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The Millennials' New Planetary Passion

Ana Mari Cauce | Posted 04.24.2013 | College
Ana Mari Cauce

I am so impressed with the passion and intelligence that our Millennial students are bringing to bear on sustainability issues. It is a true demonstration of head and heart working together. It's also a real example of learning that will have meaning, both on and off campus.

Eating This Could Add More Than Two Years To Your Life

The Huffington Post | Shelley Emling | Posted 04.02.2013 | Fifty

Eating fish could slash an older person's risk of dying prematurely by more than a quarter, and their risk of dying from heart disease by more than a ...

How to Tackle the Most Critical Environmental Issues of 2013

Lisa J. Graumlich | Posted 03.21.2013 | College
Lisa J. Graumlich

Joining together in cutting-edge research or real-world projects is the only way we can effectively and efficiently tackle the critical challenges facing our planet in the 21st century.

Preschool Kids and Television

Susan Kim | Posted 04.26.2013 | Parents
Susan Kim

Preschoolers, middle-graders, preteens and young adults may all be separated by only a few years, but are so divided by their interests, needs, humor, language and abilities as to practically be separate species.

Cara Santa Maria

WHOA: Do We Live In A Simulated Universe?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 12.24.2012 | Science

Have you ever wondered whether all this--you, your life, the universe--is just a sophisticated computer simulation? Martin Savage, a physicist at t...

DC's Gaping Wound: Income and Education Gaps Are Gutting Mobility

Michael Shank | Posted 11.15.2012 | DC
Michael Shank

America is witnessing some of its highest income inequality and lowest social mobility rates ever. If we are to fix any of this, it is best that we start at home, in our back yard, and in our nation's capital. And that begins with the Anacostia.

Washington State University Student Student Falls 11 Stories And Survives

Posted 12.11.2012 | College

A Washington State University student fell out of a dorm room window on the 11th story and survived, the Daily Evergreen reports. The university s...

Top 10 Social Media Savvy Colleges

Unigo | Posted 11.11.2012 | College
Unigo

If your main methods of communication are Tweeting and posting, these schools will be perfect for you. This installment of the 2013 Unigo College Ran...

Does Megachurch 'High' Explain Their Success?

Religion News Service | Chris Lisee | Posted 08.20.2012 | Religion

(RNS) Maybe religion really is the opiate of the masses -- just not the way Karl Marx imagined. A University of Washington study posits that wo...

Why Is Gay Divorce So Complicated?

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 09.09.2012 | Divorce
Robert Hughes, Jr.

The media has been increasingly focused on the legal circumstances of same-sex marriage while overlooking the even more complex situation of same-sex divorce.

The Sticky Situation Your Marriage Isn’t Likely To Survive

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 06.09.2012 | Divorce
Robert Hughes, Jr.

Ask anyone how an affair affects marriage and they will likely say that infidelity is severely damaging. So what has been the view of family scientists and clinicians?

How Reliable Is 'Gaydar?' New Study Yields Surprises

Posted 05.17.2012 | Science

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

7 University of Washington Students Injured In Brutal Van Crash

AP | Posted 04.27.2012 | College

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

The 10 Best Value Public Colleges

Posted 02.07.2012 | College

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...

Would You Put A Computerized Lens In Your Eye?

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.22.2011 | Healthy Living

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...

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

Mark Taylor-Canfield | Posted 01.14.2012 | Politics
Mark Taylor-Canfield

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%.

Washington State's Most Important Export: Hope

Tim Hanstad | Posted 08.15.2012 | Impact
Tim Hanstad

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.

Kids From Bilingual Households More Flexible Thinkers, Research Shows

| Patricia Kuhl | Posted 11.14.2011 | Home

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 ...

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

AP | Posted 08.09.2011 | College

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...

Seattle's Education Reform Hypocrisy

Sue Peters | Posted 07.26.2011 | Home
Sue Peters

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.

eReaders Do Not Support College Student Needs, Study Suggests

washington.edu | Posted 07.03.2011 | Books

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

The Double Life Of A University Of Washington Lecturer

Seattle Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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...

Police Search For Missing University Of Washington Student

Seattle Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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

On Scholarship and Public Life

Michael Roth | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Michael Roth

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.

Football's Sex Offenders and Their Law Enforcement Defenders

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Norm Stamper

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...