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A federal agency has awarded the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø $11 million over five years for a research center dedicated to improving the oral health of children

For nearly a decade, ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø atmospheric chemist Robert Charlson has advanced the notion that, in some regions, tiny particles from industrial pollution are actually countering the atmospheric warming effects of greenhouse gases. For nearly a decade, ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø atmospheric chemist Robert Charlson has advanced the notion that, in some regions, tiny particles from industrial pollution are actually countering the atmospheric warming effects of greenhouse gases.

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Men are almost as likely as women to report unwanted sexual contact and coercion, according to a new study of college students conducted by researchers from the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø’s Addictive Behaviors Research Center.

A two-and-a-half-year-old boy from Kingston, Wash., became the region’s first recipient of a living-related split-liver transplant on Wednesday, July 21 in a coordinated surgery performed by transplant teams from ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø Medical Center and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center.

Students at all grade levels will be the beneficiaries of a $500,000 grant to the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø School of Medicine from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

About 60 high school students from across the nation with ambitions to attend college will gather at the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø in July and August for programs filled with typical summer camp activities – games, classes, treasure hunts and late-night pillow fights.

The ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø Board of Regents today approved a new graduate certificate program aimed at giving UW bioengineering graduates an entrepreneurial edge as they enter the fast-paced and often high-risk world of commercial biotechnology.

Two Eastside sisters now have more in common than they ever imagined they’d have: they’re sharing one set of kidneys. Dr. Lucy Wrenshall, a transplant surgeon at ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø Medical Center, performed the surgery.

A team of transplant surgeons at ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø Medical Center has performed what they believe is a first in the annals of transplant surgery: Husband and wife themselves, they retrieved a donor kidney from a wife and transplanted it into her ailing husband.

The only thing worse than waiting for a tardy bus is arriving at the bus stop a minute late and having no clue whether your ride has come and gone, says ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø Electrical Engineering Professor Daniel Dailey, whose latest creation can help commuters keep closer tabs on their transportation.

ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø Medical Center is ranked among the top hospitals in the country in a number of specialties, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 1999 annual guide to “America’s Best Hospitals,” available on newsstands July 12.

The Amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower, that started blooming in the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø botany greenhouse yesterday began to collapse this afternoon, signaling the end of the bloom’s short life.

A very special series of paintings and other artworks by Anchorage artist Gerry Conaway is on display at ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø Medical Center.

The stench of dead and bloated flesh drifted through the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø botany greenhouse this afternoon as an unusual plant called an Amorphophallus titanum began to bloom.

A team of ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø scientists working at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI) has found a way to grow blood-producing stem cells in the laboratory – opening the door to helping cancer patients overcome major side effects of treatment and creating greater possibilities for genetic cures of illness.

The UW is hosting an international group of technical communication scholars to explore how people interact with the Web and to design guidelines for evaluating the communication effectiveness of Web sites.

Fourteen major North American universities will have a Web site to showcase some of the best distance learning by some of the best institutions. The Web site, R1.edu, will be operational in September and will be hosted by the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø.

It stands nearly 5 feet tall and is still growing, and soon it will smell like rotting flesh, but it’s still Douglas Ewing’s baby.

Five ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø (UW) clinical faculty members at the Department of Medicine’s regional teaching sites have been selected for 1999 WWAMI Excellence in Teaching Awards.

A free public forum on “Sex and Aging: The New Facts of Life” will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, at the Edmond Meany Hotel, 4507 Brooklyn in Seattle’s University District.

How might whales, seals, sea lions, dolphins and other marine mammals fare 100 years from now if our human population and demand on the world’s resources both double? The question will be among those explored during the annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists being held in Seattle for the first time ever.

A series of free public lectures on the nervous system, learning disabilities and mental health issues will be given in July by ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø faculty members and other experts.

ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø President Richard L. McCormick has appointed a task force on gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender (GBLT) issues.

Harborview Medical Center is one of five centers in U.S. to study magnetic stimulation as an alternative to anti-depressant medications and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

The ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø will use a $2.3 million grant from the William H. Gates Foundation to develop a five-year program to train experts in women’s health to improve the lives of women and children around the world.

Educators with a gift for making the Middle Ages come alive or relating complicated math to students’ daily lives will participate next week in a statewide project aimed at improving teaching methods for current and future teachers.

Over the past 21 years drowning in King County has decreased by 59 percent, according to a ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø study published in this week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

In a program called Project Astro, fourth- and fifth-grade students at Olympic View made 8-inch ceramic discs to decorate a sundial, which was installed on May 22 by Sullivan, a Puget Sound Energy crew and school volunteers.

Stimulating the production of growth hormone in healthy older men and women can return hormone levels to those found in younger adults and reduce body fat, according to research being conducted at the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø and the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle.

Dr. Scott Barnhart, ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø (UW) associate professor of medicine, has been named medical director of Harborview Medical Center and associate dean of the UW School of Medicine.

Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø School of Medicine, has named Dr. Andrew A. “Andy” Ziskind associate dean for clinical affairs and associate vice president for clinical specialty programs.

A group of undergraduate ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø students have completed the initial design for a nanosatellite that will study the earth’s ionosphere and experiment with flying in precise formation with other satellite.

A memorial service for Neil Jacobson, ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø psychology professor, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Ballroom at the Edmond Meany Hotel, 4507 Brooklyn Ave. NE in the University District.

Fathers are critical in children’s development of emotional control, according to ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø psychologist John Gottman, author of “Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child.”

A new study by ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø researchers, to be presented later this week at the American Psychological Society’s annual meeting in Denver, indicates that men and women view sexual abuse cases differently and could be poles apart in rendering an actual verdict.

Just being exposed to a story about a fictitious childhood experience can alter people’s memories to the point that half of them believe the incident probably occurred even though they previously said it didn’t, ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø researchers will report later this week at the American Psychological Society’s annual meeting in Denver.

Unconscious prejudice towards blacks and the elderly can be significantly decreased by exposing people to images of admired members of those groups, according to a new series of experiments conducted by ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø psychologists.

Despite this year’s record snowfall in the Pacific Northwest, the amount of water stored as mountain snowpack is projected to drop significantly in the long run, a change that could repaint the face of the region and drastically alter how water is used and allocated, according to ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø researchers.

Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø (UW) School of Medicine, has named Dr. Andrew A. Ziskind associate dean for clinical affairs and associate vice president for clinical specialty programs.