The odds triple for premature child delivery in pregnant women with a history of depression who used psychiatric medication, according to a new study.
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By Mary Guiden and Catherine O’Donnell
News & Information
The number of economic stimulus awards at the UW continues to rise.
It’s one of the oldest unsolved problems in mathematics, one that has intrigued people for centuries in part because it is deceptively simple.
You can trace humankind’s exploration of the world in the maps created over the centuries.
The Arboretum Foundation will present famed plant hunter Dan Hinkley and Richie Steffen, curator of the Miller Botanical Garden, giving a lecture about the fabulous flora of southern Chile, at 7 p.
Residence halls ideally become a home away from home for students.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Scientists and staff at the UW sometimes tap into core services to be more efficient and capitalize on resources.
By Mary Guiden & Clare Hagerty
News & Community Relations
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On Wednesday, Nov.
The dedication of the UW’s new Medal of Honor Monument begins with a parade down Memorial Way followed by an address by Gen.
The UW Career Center presents a workshop on how to find and apply for federal jobs.
Tamara Still, associate director of music at Portland’s Trinity Episcopal Church, performs Marking Time: Music for the Spiritual Journey.
Visiting artist Bora Ju, renowned for her exquisite and bold playing of the gayageum, a traditional Korean zither, performs traditional solo pieces known as sanjo, as well as contemporary works accompanied by Peter Joon Park on janggu drum.
The annual Postdoctocal Research Symposium will showcase the important contributions of postdoctoral researchers to the research mission of the University.
Editor’s Note: The UW Audio Visual Services Materials Library has more than 1,200 reels of film from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, documenting life at the University through telecourses, commercial films and original productions.
A new video shows a recent project from the UW Program on Climate Change to demonstrate the many changes to the Puget Sound region expected because of rising sea level.
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The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, Nov.
Frick’s Rexall Drug Store in Sequim, Wash.
Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain parts of the brain can precipitate a low mood and a relapse in cocaine-seeking, based on mouse studies published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
David Cutler, the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University Department of Economics, will give the 19th Hogness Symposium on Health Care lecture Friday, Nov.
Ethnomusicology visiting artist Bora Ju will give a concert at 7:30 p.
Dinosaurs on Ice: Jurassic Dinosaurs from Antarctica is the title of a lecture by William Hammer scheduled for 7 p.
Editor’s note: Through the duration of the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight members of the UW community who are personally involved with one of the 2,800 agencies supported by CFD funds.
Cheerful Givers, the nonprofit group that provides toy-filled birthday bags to low-income children, is having a gift bag-assembling event on Nov.
Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, will give a lecture titled Rethinking Computing at 4:15 p.
Volunteer tutors are needed Saturday and Sunday Nov.
Often art is considered elitist or unattainable, but UW students are working to help debunk this belief and show that art can be used as a tool to build community.
By day, Ben Thompson helps research the world’s most pressing public health problems as a program assistant at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
The UW has announced a new program to make it easier for students entering the University with a high number of advanced placement and/or Running Start credits to complete a bachelor’s degree in three years.
Environmental leader Lester Brown, author of books such as Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge and his latest Plan B 4.
Gary Karr, considered by many to be the most iconic double bassist of our time, will return to the School of Music for the second part of an extensive interview with Barry Lieberman at 2 p.
The Place of the Falling Waters, a powerful documentary about the Salish and Kootenia tribal histories and the building of the Kerr hydropower dam on Montana’s Flathead Lake, will be shown at 6:30 p.
Are you a smoker thinking of taking a break from the habit for the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The UW will be the first educational institution to provide campus information on BlackBerry hand-held devices.
Members of the UW School of Art photography faculty will present their work in an exhibit at Seattle’s Benham Gallery.