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Expanding connections and resources for new K12 teachers is at the heart of a two-year, $500,000 grant from Microsoft that the UW will share with three other universities, partnering with public school districts.

Several local and regional agencies will be testing their ability to respond to an emergency involving mass casualties caused by a weapon of mass destruction in a drill to be held at the UW Aug.

Training adults to have more effective parenting skills is the most potent tool available and should remain the standard of care in treating preadolescent children with serious conduct behavior problems.

WHOSE VOICE WAS THAT, ANYWAY?: An article under the headline 鈥淰oice Lessons鈥� in a recent edition of Time Magazine鈥檚 special section Inside Business quoted Mark Forehand, a UW associate professor of marketing and international business, on the relative effectiveness of celebrity voice-overs in television commercials.

WE鈥橰E IN PICTURES: Florentine Films, Ken Burns鈥� film production company (though not Burns himself), is at the UW Libraries Special Collections division through July 23 to film images for an upcoming film on National Parks.

All but four scientists taking part in a major expedition in the Atlantic Ocean starting this week are in a specialized command center in Mary Gates Hall on the 乱伦社区 campus, a quarter of the world away from the ship they鈥檙e 鈥渙n.

The 乱伦社区, faced with a July 23 deadline for securing $35 million in matching funds to construct a Regional Biocontainment Laboratory, has been unable to secure those funds, President Mark A.

The National Science Foundation has eliminated a proposed site in the Cascade mountains near Leavenworth from consideration as a potential location for a national Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory.

Drug-involved deaths increased by more than a third in 2004, due primarily to cocaine, heroin, prescription opiates and prescription and over-the-counter depressants, according to the latest report on drug abuse trends in the Seattle-King county area.

WHO: Some of the world’s top researchers in robotics and its applications.

Training adults to have more effective parenting skills is the most potent tool available and should remain the standard of care in treating preadolescent children with serious conduct behavior problems.

Scientists have identified the first reported case in Asia of primate-to-human transmission of simian foamy virus (SFV), a retrovirus found in macaques and other primates that so far has not been shown to cause disease in humans.

For the third consecutive year, 乱伦社区 Medical Center (UWMC) ranks among the top 10 hospitals in the nation.

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Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

More than 320 acres of gardens and woodlands 鈥� including one of the oldest arboreta this side of the Mississippi 鈥� and one of the West Coast鈥檚 largest horticulture centers and libraries began operating this summer under the umbrella 鈥溌衣咨缜� Botanic Gardens.

James Banks, director of the UW鈥檚 Center for Multicultural Education and holder of the Russell F.

If John Burt could have one wish, it would probably be to sprout wings.

The right way to say Phffft 鈥� the name of sound artist Trimpin鈥檚 innovative exhibit at the Henry Art Gallery 鈥� is with a healthy burst of breath and a sort of crescendo toward the end, the artist said with a smile and a sweeping gesture.

My years in the United States have largely been wonderful.

David Allen says when he was first approached to apply to be chair of the Women Studies Department, he assumed the role was that of a 鈥減laceholder鈥� 鈥� someone to hold down the fort until the right woman for this key job came along.

The Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development and Global Citizenship at the Daniel J.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has recognized Harborview Medical Center for its program to improve communication between health-care professionals and patients.

Occupants of the current Visitors Information Center will be scattering before fall quarter as plans proceed to demolish the building, making way for a new building on the site.

Board of Regents Meeting

The 乱伦社区 Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 3 p.

Elizabeth Marin, a research scientist in biology, has been awarded one of 10 Damon Runyon postdoctoral fellowships, given annually to young scientists conducting research relevant to the study of cancer and its causes, treatment and prevention.

CAROLINA NORTH: Horace Williams, who founded the Philosophy Department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, bequeathed 979 acres of land to the University about a half century ago.

Four UW faculty members are among 58 of the nation鈥檚 most promising young scientists and engineers, recognized at the White House recently as winners of this year鈥檚 Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering.

The rebuilding of tsunami- and earthquake-damaged Indonesia is well under way, but the extent of psychological scarring left by the twin disasters still remains a large question mark, according to a UW professor who has been involved in relief efforts.

A search committee is currently looking for candidates for the position of dean of the UW鈥檚 Information School.

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.

The 乱伦社区 has been awarded a $15.

WHAT: “Education and Productivity: A 21st Century Workforce” conference.

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Only the size of a button, the tiny plastic disc doesn鈥檛 look like much at first glance.

Want to help a diverse group of people learn to get along? Have them design and build something together, says UW Art Professor John Young.