University of Washington
hideUniversity of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. UW is the largest university in the northwestern United States and one of the oldest public universities on the west coast. The university has three campuses, with its flagship campus in Seattle's University District and much smaller branch campuses in Tacoma and Bothell. Its operating budget for fiscal year 2005 was $3.1 billion. The university is also considered a Public Ivy.
In 2008, the school placed 16th in the world's top universities, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities.
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All prejudice isn't created equal; whites distribute it unequally to minorities
Feb 25, 2009 |
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The Declaration of Independence may proclaim that all men are created equal, but American whites tend to distribute their prejudice unequally toward certain members of minority groups, according to new research.
Male infertility associated with testicular cancer
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Men who are infertile appear to have an increased risk of developing testicular cancer, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Some of Earth's climate troubles should face burial at sea, scientists say
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Making bales with 30 percent of global crop residues -- the stalks and such left after harvesting -- and then sinking the bales into the deep ocean could reduce the build up of global carbon ...
Infants draw on past to interpret present, understand other people's behavior
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The old real estate maxim "location, location, location" also plays a role in how infants learn to understand the ambiguous actions and behavior of other people.
New data show much of Antarctica is warming more than previously thought
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying climate change have long believed that while most of the rest of the globe has been getting steadily warmer, a large part of Antarctica - the East Antarctic Ice Sheet - ...
Orphaned elephants forced to forge new bonds decades after ivory ban
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Jan 20, 2009 |
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An African elephant never forgets - especially when it comes to the loss of its kin, according to researchers at the University of Washington. Their findings, published online in the journal, Molecular Ecology, reveal that ...
Diabetes associated with different types of brain injury in patients with dementia
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Patients with dementia and diabetes appear to display a different pattern of injuries in their brains than patients with dementia but without diabetes, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the March ...
