This RSS news feed from uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 30 UW news releases from all authors and subject categories. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnAllCategories&numToShow=30 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2009 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:01:54 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ A young athlete's ideas about success can be shaped a coach who fosters a mastery motivational climate rather than an atmosphere where winning is the primary focus. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53678 Social Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53678 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:46:27 GMT University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital researchers are looking for 110 6-month-old infants in the Puget Sound area to participate in a new study investigating brain development in autism. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53662 Health and Medicine Social Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53662 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:59:50 GMT UW researchers have successfully used a method called exome sequencing to quickly discover a previously unknown gene responsible for a rare disorder. The finding demonstrates the usefulness of exome sequencing in studying the 7,000 plus rare genetic disorders affecting millions of people. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53637 Health and Medicine Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53637 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:12:00 GMT On Tuesday, Nov. 10, UW Medicine and Northwest Hospital & Medical Center signed documents that would expand an existing program agreement to make Northwest Hospital one of the entities of the UW Medicine health system. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53631 Health and Medicine Karen Peck (Karen.Peck@nwhsea.org) and Tina Mankowski (ochs@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53631 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:27:02 GMT The m.UW mobile tool for campus information is now available on BlackBerry devices. The UW is the first educational institution to offer an application for the BlackBerry. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53300 Campus Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53300 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53303 Campus Community Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53303 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT They had learned to combat enemies on the battlefield and racism in the ranks. Because of the sacrifices they had made, such veterans believed themselves and the black community entitled to first-class citizenship. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53297 Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53297 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:32:19 GMT UW Medical Genetics Clinic faculty, leaders and staff will celebrate the clinic's 50th anniversary Friday, November 6, with a symposium and evening reception. The clinic, among the first of its kind in the United States, sees nearly 2,000 patients each year. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53291 Health and Medicine Clare Hagerty (clareh@u.washington.edu) and Mary Guiden (mguiden@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53291 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:00:20 GMT UW Medicine Tumor Vaccine Group hosts third annual open house Thursday, November 5, at South Lake Union http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53251 Health and Medicine Mary Guiden (mguiden@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53251 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:40:02 GMT Awards of $10 million or more go to teams that solve problems facing humanity and create new opportunities http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53250 Law and Policy Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53250 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:37:17 GMT Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain brain regions can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53217 Health and Medicine Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53217 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:26:14 GMT Women with a history of depression who used psychiatric medicine during pregnancy have triple the odds of delivering a premature baby. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53216 Health and Medicine Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53216 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:14:24 GMT The new Husky Advantage will allow some students to complete certain bachelor's degree programs in just three years. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53215 Community Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53215 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:50:26 GMT Computer scientists at the UW are using Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to transform a cell phone into a flexible data-collection tool. Their free suite of tools, named Open Data Kit, is already used by organizations around the world that need inexpensive ways to gather information in areas with little infrastructure. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53209 Science Technology Health and Medicine Environment Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53209 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:57:42 GMT For the first time, a group of scientists working in the Kuril Islands off the east coast of Russia has documented the scope of tsunami-caused erosion and found that a wave can carry away far more sand and dirt than it deposits. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53117 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53117 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:02:21 GMT A good many Washington voters haven't decided their choices for Seattle mayor, King County executive or Initiative 1033. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53116 Politics and Government Law and Policy Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53116 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:43:10 GMT Biologists for the first time have documented a second breeding season during the annual cycle of five songbird species that spend summers in temperate North America and winters in tropical Central and South America. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53093 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53093 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:53:49 GMT UW scientist instrumental in important step to convert methane gas to a liquid, giving the potential of making it more useful as a fuel and as a source for making other chemicals. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52992 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52992 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:45:45 GMT Two new studies illustrate just how hard it is to make sure people take their HIV medication. One study looked at the effects of drinking alcohol on adherence and showed the risk for non-adherence was double among drinkers compared to abstainers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52991 Health and Medicine Social Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52991 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:17:06 GMT University of Washington's Institute of Translational Health Sciences and its partners-Group Health Research Institute, Duke University and Wayne State University-have developed a new web site to help researchers create and sustain successful multisite research collaborations. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52912 Health and Medicine Mary Guiden (mguiden@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52912 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:45:16 GMT It may take a village to raise a child, and apparently it takes at least two adult birds to teach a young song sparrow how and what to sing. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52899 Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52899 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:42:18 GMT Pacifier, baby bottle, or finger sucking may hamper a child's speech development if the habit goes on too long. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52897 Health and Medicine Charlotte Webber (Charlotte.Webber@biomedcentral.com) and Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52897 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:05:37 GMT Students led the drive for the monument. The UW has more Medal recipients among its alumni than any other public university in the country except the service academies. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51839 Campus Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51839 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT Older cancer patients very commonly suffer from depression, which is debilitating both during and after treatment. UW and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance psychiatrists are showing that there are ways to better this situation, and that these approaches can be applied in primary-care settings. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52894 Health and Medicine Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) and Dean Forbes (dforbes@fhcrc.org) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52894 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:45:18 GMT New research on the Kitsap Peninsula, at the west edge of Washington state's Puget Sound, finds evidence that land was raised at least 6 feet by ancient earthquakes. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52822 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52822 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:52:49 GMT For an animal that has a brain about the size of two grains of sand, a lot of plasticity seems to be packed into the head of the tropical paper wasp Polybia aequatorialis. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52700 Social Science Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52700 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:26:10 GMT Tissue engineers were able to grow stem cell patches with rudimentary blood vessels, beating contractions, and a stiffness resembling heart tissue. The patches were viable after transplant to rodent hearts. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52494 Health and Medicine Leila Gray (leilag@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52494 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:15:00 GMT University of Washington leaders today officially broke ground on a molecular engineering building. The underground instrumentation space that minimizes vibrations and electromagnetic interference will be the largest such lab space on the West Coast. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52619 Campus Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52619 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:57:41 GMT During the next six years Operation Ice Bridge will use aircraft to conduct what NASA says is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at the Earth's polar regions. Flights over Antarctica, with University of Washington oceanographer Seelye Martin as chief scientist, start Oct. 15. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52616 Environment Science Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52616 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:42 GMT Robots equipped with wireless and sensing capabilities are available for use in the home. But the safety and privacy risks of these devices are not yet adequately addressed, according to a new University of Washington study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52615 Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52615 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:47:49 GMT