 May 2008 |
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 Live on UWTV: “The Long Journey Home: Honoring UW Nikkei Students of 1941-1942.” Don’t miss UWTV’s live webcast at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18 of the University of Washington’s special ceremony to honor those Japanese-American UW students forced into internment camps during World War II. This video will be rebroadcast later this summer.
 Explore issues related to ethnic-minority adolescents and at-risk youth in the third annual Allen L. Edwards Psychology series. In Part 1 and Part 2 of “Family Values and Culture in the Successful Adjustment of Ethnic Minority Adolescent,” Ana Marie Cauce, University of Washington professor of psychology, explores the parenting styles of African-American and Mexican-American households and the implications they may have on adolescent adjustment. Also, Rand Conger, professor of psychology at the University of California-Davis, reveals contextual forces such as socioeconomic status, neighborhoods and marital relationships and their effects on ethnic adolescents.In Part 1 and Part 2 of “The Promise of Prevention for Conduct Problems in At-Risk Youth,” Dr. Robert McMahon, professor of psychology at the University of Washington, and Patrick Tolan, director of the Institute for Juvenile Research and professor of psychiatry and public health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, outline intervention methods and limitations in scientific knowledge that could one day identify and prevent conduct problems at an early age.  "Climate Change, Sea Level and Western Drought: Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference” addresses the risk to the American West as surface air temperatures rise faster than elsewhere in the contiguous United States. Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, director of the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona and recipient of the shared 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, discusses the trend of droughts in the West and the vulnerability of coastal communities as they face sea level rise coupled with increasing storm intensities. For similar topics, check out the series Climate Change: A Wake Up Call. Watch May 11 at 6 p.m. PT New programs in the Lab Medicine Grand Rounds series explore malaria, alternative medicine and biostatistics: “Immunopathogenesis and Epidemiology of Malaria,” Patrick Duffy, University of Washington professor in the department of global health and director of the Malaria Program at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, discusses malaria, which caused half a billion clinical illnesses and a million or more deaths in 2007. Entrepreneurs in the biomedical sciences and those considering alternative career paths in medicine will find interest in “From Lab Medicine Resident to Pharmaceutical CEO: The Story of Syntrix Biosystems.” Dr. Amalia Magaret from the University of Washington presents recent adaptations to the standard ROC curves in “Beyond ROC Curves: Recent Statistical Advances in the Evaluation of Diagnostic and Prognostic Tests.” Watch Sundays at 2 p.m. PT |
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What causes our body's immune system to fail, leading to disease? Inherited genes, infections, chemicals, toxins and drugs, or random chance may be to blame. Uncover the mystery of autoimmunity as Gerald Nepom, director of Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason and affiliate professor at the University of Washington, discusses what happens when the body’s immune system accidentally attacks itself in “Molecular Medicine Series – Predicting and Preventing Autoimmune Diabetes.” Watch May 10 at 10 p.m. PT  Follow three individuals who have prospered in spite of living with a serious mental illness in “I Want To Be.” Demonstrating the value of meaningful work and supportive working environments, "I Want To Be" will inspire those living with a mental illness and their employers. Governor Chris Gregoire introduces the program by sharing Washington state’s commitment as a leader in employing individuals with mental illnesses.Watch May 11 at 10 p.m. PT Retinal prostheses are being developed around the world in hopes of restoring vision to the blind as well as those patients suffering from diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. Can a wireless chip be the key to restoring sight? Or will the use of ionic gradients prove more successful? Join Luke Theogarajan of MIT in “Bionic and Bio-Ionic Neural Interfaces” as he examines the development of retinal prothesis and the exciting opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Explore other topics from our fascinating Computer Science Engineering series: Discover novel visualization techniques that could change information processing in “Voyagers and Voyeurs: Supporting Collaborative Information Visualization.” “Object Recognition with Deformable Model” offers a close examination of the problems and importance of detecting and localizing objects in images in various areas of study. See what lies ahead for the computer industry in “Stream Programming: Luring Programmers into the Multicore Era.” “Self-defending Software: Collaborative Learning for Security.” addresses software monoculture, many computers running the same application, which offers benefits for system administrators and users, but is not without its vulnerabilities. Watch Wednesdays at 10 p.m. PT  UWTV was proud to take part in the Dalai Lama’s recent visit to Seattle by presenting six live broadcasts and webcasts of His Holiness’s five-day trip. You can now watch this series of lectures and presentations, including the Dalai Lama’s special convocation at UW, in their edited format, available in 11 separate videos. |
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