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By Julie Collier
News & Community Relations

UW Medicine is partnering with the Seattle Public Library to provide speakers and expert health care specialists for a new evening lecture series that takes monthly from September to November 2006, and from January to March 2007.

By Leila Gray
News & Community Relations

The Montana WWAMI medical education program announced Aug.

When doctors and scientists look for the underlying causes of a disease or a condition, they usually put everyone with the ailment together in one big group and see what they have in common.

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A University of Washington-led study will examine whether women whose birth control prescriptions have expired would be interested in receiving contraceptives directly from a community pharmacist.

The Alps, the iconic rugged mountains that cover parts of seven European nations, might have reached their zenith millions of years ago, some scientists believe, and now are a mere shadow of their former selves.

When it comes to predicting what they want in the future, even a crystal ball probably wouldn’t help preschool children figure out what they might want tomorrow.

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in their early stages can be difficult for physicians to spot, and many diagnoses are incorrect.

A new study exploring smoking, heavy drinking and marijuana use across three generations indicates that the children of a parent who uses any of these substances are more likely to smoke, binge drink or use marijuana in adolescence and adulthood.

The Montana WWAMI medical education program today announced that Billings and Missoula will be home to an expanded effort to train new physicians for Montana.

A University of Washington researcher has devised a way to use the fossil teeth of ancient bison as a tool to reconstruct historic climate and vegetation changes in America’s breadbasket, the Great Plains.

Woodland Park Zoo and the UW have renewed their agreement for scientific and educational cooperation to promote research, education and conservation.

Nine lucky middle schoolers are spending this week studying DNA, thanks to a new program at the Burke that makes use of the museum’s Genetics Resources Collection.

The UW Summer Orchestra, conducted by Philip Tschopp, will present a free concert at 7:30 p.

The UW School of Law has hired Michele Storms as executive director of the William H.

Lesley Thomas went to live in the Arctic at the age of 11 fresh from a tour of Europe with her grandmother.

It’s late on a warm Friday afternoon at University Temple United Methodist Church, across 15th Ave.

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Beginning in 2008, UW Tacoma will host a lecture series featuring prominent speakers on the UW Tacoma campus, thanks to a $1 million pledge by Arthur R.

A total of 20,430 pounds of reusable materials was diverted from the landfill-bound waste stream during Summer Scram 2006.

By Liorah Wichser
Biology

In the Botany Greenhouse’s largest research room, a strange machine built mostly out of wood and pulleys spins two vertical wheels at different speeds powered by a small motor.

Jennifer Faubion, a third-year law student from Kapowsin, Wash.

Imagine turning on your computer and not having to wait for it to load the operating system, virus protection, firewalls and other programs.

The UW Business School has announced the gift of $1.

Like detectives trying to solve a murder case, researchers searching for the biological cause of autism have come up with some surprising suspects.

English Language Courses

The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.

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

MEDEX’s Ballweg honored

Ruth Ballweg, program director of MEDEX Northwest, the UW’s physician assistant program, has received the Washington Rural Health Association’s Outstanding Contribution to Rural Health Award.

UW Medicine is gearing up once again for this year’s Puget Sound Heart Walk, which takes place Saturday, Oct.

This fall, the Department of Family Medicine will launch a new program for WWAMI medical students interested in caring for underserved populations: the Underserved Pathway.

Elizabeth Lowry
News & Community Relations

For most of her life, Sen.

When Brian Johnson graduated from medical school this year, he left a living legacy — a student-run free clinic at the Aloha Inn, a transitional housing facility in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood.

The higher risk of schizophrenia among offspring of expectant mothers living through famine could help us understand the genetic basis for that debilitating mental disorder, a group of researchers argue in a commentary piece in the Aug.

Imagine turning on your computer and not having to wait for it to load the operating system, virus protection, firewalls and other programs.

Like detectives trying to solve a murder case, researchers searching for the biological cause of autism have come up with some surprising suspects.

Woodland Park Zoo and the University of Washington have renewed their agreement for scientific and educational cooperation to promote research, education and conservation.

WHO: Forty blind students, academics and professionals from around the country

WHAT: Technology Fair and tactile art experience, part of the first Vertical Mentoring Workshop for the Blind in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

WHEN: Friday, July 28.

The steady discovery of giant planets orbiting stars other than our sun has heightened speculation that there could be Earth-type worlds in nearby planetary systems capable of sustaining life.

Spokane, WA–The presidents of the University of Washington, Washington State University and Eastern Washington University today announced their plan to expand Spokane’s medical and dental education programs to meet the need for physicians and dentists locally and in nearby rural towns.