December 3, 2012
Russian Far East holds seismic hazards that could threaten Pacific Basin
![The 2009 eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Kuril Islands.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/12/04203255/Sarychev-ISS-lr-150x150.jpg)
The Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands, long shrouded in secrecy by the Soviet government, are a seismic and volcanic hotbed with a potential to trigger tsunamis that pose a risk to the rest of the Pacific Basin.
November 28, 2012
UW regent: Renew commitment to higher ed funding
![A large 'W' is at the north entrance to the UW campus.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/08/04210024/w-tile-e1663265184240-150x150.jpg)
State unveils ideas on tackling ocean acidification
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November 26, 2012
Minorities could redraw state’s political landscape
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November 21, 2012
The radical roots of Yesler Terrace
![Yesler Terrace.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/11/04203533/yeslerterrace-tile-150x150.jpg)
November 20, 2012
Why E.T. would also breathe oxygen
![The first image of Earth taken by the crew of Apollo 8.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/11/04203549/Earth-tile-150x150.jpg)
November 19, 2012
Admissions director holds key to UW’s door
![Phillip Ballinger.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/11/04203602/ballinger-tile-150x150.jpg)
November 16, 2012
Life on Earth’s ceiling
![Sunset seen from the International Space Station.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/11/04203618/Sunset_from_the_ISS-tile-150x150.jpg)
November 14, 2012
For UW’s top dog, it’s time to shape the future
![UW President Michael Young.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/11/04203702/myoung-times-tile-150x150.jpg)
November 13, 2012
Schools are blunt about new pot law: Not on our campus
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UW and other colleges in the land of legalized pot say they still won’t allow students to smoke marijuana.
November 8, 2012
A change has come and it’s deep
![The cover of "Awakening to Race: Individualism and Social Consciousness in America."](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/11/04203756/awakening-book-tile-150x150.jpg)
UW research: Human ancestor ‘Lucy’ a slow walker
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Doctors also biased against fat people, UW-led study finds
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November 7, 2012
UW’s president shares his musical preferences
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November 6, 2012
UW-led research gives new outlook for color blindness
![A test for color blindness.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/11/04203831/colorblind-tile-150x150.jpg)
October 10, 2012
Former bank robber studies law at UW
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Boys raise nearly $10,000 to help UW prof save chambered nautilus
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October 8, 2012
Who’s in charge inside your head?
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October 5, 2012
At-home kidney dialysis now a real option, UW study shows
![Human kidneys.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/10/04204501/Kidney-tile-150x150.jpg)
October 1, 2012
UW Libraries aims to preserve historic athletics footage
![A film-editing machine used to help preserve old UW sports footage.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/10/04204608/huskyreel-tile1-150x150.jpg)
September 27, 2012
State Supreme Court campaign shows race still matters
![A maps showing counties in central Washington state.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/09/04204740/wamap-tile-150x150.jpg)
September 26, 2012
The ‘grand duchess of jellyfish’ and her research
![Claudia Mills in her lab at Friday Harbor.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/09/04204753/claudiamills-tile-150x150.jpg)
UW profs immortalized in Google T-shirt
![Google T-shirt featuring Ed Lazowska and Hank Levy.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/09/04204755/tshirt-tile-150x150.jpg)
September 25, 2012
Textbook rentals arrive at U Book Store
![textbook rental](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/09/04204813/textrent-tile-150x150.jpg)
September 23, 2012
Large bacterial population colonized land 2.75 billion years ago
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New University of Washington research suggests that early microbes might have been widespread on land, producing oxygen before the atmosphere was oxygen-rich.
September 20, 2012
Beekeeping at the UW farm — UW 360 video
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September 18, 2012
Center for Chemical Innovation receives NSF reauthorization of $20 million
![chemistry buildings at UW](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/09/04204918/chemistry-tile-150x150.jpg)
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant over five years in reauthorizing the Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis based at the University of Washington.
A Look Inside UW’s Board Of Regents
![Drumheller Fountain and Gerberding Hall on the UW campus.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/08/04205823/drumheller-tile-150x150.jpg)
September 17, 2012
University of Washington adds housing with big building boom
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September 12, 2012
West Seattle hum apparently not so fishy
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September 11, 2012
Open for business: The HUB is back
![The new HUB reception desk.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/09/04205120/thehub-150x150.jpg)
After a makeover lasting nearly 2½ years, the Husky Union Building opened on Monday, though it will continue in transition for the next couple of weeks.
September 10, 2012
Slayton to become chair of Pediatric Dentistry
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Annoying Seattle sound may be fish mating call
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September 7, 2012
Piecing together Patagonia’s ancient vegetation
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September 5, 2012
Dinosaur die out might have been second of two closely timed extinctions
![A giant ammonite fossil in Antarctica](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/09/04205252/ammonite-tile-150x150.jpg)
New UW research indicates that shortly before an asteroid impact spelled doom for the dinosaurs, a separate extinction triggered by volcanic eruptions killed life on the ocean floor.
UW’s brave (and bright!) new molecular engineering lab
![David Baker in the new Molecular Engineering Building.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/09/04205311/moleeng-baker-150x150.jpg)
September 4, 2012
Rocket science coming to the Yakama Nation
![An online banner for the Yakama Nation.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/09/04205328/yakamanation1-tile-150x150.jpg)
Middle school and high school students from the Yakama Nation will have a chance this weekend to peer into space or learn the basics of rocket flight during a daylong festival with scientists from UW and other institutions.
September 2, 2012
Revamped Huskies defense holds off SDSU
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August 29, 2012
From UW to Mars, sundial has an important role
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With the recent landing of NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars, for the third time a timepiece assembled at the University of Washington has found a home on the Red Planet.
August 28, 2012
UW professor tracking down elephant poachers
![contraband ivory from illegally killed elephants in Africa.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/08/04205454/ivory-tile-150x150.jpg)
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