The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
April 1, 2005
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March 31, 2005
Dancers with and without disabilities to blend talents in innovative summer program
Most of us, when we think of a dancer, are likely to think of someone gliding across the stage with ease and grace.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
When it comes to landscape, looks matter, rural residents say
Adding homes to a rural countryside, harvesting timber or building condos on a lake shore affects how an area looks, and that has become so important that growth management, sustainable forestry and other development plans now include mandates concerning changes to the “visual landscape.
Sylvan Theater undergoing needed restoration
Work in the Sylvan Theater, originally scheduled for last October, is now in full swing.
Missouri dean, Seattle native to head ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Graduate School
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø President Mark Emmert has selected Suzanne Trager Ortega, vice provost for advanced studies and dean of graduate school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, as dean and vice provost of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Graduate School, effective Aug.
New Kane collection spotlights artists of color
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and the Washington State Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Program will dedicate a new collection of artworks by nine artists of color at 6 p.
Burke Museum to expand gallery space
The Burke Museum’s popular 2001 exhibit about the Antarctic voyage of Ernest Shackleton and his ship The Endurance was realistic for reasons both good and unfortunate, remembers Roxana Augusztiny, the museum’s interim director.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tacoma formalizes commitment to transfer students
With the state poised to allow the first freshmen at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tacoma in 2007, a new agreement promising transfer students nearly three-quarters of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøT’s undergraduate seats has been signed by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø President Mark Emmert and representatives from the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and the Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Summer Learning Guide available
The Work/Life Resource Center now has information about summer programs for school children of all ages.
Fish quotas may reduce discarding, study shows
Contradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea.
Birds and brains: Singing a similar tune
A pair of leading scientists who study songbirds as models for understanding the human brain and how humans acquire language say it’s time for the burgeoning field to begin singing a different tune and study a wider variety of species.
Forward into the past: Researchers study matter created in microsecond after Big Bang
Scientists trying to recreate conditions that existed just a few millionths of a second after the big bang that started the universe have run into a mysterious problem — some of the reactions they are getting don’t mesh with what they thought they were supposed to see.
Triple Door jazz event benefits history, jazz studies at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
Celebrated pianist and composer, Marc Seales will be joined by fellow ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø jazz and history faculty to explore how jazz has intimately reflected the African American experience through the years at 7:30 p.
Ice core ‘dipstick’ shows West Antarctic ice has thinned less than previously believed
Rising sea levels 20,000 years ago, as the last ice age was beginning to wane, often are attributed in part to melting in West Antarctica.
Chancellor of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Bothell to step down
CareNet: One-stop shopping on ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø benefits
Randi Shapiro, assistant director of the Work/Life office, was a little surprised herself when she saw all the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø support and benefit programs lined up together — even though listing them that way had been her idea in the first place.
Two budgets, different implications for ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø
It’s a tale of two budgets.
Separate genes influence speed, accuracy in decoding written words in dyslexia
Researchers trying to tease out the genetic basis of dyslexia have discovered a location on chromosome 2 that may contain one or more genes that contribute to the reading disorder and make it difficult for people to rapidly pronounce pseudowords.
March 30, 2005
Immigration has become hallmark of America’s image at home and abroad
PHILADELPHIA — Even though the American government and people have not always embraced immigrants with open arms, the image of the United States as a land of opportunity and refuge has become the focal point of the nation’s identity at home and around the world, says the incoming president of the Population Association of America.
March 29, 2005
Chancellor of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Bothell to step down
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students win national, international awards
While the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø men’s basketball team was doing its part for national recognition, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students were winning more than their share of prominent national and international awards and competitions on an unprecedented scale.
Continents, colleges converge at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Global Business Challenge
Mitja Gorenak was born on the day the torch for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo was carried through his birth city, Celje.
March 28, 2005
Economist finds that Cuba’s state-run baseball league doesn’t go to bat for players
March 24, 2005
Fewer fish discarded after individual transferable quotas offered
Contradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea.
Researchers call for expanding the repertoire in studying birdsong
A pair of leading scientists who study songbirds as models for understanding the human brain and how humans acquire language say it’s time for the burgeoning field to begin singing a different tune and study a wider variety of species.
March 23, 2005
Ice core ‘dipstick’ indicates West Antarctic ice has thinned less than believed
Rising sea levels 20,000 years ago, as the last ice age was beginning to wane, often are attributed in part to melting in West Antarctica.
March 21, 2005
Exhibit of emerging architectural ideas offers ‘glimpse of future’
WHAT: “Headlines: Emerging Architectural Ideas.
Exotic physics finds black holes could be most ‘perfect,’ low-viscosity fluid
In three spatial dimensions, it is a close relative of the quark-gluon plasma, the super-hot state of matter that hasn’t existed since the tiniest fraction of a second after the big bang that started the universe.
Pregnant women face risk after motor vehicle crashes regardless of the presence of injuries
Pregnant women who are hospitalized following motor vehicle crashes are at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, even if they are not seriously injured or not injured at all.
March 18, 2005
Suzanne Trager Ortega selected as dean of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Graduate School
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø President Mark Emmert has selected Suzanne Trager Ortega, vice provost for advanced studies and dean of graduate school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, as dean and vice provost of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Graduate School, effective Aug.
March 16, 2005
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø alum first recipient of award for outstanding achievements in biomaterials
A ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø alumnus who invented more than 30 biomedical devices, including a shunt that made kidney dialysis practical, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Northwest Pioneers of Biomaterials and Medical Devices Award.
Researchers find evidence of dark energy in our galactic neighborhood
Astrophysicists in recent years have found evidence for a force they call dark energy in observations from the farthest reaches of the universe, billions of light years away.
March 15, 2005
Answer from ‘dusty shelf’ aids quest to see matter as it was just after big bang
Scientists trying to recreate conditions that existed just a few millionths of a second after the big bang that started the universe have run into a mysterious problem — some of the reactions they are getting don’t mesh with what they thought they were supposed to see.
March 10, 2005
Rushmer lecturer to speak on ‘Engineering the Heart’
Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, a world leader in heart and lung transplant surgery and research, will speak at the 17th annual Rushmer Lecture, sponsored by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Department of Bioengineering.
Mystery Photo
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Bloom time: Quad’s cherry trees go online
Nature may still dictate their delicate display, but the famous cherry trees on the Quad, in keeping with the times, have gone online.
Council looks at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø ties with community
Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of columns by chairs of the Faculty Senate’s councils and committees.
Predicting water needs is center’s specialty
Are farmers in southeast Idaho likely to start irrigating in early May, in late May, or somewhere in between?
Private power producer PacifiCorp, for one, wants to know so it can prepare for less water being available and more power being needed when agricultural producers start pumping earlier in the year.
Almost Famous: Staffer seeks screen success
Peg Cheng may look like a responsible adult, but for more than a year her mind has been on high school.