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Women with a serious mental disorder called borderline personality disorder who received a specialized form of cognitive behavioral therapy were half as likely to attempt suicide as women who were treated by expert therapists in dealing with difficult patients.
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Restoring degraded ecosystems around Seattle — and giving them a fighting chance to stay healthy — can be as much about PR as the right plants.
It’s pretty difficult to overlook the proverbial 800-pound gorilla, or even an average-size person dressed in a gorilla suit.
“We mourn the loss of Denice Denton.
More than a year ago Weiya Zhang and Allison Porter sat next to each other in UW School of Medicine orientation for first-year students.
Marjan Zarghami is the first recipient of the UW School of Medicine’s Global Health Pathway Certificate, awarded to students who have completed additional coursework in international health during their medical school training.
Safeco Field is sporting a new health care partner this season as part of a sponsorship agreement between UW Medicine and the Seattle Mariners.
Bacteria, those nasty little bugs that cause many illnesses, constantly assault our immune systems as they try to infect us.
The building at 815 Mercer Street has been named the Brotman Building in honor of UW Regent Jeff Brotman and his wife, Susan Brotman.
A task force appointed by Provost Phyllis Wise has completed an interim report that calls for articulating a vision for the future of the University’s information systems, and thinking about how future hardware and software development would fit into that vision.
The National Science Foundation has reversed an earlier decision and will support UW efforts to draft a conceptual design proposal for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the Washington Cascades, university officials have learned.
UW President Mark Emmert was in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai June 12-21, meeting with dignitaries, educators and government officials.
TOURING TROMBONIST: School of Music doctoral trombone student Philip B.
Taking a page from the treatment book on alcohol abuse, researchers from the UWhave successfully tested a brief, low-cost intervention to deal with depression, the No.
HIV infection is significantly more common among non-Hispanic blacks than it is among any other young adult racial or ethnic group in the United States, according to the first study drawn from the nation’s general youth population.
By Elaine Kraft
UW Bothell
The Empty Suitcase Theater Company, a student theater group of the UW Bothell, will be traveling to Tuscany this month at the invitation of the international student theater festival in Arezzo, Italy.
WHERE ARE WE? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A task force appointed by Provost Phyllis Wise has completed an interim report that calls for articulating a vision for the future of the University’s information systems, and thinking about how future hardware and software development would fit into that vision.
The National Science Foundation has reversed an earlier decision and will support UW efforts to draft a conceptual design proposal for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the Washington Cascades, University officials have learned.
UW President Mark Emmert was in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai June 12–21, meeting with dignitaries, educators and government officials.
By Ed Kromer
Business School
Bill Resler, an eccentric senior lecturer in tax accounting and part-time basketball coach whose scruffy appearance has been described as “Santa Claus in Birkenstocks,” doesn’t exactly fit Hollywood’s image of a leading man.
Some major earth moving will be taking place in the shadow of George Washington this summer.
Visually Speaking: MFA and BFA Student Artworks, curated by Charlotte Beall, opens June 22 and runs through Oct.
At about lunchtime last Tuesday, the parking lot of the UW Motor Pool was lined with several attractive vehicles, gleaming with showroom polish but a bit smaller than most you see on the street.
Steven Goodreau, assistant professor of anthropology, won $100 worth of Flexcar use after completing a quiz sponsored by the Facilities Services Conservation Campaign Committee.
Research Studies
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center seeks women for study
The Nutrition and Exercise for Women (NEW) Study — A study that examines the effects of exercise and nutrition on breast cancer risk factors — seeks to recruit more than 500 Seattle-area participants.
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I recently listened in on a conversation between two savvy people.
Taking a page from the treatment book on alcohol abuse, researchers from the University of Washington have successfully tested a brief, low-cost intervention to deal with depression, the No.
The National Science Foundation has reversed an earlier decision and will support University of Washington efforts to draft a conceptual design proposal for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory in the Washington Cascades, university officials have learned.
Non-fatal, self-inflicted injuries by adolescent and young adult females are major public health problems and researchers have found physiological evidence that this behavior may lead to a more serious psychological condition called borderline personality disorder.
(Updated on June 21, 2006)
A new satellite that last week began gathering data from the Earth’s atmosphere could be a key tool in unraveling just how much effect the reflectivity of clouds and tiny particles called aerosols are having on the planet’s changing climate.
Traffic crash mortality rates in the U.
Bacteria like Salmonella have a complicated immune system that helps them recognize and isolate foreign DNA trying to invade their cell membrane, according to a University of Washington-led study in the June 8 issue of Science Express.