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The Simpson Center for the Humanities is hosting a project that is the first of its kind in the country: An Institute on the Public Humanities for Doctoral Students.

91̽»¨ astronomy department’s annual open house

Getting quality principals into troubled schools has become an educational rallying cry so intense that New York City is making headlines with its efforts to place leaders in failing schools.

Researchers at the 91̽»¨ and the University of Southern California have developed a new computer program that approaches a 90 percent score in saving money by predicting air fares.

To help draw attention to child abuse and sexual assault prevention, Children’s Response Center is holding the annual “To Heal A Child’s Heart” luncheon to coincide with the April observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Week (April 7-13).

Undergraduate students from 14 countries will converge in Seattle April 7-12 to compete in the 91̽»¨ Business School’s fifth annual Global Business Challenge case competition.

Children whose mothers are the most depressed, anxious, and report high levels of psychosomatic symptoms are twice as likely to be taken to a doctor when they complain of a stomach ache or abdominal pain than are children whose mothers report the least amount of such mental stress.

Researchers have identified a cell signaling system that may help the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa establish itself in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients.

Crashes involving children riding in sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are more likely to be rollover crashes than those involving passenger cars, and these rollover crashes are associated with a greater risk of death and injury.

Samples of fluid drawn from the crustal rocks that make up most of the Earth’s seafloor are providing the best evidence yet to support the controversial assertion that life is widespread within oceanic crust, according to H. Paul Johnson, a 91̽»¨ oceanographer.

The Internet could help unleash the largest antiwar protests in human history, according to a 91̽»¨ expert in the rise of online activism.

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

A Noah’s ark of sorts, meant to protect seeds of rare and endangered native plants in Washington, has just been launched at the 91̽»¨Center for Urban Horticulture.

This is the story of how Professor of English Shawn Wong became a television star.

When classes resume after spring break, a group of faculty and students from drama and dance will be presenting the culmination of a project they’ve been working on since fall.

The Work/Life Resource Center now has information about summer programs for children of all ages.

Just one year after a merger between two Human Resources units, the new Recruiting and Candidate Services seems to be hitting its stride.

Two friends are taking a conversation that has gone on for years and inviting other friends, and the community, to sit in on it.

Animal behaviorists have something new to crow about.

The Search Advisory Committee on the deanship of the Daniel J.

The necessity for a good president to collaborate with faculty in administering the institution was the overriding theme expressed during a forum this week on the search for a new president.

At this moment, parts of Washington and British Columbia are having an earthquake, but it is a slow-moving temblor that can’t be felt and won’t cause any injuries or damage. Still, by the end of the event, which already has lasted more than two weeks, it is likely to have released about as much energy as the Nisqually earthquake did in February 2001.

Researchers at the 91̽»¨ have found a species of crow that distinctly alters its behavior when attempting to steal food from another crow, depending on whether or not the other bird is a relative.

Primary care physicians under a managed care system were more likely to refer patients to a pain specialist than other physicians were, according to a 91̽»¨ study.

Eighty-four percent of political campaigns last year used Web sites designed to encourage participation in the political process, according to a 91̽»¨ researcher. That’s up from less than 70 percent of campaign sites in 2000 that offered opportunities for involvement.

The intricacies of reconstructing the human nose will be the topic for the 10th annual Buehler Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Surgery’s Division of Plastic Surgery.

The 91̽»¨General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) has received a five-year grant renewal for $36 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Six graduate students, one from each health sciences school, are working on projects as Magnuson Scholars for the 2002-2003 academic year.

Last issue’s answer: The Feb.

Citizens of the 91̽»¨love their trees.

Craig Sheppard has performed more than half of Beethoven’s sonatas over the years.

Perhaps bowling can bridge a gap between Seattle’s professional artists and its aspiring art students at the UW.