 鈥� after spring quarter ends to just before the new school year starts, the 黑料吃瓜网 plays host to all manner of summer groups, camps and conferences.
Greater flexibility with federal dollars would help state education agencies boost school improvement
State education agencies could do more to help their local school districts improve under-performing schools, according to a new study at the 黑料吃瓜网s Center on Reinventing Public Education.
Mystery Photo: How well do you know the campus?
Think you know the campus? Then try your luck with the Mystery Photo. Guess correctly and you might win a prize.
Local, diverse catering companies shine at Business Diversity Programs event
黑料吃瓜网 200 members of the 黑料吃瓜网 community got to chat with and sample fare from several local, diverse catering companies at the fourth annual Business Connections Catering Event on Wednesday, Aug. 10.
August 9, 2011
Study of abalone spawning could have implications for human reproduction
A 黑料吃瓜网 biologist is among scientists who for the first time have been able to study interactions between individual sperm and eggs of red abalone in conditions similar to its ocean surroundings, work that could have implications for improving fertilization in humans.
Lost and Found Films: 鈥楾he American Dream, 1965
Still images of famous people and the titles “The American Dream鈥� and “The Living End?!鈥� make for an odd little film. Can you help Hannah Palin, 黑料吃瓜网 film archives specialist, figure out who made this and why?
August 8, 2011
J.W. Harrington named vice chancellor for academic affairs at 黑料吃瓜网 Tacoma
James W. Harrington, Jr., a 黑料吃瓜网 professor and recent chairman of the Faculty Senate, will become vice chancellor for academic affairs at 黑料吃瓜网 Tacoma Sept. 1.
An abnormally warm decade is part of the new 鈥榥ormal’
On July 1, the 30-year average temperatures used to determine “normal鈥� changed, dropping the decade of the 1970s and adding the decade of 2001 through 2010. As a result, normal temperatures are now a bit warmer.
August 5, 2011
Music choices abound at Up Your Ave Music Festival Aug 5-13
Looking for some good live music near the 黑料吃瓜网? The Up Your Ave Music Festival will offer folk, jazz, soul, reggae, bluegrass, rock, ska, comedy 鈥� and even accordion music — Aug. 5-13 at a number of locations throughout the University District.
Around the world, with medical genetics
Mercy Laurino, a graduate student in the Institute for Public Health Genetics, has had an illustrious career at a young age. She was part of a team -鈥� including collaborators from Seattle Children’s — that helped launch the Pediatric Neurogenetics Clinic at the 黑料吃瓜网 Center on Human Development and Disability in November 2005.