Two finalists for the position of chief of the University of Washington Police Department will be visiting campus later this month.
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A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says a University of Washington professor.
Marketing literature often highlights the importance of trust in collaborative entities’ financial performance.
University of Washington researchers have found that community health center-trained family physicians were more likely to work in underserved settings than their non-community health center-trained counterparts (64 percent versus 37 percent), based on a study published in the April issue of Family Medicine.
The University of Washington again has been ranked first among primary care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
A team of researchers at the University of Washington and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories has uncovered genetic errors that may shed light on the causes of schizophrenia.
Engineers Without Borders-USA will hold its annual conference Thursday through Sunday on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus.
Researchers at the University of Washington have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staph aureus) “superbug” strains, resists our body’s natural defenses against infection.
Quincy Jones, a distinguished musician, composer, producer, arranger and conductor for more than six decades, will be the University of Washington commencement speaker June 14 in Husky Stadium.
Many important chemical reactions are slow and unwieldy because no enzyme exists to prod them to greater efficiency.
Despite public health campaigns, a surprising number of women continue to use substances such as tobacco, marijuana and alcohol during pregnancy and their usage rebounds to pre-pregnancy levels within two years of having a baby, according to a new University of Washington study.
Rain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens in the far north it can mean lingering death for reindeer, musk oxen and other animals that normally graze on the Arctic tundra.
As cries of “play ball” ring out this spring, they undoubtedly will be followed by complaints of anxiety and stress from young athletes wanting to quit sports.
Unlike several other areas of the country, painkilling medicine is widely available throughout Washington state to people suffering from chronic or acute pain and who have received prescriptions, according to a new survey of the state’s pharmacies.
Researchers trying to understand how young children develop the ability to control their attention, behaviors and emotions are looking for 300 Seattle-area families to participate in a new study.
Nature is full of examples of creatures that try to look as big as possible in an effort to scare away potential predators.
In addition to being home to intense geological and climatological change, Alaska’s Glacier Bay hosts one of the richest cold-water marine environments including a great diversity of top-level marine predators, such as seabirds and marine mammals.
Some medical devices such as implantable cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are now equipped with wireless technology, allowing for remote device checks and freeing patients from repeated doctor visits.
There’s new evidence supporting the idea that bigger brains are better.
Cells are coded with several programs for self-destruction.
The 16th Annual UW Medicine Salute Harborview Gala, held Saturday, March 1, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, raised more than $2 million in gross revenues for Harborview’s Mission of Caring Fund.
A combination of negative mother-daughter relationships and low blood levels of serotonin, an important brain chemical for mood stability, may be lethal for adolescent girls, leaving them vulnerable to engage in self-harming behaviors such as cutting themselves.
While the annual Sound Shake exercise on Wednesday produced a simulated magnitude 6.
Minority small-business owners in Washington voiced increased optimism about their prospects—even amidst the threat of recession—during the last half of 2007.
University of Washington President Mark A.
In a study published in the Feb.
David Domke’s students are hitting the road.
University of Washington President Mark A.
Update March 24: Tickets are no longer available.
A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it isn’t necessarily the fastest or easiest path to follow.
People in at least four states and a Canadian province saw a bright fireball streaking across the Pacific Northwest sky in the early hours Tuesday but, contrary to some reports, there was no collision with the ground, University of Washington scientists said.
The Wisconsin primary on Tuesday could be a bellwether for primaries in Ohio and Texas, according to analysis by two University of Washington researchers.
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Despite massive media coverage of the 2008 election, most Americans will make poorly considered decisions about their choices, says John Gastil, a communication professor at the University of Washington.
Children with autism have normal-size heads at birth but develop accelerated head growth between 6 and 9 months of age, a period that precedes the onset of many behaviors that enable physicians to diagnose the developmental disorder, according to new research from the UW’s Autism Center.
A team approach to treating depression in older adults, already shown to improve health, can also cut total health-care costs, according to a new study led by the University of Washington.
Beneficial bacteria found in healthy women help to reduce the amount of vaginal HIV among HIV-infected women and make it more difficult for the virus to spread, boosting the possibility that “good bacteria” might someday be tapped in the fight against HIV.
The Bradley effect may be alive and multiplying after Super Tuesday.
An international clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a common medication for treating herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV infection when taken by people infected with HSV-2.