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UW History Professor Raymond Jonas, an expert in the field of European and African history, has been named the inaugural Giovanni and Amne Costigan Endowed Professor in History.

Beyond cooing and cuteness, early childhood is absolutely critical to every human being’s development.

The one-two punch of global warming and a chemical change in ocean waters because of human-caused carbon dioxide is the topic of the lecture Monday, April 23, titled Global Warming and Ocean Acidification: Double Trouble for Marine Ecosystems.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Too many students in Biology 180 were floundering, so instructor Scott Freeman and his colleagues made the students and the course a research project.

By Sandra Sarr
UW Tacoma

Beth Rushing has been named vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the UW Tacoma.

Joshua Kavanagh, associate director of Parking and Transportation Services at the University of New Mexico, has been named the director of Transportation Services at the UW.

Throughout history civilizations expanded as they sought new soil to feed their populations, then ultimately fell as they wore out or lost the dirt they depended upon.

By Shari Ireton
Law School

It probably comes as no surprise that the person regarded as a pioneering leader in environmental law has spent most of his career in Seattle.

For Sutapa Basu, fighting for social justice has been a constant refrain ever since her childhood in India.

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The UW School of Drama will present Tom Stoppard’s multiple award-winning Arcadia, directed by Tamara Fisch, April 22 through May 6 in the Playhouse Theatre.

This week Raven, the mobile surgical robot developed by the UW, leaves for its first trip to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Two UW professors are among 189 artists, scholars, and scientists chosen as Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

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Alumni Association

A special UW Community Celebration for faculty and staff is one of the highlights of the third annual Washington Weekend, which will take place from April 26 to 28 at all three UW campuses

Washington Weekend is the time every spring when the UW offers a long weekend of open houses, lectures, hands-on exhibits and more.

The UW’s Sixth Annual Genome Sciences Symposium takes place all day Wednesday, April 25, at the W.

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The Investigator Needs to Know (ThINK) seminar presents a two-part lecture series, Subject Recruitment and Retention: Strategies that Work, Wednesday, April 25, and Tuesday, May 8, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.

The 23rd Annual Hans Neurath Lecture will be given by Stephen C.

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The 28th Annual Katterman Lecture, Profitability and the Pharmacy Revolution: Keys to Profitability in Traditional Pharmacy Practice and the Growing Clinical Services Sector, will be presented by the UW School of Pharmacy Saturday, April 28, from 8:30 a.

A ceremony scheduled for April 30 will honor the late Robert G.

Debra Schwinn, a leading physician scientist in medical genomics, molecular pharmacology, and cardiac anesthesia, has been named the new chair of the UW Department of Anesthesiology, effective May 1.

An international consortium of scientists has completed a draft sequence of the genome of the rhesus macaque, a species of non-human primate that is widely used for creating models of human diseases and infections.

This week Raven, the mobile surgical robot developed by the University of Washington, leaves for the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

Throughout history civilizations expanded as they sought new soil to feed their populations, then ultimately fell as they wore out or lost the dirt they depended upon.

University of Washington President Mark A.

An international consortium of scientists has completed a draft sequence of the genome of the rhesus macaque, a species of non-human primate that is widely used for creating models of human diseases and infections.

All students and alumni are invited to attend the UW’s Spring Career Fair, sponsored by the Center for Career Services, held from 3 to 7 p.

Students from universities spanning the globe will congregate in Seattle April 16-21 to compete in the University of Washington Business School’s ninth annual Global Business Case Competition.

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases is accepting nominations for the for The 2008 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind and The Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement.

Thursday, April 12

Neurology Grand Rounds — Seminal Biology of Embryonic Cortical Neural Stem Cells by Jeffrey L.

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Are you facing a June National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant proposal deadline? Are you worried about using the Grants.

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The 28th Annual School of Pharmacy’s Katterman Lecture, Profitability and the Pharmacy Revolution: Keys to Profitability in Traditional Pharmacy Practice and the Growing Clinical Services Sector, will be presented Saturday, April 28, from 8:30 a.