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Record number applying to UW

SEATTLE -- The University of Washington says it received more freshmen applications than ever before, and even though the university plans to enroll 150 more Washington students this fall, it was still more difficult to get into UW this year compared to last.

Date: 05/24/2013 | Northwest


UW's top-ranked amateur golfer ready for NCAAs

SEATTLE -- When Chris Williams found out he was the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world, it came in the same way he's learned about many of the other accolades in his career. Someone else told him.

Date: 05/24/2013 | Sports


New chancellor appointed at UW-Bothell

BOTHELL -- A professor and president of a technology university in New York has been named the next chancellor of the University of Washington Bothell.Bjong Wolf Yeigh is expected to start in his new job on Sept. 1, according to a news release Tuesday by the UW. The...

Date: 05/22/2013 | Local News


WSU head upset about UW med school recruiting

SPOKANE -- Spokane will have a four-year medical program with or without the help of the University of Washington, according to Washington State University president Elson Floyd.

Date: 05/21/2013 | Northwest


Marijuana research cut as support grows

SAN FRANCISCO — As more states embrace legalized marijuana, the drug's growing medicinal use has highlighted a disturbing fact for doctors: scant research exists to support marijuana's health benefits.Smoked, eaten or brewed as a tea, marijuana...

Date: 04/21/2013 | Nation & World


Students push hard for immigration reform

BOTHELL -- A future lawyer, educator, pediatric surgeon, computer scientist and mechanical engineer.

Date: 02/21/2013 | Local News


Former UW football player charged in robbery

SEATTLE -- King County prosecutors have filed a first-degree robbery charge against a former University of Washington football player accused of robbing an 18-year-old female student at gunpoint on the UW campus in Seattle.

Date: 01/24/2013 | Northwest


UW, PNNL form advanced computing institute

RICHLAND -- The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory at Richland and the University of Washington are forming the Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing, which will be based at the Seattle campus.

Date: 01/10/2013 | Northwest


UW dorm evacuated while hazmat team investigates

SEATTLE -- Several people at a University of Washington residence hall reported feeling sick on Sunday afternoon, prompting a hazmat response.

Date: 11/18/2012 | Northwest


Lonely last NCAA run for Huskies' Bywater

This time around, Joey Bywater is in it for himself.The Lake Stevens High School graduate is back at the NCAA cross country championships, but this time he doesn't have his University of Washington teammates with him.

Date: 11/17/2012 | Sports


High Hopes: Training and education programs

There are dozens of education and training programs in Washington aimed at boosting the aerospace talent pool. These are the major ones serving residents of Snohomish County.High SchoolsSno-Isle Tech Skills Center

Date: 10/28/2012 | Business


High Hopes: Aerospace an industry hungry for workers

At a time when jobs are tough to come by, the one industry that keeps hiring is aerospace.That trend likely won't change soon, given a growing demand for aircraft and the high number of aerospace workers who are approaching retirement.

Date: 10/28/2012 | Business


Governor appoints aerospace center panel

Gov. Chris Gregoire has appointed board members for a recently created center that will work with universities and industry to develop new aerospace technologies.

Date: 10/26/2012 | Business


Gregoire appoints board members of aerospace center

Gov. Chris Gregoire has appointed board members for a recently created center that will work with universities and industry to develop new aerospace technologies.

Date: 10/25/2012 | Business


Preserving NW folk history

Bob Nelson's music archives find a new home at UW

Date: 10/21/2012 | Local News


Early Africans mated with mystery species of humans

The human family tree just got another -- mysterious -- branch, an African "sister species" to the heavy-browed Neanderthals that once roamed Europe.

Date: 07/26/2012 | Nation & World


Dispute over woman led to UW frat brawl

SEATTLE -- A brawl at a University of Washington fraternity involved a woman who is subletting space in the house for the summer.A friend of the woman told The Seattle Times that residents had rebuffed the woman's ex-boyfriend Tuesday when he tried to make an unsolicited visit.

Date: 07/20/2012 | Northwest


2 injured in brawl at UW fraternity

SEATTLE -- Police say two people were injured seriously enough in brawl at a University of Washington fraternity to be taken to a hospital for treatment.

Date: 07/19/2012 | Northwest


He found a planet

Edmonds astrophysicist spotted something NASA missed

Date: 07/18/2012 | Local News


New world

Edmonds astrophysicist discovered a planet that even NASA missed

Date: 07/18/2012 | TWH News


A heart for service

Meadowdale grad, soldier killed in action, sought to serve

Date: 06/13/2012 | Local News


16 percent tuition hike at UW approved

SEATTLE -- The University of Washington Board of Regents has approved a 16 percent tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students.

Date: 06/07/2012 | Northwest


Faye Allen, mother of Paul Allen, dies at 90

SEATTLE — Faye Allen, the mother of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, died Saturday at age 90.

Date: 06/03/2012 | Northwest




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