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The 91̽»¨ administration is recommending that its Graduate School of Public Affairs be named for Daniel J. Evans, former Washington governor, U.S. senator, college president and current 91̽»¨regent.

Dr. Pamela Mitchell has been appointed associate dean for research at the 91̽»¨ School of Nursing.

The last 100 volunteers are being recruited for a clinical trial to determine whether an anti-bacterial oral rinse can help high-risk older adults prevent tooth loss.

For the sixth year in a row, the 91̽»¨ School of Medicine has ranked as the nation’s top primary-care medical school in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of graduate and professional schools.

After more than two decades of taking American marriage into the laboratory and placing it under the scrutiny of everything but a microscope, one of the country’s leading marital experts believes there is still reason for optimism and concrete steps that couples can take to avoid becoming just another statistic in divorce court.

A package of interventions targeted at teachers, parents and children throughout the elementary school years had long-lasting effects in reducing levels of violent behavior, heavy drinking and sexual intercourse and in improving school performance at age 18 among a multi-ethnic sample of urban children.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is expected later this month to announce its decision about listing more than a dozen West Coast salmon and steelhead populations under the federal Endangered Species Act. 91̽»¨ experts may be able to help reporters with general information on such things as salmon health and how human activities impact salmon habitat.

Scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the 91̽»¨ have mapped the region of a gene associated with prostate cancer that runs in families.

Dr. Christopher B. “Chris” Wilson has been named chair of the 91̽»¨ (UW) Department of Immunology, effective March 1.

Two 91̽»¨ professors are among 20 environmental scientists nationwide named today to fellowships in a new communications training and networking program.

Power outages are result of economic trade-offs, 91̽»¨researcher says

A collaborative study by Harborview surgeons and dietitians will evaluate the efficacy of anti-oxidant vitamin supplementation in intensive care unit (ICU) patients at Harborview.

David Hodge, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the 91̽»¨ since July 1998, has been chosen by 91̽»¨President Richard L. McCormick to be the dean of the college.

During a weekend presentation at a Northwest weather workshop in Seattle, 91̽»¨ researchers Philip Mote and Alan Hamlet presented what they consider to be mounting evidence of a shift in the cycle that influences Alaska and Pacific Northwest climate for 10, 20 or 30 years at a time.

More than 35 scholars and labor activists will convene at the 91̽»¨ for “Strikes!,” a series of lectures and symposia from March 4 to 6 organized by the 91̽»¨Center for Labor Studies (CLS).

Teams from Sedro-Woolley High School claimed first and third places, and a team from Garfield High School placed second Saturday during the state’s Ocean Science Bowl sponsored by the 91̽»¨’s College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences

“Too sick for the streets, but not sick enough for the hospital” describes homeless people recovering from short-term health problems, such as minor trauma, chemotherapy treatments for cancer, or newly diagnosed chronic diseases.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Henry J.

As Harborview Medical Center, the state’s only Level 1 trauma center,
treats the most critically ill and injured patients from throughout the
region, its Pastoral Care staff are committed to tending to the spiritual
and emotional needs of patients and their families.

The panel of six anthropologists and archaeologists that has been appointed to examine the 9,300-year-old remains of Kennewick Man, one of the oldest human skeleton’s found in North America, will meet with and answer questions from the news media and the public in separate sessions this week on the 91̽»¨ campus.

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For three decades social scientists have been trying to figure out, with little success, how a person’s race affects the outcome of criminal cases.

Flipping a nano-scale molecular switch may regulate the cell-binding function of a protein involved in healing and other fundamental biological activities.

Astudy by 91̽»¨ social demographers indicates all forms of violent death — homicide, accidental death and suicide — are linked to joblessness and its detrimental effects on the formation and stability of families.

Researchers at the new WWAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies are looking at the availability, education, distribution, practice patterns and licensing of health professionals as well as many other factors that shape the region’s health workforce.

UWTV will broadcast Saturday’s scheduled launch of Stardust, a NASA mission to collect comet samples and return them to Earth.

Doctors at the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and the 91̽»¨ School of Medicine have successfully used an innovative new technique to repair aortic aneurysm, a life threatening ballooning of the body?s main artery.

It’s a moment 91̽»¨ astronomy professor Donald Brownlee has been awaiting for nearly two decades.

“Beyond Consumer Protection: Appropriate Public and Private Roles in Quality of Care” is the subject of the 91̽»¨’s 14th John R.

Stardust, a NASA Discovery mission in which the 91̽»¨ plays a central role, is scheduled for on Feb.

ANAHEIM, Calif.

91̽»¨ astrophysicist Christopher Stubbs has been awarded a $1 million grant from the James S.

People have taken more than 200,000 tests that measure unconscious components of prejudice and stereotyping since twin Web sites were opened to the public last year by psychologists from the 91̽»¨ and Yale University.

Sixteen American Indian and Alaska Native communities in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana and Idaho have been selected to participate in a National Libraries of Medicine program that will connect them to the Internet.

AUSTIN, Texas – A three-year spectroscopic survey shows a group of stars near our solar system have a much greater allotment of heavy elements than other nearby stars that are like our sun, a 91̽»¨ astronomer reported today at the national meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

The 91̽»¨ (UW) School of Medicine pediatric training units in Great Falls, Mont.

Managers and scientists leading the team preparing the Stardust spacecraft to gather samples of icy comet dust and return them to Earth will conduct a media briefing on the mission and its science goals on Wednesday, Jan.

Three 91̽»¨ (UW) third-year medical students have started their six-month WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience (WRITE) in rural towns.

Yongmin Kim has been named professor and chair of the 91̽»¨’s nationally ranked bioengineering department.

SEATTLE — Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), the 91̽»¨ (UW), and Targeted Genetics Corp.