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March 5, 1997

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø computing team tops elite universities at international programming contest

Top computer science students from Stanford, MIT and Harvard were no match for a team of three ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students who were runners up at the Association for Computing Machinery’s annual International Collegiate Programming contest Sunday (Mar. 2) in San Jose.

February 21, 1997

A lush volcanic island in Indonesia provides clues about Mount St. Helens’ recovery from its moon-like state

On August 27, 1883, the volcano Krakatau in the Dutch East Indies erupted with the force of more than 10,000 Hiroshima-type hydrogen bombs, killing an estimated 30,000 people and leaving a wide swath of devastation. The recovery from that volcanic upheaval is providing scientists with glimpses of the renewal that can be expected after more recent eruptions, in particular that of Mount St. Helens in 1980.

February 20, 1997

Clinton names ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø librarian to White House advisory committee on computing and communications

President Clinton has named the director of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center to a new committee to advise on the future of electronic information and communications, the White House announced Feb. 12.

February 14, 1997

Experiments show that simply imagining fictitious childhood events sometimes makes people believe they experienced them

The power of human imagination may be stronger than previously suspected, blurring the line between memory and imagination, a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø psychologist reported today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

January 24, 1997

A supercomputer gives the Pacific Northwest a super-detailed view of its often-capricious weather

It was not entirely a victory for hostile elements when severe winter storms devasted the Pacific Northwest in late December. It was also a victory for the National Weather Service, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and six local, state and federal agencies, whose weather-forecasting supercomputer is providing local details of the Northwest weather with an accuracy never before possible.

January 15, 1997

New approach encourages greater community input in decisions about minority affairs efforts at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine.

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø) School of Medicine is one of six medical schools nationwide to adopt a new decision-making model to improve opportunities for minority and disadvantaged trainees in medicine.

January 8, 1997

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Scholar Center supports South Seattle and Renton students in academics

The Samuel E. Kelly Scholars Center is following the reputation of the man it is named after. Named in honor of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s first vice president for minority affairs who is considered by many to be a legend and a powerful leader in Seattle’s African American community, the center has paid the SAT registration fees for 15 students and driven students to test centers on two occasions.

January 2, 1997

So you made New Year’s resolutions: Now ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers want to know what they are and why people do or don’t keep them

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers are looking for a few good New Year’s resolutions. In fact, they want to know about the resolutions made by several thousand Puget Sound residents.

December 20, 1996

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medical Center selected to participate in national trial of new surgery for emphysema

In a new collaborative effort, the Health Care Financing Administration (administrator of Medicare) and the National Institutes of Health (through its National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) will fund a clinical trial designed to determine the risks an d benefits of the operation, called lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS).