This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 20 UW news releases about Arts and Sciences, College of. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&departmentID=43&numToShow=20 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2009 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:07:58 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ They had learned to combat enemies on the battlefield and racism in the ranks. Because of the sacrifices they had made, such veterans believed themselves and the black community entitled to first-class citizenship. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53297 Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53297 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:32:19 GMT A good many Washington voters haven't decided their choices for Seattle mayor, King County executive or Initiative 1033. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53116 Politics and Government Law and Policy Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=53116 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:43:10 GMT A new organic material lets both positive and negative charges flow efficiently. It permits a simpler design of organic electronics, using a single material for transporting positive and negative charges. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51503 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51503 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:16:20 GMT Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels will most likely be in the November runoff, but going into the Aug. 18 primary, his opponents are in a dead heat. And the majority of survey respondents oppose the 20-cent bag tax. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51283 Campus Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=51283 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:05:08 GMT Eighty-one percent of Hispanics approve of Obama's actions during his first 100 days, and 67 percent approve of Congressional actions. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49405 Arts and Humanities Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49405 Mon, 04 May 2009 20:28:31 GMT The University of Washington will apply cloud computing to analyze climate simulation results and astronomical images. The new grants are part of a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Google and IBM that brings cloud computing to U.S. universities. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48747 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=48747 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:05:07 GMT Hanson is the Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Political Science. He begins in Global Affairs on Jan. 5. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45343 Campus Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=45343 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:32:36 GMT Lower-quality voting sites may discourage people from casting their ballots. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44906 Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44906 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:16:05 GMT The latest Washington Poll indicates Gregoire continuing ahead of Rossi and Obama pulling considerably ahead of McCain. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44737 Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=44737 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:42:32 GMT Sixteen UW students, members of David Domke's course in online journalism and politics, have covered presidential caucuses and primaries in Idaho and Washington state. They're heading to Texas to cover caucuses and the primary on Tuesday. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40103 Arts and Humanities Politics and Government Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40103 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:15:31 GMT Perhaps it was just a matter of sympathy, but tremors rippled the landscape of Vancouver Island, the westernmost part of British Columbia, in 2002 during a major Alaskan earthquake. Geoscientists at the University of Washington have found clear evidence that the two events were related. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35733 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35733 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:52:17 GMT UW students will show off their research at the 10th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on May 18 http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32838 Campus Catherine O'Donnell (cath2@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=32838 Wed, 09 May 2007 18:26:30 GMT Researchers have discovered two genes that guide land plants to develop microscopic pores that they can open and close as if each pore was a tiny mouth. Plants wouldn't have been able to move from water to land 400 million years ago if they hadn't evolved this ability, which protects them from losing too much moisture. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28978 Science Environment Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=28978 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 07:00:00 GMT A signaling pathway required for plants to grow to their normal size appears to have an unexpected dual purpose of keeping the plants from wallpapering themselves with too many densely clustered stomata. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11074 Science Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11074 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:00:00 GMT