Companies that offer interactive Web sites to consumers have a two to five times greater chance of selling their products than those that only provide static information, according to a 蘑菇视频 professor.
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Editor鈥檚 Note: Steven Corbett is a graduate student in English who directed the department鈥檚 Writing Center this summer.
Memorial services have been set for James Hewitt, a 29-year-old computer systems engineer and architect in the 蘑菇视频 Department of Computer Science & Engineering who died Aug.
APL HONORS: Bill Plant, principal research scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory, is the recipient of the John Wesley Powell Award, presented by the U.
Editor鈥檚 Note: The following books are by 蘑菇视频 faculty and are available at University Book Store.
The first monthly seminar in the 2003-04 series on 鈥淭hings Your Mother Never Taught You,鈥� sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Office of Industry Relations, will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.
The School of Public Health and Community Medicine鈥檚 Department of Pathobiology is sponsoring a symposium on Tuesday, Sept.
The 蘑菇视频 community and the public can learn about research at the School of Dentistry on Wednesday, Sept.
鈥淭he Bandwagon Effect鈥� is the topic for the Department of Surgery鈥檚 annual Struass Lecture, set for 4 p.
For clinical researchers
A new lecture series, called THINK (The Investigator Needs to Know), will begin next month for clinical researchers and their research and administrative staff members.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES ADAI Grants
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
Late this month, the night sky will brighten with the closest approach of Mars since human ancestors were still living in caves 60,000 years ago.
An exhibit and sale, opening Sept.
They are the Earth鈥檚 tiniest organisms capable of photosynthesis and, because there are so many of them, they alone are responsible for two-thirds of the carbon absorbed by the world鈥檚 oceans each year from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
鈥淪howdown in the Arctic: Polar bear attacks nuclear submarine!鈥� blared the headline in the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News last month.
There鈥檒l be a little romance in 蘑菇视频 Extension鈥檚 Writers鈥� Program this fall, but it won鈥檛 be among the students.
An exhibit and sale, opening Sept.
They are the Earth鈥檚 tiniest organisms capable of photosynthesis and, because there are so many of them, they alone are responsible for two-thirds of the carbon absorbed by the world鈥檚 oceans each year from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
鈥淪howdown in the Arctic: Polar bear attacks nuclear submarine!鈥� blared the headline in the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News last month.
There鈥檒l be a little romance in 蘑菇视频 Extension鈥檚 Writers鈥� Program this fall, but it won鈥檛 be among the students.
Members of the 蘑菇视频 community and the neighborhoods around the University will be able to tour 蘑菇视频 Medical Center鈥檚 new Surgery Pavilion at open houses on Friday and Saturday, Sept.
Sometimes transplanted organs do not thrive in their new homes.
Tacoma family physician Dr.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The 蘑菇视频 has signed an exclusive patent license with Acucela Inc. for technology used in the study of potential treatments for eye disease.
Members of the public can learn about research at the 蘑菇视频 School of Dentistry on Wednesday, Sept. 24, during Research Day 2003.
In late August and early September, the red planet will appear closer and brighter than it has throughout all of recorded history, and astronomers with the 蘑菇视频 and the Seattle Astronomical Society will provide front-row seats for the public during a special “Mars Party” on Sept. 3.
The world’s smallest photosynthetic organisms, microbes that can turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into living biomass like plants do, are in the limelight this week. Three international teams of scientists announced the genetic blueprints for four closely related forms of these organisms, which numerically dominate the phytoplankton of the oceans.
Contrary to popular belief, using the Internet may not improve a person’s chances of finding a job.
Just in time for the American Association of State Climatologists meeting this week in Portland, the state of Washington has someone fulfilling those duties for the first time since the late 1990s.
Nine out of 10 urban school superintendents say they need more authority to fix bad schools and boost student achievement, according to a survey of the superintendents of the nation鈥檚 100 largest districts.
After only three weeks of reading instruction, brain scans in children with dyslexia develop brain activation patterns that match those of normal readers, according to a new study by four 蘑菇视频 researchers published recently in the journal Neurology.
Susan Jeffords hasn鈥檛 forgotten the moment.
Black smoker hydrothermal vent systems may have the fire power, but the staying power of seafloor hydrothermal vent systems like the bizarre Lost City vent field 鈥� discovered just two and a half years ago 鈥� is one reason they may have been incubators of some of Earth鈥檚 earliest life, say 蘑菇视频 scientists and their co-authors in a recent issue of Science.
Two symposia later this month on San Juan Island are among six to be held in the coming two years to mark the 100th anniversary of the Friday Harbor Laboratories.
Season tickets are now on sale for the School of Drama鈥檚 2003鈥�2004 productions.
BEST IN SHOW: Staffers Kathy Hall and Cathy Schwartz received the international Best of Show and Distinguished Technical Communication awards from the Society for Technical Communication (STC) for the Department of Environmental Health鈥檚 1999鈥�2001 biennial report.
MINORITY MONEY: Providing seed money for minority-run businesses is a good investment, according to a recent study co-authored by a 蘑菇视频 professor.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ADAI Grants
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from University faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards.
TV comedy fans may have fond memories of the old 鈥淪anford & Son鈥� series.