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MBA students raise $90,000, prepare to defend charity title

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Business School MBA Challenge for Charity team is gearing up to defend its title against the west coast’s top business graduate schools. And after raising $90,000 for Washington Special Olympics and the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County charity, they are the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø off to a successful start for the philanthropic competition.

April 17, 2001

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory think big, aim small with creation of new joint nanotechnology institute

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have formed the Joint Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to study an area of science that holds the promise to dramatically change the way we live in the new century.

Damaged chimneys and unexpected liquefaction from Nisqually temblor yield earthquake insights, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø scientists say

Scientists at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø have been analyzing data since the Feb. 28 Nisqually earthquake that shook both structures and nerves in the Puget Sound region, and have some conclusions to present this week at a national conference. They also have a mystery or two.

April 12, 2001

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Prematurity Prevention Program grads meeting in Husky Stadium at the end of WalkAmerica

Graduates of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøMC Plaza Café 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.

March 29, 2001

Economic program reaches out to Hispanic- and American Indian-owned businesses in Yakima Valley, kick-off event March 30

With the Census Bureau reporting two-thirds growth in the number of Hispanic-owned business in Washington state, a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Heritage College student project plans to provide such businesses in the Yakima Valley with desperately needed support.

Economic program reaches out to Hispanic- and American Indian-owned businesses in Yakima Valley, kick-off March 30

With the Census Bureau reporting two-thirds growth in the number of Hispanic-owned business in Washington state, a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Heritage College student project plans to provide such businesses in the Yakima Valley with desperately needed support.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø digital tribal outreach project

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is providing a $393,435 grant to the Tribal Connections project co-sponsored by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and the National Library of Medicine. The collaboration will open access to electronic health information resources for Southwest Native American tribes.

March 22, 2001

Celebrate 50 years of ocean discoveries at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø open house March 31

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 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø efforts to explore the world’s oceans at an open house the last weekend of March.

Phyllis Campbell of U.S. Bank to speak about changing economy

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 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø campus. A continental breakfast will be served at 7:30 a.m.