The UW has been named one of three new cooperative centers in the nation for research on muscular dystrophies, and will receive $6.
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The “Things Your Mother Never Taught You” series, sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations, will present a program on “Faculty Consulting and Conflict of Interest” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.
Women who carry inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 have a lifetime risk of breast cancer of more than 80 percent, as well as a high risk of ovarian cancer, according to the most comprehensive study to date of these women and their families.
400 to attend landmark SEARCH meeting in Seattle on all aspects of Arctic change
Married heterosexual couples can learn a great deal from gay and lesbian couples, far more than the stereotypical images presented by the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, according to the first published observational studies of homosexual relationships.
An ambitious new venture in scholarly publishing is aiming to broaden access to current research and to lower costs for academic libraries.
The state of Washington is in the process of making a major change in its civil service system.
The open enrollment period for the state medical and dental plans, which runs from Oct.
Attention all men.
POLICING PARTNERS: UW Police Chief Vicky Peltzer will be leading a delegation of law enforcement executives to South Africa soon, sponsored by the Ambassador People to People Program.
TICK, TICK, TICK: That’s the sound of the biological clock of American women who put education and career ahead of starting a family.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Applications 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.
Patricia Carson, a senior vice president at United Airlines, will become the vice president for human resources, beginning Monday, Oct.
Kipling West has dabbled in brain juice, converted a Margaret Thatcher puppet to a nun with boxing gloves and created a tarot deck just for cats.
The UW World Dance Series at Meany Hall, which opens with the Martha Graham Dance Company tonight, brings a touch of the old as well as the new, the familiar along with the eclectic.
According to its new chair, this year’s Faculty Senate has a clear agenda that it shares with the administration.
Family and friends paid tribute to the outstanding contributions of two devoted alumni at the UW’s second annual Recognition Gala recently.
Editor’s Note: Throughout the Combined Fund Drive campaign, which runs through Nov.
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Vouchers, charter schools and other school-choice programs might not make America’s schools any more segregated and unequal than they are today, according to a new study.
Married heterosexual couples can learn a great deal from gay and lesbian couples, far more than the stereotypical images presented by the television show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” according to the first published observational studies of homosexual relationships.
Students, staff and campus visitors alike can meditate, write poems, try yoga, experience “being present” and even listen to a story on Oct. 24 as the University of Washington puts its own twist on Take Back Your Time Day, a nationwide campaign to challenge the modern epidemic of overwork and overscheduling.
An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation’s education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.
The UW is part of an ambitious effort to develop new tools for assessing students’ skills in information and communication technologies (ICT).
Students, staff and campus visitors alike can meditate, write poems, try yoga, experience “being present” and even listen to a story on Oct.
There’s more to music than meets the ear.
Hall Health Primary Care Center will offer flu shots in the upcoming weeks for the campus community.
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Imagine a sleek, sports car-like contraption into which you can climb, sinking into a soft leather seat in a semi-reclining position.
Two recently designated “scholar-citizens” are receiving support from brand new graduate fellowships this fall.
Like a sparring Hollywood tabloid couple, the squabbles are getting harder and harder to ignore.
The imprisonment of more than 117,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry was no spur-of-the-moment decision launched in reaction to the Dec.
Name: Marilyn Gregory
UW Job: Field Coordinator, Young Women’s Health Study, School of Social Work
Volunteer Activity: I am a member of the board for the University District Food Bank.
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The public will have a chance to hear from three of the University of Washington’s world-class researchers on some of today’s hot technology topics via “Engineering the Future,” a fall lecture series that begins next week.
Researchers trying to understand how the mind comprehends music and the role that cultural familiarity plays in the process have found that exposure to music of another culture produces no differences in brain activity than when people are exposed to music from their own culture.
An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation’s education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.
A lecture exploring how human needs must be considered as new computing technologies emerge, followed by a book signing.