Volume 8, Number 34

August 27, 2004


	Medical school grad Jennifer Devine finishes ninth in Olympic rowing

		UW School of Medicine graduate Jennifer Devine placed among the world’s top 10 in women’s single sculls rowing at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. (Full Story) To view a short video clip of Jennifer Devine training for the Olympics earlier this summer click here. Quicktime required.

UW, Puget Sound Blood Center partners in Cord Blood Program

Patients in need of stem cell transplants from umbilical cord blood will benefit from a new partnership between the UW and Puget Sound Blood Center. (Full Story)

Kathryn Yorkston to receive American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's top award

Kathryn Yorkston, professor of rehabilitation medicine, has been selected by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to receive its highest award, the Honors of the Association. (Full Story)

UWMC executive director Kathleen Sellick elected to AHA board

Kathleen Sellick, executive director of UW Medical Center, has been elected to the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Board of Trustees for a three-year term beginning in January. (Full Story)