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Despite recent indications that Antarctica cooled considerably during the 1990s, new research suggests that the world’s iciest continent has been getting gradually warmer for the last 150 years, a trend not identifiable in the short meteorological records and masked at the end of the 20th century by large temperature variations.

University of Washington Medical Center (UW Medical Center) has settled a class action lawsuit initiated by Heidi Rothmeyer, who was treated at UW Medical Center-Roosevelt.

A University of Washington faculty member is spearheading an effort to bring the field and practice of social work to Cambodia where there currently is no program at the college level to train students to become social workers.

Fast-warming climate appears to be triggering genetic changes in a species of fruit fly that is native to Europe and was introduced into North and South America about 25 years ago.

Orin Smith, retired Starbucks president and chief executive officer, has donated $4.

The Columbia River is the source of three quarters of the water pouring into the Pacific Ocean from the West Coast.

Bacteria have hair-like protrusions with a sticky protein on the tip that lets them cling to surfaces.

The University of Washington announced today that it has successfully negotiated the purchase of the Safeco property in the University District.

WHO: Researchers at the University of Washington, including Matthew O’Donnell, the new dean of the UW’s College of Engineering, and colleagues from the University of Colorado; University of California, Los Angeles; and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Viruses that jump the species barrier between monkeys and humans can harm both people and animals, and we should take steps to reduce the risk of virus transmission.

University of Washington researchers have succeeded in building a cooling device tiny enough to fit on a computer chip that could work reliably and efficiently with the smallest microelectronic components.

The UW Regional Heart Center is organizing a large team of walkers for the 2002 American Heart Association Heart Walk.

Pam Sowers
HS News & Community Relations

You’ve tried over-the-counter painkillers, maybe glucosamine or chondroitin, modified exercise and even injections to calm the pain in your arthritic knees.

A half-day educational program on the medical device market and investing in medical device start-up companies is set for Thursday morning, Oct.

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Diabetes recognition awards program at Kane HalPeople who have been living with diabetes 25, 50, 60 or more years will be honored at the first UW Purple and Gold Diabetes Recognition Awards ceremony at 9 a.

The Department of Surgery’s 53rd annual Strauss Lecture will be given this year by Dr.

Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations

Connecting a monitor to the keyboard input on a computer’s CPU will result in neither the monitor nor keyboard functioning properly.

“Things Your Mother Never Taught You: How to Commercialize Technology in the University Setting” is the title for a new monthly series of presentations organized by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations and the UW Office of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer.

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MATERIAL MAN: UW Chemistry Professor Larry Dalton will receive the 2003 Award in the Chemistry of Materials from the American Chemical Society at the group’s annual meeting in New Orleans, March 25.

News Briefs

Law conference brings Japanese leader to campus

The vast legal reform now under way in Japan will be debated by some of its top designers and critics Friday and Saturday at the UW’s School of Law, sponsor of an international conference on “Law in Japan: A Turning Point.

University of Washington Medical Center has been recertified as a “Magnet Nursing Services Organization” by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for its excellence in nursing practice and patient care.

At least 2,000 freshmen, their parents and guests are expected to attend the 2006 UW Freshman Convocation, to be held at noon, Sunday, Sept.

James Palais, considered a key figure in establishing the Korean studies field in the United States, will be honored at a memorial service from 3 to 5 p.

WHERE ARE WE? The top photo at the right was taken somewhere on campus.

At the new Montlake branch of the Seattle Public Library, five circles of light, each a different color, dance down the walls and move onto the lobby floor in the morning, then move across the room as the day goes on.