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For the first time paleontologists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods — land vertebrates with four legs or leglike appendages — in Antarctica dating from the Early Triassic epoch, about 245 million years ago.

The International Mineralogical Association has named a new mineral, the first to be discovered in a particle from a comet, in honor of Donald Brownlee, a 91±¬ÁÏ astronomer who revolutionized research on interplanetary dust entering Earth’s atmosphere.

Adolescents attending college six months after completing high school are significantly less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than those who do not go to college, according to the first study to directly compare the two groups.

Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus.

Online asbestos training required for 91±¬ÁÏ employees

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) requires the 91±¬ÁÏ to provide general asbestos awareness training to all 91±¬ÁÏ employees.

A special work by artist Jacob Lawrence arrived at the University this week, but it won’t be found in a gallery.

Three regular 91±¬ÁÏ faculty members are among six instructors named by 91±¬ÁÏ Educational Outreach as recipients of a 2008 Teaching Excellence Award.

Visions of future technology don’t involve being chained to a desktop machine.

It’s just not enough to say that wildlife photographer Steven Kazlowski’s work capturing polar bears on film was a labor of love.

More than 15 years ago scientists discovered a way to stop a particular gene in its tracks.

Seventh-grade students in U.

When Kodak introduced its modestly priced and readily accessible box camera in 1888, the company’s slogan, “You press the button, we do the rest,” proposed that anyone could become a photographer.

There are chase scenes in Room 102 of Suzzallo Library just now.

You know it has to happen: U-PASS rates are increasing as of July 1.

In a newly created ranking, the 91±¬ÁÏ is listed second among 54 colleges and universities nationwide in the number of graduate students serving in the Peace Corps.

The 91±¬ÁÏ Board of Regents approved the creation of a College of the Environment, as well as a tuition increase for undergraduates, at its June meeting.

Faculty and staff can enjoy an exciting seven-game home football schedule this fall, including BYU, Oklahoma and Notre Dame, among others, by purchasing season tickets.

The 91±¬ÁÏ has signed an agreement with the University of Queensland, in Australia, that will provide new opportunities for academic exchanges, joint research projects and coordination of science outreach to K-12 students.

A veteran executive of Seattle’s high-tech community has been named to lead 91±¬ÁÏ TechTransfer, the unit that commercializes the results of 91±¬ÁÏ research.

FALCON CREST: Employees in Creative Communications have enjoyed watching a family of peregrine falcons that is hunting from and feeding its young on the roof of their building lately.

Devon Pena has spent his career working for environmental justice.

Broken Obelisk returned to campus June 19 after a little more than two months in the shop for repairs.

Working as a team will be much easier when 14 91±¬ÁÏMC offices move to 91±¬ÁÏ Tower on the northwest edge of campus.

Collaboration and creativity are at the heart of the new 91±¬ÁÏ Medicine at South Lake Union complex of buildings.

Faced by concerns that the current bird flu epidemic could become the next global human flu pandemic, 91±¬ÁÏ researchers joined public health officials from 16 Pacific Rim economies May 29 for a real-time virtual video conference to tackle the challenge of pandemic influenza preparedness and response.

Ellen Howard, 91±¬ÁÏ Health Sciences librarian at Harborview and 91±¬ÁÏ medical centers, has received the prestigious Michael E.

By Steve Butler & Susan Gregg-Hanson
Harborview Community Relations

On Tuesday, June 17, Harborview Medical Center, King County and 91±¬ÁÏ Medicine celebrated the opening of the Norm Maleng Building, a major new facility on the Harborview campus.