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El Niño is coming! El Niño is coming!

But this time, the climate anomaly that usually brings warmer and drier winters to the Pacific Northwest might not have such a noticeable impact, say two University of Washington climatologists

University of Washington Medical Center moved up one place in its ranking among the top hospitals in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2002 annual guide to “America’s Best Hospitals,” which was updated in its July 22 issue, available July 15.

The winds of the Great Plains won’t stop two Montana tribes from making their newest buildings out of straw.

A newly discovered gene plays a dramatic role in diabetes among rats, and is also present in nearly identical form in humans, according to UW researchers and their colleagues.

Some people may find it surprising, but biology laboratories and the experiments conducted there have long been resistant to computerization.

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Top national genetics leader expected to arrive in
January from St. Louis

RAISING THE DEAD: The dead rhino, that is.

Make no mistake about it, UW sociologist Pepper Schwartz’s new book is the print version of a “chick flick.

Blood drives

Friday, July 12 from 10 a.

Where are we? Here’s another in our series of more difficult photos for you to guess.

WORLD ROBOCUP: While the U.

Top-gun educators work on their skills during a summer retreat.

The UW Tacoma recently named Carol Van Natta as director of development and alumni relations.

Office works to ensure Husky products aren’t made in sweatshops.

With more than 40 events packed into five days, the UW’s Summer Arts Festival continues to be perhaps the most ambitious display of the arts on campus.

Dr. Robert H. Waterston, one of the world’s leading genome scientists, has been named chair of the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, announced Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, UW vice president for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine.

The University of Washington has won a four-year, $2.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for programs to support undergraduate biology education, to help prepare future faculty and to develop K-12 outreach programs.

Make no mistake about it, University of Washington sociologist Pepper Schwartz’s new book is the print version of a “chick flick.” The book, “The Lifetime Love and Sex Quiz Book,” is targeted at women, and for a good reason.

A little more than half of Western Washington physicians listed in the latest edition of The Best Doctors in America are faculty physicians who practice at institutions managed by, or affiliated with, the University of Washington School of Medicine, including Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System.

The University of Washington’s Center For Urban Horticulture has spent the past year re-creating and reconnecting — work that’s far from done even many months after the May 21, 2001, arson attack damaged the center’s main building, rendering most if it beyond repair.

A newly discovered gene plays a dramatic role in diabetes among rats, and is also present in nearly identical form in humans, according to researchers at the University of Washington and their colleagues.

MAGAZINE GOLD: A conservation biology journal for which UW zoology professor Dee Boersma is executive editor has won a major national award.

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