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Department of Biostatistics

The department was ranked first in the nation among public universities (third overall) by the Chronicle of Higher Education based on the scholarly productivity of its faculty.

The 2008 Academic Excellence Award received by the School of Social Work from the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) recognizes the school’s leadership in services to children and families.

The UW Bothell MBA Programs and the Biotechnology and Biomedical Technology Institute present Mark Ahn for two events in January.

Equipment and instruments developed for use on deep-ocean expeditions, on the seafloor or under the ice at the North Pole need thorough testing before being sent to sea.

Do you have an object you can’t quite place? If it’s from somewhere along the Pacific Rim or North America, one of the Burke’s curators can help you figure it out.

RED HOT NEWS: Hot peppers made for a hot news story, as research by a UW professor was named one of the top 100 science stories of 2008 by Discover magazine.

Do you have an older relative who takes more prescription drugs in one sitting than you take in an entire month? If you’ve ever worried about the implications of this regimen, consider this: Approximately one third of people 65 years or older who are taking at least five medications experience an adverse drug event each year, according to research cited by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields in the tropics and subtropics by the end of this century and, without adaptation, will leave half the world’s population facing serious food shortages, new research shows.

By Debra Britt
Center on Reinventing Public Education

An analysis of national public school programs and practices indicates that urban charter schools are more likely to employ college-oriented curricula, a focused instructional design, smaller classes, greater time on task, and offer customized support for struggling students.

Two separate programs, one at Harborview Medical Center on Friday, Jan.

The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) has announced a new policy requiring that the final version of all grant and contract applications be in the office two or more days before the deadline — or the applications will not be approved and submitted to the sponsor by OSP.

When Ben Warner was approached by a group of teenagers looking for a fight, he could have hopped on his longboard and skated off to safety.

While students were taking a break over the holidays, the employees of Classroom Support Services’ Information Technology Group were hard at work beginning what will be a transformation of 14 classrooms in Mary Gates Hall.

Say you’re hiking for a week — how much food and equipment should you bring? Or you’re delivering hot meals to clients, or arranging a carpool — what’s the most efficient route?

Students in Math 381, Associate Professor Sara Billey’s Discrete Mathematical Modeling class, use math to help solve such practical questions and more.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.

Organist Alison Luedecke and oboist Susan Barrett, founding members of the California-based group Millennia Too!, will perform at 3 p.

The Ethnology Department at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture welcomes Deana Dartt-Newton as the new curator of Native American ethnology.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

The Peking Acrobats will perform at Meany Hall as part of the UW World Series at 2 and 8 p.

Student Activities and Union Facilities is looking for photographers to participate in the second annual Photo Scavenger Hunt competition.

Rebecca Cummins and Margie Livingston, Work from the Shenzen Residency will be presented at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery Jan.

Much is known about how large, national corporations practice corporate social responsibility, but there is little information about how business giving relates to the regional community.

Editor’s note: Stephen Warren, professor of atmospheric sciences and Earth & Space Sciences, sent University Week this brief study he did of how universities coped with the Great Depression.