Heather Krasna, director of career services at the UW Evans School of Public Affairs, has written "Jobs that Matter."

The University of Washington's DO-IT Scholars program invites applications from Washington state high school sophomores and juniors with disabilities who are interested in preparing for college and challenging careers. Applications for the summer program are due Jan. 10.

Firefighters and medics may be, perhaps not surprisingly, at a higher risk for carrying MRSA than the average person, according to results from a new study conducted by Marilyn Roberts, a UW professor of environmental and occupational health sciences.

Aaron Williams, the director of the Peace Corps, is visiting the University of Washington Thursday and Friday, Nov. 18 and 19, to meet with faculty, staff, students and former Peace Corps volunteers.

New data show that many children with autism spectrum disorders have greater academic abilities than previously thought.

The most widely adopted measure for assessing the state of the world's oceans and fisheries led to inaccurate conclusions in nearly half the ecosystems where it was applied according to new analysis by an international team led by a University of Washington fisheries scientist.

The University of Washington has risen from seventh to fourth among universities in the total number of its students who are studying abroad, according to a report issued today by the Institute of International Education.

Findings pave way for better understanding of abnormal heart rhythms and heart defects

Knowing that strong early learning can boost later classroom success, the University of Washington's College of Education will take the lead in a new, five-year, $40 million national Head Start grant to improve young children's readiness for school.

Researchers at the University of Washington's School of Social Work seek volunteers for two studies aimed at adults struggling with alcohol or other drug use and domestic abuse.

A team largely composed of UW undergraduate students has been selected as one of the recipients of a $100,000 Gates Foundation "Grand Challenges Explorations" grant. They will use the money to travel to Uganda to test their novel system for portable maternal ultrasound.

Colleges and universities may be failing their students at a time when research skills and collaborative learning are becoming more and more important. In today's information-driven workplace, people spend much of their time formulating questions, finding relevant information and drawing conclusions, often working in virtual teams scattered across the globe.

UW Medical Center was recognized by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday, November 3, for superb performance in its transplant and organ donation programs.

In "Profit of Education," UW economics Professor Dick Startz says America's public school system can be fixed if we raise teacher salaries 40 percent, an increase that can pay for itself nine times over.

University of Washington researchers are using tiny sea creatures called foraminifera to help diagnose the health of Puget Sound.

New directions in fisheries research, along with budget cuts, led the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences faculty to decide to discontinue the research salmon run created some 60 years ago at the campus. Gone will be the decades-long tradition of salmon returning to campus each fall, just as the students do.

A survey of registered voters in Washington state shows incumbent Patty Murray four percentage points ahead of former state Sen. Dino Rossi in the race for U.S. Senate, down from 8 points two weeks ago.

The Ultrasound-based Washington Molecular Imaging and Therapy Center will develop ultrasound as a cheap and safe way to advance medical imaging and therapy. The center aims to commercialize biomedical research and create jobs.

These techniques spot minute variations linked to evolution, diversity and brain development

Widely used fragranced products - including those that claim to be "green" - give off many chemicals that are not listed on the label, including some that are classified as toxic. A study led by the University of Washington discovered that 25 commonly used scented products emit an average of 17 chemicals each.

Long, non-protein-coding RNAs may help regulate innate immunity

Researchers at the Behavioral Research & Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington seek King County men and women to participate in a study on suicide intervention.

Today, a University of Washington Medical Center patient is the world's first recipient of a device that aims to quell the disabling vertigo associated with Meniere's disease.

Two elite blogs often post the most interesting political videos that are then picked up by top general-interest blogs.

A University of Washington conservation biologist is behind the effort to build nests in the barren rocks of the Galápagos Islands in the hope of increasing the population of an endangered penguin species.

Engineering custom molecules is a revolutionary change that promises to advance a wide range of fields, and the University of Washington has established a new Molecular Engineering and Science Institute focused on medical and energy applications. Pat Stayton, a UW professor of bioengineering, has been named the institute's first director.

They also opposed ballot measures that would directly affect taxes, and chose jobs, unemployment and fixing the economy as their top issues in this year's election.

University of Washington researchers are studying how infants use social interactions to learn. But what makes something social for a baby? Babies who watched a robot interact socially with people were more willing to learn from the robot than babies who did not see the interactions.

Water fleas from clear-water alpine ponds are better able to withstand UV radiation, even with little natural protection, than fleas in nearby ponds with murkier water that shields them from the sun.

A new buoy designed to collect information both in ice floes and open ocean is being air dropped today into the Arctic Ocean by a U.S. Coast Guard C-130. The Airborne eXpandable Ice Beacon, or AXIB, passed stringent air-drop certification by the Coast Guard earlier this year and this is its first air drop as a fully operational research tool.

University of Washington will be partnering with the University of Nairobi to improve medical education predominately around HIV/AIDS and maternal child health.

For American students, spending a semester or two studying in a foreign country means the opportunity to improve foreign language skills and become immersed in a different culture.

New research adds to growing evidence that, even though the temperature increase associated with a warming climate has been smaller in the tropics, the impact of warming on life could be much greater there than in colder climates.

Want to learn more about cancer vaccine clinical trials, visit a UW Medicine lab, chat first-hand with doctors, researchers, staff and patients?

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced on Sept. 30 the award of $473 million in grants and contracts to support projects that will help people make health-care decisions based on the best evidence of effectiveness.

It just got easier to pinpoint biological hot spots in the world's oceans where some inhabitants are smaller than, well, a pinpoint. Tiny as they may be, communities of the phytoplankton south of Vancouver Island are big players when it comes to carbon: They take up 50 percent of the carbon dioxide going from the atmosphere into the oceans there.

Rates of premature birth are even higher among depressed pregnant women living in poverty in America or in developing countries.

A novel online discussion site, the Living Voters Guide, brings voters together for a civil discussion on the ballot measures.

The procedure is performed through the eye socket, thereby eliminating removal of the top of the skull to reach the brain.

The UW is leading a five-year, $7.5 million project to study birds, insects and bats in order to develop autonomous aerial vehicles that can adapt to obstacles and fly in unpredictable conditions.

Fifteen of the University of Washington's doctoral programs were very highly rated, and 19 programs were highly rated among their peers at major universities across the country in an assessment by the National Research Council, according to the UW Graduate School's analysis of the rankings.

Food stamp usage is up almost 28 percent, too.

The nearly $3.6 million in Interior Department funding announced today, Sept. 22, will ramp up efforts already underway at three Pacific Northwest universities to help resource managers tailor the latest climate change findings to forests, waterways, parks and other lands where they work.

The hiatus of global warming in the Northern Hemisphere during the mid 20th century may have been due to an abrupt cooling event centered over the North Atlantic.

UW Professor Thomas Daniel, who has received local and national honors as a researcher and educator, will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington's 27th Annual Freshman Convocation, which begins at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 26 in the Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

The model is based on transplanting human immune stem cells from umbilical blood into mice that are susceptible to infection.

The rate of methamphetamine usage was already declining.

The educational gender gap is closing. The finding offers a new path for accelerating progress in child health.

Also, the poverty rate in the 13 Western states, including Washington, increased more than in the U.S. as a whole.

The University of Washington was ranked 23rd best university in the world, according to The Times Higher Education Rankings.

Using a home's electrical wiring as a giant copper antenna enables extremely low-power wireless sensors that run for decades on a single watch battery. The device could be used for low-cost medical monitoring or home sensing systems.

More than 600 people will gather for the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) annual conference being held at the University of Washington in Seattle.

The University of Washington has joined a nationwide network of scientists through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how genes affect individual response to medicines.

Tropical forests - and not previously cleared land, as some have contended - were the primary source of new agricultural land in the tropics from 1980 through 2000, according to a paper published online this week in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Many handouts give more direction about mechanics than appropriate ways to conduct research.

Members of the University of Washington's presidential search advisory committee will hold a forum 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 8 in the main conference room of Greater Spokane Incorporated, 801 W. Riverside Ave.

The University of Washington, working together with organized labor and many individuals interested in preserving labor history, is creating an archive that will ensure that documents chronicling the labor heritage of Washington state are preserved and made available to wide audiences.

The health of some migratory birds that spend part of their year in U.S. forests may depend in part on the existence of colonies of army ants that inhabit the foothills near Monteverde, Costa Rica.

Researchers from WSU and the UW were part of a global team of 86 scientists who sequenced the apple genome. Results pointed to Near Eastern origins of the apple, and suggested that a catastrophe event influenced its evolution.

Cell signals guide the anatomical development of hearing and balance structures. These signals disappear early in life, but perhaps could be recharged to restore hearing loss in adults

Digital media, such as mobile phones and the Internet, have become all but essential in building democracies.

More than 300 astronomers will gather at the UW next week to discuss stars "cool" stars, those with surface temperatures comparable to or cooler than the sun.

The University and Sound Transit are creating an informal display of photos of people, called "The Great Wall of Us," on the wall that surrounds the site next to Montlake Boulevard where a Sound Transit station is being constructed.

The University of Washington is ranked 16th in the country among national universities based on its commitment to service, according to results released today by Washington Monthly.

The chair of the University of Washington Board of Regents today on behalf of the full board approved a plan for the upcoming presidential transition to occur commensurate with the start of the new school year at the university. Mark Emmert, who was tabbed last April to be the new president of the NCAA , will formally leave the university Sept. 30 and Phyllis Wise, picked by the Regents to serve as interim president, will assume her duties Oct. 1.

Associate Professor Tom Stritikus, who currently serves as associate dean of academic programs, has been selected by Provost Phyllis Wise to be the next dean of the University of Washington College of Education, effective Sept. 16. The appointment is subject to approval bythe board of regents.

Franco Frattini, Italy's minister of foreign affairs, will deliver an address on the subject of "Immigration and the Rights of Immigrant Workers" at the University of Washington's Rome Center, Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 5 p.m. The visit is being sponsored by the UW Office of Global Affairs and the UW program of Law, Justice and Society.

University of Washington engineers are developing the first device able to transmit American Sign Language over U.S. cellular networks. The tool is just completing its initial field test by participants in a UW summer program for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

A new technique works at a very small scale to sequence DNA quickly and relatively inexpensively.

Sierra Magazine, the official publication of the Sierra Club, has named the University of Washington one of the top 20 colleges and universities for its initiatives to operate sustainably and limit its contributions to global warming. This is the third year the UW has been named to this elite group.

A team of researchers has discovered new evidence that Parkinson's disease may have an infectious or autoimmune origin. "Common genetic variation in the HLA region is associated with late-onset sporadic Parkinson's disease" appears online in Nature Genetics.

Finding stems from a National Human Genome Research Institute-funded effort to identify genes for 20 disorders

The National Research Council has endorsed funding for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a project on which the UW is one of four founding members.

Just click yourself aboard, thanks to the Internet, in order to journey 300 miles off the Washington-Oregon coast and nearly a mile deep into the ocean as scientists explore methane ice deposits, an underwater volcano and seafloor hot springs spewing water up to 570 degrees F.

Tea party websites show more emphasis on topics beyond size of government

A study shows an in-car coach has the strongest effect on drivers most prone to distraction -- suggesting that technology could help prevent dangerous driving.

UW scientists will monitor slow-slip event with more than 100 seismic recording stations.

Engineers and physicians at the University of Washington have built a scaffold that supports the growth and integration of stem cell-derived cardiac muscle cells. A description of the scaffold was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The substance is part of a signaling pathway that activates the brain's first line of defense against infection. The pathway may be a potential therapeutic target for treating certain neurological disorders.

Biochemists and computer scientists at the University of Washington two years ago launched an ambitious project harnessing the brainpower of computer gamers to solve medical problems. Results published this week in the journal Nature show more than 55,000 players have played protein-folding Tetris, and beat the world's most powerful computers on problems that required radical moves, risks and long-term vision.

As the federal government prepares to issue its latest guidelines for healthy eating, UW researchers have found retail prices of the most nutritious foods are increasing at a higher rate than other foods.

Salmonella can change its production of proteins in a previously unheard of manner to respond to harsh conditions. Evidence exists for a similar mechanism in all 5 kingdoms of life.

The number of people dying in King County from prescription-type opiate overdoses continues to rise, according to results released today from the 2009 King County Drug Trends report.

By combining a nanoparticle's magnetic and thermal properties, researchers have created a new type of medical imaging that virtually eliminates the background noise.

The agreement reached today between Nike, Inc., and former workers at two Honduran apparel factories resolves all issues that had been raised by the UW's Advisory Committee on Trademarks and Licensing, paving the way for renewal of the University's contract with the apparel company, says UW President Mark Emmert.

Estella Leopold, a University of Washington professor emeritus of biology, receives the International Cosmos Prize in recognition for 60 years of teaching and pioneering ecosystem research.

Interim president-designate Phyllis Wise has named Mary Lidstrom to be interim provost, filling the position Wise will leave when she becomes interim president in the fall.

UW Medical Center is ranked among the nation's top hospitals in U.S. News & World Report's 2010 edition of America's Best Hospitals, and made the Honor Roll for its breadth of excellence in specialty care.

A new study concludes that the total economic impact created within the state by the University of Washington is $9.1 billion annually.

The most sophisticated array of instruments ever put in Washington waters will be deployed on a buoy and Seaglider this week off the coast, in water that typically makes its way into Puget Sound. Coastal water conditions are of interest to scientists trying to determine the ocean and weather conditions that lead to such things as water with lower than normal pH - often called acidified waters.

The University of Washington Board of Regents at a special public meeting today (July 8) voted to appoint Phyllis M. Wise, UW Provost and Executive Vice President, to serve as interim president of the University of Washington while the Regents conduct a search for a new president to replace Mark Emmert. As provost, Wise is the University's chief academic and chief budget officer, and the second-highest university administrator. She will be the first woman and the first Asian-American to serve as UW president.

Scientists to announce first ocean acidification findings for Puget Sound,
prepare to launch Washington's most sophisticated buoy to learn more

The UW has housed some of the nation's foremost scientists in comparative effectiveness research for years. In November 2009, several centers came together to form the UW Centers for Comparative and Health Systems Effectiveness (CHASE) Alliance.

UW engineers have built an insectlike robot with hundreds of tiny legs. Compared to other such robots, the UW model excels in its ability to carry heavy loads - more than seven times its own weight - and move in any direction.

Dr. Howard Frumkin, special assistant to the director for climate change and health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has been selected as dean of the University of Washington's School of Public Health, effective Sept. 27, 2010. The appointment is subject to approval by the Board of Regents.

Frances J. Youn, a second-year MBA student in the Foster School of Business, has been selected by Gov. Chris Gregoire as the student representative on the University of Washington Board of Regents, effective for one year beginning July 1.

The site lets kids --and adults --explore just about every aspect of the nervous system in people and animas through games, experiments, puzzles, trivia, songs, edible anatomic models and a host of other participatory activities

People who fish for a living pursue top profits, not necessarily top predators, according to the first-ever analysis of worldwide catch and economic data for the past 55 years. This differs from the observation raised 10 years ago that humans were "fishing down" the food web. It was assumed that catches of the predators at the top of the food chain, such as halibut and tuna, were declining after fishers started landing more fish from lower on the food chain.

Near Hawaii, nutrient-rich waters from the deep are carried up into the nutrient-poor surface waters, but only for a few days each month and only during part of the year. Although sporadic, the nutrients allow plankton to thrive. It's important to understand because plankton growth in the subtropical ocean accounts for a fifth of the CO2 taken out of the atmosphere by plants and algae worldwide.

The goal is to reduce consumption in health facilities across the country.