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An ambitious new venture in scholarly publishing is aiming to broaden access to current research and to lower costs for academic libraries.

Married heterosexual couples can learn a great deal from gay and lesbian couples, far more than the stereotypical images presented by the television show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, according to the first published observational studies of homosexual relationships.

400 to attend landmark SEARCH meeting in Seattle on all aspects of Arctic change

Women who carry inherited mutations in the genes BRCA1 or BRCA2 have a lifetime risk of breast cancer of more than 80 percent, as well as a high risk of ovarian cancer, according to the most comprehensive study to date of these women and their families.

Vouchers, charter schools and other school-choice programs might not make America’s schools any more segregated and unequal than they are today, according to a new study.

Married heterosexual couples can learn a great deal from gay and lesbian couples, far more than the stereotypical images presented by the television show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” according to the first published observational studies of homosexual relationships.

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Since New Student Orientation in September, visitors to the Odegaard Undergraduate Library have been invited to fold a paper crane.

Name: Marilyn Gregory

UW Job: Field Coordinator, Young Women’s Health Study, School of Social Work

Volunteer Activity: I am a member of the board for the University District Food Bank.

The imprisonment of more than 117,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry was no spur-of-the-moment decision launched in reaction to the Dec.

Like a sparring Hollywood tabloid couple, the squabbles are getting harder and harder to ignore.

Two recently designated “scholar-citizens” are receiving support from brand new graduate fellowships this fall.

Imagine a sleek, sports car-like contraption into which you can climb, sinking into a soft leather seat in a semi-reclining position.

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Hall Health Primary Care Center will offer flu shots in the upcoming weeks for the campus community.

There’s more to music than meets the ear.

Students, staff and campus visitors alike can meditate, write poems, try yoga, experience “being present” and even listen to a story on Oct.

The UW is part of an ambitious effort to develop new tools for assessing students’ skills in information and communication technologies (ICT).

An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation’s education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.

Students, staff and campus visitors alike can meditate, write poems, try yoga, experience “being present” and even listen to a story on Oct. 24 as the University of Washington puts its own twist on Take Back Your Time Day, a nationwide campaign to challenge the modern epidemic of overwork and overscheduling.

The public will have a chance to hear from three of the University of Washington’s world-class researchers on some of today’s hot technology topics via “Engineering the Future,” a fall lecture series that begins next week.

Researchers trying to understand how the mind comprehends music and the role that cultural familiarity plays in the process have found that exposure to music of another culture produces no differences in brain activity than when people are exposed to music from their own culture.

The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington is celebrating the 100th anniversary of flight with a lecture series that begins this week.

Will the lives of young children be saved under a planned Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation requiring children under two-years-old to have their own seats and ride in child-restraint seats?

A lecture exploring how human needs must be considered as new computing technologies emerge, followed by a book signing.

An unprecedented, four-year effort to retarget the nation’s education spending begins this week with the help of a $5.

“Rebuilding Iraq: America’s Role and Responsibility,” a 40-minute presentation followed by audience questions.

Seeking to realize the full potential of the emerging field of eHealth — the use of interactive technologies to improve health behavior and disease management –the University of Washington School of Medicine is one of 18 sites to have been awarded a grant by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) through its Health e-Technologies Initiative national program.

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“Medicine is full of complex information management problems that are worth solving,” says Dr.

The UW is the lead institution for one of eight Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, the federal Department of Health and Human Services announced early in September.

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

“Medicine is full of complex information management problems that are worth solving,” says Dr.

The UW is the lead institution for one of eight Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, the federal Department of Health and Human Services announced early in September.

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

Editor’s Note: Throughout the Combined Fund Drive campaign, which runs through Nov.