For the third consecutive year, UW Medical Center (UWMC) ranks among the top 10 hospitals in the nation.
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This year for the first time, the UW will host the annual symposium of the U.
Products sold over the counter to consumers as lip enhancers, with the promise of fuller lips, don’t live up to their claims, according to a new study conducted at the UW Medical Center’s Cosmetic Surgery Center and published in the May/June issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
The mystery begins last year when Paula Walker, interim head of the East Asia Library, receives a letter of introduction for a doctoral student at the UW.
UW President Emeritus Lee Huntsman has been selected by Washington Governor Christine Gregoire as the first executive director of the Life Sciences Discovery Fund Authority, a public-private partnership intended to give life sciences research in the state a major boost.
Stories of two-headed serpents and epic battles between Thunderbird and Whale, common among Northwest native peoples, have their roots in the region’s seismic history.
When Daisy got on that famous “Bicycle Built for Two,” you can bet her ride was a lot more sedate than that anticipated by staffers Martin Criminale and Martha Walsh next week.
It might be just the edge of an ivy-laden wall, the corner of an obscure bench or a half-forgotten icon tucked away somewhere on the UW campus.
On June 24, the sewing machines whirred at Harborview Medical Center as patients from the Burn, Psychiatry and Rehab units gathered for a two-hour workshop to explore the colorful world of quilting.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus, and this week it features the photographers who bring you the Mystery Photo each week.
WHO: Some of the world’s top researchers in robotics and its applications.
Drug-involved deaths increased by more than a third in 2004, due primarily to cocaine, heroin, prescription opiates and prescription and over-the-counter depressants, according to the latest report on drug abuse trends in the Seattle-King county area.
Scientists have identified the first reported case in Asia of primate-to-human transmission of simian foamy virus (SFV), a retrovirus found in macaques and other primates that so far has not been shown to cause disease in humans.
Training adults to have more effective parenting skills is the most potent tool available and should remain the standard of care in treating preadolescent children with serious conduct behavior problems.
Stories of two-headed serpents and epic battles between Thunderbird and Whale, common among Northwest native peoples, have their root in the region’s seismic history.
For the third consecutive year, University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) ranks among the top 10 hospitals in the nation.
WHAT: “Education and Productivity: A 21st Century Workforce” conference.
The University of Washington has been awarded a $15.
A signaling pathway required for plants to grow to their normal size appears to have an unexpected dual purpose of keeping the plants from wallpapering themselves with too many densely clustered stomata.
A search committee is currently looking for candidates for the position of dean of the UW’s Information School.
The rebuilding of tsunami- and earthquake-damaged Indonesia is well under way, but the extent of psychological scarring left by the twin disasters still remains a large question mark, according to a UW professor who has been involved in relief efforts.
Four UW faculty members are among 58 of the nation’s most promising young scientists and engineers, recognized at the White House recently as winners of this year’s Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering.
CAROLINA NORTH: Horace Williams, who founded the Philosophy Department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, bequeathed 979 acres of land to the University about a half century ago.
Elizabeth Marin, a research scientist in biology, has been awarded one of 10 Damon Runyon postdoctoral fellowships, given annually to young scientists conducting research relevant to the study of cancer and its causes, treatment and prevention.
Board of Regents Meeting
The University of Washington Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 3 p.
Occupants of the current Visitors Information Center will be scattering before fall quarter as plans proceed to demolish the building, making way for a new building on the site.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has recognized Harborview Medical Center for its program to improve communication between health-care professionals and patients.
The Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development and Global Citizenship at the Daniel J.
David Allen says when he was first approached to apply to be chair of the Women Studies Department, he assumed the role was that of a “placeholder” — someone to hold down the fort until the right woman for this key job came along.
My years in the United States have largely been wonderful.
The right way to say Phffft — the name of sound artist Trimpin’s innovative exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery — is with a healthy burst of breath and a sort of crescendo toward the end, the artist said with a smile and a sweeping gesture.
If John Burt could have one wish, it would probably be to sprout wings.
James Banks, director of the UW’s Center for Multicultural Education and holder of the Russell F.
More than 320 acres of gardens and woodlands — including one of the oldest arboreta this side of the Mississippi — and one of the West Coast’s largest horticulture centers and libraries began operating this summer under the umbrella “University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Haiti is a metaphor for disaster,” says Dr.
There’s more than meets the human ear when the black-capped chickadee lets its flock mates know a predator is lurking about by giving out its familiar “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” call.