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| Nov. 2, 2009 |
Gun-toting UW Students
Some University of Washington students are carrying guns and organizing armed patrols in nearby neighborhoods out of concerns about crime.
| KUOW | |
Experts keep eye on Naches slide area
It's hard to picture a bigger landslide than the one that buried a quarter-mile of Highway 410 in Yakima County in mid-October. But the state Department of Transportation is monitoring adjacent slopes around the clock and hoping the Oct. 11 slump doesn't reactivate part of a monster slide that smothered the Naches River Valley in prehistoric times. David Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences, is quoted.
This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review (Wire story from Seattle Times) | |
Touting tech tools of the future
Last week in Redmond, Microsoft research chief Craig Mundie put the finishing touches on a speech and set of technology demonstrations he'll be sharing in the coming year. This annual road show begins this week with a college tour, starting today at Cornell University. He also will visit Harvard and the University of Illinois before flying back for an appearance at 4:15 p.m. Thursday at the University of Washington's Kane Hall.
| Seattle Times | |
| Nov. 1, 2009 |
Wash. voters get final say on gay partnerships
Referendum 71 asks voters to "approve" or "reject" the final expansion to the state's domestic partnership law, which grants registered domestic partners additional state-granted rights currently given only to married couples. Under state law, heterosexual seniors also can register as domestic partners. The UW's Washington Poll is cited.
This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| The Olympian (AP wire story) | |
Keep consumers safe by bringing back Glass-Steagall Act
The Seattle Times editorial board calls for the breaking up of large bank companies and the re-enactment of the Glass-Steagall Act. Alan Hess, professor of finance and business economics, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
How to get more time with your doctor
Seeing your doctor has never been a picnic (tissue-thin gown, anyone?), but these days it can feel like a hit-and-run. As doctors get busier, appointments get shorter -- you're supposed to spill your family history, get a prescription refill, and have a suspicious mole inspected in less time than it takes to reload your iPod. Larry Mauksch, senior lecturer of family medicine, is quoted.
| MSNBC / Women's Health | |
State measures attract big donations
Sponsored by anti-tax activist Tim Eyman, Initiative 1033 has triggered a $3.4 million opposition campaign bankrolled by the state's largest labor unions and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Proponents have raised $670,000. The UW's Washington Poll is cited.
| Vancouver Columbian | |
The go-to attorney for cops faces a new challenge
Seattle defense attorney David Allen, who has become the go-to guy for cops charged with crimes, is facing one of his most difficult challenges: defending an Everett police officer accused of recklessly killing a drunken-driving suspect. John Junker, professor of law, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
October
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| Oct. 31, 2009 |
Celebrating the railroad and the journey west
The Oregon Historical Society and Oregon History Museum explore how trains transformed the Northwest with a new exhibit, "The West the Railroads Made," which opened Friday and runs through Jan. 31, 2010. "The West the Railroads Made," published by the University of Washington Press in 2008, is noted.
| Portland Oregonian | |
Most voters still have their ballots
Thurston County voters are hanging on to their ballots, but Auditor Kim Wyman is sticking with her prediction of 60 percent to 61 percent turnout in Tuesday's vote-by-mail election. Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
| The Olympian | |
Landslide watch in the Naches River Valley
It's hard to picture a bigger landslide than the one that buried a quarter-mile of Highway 410 in Yakima County in mid-October. But the state Department of Transportation is monitoring adjacent slopes around the clock and hoping the Oct. 11 slump doesn't reactivate part of a monster slide that smothered the Naches River Valley in prehistoric times. David Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
UW students form armed patrol group
Stan Luong has been robbed four times, even pistol-whipped during one incident. The attacks prompted the University of Washington senior to obtain a concealed weapon license. Luong now takes his gun just about everywhere, including the Ave. And Luong's not alone. He and other students have also organized armed patrols around the neighborhood.
| KOMO | |
| Oct. 30, 2009 |
Got a research question? Why, ASK-WA
UW is part of a virtual library system called "ASK-WA." Members include colleges, universities and public libraries across the state and around the nation. Anyone can use the system. It's free and open for business 24/7. There's always a librarian somewhere in the country, ready to help via online chat. And service is also available in Spanish.
| KOMO | |
Flying Solo
In a 1950s magazine ad for Pan American Airlines, a Norman Rockwell portrait shows a crisply uniformed pilot gazing ahead with deep self-assurance. Today the idea of Captain John at the controls, actively weaving an airliner between fluffy clouds, is about as folksy a notion as a Rockwell painting. Jonathan Bricker, affiliate assistant professor of psychology, is quoted.
| Newsweek | |
New UW program clears way to 3-year degree
A new University of Washington program will clear the way to a three-year undergraduate degree for students who arrive on campus with 45 credits, but the university has no plans to hurry students who would prefer to take four years to complete their bachelor's degree.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| The Seattle Times (AP wire story) | |
More firms going to college for advice, interns
The state's universities are seeing a large increase in business people coming to campus seeking assistance -- whether in the form of management skills training, expert guidance or low-cost student interns. Rachel Valdez, for example, needed help after starting her Seattle web development company, 16 Copenhagen, in December. University of Washington business students, along with volunteer business professionals, steered Valdez on how to target customers and prioritize her spending.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Algae bloom killing seabirds mystifies researchers
Bedraggled dead seabirds tangled in sea wrack on Hobuck Beach in Clallam County are just some of more than 8,000 birds killed since just after Labor Day, scientists estimate. The death toll -- which might eventually pass 10,000 -- is from a mysterious algae bloom still off the coast that has scientists and researchers worried and mystified. Julia Parrish, professor of aquatic and fishery sciences, is quoted.
| The Seattle Times | |
NASA Launches Mission To Track Polar Ice By Plane
Climate scientists are about to lose a NASA satellite that's been monitoring the Earth's polar ice caps since 2003. And a replacement won't be in orbit until at least 2015. So NASA has launched a mission to monitor polar ice by plane. Seelye Martin, research professor of oceanography, is quoted.
| National Public Radio | |
Video: Autumn leaves at the Washington Park Arboretum
UW Botanic Gardens plant collection manager Randall Hitchin explains how leaves change color each autumn.
| The Seattle Times | |
| Oct. 29, 2009 |
WA teens sing to keep peers away from drugs
A group of teens is using hip-hop music to keep their peers away from prescription drugs. According to a study just released from a University of Washington research scientist, prescription drugs are the leading cause of drug deaths in King County.
| KING-TV | |
Higher education: prices, tempers rising
A letter to the editor questions President Emmert's assertion in a Seattle Times guest commentary that college tuition is still a bargain.
| Seattle Times | |
Protect consumers from financial predators
The Seattle Times editorial board comments on Congress's proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Alan Hess, professor of finance and business economics, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
Women geeks offer tips on the tech biz
TechFlash asked a few of the women in attendance at a recent Women in Technology event how they got interested in technology and what advice they'd offer to young women looking to break into the tech business now. Emer Dooley, lecturer of business and computer science and affiliated with the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is quoted.
| TechFlash | |
Big Bucks, Few Contenders in King County Council Races
Some of the races in the Seattle area aren't exactly nail-biters this year. Most of the candidates for King County Council are running unopposed. Even so, they've raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to get re-elected. Mark Smith, associate professor of political science, is quoted.
| KUOW | |
Digital Data Makes For A Really Permanent Record
Information doesn't fade the way it used to. Documents that once upon a time could be counted on to be filed and forgotten are now finding an afterlife in digital, searchable form. Vanish, developed at the UW, is mentioned.
| National Public Radio | |
Psychiatrists Among Top Paid State Employees
They are among the top-paid state employees in Washington: psychiatrists who work in the prison system and in the state's mental hospitals. UW Med Center salaries are mentioned.
| KPLU | |
Video: TechFlash Women in Tech
TechFlash presents a video with highlights from the recent Women in Tech event. Yoky Matsuoka, associate professor of computer science and engineering, is a panelist.
| TechFlash | |
Are You Racist? Take the Test and Find Out A small psychology test has millions wondering if they're racist or not.
Tell someone that he's sexist, ageist or racist nowadays and it's easy to get a red-faced defensive reaction. In modern times, men and women of all backgrounds believe themselves to be benevolent egalitarians. Yet, while few want to be known as a bigot, millions of people seem to wonder, "am I?" -- and going to the Project Implicit Web site to find out. Research by Anthony Greenwald, psychology, is cited.
| ABC News | |
Deadly foam kills seabirds, puzzles scientists
Scientists know what caused the ocean foam that has killed thousands of seabirds in Oregon and Washington, but they don't know exactly why it suddenly showed up in such deadly abundance off the Northwest coast. Julia Parrish, aquatic and fishery sciences, is quoted.
This wire story appeared on numerous Web sites.
| Seattle Times (AP wire) | |
| Oct. 28, 2009 |
Killer foam: Was it a freak event or a warning?
A simple organism that killed thousands of seabirds in Oregon and Washington has stunned scientists who are combing through clues in hopes of unraveling its mystery. Julia Parrish, aquatic and fishery sciences, is quoted.
| The Oregonian | |
John McCain sounds off on algae project
Sen. John McCain recently started aTwitter feature called "Pork Barrel Wednesday" where he Tweets information about government projects that in his mind are wasting taxpayer's money. Today, McCain took on the Energy & Water conference report, pointing specifically to a $2 million project for "Algae Research" in Washington state. It was unclear from McCain's Tweet where that money was going or why he objected to it. Research by Rose Ann Cattolico, biology, is cited.
| TechFlash - Seattle's Technology News Source | |
Some UW Students Carrying Weapons In Response To Crimes
Some University of Washington students who said they are frightened by the frequent violence in the area are carrying concealed weapons. Assistant UW Police Chief Ray Wittmier is quoted.
| KIRO-TV CBS 7 | |
Wash mental hospital offers drama therapy program
The one-of-a-kind drama-therapy program at Western State Hospital has brought a unique method of therapy to forensic patients at the mental hospital, people who have been deemed criminally insane or incompetent to stand trial. Perry Wien, social work, is quoted.
This wire story appeared on numerous Web sites.
| The Oregonian & OregonLive.com (AP wire) | |
Mayor's Race in Final Days of Campaigning
With less than a week to go before Election Day, the candidates for Seattle Mayor are working hard to woo the thousands of undecided voters in the race. A poll released yesterday by the University of Washington shows T-Mobile executive Joe Mallahan widening his lead over environmentalist Mike McGinn. But close to 20 percent of likely voters are still undecided in the race.
| KUOW 94.9FM | |
Drama-therapy program helps mental patients work toward healing
The one-of-a-kind drama-therapy program at Western State Hospital has brought a unique method of therapy to forensic patients at the mental hospital, people who have been deemed criminally insane or incompetent to stand trial. Perry Wien, social work, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
Port of Port Angeles election campaign expenses exceed other Clallam races
Incumbent John Calhoun has raised $9,699 against challenger Brad Collins' $3,500 in his bid to keep his Port of Port Angeles seat, an amount that far outdistances the war chests of 33 other Clallam County candidates running for office in Tuesday's general election. Calhoun is director of the UW College of the Environment's Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks.
| Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News | |
Judge declines to suspend rules on R-71 contributions
A federal judge has denied an emergency request that would have allowed opponents of Referendum 71 to accept large donations this late in the campaign — a small setback in a series of bold legal moves that could have ramifications far beyond the Nov. 3 election. Stewart Jay, law, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
R-71 ahead, poll shows
The yearly Washington Poll from the UW shows the statewide Referendum 71 for gay couples’ rights passing one week before the Nov. 3 election, while Tim Eyman's tax-limiting Initiative 1033 is trailing. Matt Barreto, political science, is quoted.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
UW Students Arm Themselves To Protect Themselves
Some University Of Washington students are being called vigilantes after they armed themselves with handguns and tried to set up patrols on University Avenue and other areas around campus where students have been attacked over the past year. Two of them, Stanley Luong and Luis Garcia, say they are assault victims. UW Deputy Police Chief Ray Wittmier is quoted.
| KCPQ-TV Channel 13 | |
| Oct. 27, 2009 |
Access to U.S. Burn Centers Varies by Region
Nearly 80 percent of Americans live within two hours by ground or helicopter transport of a verified burn center, but there are significant regional variations in access to these centers, a new study finds. The research was led by Matthew Klein, surgery.
This wire story appeared on numerous Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay News) | |
Fred Hutchinson scientist gets $4.8M for protein study
An expert at UW and Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has received $4.8 million in federal stimulus funding to make a step toward the long-range goal of measuring all of the proteins in the human body. The money supports the work of Amanda Paulovich, medicine.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
The UW Poll: R-71 up, I-1033 trails
The Washington Poll released results today that show the left-of-center viewpoint is winning on both statewide ballot measures Nov. 3. Referendum 71's expansion of gay couples’ rights is passing and Initiative 1033's cap on government revenue growth is failing. UW's Washington Poll is cited.
| The Olympian | |
Poll finds Washington voters leaning against I-1033
Washington state voters are leaning against tax-limiting Initiative 1033 and strongly favor approval of Referendum 71 to expand domestic partners’ rights, according to a new statewide poll. The UW's Washington Poll is cited.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Weight Gain Associated With Antipsychotic Drugs
Young children and adolescents who take the newest generation of antipsychotic medications risk rapid weight gain and metabolic changes that could lead to diabetes, hypertension and other illnesses, according to the biggest study yet of first-time users of the drugs. Christopher Varley and Jon McClellan, psychiatry and behavioral science, are quoted.
| New York Times | |
Middle age isn't too late to lose weight
Middle-aged female dieters, take heart. It's not too late to lose a significant amount of weight if you make the right changes and stick with them, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Obesity Society. Karen Foster-Schubert, medicine, is quoted.
| USA Today | |
Susan Hutchison attacks Dow Constantine's record as a 'yes-man'
Susan Hutchison said the voting record of her opponent, King County Council member Dow Constantine, shows he is not likely to reform county government as he has promised. But a new University of Washington poll puts Hutchison 13 percentage points behind Constantine in the race for King County executive.
| Seattle Times | |
Poll Says Many Voters Still Undecided
Researchers at the University of Washington have just finished their latest poll on next week's election. Among other things, it suggests that a large group of people are still undecided in many races. Matt Barreto, political science, is quoted.
| KUOW 94.9FM | |
Study: Caffeine may protect against skin cancer
Good news for coffee drinkers: That morning jolt might protect you against the most common kind of skin cancer. Slathering caffeine on your skin could be even better, according to a study in which the UW participated. Dr. Paul Nghiem, dermatology and pathology, is quoted.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
Bill and Melinda Gates to Lobby for Global Health Funds
Bill and Melinda Gates will make an unusual personal appeal to Washington officials Tuesday night, asking them to continue funding global health initiatives despite the recession and to commit to nearly halve the number of child deaths worldwide by 2025. Dean Jamison, global health, is quoted.
| Washington Post | |
A new, fast-growing skin cancer to watch out for
If you think you know how to check for skin cancer, think again. There's a new type, Merkel cell carcinoma, that doesn't look anything like other skin cancers. It's so new that many doctors don't even know about it. Dr. Paul Nghiem, dermatology and pathology, is quoted.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
Doctors developing vaccine for ovarian cancer
Each year, about 25,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which is often caught too late, but a new vaccine could improve those odds. UW research is cited.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
UW develops early detection for lung cancer
There still is no early detection screening for lung cancer. As a result, survivor rates remain low, but new technology developed by the University of Washington has the potential to catch lung cancer before it even develops. Eric Seibel, mechanical engineering and Human Photonics Laboratory, is quoted.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
Kids watch more than a day of TV each week -- latimes.com
More than an entire day -- that's how long children sit in front of the television in an average week, according to new findings released Monday by Nielsen. UW research is cited.
| Los Angeles Times | |
New Poll Sheds Light, Questions on Key Races
A new poll is shedding some light on how voters are reacting to key issues and races. The UW's Washington Poll is cited.
| KPLU-FM | |
| Oct. 26, 2009 |
The Whole Applicant
Across the country, selective public colleges and universities are taking a page from their private counterparts and implementing what is commonly called a holistic or comprehensive admissions process. Philip Ballinger, director of admissions, is quoted.
| New York Times | |
DOT releases powerful simulation of potential quake
It looks like something straight out of Hollywood but Washington State DOT officials say it could be closer to reality than fiction. The agency released an animation of what they believe might happen were a 7.0 earthquake to strike just 20 miles from Seattle and last 60 seconds. New UW research about the Seattle fault is cited.
| KOMO News | |
Swine Flu Vaccine Shortage: Why?
Millions of Americans already have been infected with swine flu. Forty-six states have widespread flu, and the president has declared a national emergency. But only recently have U.S. health officials discovered why manufacturers can't deliver as much swine flu vaccine as expected. UW research is cited.
| National Public Radio - NPR | |
New Face Emerges for Formerly Disfigured Man Surgery removed 11 pounds of tumors from James O'Neal's face.
| ABC News | |
Controversial study suggests vast magma pool under Washington state
A vast pool of molten rock in the continental crust that underlies southwestern Washington state could supply magma to three active volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains, according to a new study that's causing a stir among scientists. Steve Malone, professor emeritus of Earth and space sciences, and Olivier Bachman, assistant professor of Earth and space sciences, are quoted.
| Bellingham Herald | |
U.N. leader: Global climate change is up to the U.S.
Global warming will never be reined in unless the United States leads the way, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday at the start of a two-day visit to Seattle initiated by the UW's Jackson School of International Studies.
| Seattle Times | |
Magma pool under Cascades may link Mt. Rainier, St. Helens
A group of researchers say they've found evidence that some of the explosive peaks in Washington's Cascades are connected via a massive body of partially-molten rock that stretches between Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams and Mount Rainier. George Bergantz, professor of Earth and space sciences, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
News Analysis: Shortages and Confusion in Flu Fight
Good and bad news about swine flu have alternated in the twice-weekly briefings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and confusion has reigned across the country. Vaccinations started earlier than ever before, and now there are serious shortages. Demand for swine flu vaccine is soaring, but only 16 million doses are available now. Ira Longini, biostatistics and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, is quoted.
| The New York Times | |
New Face Emerges for Formerly Disfigured Man Surgery removed 11 pounds of tumors from James O'Neal's face.
James O'Neal is getting used to the brand new contours of his face, now free from an 11-pound mass of tumors. Dr. Peter Neligan, reconstructive surgery, is featured.
| ABC News Online | |
UN leader hopes US will act soon on global warming
Just six weeks before a key meeting on climate change, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he's hopeful the U.S. Senate will pass a significant bill to limit carbon emissions. While in Seattle, Ban received an honorary degree from the University of Washington.
This wire story appeared on numerous Web sites.
| The Oregonian (AP wire) | |
Editorial: Soaring cost of higher education is unsustainable
Average tuition at four-year public colleges in the U.S. is up 6.5 percent. Private schools are up 4.4 percent. Those going to public schools will be paying $429 more per year for a total annual tuition of more than $7,000. Those in private colleges will see tuition go up $1,000 to over $26,000. That’s outrageous at a time when more and more families are seeing their incomes reduced or eliminated when a job is lost.
| Walla Walla Union-Bulletin | |
Ban Ki-Moon to Receive UW Degree
The University of Washington welcomes top international diplomat Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the United Nations, to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.
| KUOW 94.9FM | |
Universal guidelines for healthful groceries may be slowly coming to a store near you
The Smart Choices Program, launched in August, deemed Froot Loops nutritious enough to sport a big checkmark on the front of boxes signifying that choosing the cereal was indeed smart. The news media and consumer advocacy groups had a field day, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration vowed to protect the public against misconceptions caused by the labeling system. On Friday Smart Choices announced it would cease activity and pledged to work with the FDA to develop a universal system for posting nutrition information on the front of food packages. Adam Drewnowski, nutritional science, is quoted.
| Washington Post | |
The Business of Giving | A conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, 64, has had mixed results, but as he acknowledged in an interview, he is facing an unprecedented onslaught of global crises all at once. Ban was in Seattle to give the Political Science Department's 2009 Severyns-Ravenholt Lecture at the University of Washington, where he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at a ceremony in Meany Hall.
| Seattle Times | |
| Oct. 25, 2009 |
Twitter Is Changing The Way Students Ask Questions In Class
Social networking sites are becoming more popular and this form of communicating is now finding its way into the classroom. The University of Washington's digital media class actually requires students to twitter during class. Hanson Hosein, director of the masters of communication in digital media program, is quoted.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
| Oct. 24, 2009 |
King Co. exec. campaign contributions: Who's donating, how much
| Seattle Times | |
Study: Fault line under Seattle bigger than thought
| KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000 | |
Constantine, Hutchison campaign contributions: Who's donating, how much
In the nonpartisan contest for King County executive between Susan Hutchison and Dow Constantine, campaign money looks quite partisan. Matt Barreto, political science, is quoted.
| The Seattle Times | |
Guest columnist | Public university tuition remains a bargain despite recent increases
The 14-percent increase in tuition at Washington's public four-year colleges and universities this year is a headline-grabber, but it is far from the whole story. At the University of Washington, it was possible to consider a 14-percent increase only because of a set of very favorable, if seldom reported, circumstances that not only make a tuition increase reasonable, but make it a bargain to get an education at a world-class university, according to an op-ed piece by UW President Mark Emmert.
| The Seattle Times | |
Study: Fault line under Seattle bigger than thought
New research demonstrates that the Seattle fault extends farther west than was previously known. Beth Martin, graduate student in Earth and space sciences, is quoted.
| KOMO News | |
News Analysis: Shortages, Confusion and Rumors in a Fight Against Flu
Good and bad news about swine flu have alternated in the twice-weekly briefings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and confusion has reigned across the country. Vaccinations started earlier than ever before, and now there are serious shortages. Demand for swine flu vaccine is soaring, but only 16 million doses are available now. Ira Longini, biostatistics and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, is quoted.
| The New York Times | |
No Einstein in Your Crib? Get a Refund
Parent alert: the Walt Disney Company is now offering refunds for all those 'Baby Einstein' videos that did not make children into geniuses. They may have been a great electronic baby sitter, but the unusual refunds appear to be a tacit admission that they did not increase infant intellect. (NOTE: This story substantiates UW research reported in 2007.)
| The New York Times | |
Constantine, Hutchison campaign contributions: Who's donating, how much
In the nonpartisan contest for King County executive between Susan Hutchison and Dow Constantine, campaign money looks quite partisan. Matt Barreto, political science, is quoted.
| The Seattle Times | |
Constantine, Hutchison campaign contributions: Who's donating, how much
In the nonpartisan race for King County executive, campaign money looks quite partisan. Matt Barreto, political science, is quoted
| The Seattle Times | |
| Oct. 23, 2009 |
Guest columnist | Public university tuition remains a bargain despite recent increases
| Seattle Times | |
Letters: Scientists Respond to Our Review of Richard Dawkins’s ‘Greatest Show on Earth’
| New York Times | |
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| New York Times | |
One Tri-City girl's death gives another life
| Longview Daily News | |
Lutefisk and Loot: Tax Records Open in Norway
| New York Times | |
News Analysis: Shortages, Confusion and Rumors in a Fight Against Flu
| New York Times | |
Gates launches Center for Asian Art and Ideas
Seattle Art Museum launches the Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas with a 10-part lecture series at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Anand Yang, director, Jackson School of International Studies, is quoted.
| Northwest Asian Weekly/The Seattle Chinese Post | |
R-71 foes sue to raise donation limits
Apparently emboldened by recent legal victories — including a case being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court — groups opposed to Washington's domestic-partnership law and working to defeat Referendum 71 are suing again in federal court, this time to lift the state's limits on campaign contributions. Matt Barreto, associate professor of political science, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
New camouflage clothing based on scientific research
Camouflage clothing for hunters has been developed much as fishing lures are marketed to anglers: Looking good to the consumer is perhaps more important than what the critter sees. A new camouflage pattern available in limited markets this fall claims to be the first visual concealment pattern based on scientific research into what animals can and cannot see. Jay Neitz, ophthalmology, is quoted.
| Longview Daily News | |
'I didn't recognize myself'
The man who once had half a face now has whole new look. After decades of dealing with a disfigurement, James O'Neal no longer wanted to be the man everyone stares at. Donations helped him pay for reconstructive surgeries, and he let KOMO News accompany him to the operating room. Dr. Peter Neligan, surgery, is featured.
| KOMO-TV Channel 4 | |
Hospital execs: I-1033 hurts health plan
Tim Eyman's Initiative 1033 would puncture the health-care safety net for state residents, according to hospital executives and others who gathered Thursday to oppose the Nov. 3 ballot measure. Among the hardest hit would be hospitals that provide the bulk of the region's charity care for indigent patients, including Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Children's.
| The Seattle Times | |
One Tri-City girl's death gives another life
Pasco mom Gina Rider knows how it is to feel extreme joy and sadness at the same time. Her 17-year-old daughter was near death earlier this month but is breathing today thanks to a double lung transplant. The work of the UW Medical Center is cited.
| Tri-City Herald | |
100 years of cultural sharing: UW earns honor for Japan Studies program
In 1909, the University of Washington opened its Department of Oriental Studies. One hundred years later, what is now the Japan Studies program is receiving the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Award in recognition of its work in Seattle and worldwide. Itsuko Nishikawa, Asian languages and literature, is cited.
| The Seattle Times | |
Mediocre? Not us!
All colleges and graduate schools of education must do a better job of preparing future teachers for the classroom, Arne Duncan, secretary of education, said in a speech Thursday. Many leaders of teacher education programs said they agreed with his comments, but it was hard to find any who said they thought his criticisms applied to their institutions. Kenyon Chan and Bradley Portin, UW Bothell, are quoted.
| Inside Higher Ed | |
Hospital execs: I-1033 hurts health plan
Tim Eyman's Initiative 1033 would puncture the health-care safety net for state residents, according to hospital executives and others who gathered Thursday to oppose the Nov. 3 ballot measure. Among the hardest hit would be hospitals that provide the bulk of the region's charity care for indigent patients, including Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Children's.
| The Seattle Times | |
One Tri-City girl's death gives another life
Pasco mom Gina Rider knows how it is to feel extreme joy and sadness at the same time. Her 17-year-old daughter was near death earlier this month but is breathing today thanks to a double lung transplant. The work of the UW Medical Center is cited.
| Tri-City Herald | |
100 years of cultural sharing: UW earns honor for Japan Studies program
In 1909, the University of Washington opened its Department of Oriental Studies. One hundred years later, what is now the Japan Studies program is receiving the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Award in recognition of its work in Seattle and worldwide. Itsuko Nishikawa, Asian languages and literature, is cited.
| The Seattle Times | |
Hospital execs: I-1033 hurts health plan
Tim Eyman's Initiative 1033 would puncture the health-care safety net for state residents, according to hospital executives and others who gathered Thursday to oppose the Nov. 3 ballot measure. Among the hardest hit would be hospitals that provide the bulk of the region's charity care for indigent patients, including Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center and Seattle Children's.
| The Seattle Times | |
Mediocre? Not Us!
All colleges and graduate schools of education must do a better job of preparing future teachers for the classroom, Arne Duncan, secretary of education, said in a speech Thursday. Many leaders of teacher education programs said they agreed with his comments, but it was hard to find any who said they thought his criticisms applied to their institutions. Kenyon Chan and Brad Portin, UW Bothell, are quoted.
| Inside Higher Ed | |
| Oct. 22, 2009 |
Norwegians bare it all
So you think the government releases too much private information and the nosy news media publishes it? Then be glad you don’t live in Norway. Tax authorities there annually issue a “tax list” of how much money nearly every taxpayer made, how much each paid in taxes and how much each is worth. Christine Ingebritsen, professor of Scandanavian studies, is quoted.
| Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald | |
Tax records open in Norway
It's the moment nosy Norwegian neighbors have been waiting for - the release of official records showing the annual income and overall wealth of nearly every taxpayer in the Scandinavian country. Christine Ingebritsen, professor of Scandanavian studies, is quoted.
This wire story appeared on numerous Web sites.
| Washington Post (AP wire) | |
Legislators Expect to Spend 60-Day Session Fighting for Programs
Two legislators attending a community forum in Silverdale cautioned community members not to expect much out of this year’s legislative short session. Reps. Kathy Haigh, D-Shelton, and Sherry Appleton, D-Poulsbo, said finding ways to balance the state’s budget would be the primary focus of legislators entering the 60-day session. UW tuition increase is cited.
| Kitsap Sun | |
One of the world's smallest microscopes is at UW
Two months ago, the University of Washington's Medical Center bought a Cellvizio microscope -- one of 40 in existence. This model is the smallest microscope in the world. The work of Dr. Michael Saunders, medicine, is featured.
| seattlepi.com | |
| Oct. 21, 2009 |
Quake off Oregon coast posed no hazard, researcher says
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Oregon early this morning posed no hazard and was a common event for the zone where it occurred, a researcher said. Paul Bodin, a research associate professor in Earth and space sciences, is quoted.
| The Oregonian | |
Modest Results, But a Sign of Hope
Is the AIDS-vaccine syringe half full — or virtually empty? That's the question researchers continue to contemplate following the release on Tuesday of the full trial data of a vaccine tested against HIV infection in Thailand. Nicole Frahm, a researcher with global health and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research, is quoted.
| Time Magazine | |
Opponents of Eyman initiative fear it's hidden on King County ballot
Opponents of Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1033 say they’re worried King County voters will have trouble finding the measure on the ballot, which was mailed to voters last week. Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
| Longview Daily News | |
Fast action can save someone whose heart has stopped, even if you aren't trained in CPR
The leader of a leading heart-health group has a message for you: If someone suddenly keels over around you, do something. Actually, do three things: Call 9-1-1, start CPR and use an automatic defibrillator, if one is around. Dr. Richard Page, president of the Heart Rhythm Society and UW cardiology professor, is quoted.
| The Oregonian | |
I-1033 foes fear voters will miss initiative on their ballots
Opponents of Tim Eyman's Initiative 1033 say they're worried King County voters will have trouble finding the measure on the ballot, which was mailed to voters last week. The initiative was placed underneath a large diagram, on the left side of the mail-in ballot, that shows people how to vote. Matt Barreto, political science, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
Tuition and fees soaring at colleges across nation
Average tuition and fees are now $7,020 for public four-year colleges and $26,273 for private colleges, the College Board reported Tuesday, with prices increasing more rapidly in the public sector. UW is cited.
| Seattle Times | |
Changing face of Valley's electorate
Latinos account for all the growth in voter registration in Yakima County over the past five years while non-Latinos are slowly disappearing from the rolls, according to data from the Auditor's Office. Still, Latino voters are much less likely to cast ballots than others. A 2007 report from Matt Barreto, political science, is cited.
| Yakima Herald-Republic | |
Baby talk comes in many languages
Four years ago, Jackie Friedman Mighdoll, a mother of young children, opened Sponge, a learning center that encourages the immersion of children in multiple languages. This resulted from her interest in the research on early language learning being conducted at the University of Washington. Patricia Kuhl, professor of speech and hearing sciences, is cited.
| Colors Northwest | |
Poll: Mallahan surges ahead in Seattle mayor race
A new KING 5 News Poll conducted by SurveyUSA shows Joe Mallahan has surged ahead in the race for Seattle mayor, just one day after opponent Mike McGinn reversed course on his vow to fight the tunnel that will replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Matt Barreto, political science, is quoted.
| KING-TV Channel 5 | |
| Oct. 20, 2009 |
Micro-quake off Edmonds felt in Everett
A micro-earthquake near Edmonds was pinpointed to a location 3 miles west of Picnic Point and a depth of about 8 miles, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University of Washington.
| Everett Herald | |
Justice blocks release of Ref. 71 names
Constitutional-law experts scrambled to apply meaning to an order issued Monday by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, temporarily blocking the release of the names of those who signed Referendum 71 petitions, in what has become a months-long legal back and forth. Law professors Stewart Jay and Hugh Spitzer are quoted.
| The Seattle Times | |
Homeless Alcoholics Cost Taxpayers
Thousands of chronic alcoholics are battling life on Seattle streets but they're not doing it alone. Researchers say taxpayers are supporting this lifestyle paying out an average of $4,832 dollars every month. That's according to a UW study that looked at a group of chronically homeless individuals who incurred the highest total costs in 2004 for use of taxpayer-funded services. Mary Larimer, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is quoted.
| Q13 FOX | |
Hospitals limit visitors over swine flu fears
Visiting a loved one in the hospital? Better check on new flu limits first. Hospitals around the country are turning away visiting children and tightening restrictions on adults, too, in hopes of limiting spread of swine flu in the hallways - although there's little science the limits work. Ira Longini, professor of biostatistics, is quoted.
This wire story appeared on some news Web sites.
| Herald (AP wire story) | |
Tribes push for fish-friendly culverts
He's heavier now, his face lined with creases, his white hair receding in a widow's peak. But nearly 65 years after his first arrest for poaching fish, Billy Frank Jr. is back in a familiar spot — in court battling the state of Washington over salmon. Robert Anderson, director of the UW Native American Law Center, is quoted.
| The Seattle Times | |
Volunteering Computers for Science
The next cure for a major disease is as likely to be discovered on a computer as on a laboratory bench—and scientists are enlisting ordinary citizens to volunteer to help crunch the data. David Baker, professor of biochemistry, is quoted.
| Wall Street Journal | |
Hospitals restricting visitors to stop swine flu
Visiting a loved one in the hospital? Better check on new flu limits first. Hospitals around the country are turning away visiting children and tightening restrictions on adults, too, in hopes of limiting spread of swine flu in the hallways - although there's little science the limits work. Ira Longini, professor of biostatistics, is quoted.
This wire story appeared on some news Web sites.
| The Washington Post (AP wire story) | |
Two arrested after UW student robbed at gunpoint
Two men were arrested Sunday night after a Seattle police officer witnessed them robbing a University of Washington student at gunpoint at Northeast 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue Northeast.
| The Seattle Times | |
Drop in donations hurts Elizabeth Gregory House for homeless women
In August 2008, the Elizabeth Gregory Home, a long-term transitional residence for homeless women in Seattle's University District, was faced with shutting its doors because of a lack of funding. A story in The Seattle Times produced an outpouring of donations, and the agency has continued to help single women, about two-thirds of them victims of domestic violence. Now the home is again facing an uncertain future, a symptom, its leaders say, of the poor economy. Nancy Amidei, senior lecturer in social work, is quoted.
| The Seattle Times | |
AIDS Vaccine Results Show Modest Success
Fresh results from the world's first successful test of an experimental AIDS vaccine confirm that it is only marginally effective and suggest that its protection against HIV infection may wane over time. Dr. Lawrence Corey, professor of medicine, laboratory medicine and pediatrics, who heads the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, is quoted.
This wire story appeared on some news Web sites.
| CBS News (AP wire story) | |
| Oct. 19, 2009 |
I-1033 could hit higher ed especially hard
If Initiative 1033 is approved by the state's voters, higher education could be especially vulnerable to budget cuts. UW President Mark Emmert is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
Russian immigrant, black woman finds a home in Everett
Natasha Makanju, a black woman who was born in the Soviet Union and moved to Everett about a year ago, has always been regarded as "different" wherever she lived. Glennys Young, associate professor of history, is quoted.
| Everett Herald | |
Northwest doctors specializing in end-of-life care
Palliative care has just been named a formal sub-specialty of medicine. For the first time, Northwest doctors will be earning special fellowships to help families through life threatening illness. Wayne McCormick, director of the new Palliative Medicine Fellowship at the UW, is interviewed.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
| Oct. 18, 2009 |
Classes fit with city’s evolution
A letter writer to the Herald praises the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the UW, which now offers courses in Everett.
| Everett Herald | |
Vote on partners divides county
Will Washington state extend or roll back the civil rights of same-sex partners that were granted by the Legislature this year? That is the question Referendum 71 asks voters in the Nov. 3 election. Peter Nicolas and Stewart Jay of the UW School of Law are quoted.
| The Olympian | |
| Oct. 17, 2009 |
Criminally Insane, but Out on the Street (AP wire story)
Phillip Paul, who was declared criminally insane, recently escaped from the custody of Eastern State Hospital while he and 31 other patients were on a field trip to the Western Washington State Fair. Jennifer Stuber, assistant professor of social work, is quoted.
This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| New York Times | |
Chapter 11 for Cascadia
The developer of Cascadia, a major master-planned community near Bonney Lake, filed initial Chapter 11 bankruptcy documents late Thursday. Linda Hume, professor in the School of Law, is quoted.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
Departure may mark shift in admission goals at Seattle U.
Michael McKeon, a 14-year veteran dean of admissions at Seattle U. who'd built a national reputation for opening the doors to poor and minority students, was abruptly forced out by the university, according to sources. The university has been grappling with a freshman enrollment shortfall and fundamental questions about the type of students it wants to attract.
| Seattle Times | |
| Oct. 16, 2009 |
Are We There Yet?: I Don’t Like Spiders and Snakes But This Guy Does
Rod Crawford, curator of arachnids at the Burke Museum, debunks some myths about spiders.
| Kitsap Sun | |
Doomsday in reverse?
A series of scientific papers that have been kicking around for a couple of years suggest that if the Large Hadron Collider ever were to find something that shattered the cosmos, the future universe might protect itself by sending a backward-causality wave to break the Large Hadron Collider, or at least warn us. UW physicist John Cramer is quoted.
| MSNBC | |
Arts roundup: Seattle galleries to close; Seattle Opera's Young Artists Program
Two art galleries, one a relative newcomer, the other a First Avenue institution, are closing their doors before the end of the year. The Benham Gallery's final show is "UW: Photomedia," showcasing the work of University of Washington faculty and staff members Rebecca Cummins, Ellen Garvens, Michael VanHorn and Paul Berger.
| Seattle Times | |
UW Chamber Dance Company to deliver 'The Shape of Dissent'
Next week, the University of Washington Chamber Dance Company will dramatically expand public awareness of 20th-century choreographers who carved a place for social change and awareness on the American dance stage.
| Seattle Times | |
A forest and a 'carbon sink' grow on Vashon
A barren pit on Vashon Island is turning into an experiment in restoring the landscape, while getting greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Kate Kurtz, a doctoral student in the University of Washington's School of Forest Resources, is working on an experiment to see what happens if you take a place with no topsoil, and enrich it with compost.
| seattlepi.com | |
It's Not Just Genetics
Rising obesity threatens to condemn a significant share of the next generation to a lifetime of weight-related disease, overburdening the already struggling U.S. health-care system. Adam Drewnowski, director of the nutritional-science program, is quoted.
| Time.com (Time Magazine) | |
Flying NASA lab peers under a melting Antarctica to study collapsing ice sheets, implications
Hoping to better understand how a melting Antarctica could swamp the planet, a NASA plane outfitted with lasers and ground-penetrating radar made its first flight over the icy continent on Friday. Investigators from the UW are part of the study.
This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 (AP wire story) | |
Flooding from Naches landslide still a threat
The massive landslide that wiped out over a half mile of highway 410 in Yakima County's Nile Valley, along with at least eight homes is still moving and is expected to keep creeping. A team from the University of Washington's Seismology Lab is here, putting nearly 20 small seismometers in the ground, not for earthquakes, but to record small vibrations from the slow moving slide.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
| Oct. 15, 2009 |
State warned gravel pit of slope instability 4 years before landslide
Washington's Department of Natural Resources warned a Naches, Yakima County, gravel pit four years ago that its operations might be destabilizing a portion of the slope that collapsed onto Highway 410 this week. UW geologist David Montgomery is quoted.
| The Seattle Times | |
Experts on indigenous migration gather in Seattle
A conference hosted by the University of Washington on Friday featuring American, Mexican and Guatemalan experts aims at bringing some information on the reasons and history behind the movement of indigenous people to the United States.
This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Seattle Times (AP wire story) | |
Weekend is all about shrooms
The seventh annual Quinault Rain Forest Mushroom festival is Friday through Sunday. Seminars on Saturday include introduction to mushroom collecting and mushroom identification with Steven Trudell, mycrologist and University of Washington affiliate professor of forest resources.
| The Daily World | |
UW: Spokane to have 4-year med school
University of Washington President Mark Emmert said Spokane will have a four-year medical school program as soon as state budget constraints allow.
This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Seattle Times (AP wire story) | |
TechFlash Women in Tech: Top-notch panel
"TechFlash Live: Women in Tech" will be held on Oct. 28. The event features a panel discussion. Panelists include Yoky Matsuoka, associate professor of computer science and engineering, and the winner of a MacArthur Genius Award for her work in neurorobotics.
| TechFlash - Seattle's Technology News Source | |
Budget slows medical school
University of Washington President Mark Emmert said Spokane will have a four-year medical school "as soon as possible," but told the annual meeting of Greater Spokane Inc. the state's budget constraints are a problem.
| Spokesman-Review | |
Arctic sea ice coverage
The Guardian displays a time-lapse map of changes in Arctic sea ice coverage from 1978 to 2008, developed by Ignatius Rigor at the Applied Physics Lab.
| Guardian Unlimited (London) | |
UW and WSU President conduct fireside chat
University of Washington President Mark Emmert and Washington State University President Elson Floyd conducted a fireside chat during the Greater Spokane Inc. meeting in the Spokane Convention Center.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review | |
Budget slows medical school
University of Washington President Mark Emmert said Spokane will have a four-year medical school “as soon as possible,” but told the annual meeting of Greater Spokane Inc. the state’s budget constraints are a problem.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review | |
| Oct. 14, 2009 |
Those lost table manners
UW sociologist Pepper Schwartz comments on what is being called the New Boorishness in public behavior.
| CNN | |
University enrollment climbs
Enrollment is up at Washington’s public universities this fall, with most of the increase coming from students who decided to stay in school rather than seek their fortunes elsewhere in a down economy.
This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review (AP wire story) | |
Under the Ice in the Arctic
The ABC News Web site features a slide show of a training exercise in the Arctic involving a Navy Submarine. The UW's Applied Physics Laboratory provided support for the exercise.
| ABC News | |
Stale Economy Keeps More in School
Those choosing to stick with school and away from the gloomy job market are helping universities in Washington post record enrollment numbers.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
Naches landslide still moving
The earth continued shifting Monday at the site of a weekend landslide that obliterated a section of highway, rerouted a river and prompted evacuations in central Washington state. UW geologist David Montgomery is quoted.
This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Wenatchee World (AP wire story) | |
Walmart III opens in West Valley
A new Walmart in the West Valley area of Yakima opened after many years of controvery and opposition from some residents. Mary Ann Odegaard, director of the retail management program at the Foster School of Business, is quoted.
| Wenatchee World | |
Seattle, toward a 'MetroNation'
Brookings' Bruce Katz argues in a UW talk that this "metro" can help lead the U.S. toward a new, more prosperous economy.
| Crosscut | |
| Oct. 13, 2009 |
Crowdsourcing philanthropy -- do the masses know best?
Philanthropic efforts, when combined with the possibilities of the Internet, are producing interesting hybrids, and crowdsourcing ideas for development is one of them. The UW's number of Peace Corps volunteers is noted.
| Seattle Times | |
Massive landslide baffles state officials
The landslide that smothered a stretch of Highway 410 Sunday could be among the largest ever to hit a state roadway, but its cause remains a mystery. David Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
Horizon plane to fly over University of Washington football game
A Horizon Air plane featuring UW logos will probably be seen at Husky Stadium in Seattle Oct. 24 when the University of Washington plays the Oregon Ducks.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
UW Bothell: Fall attendance sets record
University of Washington Bothell campus said fall enrollment set a record. Campus officials said there were 2,374 full-time equivalent students enrolled, or a head count of 2,801.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
| Oct. 12, 2009 |
Basics: In Mammals, a Complex Journey to the Middle Ear
A new study suggests the middle ear was such a great invention, such an essential part of being a mammal, that once evolution had seized upon it, no crude substitute or older model would do. Christian Sidor, associate professor of biology, is quoted.
| New York Times | |
Meet the Maggie Walker fish, an ugly little critter that can't swim but still impresses
It was a cold-blooded thank you present. When Maggie Walker retired as chair of the advisory board of the University of Washington's College of Arts and Sciences, the college arranged for an unusual gift. They had a graduate student name a tropical fish after her.
| seattlepi.com | |
Texting, Surfing, Studying?
New York Times columnist Perri Klass writes about the impact of technological intrusions on children's study habits. Dimitri Christakis, director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, is quoted.
| The New York Times | |
| Oct. 11, 2009 |
'New' type of breast cancer, DCIS, can put life on hold
More than 60,000 American women each year are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, a growth of malignant cells inside the milk ducts of the breast. Susan Reed, professor of obstetics and gynecology, is quoted.
| USA Today | |
Training to Climb an Everest of Digital Data
It is a rare criticism of elite American university students that they do not think big enough. But that is exactly the complaint from some of the largest technology companies and the federal government. Andrew Connolly, associate professor of astronomy, is quoted.
| New York Times | |
Seattle's opportunity emerging from the Great Recession
In an op-ed piece, Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings in Washington, D.C., writes that the severe recession is forcing dramatic changes in business and government policies, and that Seattle's assets, such as the University of Washington, make it uniquely positioned to take advantage of national renewal with hard work, smart decisions and some luck. Katz will give the Jesse and John Danz free public lecture Tuesday at Kane Hall.
| Seattle Times | |
Digital camo revolutionizing deer hunts
Camouflage clothing for hunters has been developed much as fishing lures are marketed to anglers: Looking good to the consumer is perhaps more important than what the critter sees. Jay Neitz, professor of opthalmology, is quoted.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review | |
Referendum 71: Pro
In an op-ed piece, Rory Bowman, a Vancouver computer consultant and a local team captain for "Approve 71", writes in support of Referendum 71. UW research is cited.
| Vancouver Columbian | |
UW grad student's show explores nature of friendships past
The Seattle Times reviews UW grad student Peter Nelson's "Former Best Friends Forever," showing at Gallery4Culture through October 30.
| Seattle Times | |
Autism rate on a steep climb
The number of children diagnosed with autism is going up, and no one knows why. UW research is noted.
| Everett Herald | |
Rural hospitals seek Rx for survival
Although people in Pomeroy like to brag that the town is "about 30 miles from anywhere," it sits squarely at the crossroads of what works and what doesn’t in the realm of rural health care. On the plus side, "If something is wrong I can walk right in here and see my doctor," said Harold Waldher, who moved back to his hometown after retiring in the Seattle area. "That's not something a lot of people in cities can say." But while many in the town laud their local care, Garfield County Memorial Hospital has been on life support for years. The rate of UW Med School graduates entering family medicine is cited.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review | |
| Oct. 10, 2009 |
Colleges reach out to older, jobless alumni
Institutions of higher education have broadened services for graduates looking to find or change jobs because of the economic downturn, offering networking events, Web-career resources and professional-development workshops in exchange for long-term loyalty. Some schools, including WSU and the University of Washington, contract with professional services such as North 40 Network, an Alameda, Calif.-based service targeting alumni age 40 and older.
| Seattle Times | |
| Oct. 9, 2009 |
Poll shows R-71 close, I-1033 winning
A Survey USA poll released earlier this week shows Referendum 71 is winning by less than the margin of error, and Tim Eyman's tax-reducing I-1033 is winning by a wider margin. KING television commissioned the poll. The University of Washington Poll, which has been pretty accurate in recent Northwest election cycles, is not due out until Oct. 27.
| The Olympian | |
Angel Island's Chinese Immigration Tales
Though it's sometimes called the "Ellis Island of the West," the Angel Island Immigration Station was less welcome mat and more barbed-wire fence. "Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940," published by the University of Washington press in 1999, is noted.
| Washington Post | |
Heritage hosting math and science camp today
High school students from around the Yakima Valley are heading to Heritage University in Toppenish today to take part in a math and science camp, sponsored by the University of Washington’s GEAR UP program.
| Yakima Herald-Republic | |
Dale Chihuly to sell Tacoma site
Renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly is selling the Brewery District building that houses his publishing and shipping operations to a Kirkland-based development company. University spokesman Mike Wark told The News Tribune on Oct. 1 that if the school had known that a building so close to its campus was for sale, it would have been interested.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
Ban Ki-Moon to receive honorary degree from UW
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Washington on Oct. 26 at a formal convocation.
| Northwest Asian Weekly | |
Take advantage of great classes
A letter to the editor encourages people to take advantage of the UW's Everett-based Osher Institute.
| Everett Herald | |
Teen fugitive Colton Harris-Moore becomes a national celebrity
For better or worse, a prolific young burglar from Camano Island is becoming a household name across the country. On Thursday, two national media outlets devoted air time to the story of 18-year-old Colton Harris-Moore, who is accused of stealing boats, cars and Cessna aircraft. Michael Allen, professor of history and of American studies at UW Tacoma, is quoted.
| Everett Herald | |
American dream comes to abrupt end after wrong turn
Alonso Chehade was like any other American teen. He played soccer at North Kitsap High. He excelled at the University of Washington. He learned in school about the American dream and was ready to start living it. That was until a wrong turn and a closed-off ramp put him at the Canadian Border.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
UW Students Crammed Into Dorm Lounges
Instead of cramming for tests, students are crammed in together at dorms at the University of Washington. The UW is stuffing them into any open space dozens at time. Now some say the school is risking student safety to solve a serious overcrowding problem.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
| Oct. 8, 2009 |
Lamborghini Courts Sir Mix-A-Lot, Balances Power With Emissions
Lamborghini and rivals such as Ferrari and Bentley are miles behind the industry average for carbon-dioxide emissions just as standards tighten in Europe and the U.S. Engineers are now retooling engines, building frames with carbon fibers and improving exhaust systems. The Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy-based carmaker is working with Boeing Co. in a venture at the University of Washington in Seattle to develop the light composites that complement metals in car frames and bodies.
| Bloomberg.com | |
Hutchinson cancer center scientists get $16.7M to research stem cells
Two scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle have been awarded $16.7 million for stem cell research projects. One of the recipients is Irwin Bernstein, professor of pediatrics, who will work with Edward Morrisey of the University of Pennsylvania to study how biochemical reactions inside cells affect cell development.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
U.S. Awards $60 Million for Vaccine Boosters
The U.S. government awarded $60 million to researchers and companies on Thursday to develop vaccine adjuvants -- substances designed to boost the immune response and can help stretch short vaccine supplies. The UW was one recipient of award money.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| ABC News (Reuters wire story) | |
NASA flights will study Antarctic ice changes
NASA plans to launch next week the first of 17 planned flights to study changes in Antarctic ice and collect data that may help scientists better predict the consequences of those changes, officials said Thursday. Seelye Martin, research professor of oceanography and mission leader on the project, is quoted.
| CNN | |
How to achieve 'planned patienthood'
"Planned patienthood" means taking an active role, thinking through before you even step foot into the doctor's office what you want to get out of the appointment. Here are five steps to achieving "planned patienthood" so you can get the most out of the time you have with your doctor. Larry Mauksch, senior lecturer of family medicine, is quoted.
| CNN | |
How Dangerous Could a Hacked Robot Possibly Be?
It seems like a question ripped from the back of a cheap sci-fi novel: What happens when the robots are turned against us? But researchers at the University of Washington think it's finally time to start paying some serious attention to the question of robot security. Not because they think robots are about to go all Terminator on us, but because the robots can already be used to spy on us and vandalize our homes.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| New York Times (IDG News Service) | |
Region in brief: Pediatrician elected association president
Dr. Deborah Harper, a pediatrician with Group Health Cooperative in Spokane, has been elected president of the Washington State Medical Association. In addition to her work with children at Group Health, Harper serves as an assistant dean at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine and oversees the medical student and residency programs in Eastern Washington.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review | |
Family writes the book on one of Seattle's verdant hidden gardens
The Seattle Times reviews "In Love with a Hillside Garden," by Ann, Daniel and Benjamin Streissguth and published by the University of Washington Press.
| Seattle Times | |
America's Greenest Colleges
Everything under the sun is being sold as green nowadays, and colleges are no different. The UW is noted for the number of commuters who use environmentally conscious methods of transportation.
| Forbes | |
| Oct. 7, 2009 |
A Researcher in Our Back Yard
When North Mason residents have a question about algae bloom, want to know about their septic tank issues, or they spot fish kills or a dead seal, there is usually one person they call first: Teri King. King is the marine water-quality specialist for Washington Sea Grant’s Shelton office.
| Kitsap Sun | |
Babies Born to Childhood Cancer Survivors Do Well
Cancer treatments can compromise fertility, but new research suggests that when survivors of childhood cancer are able to have children, their babies do not face an increased risk of birth defects. Eric Chow, acting instructor of pediatrics, is quoted.
| New York Times | |
Arctic sea ice rebounds some in 2009, but still low, new report says
Arctic sea ice rebounded some in 2009 from record-setting low years in 2007 and 2008, but the sea ice extent remains significantly less than previous decades and maintains a trajectory toward ice-free Arctic summers, according to the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center. Data from Mike Steele, senior oceanographer with the Applied Physics Lab, is cited.
| Portland Oregonian | |
Teens who binge on alcohol damage brains, UW study finds
In human and rodent teens, youthful exposure to alcohol can produce devastating effects on still-developing brains -- and decision-making skills down the road. A recent study by researchers at the University of Washington found that adolescent rats (30 to 49 days old) allowed to binge on a gel containing 10 percent ethanol exhibited poor judgment three weeks after being cut off following a 20-day binge.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Everett Herald (Scripps Howard News Service) | |
Partial success of AIDS vaccine raises hopes
Last month, scientists testing an HIV vaccine in Thailand reported the shots seemed to cut the risk of infection by 31.2 percent. That's not much, but it's the first time an HIV vaccine has shown any hint of ability to stop new infections, which strike about 5 million people a year worldwide. Lawrence Corey, head of virology, and Shelly Karuna, graduate student in health services, is quoted.
| Portland Oregonian | |
Lamborghinis invade UW
Students ogle a Lamborghini sports car outside Guggenheim Hall on the University of Washington campus Tuesday following a ceremony naming the Advanced Composite Structures Lab for the Italian automaker.
| Seattle Times | |
Public-policy group elects dean
Sandra O. Archibald, dean and professor in the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington, has been elected to the National Academy of Public Administration, an independent coalition that helps shape national public policy.
| Seattle Times | |
UW helping Lamborghinis become faster, lighter
The sound of a Lamborghini is seductive, and it means big bucks for the University of Washington. The Italian automaker is donating $1 million to the school. And in exchange, UW researchers will help Lamborghinis become lighter, faster and safer.
| KOMO-TV ABC | |
Stelarc, an artist who is implanting an ear in his arm, to speak at Henry Art Gallery
Stelarc, the Australian performance artist who blurs the boundary between human physiology and robotics, gives a talk at Seattle's Henry Art Gallery.
| Seattle Times | |
University of Washington to give honorary degree to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
The University of Washington will give an honorary degree to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon when he visits the school later this month.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Los Angeles Times (AP wire story) | |
Elizabeth Taylor's Latest Health Crisis
Actor and Hollywood glamour icon Elizabeth Taylor sent out a message on Twitter Tuesday, telling her fans that she is going in for heart surgery and requesting prayers. The operation is "very new and involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device, without open heart surgery so that my heart will function better," the tweet read. Edward Verrier, professor of cardiothoracic surgery, is quoted.
| ABC News | |
Fighting cocaine addiction with vaccine-like shots shows promise in government-funded research
Local experts who treat those with addiction says a Cocaine vaccine study that was able to keep some abusers from getting high, shows a lot of promise. Peter Roy-Byrne, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is quoted.
| Q13 FOX | |
Video: Lamborghini laboratories
The Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory dedication ceremony was held at Guggenheim Hall on UW campus. Lamborghini and Boeing have provided research support for UW's Department in Aeronautics & Astronautics.
| The Seattle Times | |
| Oct. 6, 2009 |
Speed Patrol Heads Back To College To Slow Down Speeders At The University Of Washington
School's back in session at the UW and that means students have returned to campus and cops say the speeders are back too.
| KCPQ-TV FOX | |
For Gun-Shy Consumers, Debit Is Replacing Credit
The recession has cooled the American ardor for living on credit. After years of saying "Charge it," consumers are more often paying with their debit cards instead. Lewis Mandell, professor of finance, is quoted.
| Washington Post | |
Portfolio districts offer Portland a plan to consider
As Portland school leaders consider redesigning the city's high schools, they should take a look at what's been happening in four other cities that are experimenting with diversifying their schools. A report released today by the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington said each city is developing a different portfolio, but all are based on a plan of continuous improvement.
| Portland Oregonian | |
Lamborghinis & more Lamborghinis at UW
It sounded like lions were roaming the University of Washington campus this afternoon, where you could hear the roar of Lamborghinis prowling around the buildings. A dozen or so cars, ranging from the entry-level $220,000 Gallardo Spyder up to the $450,000 Murcielago SV, were on hand for the grand opening of the Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory.
| Seattle Times | |
Boeing, Lamborghini celebrate new UW lab
Lamborghini has now lent its name to the UW's composite materials lab, along with a donation of more than $1 million for its establishment. The company's CEO Stephan Winkelmann was on hand today, along with Boeing's executive vice president, Scott Carson, to dedicate the new lab.
| KING-TV NBC | |
U. of Washington Tightens Oversight of Study Abroad
The University of Washington, which has dealt with problems in study abroad in recent years, has increased its oversight of the programs.
| Chronicle of Higher Education | |
Most Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Healthy Babies
Most female and male childhood cancer survivors have normal pregnancies and healthy children, according to two U.S. studies. Beth Mueller, professor of epidemiology, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay wire story) | |
Lamborghini's new UW lab is its portal to the future
Seattle Times columnist Brier Dudley writes: "My report last week that Lamborghini is funding a new research lab at the University of Washington doesn't do justice to the story. It's way more than a few computers running simulations."
| Seattle Times | |
'Wondrous Cold': Burke exhibit shows there's much more to Antarctica than penguins
The Seattle Times reviews "Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey," currently on display at the Burke Museum.
| Seattle Times | |
First-time buyers ignite home sales
The $8,000 tax credit for first-time buyers has helped fuel a surge in home sales, nationally and locally. Closed sales of single-family homes in King County were up more than 14 percent in September from the same month last year, the Northwest Multiple Listing Service reported Monday. George Rolfe, director of the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
Worried About Mercury In Fish? Guidelines For Safe Seafood Eating
Nearly all fish and shellfish contain traces of mercury. For most people, the risk from mercury by eating fish and shellfish is not a health concern. Yet, some fish and shellfish contain higher levels of mercury that may harm an unborn baby or young child's developing nervous system. Diane Javelli, clinical dietitian, is quoted.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
Attorney General's office move back in limbo
It looks like the Tacoma office for the state attorneys general isn't moving to the Brewery District after all. General Administration spokesman Jim Erskine said that on Friday afternoon, Kirkland-based developer MJR withdrew from negotiations for the Attorney General lease space in the Jet Building on 21st Street and Jefferson Avenue. The building is owned by renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly and it sits just outside the state-approved footprint for the University of Washington.
| The News Tribune | |
After Amanda Knox, UW tightens rules for study abroad
Mirroring a nationwide trend, the University of Washington is overhauling how its students and professors interface with foreign countries.
| seattlepi.com | |
A new lab to feed Lamborghini's need for speed
Lamborghini president and CEO Stephan Winkelmann is turning to the composites experts at the University of Washington in Seattle to help him get a few more miles per hour into his cars. He came to campus on Oct. 6 to open the new Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Lab, a facility funded largely by the company’s $1 million donation.
| Business Week | |
UW tackles huge genome research project
The feds are sending $30.2 million to the University of Washington to boost its genetics research. The money will be used to find and chart rare variations of genetic codes -- with researchers hoping to use those variations to better tackle lung, heart and blood diseases.
| seattlepi.com | |
| Oct. 5, 2009 |
Inside the Lamborghini lab at UW: photos & video
Here's a look inside the Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory opening Tuesday at the University of Washington.
| Seattle Times | |
Fred Hutch: Federal grant will help create, retain 920 jobs
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center says that it is due receive $16 million in federal stimulus funds in the next two years. The $16 million will go toward four different projects: genetic testing at the Fred Hutch and UW, the effectiveness of diagnostic tests at UW, and research at Group Health on breast cancer imaging techniques and screening for cervical and colorectal cancers. Larry Kessler, chair of Health Services, is quoted.
| KOMO | |
That'll Be $418 For Use of the Examining Room
Complaints about "facility fees" and "room charges" are occurring more often, consumer advocates across the country say, because patients increasingly are being charged the fees, the result of an obscure change in Medicare rules that occurred nearly a decade ago. A lawsuit against UW Med Center, settled in 2006, is noted.
| Washington Post | |
Seattle cancer research centers get $16M
Seattle cancer research institutions -- the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Group Health Research Institute and the University of Washington schools of Public Health and Pharmacy -- will split $16 million in federal stimulus dollars for four projects.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Native American Issues symposium is Wednesday
American Indian students, their families and teachers can join members of the University of Washington Tacoma community Wednesday for the second annual Symposium on Contemporary Native American Issues in Higher Education.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
Data buoys in Strait to provide real-time marine data
A Navy-funded pilot project being tested in the North Olympic Peninsula's backyard is intended to improve both national security and environmental research. The "floating area network" was developed by the Port Townsend-based company Intellicheck Mobilisa and the UW's Applied Physics Lab.
| Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News | |
Finding Which Cancer Treatments are Effective
Federal stimulus money, more than $300 million, is headed to Washington state to research health and scientific issues. Scott Ramsey, professor of medicine, is quoted.
| KPLU | |
Stimulus dollars find a home at the UW
Call it a new kind of venture capital. But, in this case, the venture capitalist just happens to be the federal government looking to spur jobs and advances in science. More than $300 million in federal stimulus funds have flowed to more than 350 Washington research projects, reports The Seattle Times, which also notes that another $16 million will be announced Monday for Washington scientists working on cancer treatments and screening tests.
| TechFlash | |
| Oct. 4, 2009 |
More colleges develop classes on how to treat war veterans
Universities are creating classes to train students in how to treat combat veterans and their families suffering from war-related mental health problems. As psychologically wounded troops return from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the initiatives range from workshops to semester-long graduate courses, such as one on military culture next year at the University of Washington Tacoma.
| USA Today | |
Mammoth find site to house lab, classroom
Mid-Columbia students could be in the field by spring, probing deeper into the 27-acre site southwest of Kennewick where Columbian mammoth bones have been found. Officials in charge of the site are raising money and seeking in-kind donations of labor and materials to finish converting a building there into a "dig house" with lab and classroom space. They hope to have the first phase completed within six months. Bax Barton, research associate in paleontology at the Burke Museum, is quoted.
| Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald | |
UW's Chamber Dance Company keeps classics alive
At the University of Washington, the Chamber Dance Company is playing a unique and significant role by preserving and performing significant classic work that otherwise might fade away. In the process, the Chamber is creating a special archive, revitalizing professional dancers and teaching the next generation.
| Seattle Times | |
Stimulus-funded research up to $300 million in state
From Seattle to Pullman, more than 350 research projects in Washington have received the green light for stimulus funds totaling more than $300 million. With $100 million in grants, the UW was tied Friday with the University of Michigan for the top spot on the NIH's payout list.
| The Seattle Times | |
Score one for Seattle's historic nuke site
Crosscut's Knute Berger writes: "Last Friday I received word from state architectural historian Michael Houser of the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation that the University of Washington's Nuclear Reactor Building (More Hall Annex) has officially been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a significant moral victory for preservationists. The saga of the building has been followed here on Crosscut."
| Crosscut.com | |
| Oct. 3, 2009 |
State keeps outings on hold after mental patient's escape
Field trips from Washington's two state mental hospitals will remain suspended indefinitely after a criminally insane killer walked away during a visit to a county fair in Spokane last month, the Department of Social and Health Services said Friday. A panel of experts, chaired by Richard Veith of the University of Washington, is being created to look into the department's field-trip policy.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Seattle Times (AP wire story) | |
It's a touchy subject on campus: 'sexiled' students
This year's dorm dwellers at Tufts University have a new rule to live by: "You may not engage in sexual activity while your roommate is present in the room," says the book on residential life. "Any sexual activity within your assigned room should not ever deprive your roommate(s) of privacy, study or sleep time." Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is quoted.
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Oct. 2, 2009 |
UW gets federal dollars for DNA research center
The University of Washington is getting $25 million from the federal government to launch a new research center focused on DNA sequencing.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| The Olympian (AP wire story) | |
UW to get $32M for genomics center
The University of Washington will receive more than $32 million, including $25 million in federal stimulus fund from the National Institutes of Health, to launch a new genomics research center.
| TechFlash | |
Field trip violated hospital policies, report says
Eastern State Hospital staff members escorting a field trip to the Spokane County Interstate Fair asked administrators two times to call 911 when Phillip A. Paul escaped from the group last month, and were told not to, according to an early investigation of the incident. The state has named an independent panel to review the evaluation process that allowed Paul to go on the field trip and the failure to report his escape. The panel is chaired by Richard Veith, chair of psychiatry.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review | |
Approve Referendum 71 in the name of fundamental fairness for all Washington families
The Seattle Times editorial board urges voters to approve Referendum 71. UW research is cited.
| Seattle Times | |
State bid stirs up downtown, surprises UWT
The possibility of the state Attorney General’s Office in Tacoma moving to the Brewery District -- to a building a stone's throw from the University of Washington Tacoma -- has wheels turning downtown.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
8 people predict the future of U.S.-China relations, will it be good or bad?
In honor of the 30th anniversary of U.S.–China relations on Oct. 1, Northwest Asian Weekly staff asked people who have a foot (or even two feet) in China to project what they think the next 30 years will be like. Denise Choo, teaching assistant in Asian American Studies, is quoted.
| Northwest Asian Weekly | |
Will El Nino bring warm, dry winter? Don't bet on it, Peninsula emergency managers say
A moderate El Nino is taking shape across the Pacific Northwest. That usually means a warmer and drier winter. University of Washington meteorologist Cliff Mass said there's no reason to expect a big weather event on the North Olympic Peninsula -- "although it could happen," he added.
| Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News | |
Court rejects hospitals' request
Large hospitals in Washington state have lost a bid to have the federal government give them millions of dollars in additional reimbursements for certain low-income patients. The University of Washington Medical Center and 17 other large hospitals in Washington sued to obtain $31 million in reimbursements for patients treated from 1994-2000.
| Seattle Times | |
Venture leaders bow out
Most of Venture Financial Group’s executives and board members no longer are associated with the company, having stepped down because the company has such a limited role now that its primary asset, Venture Bank, was closed and sold this month. Alan Hess, professor of finance, is quoted.
| The Olympian | |
More die from drugs than traffic accidents
Drug overdoses now outpace traffic accidents as the leading cause of injury-related death in 16 states, including Washington, as use of prescription painkillers continues to rise. Caleb Banta-Green, research scientists with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
'This should have never happened'
What started as a rash has turned into a life-and-death battle for Christine Hicks. Hicks is fighting Inflammatory Breast Cancer -- the most lethal form of breast cancer, according to oncologists. Lupe Salazar, assistant professor of oncology, is quoted.
| KOMO-TV | |
Crime rate up at UW?
As a new school year gets under way at the University of Washington, school officials are warning students to be on guard.
| KOMO-TV | |
Despite budget cuts, UW welcomes the new Global Asia Institute
Students of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington are getting a bonus. As the fall quarter beings, so will the Global Asia Institute -- the nation's first center for Pan-Asian studies.
| Northwest Asian Weekly | |
Seattle area's life science sector on front lines of flu research
Known more for its fight against exotic diseases in faraway places, Seattle’s global health sector is making important contributions in the battle against the latest domestic health threat, H1N1 influenza. Anna Wald, professor of medicine, is quoted.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
University of Washington getting $32M to launch genomics research center
The University of Washington is receiving more than $32 million to launch a new genomics research center as part of a nationwide project to study heart, lung and blood diseases.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
$20M renovation at Sandpoint creating children's dental clinic
A 73-year-old building at the former Sandpoint Naval Station in Seattle will be restored for use as a dental clinic and research facility. The project is a partnership between the University of Washington School of Dentistry and Children’s Hospital.
| Daily Journal of Commerce | |
| Oct. 1, 2009 |
Federal money boosts local health and social services non-profits
The University of Washington said this morning that it will use $25 million in Recovery Act funding from NIH to create a new Northwest Genomics Center and explore the origins of common heart, lung and blood disorders.
| Seattle Times | |
Wash. hospitals' court bid for reimbursement fails
Large hospitals in Washington state have lost a bid to have the federal government give them millions of dollars in additional reimbursements for certain low-income patients. The University of Washington Medical Center and 17 other large hospitals in Washington sued in an effort to obtain about $31 million in reimbursements for patients treated from 1994-2000.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| The Olympian (AP wire story) | |
Test helps determine cancer treatment
A test called Oncotype DX examines tumor tissue and genetics and helps doctors determine if a patient will really benefit from chemo. UW Medicine is mentioned for its efforts promoting mammogram awareness.
| KING-TV | |
The recessions (non) impact on nonprofits
A new source for data on Washington's nonprofit sector is out, and it's a must read. "Nonprofits in Washington 2009" was just published by the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle. The report provides a statistical profile of the sector and gives a useful breakdown of its key players and contributions to the economy.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Anti-Aging Drug Closer to Reality
In a possible advance toward a treatment for aging in people, researchers report that by genetically modifying mice, they reduced their susceptibility to age-related disease and expanded the lifespan of female mice by 19 percent. Matt Kaeberlein, assistant professor of pathology, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay wire story) | |
Navy awards contract for wireless network
You've heard of WANs (wide area networks) and LANs (local area networks). But how about a FAN -- a floating area network? Port Townsend-based Intellicheck Mobilisa today said that it received an additional $4.4 million of funding from the U.S. Navy to continue developing the FAN as well as wireless security buoys. Intellicheck Mobilisa started testing the security buoy technology last year, and is working on it in conjunction with the Department of Defense and the University of Washington Applied Physics Lab.
| TechFlash | |
Intellicheck Mobilisa gets $4.5M Navy contract
Intellicheck Mobilisa Inc. said it's received a $4.48 million contract from the U.S. Navy for wireless security buoys that can detect water quality, oil spills and "dirty bombs." The company began testing the buoy program last year, and was developed in conjunction with the U.S. Dept. of Defense and the University of Washington Applied Physics Lab.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Methadone deaths jump sharply in recent years
A new federal report says the number of deaths involving methadone jumped nearly sevenfold from 1999 to 2006. Caleb Banta-Green, research scientist with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, is quoted.
| MSNBC | |
Hotel bargains -- with a surprise twist
If you’re looking for a hotel deal, you should have no problem finding one. Many hotels are offering a variety of value-added perks ranging from free nights, meals, spa treatments, theater tickets -- even car washes. Robert Palmatier, assistant professor of marketing, is quoted.
| MSNBC | |
Wrong turn on highway may lead to WA man's removal
All it took was a wrong turn for Jorge-Alonso Chehade, recent University of Washington graduate, to face deportation. But that wrong turn also brought him attention and praise from Washington state's congressional delegation, pro bono attorneys and maybe, just maybe, a chance to stay in the United States.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Washington Post (AP wire story) | |
Lamborghini becomes big wheel on campus
The University of Washington is saying grazie mille to Italian supercar-maker Lamborghini, which donated $1 million to support the school's research into composite materials used to build airplanes and high-performance cars.
| Seattle Times | |
Drug deaths rise; auto deaths fall
In 16 states and counting, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents, the government said Wednesday. Caleb Banta-Green, research scientist with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review (AP wire story) | |
Future of the Upper Teanaway subject of debate
The American Forest Land Co. LLC, which manages 46,000 acres in the Teanaway River area for American Forest Resources, the company which owns the land, has requested a planning process to guide long-term land use for the area. UW research is cited.
| Ellensburg Daily Record | |
EarthScope GPS and Seismic Stations Find ETS Phenomenon in Cascade Region That Could Help Predict Mega Earthquake
"The fault is prime," says Bill Steele. "It could break tomorrow." Steele is a University of Washington Hazard Seismologist. He and other researchers and scientists at UW have been watching the earth beneath us anxiously for decades knowing full-well their work is now more important than ever.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
State urged to require swine-flu shots for hospital staff
The Washington State Hospital Association is urging the state to make flu shots mandatory for health-care workers -- a dramatic step that the state's top health official is already rejecting as unnecessary government intrusion. Jeff Duchin, associate professor of medicine, is quoted.
| The Seattle Times | |
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| Sep. 30, 2009 |
Returning to class at the University of Washington
KING5 assignments editor Cynthia Wise blogs about the start of fall classes.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
Mystery slug triggers slimy investigation
When Chris O'Brien spotted his dog burrowing in the grass during a walk near his Covington home, O'Brien decided to get a closer look. He discovered a strange looking slug. That triggered an investigation that led him down a slimy path, all the way to the University of Washington.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
Earth's 'Boring Billion' Years
Sulfur-loving microbes may have been the party poopers of middle Earth. New research suggests that if such microbes dominated the oceans until half a billion years ago, the organisms could have contributed to the static period known as the "boring billion," scientists report online September 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Mark Claire, graduate in astronomy, is quoted.
| U.S. News & World Report / ScienceNews | |
Seattle's very own Dvorak relic
Seattle's Museum of History & Industry has in its collection an actual typewriter with an early Dvorak keyset, believed to date back as far as 1936. The alternative keyboard layout was designed in the 1930s by University of Washington professor August Dvorak.
| TechFlash | |
Taxpayers’ investment in our colleges pays off
In an op-ed piece, John Burbank, executive director of the Economic Opportunity Institute, highlights the benefits of publicly-funded higher education.
| Everett Herald | |
Winning Breakfast Combinations : Maximize on your Breakfast Foods
Unlike other meals, breakfast is unique in that it can set the tone for your entire day -- for better or for worse. The trick is knowing how to eat it. Diane Javelli, clinical dietitian, is quoted.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
Scramble to help UW graduate who's an illegal immigrant
A University of Washington business-school graduate, who has lived illegally in the U.S. for the past eight years, was within hours of having to go back to his native Peru when Rep. Jim McDermott introduced a private immigration bill on his behalf. In the end, the bill may not be enough to save him.
| The Seattle Times | |
| Sep. 29, 2009 |
Crow Study Shows Birds As Intelligent As Apes
Professor John Marzluff has been studying crows for 30 years. His work is being highlighted in the documentary "A Murder of Crows" airing October 11, 2009 on CBC.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
UW, Western criticize college tuition plan
A proposal by the Higher Education Coordinating Board on how the state and its universities should share costs for undergraduate education did not get a warm welcome from those institutions at the board's Tuesday meeting.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| The Olympian (AP wire story) | |
Pic: Intel inside view
Intel showed off the latest technologies to students and the research community at its annual Intel Labs Seattle Open House 2009 on Monday. Much of the work is being developed through a partnership between Intel researchers and those at the University of Washington.
| Seattle Times | |
Seattle's VholdR announces 1080p wearable video camera
VholdR is boosting its line of wearable video cameras with a 1080p version that will go on sale next month. VholdR was started in 2003 by University of Washington students and avid skiers Marc Barros and Jason Green, who proposed a helmet camera venture in a business plan competition.
| Seattle Times | |
Many college students swamped by stress
Depression is hitting more college students than ever, says Dr. Anil Coumar. He's director of mental health services for University of Washington’s Hall Health Center.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
Pierce County should develop our own innovative work force
In an op-ed piece, State Sen. Jim Kastama, D-Puyallup, argues that Pierce County should focus on developing the work force it has. The UW's work with nanophotonics is cited.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
A Seattle-area lawyer's work with Native American tribes
The Seattle Times notable local books highlights "A Lawyer in Indian Country," by Alvin J. Ziontz and published by the University of Washington Press.
| Seattle Times | |
Robert Seidl, leader in timber industry
Robert Seidl, former president of Simpson Paper Company and affiliate professor in the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington, has died at age 94.
| Seattle Times | |
Land Exchange Gnarled in Controversy
A big controversy is brewing in the eastern woods of the Olympic Peninsula. A timber company wants to take possession of thickly forested state lands around Port Ludlow. James Karr, professor emeritus of fisheries and biology, is interviewed.
| KUOW | |
| Sep. 28, 2009 |
Intel's robot plugs itself in and other research goodies
Seattle Times columnist Brier Dudley writes about Marvin, a one-armed robot built by Intel's Seattle lab affiliated with the University of Washington. Work by Ph.D. student Shaun Kane is also noted.
| Seattle Times | |
Narcissism can make politicians leaders ... and cheaters
Those who watch the headlines or the new drama "The Good Wife," about a politician caught up in a sex scandal, will recognize what social scientists have already observed: that politicians are a different breed. They say a thread of narcissism makes these political animals feel invincible and willing to take risks. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is quoted.
| USA Today | |
Intel robot plugs itself in
This demo of Marvin the house robot was filmed this afternoon at Intel Labs Seattle's annual open house near the University of Washington, The lab works in close collaboration with some UW students and professors.
| TechFlash | |
Education in Seattle
Several letters to the editor respond to Danny Westneat's column about UW Student Lull Mengesha's book "The Only Black Student."
| Seattle Times | |
The Pursuit of Sexual Happiness
What turns women on has long been an elusive question. The authors of a new book hope that understanding why women have sex in the first place could go a long way toward answering it. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is quoted.
| Newsweek | |
Flu Kits Given to University of Washington Students
The University of Washington doesn't start classes until Wednesday, but the university is already trying to prevent the spread of the flu. Volunteers filled 10-thousand flu kits on Monday that will be given to students in the dorms and Greek system.
| KCPQ | |
Swine flu kits prepared for UW students
About 10,000 swine flu kits have been prepared for University of Washington students who start classes on Wednesday in Seattle.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Bellingham Herald (AP wire story) | |
UW Makes Kits To Head Off H1N1 Virus
The UW is handing out thousands of kits aimed at stopping the H1N1 virus in its tracks.
| KIRO-TV CBS 7 | |
Western Washington focuses on swine flu
The University of Washington is expected to hand out 10,000 flu prevention kits this week before the start of classes Wednesday. They include sanitizer, a disposable thermometer, and instructions about what to do if you get the flu, said university officials.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
Public Health's Unsung Heroes
The swine flu outbreak this past spring offered a preview of what could happen in the fall when the virus returns. As a result, King County health officials continue to prepare for another outbreak. One of their secret tools is a group of volunteers that act as first responders in a crisis. Robert Smith, who teaches third-year medical students, is quoted.
| KUOW | |
Back to School & Swine Flu
It's back to school time at the University of Washington and along with their books and study guides, students this year will be given swine flu kits.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
| Sep. 27, 2009 |
Smart Phone Keyboards Seem Dumb to People of Their Type
August Dvorak, a professor of education at the University of Washington, spent most of his life trying to get the typewriter industry to ditch qwerty. He designed his layout in the 1930s, with speed and efficiency in mind. These days Dvorak fans feel snubbed when texting. The qwerty keyboard's dominance baffles them.
| Wall Street Journal | |
UW gears up for swine flu as dorms open, students arrive
With classes set to begin later this week at the University of Washington, there is added concern this year about the threat of the swine flu, as thousands of students converge on one location.
| KOMO | |
Researchers unsure what caused deadly algae
Researchers are still trying to figure out what caused the toxic algae bloom that killed hundreds of sea ducks whose bodies washed up on the shores of Kalaloch and La Push beaches over the past week and a half, according to Julia Parrish, executive director of Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, a citizen science project from the University of Washington.
| The Daily World | |
Nutritious foods for shoppers on tight budget
Experts fear the recession will worsen Americans' already bulging waistlines, as healthful food often costs more than high-calorie fare. Researchers at the University of Washington are analyzing which foods give the most nutrition for the price per portion.
| Seattle Times | |
Not knowing what's ahead, we look to futurists to help figure it out
The economy in shambles and the future as uncertain as ever, we turn to those who make a habit or even a career out of looking ahead. In the techie, entrepreneurial Pacific Northwest, there are plenty of people with ideas. Charles Murry, professor of pathology, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
High Holy Days time to reflect on what is meaningful in life
The Book of Life Project is the brainchild of the University of Washington campus organization Hillel, which did something similar last year when it asked people to send in their most sincere regrets of the past year.
| Seattle Times | |
Physician work force issues need attention
The Spokesman-Review editorial board writes about the visit Paul Ramsey, dean of the School of Medicine, made to Spokane last week.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review | |
The book on being black at college
Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat writes about "The Only Black Student," by UW grad student Lull Mengesha.
| Seattle Times | |
| Sep. 26, 2009 |
Gay rights measures on the ballot in three states
Nearly a year after California voters overturned same-sex marriage, voters in three other states will weigh in this fall on whether to reverse gay rights initiatives ranging from anti-discrimination measures to marriage benefits. Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
| Longview Daily News | |
Mother of close-call victim wants media attention to end
The mother of a little girl whose narrow escape from an out-of-control car was captured on video and beamed nationwide this week wants the resulting media attention to end. Roger Simpson, professor of communication, is quoted.
| Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald | |
Local researchers test 'talking pill bottle'
Researchers at the University of Washington schools of pharmacy and nursing are working with Fred Meyer's pharmacy in Renton to see if a talking pill bottle will make it easier and safer for people to take their medicine.
| KING/NW Cable News | |
| Sep. 25, 2009 |
Video: UW Kindle pilot gets underway
Students at a bunch of universities across the country are getting Kindle DX readers as part of a pilot project with Amazon.com. At the University of Washington, more than 30 computer science graduate students are taking part in the pilot, and are just receiving their devices.
| TechFlash | |
UW should re-examine apparel relationship with Nike over Honduras inaction
In an op-ed piece, Angelina Godoy, director of the Center for Human Rights, and James Gregory, director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, argue that the UW should re-examine its relationship with Nike because of the company's closure of factories in Honduras without paying workers money that is owed.
| Seattle Times | |
Homeless are economic assets, says Gates Foundation CEO
Seattle's business community should consider homeless people as valuable assets, and tackle homelessness not as charity but as an investment in the future, the head of the world's largest philanthropy said today. UW research is cited.
| Seattle Times | |
Top-paid CEO ruffles feathers
A letter to the editor writes about Seattle's port chief being considered for a performance bonus. Coach Sarkisian's salary is referenced.
| Seattle Times | |
Gates Foundation CEO wants biz to house homeless
The CEO of the world's largest charitable foundation on Friday urged Seattle business leaders to get involved in one of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's smallest initiatives. UW research is cited.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Tacoma News Tribune (AP wire story) | |
How Are You Paying for College?
The House passed a bill last week that expands federal aid to college students. It also ends federal subsidies to private lenders. Kay Lewis, director of Student Financial Aid, is interviewed.
| KUOW | |
Merck Paying More Than 3,100 Death Claims in Vioxx Settlement
Merck & Co. is paying claims by the families of more than 3,100 users of its Vioxx painkiller who died of heart attacks or strokes blamed on the drug, according to a law firm administering a $4.85 billion settlement fund. Bruce Psaty, professor of medicine and epidemiology, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Bloomberg.com | |
Telephone poll angers Buxbaum supporters
Supporters of Olympia City Council candidate Stephen Buxbaum have accused his opponent, incumbent Jeff Kingsbury, of authorizing an automated telephone "push poll" that they say is more about casting Buxbaum in a negative light than measuring public opinion. Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
| The Olympian | |
AIDS study hopes to build on trial's success
For the first time ever, an AIDS vaccine has protected subjects of a clinical trial from infection. Now directors of a new Seattle-based study are hoping for a repeat performance -- or maybe even a cure. James Kublin, clinical associate professor in the school of public health, is quoted.
| seattlepi.com | |
Yakima County rates poorly on uninsured children
Yakima County has the state's second highest rate of uninsured children among the state's 19 most populous counties, and health researchers say it's only going to get worse. Lori Pfingst, research coordinator in the Human Services Policy Center, is quoted.
| Yakima Herald-Republic | |
Early Form of Breast Cancer May Need New Name
A common, nonmalignant tumor of the breast called ductal carcinoma in-situ or DCIS may need a name change because the word "carcinoma" scares so many women, a U.S. panel of experts said on Thursday. They said the term carcinoma creates a lot of worry in women who fear they will develop cancer, even though long-term survival rates for DCIS are excellent, approaching 100 percent. "We've had long discussions about this," Dr. Susan Reed of the University of Washington School of Medicine told a briefing.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| ABC News (Reuters wire service) | |
| Sep. 24, 2009 |
A Horse and His Boy
Why would contact with an animal dissolve otherwise unbreachable and hysterical behavior? Like most questions about autism, the equine-autism connection is a mystery to medicine. Geraldine Dawson, founder of the Center for Autism at the University of Washington and now the chief science officer for the advocacy group Autism Speaks, is quoted.
| Wall Street Journal | |
Seismic Survey Cruise Steers Around Whale Conflict
A seismic survey cruise led by the Universities of Oregon and Washington has navigated past objections from Canadian save–the–whales groups. The researchers just returned to port after a month at sea with new data on a volcanic ridge off the coast. Correspondent Tom Banse reports on what they found.
| KUOW | |
UW braces for swine flu as students return
With some 5,000 students due to move into the University of Washington residence halls over the next few days, university officials are bracing for a major outbreak of the swine flu.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald | |
Precancer? Earliest cancer? Milk-duct cells vexing
Some doctors tell patients they have "stage zero" breast cancer. Others call it a precancer. A less scary formal name could help, says a new report that urges removing the word "carcinoma" from the diagnosis of a common growth in milk ducts. Susan Reed, adjunct professor of epidemiology, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Washington Post (AP wire story) | |
Reaction to escape of state-committed patient stigmatizes people with mental illness
In an op-ed piece, Jennifer Stuber, assistant professor of social work, addresses the media's characterization of Phillip A. Paul, who escaped from an Eastern State Hospital outing last week.
| Seattle Times | |
Some Of Seattle's Top Tutors Share Note-taking, Studying And Writing Tips
We tapped the minds of some of the top tutors in Seattle, and they all say, it's not enough for your child to write things down once. Re-writing is the key. That includes having your child re-write their notes. It may seem like nothing more than extra work, but Barry Minai at the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity Instructional Center at the University of Washington says it helps.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
UW braces for swine flu as students return
With some 5,000 students due to move into the University of Washington residence halls over the next few days, university officials are bracing for a major outbreak of the swine flu.
| Seattle Times | |
UN seeks $1.5 billion for swine flu
United Nations health officials claim in a new report they need nearly $1.5 billion to prevent the swine flu epidemic from spiraling into a global catastrophe. Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Washington Post (AP wire story) | |
UW grad facing deportation gets last-minute reprieve
A recent University of Washington graduate who was within hours of being deported has been given new hope that he may be allowed to stay in the United States.
| KOMO | |
UW officials brace for swine flu
Thousands of students will be moving onto the University of Washington campus in the next 48-hours. While meeting up with friends and preparing for classes will certainly be their priority, school officials are focused on keeping their students and faculty as healthy as possible.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
Art glass, small-town life, sculpture
The Seattle Times' list of notable books this week includes "Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows" published by the University of Washington Press.
| Seattle Times | |
Simon offers broad vision as UW's top regent
The News Tribune editorial board profiles Herb Simon, newly-appointed chair of the Board of Regents, and writes that his appointment "promises to strengthen the entire University of Washington -- the UWT included."
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
Surgery Best for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Surgery is slightly better than non-surgical treatment for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome who don't have severe nerve damage, new research has found. Jeffrey Jarvik, professor of radiology and neurosurgery, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay wire story) | |
For First Time, AIDS Vaccine Shows Some Success
Scientists said Thursday that a new AIDS vaccine, the first ever declared to protect a significant minority of humans against the disease, would be studied to answer two fundamental questions: why it worked in some people but not in others, and why those infected despite vaccination got no benefit at all. Lawrence Corey, professor of laboratory medicine, is quoted.
| The New York Times | |
The Huskies' Purple Reign is making green
For now, the big purple W stands for "Wins," and the trickle-down effect on the University of Washington's coffers is readily apparent.
| KING/NW Cable News | |
| Sep. 23, 2009 |
Eloise R. Giblett, Blood Research Leader, Dies at 88
Eloise R. Giblett, whose lifelong research on blood helped make transfusions safer and bone marrow transplants more likely to succeed and led to her discovery of the first recognized immunodeficiency disease, died in Seattle on Wednesday. She was 88. The University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, where Dr. Giblett began and ended her 32-year academic career, announced her death.
| New York Times | |
Northwest Hospital merges with UW Medicine
A letter to the editor expresses the hope that the level of care found at Harborview extends to Northwest Hospital after that hospital's merger with UW Medicine.
| Seattle Times | |
Doctors using tiny beads to kill cancer
Doctors are turning to a powerful treatment that uses tiny beads to treat liver cancer. The treatment is available at the University of Washington.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
The DREAM Act must pass to give young people a future.
The Seattle Times editorial board argues for Congress to pass the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, citing the case of recent UW grad Jorge Alonso-Chehade, who is under deportation orders to leave the country by Friday.
| Seattle Times | |
Obesity and Leukemia: Fat May Offer Sanctuary to Cancer Cells
In leukemia patients, excess fatty tissue allows cancerous cells to avoid destruction by chemotherapy drugs, a study in mice suggests. David Hockenbery, professor of gastroenterology, is quoted.
| U.S. News & World Report / ScienceNews | |
Swine Flu Spreading
It's known that swine flu is a fairly highly contagious disease. What's been less clear is just how quickly the H1N1 virus gets transmitted in homes and schools _ and how effective vaccines would be in containing a widespread outbreak. For the first time, researchers at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington are filling in some of the details about the virus, whose return to the northern hemisphere has already touched off anxiety in some quarters.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
WSU will Move Ahead with Stadium Upgrade
A football stadium expansion at Washington State University that was delayed by the economic slump will move forward. Athletics director Jim Sterk said Tuesday that big drops in construction costs thanks to the slowdown will allow the project to proceed. Washington State will raise the money from its fans and boosters, and will not ask the state for funds, Sterk said. Officials for Pacific-10 rival University of Washington earlier this year tried and failed to get $150 million in tax funds to pay for half the renovation of Husky Stadium.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
Auto industry trying new incentives to sell more cars
We took General Motors's 60-day satisfaction guarantee offer to Dean Steve Calandrillo who teaches contract law at the University of Washington.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
WSU will move ahead with stadium upgrade
A football stadium expansion at Washington State University that was delayed by the economic slump will move forward. Athletics director Jim Sterk said Tuesday that big drops in construction costs thanks to the slowdown will allow the project to proceed. Washington State will raise the money from its fans and boosters, and will not ask the state for funds, Sterk said. Officials for Pacific-10 rival University of Washington earlier this year tried and failed to get $150 million in tax funds to pay for half the renovation of Husky Stadium.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Longview Daily News (AP wire story) | |
A Trillion Triangles
Mathematicians from North America, Europe, Australia, and South America have resolved the first one trillion cases of an ancient mathematics problem. The team of Mark Watkins (University of Sydney, in Australia), David Harvey (Courant Institute, NYU, in New York) and Robert Bradshaw (University of Washington, in Seattle) used the computer Sage at the University of Washington.
| U.S. News & World Report / National Science Foundation | |
Asian-American Women More Likely To Attempt Suicide
Almost 16 percent of all U.S.-born Asian-American women have contemplated suicide in their lifetimes -- compared to 13 percent of all Americans -- according to new findings by the University of Washington. The study also finds that U.S. born Asian-American women are more likely to attempt suicide than other groups.
| National Public Radio (NPR) | |
| Sep. 22, 2009 |
The Big Blog: UW sophomore earns YouTube fame as Shakira's 'He Wolf'
What did Andrew Foster do on his summer vacation? He took on Shakira -- and won. The University of Washington sophomore is behind one of the most outrageous pop video remakes ever, collecting more than 100,000 page views in the four days since he posted his almost shot-for-shot remake of Shakira's "She Wolf."
| seattlepi.com | |
Giving genius its due
Seattle filmmaker James Longley and poet Heather McHugh are among 24 people nationwide receiving $500,000 "genius grants" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
| Seattle Times | |
Corps followed the law in handling of jawbone found on the Columbia River
In an op-ed piece, James Nason, professor emeritus of anthropology and emeritus curator at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, asserts that the Army Corps of Engineers followed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act in the handling of a jawbone found on federal land.
| Seattle Times | |
Leukemia Cells May Hide in Fat Tissue
Leukemia cells can hide in fat tissue to evade chemotherapy, which may explain why obese children with leukemia are more likely to develop chemotherapy resistance and have higher relapse rates, researchers say. David Hockenbery, professor of gastroenterology, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay wire story) | |
Study links alcoholism, depression and obesity in young women
A new study by the University of Washington shows evidence linking depression, obesity and alcoholism in young adult women, but not men.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
Top Tutors Share Useful Tricks To Make Math Homework Easier
When it comes to math homework, most of us could use a little help. Barry Minai, director of Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity Instructional Center, is quoted.
| KCPQ-TV FOX 13 | |
MacArthur Winner McHugh Serves Up the Weekly Poem
Among today's recipients of the so-called "Genius Award" (i.e. the MacArthur Fellowship) is poet Heather McHugh. The NewsHour will be airing a full profile of McHugh soon. For now, here's McHugh reading her poem, "The Gift," which is from her forthcoming book, "Upgraded to Serious," to be published by Copper Canyon Press next month.
| PBS : The NewsHour | |
Arresting reunion
John Chiles, acting professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, will head the team reviewing the incident last week where schizophrenic killer Phillip A. Paul escaped his Eastern State Hospital handlers the first time while on an outing at the fair.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review | |
The Checkup: Gene Therapy for Colorblindness?
Scientists say they have used gene therapy to enable colorblind monkeys to see red and green, possibly opening the door to curing colorblindness in people. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle injected gene-carrying viruses into the retinas of two male squirrel monkeys, which are naturally colorblind.
| Washington Post | |
2 from Seattle win $500,000 'genius grants'
A few days ago, two Seattleites -- James Longley, a documentary filmmaker, and Heather McHugh, a poet -- received the kind of phone call that changes a life. They each had just been awarded $500,000. No strings attached; do whatever you want with the money. It's time for the annual "genius grants" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and Seattle did pretty well, with two of the 24 awards this year.
| Seattle Times | |
13 Academics Are Among 24 Winners of 2009 MacArthur Fellowships
People with ties to higher education once again dominated the list of winners of MacArthur fellowships, announced Tuesday morning by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Thirteen out of the 24 winners of the no-strings-attached $500,000 prizes are members of university faculties.
| Chronicle of Higher Education | |
Seattle filmmaker, poet each get $500,000 'genius' grants
A Seattle filmmaker dedicated to telling stories of people of the Mideast and a local poet whose work is rich with wordplay have each been awarded $500,000 grants from the John T. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
| seattlepi.com | |
Seattle filmmaker, poet win 'genius' grants
A filmmaker and a poet from Seattle are among this year's winners of a $500,000 "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Documentary filmmaker James Longley was nominated for an Oscar in 2007 for his film on Iran. While spending a year in that country, he also spent a short time in jail after being arrested while filming a protest. Poet Heather McHugh is a writer-in-residence in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Washington. She joined the UW faculty in 1984. One of her books of poetry was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| KOMO News (AP wire story) | |
Neurologic Signs Common With Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia isn't all in your head, new research suggests. In a study, researchers found that people with fibromyalgia were more likely than those without the chronic pain condition to have poor balance, tingling and weakness in the arms and legs, and other "neurologic" signs and symptoms. Nathaniel Watson, associate professor of neurology, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| ABC News (Reuters wire story) | |
Budget cuts threaten state's anti-smoking efforts
A largely successful tobacco-prevention and -control program has been devastated by state budget cuts this year, and health advocates worry smoking rates will climb if the program's funding is not replenished. Jeffrey Harris, professor of health services, is quoted.
| The Seattle Times | |
David Horsey to speak at UW convocation
Don't worry. He won't corrupt your children with radical socialist ideals. But Pulitzer Prize-winning seattlepi.com editorial cartoonist David Horsey will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington's 26th Annual Freshman Convocation Sunday.
| seattlepi.com | |
Poet's Wordplay Leads To MacArthur 'Genius' Award
Poet Heather McHugh mines words for contradictions and double meanings, offering the reader an expansive, fresh perspective on themes like love and mortality. McHugh was recently rewarded a MacArthur fellowship for her efforts. The so-called genius grant comes with a $500,000 honorarium, which, the poet says, she will use to pay more attention to her work.
| National Public Radio (NPR) | |
| Sep. 21, 2009 |
Universities Spar Over Disappearing Electronic Messages
In less than two months after a group of University of Washington computer researchers proposed a novel system for making electronic messages “disappear” after a certain period of time, a rival group of researchers based at the University of Texas at Austin, Princeton, and the University of Michigan, has claimed to have undermined the scheme.
| New York Times | |
Basic scientific research -- U.S. Is losing its advantage
America is denying needed dollars to basic scientific research, failing to draw young people into scientific careers, and dragging its feet on approval of new medicines, according to participants in a bracing-news forum Monday at University of Washington Medicine's South Lake Union Campus.
| seattlepi.com | |
Drinking in Adolescence May Lead to Risky Choices Later
In a study that shows that doing JELL-O shots is never a good idea, adolescent rats that consumed alcohol-laced gel were more likely to make risky decisions long after the alcohol had worn off.
| U.S. News & World Report | |
With Genetic Gift, 2 Monkeys Are Viewing a More Colorful World
Dalton and Sam are male squirrel monkeys, about a foot tall. Their ancestors lived by eating fruit and insects and dodging falcons in the forest canopy of Central and South America. Dalton and Sam lead a more protected life in the laboratory of Jay and Maureen Neitz at the University of Washington, Seattle. Recently, the Neitzes endowed them with a new genetic gift: the ability to see the world with full color vision.
| New York Times | |
90 degrees on Wednesday? Endless summer stretches into fall
It officially will be fall today, but it's going to feel like July. While the 87-degree high predicted for today wouldn't break any record -- a high of 92 was recorded Sept. 22, 1990 -- it is far above the normal high of 78. Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric sciences, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
The envelope, please: Washington State Book Award Winners
This year's Washington State Book Award winners include "A Map of the Night" by David Wagoner, professor emeritus of English, and "S'abadeb: The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Arts and Artists," edited by Barbara Brotherton and published by University of Washington Press.
| Seattle Times | |
Questions for: Jim Jiambalvo
Now entering his fourth year as dean of the Michael G. Foster School of Business, Jim Jiambalvo is on a quest to transform the school into the best public program in the nation. But budget cuts, the recession and now uncertainty in funding a key portion of the school’s new facilities are giving the former accounting chair some challenges.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
UW Medicine Opens Advanced Pain Clinic
For a physician, treating a patient who suffers with chronic pain can be tricky. Strong opiate-based drugs can offer some relief, but often produce side effects that ultimately make them not ideal for long term use. Complementary therapies like massage and acupuncture can be helpful too. But barriers to these types of treatments can range from physician ignorance to lack of insurance coverage. Physicians and researchers at the University of Washington want to change that.
| KUOW | |
The Couch: Mighty Trojans Fall
America does enjoy a big fat Trojan upset, which is becoming something of an annual affair. They got another one Saturday afternoon in Seattle, when Washington's Erik Folk hit a chip-shot field goal with three seconds left to top USC 16-13. This was significant because the Huskies had not won a football game since 1954. Or at least it felt that way.
| Wall Street Journal | |
| Sep. 20, 2009 |
Kudos to Costco for scholarship fund
The Seattle Times editorial board applauds the Costco Scholarship Fund, which gives scholarships at Seattle University and the University of Washington to underrepresented minorities. The UW's percentage of racially underrepresented minorities is noted.
| Seattle Times | |
The $30,000 bottle of insulin: We all pay the price for failure of our health care system
In an op-ed piece, David Cameron, clinical instructor of community health care, writes that "the uninsured masses, like an 800-pound gorilla in the room, simply cannot be ignored."
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
Caught in the college arms race, students and parents pay more and more
Colleges are like the cookie monster. They seek and devour every resource in sight, with few constraints and even less restraint. Several UW individuals are quoted and the UW's cost over the years is noted.
| The Seattle Times | |
Huskies Supply Trojans' Latest Pac-10 Pitfall
The University of Southern California was leveled Saturday by another post-Ohio State collapse. Erik Folk kicked a 22-yard field goal with three seconds remaining, and the upstart Washington Huskies’ fired-up defense stymied No. 3 U.S.C. and the backup quarterback Aaron Corp in a 16-13 victory.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| The New York Times (AP wire story) | |
| Sep. 19, 2009 |
Washington state's potential as global leader in medical innovation
In an op-ed piece, Richard Gephardt, former Democratic majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and chairman of the Council for American Medical Innovation, writes that Washington state can build on a strong base of biotech companies and position itself as a global leader in medical innovation. UW research is cited.
| Seattle Times | |
How might tidal project affect marine life? PUD gets grant to find out
The Snohomish County PUD received a $600,000 federal grant to study marine life and the potential impacts of underwater turbines. PUD officials plan to work with University of Washington researchers to study aquatic species in Admiralty Inlet -- and the potential acoustic impacts if hydrokinetic turbines are placed there.
| Everett Herald | |
U.S.C. Is Stunned by Washington
There were whispers this week, whispers that this was the type of game that Southern California has found a way to lose in the past. The Huskies, behind quarterback Jake Locker and Coach Steve Sarkisian (a former assistant under Pete Carroll at U.S.C.), pulled it off, shocking U.S.C., 16-13, with a 22-yard field goal in the final seconds by Erik Folk.
| The New York Times | |
| Sep. 18, 2009 |
A far-fetched medical procedure? On 'General Hospital'? Shock!
A heart attack from a digitalis-laced martini and a kidney-transplant story line are largely fiction. Connie Davis, co-director of the kidney and pancreas transplant program, is quoted.
| Los Angeles Times | |
UW Gives Rats Jell-O Shots
University of Washington scientists gave rats Jell-O shots to study links between adolescent alcohol abuse and adult decision-making, the UW reported in a news release.
| KIRO-TV CBS 7 | |
Journalism's identity crisis: the emerging hybrid media
Seattle Times columnist Ryan Blethen writes about journalism's "identity crisis." David Domke, professor of communication, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
Tech-Research Round-Up: The Latest in Bikes, Trash, and Contact Lenses
If you are jealous of the way the Arnold Schwarzenegger robotic character could see information about the world around him superimposed over whatever he was looking at in "The Terminator," you might want to pay attention to the work of Babak A. Parviz at the University of Washington.
| Chronicle of Higher Education | |
Seattle's Northwest Hospital joins UW system
One of the smaller hospitals in Seattle, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center is becoming part of the UW Medicine system. With the consolidation announced Thursday Northwest becomes associated with the University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Bellingham Herald (AP wire story) | |
Researchers track Idaho salmon to learn why some delay migration to the ocean
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington are wrapping up field studies this fall to determine if water temperature or speed encourage salmon to overwinter in the confluence and in other reservoirs downstream. The Bonneville Power Administration is funding the research to help understand how Snake and Columbia River dams may affect fish.
| Portland Oregonian | |
45,000 U.S. deaths linked to no insurance
Research released this week in the American Journal of Public Health estimates that 45,000 deaths per year in the United States are associated with the lack of health insurance. Andrew Wilper, acting instructor of medicine and lead author of the study, is quoted.
| CNN | |
Burke Museum to bust insect myths at Bug Blast
Seattle's Burke Museum will give insect questions center stage from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
| Everett Herald | |
State lands commissioner wants to branch out to wind, biomass energy
Lumber prices have fallen with the economic recession, but state lands commissioner Peter Goldmark said this week that there is still plenty of economic value in state forests -- and much of it is untapped. UW research is noted.
| Vancouver Columbian | |
National GEAR UP Day celebrates student success
Today is the first National GEAR UP Day. It's also the 10th anniversary of the college-access program, which aims to make higher education a reality for low-income students in underserved communities throughout the country. About 1.5 million students participate in the program nationwide. Statewide, there are more than 33,000 students involved in GEAR UP programs. Locally, the University of Washington GEAR UP program has been serving students in Valley schools since the program's inception in 1999.
| Yakima Herald-Republic | |
R-71 ruling may not threaten open-government laws
When a federal judge ruled that people's First Amendment rights could be violated if the names of people who signed petitions seeking to overturn a new gay rights law were made public, some feared the decision could threaten Washington's open government laws. Stewart Jay, professor of law, is quoted.
| seattlepi.com | |
Former Quellos exec recruited for University of Washington investment panel
A University of Washington investment advisory committee is recruiting the former chief investment officer of Quellos Group, a Seattle hedge fund that came under federal scrutiny earlier this summer when its chief executive was indicted for allegedly operating an illegal tax shelter.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Northwest Hospital joining University of Washington Medicine
Northwest Hospital & Medical Center is joining UW Medicine, as hospitals generally are looking to increase efficiency and quality in the face of national health-care reform.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
| Sep. 17, 2009 |
Alexander the Great, you sexy thing
An unprecedented miniature portrait of a young, resolute, sexy Alexander the Great has emerged during excavations in Israel, archaeologist announced this week. Less than a half-inch long, the gemstone was found by a University of Washington student in the remains of a large public building from the Hellenistic period at Tel Dor, an archaeological site that once was a major port on Israel's Mediterranean coast.
| MSNBC / Discovery News | |
Northwest Hospital & Medical Center to become part of UW Medicine system
Northwest Hospital & Medical Center will become part of UW Medicine, pairing one of King County's smaller community hospitals with the region's leading teaching and research medical institution.
| Seattle Times | |
'New Americans' find voice
More than 30 people gathered Wednesday night in the Gjerde Center during the public hearing at Columbia Basin College in Pasco to address the state's New Americans Policy Council appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire appointed last year. Luis Fraga, associate vice provost for faculty advancement, is quoted.
| Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald | |
Drinking, Weight, Depression Linked in Young Women: Study
In women under age 30, drinking to excess, overeating and depression may all be tied together, according to new research. Carolyn McCarty, research associate professor of pediatrics and study lead author, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay wire story) | |
Lack of Insurance to Blame for Almost 45,000 Deaths: Study
If you doubt that lack of health insurance can have deadly consequences, consider these new findings: Americans without health insurance are 40 percent more likely to die than those with private insurance. Andrew Wilper, acting instructor of medicine and lead author of the study, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay wire story) | |
Tech news: The new Zune HD and UW's digital landmarks
University of Washington researchers are using computer software to build their own digital versions of some of the world's best-known landmarks, and they're using tourist snapshots to do it.
| KING | |
Scientists Discover Cure for Color Blindness
Scientists at the University of Washington, in Seattle, and the University of Florida restored normal vision to two color-blind monkeys. The technique could prove to be a safe and effective cure for color blindness and other visual disorders related to the cones in the retina.
| Fox News / The Times of London | |
City views
Researchers at the University of Washington are taking photo-stitching -- the "photo tourism" technology behind Microsoft's cool Photosynth service -- to the next level, using it to scour public photos and build 3-D models of entire cities.
| Seattle Times | |
Letters to the Editor for Sept. 17
In a letter to the editor, Norman Johnston, professor emeritus of landscape architecture and urban planning, urges that Capitol Lake not be turned "from its present role of mirroring and sparkling water into sloppy and smelly mud flats much of the hours of the day and night."
| The Olympian | |
Heritage will receive $600K grant
Heritage University is receiving close to $600,000 in federal aid to promote entrepreneurship and tourism in the Yakima Valley. With the money, Heritage will partner with the University of Washington to offer training sessions on the tourism industry to cities and economic development groups. At least 12 sessions will be offered per year over a three-year period. The program will be directed by Ricardo Valdez.
| Yakima Herald-Republic | |
Rome Was Built in a Day, With Hundreds of Thousands of Digital Photos
The ancient city of Rome was not built in a day. It took nearly a decade to build the Colosseum, and almost a century to construct St. Peter's Basilica. But now the city, including these landmarks, can be digitized in just a matter of hours. A new computer algorithm developed at the University of Washington uses hundreds of thousands of tourist photos to automatically reconstruct an entire city in about a day.
| U.S. News & World Report / National Science Foundation | |
Monkey 'cured' of colour blindness
Scientists say they are a step closer to curing colour blindness using gene therapy. A US team including University of Washington researchers were able to restore full colour vision to adult monkeys born without the ability to distinguish between the colours red and green.
| BBC | |
Gene therapy fixes color blindness in monkeys
Monkeys once color-blind can now see the world in full color thanks to gene therapy. The results demonstrate the potential for such methods to eventually cure human vision disorders, from color blindness to possibly other conditions leading to full blindness.
| MSNBC / LiveScience | |
| Sep. 16, 2009 |
Forum Highlights Early Language Education
KPLU talks with Michele Aoki, World Languages Program supervisor with the state superintendent's office, about early language education. UW research is cited.
| KPLU | |
UW's Cunningham Hall, on the move
"Something is wrong with this scene," said a University of Washington student as he walked onto campus and saw two-story Cunningham Hall listing and out of place next to the university's statue of George Washington near 15th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Campus Parkway.
| seattlepi.com | |
Seattle schools ponder passing 'D' students
A "D" average is good enough to earn a diploma, according to the Seattle Public Schools. The district is considering dropping graduation standards from a "C" average to a "D" average in order to boost the number of college-ready students. Tom Halverson, lecturer and senior researcher of educational leadership and policy studies, is quoted.
| KOMO | |
Scientists Fix Color Blindness in Monkeys
Scientists from the University of Washington working on color-blindness have achieved a magical breakthrough. They've given full-color vision to adult monkeys that were born color-blind.
| KPLU | |
Former Cold War Foes Team Up to Probe Warming Seas
Rebecca Woodgate had no time for idle chat as her oceanography team scurried on the deck of their research ship during a recent mission in the Bering Strait, a crucial region for studying the impact of global warming. Woodgate, of the University of Washington's Polar Science Centre, had much to do in a short time, pinpointing undersea locations of eight data-gathering moorings on the U.S. and Russian sides of the strait, electronically coaxing them to the surface and sinking new ones that will be anchored for a year.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| New York Times (Reuters wire story) | |
Doctor: Medicare rule may discourage home dialysis
Medicare's just-released proposed rule for revamping how it pays for treating chronic kidney failure could discourage dialysis centers from training patients to dialyze at home, a University of Washington kidney doctor said Wednesday.
| USA Today | |
Dalton, who was treated for red-green color blindness, enjoys a feast
Scientists at the University of Washington have used gene therapy to achieve full color vision in two squirrel monkeys that were born unable to tell red from green.
| National Public Radio | |
Gene therapy cures color-blind monkeys
Gene therapy has allowed color-blind monkeys to see red and green, a team of researchers from the University of Florida, the University of Washington and the Medical College of Wisconsin report in this week's Nature. Their study hints at the possibility of curing some human vision disorders.
| USA Today | |
For the Color Blind, a Ray of Hope
For color-blind people, new research in monkeys raises the possibility of a world in which they see colors like just about everyone else. Scientists say they've used a form of gene therapy to eliminate red-green color blindness in monkeys, with no ill effects.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay wire story) | |
Marty Stepp, Lecturer, University of Washington, Computer Science & Engineering Department
Seattlepi.com's Geek of the Week is Marty Stepp, lecturer in Computer Science & Engineering.
| seattlepi.com | |
Gene-therapy fixes color blindness, Seattle scientists report
Scientists at the University of Washington have given naturally colorblind monkeys the ability to see in full color by inserting a human gene into the animals' eyes. The dramatic results boost the prospects for gene therapy as a cure for colorblindness and perhaps other vision disorders in people -- even adults.
| Portland Oregonian | |
Building gets bogged down on UW campus
A historic building that got bogged down while being moved on the University of Washington campus today was underway by midafternoon after a front loader was brought in to continue the building's journey.
| Seattle Times | |
It's Stuck! Workers Attempt To Move Historic Building But Had Mechanical Problems Along The Way
A historic UW building is finally sitting on its new home site after workers moving it across campus experienced several problems.
| KCPQ | |
Scientist won't ID beaches that tested positive
A dangerous kind of staph bacteria has been found in the sand and water on at least five beaches in Puget Sound and along the coast, but researchers won’t say exactly where. Marilyn Roberts, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, is quoted.
| The Daily World | |
Scientists will forecast for toxic algae blooms
The federal government will spend nearly $3 million to build a system to forecast for toxic algal blooms on Northwest beaches. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Science Foundation today granted $824,000 to the University of Washington and the University of California at Santa Cruz through the interagency Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms program to develop models to better predict where and when the blooms will occur.
| Portland Oregonian & Oregon Live.com | |
UW Campus Building Becomes Stuck During Move
A University of Washington building got stuck while crews were moving it from one part of campus to another Wednesday morning.
| KIRO | |
UW student finds precious gem at Israeli dig
A 2,300-year-old gemstone delicately carved with a portrait of Alexander the Great was discovered by a University of Washington student on an archaeological dig in Israel, a professor at the school says. This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald (AP wire story) | |
Beaches may be Safe Harbor for MRSA
Drug-resistant staph bacteria have been found on public beaches in Washington state, and beaches in other states may harbor the superbug too. Marilyn Roberts, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, is quoted.
| CBS / WebMD | |
NVCA praises Washington's VC industry
What impact has venture capital had on the U.S. economy? That's the question that a new report from the industry's chief lobbying group, the National Venture Capital Association, tries to answer. The UW is noted as a "top-flight research institution."
| TechFlash | |
Letters to the Editor for Sept. 16
A letter to the editor asserts "the University of Washington should have a policy of not billing students that have to withdraw for financial reasons."
| The Olympian | |
UW student discovers precious gemstone
A University of Washington student on an archaeological dig in Israel has unearthed the find of a lifetime -- a gemstone engraved more than 2,000 years ago with a portrait of Alexander the Great.
| Seattle Times | |
Heart Attack Deaths Declining for VA Patients
Deaths among people treated for heart attack at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals have fallen since 2003, mirroring worldwide trends, new research shows. Stephan Fihn, professor of medicine and health services, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| ABC News (Reuters wire story) | |
Top of the Wish List: No More Blockbusters
New York Times art columnist Holland Cotter notes Henry Art Gallery's exhibition of Allan Sekula.
| The New York Times | |
What's with all the public outbursts?
There are plenty of theories about the recent incidents of rudeness involving Kanye West, Serena Williams and Rep. Joe Wilson. Some worry it's the manifestation of a deepening social dysfunction. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is quoted.
| Los Angeles Times | |
UW student finds precious gem at Israeli dig
A 2,300-year-old gemstone delicately carved with a portrait of Alexander the Great was discovered by a University of Washington student on an archaeological dig in Israel, a professor at the school says.
| KING/NW Cable News | |
| Sep. 15, 2009 |
UW Prof Discusses Flu Vaccine Study
Anna Wald, professor of epidemiology, talks about the first results of a study of a vaccine to protect against H1N1 swine flu.
| KIRO | |
UW technology could supercharge Photosynth
The University of Washington, which licensed to Microsoft the photo-stitching technology used in the Photosynth 3D photo-browsing program, has come up with a revamped algorithm that can be used to model not just individual landmarks but now entire cities using tens or even hundreds of thousands of photos.
| TechFlash | |
Feds Approve Swine Flu Vaccine
The government has approved a new swine flu vaccine thanks in part to a study being done in Western Washington. The Group Health Research Institute, the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Research have been testing the vaccine since early August.
| KIRO | |
2009 Heinz Awards Go To Environmental Champions
The winners of each Heinz Award, announced on Sept. 15, were acknowledged for their work toward one cause: protecting the environment. One of the recipients is P. Dee Boersma, professor of biology, who found that the effects of climate change force penguins in Antarctica to swim 25 extra miles for food, putting them in greater danger of extinction.
| Time | |
UW unveils Photosynth 2.0: Building 3D synth cities
Researchers at the University of Washington are taking photo-stitching -- the "photo tourism" technology behind Microsoft's cool Photosynth service -- to the next level, using it to scour public photos and build 3-D models of entire cities.
| Seattle Times | |
Heinz Awards honor environmental heroes
Ten American who are working to create a "cleaner, greener and more sustainable planet" are each the recipients of $100,000 from the annual Heinz Awards, announced today. P. Dee Boersma, professor of biology, is honored for her extensive field studies on penguins and other sea birds.
| USA Today | |
UW honors Victoria's Secret, others, for $1 million licensing year
The University of Washington announced today that its annual trademarks and licensing royalties topped $1 million for only the second time in the program's history, despite the dismal performance of its star football team.
| seattlepi.com | |
University of Washington royalties top $1M
The University of Washington collected more than $1 million in licensing royalties for 2008-2009, which is the most since the school football team’s storied 1991 championship year.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Scientists find virtual reality helps relieve pain
Teenager Jordan Robinson has faced excruciating pain since a backyard prank went wrong but treatment with virtual reality has given him some relief. Robinson has Hunter Hoffman, the director of the Virtual Reality Research Center at the University of Washington to thank for the extra pain relief. Hoffman created "SnowWorld."This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Washington Post (Reuters wire story) | |
Presidents Push for Global Health
At the end of the first day of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health's inaugural annual meeting, the presidents -- Richard H. Brodhead of Duke University, Robert A. Brown of Boston University, Ronald J. Daniels of Johns Hopkins University, Mark A. Emmert of the University of Washington and James W. Wagner of Emory University -- came together to consider the role their universities are beginning to play in the rapidly-emerging arena of global health and how global health fits into the well-established set of departments, centers and schools that each university has.
| Inside Higher Ed | |
$100,000 awards for green efforts
A University of Washington researcher and environmental-magazine founder and the founder of a Seattle-based environmental Web site are recipients of $100,000 cash gifts from the Heinz Family Foundation for environmental achievement. Dr. P. Dee Boersma and Chip Giller are among 10 recipients nationwide.
| Seattle Times | |
Fewer cars in McGinn's no-tunnel drive
If Mike McGinn beats Joe Mallahan in the Seattle mayor's race this fall, he will consider that a mandate to fight the $4.2 billion bored-tunnel plan to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Mark Hallenbeck, director of the Washington State Transportation Center, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
Swine flu questions everyone healthy should know
Flu season’s in full swing two months early this year -- and nearly all the cases are the new swine flu strain that so far is targeting mostly children and younger adults. UW research is cited.
| The Olympian | |
Test run: Kindle enters UW classrooms
There will be no more pencils, no more books for 40 graduate students heading back to University of Washington for fall semester. Instead, there will be Kindle.
| KOMO | |
Climate researcher among Heinz Award winners
This year's Heinz Award focuses solely on the environment. It comes with a $100,000 individual prize. P. Dee Boersma, professor of biology, is honored for her extensive field studies on penguins and other sea birds.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| seattlepi.com (AP wire story) | |
Local books: Native American art, poetry, historical love story
The Seattle Times notable local books this week includes "Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast", by Ian M. Thom and published by the University of Washington Press.
| The Seattle Times | |
| Sep. 14, 2009 |
International students build bridges that help U.S. diplomatic interests
In an op-ed piece, Nancy Bacon, president of the Foundation for International Understanding Through Students, writes about the importance of international student programs.
| Seattle Times | |
Boom in Global Health Studies
Representatives of 58 universities will gather at the National Institutes of Health here today for the first annual meeting of a new consortium designed to encourage development of and collaboration among academic programs in the emerging field of global health. UW President Mark Emmert is quoted.
| Inside Higher Ed | |
About 100 dead or sick sea ducks found at Kalaloch, LaPush beaches
Researchers have found at least 100 dead or sick sea ducks on two Northwest Washington beaches since Friday, likely due to a bloom of toxic algae in the coastal waters. Julia Parrish, professor of aquatic and fishery sciences and executive director of the citizen science project Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
Enrollment in Global-Health Courses Doubled Over Past 3 Years, Survey Finds
Enrollment in global-health courses at 37 colleges and universities has more than doubled over the past three years, according to the results of a survey released Monday by a global-health consortium. President Mark Emmert's attendance at a National Institutes of Health symposium "to discuss efforts to improve health care in developing countries" is noted.
| Chronicle of Higher Education | |
Police report influx of heroin users on Capitol Hill
Seattle police have reported an influx of new heroin users around the Broadway corridor and officers have been revisiting known narcotics spots on Capitol Hill. Caleb Banta-Green, epidemiologist with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, is quoted.
| seattlepi.com | |
Healthful approach to flu season
Columnist Jerry Large writes about prudent measures that people can take to prevent falling victim either to season flu or swine flu. Jeff Duchin, associate professor of allergy and infectious diseases, is quoted.
| The Seattle Times | |
Dozens of sea ducks die on LaPush, Kalaloch beaches
Researchers have found at least 100 dead or sick sea ducks on two West End beaches since Friday, likely due to a bloom of toxic algae in the coastal waters. Julia Parrish, executive director of the UW's Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, is quoted.
| Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News | |
| Sep. 13, 2009 |
Does GetSET work?
The goal of Get Summer Employment and Training is to prepare teenagers in foster care to lead independent lives. But whether programs like this work is up for debate. "It could make a big difference for young people, but we just don't know," said Mark Courtney, a University of Washington professor who's studied foster care issues. "If nothing else, it ... will be one arrow in our quiver to prepare people to be on their own."
| Yakima Herald-Republic | |
Staph found at state beaches
Dangerous staph bacteria have been found in sand and water for the first time at five public beaches along the coast of Washington, and scientists think the state is not the only one with this problem. Marilyn Roberts, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review (AP wire story) | |
Feds unhappy with city attorney
Federal prosecutors have grown increasingly critical of what they describe as questionable behavior by the Spokane Police Department's chief legal adviser, who reportedly used his position to provide "traditionally confidential" information to the officer under FBI investigation following the fatal confrontation with Otto Zehm. Rob Aronson, professor of law, is quoted.
| Spokesman-Review | |
| Sep. 12, 2009 |
'We didn't know our babies had been damaged by alcohol'
An anonymous adoptive mother writes that she and her husband "have come to realise that children can be 'damaged beyond repair' long before they are born" by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Research by Ann Streissguth, director of the Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, is cited.
| Guardian Unlimited | |
Economic Crisis Creates Some Winners, Too
The financial crisis left a trail of victims in its wake, but there have also been some economic winners. Some companies have done well despite the economic turmoil; others because of it. Alan Hess, professor of finance and business economics, is quoted.
| National Public Radio | |
MRSA 'superbug' found in ocean, public beaches
Public beaches may be one source of the surging prevalence of the superbug known as multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, researchers say. Marilyn Roberts, researcher in the School of Public Health, is the study's lead author.
| USA Today | |
UW Reseachers Find Dangerous Bacteria On Washington Beaches
University of Washington scientists have found dangerous staph bacteria in sand and beaches, but are not naming the sites.
| KCPQ-TV | |
Is your beach contaminated with MRSA?
A study presented Sept. 12 is the first to show that public beaches may be reservoirs for MRSA bacteria. Marilyn Roberts, a researcher in the School of Public Health, is the study's lead author.
| Los Angeles Times | |
Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found on Washington State Beaches, Scientists Say
Drug-resistant bacteria that causes serious infections and is most commonly spread in hospitals was found on nine beaches in Washington state, scientists said. Marilyn Roberts, a researcher in the School of Public Health, is the report's lead author.
| Bloomberg.com | |
Weekend symposium to celebrate 100 years
A symposium held on Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 explored the role of Asian/Pacific groups (Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian, and Filipino) at Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. The event included a tour of the UW grounds for the exposition.
| Northwest Asian Weekly | |
| Sep. 11, 2009 |
Vaccine Supply May Miss Swine Flu Peak
Several prominent epidemiologists are warning that even though the new swine flu vaccine works much better than expected, it will still come too late to blunt the peak of this season's pandemic. Ira Longini, professor of biostatistics, is quoted.
| New York Times | |
How the flu outbreak spread
In early April, a 10-year-old San Diego boy was found to be infected with a novel flu virus. The virus, identified as an H1N1 strain of swine origin, was soon matched to samples from Mexico, which had suffered a series of flu outbreaks beginning in March. Those outbreaks had led to a large number of deaths and hospitalizations. Because of its virulence and the low resistance amid the general population, global and U.S. public health officials quickly recognized that the new virus strain could have pandemic potential. Here's a closer look at the progression of this flu outbreak, which did indeed become a pandemic. Ira Longini, professor of biostatistics, is quoted.
| Los Angeles Times | |
Digital contacts could give you cyborg eyes
The tech industry calls the digital enrichment of the physical world "augmented reality." Such technology is already appearing in smartphones and toys, and enthusiasts dream of a pair of glasses we could don to enhance our everyday perception. But why stop there? Scientists, eye surgeons, professors and students at the University of Washington have been developing a contact lens containing one built-in LED, powered wirelessly with radio frequency waves.
| CNN / Wired | |
Poverty Rate & Uninsured Rise During Recession
Not surprisingly, the poverty rate and the number of people without health insurance rose as the nation slipped into recession. New figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau show the increase was sharpest in the West. Jennifer Romich, assistant professor of social work, is quoted.
| KPLU | |
Swine Flu Highest Among Washington Students
A report from the American College Health Association says the state of Washington has the highest number of swine flu cases among college students. The study says Washington State University in Pullman has the largest outbreak nationwide. The numbers are also up at the University of Washington. Classes there don't start until late September but the University is reporting two possible cases among a group of students participating in sorority rush.
| KCPQ | |
For Washington state companies with cash and moxie, it's a great time
The Great Recession has smashed thousands of businesses. Now some survivors are muscling in and picking up the pieces. In sector after sector, Western Washington companies with the strategic vision, the cash -- and, in some cases, the most moxie -- are trying to turn the worst economic downturn in decades to their advantage by wresting market share from their competitors. Suresh Kotha, professor of management and organization, is quoted.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
University of Washington Bothell math program gets $660K grant
A University of Washington Bothell instructor will receive a $660,220 grant to try and improve math education for middle and high school students. Robin Angotti, an assistant professor of education at the school, will receive the grant from the Higher Education Coordinating Board to pay for "Math 2.0: Teaching Math in a Technical World."
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Seattle Researchers Try to Determine Vaccine Dose for Swine Flu Protection
The UW is one of the partners testing a new swine flu vaccine.
| KUOW | |
| Sep. 10, 2009 |
Swine Flu Update: A Single-Dose Vaccine Appears to Work, Study Shows
The first clinical trial data on new vaccines being developed to treat the H1N1 pandemic flu virus in the U.S. suggest that one dose will work to immunize most people, according to a preliminary report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Kathleen Neuzil, associate professor of allergy and infectious diseases, is quoted.
| Wall Street Journal | |
Swine Flu Vaccination Should Target Children First
If the H1N1 flu outbreak doesn't peak until midwinter, it could be curtailed with a staggered vaccination program that begins with children and ultimately targets 70 percent of the population, researchers report online September 10 in Science. Ira Longini, professor of biostatistics, is quoted.
| U.S. News & World Report / Science News | |
Washington tops college student swine flu rate
Washington has the highest incidence of swine flu among college students -- nearly triple the rate of Georgia, the next highest state, an American College Health Association report said Thursday. With the biggest college campus outbreak in the country, Washington State University in Pullman has pushed the state's rate to 366.8 cases of swine flu per 10,000 students, and now, the University of Washington in Seattle is reporting its first two probable cases of swine flu.
| KOMO | |
Early Data Show H1N1 Vaccine Is Highly Effective
A new study in the Sept. 10 edition of Science makes the case for widespread and speedy immunization, suggesting that doing so could stifle the pandemic. A team of researchers led by Ira Longini, a biostatistician at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, used data from earlier H1N1 outbreaks this year in the U.S. and Mexico to model how the pandemic is likely to unfold this fall.
| Time | |
Colleges Cut Costs
A funky roommate named recession is settling in on campuses this fall as colleges and universities slash budgets for virtually everything from salad bars to ski teams. The UW Department of Communications is noted for cutting its landline phones.
| Time | |
Studies: 1 dose of swine flu vaccine works
Good news in the world's flu fight: One dose of the new swine flu vaccine looks strong enough to protect adults -- and can spark protection within 10 days of the shot, Australian and U.S. researchers said Thursday. Ira Longini, professor of biostatistics, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Bellingham Herald (AP wire story) | |
Will enough flu vaccine be available in time?
The nation could lessen a swine flu epidemic this fall with aggressively vaccinating children and ultimately 70 percent of the population, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington write in a new report.
| seattlepi.com | |
Hutch researchers calculate likely spread of swine flu in homes, schools
Researchers at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington estimate a 1-in-4 chance that a person infected with swine flu will pass it on to a family member.
| Seattle Times | |
2 probable swine flu cases reported at UW
Two students at a University of Washington sorority house may have the school's first cases of swine flu.
| KING | |
Two probable swine flu cases reported at University of Washington
Two probable cases of swine flu were reported at a sorority house at the University of Washington early Thursday.
| Seattle Times | |
Flu cases at UW; two students sick
Even though it is weeks away from the resumption of classes, the University of Washington already may have had two cases of swine flu among students.
| seattlepi.com | |
UW Reporting 2 Probable Swine Flu Cases
The University of Washington reported what could be its first cases of swine flu on Thursday.
| KIRO | |
UW Trying To Confirm First Cases Of Swine Flu
The University of Washington is trying to confirm its first cases of swine flu among students.
| KCPQ | |
Russell neighbors brace for exit
The experience of losing a downtown, hometown anchor is nowhere near unique for those who do business in Tacoma. With the announced departure of Tacoma-born Russell Investments, some business owners have begun looking forward. Shahrokh Saudagaran, dean of UW Tacoma's Milgard School of Business, is quoted.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
Recent sightings of cougars
State officials haven't received any more reports of cougars near Everett since at least four people spotted them wandering near Silver Lake last week. Brian Kertson, doctoral student in forest resources, is quoted extensively.
| Everett Herald | |
The reaction from local leaders to Russell Investments’ move to Seattle
Several local business, education, and state and community leaders react to Russell Investments' announcement Wednesday that the company is moving to Seattle. Pat Spakes, chancellor of UW Tacoma, is quoted.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
And now a word from our internists (what they say about healthcare reform)
In a paper released today, the American College of Physicians offers up the opinion of its members -- internal medicine specialists, subspecialists and medical students -- on rising healthcare costs and what should be done about them. John Geyman, professor emeritus of family medicine, is quoted.
| Los Angeles Times | |
U.S. poverty increases more in the West, researcher finds
A University of Washington researcher looking at new U.S. Census data today found that more than one in eight Americans were below the official poverty line, and poverty is growing slightly faster in the West than elsewhere in the country.
| The Seattle Times | |
Swine Flu Shots May Come Too Late to Stem Fall Outbreak: Study
The height of this year's fall H1N1 swine flu outbreak is expected in October, but a planned vaccine may arrive too late to stop it, a new study suggests. Ira Longini, professor of biostastics, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report / HealthDay | |
Swine Flu Shots in October Won't Curb First U.S. Wave of Cases
Swine flu vaccinations planned to start in October will come too late to prevent the first wave of fall infections, said researchers who did a study on the best way to tame the pandemic. A targeted program that starts in children and reaches 70 percent of the population would be the most effective way to curb swine flu, according to the research led by Ira Longini, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington.
| Bloomberg News | |
Community Programs Help Teens Resist Risky Behaviors
Giving communities a menu of proven programs to choose from is an effective way to help reduce risky behaviors among young teens, new research shows. J. David Hawkins, professor of social work, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| ABC News (Reuters wire service) | |
Electrical Circuit Runs Entirely Off Power in Trees
There's enough power in trees for University of Washington researchers to run an electronic circuit, according to results to be published in an upcoming issue of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Transactions on Nanotechnology.
| U.S. News & World Report / National Science Foundation | |
| Sep. 9, 2009 |
Dodging Credit-Card Reform
New credit-card rules, designed to curb the industry's abusive practices, went into effect a few weeks ago. But already lenders have found ways to get around the regulatory roadblocks -- moves that may cost consumers in the end. Lewis Mandell, professor of finance, is quoted.
| Businessweek | |
UW president's compensation: Is Emmert making too much?
Two letters to the editor question President Emmert's annual compensation.
| Seattle Times | |
The battle is on against Facebook and co to regain control of our files
In an op-ed piece, Bruce Schneier, chief security technology officer for British Telecom, writes "we need to take back control of data in the [computing] cloud, and projects like Vanish show us how we can."
| Guardian Unlimited (London) | |
| Sep. 8, 2009 |
Summer of Work Exposes Medical Students to Systems Ills
This summer, medical students from the University of Washington took a long look under the hood of the health care system they are about to inherit, and many returned to campus last week with their eyes wide open and their idealism tempered.
| New York Times | |
Smoking, drinking and obesity increase chance of second breast cancer, research says
New research from Seattle has some advice for women who have survived a first breast cancer: To stay healthy, live healthy. A study by scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center shows that obesity, drinking alcohol and smoking significantly increase the risk of second breast cancer. Christopher Li, research assistant professor of epidemiology, is quoted.
| seattlepi.com | |
Swine flu hits Washington State Univ.
Washington State University is in the midst of a swine flu outbreak since classes started last month, with 2,500 people contacting student health to report flu-like symptoms and officials handing out flu kits around campus. The state expects additional outbreaks at colleges, workplaces and other gathering places this fall, said Tim Church of the state Department of Health. The state's largest college, the University of Washington, does not begin classes until the end of the month.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Vancouver Columbian (AP wire story) | |
Keeper of Yakama language awarded honorary degree
Linguist Virginia Beavert speaks five of the fourteen original dialects of the plateau tribes, including Yakama, and has been a long time teacher of the languages and active in their preservation. For her work with tribal languagues she's has been awarded an honoray doctorate degree from the University of Washington.
| Yakima Herald-Republic | |
Lifestyle can lower 2nd breast cancer risk
Survivors of breast cancer are at even greater risk of developing a second breast cancer. But now a new study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center finds there are certain lifestyle changes that can significantly lower that risk. Christopher Li, research assistant professor of epidemiology, is quoted.
| KING | |
| Sep. 7, 2009 |
Program Curbs Teen Substance Abuse, Delinquency
Substance abuse and delinquent behavior among teens was significantly reduced in communities that tried a university-designed prevention program, a new study found. "This study shows we can prevent adolescent risk behaviors community wide by using this system," lead author and co-developer of the program, J. David Hawkins, founding director of the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington in Seattle, said in a university news release.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report (HealthDay News) | |
Seattle Health Co-op
The success of the Seattle-based medical provider, Group Health, has put new attention on whether a cooperative health plan can work on a national level. Aaron Katz, director of the Global Health Leadership Program, is quoted.
| PBS | |
Reducing severe episodes of BPD
The primary treatments for borderline personality disorder are behavioral strategies, such as dialectical behavioral therapy, which University of Washington psychologist Marsha Linehan devised almost two decades ago.
| Los Angeles Times | |
Filipino drill team is in step with its culture
About 200 people gathered for a cultural diversity festival for Lower Valley parents who've completed classes on how to better push their children toward higher education. The Parent Academies are organized by the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, better known as GEAR-UP, at the University of Washington.
| Yakima Herald-Republic | |
Borderline personality disorder grows as healthcare concern
Borderline personality disorder was center stage in May at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association -- with multiple sessions and speakers devoted to the topic. And the message from the meeting was clear: After years during which they threw up their hands, leaders in psychiatry now want to convey a more positive message about the condition and what can be done to help those who have it. Marsha Linehan, professor of psychology, is quoted.
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Sep. 6, 2009 |
Council decision not made in haste
In an op-ed piece, Angela Day, doctoral student in the Department of Political Science, comments on the Snohomish County Council's recent decision to eliminate fully contained communities from the county's comprehensive plan.
| Everett Herald | |
A cause to climb a mountain
Six climbers breathed in the stingy air atop 14,411-foot Mount Rainier on Tuesday and exalted in the more than $130,000 they and their party raised to help cure Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Fifty miles to the northwest, Jeffrey Chamberlain and teams of researchers toiled in laboratories at the University of Washington and other Seattle facilities, searching for a cure.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
Where Do We Go From Here?
The recession has presented many lessons for those who overindulged in debt. But some wonder how long it will take for people to forget their mistakes. Lewis Mandell, professor of finance, is quoted.
| Kitsap Sun | |
WWU geologist hopes glacier will reveal climate secrets
A glacier more than 650 feet thick in a remote region of British Columbia holds clues to climate patterns stretching back hundreds of years. A Western Washington University geologist is among a team of scientists working to uncover the secrets frozen in its depths. Eric Steig, associate professor of Earth and space sciences, is also involved with the study.
| Bellingham Herald | |
| Sep. 5, 2009 |
West Coast fishermen embark on new wave of fishing
The West Coast groundfish fleet has struggled to stay afloat during major cutbacks to reverse long-standing problems with overfishing and to protect the seafloor from damage caused by bottom trawling gear. They are now embarking, after years of work and negotiation, on the latest system in fisheries management, known as "catch share." Ray Hilborn, professor of aquatic and fishery sciences, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| KOMO (AP wire story) | |
Swine-flu outbreak hits 2,000 at WSU; other schools wary
Washington State University has reported the first large-scale return of swine flu in the state since spring's pandemic, with the latest outbreak striking almost as soon as students returned to school Aug. 24. The University of Washington, whose fall term starts Sept. 30, is still finalizing plans for how it will deal with swine flu cases on campus.
| Seattle Times | |
| Sep. 4, 2009 |
Does Your Reality Need Augmenting?
Reading the news about a University of Washington professor's experimental electronic contact lens, I wondered if my dream of the ultimate personal technology has finally moved from over the horizon to in sight. Here's what I want: To be able to walk into crowded cocktail party, and know exactly who I am looking at -- names, last time we met, and other pertinent information like names of spouses or kids. I want that information beamed into my field of vision, in text floating over their heads, like the health indicators over the bad guys in a computer game.
| CBS | |
Fitness fanatic or couch potato? Blame your DNA
For decades, fitness gurus have admonished sofa spuds to adopt a can-do attitude toward exercise, as if the only thing keeping them from the gym or walking path was the right attitude. Yet a growing body of evidence suggests that it's not merely motivation but also genetics that separate slouches from fitness fanatics, and at least some of these genes appear to act on the brain's pleasure and reward center. Glen Duncan, associate professor of epidemiology and nutritional sciences, is quoted.
| Los Angeles Times | |
University of Washington to explore the planet from the ocean floor
The Seattle Times editorial board writes "a University of Washington oceanography professor's tenacious pursuit of research grants will yield an undersea observatory of extraordinary capacity and potential."
| Seattle Times | |
The first Twitter class
DePaul University's College of Communications got national press attention this week when it announced plans to offer a college journalism course on Twitter, with the The Wall Street Journal reporting that the class is being touted as the first of its kind. DePaul's press release also made the claim of being first. But University of Washington communications professor Kathy Gill says not so fast.
| TechFlash | |
UW president gets new perks, but no raise
After five years of year-to-year contracts, the University of Washington Board of Regents has given UW President Mark Emmert a vote of confidence with a new five-year contract.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| The Olympian (AP wire story) | |
Staying Motivated in Grad School
Alexes Harris, assistant professor of sociology, contributes a Mentor Memo column to Inside Higher Education on the subject of motivation.
| Inside Higher Ed | |
Labor unions historically blazed the path for health care in U.S.
In an op-ed piece, Michael Honey, professor of interdisciplinary arts and sciences at UW Tacoma, writes about health care reform and the historical role that unions have played.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
Poli Sci Reformation?
A task force of the American Political Science Association is considering how the discipline should reshape itself. Luis Fraga, task force co-chair and associate vice provost for faculty advancement, is quoted.
| Inside Higher Ed | |
UW President Mark Emmert gets new perks, no pay raise
University of Washington regents are impressed enough with President Mark Emmert's leadership that they have signed him to a five-year contract -- replacing the year-by-year contracts he's served under since he was hired in 2004. There's no pay raise for Emmert, at least this year, but there are other sweeteners, including a provision for him to take a six-month paid sabbatical (worth $450,000).
| Seattle Times | |
Police insist: When UW wins, there's more trouble
Anecdotally, many police officers, including those at the UW, believe that a winning team engenders more unruly behavior.
| seattlepi.com | |
This fall on campus, Coffee 101
Wouldn't you know it. The land that spawned Starbucks now has a college course dedicated to its coffee culture. Freshman at UW Bothell this fall can sign up for a course that will cover the cultural and economic histories around coffee and also study how movies and books have represented coffee from "crop to cup."
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
| Sep. 3, 2009 |
UW wins major grant to explore ocean floor
It's the largest federal award ever for the University of Washington. The school will received $126 million over the next five years to build a 500-mile long power and Internet grid along the ocean floor.
| KING | |
'Si' Simenstad honored with NOAA conservation award
Charles "Si" Simenstad of the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences has been named the recipient of a national award for habitat conservation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The award is the Dr. Nancy Foster Habitat Conservation Award.
| Kitsap Sun | |
UW gets $126M to build part of ocean observatory
The University of Washington announced it will receive $126 million from the National Science Foundation to build part of an observatory that the university says will revolutionize the way oceans are studied.
| Daily Journal of Commerce | |
Humans Causing Erosion Comparable to World's Largest Rivers
A new study finds that large-scale farming projects can erode the Earth's surface at rates comparable to those of the world's largest rivers and glaciers. David Montgomery, professor of earth and space sciences, was one of the researchers involved in the study.
| U.S. News & World Report / National Science Foundation | |
UW goes mobile with new app
The University of Washington today announced its own free iPhone application with campus maps, course catalogs, and sports scores and schedules, among other things. UW also launched a new mobile website with a format designed for viewing by cellphones and other devices.
| TechFlash | |
Weather and Wildfires
Because of warming trends, the entire forest east of the Cascade Mountains has been put at risk by tiny pine beetles eating their way into the tissue of trees. Susan Pritchard, UW graduate student, as well as Professor Emeritus Jim Agee (both in the School of Forest Resources) are interviewed.
Watch the video at ClimateCentral.org.
| PBS | |
Researchers Find a New Way to Attack the Cloud
Amazon and Microsoft have been pushing cloud-computing services as a low-cost way to outsource raw computing power, but the products may introduce new security problems that have yet to be fully explored, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tadayoshi Kohno, UW assistant professor of computer science and engineering, is quoted.
This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| New York Times (IDG News Service) | |
| Sep. 2, 2009 |
School gets $126M for Northwest ocean observatory
The University of Washington has received about $126 million in federal money to build an ocean observatory in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington and Oregon.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Washington Post (AP wire story) | |
UW is No. 2 in pre-season poll -- of green campuses
The University of Washington comes in No. 2 in a national, preseason Top-20 poll, but the ranking has nothing to do with fits pigskin prowess. In its third annual ranking of "planet-preserving colleges and universities," using criteria from academics to waste management, Sierra Magazine -- organ of the Sierra Club -- gives the U-Dub a score of 98 (of 100).
| seattlepi.com | |
UW to get $126M for new seafloor observatory
The University of Washington will receive $126 million over the next five and a half years to build what is being described as a revolutionary new ocean observatory on the seafloor of the Pacific Northwest, officials announced Wednesday.
| Seattle Times | |
University of Washington to get $126M for Pacific Ocean observatory project
The University of Washington will receive its largest-ever federal award to help build an ocean observatory off the Pacific Northwest coast. The university will receive $126 million in the next five-and-a-half years, including about $35 million in federal stimulus money in the first year, to build about 500 miles of fiber-optic and power cable and seven science nodes on the sea floor.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
New Call for Cell Phone Safety Research
Are cell phones safe? For years, studies have provided conflicting conclusions. Today, there is still no clear answer. But experts agree on one thing: more research is needed to find out the answer. Henry Lai, research professor of bioengineering, is quoted.
| CBS / CNet | |
UW gets $126 million grant -- largest ever -- for ocean observatory
The University of Washington announced Wednesday that it will get a $126 million federal grant -- the largest award the school has ever received for one project -- to study the ocean as it as never been studied before.
| seattlepi.com | |
Poll: Support grows for same-sex partnerships
A new analysis by University of Washington researchers indicates that Evergreen State voters may be ready to approve "everything but marriage" domestic partnerships, assuming Referendum 71 goes to a vote in November.
| seattlepi.com | |
UWT: Don't reduce street-level retail space in Joy Building
A letter writer urges UW Tacoma "to do the right thing and adopt the recommendations of the Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission and build retail on Pacific Avenue as originally designed."
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
How to teach what you don't know; a little romance; picture books
The Seattle Times book column includes a recent offering from the UW Press: "Writing Modern Chinese Art: Historiographic Explorations" edited by Josh Yiu.
| The Seattle Times | |
U.S. Panel Rejects Genzyme Leukemia Drug Study
Genzyme Corp should run a new study before the company can win approval to promote a pediatric leukemia drug for older adults with an aggressive blood cancer, a U.S. advisory panel said on Tuesday. Thomas Fleming, professor of biostatistics and a member of the panel, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| ABC News (Reuters wire story) | |
Powerful earthquake kills 34 in Indonesia, dozens feared buried
Rescue workers late Wednesday are trying to clear the road into the Indonesian town of Cianjur after a major earthquake triggered a landslide, trapping residents inside their homes. Beth Kolko, associate professor of human centered design and engineering, was in Jakarta at the time of the quake and is quoted.
| CNN | |
Poll finds support for same-sex domestic partnerships
Potential good news for backers of the "everything but marriage law" that voters will be asked to uphold or reject in November through Referendum 71. The Washington Poll released a report today showing public support for same-sex domestic partnerships has increased substantially over the past three years.
| The Seattle Times | |
New Application Aims to Detect Flu Outbreaks Faster
In the latest use of the Internet and social media to counter the flu and infectious diseases, researchers from MIT and Harvard said Tuesday that iPhone users have a new means of monitoring the spread of swine flu and other disease outbreaks. Lisa Jackson, research professor of epidemiology, is quoted.
| ABC News | |
| Sep. 1, 2009 |
King County is a model for strategies to contain health-care costs
In an op-ed piece, Carolyn Watts, professor of health services, writes about tax incentives for employers with robust employee-wellness programs.
| Seattle Times | |
Your Cyborg Eye Will Talk to You
Just as many of us are getting used to augmented reality applications for cellphones and digital cameras, Babak Amir Parviz and his University of Washington students are taking it one step further. The group is working on a human machine interface where LEDs are embedded into contact lenses in order to display information to the wearer.
| New York Times / ReadWriteWeb | |
If you don't want your kids to smoke, do something
New research from the University of Washington shows that parents can play a a central role in whether their kids smoke.
| seattlepi.com | |
Decoding the Ancient Script of the Indus Valley
Indus Valley civilization poses an intractable problem, one which a legion of archaeologists and scientists have puzzled over from the first excavations to a new study published last month by researchers at the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research in Mumbai and the University of Washington. Its writing, etched in signs on tiny, intricate seals and tablets, remains undeciphered, shrouding the ancient culture in mystery.
| Time | |
For Longtime Captives, a Complex Road Home
About two-thirds of children who are kidnapped or abused suffer lingering mental problems, most often symptoms of post-traumatic stress and depression. Lucy Berliner, director of the Harborview Center for Sexual Assault & Traumatic Stress, is quoted.
| The New York Times | |
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| Aug. 31, 2009 |
Letter to the editor: Baby Einstein
In a letter to the editor, William Clark, one of the creators of "Baby Einstein,"
| Guardian Unlimited | |
Could the Recession Be Good for Your Health?
From job security to home foreclosures, there are plenty of things for people to worry about during a recession. But a growing body of research suggests that there's one negative outcome that is actually less likely during an economic downturn: death. Research by Stephen Bezruchka, senior lecturer of health services, is cited.
| Time | |
StreamFest teaches about land trust, stream restoration
StreamFest was flowing with visitors Sunday. James Karr, professor emeritus of oceanography, is quoted.
| Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News | |
College costs alter dreams
The University of Washington and Saint Martin’s University have both seen an increase in the number of students who are appealing for more financial aid. Kay Lewis, director of student financial aid, is quoted.
| The Olympian | |
How we're losing our privacy online
From personal photos circulated inadvertently on Facebook to "Web bugs" that monitor our buying habits, the Internet is exposing the private us to the public more than any technology in history. Here's why you should care -- and how to avoid it. UW's Vanish software is mentioned.
| Christian Science Monitor | |
Are cancer patients being over diagnosed?
Studies suggest that over-screening for cancer is leading to unnecessary treatments. Joann Elmore, professor of medicine, is interviewed.
| ABC News | |
| Aug. 30, 2009 |
Study: Forest zones near waterways recover on their own after fires
In a study that will surely inform the debate over post-wildfire logging, researchers at Oregon State University have found that areas near streams and rivers recovery quickly and on their own following fires. Jessica Halofsky, research scientist in the College of Forest Resources and lead author on the study, is quoted.
| Portland Oregonian | |
New book recounts Tse-whit-zen history, spreads the blame
Within days, the first of many human remains were discovered. The tragic controversy that followed is chronicled with historical perspective in a new book, "Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village," by Lynda Mapes and published by the University of Washington Press.
| Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News | |
Byrd's 'Calamity' details Heppner flood
Joann Green Byrd, a Spokane Daily Chronicle reporter and editor in the 1960s and 1970s, has just published a book about one of the Northwest's deadliest natural disasters -- "Calamity: The Heppner Flood of 1903," published by the University of Washington Press.
| Spokesman-Review | |
Japan's opposition crushes LDP in landmark victory
Voters ushered in a new era in Japanese politics Sunday, throwing out the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule. Instead, in elections to the lower house of parliament, they chose the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and its promises of a fresh approach to pull Japan out of decades of economic and political stagnation. Robert Pekkanen, associate professor in the School of International Studies, is quoted.
| Christian Science Monitor | |
| Aug. 29, 2009 |
Wood to oil process could make forest thinning pay
For the past decade that the U.S. Forest Service has been pressing to thin hundreds of millions of acres of woods in danger of burning up, it has had one nagging problem: how to come up with the billions of dollars to pay for it. Rick Gustafson, professor of forest resources, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Longview Daily News (AP wire story) | |
Health clinic will give help to those who need it most
Pierce County is about to get a free clinic unlike any other in the state: It will serve only uninsured people with chronic illnesses. A UW Tacoma School of Nursing study is cited.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
| Aug. 28, 2009 |
The brain may not be fooled by sugar substitutes
New research suggests that even when artificial sweeteners fool the taste buds, they still don't fool the ultimate arbiter of our appetites -- our subconscious brains. Adam Drewnowski, director of the nutritional science program, is quoted.
| Los Angeles Times | |
Interlude: Life on Other Planets
Seattle Times columnist Bruce Ramsey writes about a discussion of life on other planets hosted by City Club of Seattle on Aug. 27. The discussion was between two experts: Jill Tarter, director of the SETI Institute's Center for SETI Research, and Donald Brownlee, professor of astronomy at the University of Washington. Brownlee is co-author of Rare Earth, a book that argues that complex life is rare in the universe.
| Seattle Times | |
The Corner: 23rd and Union, The Change Came
KUOW's series "23rd and Union" looks at gentrification. Quintard Taylor, professor of history, is quoted.
| KUOW | |
Report: Global warming to put heat on Midwest
The Midwest will see the most dramatic temperature rise in upcoming decades due to global warming, according to a new analysis of U.S. climate data released Thursday by the Nature Conservancy. The analysis was based on data from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and was produced in conjunction with the University of Washington and the University of Southern Mississippi.
| USA Today | |
Smart Birds
New York Times Book Review columnist Liesl Schillinger reviews Lyanda Lynn Haupt's "Crow Planet." UW research by John Marzluff, professor of forest resources, is featured.
| New York Times | |
University study suggests a reason some glaciers grew while others shrank
It's news today that glaciers are shrinking -- including three in Alaska and Washington state that have been studied for 50 years -- but scientists remain puzzled about what a collection of glaciers in the Southeast Himalayas did 9,000 years ago. A new study Summer Rupper, of Brigham Young University, and Gerard Roe and Alan Gillespie, both of the University of Washington, pieces together the chain of events surrounding the unexpected glacial growth.
| Portland Oregonian | |
UW's Gates aid gives public-service lawyers a good start
Three years after the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation established a public service law scholarship at the University of Washington, the program's first four graduates face growing demand for their services but declining job prospects.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Loan plan helps graduates work in public interest law
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and is one of the most significant breakthroughs for public interest lawyers in a generation, according to the organization Equal Justice Works, which works to ensure a steady stream of attorneys into public service jobs. Michele Storms, executive director of the Gates Public Service Law Program, is quoted. Tom Graham, a recent law graduate, is profiled.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
More Nutrition Information Systems Hit the Shelves -- Do They Work?
A different kind of nutritional label system is rolling out this fall, and rather than on shelf tags, you can find it right on the packaging of foods manufactured by PepsiCo, Kellogg Co., Unilever, Kraft Foods, and other companies. Adam Drewnowski, director of the Nutritional Science Program, is quoted.
| U.S. News & World Report | |
Washington back in the pack for $4.3 billion in education grants
Washington state appears to be trailing in the pack of states competing for $4.3 billion in federal grants under a stimulus program dubbed "Race to the Top," some educators warn. Robin Lake, associate director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, is quoted.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
University of Washington Tacoma at odds about Joy retail
Tacoma's historic preservation leaders are at odds with the University of Washington Tacoma over the university's plans to reduce retail space in favor of more faculty offices as it prepares to renovate the historic Russell T. Joy Building on Pacific Avenue in the heart of downtown.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
| Aug. 27, 2009 |
UW grad gives to UC Irvine law school
Donald Bren, who is probably the University of Washington’s wealthiest graduate, has made one of the most transformative gifts in U.S. higher education. But it didn’t benefit the UW, which has been pursuing Bren for decades.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Giving Earth That Worn-Down Feeling
A study in Nature Geoscience asserts that conventional farming erodes farmland at rates comparable to what nature does in some of the most rugged parts of the planet. David Montgomery, professor of Earth and space sciences, is noted as the study's co-author.
| New York Times | |
The Corner: 23rd and Union, Movement
KUOW's series "23rd and Union" looks at how Civil Rights struggles and crack cocaine disrupted the neighborhood. Quintard Taylor, professor of history, is quoted.
| KUOW | |
Swine flu arrives on WSU campus
At Washington State University, the start of a new semester has brought a new wave of Swine Flu cases. Students are already donning face masks and the health center is getting busy. At the University of Washington campus in Seattle, administrators have the benefit of time to watch the situation in Pullman unfold.
| KING | |
UW bracing for swine flu as classes resume
Classes just resumed this week at Washington State University, but the school could already be seeing its first cases of swine flu. In Seattle University of Washington's fall quarter starts Sept. 30, but the Seattle campus is already bracing for swine flu.
| KOMO News | |
Basic needs of families in state are costing more
A new report confirms what most Washington families already know -- it's getting more costly to meet basic needs such as housing, food and child care. But the University of Washington report -- "The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Washington State 2009" -- aims to underline the growing gap between wages and the costs of basic needs by calculating those needs on a per-county basis and a more detailed level.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| The Seattle Times (AP wire story) | |
Parents Important in Teens' Smoking Risk
Friends have a strong influence over whether teenagers move from experimenting with cigarettes to becoming full-fledged smokers -- but so do parents, a new study finds. Min Jung Kim, research associate with the Social Development Research Group and lead researcher on the study, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| ABC News (Reuters wire story) | |
Kennedy's War on Cancer and Our Own
The New York Times "Room for Debate" blog talks with cancer experts about how much progress has been made in cancer treatment and in which aspects of treatment and which kinds of cancers are more successfully treated now than 40 years ago. Scott Ramsey, professor of medicine, is one of the three experts consulted.
| The New York Times | |
Computer program helps decode ancient texts
An ancient, indecipherable text from the Indus Valley region is slowly being decoded with the help of a computer program, according to recent research. Rajesh Rao, associate professor of computer science and engineering, is quoted.
| MSNBC / DiscoveryNews | |
Regular Yoga May Improve Eating Habits
Practicing yoga regularly may help your eating habits so you can maintain a healthier weight, a new study says. Alan Kristal, professor of epidemiology and lead author of the study, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report / HealthDay News | |
| Aug. 26, 2009 |
Chart of the Day: Workers of Wash. most common jobs don't earn enough
People working some of Washington state's most common occupations do not earn enough income to provide for basic needs of a family, according to a new report from the Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County. The report calculates income adequacy based on the Self-Sufficiency Standard -- a model developed in 1996 by Diana Pearce, director of the Center for Women's Welfare at the University of Washington's School of Social Work.
| seattlepi.com | |
The Corner: 23rd and Union, The Hub
KUOW reveals life on 23rd and Union in the decades before and after World War II. Quintard Taylor, professor of history, is quoted.
| KUOW | |
Minority Degrees
The University of Washington has received a grant intended to draw more minorities into technical fields. The $2.6 million award is from the National Science Foundation.
| KUOW | |
Swine Flu Worries Increase As New School Year Approaches
There's only about a month to go until your kids head back to school and this year. There's growing concern about swine flu. The UW Med Center's participation in swine flu vaccine trials is noted.
| KCPQ | |
We Learn More From Success, Not Failure
There is a biological reason why we learn more from our triumphs than from our failures, according to new research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Co-author Anitha Pasupathy is now an assistant professor of biological structure at the UW.
| ABC News | |
High Crimes
According to DEA figures, the number of pharmacy robberies in Washington state has increased in each of the past five years. Jason Moulton, head of loss prevention for the grocery chain Safeway, which has pharmacies in its stores, says that at this rate, by the end of 2009 Washington will rank first among all states for pharmacy robberies. Recent UW research is cited.
| Seattle Weekly | |
The Kindle Goes To College
Instead of lugging around textbooks to class, this fall selected students at seven universities around the country will store their course materials on a wireless electronic reader--Amazon's Kindle DX. The UW is one of the universities selected to participate in the pilot project.
| Forbes | |
Blood Flow Mismatch Seen in Pancreatic Cancers
Finnish researchers say they have identified a blood-flow metabolism mismatch that predicts pancreatic cancer aggressiveness. David Mankoff, professor of radiology, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report / HealthDay | |
University of Washington Receives $2.6 Million Grant To Double Number Of minorities In Science And Engineering
A $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation will support an alliance of institutions from Idaho, Oregon and Washington which will employ a collaborative model that has proven successful around the country, increasing minority success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs and boosting the number of minority students that go on for graduate education in STEM fields.
| Seattle Medium | |
| Aug. 25, 2009 |
Sierra Club's top 20 eco-friendly colleges include 3 in California
These days "cool school" doesn't just mean that a university has laid-back drinking policies. A "cool school" is one that recycles waste, provides transit and saves energy, according to the Sierra Club's report card for eco-friendly universities. The UW ranked second.
| Los Angeles Times | |
UW Math Prof Missing In China
A longtime University of Washington math professor is missing after he took a kayaking trip on a rugged river in China. A renowned math expert, Paul Tseng had been invited to speak at a conference in Yunnan province, but decided to take a kayak trip first. He never made it to the conference.
| KIRO | |
Rare Side Effect Seen From Breast Cancer Drug
A new report suggests that a drug widely used to prevent the recurrence of breast cancer may have a rare but dangerous side effect: increasing the odds that long-term users may develop an uncommon but aggressive new tumor. Christopher Li, research assistant professor of epidemiology and lead author of the study, is quoted.
| New York Times | |
UW school mathematician missing in China since August 13
University of Washington officials say a school mathematician is missing in China.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Tacoma News Tribune (AP wire story) | |
Cancer charities reassure women over use of tamoxifen
Medical charities have reassured women over the benefits of taking tamoxifen after research suggested the breast cancer drug could, in certain circumstances, increase the risk of secondary tumours. Christopher Li, research assistant professor of epidemiology and lead author of the study, is quoted.
| Guardian Unlimited | |
Origins of Mars' Great Canyons Remain Mystery
Mars' great canyon complex, Valles Marineris, dwarfs the size and splendor of Earth's own Grand Canyon. But while geologists have a formed a fairly complete picture of how the Grand Canyon formed, the mechanisms that carved out Valles Marineris and its component canyons have been a longstanding mystery. John Adams, professor emeritus of Earth and space sciences, is quoted.
| Fox News / Space.com | |
Study: Breast cancer drug saves lives but has risks
A Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research center team who surveyed more than 1,000 Puget Sound breast cancer survivors has found new information about the risks associated with a life-saving cancer drug. Christopher Li, research assistant professor of epidemiology and lead author of the study, is quoted.
| seattlepi.com | |
New from Northwest writers: vampire fantasy and 3 Debbie Macomber books
The Seattle Times' local book list includes "Calamity: The Heppner Flood of 1903," by Joann Green Byrd and published by the University of Washington Press.
| Seattle Times | |
UW math expert vanishes in China
Paul Tseng, a noted University of Washington mathematician and advanced math instructor, traveled to Southern China a couple of weeks ago to give a talk at an international conference. But conference organizers say he never showed up for his presentation.
| The Seattle Times | |
8 Facts to Know About Palliative Care
The term "palliative care" often conjures tones of a death knell, but the reality of what such services provide -- and when they can and should be recruited -- might be surprising. J. Randall Curtis, professor of medicine, is quoted.
| U.S. News & World Report | |
Tamoxifen May Up Risk of Second, More Aggressive Breast Cancer
The drug tamoxifen is a tried-and-true way to lower the chances of developing the most common type of recurrence among breast cancer survivors, but new research suggests it raises the risk of getting a more aggressive cancer in the healthy breast by more than four times. Christopher Li, research assistant professor of epidemiology and lead author of the study, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| U.S. News & World Report / HealthDay | |
| Aug. 24, 2009 |
University of Washington leads on $2.6M grant to increase math, engineering degrees for minority students
The University of Washington said it has received a $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to increase the number of bachelor degrees awarded to minorities in science, technology, engineering and math.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
In Defense of the MBA
In an op-ed piece, Sandeep Krishnamurthy, associate professor of business, argues that the MBA isn't the problem, it's the solution -- to poorly run companies, unethical managers and a crippled economy
| Businessweek | |
Retired UW professor still enlivening the literary world
The Seattle Times profiles Charles Johnson, who retired this month from the English department.
| The Seattle Times | |
States' Focus on Public Colleges Collides With Budget Reality
For decades, policy analysts have warned that a steady erosion of state support was undermining the basic foundations of public colleges and universities. Nowhere in the 2008-9 academic year was the damage more sudden and severe than in the five states of the Pacific West. Randy Hodgins, vice president of external affairs, is quoted.
| The Chronicle of Higher Education | |
| Aug. 23, 2009 |
Dialysis: High costs, mortality
A growing body of evidence suggests that longer and/or more frequent dialysis treatments, either at home or in a dialysis center, are far superior to the status quo -- treatment in dialysis centers. Although the USA spends more per dialysis patient than other countries, that does not result in higher survival rates or even, many argue, a better quality of life. Christopher Blagg, professor emeritus of medicine and former long-time director of the Northwest Kidney Centers, is quoted.
| USA Today | |
A Gifted Teacher Has to Jump Through Bureaucratic Hoops to Avoid Firing
Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews profiles Jonathan Keiler, a social studies teacher in Maryland, and his struggle to receive recognition for credits he had accumulated for his standard teacher certification. Research by Marguerite Roza, research associate professor of education, is cited.
| Washington Post | |
Earthquake: Signs point to greater Peninsula effect from 'the big one'
The possible projected impact area of a long-predicted 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Washington has moved closer to the North Olympic Peninsula, some scientists are saying, emphasizing it's a "best guess." John Vidale, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Center, and Bob Freitag, executive director of the Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup and director of the Institute for Hazards Mitigation Planning and Research, are quoted.
| Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News | |
World Vision's Richard Stearns sets out to put an end to global poverty
Richard Stearns, president of World Vision U.S., has journeyed from agnosticism and the corporate boardroom to a faith-filled life heading the huge Christian humanitarian organization. James Wellman, associate professor of American religion, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
| Aug. 22, 2009 |
Swine Flu Shot May Protect at Regular Dose, Data Show
A single standard dose of vaccine may be enough to protect most people against swine flu, according to preliminary research in China that suggests twice as many people as projected could receive the pandemic shot. Ira Longini, professor of biostatistics, is quoted.
| Bloomberg.com | |
2 UW students report late-night assault in U District
Two University of Washington students reported being assaulted early Friday as they walked along Northeast 45th Street from University Way Northeast in the University District.
| Seattle Times | |
| Aug. 21, 2009 |
Death Panels, R.I.P.
In an op-ed piece, John Buntin, who writes about health and crime for Governing magazine, addresses the subject of health care reform and government death panels. The UW Med Center's involvement in developing kidney dialysis is mentioned.
| Washington Post | |
Vancouver mayor fighting for his political life
Mayor Royce E. Pollard served two tours with the Army in Vietnam, so it would be a stretch to say he has the battle of his life on his hands. But Pollard knows his survival as mayor is in jeopardy. Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
| Portland Oregonian | |
Poor communities hit hardest by global warming
Global warming will fall heaviest on the desperately poor, finds a study of agricultural economics. David Battisti, professor of atmospheric sciences, is quoted discussing the methodology of the study.
| USA Today | |
Startup vet Rhoads hits one-year mark at UW TechTransfer
When biotech executive Michael Martino became CEO of a tiny Seattle startup called Arzeda in January, one of his first orders of business was negotiating with the University of Washington. Martino started talking to UW in February and wrapped up licensing deals in May and June, a time frame he called "pretty responsive." Arzeda’s positive experience with UW is one that Linden Rhoads, the vice provost of TechTransfer at the university, is eager to replicate.
| TechFlash - Seattle's Technology News Source | |
Work begins on Pacific Avenue building for UWT
The building at 1720 Pacific Ave. has been home to a wholesale grocery, a paper company, a stove manufacturing business, a candy company, a glove maker, and a number of car-related businesses, including a Firestone Tire store and both Studebaker and Oldsmobile distributors. Not bad for its first 117 years. Now the Russell T. Joy building becomes part of the University of Washington Tacoma's fast-growing campus.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
Nickels Schedules News Conference As Job Hangs In Balance
Seattle Mayor Greg narrowly trails two challengers following Tuesday's primary and is at serious risk of not advancing to the general election in November, potentially ending his eight-year run at City Hall. Nickels has scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference for Friday at City Hall to discuss the results. Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
| KIRO-TV CBS 7 | |
Progress on Parade
The Columbian editorial board writes that Washington State University - Vancouver "has been one of the biggest economic boosts in Clark County" in the past 60 years.
| Vancouver Columbian | |
UW drama school celebrates its newly renovated theater
The University of Washington School of Drama has a new 2009-10 season lineup that includes one of the best from the Bard, a quirky musical tragi-comedy and a hilarious show about history’s great betrayal, while the school also throws a party for its newly renovated historic theater on the corner of 41st Street and University Way.
| Everett Herald | |
University of Washington takes steps to jolt its tech licensing process to life
UW TechTransfer protects, manages and licenses research coming out of the university. Together with the Washington Research Foundation, it oversees a portfolio of UW intellectual property that generated $47 million in revenue for the university in fiscal year 2008. The TechTransfer program, however, has often been viewed as slow-moving and hostile to entrepreneurial activity. That's something Linden Rhoads, who cut her teeth at local startups ChiliSoft, Singingfish.com and AdRelevance, is trying to change.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
University of Washington gives profs some schooling in entrepreneurship
Connie Bourassa-Shaw has spent years helping University of Washington students learn how to become entrepreneurs. But it was only after taking some time away from campus that she realized she'd overlooked another key group that also needed help grasping the world of business -- the faculty.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
MicroGreen turning University of Washington research into material success
Microgreen Polymers co-founder Krishna Nadella had heard the horror stories about the University of Washington's TechTransfer department. But nine years later, Nadella is building a successful materials science business on the back of patented technology spun out of UW professor Vipin Kumar's lab.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
Busting the barriers between lab and marketplace
After years of ho-hum success at spinning out companies from its massive academic research complex, Washington state is starting to blast away the walls that block scientific innovations from becoming real-world businesses. The University of Washington and Washington State University, under pressure from politicians, business leaders and their own professors, are streamlining their technology licensing offices, bringing entrepreneurs to campus to coach researchers, and tearing up rules that hinder scientists from commercializing their discoveries.
| Puget Sound Business Journal | |
| Aug. 20, 2009 |
Washington's woody debris shows promise for clean fuels, report says
A University of Washington report says woody biomass may be the state's best opportunity to develop biofuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Portland Oregonian (AP wire story) | |
Time for Washington state to decriminalize marijuana
In an op-ed piece, State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles and Toby Nixon, former state representative, write in support of state Senate Bill 5615. The bill would reclassify adult possession of marijuana from a crime carrying a mandatory day in jail to a civil infraction imposing a $100 penalty payable by mail. UW research is cited.
| Seattle Times | |
Seattle Mayor Fighting to Hold Onto His Job
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels narrowly trails two challengers following Tuesday's primary and is at serious risk of not advancing to the general election in November, potentially ending his eight-year run at City Hall. Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| New York Times (AP wire story) | |
American Morning
When people think of Seattle, they probably think of the Space Needle and those dreary days. Certainly not earthquakes. Well, that could be changing. John Vidale, professor of Earth and space sciences, is quoted.
| CNN | |
Who is the highest paid state worker? You might be surprised
Washington State University president Elson Floyd, who gave back most of a $125,000 pay raise last year, still appears to be the highest-paid worker on the state’s payroll -- at least in terms of base pay.
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
Where Phones in Class Are Encouraged
A growing number of universities are teaching students to program for the iPhone, Google's Android, and other smart phone systems, fueled by the belief that mobile development is the next technological gold mine. UW's Extension certificate in iPhone and cocoa development is mentioned.
| Inside Higher Ed | |
Jurisdiction key in Tulalip fireworks lawsuit
Snohomish County Superior Court judges are grappling with a simple question that arises time and again when something involving a non-Indian goes awry on tribal land: Who's in charge? Bob Anderson, director of the Native American Law Center, is quoted.
| Everett Herald | |
Weekday: Higher Education
KUOW's Weekday talks to presidents of public, private and community colleges about how things have changed as a result of the recession and what they're doing in response. UW President Mark Emmert is featured.
| KUOW | |
Praise from doctors, patients on health cooperatives
Some of the strongest support for health care cooperatives' place in the national effort to reform the nation's health care system comes from those who experience a co-op's care every day: doctors and patients. Aaron Katz, principal lecturer in Health Services and Global Health and director of the Global Health Leadership Program, is quoted.
| CNN | |
Swine flu vaccine trial begins
Only five cities in the country have started testing the new swine flu vaccine on children. Seattle is one of them. Janet Englund, professor of pediatrics, is quoted.
| KING/NW Cable News | |
| Aug. 19, 2009 |
Geek of the Week: Stephanie Vasko
Seattlepi.com's Geek of the Week is Stephanie Vasko, graduate student in materials chemistry and nanotechnology.
| seattlepi.com | |
UW analyst on King County Executive race
Matt Barrerto, an associate professor in political science at the University of Washington, talks about Susan Hutchison and the race for King County Executive.
| KING/NW Cable News | |
Spark of life from outer space?
The scientific theory that the spark of life came from outer space has received new support. UW astronomer Don Brownlee is quoted.
| KING/NW Cable News | |
UW is famous in China, and it has nothing to do with Bruce Lee
Although 82 percent of UW undergrads come from Washington, President Mark Emmert said the Chinese have ranked the UW as one of the top 500 prestigious colleges to get into.
| Northwest Asian Weekly | |
| Aug. 18, 2009 |
Local books
The Seattle Times' notable local books includes "Glenn Murcutt: University of Washington Master Studios and Lectures," edited by Jim Nicholls, lecturer in Architecture, and published by University of Washington. Seattle Times art writer Michael Upchurch calls this "a slim but elegantly designed book of essays about (and conversations with) Australian architect Glenn Murcutt who, starting in 2004, led "master studios" at the UW Department of Architecture for five years."
| Seattle Times | |
Here’s how yoga practitioners stay so slim
It’s no secret that yoga helps practitioners stay slim. A new study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington explains why: People who engage in the traditional form of exercise are more in tune with their bodies in general, including at meal times.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Everett Herald (L.A. Times wire story) | |
Building block of life found in comet tail
Showing that the ingredients for life in the universe may be distributed far more widely than previously thought, scientists have found traces of a key building block of biology in dust snatched from the tail of a comet. Don Brownlee, professor of astronomy and chief scientist on the Stardust mission, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Everett Herald (L.A. Times wire story) | |
Ingredient for life detected in comet dust
Showing that the ingredients for life in the universe may be distributed far more widely than previously thought, scientists have found traces of a key building block of biology in dust snatched from the tail of a comet. UW astronomy professor Don Brownlee is quoted.
| KCPQ | |
Testing Obama's effect on racial attitudes
Studies of the effects of Barack Obama's election on racial attitudes and even achievement gaps are just beginning. The work of UW psychologist Tony Greenwald is cited.
| Los Angeles Times | |
From a Distant Comet, a Clue to Life
For the first time, a building block of proteins — and hence of life as we know it — has been found in a comet. Don Brownlee, UW astronomer, is quoted.
| New York Times | |
A harpoon with a satellite tag on the end is used to affix the tracking device to narwhals.
On a remote fjord in northwest Greenland, traditional Inuit hunting techniques are being used to affix tiny, high-tech satellite transmitters onto narwhals -- a kind of Arctic whale famous for its long, spiral unicorn horn. UW oceanographer Kristin Laidre is quoted.
| National Public Radio | |
Patients, doctors praise health cooperatives
Some of the strongest support for health care cooperatives' place in the national effort to reform the nation's health care system comes from those who experience a co-op's care every day: doctors and patients. Aaron Katz, principal lecturer in health services and director of the Global Health Leadership Program, is quoted.
| CNN | |
MIT Review's top tech minds
The MIT Technology Review has released its list of the country's top innovators under the age of 35. University of Washington computer science and electrical engineering professor Shwetak Patel, who is working on sensing equipment for the home, was honored.
| TechFlash | |
UW's Patel makes TR35
University of Washington computer scientists had another good showing on Technology Review's annual list of 35 standout innovators under 35 years old. Honors went to one current UW faculty member and two alums.
| Seattle Times | |
| Aug. 17, 2009 |
Clouds Over Seattle Mayor's Election Bid
This city's mayor, Greg Nickels, helped President Barack Obama campaign on the platform of change. Now Mr. Nickels is heading into a bruising mayoral primary Tuesday faced with an opposite perception: that he's the candidate of continuity. The nonpartisan Washington Poll, sponsored by the University of Washington, is cited.
| Wall Street Journal | |
Ingredient for life detected in comet dust
Showing that the ingredients for life in the universe may be distributed far more widely than previously thought, scientists have found traces of a key building block of biology in dust snatched from the tail of a comet. Don Brownlee, professor of astronomy and chief scientist on the Stardust mission, is quoted.
| Los Angeles Times | |
A male narwhal surfaces
National Public Radio profiles Kristin Laidre, oceanographer with the Applied Physics Laboratory. Laidre studies narwhals, the "unicorns of the sea."
| National Public Radio (NPR) | |
Seattle mayor's race a free-for-all
The latest KING 5 News - SurveyUSA poll now has the top three candidates for Seattle mayor separated by 5 points or fewer -- with incumbent Greg Nickels at 26 percent, businessman Joe Mallahan up 3 points to 22 percent, and McGinn close behind at 21 percent, with 11 percent still undecided. Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.
| KING-TV NBC 5 | |
Parsing college rankings raises questions about criteria for this high-school senior
In an op-ed piece, Yoo Jung Kim, a senior this fall at Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, analyzes the accuracy and usefulness of college rankings by looking at the UW's standing in several rankings systems.
| Seattle Times | |
Asian-American women born in the United States are more likely to consider suicide, study shows.
Asian-American women born in the United States are more likely to kill themselves than women who immigrated from Asia to America, University of Washington researchers say.
| Portland Oregonian | |
Clash Over Rebirth of Mt. St. Helens
When Mount St. Helens erupted nearly 30 years ago, it flattened more than 150 square miles of forest, spewed millions of tons of mud and debris, filled the sky with ash and left at least 57 people dead. In the process, it also created an unusual outdoor laboratory. But now the work is caught up in a debate over management of the mountain, designated after the eruption as the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Some say the 110,000-acre monument should be a national park. One of the scientists profiled is Peter Frenzen, who began working at the site shortly after the eruption when he was still a senior at UW.
| New York Times | |
Bringing Salmon Back to the City
To a salmon, big cities make for poor habitat. Not much fish food grows on a bare concrete bulkhead. Now some scientists hope to change that. They're looking at new ways for salmon to live in the city, or at least find some food. The experiments come at a time when communities throughout the Northwest are rethinking the ecology of urban shorelines. Jason Toft, of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, is quoted.
| KUOW | |
Scientists test for toxic airplane air exposure
Inside a freezer in a research laboratory at the University of Washington are blood and blood plasma samples from 92 people who suffer from mysterious illnesses, including tremors, memory loss and severe migraine headaches. They are mostly pilots and flight attendants who suspect they've been poisoned in their workplace -- on board the aircraft they fly.
| CNN | |
| Aug. 16, 2009 |
Seattle mayoral candidates take attacks online
Election attack ads in the Seattle mayor's race have moved online -- and that's just one of the interesting aspects in Tuesday's primary election. Now some observers are asking whether the Internet-based attack ads are a sign of things to come, or simply a fluke in an all-mail election with unusual timing. The recent UW-admistered Washington Poll is cited.
| KOMO | |
Save Washington's forests for public and environmental benefit
In an op-ed piece, Brian Boyle, assistant director of Forest Resources and formerly Washington's commissioner of public lands from 1981-1993, writes "it's time for Washington to step up and create a system of anchor forests" such as it did in 1934.
| Seattle Times | |
Author reading: 'Picturing the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition'
For those wanting a lasting souvenir of the Nowell show at MOHAI, "Picturing the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: The Photographs of Frank H. Nowell," by Nicolette Bromberg and published by University of Washington Press, should do the trick. Bromberg, a visual-materials curator in Special Collections at the UW, includes some of Nowell's Alaskan photos along with numerous A-Y-P shots (in 1909, Nowell had studios in both Nome and Seattle), and her useful introduction reveals some of his tricks.
| Seattle Times | |
Deep tremors suggest mega-quake could hit closer to Seattle
Using sophisticated seismometers and global positioning systems, scientists have been able to track minute movements along two massive tectonic plates colliding 25 miles or so underneath the Puget Sound basin. Their early findings suggest a mega-earthquake could strike closer to Tacoma and Seattle than earlier thought. Steve Malone, research professor of Earth and space sciences, and John Vidale, professor of Earth and space sciences, are quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Tacoma News Tribune (McClatchy wire story) | |
Four-year med school a win-win regional goal
The idea of a four-year medical school in Spokane has tantalized civic leaders here for years, but the chances have never looked better. "Chance" is the operative word, but the picture will be clearer in a few months, when two committees involving the University of Washington School of Medicine and Washington State University complete a feasibility study regarding medical education in Spokane.
| Spokane Spokesman-Review | |
UW exhibits recall when the first World's Fair came to town
You may not have noticed it, but there's quite a bit of time travel going on in Seattle this summer, all centered on the University of Washington campus. Across campus, placards identify where long-vanished buildings of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific (A-Y-P) Exposition of 1909 once stood.
| The Seattle Times | |
How you can self-destruct your messages
Every e-mail you send is stored on not only your computer but also the recipient’s machine; your internet service provider will have one too, as will the many servers that have handled your message in its travels across cyberspace. It's this Big Brother vision that has inspired researchers in Seattle to create the world’s first self-destructing e-mails. Vanish, a free program developed by Roxana Geambasu and Professor Hank Levy of The University of Washington, puts an expiry date on digital messages.
| Times of London | |
| Aug. 15, 2009 |
New state law protects young athletes from injury
Starting this season, a tough new state law on sports concussions will affect young athletes. Stan Herring, director of the UW Medicine Spine Center and one of the law's key supporters, is quoted.
| KING | |
Ex-Seattle TV anchor stresses 'nonpartisan' label
How does a conservative get elected in famously liberal Seattle? Stripping party labels off the ballot and declining to call yourself a Republican is a good place to start. Having great name recognition as a longtime television news anchor doesn't hurt, either. That's the playbook so far for Susan Hutchison, former KIRO-TV anchor. Matt Barreto, assistant professor of political science, is quoted.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| The Olympian (AP wire story) | |
Two cases of drug-resistant swine flu found in Seattle
The country's first cases of drug-resistant swine flu were discovered in two leukemia patients in Seattle, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. The account of the cases, published in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, identifies the hospitals as Seattle Children's and the University of Washington Medical Center.
| Seattle Times | |
| Aug. 14, 2009 |
UW grad students trade textbooks for Kindles
Some University of Washington students can say goodbye to lugging heavy textbooks across campus this fall. Forty graduate students will receive all their textbooks on Amazon.com's electronic Kindle.
| KING | |
How to have happy relationships
What can we do to ensure we have a happy relationship? Is it something that's even within our control? Research by John Gottman, professor emeritus of psychology, is cited.
| Guardian Unlimited | |
Liver Transplant Risky in the Very Thin or Very Fat
Liver transplantation "holds increased risk" in adults who are very thin or very obese before surgery, research shows. Andre A. S. Dick, of the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, and colleagues investigated the impact of pre-transplant body weight on patient survival by reviewing data from the United Network for Organ Sharing on 71,446 liver transplants performed in adults from 1987 through 2007.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| ABC News (Reuters wire story) | |
WASL scores up in state, Seattle
Friday marked the end of a rocky and controversial era -- WASL test results, with all their nail-biting fanfare, were released for the last time. The Southeast Education Initiative, which provided teachers with more planning time and collaboration with the University of Washington, is cited. In 2001, 20 percent of the initiative's sophomores passed the writing WASL. This year, 76 percent passed.
| seattlepi.com | |
Seattle is front line in grocery bag fee fight
Leaders of famously green Seattle last year passed the nation's first grocery bag fee, and other cities around the nation quickly followed. But the plastics industry has been fighting back, bringing lawsuits, aggressively lobbying lawmakers and bankrolling a referendum in Seattle to overturn the 20-cent charge. The recent UW-admistered Washington Poll is cited.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Bellingham Herald (AP wire story) | |
Safer Sex, Better Sex: The Truth About Condom Design
Newsweek blogger Kate Dailey writes about innovations in condom design and technology. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is quoted.
| Newsweek | |
Primary care in need of first aid
Many family doctors and others on the front lines of medical care, who typically earn far less than their specialist counterparts, hope any health-care-reform package will include tools for easing a dire shortage of primary-care doctors. Roger Rosenblatt, professor of family medicine, is quoted.
| Seattle Times | |
Arsonist at work in North Seattle
The Seattle Fire Department says someone is intentionally setting fires in the Greenwood and University of Washington areas. At least four fires have been set in the past few weeks.
| KING/NW Cable News | |
| Aug. 13, 2009 |
UW police seeking information about two arsons
University of Washington campus police are investigating two separate fires late Wednesday that caused damage to the exteriors of unoccupied wood-framed buildings on campus near 12th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 41st Street.
| Seattle Times | |
UW gets $1.9 million for ocean observation efforts
The University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory is getting $1.9 million from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration to support ocean observing efforts in the Pacific Northwest.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| The Olympian (AP wire story) | |
Families Lose $140,000 to Money Cleansing Scam
Lakewood police are looking for a woman known as Senora Monica. She claimed to be a traditional healer who could cleanse money -- or rid it of any negative energy. But instead, she ran off with nearly $140,000 from several Latino families. Michelle Habell-Pallan, associate professor of women's studies, is quoted.
| KUOW | |
Hempfest's vision of a 'hempen future' may be closer than ever
Hempfest 2009 will feature five music stages, a comedy stage and a headline act by progressive urban artist Shyan Selah as well as presentations by more than 50 speakers as diverse Dr. Gregory T. Carter of the University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Councilmember Nick Licata.
| seattlepi.com | |
A Different Kind of Credit-Card Company
With a new federal credit-card law coming, PartnersFirst's model of no fees, steady rates, and reduced risk may point toward the industry's future. Lewis Mandell, professor of finance, is quoted.
| Business Week | |
For MBA Job Seekers, the Family Matters
With recruiting channels drying up, many B-school students are tapping personal networks in search of work -- and finding it. The Foster School of Business is noted.
| Business Week | |
Seattle hospital sues for return FICA taxes
Virginia Mason Medical Center is suing for nearly $3 million in Social Security tax refunds on behalf of former residents and fellows who worked at the hospital from 1999 to 2004, entering a nationwide tussle on the issue. Tina Mankowski, a spokeswoman for Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, said the FICA tax issue had not arisen there or at other University of Washington-affiliated hospitals, including the UW Medical Center.
| Longview Daily News | |
Exercise reduces breast cancer side effects
A new study could change exercise recommendations for breast cancer survivors to give them the freedom to pursue a wider range of physical activities after treatment, experts say. Anna Schwartz, associate professor of biobehavioral nursing and health systems, is quoted.
| USA Today | |
| Aug. 12, 2009 |
State’s prepaid tuition program rebounds
Thanks to a record number of new enrollments at the same time the stock market was bottoming out, Washington’s prepaid tuition program saw its assets reach a new high by the end of the fiscal year. UW tuition is mentioned.This wire story appeared on many news Web sites.
| Skagit Valley Herald (AP wire story) | |
Stray Breast Cancer Cells Yield to Post-Op Chemo
Breast cancer patients with isolated tumor cells or tiny "micrometastases" in the lymph nodes benefit from treatment such as post-surgical chemotherapy or hormonal therapy, a new study finds. Hannah Linden, associate professor of oncology, is quoted.
| U.S. News & World Report / HealthDay | |
Crowds expected at today's health care town hall in Everett
With debate raging across the country, a town hall-style forum on health care has been moved to an Everett baseball stadium to accommodate a crowd of what could be hundreds of people. Aaron Katz, director of the Global Health Leadership Program, is quoted.
| Everett Herald | |
Dust in the (Cosmic) Wind
In an op-ed piece, Christopher Cokinos, professor of English at Utah State University, writes about the Perseid meteor shower and other cosmic dust. Donald Brownlee, professor of astronomy, is quoted.
| New York Times | |
More than 1,000 volunteer to test swine flu vaccine
More than 1,000 people have volunteered for the 268 adult Seattle-area slots to receive an experimental swine flu the vaccine. Group Health Cooperative began giving the vaccines to adults Friday. It and the University of Washington are sifting through volunteers to administer the remainder of the 268 vaccinations.
| seattlepi.com | |
China's Incinerators Loom as a Global Hazard
After surpassing the United States as the world's largest producer of household garbage, China has embarked on a vast program to build incinerators as landfills run out of space. But these incinerators have become a growing source of toxic emissions, from dioxin to mercury, that can damage the body's nervous system. UW research led by Dan Jaffe, professor in the Science and Technology Program at UW Bothell, is referenced.
| The New York Times | |
| Aug. 11, 2009 |
Teenagers posing nude
Seattle Times columnist Lynne Varner comments on a recent study showing that 1 in 10 teens has posted a nude picture online. UW research is noted.
| Seattle Times | |
Digital Planet
Just how private is the information you send out on the internet? What if you could give all your e-mails an inbuilt self-destruct mechanism? That's the idea behind a digital development from the U.S. Yoshi Kohno, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, talks to the BBC about Vanish. The segment starts at 13:30 and goes to 19:00.
| BBC | |
Local books: history, photography and lots of fiction
The Seattle Times' notable local books includes "Wilderness in National Parks: Playground or Preserve" by John C. Miles, published by the University of Washington Press.
| The Seattle Times | |
Amazing surgery saves young girl's feet
Lily, a seven-year-old girl who nearly lost both feet in a boating accident, underwent hours of surgery. After a team of doctors performed emergency procedures on Lily, Nicholas Vedder, professor of plastic surgery and of orthopedics, went to work. Among other things he delicately reconnected the "teeny-tiny little blood vessels, less than 2 mm" in size.
| KING/NW Cable News | |
Is a Soda Tax Fair?
Washington Post blogger Jennifer LaRue Huget talks with Adam Drewnowski, director of the Nutritional Science Program, about the merits of a tax on soda.
| The Washington Post | |
| Aug. 10, 2009 |
Politics might put Seattle mayor behind challengers in polls
In the Aug. 18 mayoral primary, Mayor Greg Nickels faces seven low-profile challengers, most of them political neophytes. But polls indicate big trouble, with less than a quarter of voters saying they would choose him in November. (This Associated Press story appeared in a number of outlets.)
| Tacoma News Tribune | |
The Parent Gap
Many studies have found that low-income high school students and those whose parents are not well educated are less likely to enroll in college. One solution to this problem is to increase the availability of aid. But research presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association suggested that without shifting the attitudes of parents of low-income students -- well before it’s time to enroll for college -- any increases may not have the full impact desired.
| Inside Higher Ed | |
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