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Boys who experience childhood physical or sexual abuse are more likely to use sexually coercive behavior against an unwilling female partner when they are adolescents and young adults.
The UW Bothell recently received approval from the Higher Education Coordinating Board to extend its MBA Program southward to Bellevue.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Washington state Speaker of the House Frank Chopp will be in attendance at the first Faculty Senate meeting of the academic year today.
The week before the opening of Twelfth Night, the Meany Studio Theatre is abuzz with the frenetic energy of a rehearsal.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The world financial crisis has been a painful game of musical chairs, but now governments and financial managers are scrambling to bring players back to the table, said a panel of financial experts Monday evening at the UW.
By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy
Growing up in the outskirts of Lima, Peru, during a period of economic turmoil and political violence, Luis Ramos developed a sense of the importance of community.
Jennifer Culkin is a critical care nurse at Harborview Medical Center and an award-winning author.
All of the corridors are open, the courtyard between Pacific Street and the I wing is being replanted, and finishing touches will make the labs and offices ready for move-in by the end of the month.
When a public health emergency strikes, a key to survival is effective communication among the local health department, health care providers and the community.
Explore how your immune system can fight cancer at the second annual Tumor Vaccine Group Open House, Thursday, Oct.
It was a busy first week for Eileen Whalen, who began her new job as Harborview’s executive director Monday, Oct.
A new organizational structure and an improvement in academic program reviews are among the recommendations in the final report delivered this week by the Working Group on Graduate School Roles and Responsibilities.
UW faculty and staff are invited to the UW Alumni Association’s fifth annual Homecoming Rally at 8 p.
Faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to take part in the search process for the University ombudsman by submitting nominations and recommendations for the post to the search committee, chaired by Judith Howard, divisional dean for social sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Current polls of the presidential election may be underestimating Barack Obama’s support by 3 to 4 percent nationally and possibly larger margins in the Southeast and some strongly Republican states, according to UW researchers.
Somewhere within Seattle city limits, a mysterious and unique Emerald City Search medallion will be hidden in plain sight — and it’s up to the Seattle community to find it!
In celebration of “The Year of the Frog,” Woodland Park Zoo and the UW announce the third annual Emerald City Search.
The day after the final presidential debate, energy experts will gather on the UW campus for a discussion of “U.
GOOD CHEMISTRY: Chemical Engineering Professor Buddy Ratner was named one of the “One Hundred Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era” by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers as part its centennial celebration.
An artificial connection between nerve cells in the brain and muscles has been shown to restore voluntary movement to paralyzed limbs.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
The UW College of Education is beginning two prestigious new scholarship programs, both with the aim of enhancing teacher effectiveness and focusing greater attention on disadvantaged students and high-needs areas.
NOW SEE THIS: The University of Michigan has installed videophones in several locations on its campus to serve the needs of deaf students, faculty and staff, reports the campus newspaper, The Record.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Nominations are now being sought for the University’s annual awards that honor outstanding teachers, staff, librarians, mentors and those engaged in leadership and public service.
Editor’s note: During the Combined Fund Drive campaign, University Week will spotlight some of the UW faculty and staff who volunteer at agencies supported by the fund.
By Rachel Tompa
News & Information
Researchers at the UW have updated a traditional Chinese medicine to create a compound that is more than 1,200 times more specific in killing certain kinds of cancer cells than currently available drugs, heralding the possibility of a more effective chemotherapy drug with minimal side effects.
The UW has announced that it is adding three more transit companies to its popular U-PASS program.
The UW’s president and provost have both been elected to prestigious national societies.
A new “Environmental Innovation Practicum” course, offered this quarter, will be a springboard for a universitywide competition that will encourage students to develop practical solutions to environmental problems.
For Marcia Killien, taking on the job of Secretary of the Faculty seems an appropriate and challenging next chapter to a long career of academic and University service.
Two visiting artists will perform at the School of Music in the next week.
Seattleites have spent decades fearing the Big One, the earthquake we’re apparently overdue for.
So, you’ve watched the stock markets gyrate enough to make you dizzy.
When Luis Alberto Urrea, author of this year’s Common Book, The Devil’s Highway, appears in Kane Hall Oct.
Women have been at the forefront of healing practices since the beginning of time, but it has only been in the past 150 years that they have been included in the formal study and practice of medicine.