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Got ear plugs? You may want to sport them on the subway, researchers say
Original at uwnews.org
• 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...
How medication can help and hurt the symptoms of autism
Original at Examiner.com
• Wed, Jun 17
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 ...
Federation no-raise contract ratified
Original at The Olympian
• 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 ...
New Gilmour coach goes from pros to preps
Original at Chagrin Valley Publishing
• Wed, Jun 17
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 ...
High School Student Conducting Research at UA Earns Intel Honors - University of Arizona News
Original at uanews.org
• 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 ...
A Successful 2009 NBA Draft May Not Be Hard for the Washington Wizards
Original at Bleacher Report
• Wed, Jun 17
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. ...
Water and Lava 'a Must' for Life on Exoplanets
Original at Softpedia
• 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 ...
WBBA Announces Stacie D. Byars as Director of Marketing and Membership - Business Wire
Original at press release
• 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 ...
Brier Dudley UW helped seed IBM's new cloud offerings
Original at Seattle Times
• 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 ...
WSU Football: Coach Wulff talks about the state of the Cougs
Original at Examiner.com
• 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 ...
Limited access
Original at The Spokesman Review
• 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 ...
At issue in Amanda Knox murder trial: How wild was that party at ...Original at seattlepi.com
• Sat, Jun 13
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 ...
Traffic Armageddon for Husky Graduation Weekend
Original at Seattlest
• 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 ...
Evergreen OKs tuition increase
Original at The Olympian
• 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. ...
Former Seattle mayor Rice takes helm of foundation
Original at seattlepi.com
• Thu, Jun 11
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. ...
57 Washington community-college students earn four-year degrees
Original at Seattle Times
• 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 »
Montana's son commits to University of Washington
Original at NESN.com
• Wed, Jun 10
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. ...
10 simple steps to a safer summer
Original at The Spokesman Review
• 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 ...
Gadget Charger Harvests Wireless Power
Original at MIT Technology Review
• 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. ...
College program reaches out to eligible middle-schoolers
Original at Seattle Times
• 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 ...
Heather Tarr Is Washington Huskies Coach
Original at RightFielders Women in Sports
• 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. ...
Oregon needs a business plan
Original at OregonLive.com
• 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 ...
Funding questions stall plans to renovate U. of Washington stadium
Original at SmartBrief
• 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 ...
Washington State University - Say It Isn't So. Hey, Michael Pollan ...
Original at Daily Kos
• 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 ...
NASA/University Team Develops New Method to Find Alien Oceans - PR Newswire
Original at press release
• Tue, May 26
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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 ...
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Opinion: Cougars complete sweep of the Huskies
Original at CougCenter
• Sun, May 24
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 ...
SABEResPODER Announces Latest Additions to Executive Management Team - PR Newswire
Original at press release
• 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 ...
Opinion: Fast BreakOriginal at The Spokesman Review
• 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, ...
Opinion: Roundup: Huskies capture Pac-10 men's golf title
Original at The Spokesman Review
• Thu, Apr 30
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
Opinion: WSU won't seek Apple Cup at Qwest
Original at Seattle Times
• Fri, Apr 24
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 ...
Opinion: WSU, UW in talks about moving Apple Cup to Qwest
Original at The Daily Evergreen
• Thu, Apr 16
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, ...
Opinion: Arizona State routs Cougars
Original at The Spokesman Review
• 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. ...
Opinion: Online Journalism Experiment Begins in Seattle
Original at TechNewsWorld
• Fri, Mar 20
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, ...
Opinion: UW Dean’s List
Original at Sammamish Review
• 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. ...
Feeling Allright
Original at Bruins Nation
• Sun, Nov 16
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.
FTA says it's ready to grant Sound Transit $813 million for University Link
Original at Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog
• 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...
Librarians Want to Out-Google Google With a Better Search Engine
Original at Chronicle of Higher Education
• 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...
Heads-up -- check us out at schools all across the US
Original at blogs.msdn.com
• 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
Neuroprosthetic enables monkey to activate paralyzed muscles
Original at Boing Boing
• 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...
Opinion: Huskies on the Prowl
Original at Columbia Daily Tribune
• Tue, Oct 28
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)
For Our Washington Readers: Election GuideOriginal at culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily
• 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
AIDS treatment should start sooner, study finds
Original at Toledo Blade
• 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...
A Brief History of Ty Willingham's Tenure At Washington
Original at Rakes Of Mallow
• Thu, Oct 23
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.
Opinion: Governor Gregoire chalks up newspaper endorsements across the Evergreen State
Original at Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog
• 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...
Podcast: UW gets a 'new' athletic director
Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer
• 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...
Podcast: UW football: First look
Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer
• 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...
Podcast: The Need for a US Health Television Network
Original at MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com
• 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.
Crew takes on Dad Vail in spring finale
Original at Chicago Maroon
• 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...
Schools Review Safety After Va. Massacre
Original at Atlanta Journal Constitution
• 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...
UW signs onto satellite teaching program
Original at UW Badger Herald
• 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...