The whole campus has been quacking over the duck family that was featured on the cover of the last issue of University Week.
July 24, 2008
The latest news from the 蘑菇视频
$2.68 billion raised in successful campaign
On July 17 the 蘑菇视频 Foundation announced that more than $2.
蘑菇视频 professors coordinate NGO code of conduct
By Bobbi Nodell
News & Community Relations
More than 25 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have pledged to pursue practices that bolster public health practices in the countries in which they work, as part of an international nongovernmental organization code of conduct developed by 蘑菇视频 professors working for Health Alliance International in Seattle.
蘑菇视频MC ranks in top 10 of America’s best hospitals
蘑菇视频 Medical Center (蘑菇视频MC) has ranked 10th in U.
Center for AIDS Research receives $16.5 million
By Bobbi Nodell
News & Community Relations
One of the first AIDS research centers in the country has been awarded $16.
July 23, 2008
Toxic chemicals found in common scented laundry products, air fresheners
A 蘑菇视频 study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals.
July 22, 2008
Serious school failure turns out to be a real bummer for girls, but not boys
Adolescent girls who had a serious school failure by the 12th grade — being expelled, suspended or dropping out — were significantly more likely to have suffered a serious bout of depression at the age of 21 than girls who did not have these problems.
July 17, 2008
蘑菇视频 proposes plan to provide greater access for freshmen, produce more degrees in areas of critical state need
蘑菇视频 concludes most successful fundraising campaign in its history
Today (July 17) the 蘑菇视频 Foundation announced that more than $2.
July 15, 2008
Researchers link Huntington’s disease to overactive immune response in the brain
The damage to brain tissue seen in Huntington’s disease may be caused by an overactive immune response in the bloodstream and the brain, according to new findings from two teams of researchers at the 蘑菇视频 in Seattle and University College London.
For your eyes only: Custom interfaces make computer clicking faster, easier
Insert your key in the ignition of a luxury car and the seat and steering wheel will automatically adjust to preprogrammed body proportions.
July 14, 2008
Asians who immigrated to U.S. before age 25 have poorer mental health than older immigrants
Asian-American immigrants who came to the United States before they were 25 years old have poorer mental health than their compatriots who came to this country when they were 25 or older, according to data from the first national mental health survey of Asian-Americans.
Too much information? 蘑菇视频 study shows overreliance on 鈥榰nfiltered鈥� financial reports reduces inexperienced investors鈥� returns
Inexperienced investors can negatively affect their investment results by using “unfiltered” information from Securities and Exchange Commission filings, according to research conducted at the 蘑菇视频.
Rx for time-crunched physicians: communication skills that increase physician efficiency and patient satisfaction
With their waiting rooms crowded and exam rooms full, many physicians say they are too busy to be good communicators. Those who study physician time-management think otherwise.
July 10, 2008
School of Music presents free concerts July 20, 22
The School of Music will celebrate summer with a pair of free concerts in the coming week.
鈥楯azz on a Summer鈥檚 Day鈥� at the Henry
It’s cool to combine jazz and art, and that’s what’s happening from noon to 1 p.
Grabbing lunch in summer: More options than you think
As summer settles over the 蘑菇视频’s Seattle campus, employees all ask the same question sooner or later: “Hey, what’s open for lunch on campus these days?”
It’s a good question, because with most students gone and demand down, many campus eateries shut down for a while, at least in early summer.
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting Thursday, July 17, at 3 p.
Making faces: Theatrical makeup class draws majors and nonmajors alike
Every summer quarter, the School of Drama opens up its course in theatrical makeup to nonmajors.
Bankers, boomerangers, rockers and more 鈥� a summer of conference guests at the 蘑菇视频
Bankers and boomerangers, football players and first-year students, computer programmers and cheerleaders.
Tickets still available for Mariners game July 18
A thousand 蘑菇视频 faculty, staff and alumni have signed up to watch the Seattle Mariners battle the Cleveland Indians on July 18 鈥� but there are 500 tickets still available.
Hawaiian park reborn, thanks to 蘑菇视频 students
For Iain Robertson, a 蘑菇视频 landscape architecture professor, Kahalu’u Beach Park turned out to be one of the most fascinating projects he’s ever worked on.
Stayin鈥� alive: Researchers foil seasonal programmed brain cell death in living birds
Neurons in brains of one songbird species equipped with a built-in suicide program that kicks in at the end of the breeding season have been kept alive for seven days in live birds by researchers trying to understand the role that steroid hormones play in the growth and maintenance of the neural song system.
Mystery Photo
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Etc. Campus news & notes
SHE’S GOLDEN: Patricia Kuhl, co-director of the 蘑菇视频’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences and its NSF Science of Learning Center, was awarded the Acoustical Society of America’s Gold Medal, its highest award.
Everyone鈥檚 invited to grand opening of waterfront
Welcome to the grand re-opening of the 蘑菇视频’s southwest waterfront.
Understanding salmon as ecosystems in action
The collapse of the Sacramento River chinook salmon run may be another lesson on the importance of coming to grips with the biocomplexity behind successful salmon runs.
Penguins sounding climate change alarm
Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, penguins are sounding the alarm for potentially catastrophic changes in the world’s oceans, and the culprit isn’t only climate change, says a 蘑菇视频 conservation biologist.
Medical center lauded again as top environmental performer
蘑菇视频 Medical Center’s Tim Nguyen, manager of Waste Operations, and Sheila Lockwood, Environmental Health and Safety, accepted in May 蘑菇视频MC’s second consecutive Environmental Leadership Award from Practice Greenhealth.
Tremendous losses shape ‘interesting’ life
By Cynthia Salzman
Rehabilitation Medicine
Aditya Ganapathiraju uses the word “interesting” to describe his life so far.
蘑菇视频 Medicine lands top information technology award
The Cerner/ORCA CIS Replacement (CISR) project has been named IT Project of the Year by Advance for Health Information Executives, an industry publication for health care executives.
蘑菇视频MC takes part in WHO safe surgery checklist initiative
蘑菇视频 Medical Center (蘑菇视频MC) took part in an international broadcast and global launch of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “Safe Surgery Saves Lives” campaign Wednesday, June 25.
Exploring stigma and health
By Jean Patterson
School of Social Work
Stigma, Prejudice, Discrimination and Health, a special issue of the journal Social Science & Medicine, is groundbreaking in exploring links among stigma, prejudice, and discrimination and their impact on health, as well as implications for public health practice.
July 9, 2008
Reseachers foil seasonal programmed brain cell death in living birds
Neurons in brains of one songbird species equipped with a built-in suicide program that kicks in at the end of the breeding season have been kept alive for seven days in live birds by researchers trying to understand the role that steroid hormones play in the growth and maintenance of the neural song system.
July 2, 2008
蘑菇视频 Medical Center takes part in WHO surgical checklist initiative
蘑菇视频 Medical Center (蘑菇视频MC) took part in an international broadcast and global launch of the World Health Organization’s “Safe Surgery Saves Lives” campaign Wednesday, June 25.
June 30, 2008
Penguins setting off sirens over health of world’s oceans
Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, penguins are sounding the alarm for potentially catastrophic changes in the world’s oceans, and the culprit isn’t only climate change, says a 蘑菇视频 conservation biologist.
June 26, 2008
Scientists find 245 million-year-old burrows of land vertebrates in Antarctica
For the first time paleontologists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods 鈥� land vertebrates with four legs or leglike appendages 鈥� in Antarctica dating from the Early Triassic epoch, about 245 million years ago.
Like a rock: New mineral named for 蘑菇视频 astronomer
The International Mineralogical Association has named a new mineral, the first to be discovered in a particle from a comet, in honor of Donald Brownlee, a 蘑菇视频 astronomer who revolutionized research on interplanetary dust entering Earth’s atmosphere.
Teenagers attending college less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior
Adolescents attending college six months after completing high school are significantly less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than those who do not go to college, according to the first study to directly compare the two groups.
Mystery Photo
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