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More news from the University of Washington

• UW ranked fourth best public research university

  The University of Washington was ranked fourth among American public research universities and 12th among both public and private institutions, in a recent report by the Center for Measuring University Performance. UW News >

• Project maps large-scale differences in DNA between individuals

  A nationwide consortium led by the University of Washington has completed the first sequence-based map of structural variations in the human genome. UW News >

• Two UW professors elected to National Academy of Sciences

  Elizabeth Thompson, professor of statistics; and Michael Bevan, professor of immunology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, are among 72 new members recognized for their excellence in original scientific research. UWeek >
  • Linda Buck elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Celebrating four decades of diversity

  The UW has come a long way since African American students formed the Black Student Union and began agitating for change in 1968. Now, 40 years later, the UW is celebrating the diversity it has come to embrace. UWeek >
  • 'Elder statesman' Pitre helped plant seeds of change in the 1960s

• ABC/ESPN to feature Husky football in 2008

  Washington's Oklahoma and Notre Dame games make early television selection list. Husky Sports >
  • 2008 UW Football Schedule

• Study: Life spans falling for least-healthy Americans

  For the first time in generations, life expectancy for large numbers of Americans is stagnating or falling as more people pay for obesity, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions with shortened lives. Seattle Times | Seattle P-I | Wall Street Journal | USA Today | Video: MSNBC >

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