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New director named for Arboretum, Urban Horticulture

A former dean with Oxford University — who oversaw refurbishment of gardens in the heart of Oxford that are visited by many thousands every year and managed one of the most historically significant herbarium collections in the United Kingdom — has been named director of the UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture and Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum.

September 16, 2004

Volunteers needed for borderline personality disorder treatment studies

Volunteers needed for borderline personality disorder treatment studies


More than 60 Puget Sound residents with borderline personality disorder, a serious but treatable psychiatric condition, are needed as volunteers for two studies at the 91×ÔÅÄ designed to refine a therapeutic treatment for the disorder.

September 14, 2004

Work together, live apart: Study shows racial divide in America’s cities

Using previously unavailable census data, a team of geographers has found that residents of one of America’s largest metropolitan areas are far less racially and ethnically segregated at work than they are in their home neighborhoods, confirming what social scientists have long suspected but could not verify.

Harborview to offer free Legs For Life® screening event Sept. 18

Harborview Medical Center physicians and staff will do their part to improve the cardiovascular health of the community by offering free Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) screenings 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18 at Harborview’s Patient and Family Resource Center (325 9th Avenue, ground floor of East Hospital near the Gift Shop).

August 27, 2004

Botanist known internationally for 91×ÔÅÄ, plant dictionary joining UW

A former dean with Oxford University – who oversaw refurbishment of gardens in the heart of Oxford that are visited by many thousands every year and managed one of the most historically significant herbarium collections in the United Kingdom – has been named director of the 91×ÔÅÄ’s Center for Urban Horticulture and Seattle’s Washington Park Arboretum.