January 11, 2007
Denise Anderson’s adventure as a volunteer English teacher in a small village in China’s central Shaanxi Province began when her husband, who was working on a remodeling project, decided he should stay home during their usual September vacation break.
Avian virus mutations
It was buried on Page 6 of the University of Wisconsin newspaper, Wisconsin Week, but it reads like front-page news: “Scientists find mutations that let bird flu adapt to humans.
Virginia “Ginger” Warfield, UW senior lecturer in math, always knew she’d become a mathematician 鈥� it was in the genes, you might say.
Sitting in a classroom and listening to a professor talk about how the human body responds to the extreme environment of a mountaintop is one thing.
Earth’s inhabitants are used to temperatures that vary, sometimes greatly, between day and night.
A UW College of Forest Resources think tank says Washington forests are being threatened from within.
Presentations on lung biology and stem cells and a speech by UW Medicine Chief Executive Officer Paul Ramsey will lead off lectures being presented in the new year.
The Atlantic Ocean doesn’t receive the mother lode of fixed nitrogen, the building block of life, after all.
The Fifth Western Regional International Health Conference will be held on the UW campus, Feb.
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OYSTER DELIGHT: “It was a tough task, choosing the best from a bevy of beauteous bivalves.
By Catherine O’Donnell
News & Information
Martin Luther King Jr.
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Astronomers have found evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a dwarf elliptical galaxy about 54 million light years away from the Milky Way Galaxy where Earth resides.
The committee charged with examining the organization of the UW’s schools and colleges has now issued its report, which is advisory to the Provost.
January 10, 2007
The Atlantic Ocean doesn’t receive the mother lode of fixed nitrogen, the building block of life, after all.
January 9, 2007
Earth’s inhabitants are used to temperatures that vary, sometimes greatly, between day and night.
A 乱伦社区 College of Forest Resources think tank says Washington forests are being threatened from within.
January 8, 2007
Albert Einstein theorized long ago that moving matter would warp the fabric of four-dimensional space-time, sending out ripples of gravity called gravitational waves.
January 7, 2007
Astronomers have found evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a dwarf elliptical galaxy about 54 million light years away from the Milky Way Galaxy where Earth resides.
January 4, 2007
As you read this sentence, an estimated 5 million people are using BitTorrent to download their favorite movies or TV shows.
This quarter’s seminar series, “From Invention to Start-Up,” begins Jan.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Jan.
In 2007, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) is inviting research proposals from nonprofit entities within Washington state for health-related research.
As new research promises more effective strategies for aging, today’s maturing adults have more resources than ever to stave off the physical and mental decline that have plagued previous generations of older adults.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Two events in coming days will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr.
The UW President’s Piano Series continues on Tuesday, Jan.
Thomas Martin, double bass faculty member at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (London) and former principal bassist with the London Symphony Orchestra, will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Bottesini, and others at a concert on Sunday, Jan.
A gift of $800,000 from the Seattle Division of Safeway Inc.
There are thousands more Washington State University license plates on the state’s roads than UW ones.
When the state Legislature convenes on Jan.
It’s often said that half of all public school teachers leave the profession during their first five years.
By Roberta Wilkes
Department of Medicine
Dr.
A classic science-fiction scene shows a person wearing a metal skullcap with electrodes sticking out to detect the person’s thoughts.
To your left runs a high-voltage power cable that is worn, but still physically sound.
The UW has lured a highly accomplished and popular political science professor from Stanford to head up the Diversity Research Institute and help recruit and retain minority faculty members.
Researchers have discovered two genes that guide land plants to develop microscopic pores that they can open and close as if each pore was a tiny mouth.