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A biochemical pathway that helps keep cells alive when oxygen is low also plays a role in longevity and resistance against some diseases of old age, according to a report published April 16 in the journal Science.
Two ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professors are among 72 new members and 18 foreign associates from 15 countries who have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has named six people from the health sciences schools as Magnuson Scholars, one of the highest awards given by the University.
A national research team including six present and former ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers has connected more of the intricate pieces of the autism puzzle, with two studies that identify genes with important contributions to the disorder.
A daylong symposium on Technology, Distraction, and Immortality is planned for 9:30 a.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
A persistent school of thought in recent years has held that so-called “chevrons,” large U- or V-shaped formations found in some of the world’s coastal areas, are evidence of megatsunamis caused by asteroids or comets slamming into the ocean.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø President Mark A.
If you typically walk or bike to work, you may not have thought it important to have a U-PASS.
TOPS IN TELLY: Three ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøTV programs were recognized at the 30th Annual Telly Awards.
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting Thursday, May 14, at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tower.
A shortage of number two pencils has caused a change in the way the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø handles its grade reports.
The Earth as revealed from satellites, other space craft and planes has been the subject of Pacific Science activities all month and concludes Saturday with hands-on activity stations involving ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø scientists from eight units as well as Microsoft, Central Washington University and the National Weather Service.
With 500 miles of nearly pristine coastline, the Eastern Cape of South Africa is known for its splendid beaches including Jeffreys Bay, considered one of the five most famous surfing destinations in the world.
Is the benefit of driving a hybrid car worth its cost? What controls the high-velocity gas close to the center of a black hole? When one eye is damaged, does the other eye grow stronger to compensate?
Such questions and more will be addressed by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students and their faculty advisers at the 17th annual Pacific Northwest Ronald E.
Benjamin Schmidt, associate professor of history, has received a highly selective fellowship designed for advanced training of faculty members in subjects that are outside their own disciplines.
Two ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø retirees have set up a fund that will benefit ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø service employees and their families.
David Fleming, director and health officer of Public Health-Seattle & King County, will headline a panel discussion on the evolving swine flu outbreak at 5:30 p.
On May 6, more than 100 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø undergraduates will showcase their civic engagement projects that benefit the local nonprofit organizations, schools, and campus programs with which they volunteer.
For the third year in a row, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø received a grade of A- on the College Sustainability Report Card, issued by the Sustainability Endowments Institute.
Editor’s note: There are many organizations open to the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty and staff.
Global religion and human security are the topics of a three-day Comparative Religion symposium May 6-8, and political scientist Christine Fair will bring ideas not only about those topics but also about food.
How do I know if a mushroom is poisonous or not? Do I need a permit to harvest mushrooms in Washington State? How do mushrooms help my garden? Curious fungi fanatics looking for answers to these questions and more are invited to attend the second annual Mushroom Maynia! event at the Burke Museum, from 10 a.
During the last two decades, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting stars outside our solar system.
Take an afternoon next month to consider how we might protect and restore Puget Sound with two panels of some of the region’s top experts on science and policy concerning the Sound.
In the summer of 1947, Robert Heilman, then of Louisiana State University, visited Seattle to discuss joining the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø as chairman of the English Department.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has surpassed its 2-year-old world record for operating a glider under the ice, this time by successfully operating one of its seagliders for six months as it made round trips hundreds of miles in length under the ice at Davis Strait.
Stereotypes often paint a partial or false picture of an individual or group.
Members of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Vocal Jazz ensembles, under the direction of Dave Cross, perform solo vocal works in a concert at 7:30 p.
Make way: Social media is bulldozing the time-worn landscape of traditional media, one 140-character “tweet” at a time.
Students of Michael Brockman are in the spotlight in this annual favorite, presented by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Music.
The Wind Ensemble and Symphonic, Concert, and Campus Bands perform in a concert featuring winners of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Bands concerto competition.
The first event of Sexual Assault Awareness Month is an art exhibition.
The Littlefield Organ Series presents Paul Richard Olson, organist and choirmaster of Grace Church in Brooklyn Heights, N.
A benefit for the University Libraries by the Friends of the Libraries.
Faculty artist Marc Seales and special guests perform original works from The Paris Suite and from Seales’ upcoming recording, American Songs.
The Center for West European Studies, the Division of Spanish and Portuguese, the Instituto Cervantes and the Northwest Film Forum present “Spanish Cinema: Woman on the Other Side of the Lens,” an international symposium featuring a Spanish woman film director and four distinguished scholars of Spanish film for an afternoon of discussion.
Many believe that the Pacific Northwest is the world’s serial murder capital, that the violent crime rate continues to spiral upward, and that this is the most dangerous time to live in U.