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May 15, 2008    Campus 
UW students unharmed in China earthquake but administration considered evacuation
Five students elected to temporarily go to Shanghai, but five others, along with the site manager, decided to remain in Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan, the region where the quake occurred.
May 15, 2008    Campus    Environment    Science 
New college to meet growing complexity, scale of environmental threats
The University of Washington Board of Regents today received a preliminary blueprint for a new college that will position the UW to be the leader in environmental research and education, and to better resolve complex regional, national and international environmental challenges, according to Provost Phyllis Wise.
May 15, 2008    Science 
Collaboration between UW and IBM will use donated computer time to tackle rice crisis
Collaboration between UW and IBM will use donated computer time to tackle rice crisis
As concerns of a global hunger crisis mount, the University of Washington and IBM have launched a new program to develop stronger strains of rice that could produce crops with larger and more nutritious yields.
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May 14, 2008    Campus 
UW recognizes 40 years of diversity May 20
The UW will commemorate 40 years of efforts on diversity on the anniversary of the sit-in with an alumni and community celebration from noon to 5 p.m. in Red Square.
May 9, 2008    Campus 
University of Washington awards honorary degrees May 18 to Japanese American students incarcerated during World War II
The University on May 18 is honoring more than 450 Japanese American students who were forced to leave their studies after President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 99066 in 1942, leading to the incarceration of about 120,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast.
May 8, 2008    Technology    Science    Health and Medicine 
Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine
Computer game's high score could earn the Nobel Prize in medicine
Gamers have devoted countless years of collective brainpower to rescuing princesses or protecting the planet against alien invasions. This week researchers at the University of Washington will try to harness those finely honed skills to make medical discoveries, perhaps even finding a cure for HIV.
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May 5, 2008    Science    Environment 
Trouble in paradise: Warming a greater danger to tropical species
Trouble in paradise: Warming a greater danger to tropical species
The Arctic has become a poster child for climate change, but new UW research shows that species living in the tropics likely face the greatest peril in a warmer world.
May 5, 2008    Campus 
University of Washington ranked fourth best public research university
The University of Washington was ranked fourth among American public research universities and 12th among both public and private institutions, in a recent report by the Center for Measuring University Performance.
May 1, 2008    Health and Medicine    Science 
Eight new human genome projects offer large-scale picture of genetic differences among individuals and find previously unknown human DNA
A nationwide consortium led by the University of Washington in Seattle has completed the first sequence-based map of structural variations in the human genome, giving scientists an overall picture of the large-scale differences in DNA between individuals. The project gives researchers a guide for further research into these structural differences, which are believed to play an important role in human health and disease. The results appear in the May 1 issue of the journal Nature.
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April 25, 2008    Science    Environment 
Chalk one up for coccolithophores
Chalk one up for coccolithophores
Scientists have feared that gradual acidification of the world's oceans would wreak havoc with organisms that build protective outer shells. But a new finding shows at least three species of coccolithophores – single-celled algae that are major players in the ocean's cycling of carbon – are responding to ocean acidification by building thicker cell walls and plates of chalk, contrary to what some recent lab experiments have shown.
April 24, 2008    Health and Medicine 
Specialized white blood cells coordinate 'first responders' to viral infection
Just as fire engines arrive quickly at the scene to save people and property, the cells that fight viruses have to reach the site of an infection promptly to mount a protective response.
April 22, 2008    Health and Medicine 
Thomas Baillie selected as dean of UW School of Pharmacy
UW Provost Phyllis Wise announced today the selection of Thomas Baillie to become the next dean of the University of Washington School of Pharmacy.
April 21, 2008    Health and Medicine 
Idaho foundation establishes scholarship for medical students
The cost of medical education continues to rise, with medical students often amassing a staggering amount of debt in the process. But one lucky Idaho medical student each year will soon have some extra financial help—and fewer worries about debt—thanks to the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation of Boise.
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Bill Gates III among speakers at two-day UW Genome Sciences symposium on the Personal Genome: Consequences for Society, Implications for Medicine    April 18, 2008
UW to launch Northwest Institute for Genetic Medicine with support from Life Sciences Discovery Fund   April 18, 2008
'Bill Gates Unplugged': UW final stop on tour of North American universities    April 17, 2008
Researchers uncover details about how dietary restriction slows down aging   April 17, 2008
While stability far from assured, Greenland perhaps not headed down too slippery a slope   April 17, 2008
UW to lead $6.25 million project creating electronic Sherlock Holmes   April 16, 2008
Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells   April 10, 2008
Photos of convocation at UW April 14 with Dalai Lama receiving honorary degree   April 9, 2008
Repeated methamphetamine use causes long-term adaptations in brains of mice, researchers find   April 9, 2008
Expect congestion in Montlake area this week   April 8, 2008

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May 8   |  Nomination Process Reveals A Fractured America, By Kathy Gill, UW senior lecturer in the Master of Communication in Digital Media Program

April 21   |  Perspectives on the Dalai Lama's visit, by David Bachman, UW professor of international studies

April 14   |  Make no mistake about the Dalai Lama, by James K. Wellman, UW associate professor of American religion, chair of comparative religion program in the Jackson School of International Studies

April 10   |  Obama’s Patriotism: Towards a More Perfect Union, by Christopher Parker, UW assistant professor of political science

April 8   |  MLK's agenda remains unfinished, by Michael K. Honey, UW Haley Professor of Humanities

April 3   |  Should Senators Operate PACs?, by Kathy Gill, UW senior lecturer in the Master of Communication in Digital Media Program

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