By Bobbi Nodell
News & Community Relations
Les Roberts, who has been quoted widely in the media about the underreporting of Iraqi death statistics, will speak on “U.
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By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy
Between 1994 and 2005, the number of prescription drugs purchased in the United States increased 71 percent (from 2.
An atomic-resolution view of an enzyme found only in the eye has given researchers at the UW clues about how this enzyme, essential to vision, is activated.
Michele Puckhaber, the UW Police Department’s first-ever crime victim advocate, says she thinks often of Rebecca Griego as she does her job.
UW employees help others year-round through the Combined Fund Drive (CFD), Washington State’s workplace giving campaign.
The National Academy of Education will discuss second language-learners and the role of foundations in funding education research, among many other topics, in its annual meeting, Oct.
Campaign UW officially concluded several months ago, but the Faculty-Staff-Retiree Campaign for Students is still raising money through the end of the year.
A seminar series for inventors and would-be entrepreneurs is back by popular demand.
The Tsangpo River is the highest major river in the world, starting at 14,500 feet elevation and plunging to the Bay of Bengal, scouring huge amounts of rock and soil along the way.
“Engineering Inspired by Nature: Robots, Greener Energy & Nanotech Systems” is the title for a series of three lectures that examine nature’s role in our future.
If something in your office or lab is damaged or stolen, the University has insurance to replace it, right? Well, not necessarily.
BEYOND BORDERS: The Foundation for International Understanding Through Students has announced the recipients of its annual awards honoring individuals or organizations who embody the FIUTS mission of international understanding and peace.
The events around UW’s annual Homecoming get under way Sunday, Oct.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a grant of approximately $40 million over five years to the Pacific Northwest Center for the National Children’s Study at the UW to partner with Washington State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and local communities in Washington’s Grant County and Oregon’s Marion County.
There will be an open house from 2 to 3:30 p.
The Burke Museum has partnered with the Pacific Science Center to present a series of lectures inspired by Pacific Science Center’s current exhibit, Lucy’s Legacy: the Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
A rhodie from China that can grow 2 ½ foot leaves when mature, a fuchsia from New Zealand that hugs the ground and produces red berries, and a monkey-puzzle tree from a lineage that goes back to Chile — a country with no monkeys — are a few of the unusual plants one sees strolling the just-opened Pacific Connections Garden.
Work has begun on the University’s biennial transportation survey that measures the commuting patterns of people on campus and monitors the effectiveness of the U-PASS program.
UW Bothell is now officially the fifth location for the very successful <A href="http://www.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Thick smoke clouds a first-floor corridor of Terry Hall.
Dancer-illusionists MOMIX, the sell-out hit of the UW World Series 2006-07, returns to Meany Hall with Best of MOMIX, a collection of some of the company’s favorite works.
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The Office of Admissions invites UW faculty and staff to a college planning evening exclusively for them and their high school children from 6 to 7:30 p.
UW eProcurement, the University’s online system for ordering supplies and equipment, is about to implement a new system that will greatly enhance the user experience.
In 1947, dancer and choreographer Joseph Gifford went to the Museum of Modern Art and saw Pablo Picasso’s iconic painting, Guernica.
Pam Selz and Kathy Hobson both work for the UW Medical Center’s Pathology Department and both are dog owners, but their dogs do more than provide companionship.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy
The School of Pharmacy’s Dr.
When was the last time you had a good laugh? Maybe it was while watching a movie, joking with a friend or, if you’re a member of the Harborview Medical Center Laugh Club, doubling over with a raucous crowd of fellow giggle-seekers.
By Lawrence Robinson, M.
“Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war.
POWER PICNIC: Staff of the UW’s Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC) enjoyed a picnic Sept.
That patience and persistence pay off is dramatically illustrated by the scholarly work of Mona Atia, whose recent dissertation on trends in Islamic charitable giving was hailed by one reviewer as “the best dissertation I have read anywhere.
Seminal fluid contains protein factors that, when transferred from a male to a female at mating, affect reproductive success.
The UW received a grade of A- on the College Sustainability Report Card, issued by the Sustainability Endowments Institute.
The Capital Projects Office recently held its second highly successful networking event for companies seeking a share of the UW’s capital projects, which typically amount to at least $300 million annually.
There’s a lot of truth in the old proverb “experience is the best teacher,” and apparently it even applies to 10-month-old infants.