February 19, 2009
On Tuesday, UW ceramics students, alumni and community members came together at the UW 3D4M Studios located southeast of U.

April 24, 2008
Thirty students have already declared themselves as minors in education, an option just introduced last quarter.

April 17, 2008
Fraternity recruitment season attracts sincere pledges and simple party-goers

April 10, 2008
The HUB lawn played host to C-SPAN Tuesday, as dozens of people circulated through the C-SPAN Campaign 2008 bus designed to educate students on the election process.

April 4, 2008
Major fundraising from the UW athletic department continues to funnel dollars to school programs, despite performances during the previous athletic season.

February 28, 2008
Meningococcal meningitis is an uncommon disease, yet it affects college students at seven times the national average, and dorm residents are encouraged to be immunized.

February 7, 2008
The most well-known placebo is a sugar pill, but it can also be any inactive medication that could prompt physical relief of symptoms.

January 25, 2008
Harborview Medical Center was named the recipient of the 2007 Foster G.

January 14, 2008
Last year, students trying to solve complex calculus problems and professors modeling galaxies had to use computer programs that cost hundreds to thousands of dollars.

January 9, 2008

November 29, 2007
Leroy Hood, a UW affiliate professor of genome sciences, immunology and bioengineering, was inducted to the National Academy of Engineering last month.

November 26, 2007
The University of Washington and Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center has announced plans to open a new comprehensive pediatric dental center with room to treat low-income children.

November 15, 2007
The next time you're short of breath, the reason may not be as simple as it seems.

November 1, 2007
After receiving an "A-" grade on its Sustainable Report Card, the UW is rolling in the green — but not the monetary kind.

October 17, 2007
This quarter the UW is offering a course where upper-level undergraduates can mentor incoming freshman through the Pipeline Program, an effort from the Center for Learning and Undergraduate Education (CLUE) to expand its services to students who are not already independent learners.

October 12, 2007
A new research study led by University of Washington professor Michael Laflamme found that when human heart muscle cells derived from embryonic stem cells are implanted into a rat after a heart attack, they can help rebuild the animal's heart muscle and improve function of the organ.

October 11, 2007
The not-for-profit Northwest Kidney Centers (NKC), based in Seattle, and the California biotechnology joint venture company Kirin-Amgen announced an honorary gift to the University of Washington's Division of Nephrology to establish the Joseph W. Eschbach Endowed Chair in Kidney Research.

October 3, 2007

October 1, 2007

September 27, 2007
Students victimized because of their sexual orientation are more prone to commit suicide, according to a new study by UW researcher Heather Murphy. The impetus for the study was a question posed by a 15-year-old gay male with suicidal tendencies whom she counseled during an internship at the School of Psychology.

August 15, 2007
According to a recent policy brief by the MacAurthur Foundation, there has been a 50-percent increase in the number of young adults living at home during the past years.

August 8, 2007
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web site describes genital HPV infection as "a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by HPV, which is the name of a group of viruses (of) more than 100 different strains or types.

July 25, 2007
The Washington State Employment Security Department recently announced that Washington's unemployment rate went down from 4.6 percent in May to 4.5 percent in June.

July 11, 2007
For nine weeks this summer, 20 deaf and hard-of-hearing students from across the nation are participating in the Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing on the UW campus. According to the program's Web site, the academy is designed for deaf, deaf-blind or hard-of-hearing students who are older than 18 and entering their freshman, sophomore or junior years of college.

July 4, 2007
A recent investigation led by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo found that a "significant number of lenders" determine eligibility for private loans based in large part on the colleges students attend rather than individuals' credit worthiness.

March 28, 2007
For two years, the UW Alumni Association (UWAA) has offered a grant for Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) to hold a variety of events at the UW, including the First Nations Pow Wow, the Delta Gamma Anchor Splash and the Indian Student Association Bhangra Bash.

February 6, 2007
Nancy Woods, dean of the UW School of Nursing, became the first recipient of the Reid Endowed Deanship in Nursing last month.

January 26, 2007
Legos are not a common sight on a college campus. Some UW students, although, are getting a chance to work with the toys that are usually reserved for kids.

January 23, 2007
Most students got their sex education in a high school class — or even a middle school class — but some choose to further that education in Lois McDermott's Psychology 210 class, Human Sexuality.

January 16, 2007
UW alum Jake Etchart passed away at the age of 26 on November 22, 2006.

January 5, 2007
Elson S. Floyd was announced as president of WSU Dec. 13, to succeed V. Lane Rawlins.

November 22, 2006
What if you could go to another country where you don't understand the language — but could understand the signs around you with a simple push of a button?

November 15, 2006
Yesterday, for the 28th consecutive year, the UW fraternity Kappa Sigma kicked off their annual Apple Cup Pass-Run at Husky Stadium. The Pass-Run is a competition between the UW and Washington State University chapters of the fraternity. Money raised goes to benefit Northwest Harvest.

November 14, 2006
Paul Farmer, the subject of the UW common book selection <i>Mountains Beyond Mountains</i>, talked about his experiences working with communities across the world last night in Kane Hall. Farmer, a medical doctor, has dedicated his life to lessening the disparities caused by illnesses that disproportionately affect the poor.

November 13, 2006
Dr. Paul Farmer, famous for his work battling illnesses in low-resource communities, will be speaking tonight in Kane 120 at 7 p.m.