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How Reliable Is 'Gaydar?' New Study Yields Surprises

Posted 05.17.2012

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By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 05/16/2012 02:19 PM EDT on LiveScience People can judge with surprising accuracy whether...

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7 University of Washington Students Injured In Brutal Van Crash

AP | Posted 04.27.2012

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BRADLEY, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol says two vans carrying 22 University of Washington students to a conference collided on a centra...

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The 10 Best Value Public Colleges

Posted 02.07.2012

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Everybody wants to get the best bang for their buck in higher education -- but what colleges really are the best value? The Princeton Review recent...

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Would You Put A Computerized Lens In Your Eye?

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.22.2011

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In a move that could revolutionize the way we think of hands-free communication, scientists have invented a bionic contact lens that could display rea...

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Chase CEO's 'Freedom' Not what It Used To Be

Mark Taylor-Canfield | Posted 01.14.2012

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When JP Morgan/Chase CEO Jamie Dimon came to Seattle on November 2 he experienced the growing power of the national occupation movement. It was no longer possible for him to slip into town and address the business class without being challenged by the 99%.

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Washington State's Most Important Export: Hope

Tim Hanstad | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, University of Washington, World Vision, Washington State, Global Poverty, International Development, Peace Corps, Exports, Impact News

Countries around the world, from Afghanistan to Uganda, would be less stable, less secure, and less sure of their future if we in Washington State stopped our good work. And so would we.

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Kids From Bilingual Households More Flexible Thinkers, Research Shows

| Patricia Kuhl | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Flexible Thinking, Video, Early Education, Bilingual Families, Education Nation, Early Childhood Learning, Infant Learning, University of Washington, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Babies, Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, Education News

This piece comes to us courtesy of Education Nation's The Learning Curve blog. Patricia Kuhl, professor of early childhood learning and a co-director ...

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University Of Washington Students Nauseated By Flower That Smells Of Rancid Meat

AP | Posted 08.09.2011

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SEATTLE -- After nearly three years, the bloom of a rare flower at a Washington university finally came up, but it didn't smell like roses. The Unive...

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Seattle's Education Reform Hypocrisy

Sue Peters | Posted 07.26.2011

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On May 11, the University of Washington's College of Education announced it would sponsor Teach for America at its teaching college, providing the missing component to the deal that TFA, Inc.

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eReaders Do Not Support College Student Needs, Study Suggests

washington.edu | Posted 07.03.2011

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A study of how University of Washington graduate students integrated an Amazon Kindle DX into their course reading provides the first long-term invest...

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The Double Life Of A University Of Washington Lecturer

Seattle Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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A month ago, when professor Ali Tarhouni told his microeconomics class at the University of Washington that he had a death sentence on his head in his...

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Police Search For Missing University Of Washington Student

Seattle Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEATTLE -- Seattle police are now investigating the disappearance of an 18-year-old Marizela Perez, a University of Washington student who hasn't been...

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On Scholarship and Public Life

Michael Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liberal Arts Education, Civic Engagement, Wesleyan University, Duke University, University of Washington, Macalester College, American Historical Association, Anthony Grafton, Protest, Wisconsin Protests, College News

I returned to Wesleyan University as president more than four years ago, and even though now some of this activism is directed against me, I still take pride in this tradition of alma mater.

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Football's Sex Offenders and Their Law Enforcement Defenders

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: D.A., Nick Perry, Notre Dame, Football, Ken Armstrong, University of Washington, Seattle Police Department, Sexual Assault, Super Bowl, Sigma Chi, N. F. L., Huskies, Jerramy Stevens, Scoreboard Baby, Pop Warner, Detective Maryann Parker, Prosecutors, Politics News

Not to be a downer during this week of Super Bowl countdown revelry, but it is an opportune time to cast an even brighter spotlight on the open secret...

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Bookstore Obituary?

Seattle PI | Amy Rolph | Posted 05.25.2011

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The shop, located at the corner of Northeast 45th Street and University Way Northeast since 1997, is moving entirely online at the end of March....

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University Of Washington Prof Sued For Alleged Cyber-Stalking

Local News | Mike Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oren Etzioni, the inventor of pioneering Internet search engines NetBot and Farecast and director of the University of Washington's Turing Center on c...

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Can Conflict PREVENT Divorce?

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a lot of scientific evidence that has documented the harmful effects of destructive conflict on marital relationships. John Gottman, in his ...

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University Of Washington Student Found Dead Outside Of Fraternity

The Daily Weekly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why University of Washington student Carly Henley died is still unknown. But here's what we do know so far. Around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, a witness w...

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Students Learning Abroad Increase Drinking: Study

AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEATTLE — Students who go abroad while in college are likely to increase or even double their alcohol intake while they're away, a new study has...

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Princeton Mistreated Lab Primates, Report Says

Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently discovered that Princeton University was mishandling primates used in animal research. According to the in...

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Congressman Norm Dicks, University Of Washington Deny Earmark Abuse

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | David Heath | Posted 05.25.2011

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A $6.2 million federal spending request by U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks is intended solely for the University of Washington - and no money will be shared wi...

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University Of Washington Police Accused Of SPYING On Student Group

Huffington Post | Natalie Sudikoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Members of the Student Worker Coalition at the University of Washington in Seattle say that campus police "spied" on their April 8th meeting to discus...

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Two Sides of the Same Earmark?

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Kimberly LeonardHuffington Post Investigative Fund...

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Universities Looking To Federal Gov't For Funds

AP | DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEATTLE — Public university presidents from across the nation are meeting this month to talk about replacing dwindling state support for their c...

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Top Grad School Rankings Released: MIT, Virginia, U Of Chicago Move Up

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. News and World Report has announced their 2011 rankings of the best graduate schools. According to their methodology, Yale remains the top law s...

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