Former Olympic sailing gold medallist Lowell North of Point Loma, Calif., is back at the helm of a sailing yacht, after his painful left shoulder was repaired during a surgical procedure at 蘑菇视频 Medical Center in Seattle last month.
March 15, 2002
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March 14, 2002
Let’s samba!
Visiting artist Lee Higgins teaches students at Seattle’s Nathan Hale High School to perform Brazilian music during “Samba in the Schools” week last week.
Location of pancreatic cancer genetic defect found
Researchers at the 蘑菇视频 School of Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in collaboration with investigators at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, have mapped the location of a gene associated with inherited pancreatic cancer.
Pharmacists learn responses to threat of civil emergencies
“Bioterrorism: What Clinicians Need to Know” is the topic for this year’s annual Don B.
Diplomacy, security part of embassy designs
Chum salmon returning to Big Beef Creek
The juvenile salmon released last week from the 蘑菇视频’s Big Beef Creek Fish Research Station are offspring of summer chum that returned 900-strong last year to the stream.
New molecular tools make study of tiny phytoplankton more possible
It’s the most prolific plant in the world’s oceans, explains assistant professor Ginger Armbrust.
Labor of Love: Professor wrote book on ‘extraordinary painter’
Lauro Flores just wanted to see that a deserving artist got more recognition.
mystery photo
Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.
Hartwell will give annual Rushmer Lecture for Department of Bioengineering
The Department of Bioengineering’s 14th annual Rushmer Lecture will be given the first week of April by Dr.
In Brief
鈥淭he Medicine of Lewis and Clark鈥� will be the topic for the next Healthy U program at 7 p.
Judah Folkman, famed cancer surgeon, to speak here April 4
In research, there鈥檚 a very fine line between persistence and obstinacy.
Poll Lecture brings Swedish diabetes expert to 蘑菇视频 next week
Alcoholism treatment: National study with Seattle site opens enrollment for second group of participants
The 蘑菇视频鈥檚 Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System鈥檚 Addictions Treatment Center jointly manage the Seattle site for the COMBINE study (Combining Medications and Behavioral Interventions).
What could you do with Internet 2?
蘑菇视频ired Health Sciences will present the first session of the Health Sciences Advanced Applications Forum on Monday, March 25, from 1 to 3:30 p.
Regulations not best prevention against fraud
The financial value of a law-abiding reputation 鈥� not tighter government regulations 鈥� is the best way to prevent future scandals like those enveloping energy giant Enron and its auditor Arthur Andersen, a 蘑菇视频 researcher says.
Notices
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Funding Opportunity
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 projects related to ethnic studies.
Speakers consider civil liberties in post-Sept. 11 world
In the wake of the post-Sept.
My蘑菇视频Class ready to serve faculty
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Initiative expands 蘑菇视频ired services
蘑菇视频ired is set, officially, to extend its reach.
Briefly
An 11-week Citizens Academy is being offered by the 蘑菇视频 Police Department.
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CAREER AWARD: In recognition of 30 years of service, Terry Nosho of the Washington Sea Grant Program has received the William Q.
Four-Fold Way author to lead workshop for University
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Options abound for flextime scheduling
When most of us think of a job, we immediately think of 8 to 5, Monday through Friday.
Budget debate goes down to wire
The 60-day Legislative session in Olympia ends today after a flurry of activity that will impact the University.
March 13, 2002
蘑菇视频 hosts Pacific Northwest Regionals of national robotics competition
Teams from across the western United States and Brazil will gather at the 蘑菇视频 March 29 and 30 to test their mechanical mettle in a regional robotics contest.
March 12, 2002
E-business expert: Executives need to treat symptoms of
The dot-com bust is over and executives need to overcome “dot vertigo,” an inability to adapt to e-commerce, says author Richard Nolan, the featured speaker at the 蘑菇视频 Business School’s e-business conference.
Mathers Foundation grant will help study cell growth, differentiation
A grant from the G. Harold & Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation will help scientists at the 蘑菇视频’s Cell Systems Initiative build a prototype to study how cells grow, proliferate and differentiate.
March 7, 2002
Hangin’ in the Quad
The annual turning of the Quad cherry trees has peaked, drawing large numbers of visitors and students to admire the spectacular beauty.
Art School holds open house
Senior Jon Peebles gets some work done during the School of Art鈥檚 Open House last Friday.
McDermott talks
Controlling the body鈥檚 response to severe injury
| Pamela Wyngate |
| HS News & Community Relations |
One of the results of training highly skilled paramedics and first responders is a significant increase in the number of severely injured patients making it to the emergency room.
Staffer wrote the book on Kalakala
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| University Week |
Steve Russell must have taken the message from his first book project to heart.
蘑菇视频 project measures ‘internal tide’ in Hawaii
Along the 1,600-mile-long Hawaiian Ridge, the moon’s inexorable pull is creating waves that break in the hidden depths of the ocean just as the surf does on the world-famous beaches of Hawaii, Oahu and Kauai.
Mystery Photo
Only three people were able to identify the Mystery Photo from last week, which was of Clark Hall.
News Briefs
An artist鈥檚 interpretation of the hands of two 蘑菇视频 heart surgeons and the operating field in which they are working appear as part of a public art project unveiled Feb.
Macular degeneration: An age-related cause of lost sight
Age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, is a change in the central part of the retina, the thin film coating the back of the eye.
Faculty development workshops scheduled for spring
Three faculty development workshops are planned this spring, sponsored by the School of Medicine鈥檚 Department of Medical Education.
WHO leader to speak Tuesday
Foods with complex sugars and high fiber create gas
The little bubbles in a baby鈥檚 tummy might cause a problem with colic, or just a really big burp on Daddy鈥檚 shoulder.