The latest news from the UW

Fourteen teams of undergraduate students will vie for mechanical mastery to see whose robot can sink the most golf balls in a series of one-on-one matches between the competitors.

UW Physicians Neighborhood Clinics received an exceptional score of 100 percent in a reaccreditation survey performed by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).

Researchers at the University of Washington have applied research in how proteins bind with different molecules to create a molecular switch that enables them to turn an enzyme on and off.

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

Pianist Craig Sheppard will begin a chronological journey through Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas at a concert at 7:30 p.

It was two years ago this month that scientists surveying the seafloor in the mid-Atlantic were startled to come upon a field of hydrothermal vents with pale “chimneys” the height of skyscrapers, far taller than any seen before, leading scientists to believe they were looking at a field unlike any previously discovered.

Next week some members of the University community will celebrate the sesquicentennial of King County with a party for their new book, More Voices, New Stories: King County Washington’s First 150 Years.

The administration unveiled a new graphic identity this month and officials hope the look becomes synonymous with success, tradition, innovation, and the University of Washington.

Faculty, staff and students from the UW will be joining in projects throughout the region on Jan.

Volunteers are needed for a “U District Fix-up” for the holidays.

Due to construction, the UW Libraries Media Center in Odegaard Undergraduate Library will close at 5 p.

Reminder! The University of Washington Press holiday sale for University faculty and staff ends Sunday, Dec.

A free academy for people interested in learning more about the UW Police Department begins Wednesday, Jan.

Nominations are now being sought for the University’s Distinguished Teaching Award, Excellence in Teaching Award, S.

Neuroscientists trying to tease out the mechanisms underlying the basis of human sympathy have found that such feelings trigger brain activity not only in areas associated with emotion but also in areas associated with performing an action.

Sports fans now have a convenient way to prepare for a business career, thanks to a new certificate program at the UW.

In the upcoming congressional debate on lowering the drinking age to 18, sponsor Lech Radzimski will argue the change would curb alcoholism and encourage self-control.

The Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) has announced a new Record of Invention Form to more effectively serve the process of commercializing inventions arising from UW research.

Advanced urban design and planning students will present 11 proposals tomorrow for reconnecting Seattle with its waterfront when the Alaskan Way Viaduct is torn down.

A University of Washington study is the first to provide visualizations of tuberculosis infections in an intact living organism and reveals how tuberculous granulomas, the tight aggregates of macrophages that are the hallmarks of this infection, are formed within infected organisms.

Patients with panic disorder who received collaborative care, rather than usual primary care, had on the average over 74 more anxiety-free days over the following year, according to an article in this week’s Archives of General Psychiatry.

“We know that people are waking up at 2 a.

The University of Washington Academic Medical Center (UW AMC) has a new name: UW Medicine.

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

Northwest leaders often gripe that it’s hard to get anything done with all the NIMBY resistance to new projects, populist ballot initiatives, anti-government paranoia and “analysis paralysis.

Roberto Arambula likes color.

When the College of Arts and Sciences was looking for some top-notch designers, it didn’t have to search very far.

There’s been no sighting of Big Brother or his infamous Thought Police just yet, but the UW’s Art Building will get an Orwellian face-lift during the upcoming winter break.

On the wall in Don Wulff’s office is a framed photograph of a tiny schoolhouse in Montana.

Laboratory safety has taken on a whole new meaning since Sept.

They worked at the UW, some for many years.

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