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November 12, 1999

Graduate math, science and engineering students can get PRIME experience through fellowships in new Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ program

Graduate math, science and engineering students desiring a PRIME experience should consider applying for one of 12 fellowships in a new Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ program that seeks to involve Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students in revamping how middle school math and science are taught and learned.

November 9, 1999

Climate change will have major Northwest impact in next 50 years

Can Washington, Oregon and Idaho handle average temperatures more than 5 degrees warmer, 5 percent more annual precipitation, one-third less winter snowpack and a mountain snow line as much as 1,500 feet higher?


Climate models show such changes are possible in the three-state Columbia River Basin by the middle of the next century as a result of human causes, primarily the spewing of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, a broad panel of scientists and policy analysts said today.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Medicine teaches doctor/patient communication at each level of physician training

Long recognizing that good doctor/patient communication is essential to good practice, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ) School of Medicine has made it one of the cornerstone skills of the Introduction to Clinical Medicine course series for first- and second-year medical students.

November 1, 1999

Professor who headed MIT committee that found systematic discrimination against women faculty to speak at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ forum

Mary C. Potter, MIT professor of brain and cognitive science and chairwoman of the committee that issued a nationally recognized report detailing systematic discrimination against women faculty members in MIT’s School of Science, will speak at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ about the report and its aftermath.

October 28, 1999

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, Japanese freshmen team up via the Net for engineering course

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ freshmen are building tiny electro-mechanical valves, constructing a solar-powered fiber-optic laser, developing next-generation materials for ceramic fuel cells and sorting through other technical challenges this term in a new hands-on engineering course – all with the help of some overseas friends.

October 22, 1999

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ medical school adds new strategies in training physicians to address unmet societal needs

For more than three decades, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ) School of Medicine has given its medical students hands-on opportunities throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska to learn how their medical training can be directly applied to addressing societal needs.

October 8, 1999

Voluntary community service organization for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ medical students receives national Daily Point of Light Award

A voluntary public service organization for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ) medical students, the Community Health Advancement Program (CHAP), was named a Daily Point of Light Award Winner for Monday, Oct. 4.

October 5, 1999

Ford Motor Co. gift boosts Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student research, diversity recruitment

More students in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s high-demand computer science and electrical engineering programs will soon have the opportunity to conduct hands-on research into embedded system design and how it applies to the transportation industry, thanks to a five-year, $3.85 million grant from Ford Motor Co.

First three minutes of discussion about on-going area of marital conflict are predictive of divorce for newlyweds

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers who have been putting marriages under the equivalent of a microscope say it is possible to predict which newlywed couples will divorce from the way partners interact in just the first three minutes of a discussion about an area of continuing disagreement.

September 22, 1999

Scholars, Internet visionaries, government strategists gather at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ

A group of international scholars and leaders in the public and private sectors, including Vinton Cerf, one of the four men credited with founding the Internet, will gather at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ for a conference to discuss how the Internet is transforming politics and economics on a global scale.