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The most powerful earthquakes — such as those that shook Indonesia in 2004, Alaska in 1964, Chile in 1960 and the Pacific Northwest in 1700 — occur in subduction zones, areas of the sea floor just offshore where two tectonic plates meet and one dives beneath the other.
The authors of a paper in this week’s Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Section B, who say their 7.
The Washington State Senate will announce its supplemental budget proposal for the remainder of the 2005-07 biennium on Feb.
A professor and a visiting fellow from the University will be among those speaking when a new exhibit, The Smallest Witnesses: The Conflict in Darfur Through Children鈥檚 Eyes, comes to the Odegaard Library Feb.
Former Seattle Mayor Norman B.
Vintner Gary Jackson, owner of the St.
The Burke Museum is one of only four venues in the United States presenting Toi Maori: The Eternal Thread, an exhibition celebrating Maori weaving.
The 2005 Combined Fund Drive has ended, and with a record-setting total, too.
Changes ranging from a longer bereavement leave to additional performance evaluation options are coming to the Professional Staff Program Feb.
With the state poised to allow the first freshmen at 91探花Bothell and 91探花Tacoma in 2006, both schools have formalized agreements promising transfer students more than half of their undergraduate seats.
Loyola Marymount sociologist Margaret Hunter, author of Race, Gender and the Politics of Skin Tone, will discuss and read from her work from 11 a.
Nominations are now open for the Extra Mile Awards, which are given to individuals or teams of state employees who “surpass expectations for exemplary public service.
A roundtable on technology in traditional classrooms will be held at 3:30 p.
Soprano Carol Vaness’ Jan.
Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.
The sun, uncharacteristically of late, was out on Tuesday afternoon 鈥� a harbinger of springtime to come.
Senior Jennifer Glass was back in class Monday after returning from Ecuador where she had a chance to lead a group making the first detailed maps of a seafloor rift that’s part of the hot spot responsible for the formation of the Galapagos Islands.
Last month President Mark Emmert was appointed by Gov.
The ideal Valentine’s Day present for people seeking their sweethearts might be a package of self-knowledge.
Care at a trauma center lowers the risk of death for injured patients by 25 percent compared to treatment received at non-trauma centers, according to the results of a nationwide study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the 91探花 School of Medicine.
Most biomedical researchers work in tandem with the process of evolution, tracing the history of an organism’s development over eons.
The 91探花School of Medicine and the 91探花School of Public Health and Community Medicine will establish a jointly-operated Department of Global Health, pending approval at the January meeting of the 91探花Board of Regents.
A study about the relationship between asthma and obesity, which uses a community-based twin registry from the UW, has found a strong genetic link between the two disorders, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
A new undergraduate course will explore how yearning for justice, vengeance, bravery, and honor 鈥� all manifested in the hero figure 鈥� has satisfied the psychological needs of Japanese and Chinese readers for centuries, and how that tradition is now being used to serve the psychological needs of American readers and moviegoers.
Lisa Kagan’s brief political career is over 鈥� for now
It started a week or so back, when the Seattle City Council asked for candidates to succeed outgoing Councilman Jim Compton.
The Washington Supreme Court will take its work on the road with a community visit to the 91探花School of Law on Thursday, Jan.
MILLIONS: Wecve all seen those promotions where a customer walks into a store and suddenly a horn is blaring as she is surrounded by balloon-bearing staff declaring her the millionth customer.
Regular exercise is associated with a delay in the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a Group Health Cooperative/ 91探花study that appears in the Jan.
What happens if a pandemic flu strikes the Pacific Northwest? How will the region respond?
As part of disaster management preparation, Harborview Medical Center and Public Health-Seattle and King County are sponsoring a one day Regional Pandemic Flu Conference, Monday, Jan.
Thanks to the Byrds, you don’t have to be a Biblical scholar to be familiar with the verses from Ecclesiastes, the ones about there being “a time for every purpose under Heaven.
Bill Beaty isn’t really a mad scientist 鈥� he just plays one on the Internet.
A free public lecture on the national nursing shortage and its impact on patient safety is set for 5:30 p.
Changes in the public broadcasting industry will be the topic when veteran National Public Radio broadcaster Marcie Sillmann speaks at the annual meeting of the Friends of the 91探花Libraries.
The Washington Technology Center’s Microfabrication Laboratory will hold a forum and workshop titled “AccessIQ: A Forum for Innovation in Micro and Nano Process Development” from 7 to 9 a.
The CEO Lunch Series, sponsored by the 91探花Business School and Alumni Association, will feature the presidents of regional giants Nordstrom Inc.
New generation coming
“Here Comes Generation Why! Interacting with the Next Generation of Learners” is a new faculty development workshop offered by the Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics and the School of Medicine’s Office of Faculty Development.
Last summer, University Week sent out e-mail to all the faculty and staff we could find who have worked here for at least 35 years.