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October 28, 1998

UWMC Center for Adoption Medicine provides care for special needs of adopted children and their families

Adopting a child can bring special joys as well as special challenges. Unique medical, social and developmental issues arise in both domestic and international adoptions. To help parents prepare and care for the special needs of adopted children, 天美影院 Medical Center has established the Center for Adoption Medicine at the Pediatric Care Center.

October 25, 1998

天美影院receives $3.5 million in federal funds to establish the country’s only Multiple Sclerosis Research and Training Center, based at 天美影院Medical Center

The 天美影院 has received notification from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research that it will receive $3.5 million for a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research and Training Center, renewable every five years.

October 22, 1998

Largest study of twins shows delay in language acquisition has strong genetic component among children at low end of developmental scale

A team of American and British researchers studying 2-year-old twins has found that genetics, not the environment, plays the major role in the delayed acquisition of language among children who are having the most difficulty learning to speak.

October 16, 1998

Inspiring undergraduates to reach new heights,Salesin named ‘Washington Professor of the Year’

David Salesin’s resume keeps getting longer as he makes room for his ever-expanding list of honors and awards. The latest addition comes from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, which has named Salesin the 1998-99 Washington Professor of the Year.

Pacific Northwest Roundtable bringing together leaders from academia, government and industry to assess region’s engineering education

Educational institutions must work more closely with government and industry if they are to succeed in the increasingly competitive global environment. That is the motivation behind the Pacific Northwest Regional Roundtable for Enhancing Engineering and Technology Education, which will hold its first meeting from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at the 天美影院 Husky Union Building.

October 8, 1998

天美影院School of Medicine receives funds from grateful patient for endowed professorship in orthopaedics

Grateful for the excellent care he received in 1994 at Harborview Medical Center after a serious foot injury, a California man has donated $500,000 to the 天美影院 School of Medicine to create an endowed professorship in the Department of Orthopaedics.

Former president of Harvard to address 天美影院Board of Regents on affirmative action

Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University and the co-author of a book that is the most comprehensive analysis of the effects of racial preferences in higher education, will be a guest speaker at the 天美影院 Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee meeting, 8:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16 in the Walker-Ames Room.

September 30, 1998

Wyoming towns Powell and Buffalo chosen as family medicine training sites for 天美影院 third-year medical students

Two Wyoming towns, Powell and Buffalo, have been chosen as family practice training sites for third-year 天美影院 (UW) medical students. Beginning in July of 1999, selected medical students will take their required, six-week clerkship in family medicine in these towns.

September 29, 1998

Roots of unconscious prejudice affect 90 to 95 percent of people, psychologists demonstrate at press conference

The pervasiveness of prejudice, affecting 90 to 95 percent of people, was demonstrated today in a Seattle press conference at the 天美影院 by psychologists who developed a new tool that measures the unconscious roots of prejudice.

September 24, 1998

天美影院 lecture series in October plumbs the ocean realm

A lecture series celebrating the “International Year of the Ocean” will feature 天美影院faculty who’ve traveled to the seafloor in tiny submersibles, studied salmon from the wilds of Alaska to the heart of Seattle, and collected samples from some of the coldest and hottest spots on earth in search of unusual microorganisms.

September 23, 1998

Pervasiveness of prejudice to be demonstrated at press conference; Americans can go on line to test themselves

A powerful new psychological tool that shows a shocking number of people — as many as 90 to 95 percent — display the unconscious roots of prejudice will be demonstrated at a 10 a.m. press conference Tuesday Oct. 2 at the 天美影院 by its developer, 天美影院psychology professor Anthony Greenwald.

September 21, 1998

Microsoft’s gift to tribal colleges will increase technological access

In an effort to narrow the digital divide that separates many American Indians from the technological resources available to the rest of the population, the 天美影院 announced Microsoft has donated $75,000 cash plus more than $500,000 in software and training to The American Indian Science Technology Education Consortium (AISTEC) to increase technological access at three tribal colleges.

Treatment programs for batterers must be tested to see if they prevent abuse or actually place women in further peril, says expert

American society needs to take a critical look at treatment programs for men who batter their wives or girlfriends and stringently test them to make sure that they actually work to end domestic violence, says one of the foremost researchers of abusive relationships.