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A group of graduate students is organizing a daylong conference on interdisciplinary dialogue on religion.

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The Harborview ICU liaison program has won the National Association of Public Hospitals 2007 Safety Net Award for Patient-Centered Care.

Hurricanes can gain or lose intensity with startling quickness, a phenomenon never more obvious than during the historic 2005 hurricane season that spawned the remarkably destructive Katrina and Rita.

At the end of April, a major renovation project for the G wing and the older section of the H wing will begin in the Health Sciences Building.

When cells become cancerous, they also become 100 times more likely to genetically mutate than regular cells, UW researchers have found.

When Frantz Marc Marthol left Haiti in January and landed in Seattle for the first time, the cold winter weather blanketing the Pacific Northwest was the first of many stark contrasts he’d soon encounter.

By Jill Carnell Danseco
UW Tacoma

Good nurses are important.

Put that cheeseburger down.

The University of Washington Medical Center is the title sponsor of the 2007 Seattle Marathon, with proceeds to benefit the UW Medical Center Patient and Family Housing Fund.

Much like how a person’s genetic code differs from other individuals, the level at which those genes are activated in the body differs from one person to another, scientists have learned.

Hurricanes can gain or lose intensity with startling quickness, a phenomenon never more obvious than during the historic 2005 hurricane season that spawned the remarkably destructive Katrina and Rita.

The College of Architecture and Urban Planning will present Civic and Green Infrastructure, a panel discussion highlighting sustainable planning and design in the Pacific Northwest and in Denmark, from 7 to 8:30 p.

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

It’s been a long, cold winter.

For years, UW employees had to go to the Motor Pool, on 25th Avenue near University Village, to get a vehicle through the U-Car program.

Susan Templeton would like UW staffers to know that she’s here to help them manage their careers.

A number of different experiences await audiences of the School of Music during the coming week, including jazz, gospel and classical, from bands, ensembles and choruses.

Bill Gates made his fortune in computer science by building the Microsoft software empire.

The King County Solid Waste Division wants everyone to see recycling in a whole new light.

The UW Business School has announced that Leonard Lavin, founder and chairman emeritus of the Alberto-Culver Company, has donated $2 million to establish the Leonard and Bernice Lavin Entrepreneurial Action Program (LEAP).

For author Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains was all about a compelling story, the tale of Dr.

African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a rate unprecedented since an international convention banning ivory trade took effect in 1989, a UW biologist says.

The UW Women’s Center, in collaboration with Housing and Food Services, Pinay Sa Seattle, and KBCS 91.

Gerry Philipsen, professor of communication, has been appointed by President Emmert as secretary of the faculty.

When Paul Oman and Barbara Endicott-Popovsky open their newspapers or scan headlines online, they marvel at what they don’t see — no stories detailing how our power grid, water supply, and communication systems have been compromised.

The UW School of Law will host a conference on the law, economics, and impact of climate change on Friday, March 2 in William H.

When the madrona tree blew down in one of this winter’s windstorms, the UW gardeners weren’t surprised.

While dignitaries gathered Monday in Washington, D.

The UW World Music & Theatre Series presents Badi Assad at 8 p.

The UW Center for AIDS Research will host a seminar on Disparities in HIV-STIs: Impacts on African-American and African-Born Populations, Thursday, March 8, from 8:45 a.

The UW is hosting a Brain Awareness Open House, Tuesday, March 6, from 10 a.

Two new funding opportunities are available for people interested in research on the process of aging.

First-year medical student Ngoc-Phuong Luu has been awarded the 2007 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship.

The findings of two UW genome sciences research teams — one studying the genetics of the gibbon, and another examining a mechanism to allow for alternative readings of DNA — were featured in the February issue of the journal Genome Research.