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It was not entirely a victory for hostile elements when severe winter storms devasted the Pacific Northwest in late December. It was also a victory for the National Weather Service, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and six local, state and federal agencies, whose weather-forecasting supercomputer is providing local details of the Northwest weather with an accuracy never before possible.

The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø) School of Medicine is one of six medical schools nationwide to adopt a new decision-making model to improve opportunities for minority and disadvantaged trainees in medicine.

The Samuel E. Kelly Scholars Center is following the reputation of the man it is named after. Named in honor of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s first vice president for minority affairs who is considered by many to be a legend and a powerful leader in Seattle’s African American community, the center has paid the SAT registration fees for 15 students and driven students to test centers on two occasions.

In a new collaborative effort, the Health Care Financing Administration (administrator of Medicare) and the National Institutes of Health (through its National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) will fund a clinical trial designed to determine the risks an d benefits of the operation, called lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS).

Geoff Loftus, a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø psychology professor, is the person behind a revised rating system that ranks Orange County as the best place to live, according to the 1996 edition of the “Places Rated Almanac: Your Guide to Finding the Best Places to Live in North America,” which is being released tomorrow (Wednesday).

Lightning research was once the stepchild of atmospheric science because of the belief that it had no connection with climate study. Now, thanks to new research at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in Seattle, and to recent data from NASA’s space-based lightning detector, scientists believe that lightning frequency might be a reliable surrogate for tracking precipitation in those regions where direct, ground measurements are not possible.

A group of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students and staff is coming to the aid of a former ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø student living under the constant threat of death in the war-torn African nation of Rwanda.

A powerful new technology that allows ultrasound medical imaging systems for the first time to be programmed for multiple diagnostic applications was unveiled today by collaborating engineers from Siemens Ultrasound and the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Philippine Foreign Minister Domingo Siazon today announced both the creation of the APEC Education Network, an Internet based network linking all 18 APEC economies, and the launch of its first collaborative scientific project on integrated coastal management.