A collage of pictures from UWSomali refugees hold meal cards outside a feeding center at an Ethiopian transit camp in September 2011. Severe drought in the Horn of Africa created serious food security issues for many people.UW's trees were used as one test of a computer model used to predict changes in peak bloom of Washington, DC, cherry trees depending on how much warming might occur.Electrical response overlaid on the inner aortic wall.Amanda Taylor, left, and Julie Stein, co-editors of "Is it a House?"An artist's conception depicts a multituberculate in its natural habitat at the time of the dinosaurs.Richard Zerbe

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Food Security at Risk

Models underestimate future temperature variability

Early Bloomers

D.C. cherry trees won't wait in warming world

Mysteries of the Heart

Ferroelectric switching discovered for first time in soft biological tissue

Is It a House?

New book details archaeological excavations on San Juan Island

Competing with Dinosaurs

Highly complex teeth allowed mammals to flourish

Solving Economic Riddles

UW Professor untangles a 70 year old paradox

News Digest: Honor: Xiaodong Xu, 'Raise the Roof' May 24, 'Cirque' launches at UW Tacoma, Honor: Buddy Ratner, science behind 'Chasing Ice,' Honor: Jeff Hou

Xiaodong Xu garners Department of Energy early-career grant || Ethnic Cultural Center's 'Raise the Roof' party Thursday || 'Cirque,' an activism traveling carnival, launches June 2 at UW Tacoma || Buddy Ratner recognized for biomaterials work || Glaciology graduate student to discuss science behind film 'Chasing Ice' || Jeff Hou named community builder Read More…

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It's in the genes: Research pinpoints how plants know when to flower

Scientists believe they've pinpointed the last crucial piece of the 80-year-old puzzle of how plants "know" when to flower. Understanding how flowering works in a simple plant should lead to a better understanding of how the same genes work in more complex plants such as rice and wheat. Read More…

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Coming this Summer: New Financial Conflicts of Interest Regulations

The University of Washington’s policy on Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) will be revised to comply with the Public Health Service (PHS) FCOI regulations which go into effect on August 24, 2012. UW investigators must continue to follow the current UW’s SFI Disclosure Policy (GIM-10) until otherwise informed.

The Office of Research is developing implementation processes and throughout the summer will post frequent updates on the new FCOI Web site.

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