September 2, 2008
New research shows that black and white Americans responded differently when exposed to a video presentation that described Hurricane Katrina and then blamed the botched relief efforts on one of two causes: either government incompetence or racism, because the majority of Katrina’s victims were black.
August 28, 2008
The University of Washington will acquire an electron beam lithography machine, a key instrument required to build devices at the nanometer scale.
August 27, 2008
Having studied the physiology of algae for more than 30 years, Rose Ann Cattolico is convinced the plant life found in oceans and ponds can be a major source of environmentally friendly fuels for everything from cars and lawn mowers to jet airplanes.
Latino voters favor Barack Obama over John McCain by a 3-1 margin in the key battleground states of New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada, according a new poll released today by Latino Decisions and the National Association of Latino Elected Officials.
August 26, 2008
Documentary on the struggles of small businesses in New Orleans
The newest space telescope is the payoff for years of work for a UW physicist.
August 21, 2008
A group at the University of Washington has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.
The University of Washington was ranked the 11th best public university in the most recent edition of America’s Best Colleges released today by U.
If you’re a fan of habañero salsa or like to order Thai food spiced to five stars, you owe a lot to bugs, both the crawling kind and ones you can see only with a microscope.
By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy
Later this month, a group of UW School of Pharmacy faculty and staff and practicing Washington pharmacists will travel through the Tuscan region of Italy to learn about global practices in pharmacy.
When entrepreneurial geneticist Craig Venter sailed around the world on his yacht sequencing samples of seawater, it was an ambitious project to use genetics to understand invisible ecological communities.
Like a deep-sea bloodhound, Sentry — the newest in an elite group of unmanned submersibles able to operate on their own in demanding and rugged environments — has helped scientists pinpoint optimal locations for two observation sites of a pioneering seafloor laboratory being planned off Washington and Oregon.
In the last 60 years, brown tree snakes have become the embodiment of the bad things that can happen when invasive species are introduced in places where they have few predators.
Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same.
In time for the Olympics, a kind of academic Olympics has been conducted by one of China’s largest universities and the results show UW ranked 16th among 500 universities around the world.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
Students at the Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing will show the results of their work in animation at 7 p.
This issue of University Week is the last of the summer.
Beginning this fall, the University will be greeting its new recruits face to face once again.
Did you know UW employees can rent apartments at Radford Court, the University housing that sits right up against Magnuson Park and Lake Washington? Plus, if the employee is taking a class (matriculated or nonmatriculated) at the UW, the lower Public Student Rate applies.
Dozens of space flyers will land in the Northwest next month.
Bruce Foret has spent the three years since Hurricane Katrina struggling to rebuild Oak Street Hardware in New Orleans.
A group at the UW has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.
For the last two winters, Jennifer Salk’s students have brought the joy of dance to a group of middle and high school students in Central Washington.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.
Migration is one of nature’s great wonders; each year millions of birds travel great lengths — sometimes across the globe — to find feeding and breeding grounds.
By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy
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By Bobbi Nodell
News & Community Relations
Kenneth Sherr, UW clinical assistant professor in global health working at Health Alliance International (HAI), was one of five scientists worldwide honored with a Young Investigator Award at the 2008 Global AIDS Conference in Mexico City earlier this month.
By Bobbi Nodell
News & Community Relations
In response to a campuswide invitation for concept proposals for interdisciplinary global health initiatives and centers, the Department of Global Health received an impressive 41 proposals from faculty representing all 17 UW colleges and schools.
Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons, a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine and the Reginald F.
Twenty-eight UW physicians working at UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics have achieved recognition in diabetes care from the National Commission on Quality Assurance (NCQA).
August 19, 2008
Ever since Bram Cohen invented BitTorrent, Web traffic has never been the same.
August 17, 2008
When entrepreneurial geneticist Craig Venter sailed around the world on his yacht sequencing samples of seawater, it was an ambitious project to use genetics to understand invisible ecological communities.
August 11, 2008
New UW research shows that bugs — both the crawling kind and ones you can only see with a microscope — are responsible for the heat in chili peppers.
August 8, 2008
In time for the start of the Olympics, a kind of academic Olympics has been conducted by one of China’s largest universities and the results show University of Washington ranked 16th among 500 universities around the world.