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UW doctoral student in environmental health to receive 2008 Bullitt Foundation prize
Clarita Lefthand, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington, will receive the second annual Bullitt Environmental Prize at an awards dinner to be held Sept. 9 in Seattle. The cash award of $100,000 distributed over two years is in recognition of Lefthand's environmental research that combines her passions for science and Indigenous American communities.
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Patients with mild to moderate heart failure who receive ICD shock therapy are at higher risk of future death from heart failure
While implantable heart defibrillators reduce the risk of death from sudden cardiac arrest in patients with mild to moderate heart failure, patients who receive defibrillator shocks for rhythm disturbances have a higher future risk of death, primarily from heart failure, a new study has found.
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How media covered Katrina aftermath affects response by blacks and whites
Black and white Americans responded differently when exposed to a video presentation that described Hurricane Katrina and then blamed the botched relief efforts on one of two causes: either government incompetence or racism, because the majority of Katrina’s victims were black.
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UW buys multimillion-dollar tool for nanotech research
A $1.3 million gift from the Washington Research Foundation will help the University of Washington to acquire an electron beam lithography machine used to build devices at the nanometer scale.
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Whether brown or red, algae can produce plenty of green fuel
Rose Ann Cattolico is convinced algae can be a major source of environmentally friendly fuels for everything from lawn mowers to jet airplanes. Now an investment company that works with universities to commercialize early-stage technology invested in the University of Washington biology professor's work, forming a startup company called AXI.
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Obama builds large lead among Latinos in key Southwest states, McCain leads among Latinos in Florida
A new poll led by UW researcher Matt Barreto shows Obama ahead 3-1 among Latinos in New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada; McCain ahead among same group in Florida.
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UW filmmaker's documentary on small-business struggle in New Orleans debuts on Katrina anniversary
Hanson Hosein, a professor of communication, recorded small-businesses' efforts to regenerate in the city.
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New space telescope gives UW physicist ringside seat for gamma-ray study
The newest space telescope is the payoff for years of work for a UW physicist.
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University of Washington ranked 11th best public university by U.S. News
The University of Washington was ranked the 11th best public university in the most recent edition of America's Best Colleges released today by U.S. News & World Report.
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'Can you see me now?' Sign language over cell phones comes to United States
A group at the UW has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard of hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.
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