The latest news from the UW

A change in the admission policy to two retirement communities that are partnered with the UW Retirement Association will benefit the parents of UWRA members.

Finding a convenient flu shot clinic on campus may not be possible this year.

As the anthrax scare continues on the East Coast, the UW’s Mailing Services has increased its vigilance and advises others on campus who handle mail to do the same.

As a result of last February’s earthquake, a new poster is making an appearance in buildings around campus.

Education’s role in shaping citizens examined in forum

Higher Education and Democratic Citizenship is the title of a forum to be held from 7 to 9 p.

Leaves have piled up behind Gerberding Hall as fall progresses in the Northwest.

‘Tis the season when the bricks of Red Square are wet more days than not, but the sun occasionally breaks through the clouds and leaves us with a dazzling surface on which to walk.

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

Grant Proposal Deadline

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KID SAFETY: Seventeen low-income families whose children attend school in the UW’s Experimental Education Unit received free child and infant car seats, thanks to the University Police Department.

Expert briefing for reporters on the impacts of climate change on the Pacific Northwest

The UW Board of Regents, at its Oct. 19 meeting, approved the consolidation of the Department of Genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Molecular Biotechnology in the School of Medicine. The merger creates the new Department of Genome Sciences in the School of Medicine.

The University of Washington National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health is conducting new research into how drugs are handled in the body by pregnant women, a field which according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deserves more attention. The FDA is providing $150,000 for the research to identify the doses that will provide the greatest benefit and the least risk for the mother and her baby. Dr. Mary Hebert, associate professor in the UW Department of Pharmacy, Dr. Tom Easterling, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Dr. Gail Anderson, associate professor in pharmacy and pharmaceuticals, will be conducting the study evaluating a high blood pressure medication commonly prescribed for pregnant women.

When sperm whales talk, Michael Dougherty listens. Not only that, the University of Washington researcher and electrical engineering doctoral student can recognize the voice and tell you exactly which whale is speaking.

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Women who’ve had a Caesarean and who later attempt to deliver by labor are more likely to suffer a uterine rupture than women who go on to have a repeat Caesarean delivery, according to a UW study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Questions about cancer have been linked, almost from the beginning, to the use of hormone replacement therapy for women after menopause.

By Pamela Wyngate
HS News & Community Relations

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A significant number of teenagers continue to be admitted to hospitals for poisoning from inappropriate use of medications, or, for children younger than 12, for the ingestion of non-medications, according to an article bu UW researchers in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.