This week Raven, the mobile surgical robot developed by the University of Washington, leaves for the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Throughout history civilizations expanded as they sought new soil to feed their populations, then ultimately fell as they wore out or lost the dirt they depended upon.
University of Washington President Mark A.
With the state Legislature entering the final weeks of the session, the outlook for higher education and UW funding appears “very, very good,” according to the University’s chief lobbyist.
Two University of Washington faculty members have garnered coveted fellowships in a two-year program that aims to produce creative thinking in health policy research.
The atmosphere was festive in a conference room of Schmitz Hall one recent afternoon as four UW staffers filled gift bags with small toys and decorated them with brightly colored tissue paper and ribbon.
The UW will offer a special course this summer featuring six prominent regional writers as guest lecturers.
Michael Honey, professor of history and UW Tacoma founding faculty member, has been named the first recipient of the University’s new Fred T.
Do we have your attention yet? Good.
Want the UW president and provost to cook your lunch for you?
If so, mark your calendars for the Community Celebration, to be held from 11:30 a.
UW Bothell will host its 16th annual Career Fair on Thursday, April 19.
When Jeremy Nolan came to the UW in 1999, he thought he’d major in business and become a stockbroker, but four years later, after a research project in Indonesia got him interested in nonhuman primates, he graduated with bachelor’s degrees in biology and psychology.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
UW Sociology Professor and author Pepper Schwartz will deliver the keynote speech at Friends of the UW Libraries “Literary Voices,” a dinner where guests dine at tables with authors, at 6 p.
Discover how UW Tacoma helps students reach their potential at the UW Tacoma Open House on Thursday, April 19.
The Investigator Needs to Know (ThINK) seminar presents a two-part lecture series, Subject Recruitment and Retention: Strategies that Work, Wednesday, April 25, and May 8, from 4:30 p.
The 28th Annual School of Pharmacy’s Katterman Lecture, Profitability and the Pharmacy Revolution: Keys to Profitability in Traditional Pharmacy Practice and the Growing Clinical Services Sector, will be presented Saturday, April 28, from 8:30 a.
The following UW policies, rules, and orders were recently revised:
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Are you facing a June National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant proposal deadline? Are you worried about using the Grants.
Thursday, April 12
Neurology Grand Rounds — Seminal Biology of Embryonic Cortical Neural Stem Cells by Jeffrey L.
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases is accepting nominations for the for The 2008 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind and The Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement.
Students from universities spanning the globe will congregate in Seattle April 16-21 to compete in the University of Washington Business School’s ninth annual Global Business Case Competition.
All students and alumni are invited to attend the UW’s Spring Career Fair, sponsored by the Center for Career Services, held from 3 to 7 p.
An international consortium of scientists has completed a draft sequence of the genome of the rhesus macaque, a species of non-human primate that is widely used for creating models of human diseases and infections.
The UW School of Medicine again has ranked first among primary-care medical schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional schools provided last week by U.
The UW School of Nursing again has ranked first among nursing schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional schools provided last week by U.
Internationally renowned physician, author and motivational speaker Dr.
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Department of Microbiology
Charles Yanofsky will present the Department of Microbiology’s 14th Annual Helen R.
Richard Boucher, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will give the 2006-07 Annual Science in Medicine Lecture, Cystic Fibrosis: From Salt, to Gene, to Salt, from noon to 1 p.
Sean Morrison, director of the University of Michigan’s Center for Stem Cell Biology, will present Stem Cell Self-Renewal, Cancer Cell Proliferation, and Aging, from 11 a.
The UW Medical Center is the title sponsor of the 2007 Seattle Marathon.
Forty years ago, President John F.
The reauthorization of the National Science Foundation offers the country an opportunity to strengthen its commitment to the pursuit of basic research.
The UW again has been ranked first among primary care medical and nursing schools in the country, according to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.
In the final concert of the East-West Piano Arts inaugural season, the UW School of Music will present noted pianists Nancy Jang and Regina Yeh, performing works for piano four-hands and duo pianos at 7:30 p.
A career fair, a forum on leadership, information on certificate programs and a photo display all will be offered by UW Tacoma in coming days.
When Andrew Whiteman was a child growing up near New York City, he loved to go down to the Museum of Natural History and stand in front of the dioramas in an otherwise darkened hall.
John Young and Mike Magrath were just trying to clean out the Ceramic/Metal Arts studio when they pulled up a tarpaulin and found themselves face to face with George Washington.