This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 10000 by Steven Goldsmith(sgolds@u.washington.edu). http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&authorID=83&numToShow=10000 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2010 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 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:21:30 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The minimum price tag to win a Senate seat in most states has reached $10 million, according to UW researchers who analyzed recent political spending patterns. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13896 Politics and Government Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13896 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT A faculty member since 1998, Bruce has been appointed to be dean of the school effective Jan. 1 http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13888 Campus Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13888 Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington School of Law has received a $33.3 million gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for scholarships that will allow hundreds of talented students to pursue careers in public service law. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13858 Campus Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13858 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT America's charter schools serve a larger percentage of minority and low-income students than do the nation's traditional public schools, according to a comprehensive new study of the growing charter movement. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13490 Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13490 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:20:00 GMT Initiatives involving doctors and trial lawyers have helped spark record cash contributions during the 2005 Washington state campaign, according to a student research team. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13399 Politics and Government Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13399 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:35:00 GMT The nation's main program for educating the disadvantaged, Title I, is hampered by loopholes that prevent it from fulfilling its mission, according to a UW study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11695 Law and Policy Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11695 Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:00:00 GMT Monday's conference on "Education and Productivity: A 21st Century Workforce" will focus on measures to improve education to foster better jobs and more innovative businesses. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11050 Law and Policy Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11050 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:00:00 GMT Like a collegiate version of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," University of Washington architecture students are preparing to build a four-bedroom home for a Yakima Valley family in just nine weekends. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10804 Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10804 Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:00:00 GMT States that are strict in enforcing child support have up to 20 percent fewer unmarried births than states that are lax about getting unmarried dads to pay, researchers found. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10608 Law and Policy Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10608 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:00:00 GMT More than 20 scholars from the United States, China and other nations are completing what is believed to be the first broadly international academic conference ever to be held on North Korean soil. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10642 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10642 Sat, 11 Jun 2005 23:00:00 GMT Mary McAleese, Ireland's head of state on her first visit to Seattle, will speak in Kane Hall on the European Union, Ireland, and their relations with the United States. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10273 Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10273 Thu, 19 May 2005 08:00:00 GMT Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy sponsors a briefing on proposals to improve governance of charities http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9864 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9864 Mon, 02 May 2005 17:00:00 GMT The first major public conference on journalism and the tsunami will feature Seattle-area and international reporters and photographers who covered the disaster. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9468 Social Science Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9468 Mon, 11 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT Cuba touts its state-run baseball system as superior, but a UWT economist found that Cuba exploits its players while offering less-even competition than in the market-driven United States. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9167 Social Science Bothell and Tacoma Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9167 Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:00:00 GMT "Headlines: Emerging Architectural Ideas" coming in April will be a first-ever exhibit of 100 designs that collectively show "what's about to happen" in the built environment of the region's cities and towns. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9065 Arts and Humanities Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9065 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT The first major awards for excellence in television and radio reporting on victims of violence will be launched by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8438 Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8438 Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT Information School to expand training and outreach in children and youth services with professorship in honor of noted children's writer. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8176 Arts and Humanities Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8176 Thu, 10 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT The first conference on journalism and the tsunami will bring print and broadcast journalists and experts on natural disasters to identify lessons learned and discuss what comes next. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7733 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7733 Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:00:00 GMT An analysis of more than seven decades of inaugural and State of the Union addresses shows that no president has invoked God as often as George W. Bush. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7575 Law and Policy Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7575 Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:00:00 GMT The tsunami's political fallout and health consequences and the challenges facing reconstruction efforts will be discussed by a panel of experts in an event sponsored by the Jackson School's South Asia and Southeast Asia centers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7574 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7574 Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:00:00 GMT Despite a ban by their leaders on private Internet use, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel who otherwise shun the modern world turn out to be avid and creative Web surfers, according to a new study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7108 Technology Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7108 Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:00:00 GMT UW researchers document America's inability, in close races, to determine with certainty the electorate's intent. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6868 Politics and Government Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6868 Thu, 09 Dec 2004 08:00:00 GMT Evans School hosts panel discussion about Grid West, a proposed nonprofit corporation that would manage key features of the Northwest's electric-power system. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6646 Law and Policy Business Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6646 Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:00:00 GMT Contrary to predictions that third-party candidates would seize the Internet as a powerful tool for challenging the status quo, minor candidates lagged far behind their Republican and Democratic foes this year in using the Web. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6520 Politics and Government Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6520 Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:00:00 GMT In at least one aspect of political campaigning, Democrats appear to have an edge. Their post-debate e-mail spin machine is faster and more aggressive, according to a study involving a research team of 100 UW students. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5949 Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5949 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 08:00:00 GMT Big city school districts will have a hard time reforming and meeting new accountability demands without more help from businesses, nonprofits and philanthropists, according to a new book from the Brookings Institution http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5863 Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5863 Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:00:00 GMT Despite concerns that passage of a charter schools measure could lead to a drain on public coffers, a new study predicts that the cost to taxpayers would be modest. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5827 Law and Policy Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5827 Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:00:00 GMT Two University of Washington student groups have planned gatherings - open to the public and press - to watch and discuss tonight's first presidential debate: http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5668 Campus Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5668 Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:00:00 GMT What the public usually hears about trial lawyers and the "explosion" of lawsuits is distorted, according to researchers who analyzed two decades of press coverage. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5624 Law and Policy Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5624 Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:00:00 GMT With hacking, spam and computer viruses disrupting more businesses and even threatening national security, three area colleges will launch a new program to train experts in countering such cyber-threats. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5503 Business Law and Policy Technology Leesa Brown (206-296-6161) and Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) and Sherry Reichert (206-878-3710 ext 3146) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5503 Fri, 10 Sep 2004 08:00:00 GMT Survey participants reported that they were much more likely to misfile and lose track of paper documents than information stored on a computer. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5405 Technology Business Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5405 Wed, 01 Sep 2004 08:00:00 GMT Talents from two very different worlds -- public administration and engineering -- join forces under a new UW program to break logistical logjams and get relief to global disaster areas. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5288 Science Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) and Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5288 Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:00:00 GMT An analysis of hundreds of speeches and other communications after 9/11 shows how the Bush administration mixed together religious and political rhetoric. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5261 Politics and Government Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5261 Tue, 10 Aug 2004 08:00:00 GMT Region's prosperity depends on sustaining strong rural communities, according to a report that calls for re-examining state policies on jobs, welfare, transportation and education. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5107 Social Science Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5107 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:00:00 GMT Reforming how dollars get allocated to schools can help steer resources to the students who need it, according to a study that looked at Houston and Cincinnati. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5037 Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5037 Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:00:00 GMT UW communications researchers measured a 'Letterman Effect' in the 2000 presidential campaign. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4430 Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4430 Wed, 26 May 2004 08:00:00 GMT Founders of a political reform movement to convene three decades later. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4200 Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4200 Mon, 03 May 2004 08:00:00 GMT Higher education is not the hindrance to marriage and motherhood it once was, new research shows. As recently as 1980, the more years of graduate school a woman had completed, the less likely she was to be married later in life. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3877 Social Science Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3877 Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:00:00 GMT Teachers who qualify for national certification do a measurably better job in the classroom, according to a major study to be released this week. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3546 Social Science Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3546 Mon, 08 Mar 2004 08:00:00 GMT Whistleblowers at the Hanford Nuclear Site got their health and safety complaints resolved fast and at a fraction of the usual cost through a unique mediation group that has gone out of business, according to a new report. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2248 Law and Policy Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2248 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 08:00:00 GMT Seattle's post-Viaduct waterfront should provide an outdoor educational environment for studying history, culture and ecology -- as well as a skateboard park. So say high school students at Queen Anne's Center School who were asked to inject the voice of youth into the future of the downtown waterfront. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2209 Arts and Humanities Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2209 Wed, 05 Nov 2003 08:00:00 GMT Vouchers, charter schools and other school-choice programs might not make America's schools any more segregated and unequal than they are today, according to a new study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2199 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2199 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT Students, staff and campus visitors alike can meditate, write poems, try yoga, experience "being present" and even listen to a story on Oct. 24 as the University of Washington puts its own twist on Take Back Your Time Day, a nationwide campaign to challenge the modern epidemic of overwork and overscheduling. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2197 Social Science Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2197 Thu, 16 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation's education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2191 Law and Policy Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2191 Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT "Rebuilding Iraq: America's Role and Responsibility," a 40-minute presentation followed by audience questions. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2190 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2190 Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT One scholar argues that representative democracy is effectively dead -- done in by the biggest shift of income and assets to the super-wealthy since the 1920s. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2163 Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2163 Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:00:00 GMT Nine out of 10 urban school superintendents say they need more authority to fix bad schools and boost student achievement, according to a survey of the superintendents of the nation's 100 largest districts. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2154 Education Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2154 Mon, 28 Jul 2003 08:00:00 GMT Social-welfare programs may help many more people than previously thought, University of Washington research indicates. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2138 Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2138 Thu, 19 Jun 2003 08:00:00 GMT Forty architecture students soon will head to Montana to help the Northern Cheyenne tribe build a house out of straw. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2134 Arts and Humanities Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2134 Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:00:00 GMT Sandra O. Archibald will be the new dean of the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, subject to Board of Regents approval on June 13, Interim President Lee Huntsman announced today. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3404 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3404 Mon, 02 Jun 2003 08:00:00 GMT School districts transfer millions of dollars each year from schools in poor neighborhoods to those with wealthier students and higher-paid teachers, a new study shows. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2128 Social Science Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2128 Tue, 27 May 2003 08:00:00 GMT As mothers anticipate the annual holiday celebrating their maternal bond, a study to be published next week reveals that major aspects of a single mom's life are influenced by whether her child is a boy or a girl. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2119 Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2119 Mon, 05 May 2003 08:00:00 GMT What may be the nation's first university graduate course on Information In Sports is quietly introducing 30 future librarians this spring to, among other things, the infield fly rule. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2118 Campus Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2118 Fri, 02 May 2003 08:00:00 GMT Even with the Internet at their fingertips, people who really need information are more likely to seek it from other people -- especially people they know. That is what University of Washington researchers discovered when they tracked, in minute detail, how 31 aerospace engineers obtained information vital to their work. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2114 Social Science Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2114 Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:00:00 GMT Now that utility and paving crews have given "The Ave" a new foundation, University of Washington architecture students are about to give the shops a facelift. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2101 Campus Arts and Humanities Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2101 Mon, 07 Apr 2003 08:00:00 GMT Getting quality principals into troubled schools has become an educational rallying cry so intense that New York City is making headlines with its efforts to place leaders in failing schools. A new study agrees that distribution of principals is a real problem, but also clarifies that nationwide there is no shortage in the supply of principals. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2095 Law and Policy Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2095 Wed, 02 Apr 2003 08:00:00 GMT The Internet could help unleash the largest antiwar protests in human history, according to a University of Washington expert in the rise of online activism. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2088 Law and Policy Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2088 Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:00:00 GMT The high-tech industry may be mired in a slump but it continues to stoke a business revolution that could leave some regions behind, University of Washington researchers have found. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2081 Business Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2081 Tue, 04 Mar 2003 08:00:00 GMT Eleven landscape architecture students from Japan's Chiba University will join their University of Washington counterparts to develop urban-design proposals for key sites in the Chinatown-Nihonmachi-Little Saigon-International District, where community groups seek to preserve the area's heritage amid development pressure. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2053 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2053 Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:00:00 GMT Journalists are invited to click on the link above to find UW faculty experts who can help with stories on U.S. conflicts with Iraq and North Korea, the domestic ramifications, the aftermath of 9/11 and war on terrorism, and other current events. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2037 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2037 Fri, 10 Jan 2003 08:00:00 GMT America's top college graduates increasingly reject careers in science and engineering, University of Washington researchers have found, raising concerns about the nation's technological future. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2036 Law and Policy Technology Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2036 Thu, 09 Jan 2003 08:00:00 GMT More than 1 million Washington children live in counties where the air they breathe could be harmful to their development and health, according to the UW researchers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2540 Law and Policy Health and Medicine Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2540 Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:00:00 GMT Advanced urban design and planning students will present 11 proposals tomorrow for reconnecting Seattle with its waterfront when the Alaskan Way Viaduct is torn down. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2535 Law and Policy Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2535 Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:00:00 GMT A pig-roasting pit at a garden used by elderly immigrants and a hanging play structure for an experimental preschool are among the University of Washington projects highlighted in a new book on innovative joint ventures between schools of architecture and local communities. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2522 Arts and Humanities Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2522 Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:00:00 GMT As Moroccans prepare for a historic election in two weeks, they will not just choose a new parliament for their nation -- they will be steering the Arab world toward greater democracy and women's rights. That is the hope of a team of women political advisers from the University of Washington who will be making their fourth trip to Morocco for the Sept. 27 election, when nearly 10 percent of the seats in Parliament will be set aside for women. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2476 Law and Policy Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2476 Thu, 12 Sep 2002 08:00:00 GMT As Congress marks the sixth anniversary of welfare reform this week, and workers look forward to a Labor Day break, a startling number of Washington families are working but still living in poverty. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2471 Law and Policy Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2471 Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:00:00 GMT With world attention focused on corporate lawbreaking and economic turmoil, Japan is trying to solve its problems by adding tens of thousands of new lawyers. The vast legal reform now under way in Japan will be debated by some of its top designers and critics Aug. 23 and 24 at the University of Washington School of Law, sponsor of an international conference on "Law in Japan: A Turning Point." http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2467 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2467 Mon, 19 Aug 2002 08:00:00 GMT When a next-generation Internet backbone is unveiled at a gala ceremony in Bremerton tomorrow, the University of Washington already will be exploring the next step -- how to get that powerful link to individuals' homes and businesses. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2434 Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2434 Mon, 29 Jul 2002 08:00:00 GMT Creative new initiatives by governments can help expand "last mile" broadband connections to homes and businesses, according to some speakers at a panel discussion yesterday in Washington, D.C., hosted by the UW's Center for Internet Studies. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2419 Technology Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2419 Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:00:00 GMT The winds of the Great Plains won't stop two Montana tribes from making their newest buildings out of straw. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2418 Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2418 Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:00:00 GMT Marc Lindenberg, dean of the UW's Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs and an influential scholar and practitioner in humanitarian relief and international development, died yesterday of lung cancer. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3471 Law and Policy Politics and Government Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3471 Sat, 18 May 2002 08:00:00 GMT When residents of one Amazon jungle village get ready to harvest yucca root, they stop by a grass hut to log onto the Internet and check out market prices 250 miles away in Lima. Villager Mino-Eusebio Castro will tell a University of Washington audience tomorrow how his indigenous community is using the Web in this and other ways to shape its future. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2392 Technology Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2392 Wed, 15 May 2002 08:00:00 GMT Pets can help children learn about life, love and death. University of Washington researchers are studying whether today's robot pets can do those things, too, or whether they fall short when it comes to stimulating a preschooler's moral and intellectual growth. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2387 Social Science Science Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) and Joel Schwarz (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2387 Mon, 13 May 2002 08:00:00 GMT A new center to be named in honor of Evans School of Public Affairs Dean Marc Lindenberg will be announced tomorrow by the University of Washington with the mission of increasing the university's teaching, research and service connections with struggling regions around the world. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2379 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2379 Thu, 02 May 2002 08:00:00 GMT A new study demonstrates the challenge facing the nation in carrying out the goal President Bush announced in April to give every young child a jump start on literacy. The workforce the nation must rely on to improve early learning is detailed in the new study: the 2.3 million people who are paid to take care of America's preschoolers and make sure they are prepared to learn in school. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2376 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2376 Wed, 01 May 2002 08:00:00 GMT With terrorism and a Middle East crisis setting the stage, UN "Secretary-General" Jasmine Marwaha will convene 450 delegates at the University of Washington next Friday and Saturday to debate pressing world problems. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2369 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2369 Fri, 29 Mar 2002 08:00:00 GMT An extensive Internet art exhibit and dozens of educational events presented by the University of Washington will enhance cellist Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project when the international extravaganza hits Seattle starting this month. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2361 Campus Arts and Humanities Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2361 Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:00:00 GMT Peace Corps Day offers interview/photo opportunities with 200-300 returned Peace Corps volunteers and people interested in joining the Peace Corps. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2332 Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2332 Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:00:00 GMT When they're not with their parents, children spend more time in the care of neighbors, friends and other relatives than at formal child care centers or licensed home providers, according to a major new University of Washington study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2327 Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2327 Thu, 21 Feb 2002 08:00:00 GMT When young brothers David and Rick Cantu launched Redapt Systems and Peripherals in the mid-90s, they ran the computer resale business out of their home. That would make things a little crowded now. With $59 million in annual revenues, the Redmond company is not only the fastest-growing Hispanic-owned business in the state, it is the state's fastest-growing small business -- period. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2664 Business Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2664 Fri, 09 Nov 2001 08:00:00 GMT They sound like games: Digital Sandbox, Mouse Haus, Electronic Cocktail Napkin, Navigation Blocks, Space Pen. But they are not for kids -- they are tools invented by the UW's Design Machine Group to unleash architects' and designers' collaboration and creativity. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2656 Arts and Humanities Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2656 Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:00:00 GMT Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard, one of the nation's most influential technology journalists, will deliver the keynote address Thursday at the University of Washington Business Leadership Banquet. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3271 Business Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3271 Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington researchers have won more than $5 million in federal grants to create software of unprecedented power and flexibility to help Puget Sound and other metropolitan areas tackle such problems as traffic jams and water pollution. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2650 Law and Policy Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2650 Mon, 22 Oct 2001 08:00:00 GMT Even before the latest round of terrorism-related layoff announcements, cutbacks in Boeing employment had contributed to a significant drop in average family incomes in Washington state, according to a University of Washington analysis. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2638 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2638 Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington faculty members can help reporters with many issues related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., both with short-term and long-term impacts. Contact UW media-relations officers Steven Goldsmith, Rob Harrill and Joel Schwarz at (206) 543-2580 for assistance. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2632 Science Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) and Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2632 Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:00:00 GMT Growing numbers of Washington state residents are working extra hours and multiple jobs just to keep up with the cost of living, according to a new University of Washington study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2620 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2620 Sun, 02 Sep 2001 08:00:00 GMT Society may honor the homemaker, but it's the family wage-earner who is more likely to control household spending. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2617 Law and Policy Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2617 Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:00:00 GMT Descendants of Takuji Yamashita yesterday donated $65,000 to endow a University of Washington School of Law scholarship in international law and human rights, a century after the start of Yamashita's own quest for justice. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2455 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2455 Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:00:00 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2401 Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2401 Fri, 01 Jun 2001 08:00:00 GMT The pupils of Tukwila Elementary School hail from 21 nations, and soon they will get to romp and dance atop every continent in the world. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2370 Law and Policy Community Education Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2370 Mon, 14 May 2001 08:00:00 GMT The woman who goes on trial next week for murdering her husband will claim that he was an abuser and she killed him in self-defense. ven if she loses the case, however, she won't go to prison. The defendant, like the prosecutor, jurors and defense attorney, will be a Seattle-area high school student taking part in a mock trial through the University of Washington's Street Law Program. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2362 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2362 Fri, 11 May 2001 08:00:00 GMT Wendy Prosser has met the future of education, and it is both international and interdisciplinary. Specifically, it is the UW's new graduate certificate program in International Development Policy & Management, which is designed to prepare leaders for humanitarian projects in an increasingly interdependent world. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2352 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2352 Wed, 02 May 2001 08:00:00 GMT American students abroad, as the stereotype goes, soak up atmosphere and dig into local cuisine. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2340 Community Arts and Humanities Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2340 Tue, 24 Apr 2001 08:00:00 GMT Online auctions have soared to immense popularity, enticing more than 35 million armchair bidders, but four out of 10 of those buyers report having had problems with a transaction. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2331 Law and Policy Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2331 Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:00:00 GMT Aided by a 56-foot-long photo montage, the energy of adolescents and the expertise of volunteer architects, the University of Washington this week will try to find a better way to help a neighborhood envision its future. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2289 Law and Policy Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2289 Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:00:00 GMT This morning's state revenue forecast - which normally guides lawmakers through key spending decisions - may not fully account for an impending economic slowdown, according to a University of Washington analysis. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2279 Law and Policy Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2279 Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:00:00 GMT Today's ceremony posthumously admitting Takuji Yamashita as an honorary member of the state Bar will proceed, but the venue has been moved to the U.S. Courthouse in Tacoma (the old Union Station), at 1717 Pacific Ave. The ceremony was moved because of earthquake damage at the Temple of Justice in Olympia. The ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. as originally planned. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2260 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2260 Thu, 01 Mar 2001 08:00:00 GMT W.H. "Joe" Knight Jr., a professor at the University of Iowa, has been selected to be dean of the University of Washington School of Law http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3143 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3143 Thu, 01 Mar 2001 08:00:00 GMT A University of Washington Law School graduate will soon be admitted to the practice of law -- 99 years after passing his bar exam. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2236 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2236 Mon, 12 Feb 2001 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington plans today to announce a gift from a California businessman and his wife of $10 million to support the school's endeavors in both academics and athletics. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2228 Campus Business Robyn Eifertsen () and Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2228 Thu, 25 Jan 2001 08:00:00 GMT Sixty percent of Washington's welfare recipients found jobs and left the rolls in a little more than a year, according to new findings from one of the most comprehensive studies ever undertaken of welfare reform. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2227 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2227 Wed, 24 Jan 2001 08:00:00 GMT A number of University of Washington sources can help reporters put the current energy situation in perspective, both in terms of short-term issues and long-term effects. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2223 Science Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) and Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) and Vince Stricherz (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2223 Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:00:00 GMT The DVD player that you just bought on-line suddenly stopped playing, and the merchant in another state or country denied responsibility. What can you do about it? University of Washington scholars are in the forefront of answering that question. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2215 Law and Policy Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2215 Tue, 09 Jan 2001 08:00:00 GMT The Washington State Legislature that convenes Monday could face the state's worst budget crisis in nearly two decades if the economy falters, according to a new fiscal analysis from the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2214 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2214 Fri, 05 Jan 2001 08:00:00 GMT Michael Sherry, president and co-founder of Seattle's Convergent Technology Capital, has been appointed to the University of Washington's International Business Advisory Council. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1945 Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1945 Thu, 16 Nov 2000 08:00:00 GMT The tear gas and barricades are long gone from the streets of Seattle, but the history of the World Trade Organization protests nearly one year ago is only starting to be written. To preserve the raw material for future generations, the University of Washington's WTO History Project has collected more than a dozen boxes of protest paraphernalia, including turtle costumes, pamphlets, home videos, picket signs - even a map used to plan the shutdown of downtown Seattle http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1943 Law and Policy Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1943 Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:00:00 GMT Three prominent judges were honored Nov. 9 by the University of Washington Law School Alumni Association. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1941 Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1941 Tue, 14 Nov 2000 08:00:00 GMT A University of Washington scientist has used statistical modeling to determine that there was only a 1-in-10,000 chance that the vote total for Pat Buchanan in Palm Beach County, Fla., reflected voters' actual intentions. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1939 Politics and Government Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1939 Mon, 13 Nov 2000 08:00:00 GMT With surveys showing a rise in political apathy among the young, educators are studying new techniques to engage youngsters in the spirit of democracy before they reach voting age. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1966 Law and Policy Politics and Government Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1966 Thu, 26 Oct 2000 08:00:00 GMT Four decades after President Kennedy tapped student idealism by proposing a Peace Corps, the University of Washington is announcing a new master's degree program that combines volunteer service overseas with management training on campus. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1954 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1954 Thu, 12 Oct 2000 08:00:00 GMT Amid public concern over a recent local crime wave, Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske will appear Monday at the University of Washington Law School to discuss proposals for reducing gun violence http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1992 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1992 Fri, 29 Sep 2000 08:00:00 GMT All kidding aside, Web sites that make fun of the presidential contenders do an effective job of educating - as well as amusing - a growing segment of the electorate, according to a new University of Washington study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1975 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1975 Mon, 11 Sep 2000 08:00:00 GMT Despite contemporary Russia's serious troubles, its founding father, Boris Yeltsin, will be portrayed in an unexpectedly sympathetic light when public television profiles the former Russian president in a 90-minute nationwide special on Aug. 28. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2024 Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2024 Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:00:00 GMT Sharon Nelson, chairwoman of the state Utilities and Transportation Commission from 1985 to 1997, has been named the first director of the University of Washington Law School's Center for Law, Commerce and Technology. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2014 Law and Policy Campus Technology Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2014 Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:00:00 GMT The first major political-attitude survey of people with disabilities - 54 million Americans who could be viewed as the nation's largest minority group - reveals distinctive opinions and potential clout largely untapped by parties and candidates. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2004 Politics and Government Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2004 Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:00:00 GMT Two University of Washington economists have discovered that American men work longer hours after having children - and the effect is significantly greater when they have sons than when they have daughters. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1998 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1998 Thu, 08 Jun 2000 08:00:00 GMT President Richard L. McCormick and a busload of new University of Washington professors and librarians will embark June 12 on the third annual Faculty Field Tour. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1995 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1995 Mon, 05 Jun 2000 08:00:00 GMT A busload of University of Washington professors will tour the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla June 14 and take part in a panel discussion on dams and salmon the following day in Kennewick. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2006 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2006 Fri, 02 Jun 2000 08:00:00 GMT A busload of University of Washington professors will visit Wenatchee's Stemilt packing plant and Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center June 12 as part of the third annual UW Faculty Field Tour. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2007 Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2007 Fri, 02 Jun 2000 08:00:00 GMT A busload of University of Washington professors will visit the Yakima Valley June 15 for a busy day that includes touring a family-medicine clinic, seeing Heritage College, reviewing educational-outreach efforts in the Yakima Valley and hearing about community-revitalization projects in the town of Wapato. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2008 Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2008 Fri, 02 Jun 2000 08:00:00 GMT A busload of University of Washington professors will be briefed June 13 on Colville community planning and business development as part of the third annual UW Faculty Field Tour. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1993 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1993 Fri, 02 Jun 2000 08:00:00 GMT More than 80 University of Washington business students have narrowed - at least slightly - the technology gap known as the Digital Divide by helping Seattle's inner-city small-business owners compete in the wired world. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1926 Community Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1926 Wed, 31 May 2000 08:00:00 GMT A new kind of University of Washington MBA will offer rising technology professionals the knowledge and skills to become corporate leaders, Business School Dean Yash Gupta announced today. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1918 Business Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1918 Thu, 18 May 2000 08:00:00 GMT Just days before Taiwan inaugurates its new president and Congress votes on China trade, one of Asia's leading journalists will come to the University of Washington to discuss the impact of these dramatic events on U.S.-China-Taiwan relations. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1907 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1907 Tue, 09 May 2000 08:00:00 GMT The chiefs of the world's major humanitarian relief and development agencies will convene in Seattle Saturday through Monday to coordinate their response to changing economic and political conditions and discuss with Northwest corporate leaders ways to collaborate in the fight against poverty and disease. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1900 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1900 Tue, 02 May 2000 08:00:00 GMT The right kind of job training can reduce the odds of returning to a life of crime, University of Washington researchers have found. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1898 Law and Policy Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1898 Mon, 01 May 2000 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington students and professors are aiding Attorney General Christine Gregoire in her newly announced initiative to protect consumers online. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1896 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1896 Thu, 27 Apr 2000 08:00:00 GMT Hastening to meet industry demand for Internet-savvy managers, the University of Washington Business School this fall will launch its first program in e-business, Dean Yash Gupta announced today. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1893 Business Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1893 Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:00:00 GMT Announcement of a new program to prepare the next generation of managers to lead today's Internet-driven business world, and a gift to launch the program. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1892 Business Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1892 Tue, 25 Apr 2000 08:00:00 GMT Four undergraduates from Sao Paulo, Brazil, took first prize in last weekend's Global Business Challenge, which has emerged in its second year as the world's largest such competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1885 Business Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1885 Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:00:00 GMT A new study by three business professors offers a hint: To survive Wall Street jitters, they say, an Internet company doesn't need to make a profit or even sell goods. But it had better attract eyeballs - lots of them http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1882 Business Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1882 Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:00:00 GMT Spouses, friends and parents of prisoners enter the imposing University of Washington Law School building asking where to find Innocence Project Northwest. Growing numbers of these seekers arrive each month as word spreads of the project launched two years ago by attorney Fred Leatherman and UW Law School senior lecturer Jacqueline McMurtrie. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1876 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1876 Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington will conduct America's newest and most international contest for business students April 9-15, bringing young competitors from nearly every part of the planet. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1866 Business Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1866 Fri, 31 Mar 2000 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington opens its spring quarter welcoming a trio of prominent national voices in public policy: former Sen. George Mitchell, activist Ralph Nader and journalist David Broder. Mitchell visits the UW Law School at 3:30 p.m. Thursday (March 30) in Condon Hall to deliver the Bernie and Pearl Brotman Lecture on Dispute Resolution, focusing on his efforts to negotiate peace in Northern Ireland. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1862 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1862 Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:00:00 GMT An expert on international human rights law, Joan Fitzpatrick, has been named the holder of a new endowed professorship at the University of Washington School of Law. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3306 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3306 Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:00:00 GMT A two-day event to explore labor's role in furthering global justice, in an interactive setting that includes labor and the coalition partners who helped make history the week of the WTO Ministerial in Seattle. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1845 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1845 Thu, 24 Feb 2000 08:00:00 GMT After a decade as one of Seattle's top city leaders, former City Council President Sue Donaldson has joined the University of Washington to run a public-policy forum and teach courses in public affairs and lawAfter a decade as one of Seattle's top city leaders, former City Council President Sue Donaldson has joined the University of Washington to run a public-policy forum and teach courses in public affairs and law http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3297 Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3297 Tue, 15 Feb 2000 08:00:00 GMT Venture capitalist Neal Dempsey has donated $3 million to kick off an initiative by the University of Washington Business School to infuse technology into every aspect of training the next generation of managers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3295 Business Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3295 Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:00:00 GMT Two of the people most responsible for taking computers out of the laboratory and into the hands of millions are coming to Seattle on Tuesday to talk about how technology can make its next leap and bring progress to an even greater number of people. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1839 Campus Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1839 Tue, 08 Feb 2000 08:00:00 GMT The World Trade Organization will never gain broad public acceptance until it becomes much more open and democratic, a new University of Washington opinion survey indicates. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1836 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1836 Wed, 02 Feb 2000 08:00:00 GMT This is a story about a man who loved poetry, his three sons who graduated from the University of Washington, and the bonds that tie a community to a university. The story will be retold on Feb. 12 in the introduction to the second annual Afrassiabi Memorial Lecture, which honors Hooshang Afrassiabi, a leader of the local Iranian community who died two years ago. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1835 Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1835 Tue, 01 Feb 2000 08:00:00 GMT African Americans have become an increasingly vital force in Washington's economy, spending more than $2 billion annually and owning more than 6,600 businesses, according to a new University of Washington report. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1833 Law and Policy Social Science Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1833 Fri, 28 Jan 2000 08:00:00 GMT As World Trade Organization delegates left Seattle in a cloud of tear gas and disappointment, University of Washington scholars began studying and debating the outcome and its implications for the future. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1832 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1832 Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:00:00 GMT Jimmy Carter will address a Seattle audience on Wednesday (Jan. 19) using an unconventional format in which a University of Washington professor engages the former president in a conversation about global progress. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1817 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1817 Thu, 13 Jan 2000 08:00:00 GMT Yegor Gaidar, one of the principal architects of Russia's painful transition from communism, will assess his country's current situation in a speech Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3288 Law and Policy Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3288 Fri, 07 Jan 2000 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington law professor Louis Wolcher has received a $15,800 prize in a unique global essay competition involving 2,481 writers from 123 countries. Wolcher's philosophical treatise on Eastern and Western concepts of time, entitled "Time's Language," took second place overall in the first-ever International Essay Prize Contest. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1798 Arts and Humanities Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1798 Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:00:00 GMT More than 300 mayors, administrators, finance chiefs and other local officials will attend a daylong workshop Wednesday (Dec. 15) at the University of Washington on how to implement Initiative 695. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1794 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1794 Mon, 13 Dec 1999 08:00:00 GMT Even before protests and arrests disrupted this week's World Trade Organization conference, Puget Sound residents were skeptical of the WTO's mission and believed the organization wasn't listening to the public and didn't care what it thought, according to a University of Washington survey. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1788 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1788 Fri, 03 Dec 1999 08:00:00 GMT Consumer advocate Ralph Nader will address the University of Washington Law School tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 2) on his criticisms of the World Trade Organization. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1786 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1786 Wed, 01 Dec 1999 08:00:00 GMT A forum entitled "The United States, the European Union and WTO: Genetically Modified Products, National Sanctions, British Beef, and American Hormones," will take place from 6:10 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the University of Washington's Kane Hall 120. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1784 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1784 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT A speech by Cuban President Fidel Castro at the University of Washington, which had been tentatively scheduled for Dec. 2, has been cancelled. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1783 Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1783 Mon, 29 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT A speech by Cuban President Fidel Castro is tentatively planned for 8 p.m. Dec. 2 in Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus, but his appearance in Seattle has not been confirmed. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1781 Not Classified Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) and Robert Roseth (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1781 Wed, 24 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT Correspondence from novelist Vladimir Nabokov to University of Washington history professor Marc Szeftel will be part of a fall quarter exhibit at the University of Washington's Allen Library. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1775 Arts and Humanities Campus Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1775 Thu, 18 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT When it comes to training his first-year Portuguese students, Elwin Wirkala doesn't stint on the grammar and spelling drills. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1768 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1768 Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1769 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1769 Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT Thomas Foley, U.S. ambassador to Japan and former Speaker of the House, will address the University of Washington School of Law on Tuesday, Nov. 16, on "The U.S., Japan, and the WTO New Round." http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1761 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1761 Mon, 08 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT Donald King has designed schools before, but you wouldn't expect a medium-sized Seattle architectural firm like his to go all the way to Ghana to do one. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1725 Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1725 Fri, 08 Oct 1999 08:00:00 GMT