UW Northwest Genomics Center to explore genetic origins of common heart, lung, and blood disorders
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Two departmental chairs at the School of Dentistry have announced that they will be stepping down from their posts.
At the first annual meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Sept. 14-16 in Bethesda, Md., it was clear that global health was not a fad — that universities were planning on a playing a huge role to match the surge in student interest. UW President Mark Emmert, participating in a panel discussion with four other university presidents (Boston University, Duke, Emory, Johns Hopkins), said global health today is what civil rights was to baby boomers. “Our generation…
A project whose gestation period spans nearly a decade reached fruition with a ceremony Sept.
UWTV, is reshaping itself to portray what happens at the UW to the rest of the world
Tiny archaea play a huge role in the planet’s nitrogen cycle, according to new research.
While surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in patients without an indication of severe nerve damage (denervation) provides better outcomes than non-surgical treatment, the clinical relevance of this difference is modest.
Less than a year ago a UW engineering lab was the first to generate ceramic objects in a 3-D printer. Now they’ve done it again, for glass.
On Thursday (Sept.
There is new evidence that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse or dependency are interrelated conditions among young adult women but not men.
Heather McHugh, Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Creative Writing Program of the English Department of the 痳豆在线, has been named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow by the John D.
UW scientists will evaluate the impact of climate change on human health in the Pacific Northwest
UW was among 9 research institutions that operated multiple biomedical robots from sites in U.S., Europe and Asia.
Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, a 281-bed full service acute care hospital, will expand its program agreement with UW Medicine to become an integral part of the UW Medicine health system.
David Horsey, Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist, will be the featured speaker at the 痳豆在线’s 26th Annual Freshman Convocation, which begins at 10:30 a.
When it comes to writing the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard.
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The 痳豆在线 announced today that its annual trademarks and licensing royalties surpassed $1 million for just the second time in the history of the institution’s licensing program and the first time in over a decade.
The ancient city of Rome was not built in a day.
WHAT: An informal backgrounder for reporters on injury prevention and health protection in elite winter athletes.
痳豆在线 researchers at the UW Medicine Eye Institute have successfully used gene therapy to cure color blindness.
The number of students enrolled in global health programs in universities across the United States and Canada doubled in just three years.
A 痳豆在线 Seaglider operated for 9 months and 5 days, a record more than double that of any other underwater glider.
More people in the West are without health insurance, too.
Medical and public health experts and students from the 痳豆在线 have weighed in on a variety of health-care topics in recent months, including the primary care doctor shortage, public hospital financing, health-care co-ops and how to care for the uninsured.
You’ve heard about flower power.
WHAT: “Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008” will be released this week by the U.
Rates of binge drinking were 37 percent lower among eighth-grade students in communities in seven states that used a prevention system designed to reduce drug use and delinquent behavior compared to teenagers in communities that did not use the system.
The 痳豆在线’s new suite of mobile applications for the iPhone is now available for download.
Note: This fact sheet provides additional information about the Regional Scale Nodes project that is receiving money from the National Science Foundation through the Consortium for Ocean Leadership.
Support comes from across the state and a wide variety of groups
Researchers have found new evidence showing that parents play a key role in whether or not their adolescent children who experiment with tobacco progress to become daily smokers before they graduate from high school.
It is now possible to count copies of duplicated genome sequences and assess their contents
It costs more just to get by in Washington. The self-sufficiency measure for Seattle rose 35 percent since 2001 and Spokane rose 28 percent.
WHAT: Press conference detailing the 2009 self-sufficiency standards for all of Washington’s 39 counties.
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The Board of Regents Regular Meeting for August has been canceled.
Researchers have found a way to train tiny semiconductor crystals to display magnetic functions at room temperature using light as a trigger
Woody biomass could be Washington’s best opportunity for biofuels and to reduce green house gas emissions and dependency upon imported oil.