Mitja Gorenak was born on the day the torch for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo was carried through his birth city, Celje.
March 29, 2005
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March 28, 2005
Economist finds that Cuba’s state-run baseball league doesn’t go to bat for players
March 24, 2005
Fewer fish discarded after individual transferable quotas offered
Contradicting previous assumptions, new fisheries research shows that allocating catch among vessels reduces the amount of fish discarded at sea.
Researchers call for expanding the repertoire in studying birdsong
A pair of leading scientists who study songbirds as models for understanding the human brain and how humans acquire language say it’s time for the burgeoning field to begin singing a different tune and study a wider variety of species.
March 23, 2005
Ice core ‘dipstick’ indicates West Antarctic ice has thinned less than believed
Rising sea levels 20,000 years ago, as the last ice age was beginning to wane, often are attributed in part to melting in West Antarctica.
March 21, 2005
Exhibit of emerging architectural ideas offers ‘glimpse of future’
WHAT: “Headlines: Emerging Architectural Ideas.
Exotic physics finds black holes could be most ‘perfect,’ low-viscosity fluid
In three spatial dimensions, it is a close relative of the quark-gluon plasma, the super-hot state of matter that hasn’t existed since the tiniest fraction of a second after the big bang that started the universe.
Pregnant women face risk after motor vehicle crashes regardless of the presence of injuries
Pregnant women who are hospitalized following motor vehicle crashes are at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, even if they are not seriously injured or not injured at all.
March 18, 2005
Suzanne Trager Ortega selected as dean of the 蘑菇视频 Graduate School
蘑菇视频 President Mark Emmert has selected Suzanne Trager Ortega, vice provost for advanced studies and dean of graduate school at the University of Missouri-Columbia, as dean and vice provost of the 蘑菇视频 Graduate School, effective Aug.
March 16, 2005
蘑菇视频 alum first recipient of award for outstanding achievements in biomaterials
A 蘑菇视频 alumnus who invented more than 30 biomedical devices, including a shunt that made kidney dialysis practical, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Northwest Pioneers of Biomaterials and Medical Devices Award.
Researchers find evidence of dark energy in our galactic neighborhood
Astrophysicists in recent years have found evidence for a force they call dark energy in observations from the farthest reaches of the universe, billions of light years away.
March 15, 2005
Answer from ‘dusty shelf’ aids quest to see matter as it was just after big bang
Scientists trying to recreate conditions that existed just a few millionths of a second after the big bang that started the universe have run into a mysterious problem — some of the reactions they are getting don’t mesh with what they thought they were supposed to see.
March 10, 2005
Rushmer lecturer to speak on 鈥楨ngineering the Heart鈥�
Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, a world leader in heart and lung transplant surgery and research, will speak at the 17th annual Rushmer Lecture, sponsored by the 蘑菇视频 Department of Bioengineering.
Mystery Photo
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Bloom time: Quad’s cherry trees go online
Nature may still dictate their delicate display, but the famous cherry trees on the Quad, in keeping with the times, have gone online.
Council looks at 蘑菇视频 ties with community
Editor鈥檚 Note: This is one of a series of columns by chairs of the Faculty Senate鈥檚 councils and committees.
Predicting water needs is center’s specialty
Are farmers in southeast Idaho likely to start irrigating in early May, in late May, or somewhere in between?
Private power producer PacifiCorp, for one, wants to know so it can prepare for less water being available and more power being needed when agricultural producers start pumping earlier in the year.
Almost Famous: Staffer seeks screen success
Peg Cheng may look like a responsible adult, but for more than a year her mind has been on high school.
Life in ‘Lost City’
The hydrothermal vents were miles from where anyone could have imagined.
Recycling system saves millions of gallons at Consolidated Laundry
The 蘑菇视频 Consolidated Laundry in Seattle鈥檚 Rainier Valley has installed a water recycling system that is expected to conserve approximately 18 million gallons a year.
Scientist from one of top prion labs will explain 鈥榓mazing鈥� biology
Prions, which have been identified as the causative agent in mad-cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease and scrapie, a disease of sheep and goats, were identified, named and characterized by Dr.
Prions: From the lab to the barnyard and wildlife
Transmissible brain diseases among livestock and wild game have become a growing concern in veterinary medicine, agriculture, and public health.
Professorship honors Wayne Crill
Health Sciences News Briefs
Local neuroscience meeting
The Pacific Cascade and Vancouver, B.
David Baker and colleagues receive award for article in Science
Program covers basics of starting a company at 蘑菇视频
鈥淪tarting a Company While Keeping Your Day Job at the 蘑菇视频鈥� is the title for the next presentation in the series 鈥淭hings Your Mother Never Taught You,鈥� sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Industry Relations Office.
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Grant applications wanted
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from 蘑菇视频 faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning scholarly projects on ethnic issues in the United States.
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ACTIVE RETIREMENT: If you have seen the most recent Taco Time commercial on TV, or heard it on the radio, you鈥檝e been tuning in on the post-professorial career of Otto Reinert.
March 9, 2005
Mock named injury prevention center director
March 8, 2005
Scientists search for seafloor eruption
The most intense swarms of earthquakes detected in the last 10 to 12 years on the far edge of the Juan de Fuca plate could indicate the eruption of magma from the seafloor or an underwater volcano.
March 3, 2005
Dance and digital arts: A match made at Meany
The Faculty Dance Concert, slated for tonight through Sunday in Meany Studio Theater, is designed as a showcase for choreography by Dance Program faculty.
Mystery Photo
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Four 蘑菇视频 profs win Sloan Research Fellowships
Four 蘑菇视频 faculty members have been awarded Sloan Research Fellowships, given to the very best young faculty in the country in designated scientific fields.
Next slide please: Talking Heads founder David Byrne starts making sense of PowerPoint
Editor鈥檚 Note: Ken Fine, a News & Information employee who is a graduate of the 蘑菇视频 School of Art and our resident expert on PowerPoint, offers his thoughts on David Byrne鈥檚 upcoming PowerPoint performance at 7 p.
Dance and digital arts: A match made at Meany
The Faculty Dance Concert, slated for tonight through Sunday in Meany Studio Theater, is designed as a showcase for choreography by Dance Program faculty.
Mystery Photo
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Tales of transdetermination: Tiny flies aid study of non-embryonic stem cells
It has long been thought that cells that regenerate tissue do so by regressing to a developmentally younger state.
Publication Services: An eye on sustainable practices
Sustainability practices are not exclusive to the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 Publications Services Department 鈥� they are campuswide, indeed statewide and beyond.
Gary Locke to speak at 蘑菇视频 Tacoma commencement
Former governor Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American governor in U.
Acting techniques may help doctors empathize with their patients
Business scholars for more than 20 years have explored the concept of 鈥渆motional labor,鈥� or the management of emotions to present a certain image in service workers.