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To inaugurate the new Fragile X Research Center at the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD), two internationally known experts on fragile X syndrome will visit the UW next week to give lectures and hold a series of meetings with fragile X researchers and clinicians.
To inaugurate the new Fragile X Research Center at the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD), two internationally known experts on fragile X syndrome will visit the UW next week to give lectures and hold a series of meetings with fragile X researchers and clinicians.
Teachers who qualify for national certification do a measurably better job in the classroom, according to a major study to be released this week.
Recent revisions to the master’s of business administration curriculum at the University of Washington will put students closer to the fundamentals that drive the real world of business today and the innovations that will shape tomorrow, said Business School Dean Yash Gupta.
Rueben Mayes, former running back for the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks, will be the new assistant dean of external relations, Business School Dean Yash Gupta announced today.
Aggressive 15 year olds who attended religious services, felt attached to their schools or were exposed to good family management were much less likely to have engaged in violent behavior by the time they turned 18, according to a new multi-ethnic study of urban youth by University of Washington researchers.
Competing versions of the supplemental operating budgets are taking center stage in Olympia.
In a program that lives up to the spirit of distance learning, the UW has been hired to teach an Internet technology program to students at an Aleut community in the middle of the Bering Sea.
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For the first time in its short history, the UW home page (<A href="http://www.
UW gardeners are fighting a war against an enemy that is tiny in size but devastating in impact.
The first American exhibit of Chinese style paintings by a UW professor is now on display at Seattle Pacific University.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The eyes will see dancers moving among walls that move, swirling water waves, and a lonely bed at this year’s UW Faculty Dance Concert March 4–7 in Meany Studio Theater.
Scientists have discovered that spinal cord levels of a certain growth factor fall in mice just before the onset of symptoms similar to X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (also known as SBMA or Kennedy’s disease), a form of motor neuron disease.
The Providence Journal has won this year’s $10,000 Dart Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence for a study of the effects of a rape of a teenager on a small Rhode Island community.
Join a dozen “EarthDialers” starting today at http://planetary.org/mars/earthdial as the modern marvel of the webcam merges with the ancient technology for marking time, the sundial.
A commonly used corporate accounting technique often pumps up reported earnings just before the sale of stock, University of Washington Business School researchers have found in a study that could give investors pause.
A commonly used corporate accounting technique often pumps up reported earnings just before the sale of stock, UW Business School researchers have found in a study that could give investors pause.
President Lee Huntsman and vice provost for international education Steven Olswang recently returned from a trip to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore that generated expanded academic relationships and the beginnings of an innovative international research consortium.
It may not conform to the stereotype of graduate school, but for growing numbers of UW students, getting their master’s degree involves a two-year stint overseas in the Peace Corps.
The Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR) will hold an open house from 2 to 4:30 p.
UW faculty members Neil Bruce, Bryan Jones and David Domke will talk about American elections at Town Hall.
Nancy “Rusty” Barcelo, vice president for minority affairs, has been presented with the Ohtli award by the government of Mexico.
The UW College of Education has established a scholarship supporting equity, leadership and social justice in education as a memorial to Ken Sirotnik, a professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies who died in January.
CONSPIRACY THEORY: Sociology Professor Pepper Schwartz says that everything in our culture conspires to make women feel physically and sexually inadequate.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Applicants wanted
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from University of Washington faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States.
“Who Owns What in the Lab?” is the topic for the next presentation in the “Things Your Mother Never Taught You” series sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations.
The UW School of Pharmacy and the School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology are conducting a study to determine the feasibility of screening and prescribing birth control medication to women in pharmacies, rather than in visits to a doctor or clinic.
Editor’s note: Patricia Carson joined the UW as vice president for human resources in the fall.
University staff might want to mark their calendars for March 26, when the very first “BizTech Showcase” is planned at the HUB.
About 16 months after installing video cameras in all its marked cars, University Police officers say the money spent on this new technology has proven to be a good investment.
Editor’s note: This is one of a series of columns written by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Picture a single yeast cell.