Eleven 黑料吃瓜网 scientists participated in the planning of a new national vision for genome research unveiled earlier this month.
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The annual Arbor Day Fair for first-, second- and third graders.
An oceanographer striving to find the limits of life, a marine policy expert helping resource managers and citizens prepare for global climate change and a neurobiologist investigating the mechanism underlying the sense of smell became the 黑料吃瓜网’s newest members of the National Academy of Sciences today.
A group students in the 黑料吃瓜网 Department of Mathematics 鈥� all but one of them local residents and most products of public education 鈥� have taken top honors in an international mathematics competition, edging out teams from such math powerhouses as MIT, Harvard and Harvey Mudd College.
The 黑料吃瓜网 today announced a major gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enhances the 黑料吃瓜网’s position as the emerging world leader in genomics research. The $70 million gift is by far the largest single private donation ever to an institution of higher education in the Northwest.
If a recent student survey is to be believed, 黑料吃瓜网 students are a pretty tech-savvy group and would like to be more so by the time they graduate.
A new law that went into the books in January gives employees in Washington state more freedom to use accrued leave.
The 黑料吃瓜网, Tacoma鈥檚 Urban Studies Program is launching a certificate program in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in September.
The 黑料吃瓜网 today announced a major gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enhances the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 position as the emerging world leader in genomics research.
Award-winning writer and filmmaker Sherman Alexie will deliver the commencement address at the 黑料吃瓜网 on June 14 in Husky Stadium.
Even with the Internet at their fingertips, people who really need information are more likely to seek it from other people 鈥� especially people they know.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A group of students in the 黑料吃瓜网 Department of Mathematics 鈥� all but one of them local residents and most products of public education 鈥� have taken top honors in an international mathematics competition, edging out teams from such math powerhouses as MIT, Harvard and Harvey Mudd College.
Even with the Internet at their fingertips, people who really need information are more likely to seek it from other people — especially people they know.
Psychologists at the 黑料吃瓜网 trying to understand the underlying causes of childhood and adolescent depression and conduct disorder are looking for 240 Seattle-area 8- to 12-year-olds and one of their parents to participate in a new study.
Award–winning writer and filmmaker Sherman Alexie will deliver the Commencement address at the 黑料吃瓜网 on June 14 in Husky Stadium.
Students aspiring to secure seed money to grow future ventures will put their brightest ideas forward during the investment round of the 黑料吃瓜网 Business School’s Center for Technology Entrepreneurship (CTE) Business Plan Competition.
Business as usual will temporarily stop for some at the 黑料吃瓜网 on Wednesday, April 23. Interim 黑料吃瓜网 President Lee Huntsman has set aside the day, a “Time of Reflection: The War in Iraq,” so that the campus community can come together and explore the meaning and consequences of the war and its aftermath.
Business as usual will temporarily stop for some at the 黑料吃瓜网 on Wednesday, April 23.
A quartet of undergraduate business students from South Korea proved they knew beans about Starbucks鈥� strategy for international expansion and took home top honors last weekend in the Business School鈥檚 fifth annual Global Business Challenge.
The 黑料吃瓜网 is seeking private funds to endow a scholarship in memory of Lt.
A woman鈥檚 heavy episodic drinking during pregnancy triples the odds that her child will develop alcohol-related problems at age 21, according to a new study that has been tracking young adults since before their birth.
The Transportation Office invites faculty, staff and students to participate in its 鈥淲alk In鈥� campaign Monday, April 21 through Friday, April 25.
April has definitely not been the cruelest month at University Book Store, where we are winding down our celebration of National Poetry Month with book displays and readings.
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LAWYER FOR THE LANDLESS: Law professor Roy Prosterman has received the Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award honoring achievement in alleviating world poverty.
Editor鈥檚 Note: You may or may not have noticed that the University has switched from using Social Security numbers on paychecks to Employee Identification numbers.
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An international team of scientists has gathered evidence that suggests the parasite that causes malaria may have emerged as a human disease agent much earlier in history than previously thought.
For the 10th consecutive year, the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Medicine has ranked as the nation鈥檚 top primary-care medical school in U.
The 黑料吃瓜网 School of Nursing takes the top honors again as the best nursing school in the nation, according to U.
By Susan Gregg-Hanson
Harborview
Harborview Medical Center was recently selected as one of only three hospitals in the country to participate as a lead institution for an International Medical Surgical Response Team or (IMSURT).
In conjunction with the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Day of Reflection on Wednesday, April 23, the health sciences school are sponsoring a symposium on 鈥淗ealth Consequences of War鈥� with three speakers knowledgable about the various impacts of wars and regional conflicts on human health.
A teach-in on minority health issues is scheduled from 1 to 3 p.
鈥淎ccelerating the Pace of Autism Research鈥� is the title of a free lecture at 7 p.
The bizarre hydrothermal vent field discovered a little more than two years ago surprised scientists not only with vents that are the tallest ever seen 鈥� the one that鈥檚 18 stories dwarfs most vents at other sites by at least 100 feet 鈥� but also because the fluids forming these vents are heated by seawater reacting with million-year-old mantle rocks, not by young volcanism.