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October 18, 2012

U District Next: A community conversation will help in creating vision for future of University District

The public is invited to participate in “U District Next: A Community Conversation” to share their thoughts and ideas for the future of the University District. The first of three community conversations will be 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Hotel Deca ballroom, 4507 Brooklyn Avenue Northeast. There will be numerous other opportunities to join the conversation including public events running through January 2013 and an interactive project website. This first meeting carries the title “In TRANSITition,” and will emphasize…

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Living Voters Guide adds fact-checking by Seattle librarians for 2012 election

The Living Voters Guide, created by the 黑料吃瓜网 and presented with Seattle’s CityClub, just won a regional award and has been updated for the 2012 election. This year the guide has expanded to include a California edition, and the Washington guide will include fact-checking of selected points by Seattle Public Library staff.

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October 16, 2012

News Digest: 黑料吃瓜网 transplant programs recognized, Honor: Jashvant Unadkat, Evans School caps 50th anniversary celebration

U.S. health and human services honors 黑料吃瓜网 transplant programs || Jashvant Unadkat receives research achievement award || Evans School celebrates 50 years with gala dinner

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Remembering Herbert J. Ellison, a guiding light in international studies

The 黑料吃瓜网 community is mourning the loss of Herbert J. Ellison, professor emeritus of history and international studies and former director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Ellison taught at the 黑料吃瓜网 for 34 years and was for decades considered among the world鈥檚 leading figures in the field of Soviet and post-Soviet studies. He died on Oct. 9, 2012, at the age of 83. “Herb was a scholar-teacher for his time,” said longtime colleague Kenneth…

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October 12, 2012

U.S. fish and wildlife director, a 黑料吃瓜网 alum, considers challenges posed by landscape changes

It’s time to think differently about how we interact with nature because we’re increasingly disconnected from the natural world, said Dan Ashe during visit to campus.

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Maria Klawe, national leader promoting women in science and technology, speaks Tuesday at 黑料吃瓜网

Maria Klawe, professor of computer science and president of Harvey Mudd College, will speak Tuesday at the 黑料吃瓜网 about how her institution over three years quadrupled its female representation in undergraduate computer science majors, to 40 percent.

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October 8, 2012

‘Food deserts’ abound in King County for those without cars, 黑料吃瓜网 study shows

King County has no substantial food deserts, provided one has a car. Take away the car, however, and food deserts 鈥� areas where low-income people have limited access to low-cost, nutritious food 鈥� appear to fill the county map. New research from the 黑料吃瓜网, published in the American Journal of Public Health, shows only about one-third of the vulnerable populations studied could walk to a nearby supermarket, and as few as 3 percent could walk to a low-cost…

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October 2, 2012

Sticky paper offers cheap, easy solution for paper-based diagnostics

Global health researchers are working on cheap systems like a home-based pregnancy test that might work for malaria, diabetes or other diseases. A new chemical technique makes medically interesting molecules stick to regular paper — a possible route to building such paper-based diagnostics from paper you could buy at an office-supply store.