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What do you get when you cross a computer and a seeing-eye dog?
That’s easy, according to a group of student researchers at the University of Washington’s Human Interface Technology Laboratory: a first-of-its-kind Wearable Low Vision Aid.
More than 25 years of zoning policies intended to preserve the nature of Eastern King County’s wild and rural lands may be encouraging the very sprawl land-use planners want to avoid.
It’s every child’s fantasy to play only the games he wants to play with the friends that he likes best.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Tina Mankowski is the new director of Health Sciences/UW Medicine News and Community Relations.
Lee L. Huntsman, University of Washington president, will officiate at Commencement ceremonies in Seattle, as well as Commencement ceremonies of UW Bothell June 13. Acting Provost David Thorud will officiate at UW Tacoma’s Commencement ceremonies June 11.
Experts generally agree momentum investing is a very simple – and proven – strategy. Even equity analysts, known for their meticulous analysis, occasionally use momentum as a method of making stock selections. But a UW Business School professor has found that investment strategies relying on momentum alone often fail simply because of the cost of doing business.
New research shows the tectonic stresses that have left dips and folds deep in the Earth’s crust in an area called the Seattle uplift have done the same thing at the surface.
While physicians are able to treat patients who suffer blood loss after major injuries, a large number of these patients go on to develop infections or multiple organ failure, in which the functioning of the body vital organ systems, such as the lungs, heart, kidneys of liver, go awry.
University of Washington climate scientists say a much-publicized new action thriller on the perils of climate change misses the scientific mark.
A University of Washington study of a 180-square-mile swath east of Lake Sammamish shows that the low-density zoning that was intended to maintain the rural character and protect the natural environment could instead be altering forests in dramatic and unintended ways.
Members of the Graduate Student Employee Action Coalition/United Auto Workers union, representing 4,600 academic student employees, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify the first-ever agreement reached between the union and the University of Washington.
The UW is poised to adopt an annual budget that, for the first time in several years, manages to avoid general budget cuts.
If you’re a fan of ER or Third Watch, there’s an opportunity to play a role in real life emergencies on the UW campus.
The University District Youth and Community Project, which began as a pilot program at last year’s University District Street Fair, has matured nicely in its first year and is poised for continued growth, its coordinator says.
A pair of scientists has proposed a new model for behavioral development among social insects, suggesting that a higher male susceptibility to disease has helped shape the evolution of the insects’ behavior.
A special Advocacy Fair, highlighting the policies and legislative priorities of groups that advocate for persons with disabilities, will be held from 9:30 to 11:20 a.
University of Washington psychologists seeking to understand the causes of childhood and adolescent depression and conduct disorder are looking for 60 Seattle-area 8- to 12-year-olds and one of their parents to participate in a study.
Presidential candidates can gain a measurable image boost from going on late-night TV, UW researchers have found.
Genevieve Shaad could be spending her Garfield High junior year taking Spanish like many of her peers.
Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous Mass in B Minor, which the UW Chamber Singers will perform in two locations next week, shows off many of the master composer’s finest styles and skills almost as a musical portfolio might, the concerts’ director says.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Presidential candidates can gain a measurable image boost from going on late-night TV, University of Washington researchers have found.
A new research program may provide parents and other caretakers the tools they need to prevent shaken baby syndrome (SBS), a form of child abuse that can cause immediate damage to the victim’s brain or be fatal.
Since the elimination of a public medical assistance program in 2002, more than 17,000 immigrant children and parents in Washington state have lost public health coverage as of April 2004.
Alien invaders skulking about in the Pacific Northwest face exposure Wednesday, June 2, during “Invasive species: Impacts of invasive plants, animals, insects and diseases in the Pacific Northwest,” at the University of Washington’s College of Forest Resources.
University of Washington psychologists seeking to understand the causes of childhood and adolescent depression and conduct disorder are looking for 60 Seattle-area 8-to 12-year-olds and one of their parents to participate in a study.
Researchers have identified the first gene linked to the productivity of the stem cells that produce sperm in mammals.
Being jailed in federal or state prisons has become so common today that more young black men in the United States have done time than have served in the military or earned a college degree, according to a new study.
Students graduating this June from the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine have selected Dr. Paul Crosby for the 2004 WWAMI Distinguished Teacher Award.
A pair of scientists has proposed a new model for behavioral development among social insects, suggesting that a higher male susceptibility to diease has helped shape the evolution of the insects’ behavior.
Being jailed in federal or state prisons has become so common today that more young black men in the United States have done time than have served in the military or earned a college degree, according to new study.
Any campus or city report on crime statistics tends to carry both good and bad news.
As one watches the clip of footage from the sea floor one hears the voices of scientists and technicians at the monitors in the control room on board the UW’s research vessel Thomas G.
A preliminary plan for a national science and engineering laboratory deep underground near Leavenworth is being unveiled this week as a starting point for a formal proposal.
Right on schedule, a slow earthquake apparently has started deep beneath western Washington.
The UW Dance Program presents the 2004 Dance Majors Concert in the Meany Studio Theatre, May 25–28 at 7:30p.