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OUTSTANDING DIETITIANS: The Washington State Dietetic Association named Cristine Trahms the 2004 Outstanding Dietitian of the Year at its recent annual meeting.

The signs have begun to appear on campus.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 12,000 students will receive their degrees and stroll toward the future in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø commencement exercises this month that will feature two two-time Pulitzer Prize-winners, an author-activist and an astronaut.

Scientists know that tectonic stresses have left dips and folds deep within the Earth’s crust across a large swath of the Puget Sound region called the Seattle uplift.

Members of the Graduate Student Employee Action Coalition/United Auto Workers union, representing 4,600 academic student employees, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify the first-ever agreement reached between the union and the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

Lee L. Huntsman, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø president, will officiate at Commencement ceremonies in Seattle, as well as Commencement ceremonies of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Bothell June 13. Acting Provost David Thorud will officiate at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tacoma’s Commencement ceremonies June 11.

While physicians are able to treat patients who suffer blood loss after major injuries, a large number of these patients go on to develop infections or multiple organ failure, in which the functioning of the body vital organ systems, such as the lungs, heart, kidneys of liver, go awry.

New research shows the tectonic stresses that have left dips and folds deep in the Earth’s crust in an area called the Seattle uplift have done the same thing at the surface.

Experts generally agree momentum investing is a very simple – and proven – strategy. Even equity analysts, known for their meticulous analysis, occasionally use momentum as a method of making stock selections. But a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Business School professor has found that investment strategies relying on momentum alone often fail simply because of the cost of doing business.

A ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø study of a 180-square-mile swath east of Lake Sammamish shows that the low-density zoning that was intended to maintain the rural character and protect the natural environment could instead be altering forests in dramatic and unintended ways.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø climate scientists say a much-publicized new action thriller on the perils of climate change misses the scientific mark.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous Mass in B Minor, which the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Chamber Singers will perform in two locations next week, shows off many of the master composer’s finest styles and skills almost as a musical portfolio might, the concerts’ director says.

Genevieve Shaad could be spending her Garfield High junior year taking Spanish like many of her peers.

Presidential candidates can gain a measurable image boost from going on late-night TV, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers have found.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø psychologists seeking to understand the causes of childhood and adolescent depression and conduct disorder are looking for 60 Seattle-area 8- to 12-year-olds and one of their parents to participate in a study.

A special Advocacy Fair, highlighting the policies and legislative priorities of groups that advocate for persons with disabilities, will be held from 9:30 to 11:20 a.

A pair of scientists has proposed a new model for behavioral development among social insects, suggesting that a higher male susceptibility to disease has helped shape the evolution of the insects’ behavior.

The University District Youth and Community Project, which began as a pilot program at last year’s University District Street Fair, has matured nicely in its first year and is poised for continued growth, its coordinator says.

If you’re a fan of ER or Third Watch, there’s an opportunity to play a role in real life emergencies on the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø campus.

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø is poised to adopt an annual budget that, for the first time in several years, manages to avoid general budget cuts.

Members of the Graduate Student Employee Action Coalition/United Auto Workers union, representing 4,600 academic student employees, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify the first-ever agreement reached between the union and the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

Alien invaders skulking about in the Pacific Northwest face exposure Wednesday, June 2, during “Invasive species: Impacts of invasive plants, animals, insects and diseases in the Pacific Northwest,” at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s College of Forest Resources.

Since the elimination of a public medical assistance program in 2002, more than 17,000 immigrant children and parents in Washington state have lost public health coverage as of April 2004.

A new research program may provide parents and other caretakers the tools they need to prevent shaken baby syndrome (SBS), a form of child abuse that can cause immediate damage to the victim’s brain or be fatal.