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Atmospheric Sciences: upper-division courses average 10-15 students per class.
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- Discover Arts UW!
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From the stage to the digital studio to the gallery, the Arts at the UW will capture your imagination and awaken your muse. Come see what’s going on!
- With online service, blind surf the Net from any computer, anywhere
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New software, called WebAnywhere, lets blind and visually impaired people surf the Web on the go. The tool, developed at the UW, turns screen-reading into an Internet service that reads aloud Web text on any computer with speakers or headphone connections.
- University of Washington ranked fourth best public research university
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The University of Washington was tied for third among American public research universities and 12th among both public and private institutions, in a recent report by the Center for Measuring University Performance.
- 'The Daily' earns national honors
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While many newspapers are worrying about the future, the UW’s student paper, The Daily, remains healthy and independent, and has two big recent awards to prove it.
- College of Education begins sweeping changes in its teacher training program
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The UW College of Education is unveiling sweeping changes in teacher training, aimed at giving future teachers more extensive real-world experience—especially in low-income and disadvantaged areas—and encouraging a more holistic view of helping children learn.
- Early Childhood and Family Studies program: Reaching students early with quality education
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The new College of Education undergraduate degree path in Early Childhood and Family Studies answers a longtime need in a creative and interdisciplinary way, its creators say.
- Bionic eyes: Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision
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Engineers at the UW have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights.
- Kiplinger's Personal Finance: UW top value
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A national magazine has ranked the University of Washington as the country’s ninth-best public college for economic value and academics.
