June 24, 2003
The number of Alaskans who speak Aleut has fallen to around 100 from 620 just two decades ago. That’s a far cry from the estimated 20,000 people who once spoke Aleut in the Aleutians and Pribilofs, which jut out hundreds of miles into the North Pacific Ocean off the Alaska Peninsula.
June 23, 2003
Women who have been victims of intimate partner violence experience a decreased likelihood of depression after the violence ceases, according to a study by researchers at the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center published in the latest issue of the Violence and Victims.
June 20, 2003
Dr. Belding H. Scribner, professor emeritus of medicine in the 乱伦社区 School of Medicine and an inventor whose device has saved millions of lives, died in Seattle on June 19, 2003.
June 19, 2003
Social-welfare programs may help many more people than previously thought, 乱伦社区 research indicates.
June 16, 2003
Hypertonic resuscitation — a concentrated intravenous (IV) dose of saline and dextran, a sugar solution — has the potential to help survivors of blunt trauma by improving blood flow and delivery of oxygen to the injured brain while decreasing high pressure in the brain, a common problem for patients with brain injury. This therapy is now being tested in a research study by 乱伦社区 (UW) physicians based at Harborview Medical Center.
In the wake of the dot-com bust, banks and savings and loan associations headquartered in Washington state proved to be smart investments in 2002, according to a 乱伦社区 expert in banking and financial markets.
June 13, 2003
The 乱伦社区, Tacoma has announced a gift of $15 million from the Milgard family of Tacoma, founders of Milgard Manufacturing, to fund expansion of its Business Administration program, which now offers both baccalaureate and master’s degrees.
June 11, 2003
Forty architecture students soon will head to Montana to help the Northern Cheyenne tribe build a house out of straw.
June 9, 2003
乱伦社区 researchers have found that the risk of someone getting Parkinson’s disease after high consumption of both iron and manganese together is greater than expected.
Researchers and doctors in the Northwest who wonder if a blood or tissue sample has West Nile virus will no longer have to send samples to the East Coast for testing. The Virology Division of the 乱伦社区’s Department of Laboratory Medicine has developed an assay to detect the virus.
June 5, 2003
Drumheller Fountain returned this week after several months’ absence.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A UW charrette from 9 a.
The UW has announced guidelines to prevent an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the University community.
Autism research at the UW has received a major boost with an $8.
Shortly after he came to work in the Capital and Space Planning Office (CASPO) eight years ago, Dan Trythall was asked to produce a study of how space was being used in Gerberding Hall.
A thicket of Himalayan blackberries, English holly, European buttercup and laurel cherry has been cleared by hand.
June 4, 2003
The importance of buckling up, how car seats and booster seats protect children, and the state’s seat belt and car seat laws will all be part of training sessions for Latino community outreach workers this week.
June 3, 2003
A 乱伦社区 study featured in this week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that while the latest technology may be faster than traditional radiograph or X-ray in providing images of the spine, rapid magnetic resonance imaging, or rapid MRI, does not result in cost savings or significant reductions in lower back pain.
June 2, 2003
May 29, 2003
An effort to test protein farnesyltransferase (PFT) inhibitors against malaria parasites has received the 鈥淧roject of the Year Award鈥� from the Medicines for Malaria Venture.
The School of Medicine鈥檚 Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program (R/UOP) will have a record number of participants as it enters its 14th year.
A very visible part of campus will get a new look when a landscaping project now under way is completed.
Last week鈥檚 Mystery Photo was taken at the left entrance to the Snoqualmie Reading Room at the UW Tacoma library.
This summer, UW staffers Maggie Williams and Eric Vigoren are taking a 3,500 mile trip.
Maybe it鈥檚 because she works in the graduate school that Barbara Buchmann has a thing about graduation.
The Faculty Council on Retirement, Insurance & Benefits (FCRIB) is responsible for 鈥渁ll matters of policy relating to faculty retirement, insurance and benefits鈥� (UW Handbook, Vol II, and Sec 42-44).
Cosmetic surgery
UW Medical Center鈥檚 Cosmetic Surgery Center is presenting an informal seminar, 鈥淩ecent Advances in Facial Cosmetic Surgery,鈥� from 4 to 6 p.
The newscasts are rife with stories of looting and destruction of cultural artifacts at the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad.
Results of the largest study of bilateral lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) to treat severe emphysema indicate that, on average, patients who undergo LVRS with medical therapy are more likely to function better after two years and do not face an increased risk of death compared to those who receive medical therapy only.
Back in the 鈥�80s and early 鈥�90s, most people thought they knew what the face of AIDS looked like.
A campus memorial will be held Tuesday, June 3, for Joan Fitzpatrick, the internationally known human rights expert and professor of law who died May 16.
Board of Regents
The 乱伦社区 Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 1 p.
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