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August 22, 2012
Inside the Botany Greenhouse
August 20, 2012
UW faces potential cut fo federal research funding
August 13, 2012
Taking out the trash
August 7, 2012
A million little pieces
‘Mohawk Guy’ of Mars mission graduated from UW
August 5, 2012
Muscle cell grafts keep broken hearts from breaking rhythm
Researchers have made a major advance in efforts to regenerate damaged hearts. They discovered that transplanted heart muscle cells, grown from stem cells, electrically couple and beat in sync with the heart’s own mucle. The grafts also reduced the incidence of arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythms) in a guinea pig model of myocardial infarction (commonly known…
August 2, 2012
Volunteers aid scientists with data on shoreline carcasses
UW Farm to supply produce for campus dining halls
July 25, 2012
Heating Arctic Sea prompts ‘instant evolution’
July 24, 2012
Six minutes in Berlin — UW crew at the 1936 Olympics
July 23, 2012
Grant helps UW turn research into medical products
UW prof aims to salvage legacy of Ladino language
Yiddish has more than 3 million speakers worldwide, but fewer than 150,000 people still speak Ladino. A new organization is gathering Ladino source materials before they are lost forever.
Polluted waters: How clean is clean?
Bill Daniell, a researcher in the UW School of Public Health, says there’s not good data on how many people eat fish from the polluted Duwamish River, but doing so raises health concerns.
July 19, 2012
Global health exhibit at Seattle Center is family-friendly, free and open to all
Seattle is showcasing the work of more than 30 area organizations at an exhibit at Seattle Center through Aug. 19. Global Health Exhibit at Seattle Center Dates: Now – Aug. 19, 2012 Time: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Location: Seattle Center, Next Fifty Plaza World Vision donated a mock village that has been turned…
UW designated an NIH Center of Excellence in Pain Education
Chronic pain affects approximately 100 million Americans and costs up to $635 billion in medical treatment and lost productivity each year. Yet pain management often is not taught in many health professional schools. Recognizing the need to change this, the National Institutes of Health have selected 12 schools to develop pain curricula, and the UW…
July 18, 2012
UW astronomer helped discover planet
July 17, 2012
UW Medicine hospitals ranked best in region, state
DO-IT celebrates 20 years preparing students with disabilities for college
A group of Washington high-school students will arrive at the University of Washington campus this week for the annual DO-IT Scholars Summer Study program. It’s the 20th anniversary of the summer program, which has now helped launch the careers of hundreds of students from Washington and beyond who have a wide range of disabilities. DO-IT…
July 8, 2012
Exome sequencing of health condition extremes can reveal susceptibility genes
DNA from cystic fibrosis patients with and without chronic infections points to unsuspected mutation.
June 28, 2012
Seventh UW Common Book explores meaning and power of respect
“Respect: An Exploration” by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot has been selected as the seventh UW Common Book for freshmen
June 9, 2012
2012 Commencement: Photo Gallery
The University of Washington community gathered on Saturday to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2012. With banners flying and colorfully decorated mortarboards atop their heads, graduates took the field on at CenturyLink Stadium, surrounded by cheering family members and friends.
June 1, 2012
Art, design meet in annual student exhibit at Henry Art Gallery — with slide show
From imagined alien fossils to new social networking programs and beyond, a look at the Henry Art Gallery’s 2012 Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design Thesis Exhibition, running through June 17.
May 7, 2012
FAQ: New research brings satellite measurements and global climate models closer
Learn more about how scientists use satellites to study atmospheric temperature and why this new research is important.
May 4, 2012
Three UW faculty members named to National Academy of Sciences
Faculty members James Bardeen and Ann Nelson in physics and Evan Eichler in genome sciences have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for excellence in their original scientific research.
April 12, 2012
Engineering Discovery Days April 20-21 coincides with HuskyFest
The College of Engineering’s annual Discovery Days event takes place next Friday and Saturday. Research and education exhibits are free and open to the public.
April 11, 2012
News Digest: WasteWise honorable mention, faculty lecturer nominations due, volunteer April 14 at arboretum
EPA awards UW WasteWise honorable mention || Nominations for University Faculty Lecturer Award sought || Volunteers welcome for arboretum work party April 14
April 9, 2012
Landscape architecture students devise ideas for Rapid Ride in Ballard
City planners and Ballard residents say ideas from a group of UW landscape architecture students have expanded their thinking for Rapid Ride, the new Metro bus service coming to Ballard in September.
March 29, 2012
Arts Roundup: Student recitals, art shows, deaf film festival as spring gets under way
Spring quarter is under way, creativity is flowing and arts events are back on the calendar. The Quad’s flowering cherry trees might be the biggest campus stars just now — poetry in pink — but there’s art, film and music aplenty sharing the bill with the blooms.
March 22, 2012
Arts Roundup: Poetry, art exhibit liven spring break week
This spring break week, while things are slower, we have two arts events arising from the darker side. One is a reading by a poet who worked at Hanford, and the other is an art exhibit that takes on social issues such as racism and inequality.
March 8, 2012
UW professor and students help redesign International Childrens Park (slide show)
Jeff Hou, chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture, and 18 of his students collaborated with several citizen groups on the redesigned Children’s International Park, which was dedicated March 3 in Seattle.
March 7, 2012
Gorilla genome offers insights into great ape and human evolution
Today the gorilla became the last of the living great apes to have its genome assembly reported.
February 23, 2012
Arts Roundup: ‘Macbeth, Baroque music — and all that jazz
Student talents will shine this week on UW stages across campus. The Undergraduate Theater Society presents murder and malignant ambition in “Macbeth,” student ensembles perform jazz and Baroque-era music and Interdisciplinary Visual Arts seniors show their work.
February 13, 2012
UW Medical Center staff and volunteers create heartfelt valentines for hospital patients
UWMC staff and volunteers poured their hearts into a beautiful gesture: handmade valentines Feb. 14 for all hospitalized patients.
February 9, 2012
Arts Roundup: Music, art, Jane Austen and typeface design
The campus will be alive with music in the week ahead — piano, guitar and chamber music, wind band ensembles, and opera, too. The Henry Art Gallery celebrates its 85th birthday with its 2012 gala and new exhibits, the School of Drama continues “Emma” — and even typeface design gets its moment.
January 20, 2012
WSU center becomes part of UW Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies
Earlier this month, the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at WSU merged with the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies at the UW.
January 4, 2012
Nursing students put skills to practice in community organizations
At a December open house, nursing students held a lively Poster Symposium to show their teachers, colleagues and friends how they put their education into practice at community agencies. The service projects covered a range of public health concerns like obesity, elder care and prenatal support.
November 21, 2011
Bennett to deliver University Faculty Lecture
Longtime Political Science Professor Lance Bennett will deliver the University Faculty Lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in 130 Kane. Its the highest recognition the faculty can bestow on someone in its ranks, and the roster has included artists, musicians, historians, scientists and engineers – some of them Nobel laureates.
November 2, 2011
SR 520 bridge and highway to close Nov. 5-7
Construction crews install another 22 huge concrete girders Nov. 5-7 for a new lidded overpass in Medina, closing the State Route 520 floating bridge and highway Saturday night through Monday morning for the work.
October 27, 2011
Memorial service for Sen. Scott White set for Nov. 6 at UW
Sen. Scott White, D-Seattle, will be honored with a public memorial service at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, at the University of Washingtoncampus in Seattle.
October 19, 2011
Bicyclists take note: Rides and classes in November
November will be here soon and once again, more than 1,000 UW faculty, staff and students will take part in the annual Ride in the Rain Bicycle Commute Challenge.
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