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By Melinda Young
School of Pharmacy

Growing up in the outskirts of Lima, Peru, during a period of economic turmoil and political violence, Luis Ramos developed a sense of the importance of community.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø eProcurement, the University’s online system for ordering supplies and equipment, is about to implement a new system that will greatly enhance the user experience.

The Office of Admissions invites ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty and staff to a college planning evening exclusively for them and their high school children from 6 to 7:30 p.

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Dancer-illusionists MOMIX, the sell-out hit of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø World Series 2006-07, returns to Meany Hall with Best of MOMIX, a collection of some of the company’s favorite works.

Thick smoke clouds a first-floor corridor of Terry Hall.

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

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Bothell is now officially the fifth location for the very successful <A href="http://www.

Work has begun on the University’s biennial transportation survey that measures the commuting patterns of people on campus and monitors the effectiveness of the U-PASS program.

A rhodie from China that can grow 2 ½ foot leaves when mature, a fuchsia from New Zealand that hugs the ground and produces red berries, and a monkey-puzzle tree from a lineage that goes back to Chile — a country with no monkeys — are a few of the unusual plants one sees strolling the just-opened Pacific Connections Garden.

Board of Regents

The Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.

The Burke Museum has partnered with the Pacific Science Center to present a series of lectures inspired by Pacific Science Center’s current exhibit, Lucy’s Legacy: the Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia.

There will be an open house from 2 to 3:30 p.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a grant of approximately $40 million over five years to the Pacific Northwest Center for the National Children’s Study at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø to partner with Washington State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and local communities in Washington’s Grant County and Oregon’s Marion County.

The events around ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s annual Homecoming get under way Sunday, Oct.

BEYOND BORDERS: The Foundation for International Understanding Through Students has announced the recipients of its annual awards honoring individuals or organizations who embody the FIUTS mission of international understanding and peace.

If something in your office or lab is damaged or stolen, the University has insurance to replace it, right? Well, not necessarily.

“Engineering Inspired by Nature: Robots, Greener Energy & Nanotech Systems” is the title for a series of three lectures that examine nature’s role in our future.

The Tsangpo River is the highest major river in the world, starting at 14,500 feet elevation and plunging to the Bay of Bengal, scouring huge amounts of rock and soil along the way.

A seminar series for inventors and would-be entrepreneurs is back by popular demand.

Campaign ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø officially concluded several months ago, but the Faculty-Staff-Retiree Campaign for Students is still raising money through the end of the year.

The National Academy of Education will discuss second language-learners and the role of foundations in funding education research, among many other topics, in its annual meeting, Oct.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø employees help others year-round through the Combined Fund Drive (CFD), Washington State’s workplace giving campaign.

Michele Puckhaber, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Police Department’s first-ever crime victim advocate, says she thinks often of Rebecca Griego as she does her job.

An atomic-resolution view of an enzyme found only in the eye has given researchers at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø clues about how this enzyme, essential to vision, is activated.