The Pacific Northwest has a higher incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) than most anywhere on earth.
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An informal lecture early this evening and a big combined-band concert next Thursday may be the only campus events at the UW directly noting the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.
Tonight the Burke Museum is throwing a birthday party for one of those scientists whose name is known by everyone — scientist and nonscientist alike.
The UW School of Drama presents Blithe Spirit, a riotous look at the afterlife by Noel Coward, from Feb.
Whose Arctic is it anyhow? Or how can competing international claims be resolved? With the polar ice cap melting, significant oil and gas reserves may soon be accessible, and the Northwest Passage shipping route could become far more navigable.
If the budget cuts proposed in December by Gov.
Frances Contreras does not hesitate to use strong language to describe the poor state of Latino education in the United States.
There are tough times ahead as the University prepares for budget cuts from the Legislature.
UW researchers have helped develop a new kind of microscope to visualize cells in three dimensions, an advance that could bring great progress in the field of early cancer detection.
Undergraduate Honors student Sam Sudar is the most recent UW student selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship.
PREMIER PRESS: The UW Press was honored with 12 awards recently, eight for its designers and four for the content of its books.
The UW Speech and Hearing Department is offering a free seminar to learn about hearing loss, today’s hearing aid options and communication strategies, Monday, March 2.
Growing up with a heroin-addicted parent exposes children to a variety of detrimental experiences before the age of 18 and new research indicates that girls are four times more resilient than boys in overcoming such adverse events.
Pianist Angela Hewitt will present a concert at 8 p.
Statistics Professor Peter Guttorp fiddles with a remote control, pointing it at a device to make a videoconference connection with the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Utilities work is under way near Husky Stadium in preparation for light rail construction scheduled to begin after the 2009 Husky football season.
The UW Press and the presses at Fordham University, University of California (FlashPoints series), University of Pennsylvania, and University of Virginia have been awarded a collaborative grant of $1.
Sri Lankan human rights activist and feminist Nirmala Rajasingam will speak at 6:30 p.
Meeting the information technology needs of the UW’s research leaders is going to challenge the University to provide the right kinds of resources and sufficient resources, not just in traditional infrastructure but in human expertise.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Matthew O’Donnell, dean of the University of Washington’s College of Engineering and professor in the department of bioengineering, and David Auth, a UW affiliate professor in bioengineering and consultant based in Kirkland, Wash.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A royal palace in Leon, Spain will become the second European campus of the UW.
UW Special Collections Film Archivist Hannah Palin will introduce “Home Movie Day,” an event of the Society of American Archivists UW Student Chapter, from 5 to 7 p.
The Jacob Lawrence gallery will host a no holds barred, no rules exhibition of unbridled student talent Feb.
The region’s newest source of news about Puget Sound was launched last Friday by UW environmental journalism students and their instructor.
Students of the UW School of Music will perform new selections from the past 50 years in a program arranged by new faculty composer Huck Hodge.
The UW School of Music and Southeast Asia Center will present an evening of Javanese performing arts showcasing shadow puppetry, gamelan music and dance at 7:30 p.
K-12 school districts that lay off personnel according to seniority cause disproportionate damage to their programs and students than if layoffs were determined on a seniority-neutral basis.
America’s severe economic crisis means less money for education and reductions in teaching and staff jobs, according to projections by Marguerite Roza, senior scholar at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, at UW Bothell, and research assistant professor in the College of Education.
Charles Darwin, famed author of On the Origin of Species, will be the subject of an evening of lectures and discussion tonight at the Burke Museum.
The Alumni Association presents “Dynamic Depths: Measuring Our Oceans from Above and Below,” with Miles G.
“Celebrating Seattle’s Striking History: 90th Anniversary of the Seattle General Strike” will bring together union members, students, scholars, musicians, and community organizers at Seattle’s Labor Temple.
“Arctic Sovereignty and Climate Change: A Nordic Perspective.
Beer as a healthful family tonic? Cigarettes you can “smoke all day” long with no ill effects? Asbestos that does triple duty as a furniture polish, insect repellant and carpet cleaner?
Welcome to the world of Northwest print advertising, turn of the century style — the last century, that is — in a new digital image collection by the UW Libraries Special Collections Division called Early Advertising of the West, 1867-1918.
By Brian Donohue
News & Community Relations
One curly fry and energy drink at a time, Americans are feeling the sting of acid reflux.
Tiny deletions in a section of human chromosome 15 are linked to an increased risk of idiopathic generalized epilepsies, according to results of a multi-center study published this month in Nature Genetics.
By Allison Osenar
UW Physicians Network
The UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics recently received a score of 100 percent in a survey conducted by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).
A new service aimed at providing health professional with access to evidence-based information is being unveiled throughout Washington State.
Steve Butler
News & Community Relations
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