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If life were a musical comedy, each and every teen would be depressed just long enough to sing a heartfelt tune about how miserable he or she was feeling.

Researchers at the UW and elsewhere have developed a targeted gene therapy that eliminates in adult stem cells the genetic mutations associated with brittle bone disease.

Spinal cord levels of a certain growth factor fall in mice just before the onset of symptoms similar to X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, a form of motor neuron disease.

A regional National Institutes of Health (NIH) seminar on program funding and grants, the first of these seminars to be presented in Seattle, will be hosted by the UW School of Medicine’s Research Funding Service in June.

CASE WINNERS: Once again the UW scored big in the competition sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Region VIII, covering Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Western Canada.

The UW Faculty Auxiliary supports scholarships each year through donations and fundraisers.

Steven Gribble and David Wetherall, both assistant professors in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, and Mina Aganagic, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, have been named to the 2003 class of Sloan Research Fellows.

Negotiators from the state House and Senate were working feverishly to forge a compromise on important legislation as the March 11 deadline for adjournment approached.

Aggressive 15-year-olds who attended religious services, felt attached to their schools or were exposed to good family management were much less likely to have engaged in violent behavior by the time they turned 18, according to a new multi-ethnic study of urban youth by UW researchers.

Teachers who qualify for national certification do a measurably better job in the classroom, according to a major study released last week.

Recent revisions to the master’s of business administration curriculum at the University of Washington will put students closer to the fundamentals that drive the real world of business today and the innovations that will shape tomorrow, said Business School Dean Yash Gupta.

Teachers who qualify for national certification do a measurably better job in the classroom, according to a major study to be released this week.

Rueben Mayes, former running back for the New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks, will be the new assistant dean of external relations, Business School Dean Yash Gupta announced today.

The eyes will see dancers moving among walls that move, swirling water waves, and a lonely bed at this year’s UW Faculty Dance Concert March 4–7 in Meany Studio Theater.

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

The first American exhibit of Chinese style paintings by a UW professor is now on display at Seattle Pacific University.

UW gardeners are fighting a war against an enemy that is tiny in size but devastating in impact.

For the first time in its short history, the UW home page (<A href="http://www.

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In a program that lives up to the spirit of distance learning, the UW has been hired to teach an Internet technology program to students at an Aleut community in the middle of the Bering Sea.

Competing versions of the supplemental operating budgets are taking center stage in Olympia.

Aggressive 15 year olds who attended religious services, felt attached to their schools or were exposed to good family management were much less likely to have engaged in violent behavior by the time they turned 18, according to a new multi-ethnic study of urban youth by University of Washington researchers.

Scientists have discovered that spinal cord levels of a certain growth factor fall in mice just before the onset of symptoms similar to X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (also known as SBMA or Kennedy’s disease), a form of motor neuron disease.

Join a dozen “EarthDialers” starting today at http://planetary.org/mars/earthdial as the modern marvel of the webcam merges with the ancient technology for marking time, the sundial.

The Providence Journal has won this year’s $10,000 Dart Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence for a study of the effects of a rape of a teenager on a small Rhode Island community.

Sound Transit is about to consider another option for a light rail tunnel on or near campus, and the University is poised to provide its opinion.

A table set with china, linen, silverware, and flowers is a civilized garnish for a basic survival mechanism: feeding.

Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2003-2004 academic year.

Picture a single yeast cell.

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

Editor’s note: This is one of a series of columns written by the chairs of Faculty Senate councils and committees.

About 16 months after installing video cameras in all its marked cars, University Police officers say the money spent on this new technology has proven to be a good investment.

University staff might want to mark their calendars for March 26, when the very first “BizTech Showcase” is planned at the HUB.

Editor’s note: Patricia Carson joined the UW as vice president for human resources in the fall.

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The UW School of Pharmacy and the School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology are conducting a study to determine the feasibility of screening and prescribing birth control medication to women in pharmacies, rather than in visits to a doctor or clinic.

“Who Owns What in the Lab?” is the topic for the next presentation in the “Things Your Mother Never Taught You” series sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Industry Relations.