June 22, 2006
Research Studies
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center seeks women for study
The Nutrition and Exercise for Women (NEW) Study 鈥� A study that examines the effects of exercise and nutrition on breast cancer risk factors 鈥� seeks to recruit more than 500 Seattle-area participants.
Steven Goodreau, assistant professor of anthropology, won $100 worth of Flexcar use after completing a quiz sponsored by the Facilities Services Conservation Campaign Committee.
At about lunchtime last Tuesday, the parking lot of the 蘑菇视频 Motor Pool was lined with several attractive vehicles, gleaming with showroom polish but a bit smaller than most you see on the street.
Visually Speaking: MFA and BFA Student Artworks, curated by Charlotte Beall, opens June 22 and runs through Oct.
Some major earth moving will be taking place in the shadow of George Washington this summer.
By Ed Kromer
Business School
Bill Resler, an eccentric senior lecturer in tax accounting and part-time basketball coach whose scruffy appearance has been described as “Santa Claus in Birkenstocks,” doesn’t exactly fit Hollywood’s image of a leading man.
蘑菇视频 President Mark Emmert was in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai June 12–21, meeting with dignitaries, educators and government officials.
The National Science Foundation has reversed an earlier decision and will support 蘑菇视频 efforts to draft a conceptual design proposal for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the Washington Cascades, University officials have learned.
A task force appointed by Provost Phyllis Wise has completed an interim report that calls for articulating a vision for the future of the University’s information systems, and thinking about how future hardware and software development would fit into that vision.
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
By Elaine Kraft
蘑菇视频 Bothell
The Empty Suitcase Theater Company, a student theater group of the 蘑菇视频 Bothell, will be traveling to Tuscany this month at the invitation of the international student theater festival in Arezzo, Italy.
HIV infection is significantly more common among non-Hispanic blacks than it is among any other young adult racial or ethnic group in the United States, according to the first study drawn from the nation’s general youth population.
Taking a page from the treatment book on alcohol abuse, researchers from the 蘑菇视频have successfully tested a brief, low-cost intervention to deal with depression, the No.
TOURING TROMBONIST: School of Music doctoral trombone student Philip B.
蘑菇视频 President Mark Emmert was in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai June 12-21, meeting with dignitaries, educators and government officials.
The National Science Foundation has reversed an earlier decision and will support 蘑菇视频 efforts to draft a conceptual design proposal for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the Washington Cascades, university officials have learned.
A task force appointed by Provost Phyllis Wise has completed an interim report that calls for articulating a vision for the future of the University’s information systems, and thinking about how future hardware and software development would fit into that vision.
The building at 815 Mercer Street has been named the Brotman Building in honor of 蘑菇视频 Regent Jeff Brotman and his wife, Susan Brotman.
Bacteria, those nasty little bugs that cause many illnesses, constantly assault our immune systems as they try to infect us.
Safeco Field is sporting a new health care partner this season as part of a sponsorship agreement between 蘑菇视频 Medicine and the Seattle Mariners.
Marjan Zarghami is the first recipient of the 蘑菇视频 School of Medicine鈥檚 Global Health Pathway Certificate, awarded to students who have completed additional coursework in international health during their medical school training.
More than a year ago Weiya Zhang and Allison Porter sat next to each other in 蘑菇视频 School of Medicine orientation for first-year students.
June 19, 2006
The National Science Foundation has reversed an earlier decision and will support 蘑菇视频 efforts to draft a conceptual design proposal for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the Washington Cascades, university officials have learned.
Taking a page from the treatment book on alcohol abuse, researchers from the 蘑菇视频 have successfully tested a brief, low-cost intervention to deal with depression, the No.
June 15, 2006
Non-fatal, self-inflicted injuries by adolescent and young adult females are major public health problems and researchers have found physiological evidence that this behavior may lead to a more serious psychological condition called borderline personality disorder.
June 12, 2006
(Updated on June 21, 2006)
A new satellite that last week began gathering data from the Earth’s atmosphere could be a key tool in unraveling just how much effect the reflectivity of clouds and tiny particles called aerosols are having on the planet’s changing climate.
June 9, 2006
Bacteria like Salmonella have a complicated immune system that helps them recognize and isolate foreign DNA trying to invade their cell membrane, according to a 蘑菇视频-led study in the June 8 issue of Science Express.
Traffic crash mortality rates in the U.
June 6, 2006
Much of the conventional wisdom about immigration is just plain wrong.
Based on current trends for both air and water temperatures, by 2100 the body temperatures of California mussels — found along thousands of miles of coast in the northeast Pacific Ocean and not just in California — could increase between about 2 degrees F and 6.
June 5, 2006
HIV infection is significantly more common among non-Hispanic blacks than it is among any other young adult racial or ethnic group in the United States, according to the first study drawn from the nation’s general youth population.
June 1, 2006
Starvation typically has dire consequences for an organism’s growth.
Panic disorder is fairly common, and can cause frightening symptoms that resemble those of heart, respiratory and gastrointestinal problems, according to a review by a 蘑菇视频 psychiatrist in the June 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Join Team SCCA
The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is forming a large team to take part in the Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s Race for the Cure at Qwest Field on Saturday, June 17.
The South Lake Union Group (SLUG), formed by fellows and scientists at the 蘑菇视频 Medicine South Lake Union research hub, plans a poster show of work done recently in labs at that location and a presentation on “The Current State of Stem-Cell Research and Ethical Issues” by Dr.
A panel of local communications professionals will bring their expertise to the School of Pharmacy’s annual Don Katterman Lecture, set for 9 a.
“In a broad sense,” says Dr.