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UW Students Pack New Presidential Power Course in Trump Era
President Trump's executive orders sparked a wildly popular University of Washington class.
UW Law School Professor Kathryn A. Watts (left) and Associate Dean Sanne H. Knudsen weren’t too surprised by the interest in their new class on presidential power. More and more, presidents have used the executive order to sidestep congressional gridlock
Video Game Technology Moves From Recreational to Real-World
Video games leap off the screen and into new tech products that help PTSD patients, drivers and webs
Seems like just yesterday video games were making the clumsy transition from bulky joysticks to sleek, wireless controllers. But youth fades, and the time comes to get a haircut, a real job and contribute something to society. Here in the Northwest, several gaming-inspired projects have done just that by advancing videogames from pixelated playthings to…
Thanks to Budget Cuts, UW Is Turning Away Dozens of Local Students
Local parents are outraged that more out-of-state students are getting accepted—but some say the UW
Words guaranteed to freeze the blood of any local middle-class parent of a teenager: “The University of Washington is now officially a stretch school.” That’s what a high school counselor recently told the Eastside mother of a rising high school senior—and what more and more students are hearing. By “stretch,” the counselor means, “Most kids…
The UW’s Medical Herb Garden is in Full Bloom
The strolling's good (but touching is bad!) at this century-old garden.
Originally planted by the University of Washington School of Pharmacy in 1911, the Medicinal Herb Garden has survived budget cuts and campus expansion, as well as a post–World War II shift in national preference from herbal to synthetic medicines. Now maintained by the UW Department of Biology, under the care of curator and gardener Keith…
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