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El Nino means milder winters for some in the United States and flooding and mudslides for others. For the penguins living in the Galapagos Islands off South America, it means possible starvation.

Beginning June 1, a new 91自拍 cable television channel will broadcast real-time, rush-hour traffic updates so viewers can get a forecast of their morning commute along with the weather.

The Carl J. Herzog Foundation has given the 91自拍 School of Medicine $1.5 million dollars, of which half will establish an Endowed Student Support Fund.

Dr. John B. Coombs, associate vice president for medical affairs and associate dean for regional affairs and rural health at the 91自拍 School of Medicine, has been named the first holder of the Theodore J. Phillips Endowed Professorship in Family Medicine.

Dr. Richard J. Blandau, an early leader of the 91自拍 School of Medicine and an international figure in 91自拍 on reproductive biology, died Monday afternoon, May 11, at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.

Research published this week in the journal Science failed to verify even one case of transient infection among 42 cases where infants showed evidence of HIV-1 infection contracted from their mothers, but somehow became free of the virus that causes AIDS.

The Carl J. Herzog Foundation has given the 91自拍 School of Medicine $1.5 million dollars, of which half will establish an Endowed Student Support Fund.

Smiles, tears, laughter and hugs will be the order of the day when cancer survivors, their families and friends, hospital staff and volunteers gather to celebrate National Cancer Survivors’ Day from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 7.

The 91自拍 (UW) was one of seven medical schools in the nation to maintain a three-year average of more than 30 percent of its graduates entering family practice residencies from 1995 through 1997.

Researchers have succeeded in introducing a gene that produces a human photopigment into laboratory mice, creating transgenic rodents that have the widest known spectral range of vision of any mammal.

Hans-Peter Marshall seems to like the cold.

A new study from the 91自拍 shows that generalists are much more likely than specialists to act as primary-care providers for their elderly Medicare patients

The 91自拍 unveiled today on Capitol Hill the APEC Internet Collaboration Center-next generation Internet technology that will re-define how international policy is formulated in the Internet Age.

Dr. Kyra Becker Dr. David Newell, and their colleagues will embark on an ambitious campaign this month to educate the people of King County about stroke.

The United Nations-sponsored climate convention in Kyoto last December was a failure, according to an award-winning global warming expert who will deliver the 1998 Evans Lecture at the 91自拍.

A model system for dealing with radioactive wastes earned 91自拍 chemical engineering students third prize last week at an international environmental design contest.

Aeronautical engineering 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 have been awarded a $456,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to launch a fleet of unmanned airplanes to gather this missing weather data.

With robots exploring Mars, cars navigating themselves around town and computers beating world chess champions, there’s never been a more exciting time to be an engineer. Students and families from throughout Puget Sound can see for themselves at the 91自拍 College of Engineering Open House.

Last week, Dana Doyle became the first Seattle-area patient to receive an NCP System implant, or vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) at the 91自拍 Regional Epilepsy Center at Harborview.

Researchers at the 91自拍 and Harvard University have determined that at least one woman in two will receive a false-positive result after having annual screening mammograms for a decade, and almost 20 percent of women will undergo a biopsy.

A new center that was formally launched at the American Educational Research Association conference hopes to bring together the many different groups who have been talking – mostly separately – about the improvement of teaching.

Although collaborative learning is a hot idea in education, a new study by 91自拍 Assistant Professor of Education Mark Windschitl suggests the amount students learn may be related to whom they’re collaborating with.

Being overweight later in life does not pose a significant risk to your health, according to findings of a comprehensive study published in the April 1998 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. On the contrary, it appears that weight loss is far more unhealthy in those 65 and older.

91自拍’s concrete canoe team sank the competition Sunday (April 5) to win its first regional title in 16 years at the 1998 Pacific Northwest regional student conference of the American Society of Civil Eng ineers in Seattle.

91自拍 psychologists have determined that certain people seem to possess a common trait that enables them to survive, or even flourish, in pressure-cooker situations.

The 91自拍 is hosting a civil engineering olympics, of sorts, featuring concrete canoe races and a steel bridge-building cont est.

She wasn’t faster than a speeding bullet, but new 91自拍 seems to indicate that Lucy and other early known human ancestors walked with greater ease and efficiency than previously believed, despite their short legs.

Dr. David W. Russell, assistant professor of medicine, and Roli Hirata, 91自拍 technician at the 91自拍, report the successful use of a modified virus to perform a novel method of gene replacement that may be an important step toward overcoming obstacles to efficient gene therapy.

The first Northwest Hispanic Nurses Conference will be held on Friday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the 91自拍’s South Campus Center. The UW School of Nursing is a co-sponsor of the conference.

DEVELOPING VITAL NEW MEDICATIONS FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS is the goal of a new therapeutics 91自拍 center established at the 91自拍 and Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center.

American women who do not have a strong family history of breast cancer should not feel the need to be tested for BRCA1, the gene whose mutations are associated with a predisposition to breast cancer.

A faint image of mysterious ancient Egyptian nomads living in the Sahara Desert has emerged from thousands of stone artifacts painstakingly collected and reassembled by a 91自拍 archaeologist.

A team led by geneticist Dr. Karen Avraham of Tel Aviv University has discovered a defective gene that causes progressive hearing loss in a large Israeli family.

Reflecting the growing public interest in alternative and complementary medicine, the 91自拍 School of Pharmacy’s 19th annual Don B. Katterman Lecture will focus on “Herbal Medicine: Trends, Problems, Solutions and Products.”

Dr. Donald Vereen, special assistant for medical affairs at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will give a lecture on “Drug Abuse: Myths and Facts” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, in the Lyceum at Wenatchee Valley Community College.

The 91自拍 is launching a new Clinical Trials Unit, as part of a national consortium to develop and test new methods of preventing and treating sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Research at the 91自拍 School of Nursing is not confined to laboratories. Its influence is felt in communities within and beyond Washington state. Nursing 91自拍 makes a difference in people’s lives.

Whether by productivity or by salary, the way in which primary care physicians are compensated in medical groups does not appear to affect the cost or amount of health services for patients

Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), will be the featured speaker at the 123rd Commencement ceremonies for the 91自拍 this year.

The late Sen. Warren G. Magnuson’s accomplishments will be honored in a program at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 4th, at Kane Hall, 91自拍, with a reception following.