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Rate Got ear plugs? You may want to sport them on the subway, researchers say

Original at uwnews.org external link    Thu, Jun 18

By Mary Guiden (mguiden@u.washington.edu) A team of researchers from the University of Washington and Columbia University have found that Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) subways had the highest average noise levels of all mass transit in New York City, with levels high enough to potentially increase the risk of noise- in...

Rate How medication can help and hurt the symptoms of autism

Original at Examiner.com external link    Wed, Jun 17

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Bryan H. King, MD, of Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington, Seattle, and his research team set out to find evidence about how the SSRI might affect those with autism. The scientists conducted a randomized controlled trial to ...

Rate Federation no-raise contract ratified

Original at The Olympian external link    Wed, Jun 17

 WA Mail-in ballots for 11 other community colleges, The Evergreen State College and Washington State University will be counted next. The University of Washington contract is in mediation. This and all other state employee contracts were re-negotiated ...

Rate New Gilmour coach goes from pros to preps

Original at Chagrin Valley Publishing external link    Wed, Jun 17

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 OH In 1982, Simon was hired as the running backs coach at the University of Washington. He still was coaching there when Washington shared the NCAA national championship in 1991 with Miami. Simon then coached at New Mexico University and North Texas State ...

Rate High School Student Conducting Research at UA Earns Intel Honors - University of Arizona News

Original at uanews.org external link    Wed, Jun 17

Each student in Wilch's class selects a different independent science research project on which to focus. Another student of Wilch's, Adrian Laurenzi, currently a sophomore at the University of Washington, was the original catalyst for the project and ...

Rate A Successful 2009 NBA Draft May Not Be Hard for the Washington Wizards

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Wed, Jun 17

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 CA In 2006, the Portland Trailblazers selected shooting guard Brandon Roy from the University of Washington. Roy was then considered the best scoring guard available in the draft, and we are all aware of how successful that pick was for Portland. ...

Rate Water and Lava 'a Must' for Life on Exoplanets

Original at Softpedia external link    Tue, Jun 16

Researchers led by University of Washington in Seattle Planetary Scientist Rory Barnes have recently been advocating for the necessity of having astronomers take volcanic activity more seriously into their calculations of probabilities that life exists ...

Rate WBBA Announces Stacie D. Byars as Director of Marketing and Membership - Business Wire

Original at press release external link    Tue, Jun 16

Ms. Byars received her BS in Business Administration from the University of Washington Bothell. She also served in the United States Navy in both domestic and international training commands. The Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association is a ...

Rate Brier Dudley UW helped seed IBM's new cloud offerings

Original at Seattle Times external link    Tue, Jun 16

 United States Excerpts from the blog After spending five years and billions on development — including early research at the University of Washington... After spending five years and billions on development — including early research at the University of Washington ...

Rate WSU Football: Coach Wulff talks about the state of the Cougs

Original at Examiner.com external link    Mon, Jun 15

Other noisy news of late is about recent recruiting success by Coach Sarkisian at the University of Washington (Washington nailing some major recruits-Examiner.com). Though hearing good news out of Seattle is just fine, that doesn't signal recruiting ...

Rate Limited access

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Sun, Jun 14

 WA Washington State University and the University of Washington, among scores of other public entities, are collaborating on the Communities Connect Network, an effort to make Washington a leader in “digital inclusion.” The project works to support sites ...

Rate At issue in Amanda Knox murder trial: How wild was that party at ...Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at seattlepi.com external link    Sat, Jun 13

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Washington Post Seliber, 22, told jurors how he'd met Knox at the University of Washington, where they lived in the same dorm. She studied hard and worked three jobs the year before leaving for Italy, but she also liked to rock climb, play music and party occasionally ...

Rate Traffic Armageddon for Husky Graduation Weekend

Original at Seattlest external link    Fri, Jun 12

 Seattle When the University of Washington graduation ends on Saturday afternoon, the freshly minted graduates will exit into an unforgiving world, one where they will find it hard to gain entry, will face difficult forward movement, and be the victim of scorn ...

Rate Evergreen OKs tuition increase

Original at The Olympian external link    Fri, Jun 12

 WA Some of the state's other four-year colleges and universities, including the University of Washington, Washington State University and Central Washington University, also have proposed 14 percent tuition increases for each of the next two years. ...

Rate Former Seattle mayor Rice takes helm of foundation

Original at seattlepi.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

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Seattle Times Rice served two terms as mayor of Seattle, from 1990 to 1997, after serving 11 years on the Seattle City Council. He is currently teaching at the University of Washington. Rice is replacing Phyllis Campbell at the Seattle Foundation. ...

Rate 57 Washington community-college students earn four-year degrees

Original at Seattle Times external link    Thu, Jun 11

The plan ran into opposition from the University of Washington and other universities, who argue the state should do a better job of investing in existing ... and more »

Rate Montana's son commits to University of Washington

Original at NESN.com external link    Wed, Jun 10

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Nick has verbally committed to play quarterback at the University of Washington and will sign a letter of intent in February. Nick will be playing for new Huskies coach Steve Sarkisian, a Montana family friend, according to a Seattle Times report. ...

Rate 10 simple steps to a safer summer

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Tue, Jun 9

 WA A California native, Hideg completed her residency in family medicine with the University of Washington in Seattle. After various stops including the Yakima area, Alaska and medical relief work in several countries overseas, she settled in Spokane five ...

Rate Gadget Charger Harvests Wireless Power

Original at MIT Technology Review external link    Mon, Jun 8

 MA Earlier this year, Joshua Smith at Intel and Alanson Sample at the University of Washington, in Seattle, developed a temperature-and-humidity sensor that draws its power from the signal emitted by a 1.0-megawatt TV antenna 4.1 kilometers away. ...

Rate College program reaches out to eligible middle-schoolers

Original at Seattle Times external link    Sun, Jun 7

 United States Aliha Strange, a seventh-grade aspiring novelist, gathered brochures and chatted up college recruiters from Seattle University, Eastern Washington University and University of Washington on Saturday morning. If she seemed young to be thinking about ...

Rate Heather Tarr Is Washington Huskies Coach

Original at RightFielders Women in Sports external link    Fri, Jun 5

 CA the University of Washington. Tarr was a member of the Women's Professional Fastpitch Softball League's Tampa Bay Fire Stix. She led the league in fielding percentage. Tarr is considered to be one of the best female athletes in the history of UW. ...

Year 2009

 

Rate Oregon needs a business plan

Original at OregonLive.com external link    Tue, Jun 2

 OR Oregon needs a major research university on the same level as MIT, Stanford and the Seattle campus of the University of Washington. 4. A complete review of each and every local and state governmental level is urgently needed with the goal of ...

Rate Funding questions stall plans to renovate U. of Washington stadium

Original at SmartBrief external link    Tue, Jun 2

 DC Renovation plans for the University of Washington football stadium are once again on the drawing board. Officials originally believed the renovation would cost $300 million, but now they may revise plans to lower the cost. The school recently failed to ...

Rate Washington State University - Say It Isn't So. Hey, Michael Pollan ...

Original at Daily Kos external link    Wed, May 27

I was even profiled in Washington State University Magazine – "Food Fight." Although I married a University of Washington Husky, it was only after paying her way through school. So when I read Kevin Graman's article in the Spokesman Review – "Regent ...

Rate NASA/University Team Develops New Method to Find Alien Oceans - PR Newswire

Original at press release external link    Tue, May 26    3 related articles

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A 'pale blue dot' is the best picture we will get of an Earth-like extrasolar world using even the most advanced telescopes planned for the next couple decades," said Nicolas B. Cowan , of the University of Washington . "So how do we find out if it is ...

Rate Opinion: Cougars complete sweep of the Huskies

Original at CougCenter external link    Sun, May 24

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AP Photo/Charles Krupa) The Washington State Cougar baseball team was able to shake off another short start by redshirt freshman David Stilley to defeat the University of Washington Huskies 10-5. The win completed a three-game sweep of UW and sent the ...

Rate SABEResPODER Announces Latest Additions to Executive Management Team - PR Newswire

Original at press release external link    Wed, May 20

PR Newswire (press release), NY Originally from Cuba, Salas-Grip graduated Suma Cum Laude from Golden Gate University with a BS in Business and Marketing and is a graduate of the Executive Management Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. "Our Chairman, Raul Lomeli and I ...

Rate Opinion: Fast BreakVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Sat, May 2

Washington Times  WA As part of a series of budget reduction measures, the University of Washington has discontinued its men's and women's swimming programs effective immediately, the school announced. It is expected to have a budget impact of up to $1.2 million, ...

Rate Opinion: Roundup: Huskies capture Pac-10 men's golf title

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Thu, Apr 30

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The University of Washington got a 1-2 finish from Darren Wallace and Nick Taylor in the medalist competition and also captured the team title in the four-day Pacific-10 Conference Golf Championships that concluded Wednesday at Seattle Golf Club. ... Washington On Top After Day One Pac 10

Rate Opinion: WSU won't seek Apple Cup at Qwest

Original at Seattle Times external link    Fri, Apr 24

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The cross-state rivalry of the Apple Cup pits the University of Washington against Washington State University and the games have traditionally alternated between the schools' Seattle and Pullman home stadiums. The two programs could not reach an ...

Rate Opinion: WSU, UW in talks about moving Apple Cup to Qwest

Original at The Daily Evergreen external link    Thu, Apr 16

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Discussions between Washington State University and the University of Washington about moving the Apple Cup to Qwest Field are a reality, Faculty Athletics Representative Ken Casavant said today. He said preliminary talks began a few months ago, ...

Rate Opinion: Arizona State routs Cougars

Original at The Spokesman Review external link    Sat, Apr 11

 WA 3 ranked University of Washington dropped to 31-6 for the season, losing 2-0 in 11 innings to UCLA in Los Angeles on Andrea Harrison’s home run. The Huskies were held hitless through eight innings and finished with one single. ...

Rate Opinion: Online Journalism Experiment Begins in Seattle

Original at TechNewsWorld external link    Fri, Mar 20

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Voice of America city itself -- Seattle, which prides itself on its literacy, its digital tradition and its explosion of neighborhood blogs. When you think about it, SeattlePI.com isn't the only journalistic petri dish around; there's the University of Washington, ...

Rate Opinion: UW Dean’s List

Original at Sammamish Review external link    Mon, Jan 26

 wa - By Staff The following is a partial list of Sammamish students named to the Dean’s List at the University of Washington for Autumn Quarter. ...

Rate Feeling Allright

Original at Bruins Nation external link    Sun, Nov 16

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By Nestor Bruins got a much needed win last night in Seattle. Even though it is clear what Washington is perhaps one of the worst teams in the history of the Pac-10 conference (along with Washington State), I think folks shouldn’t be dismissive of the effort our guys put together last night in Seattle.

Rate FTA says it's ready to grant Sound Transit $813 million for University Link

Original at Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog external link    Fri, Nov 14

By Andrew(noreply@blogger.com) When complete, University Link will run 3.5 miles underground from Westlake Center to the University of Washington, serving Capitol Hill along the way. The line is expected to open in 2016 and add at least 70,000 riders a day. The FTA's enthusiasm for University Link stems from the huge boos...

Rate Librarians Want to Out-Google Google With a Better Search Engine

Original at Chronicle of Higher Education external link    Mon, Nov 10

By Josh Fischman Called Reference Extract, the project is being developed by the Online Computer Library Center and the information schools of Syracuse University and the University of Washington. OCLC is an international cooperative that shares resources among more than 69,000 libraries in 112 cou...

Rate Heads-up -- check us out at schools all across the US

Original at blogs.msdn.com external link    Tue, Nov 4

By steven_sinofsky Duke University Oregon State University Purdue University Stanford University University of California - Berkeley University of California - Davis University of California - Irvine University of California - San Diego University of Washington Washington University in St. Louis

Rate Neuroprosthetic enables monkey to activate paralyzed muscles

Original at Boing Boing external link    Fri, Oct 31

By David Pescovitz Monkeys outfitted with neural implants have learned to control temporarily paralyzed muscles in their arms. So instead of controlling a robot arm with its mind, the monkey controls its own muscles that have become "disconnected" from its brain. The research, conducted by the Universit...

Rate Opinion: Huskies on the Prowl

Original at Columbia Daily Tribune external link    Tue, Oct 28

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Until Gary Pinkel goes on the record saying he’s not interested in the Washington job, we’re going to follow the Huskies’ coaching search. Here’s what I’m hearing from Seattle — and I’m not talking about Pearl Jam: Texas: vs. C-USA, Dec. 30 (Houston)

Rate For Our Washington Readers: Election GuideVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily external link    Mon, Oct 27

By mole333 Candidate for Washington State Representative, District 6 Candidate for Washington State Representative, District 40 Here are some progressive candidates who deserve your support...all are endorsed by Progressive Majority Tim Knue Washington Patricia Terry

Rate AIDS treatment should start sooner, study finds

Original at Toledo Blade external link    Sun, Oct 26

The study found that delaying treatment until a patient’s immune system is badly damaged nearly doubles the risk of dying in the next few years compared to patients whose treatment started earlier. Doctors have thought it would be better to spare patients the side effects of AIDS drugs as...

Rate A Brief History of Ty Willingham's Tenure At Washington

Original at Rakes Of Mallow external link    Thu, Oct 23

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By CW 2005 2006 November 18, 2006: Washington knocks off in-state rival Washington State 35-32 in an exciting Apple Cup game to end the season.  The Huskies finish 5-7, the loss to otherwise winless Stanford leaving them one game shy of bowl eligibility. 

Rate Opinion: Governor Gregoire chalks up newspaper endorsements across the Evergreen State

Original at Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog external link    Fri, Oct 17

By Andrew(noreply@blogger.com) Or maybe it's because her job performance as chief executive earned Washington an "A" grade from Pew Research's Grading the States project. (Washington was only one of three states to receive the prestigious "A"). Or maybe it's because (according to Forbes Magazine) Washington is the th...

Rate Podcast: UW gets a 'new' athletic director

Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer external link    Wed, Oct 1

The University of Washington football team is smarting from a 0-3 start. If the Huskies are to turn their fortunes around, it will take more than just the players and coaches. This week the UW named Scott Woodward as its new athletic director. KPLU's Gary Davis asked Art Thiel to tell us more ab...

Rate Podcast: UW football: First look

Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer external link    Fri, Sep 5

One week into the college football season for the University of Washington, and there's lots of grumbling in Montlake. The Huskies dropped their season opener at Oregon last weekend, losing 44 to 10, prompting speculation that coach Ty Willingham's job may be in jeopardy. KPLU's Gary Dav...

Rate Podcast: The Need for a US Health Television Network

Original at MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com external link    Mon, Feb 4

Lawrence Grouse, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, proposes a new health and medicine TV network.

Year 2007

 

Rate Crew takes on Dad Vail in spring finale

Original at Chicago Maroon external link    Tue, May 15

By Chris Boots The country’s largest collegiate regatta, the Dad Vail played host to crews from over 100 schools in this weekend’s action on the Schuylkill River’s 2,000-meter sprint course. It serves as a national championship for smaller colleges and less established teams while heavy-hitters su...

Rate Schools Review Safety After Va. Massacre

Original at Atlanta Journal Constitution external link    Wed, Apr 18

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Cell phone text messages. Loudspeakers on towers. Cameras that detect suspicious activity. Colleges and universities are considering these and other measures in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre, seeking to improve how they get the word out about emergencies to...

Year 2005

 

Rate UW signs onto satellite teaching program

Original at UW Badger Herald external link    Mon, Dec 12

Other American universities involved include Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Purdue, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Washington, the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of California at Los Angeles; the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Geo...

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