The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the National Institutes of Health, is awarding $4.
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Former Washington Governor Booth Gardner will be at the Health Sciences Center on Monday, Oct.
A new shuttle service now links UW Medical Center with the developing research hub at South Lake Union.
Kidney donation
Last year, over 6,000 family members, friends, co-workers and good Samaritans became living kidney donors.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Call for proposals for 2004-5
The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants for the year 2004-5.
To ring in the fall season and welcome students, faculty and staff back to school, the University of Washington Press will hold its Incredible Fall Book Extravaganza from 10 a.
In Joel Loveland’s office, don’t look for the light switch.
In my welcome message last week to students, faculty, and staff, I noted the strength of the University’s faculty and staff as evidenced by the many people I have had the privilege of meeting and getting to know over the course of the summer.
One of the University’s “sacred spaces” is getting a facelift.
In the not-so-distant future, your wristwatch could stop you if you try to run out the door without the necessities you need for the day, like your keys, wallet or cell phone.
She’d run regularly for 15 years.
The UW School of Drama has a diverse season for the coming school year that truly offers something for everyone.
The first ever genomic map of a diatom, part of a family of microscopic ocean algae that are among the Earth’s most important inhabitants, has yielded surprising insights about the way they may be using nitrogen, fats and silica in order to thrive.
TWO-WHEEL TOURISM: For a couple of UW professors, the life of the mind during the academic year is nicely balanced by a little bodily exertion over the summer.
The UW’s newest sculpture, The Department of Forensic Morphology Annex, will be dedicated at 5 p.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
In the not-so-distant future, your wristwatch could stop you if you try to run out the door without the necessities you need for the day, like your keys, wallet or cell phone.
Three new University of Washington, Bothell Student Ambassadors have been selected for the 2004-05 academic year.
Jace Weaver, Founding Director of the Institute of Native American Studies at the University of Georgia and a prominent Native American studies scholar in religion, law, environment and culture, will discuss Native American ethics of place and architecture, part of a larger conversation being developed at UW Bothell with local scholars, artists and community workers on Native story, land and community.
Two University of Washington student groups have planned gatherings — open to the public and press — to watch and discuss tonight’s first presidential debate:
<b> Communications Building 126</b> — Students, faculty and the public will gather at 5:45 p.
An interdisciplinary team of University of Washington researchers has been awarded $12.
The first ever genomic map of a diatom, part of a family of microscopic ocean algae that are among the Earth’s most important inhabitants, has yielded surprising insights about the way they may be using nitrogen, fats and silica in order to thrive.
Oceanographers and computer scientists will design cyberinfrastructure to link research institutions on land with several existing or planned ocean observatories off the west coasts of the United States, Canada and Mexico.
When the UW Tacoma celebrated its recognition for sustainable building design last week, it was only one example of a universitywide commitment to environmental stewardship.
What organization has the longest tradition of philanthropy in connection with the UW? A strong case can be made for the University Book Store.
A-TAC, I-TAC and U-TAC.
A new national research center is being established at the UW with the aim of finding easier, more powerful and more environmentally friendly ways of manipulating the strong chemical bonds found in most materials, from petroleum products to pharmaceuticals and biological molecules.
A former dean with Oxford University — who oversaw refurbishment of gardens in the heart of Oxford that are visited by many thousands every year and managed one of the most historically significant herbarium collections in the United Kingdom — has been named director of the UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture and Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum.
An interdisciplinary team of University of Washington researchers has been awarded $12.
While the University is gearing up for a new academic year, Nancy Amidei, a senior lecturer in the social work department, is gearing up for the election in November.
Five floats loaded with instruments and deployed in the path of the eye of hurricane Frances — that’s the one after Charley and before Ivan and Jeanne — have transmitted data that may help scientists better understand ocean conditions that put a damper on tropical storms and those that pour on the gas.
Despite a longstanding international ban on ivory trade, African elephants continue to be killed in large numbers for their prized tusks.
While the University is gearing up for a new academic year, Nancy Amidei, a senior lecturer in the social work department, is gearing up for the election in November.
Five floats loaded with instruments and deployed in the path of the eye of hurricane Frances — that’s the one after Charley and before Ivan and Jeanne — have transmitted data that may help scientists better understand ocean conditions that put a damper on tropical storms and those that pour on the gas.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A University of Washington chemist whose work focuses on developing new inorganic semiconductor materials is among 57 researchers who this month received Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
Substantially more men than women favor routine paternity testing when a baby is born, according to a recent University of Washington survey, but the surprise to researchers is that the percentage of men favoring such testing wasn’t higher.