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27 min ago | Anchorage Daily News

APU plans to cut tuition, bucking national trend

Alaska Pacific University plans to cut the cost of undergraduate tuition by 34 percent, bucking a national trend of rising college costs in a bid to attract more young students to its Anchorage campus.

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Related Topix: Alaska Pacific University, Pacific University, Anchorage, AK, University of Oregon

Tue May 21, 2013

The Daily Free Press

BU to offer MOOCs after joining online course platform edX

Boston University will join online course platform edX to create increased flexible learning options for students both on and off campus, according to a Tuesday press release.

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Related Topix: Boston University, Berklee College of Music, Cornell University, Davidson College, Harvard University

Crosscut.com

Journalistic obfuscation: The mystery around newspaper editorials

Newspapers obstinately do little or nothing to clarify the difference between news and the opinions formed by the paper's editorial board.

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Related Topix: Opinion

WKTV

SUNYIT President accepts position at UW Bothell

Bjong Wolf Yeigh, the president of the State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome , has accepted the position of Chancellor of the University of Washington Bothell, effective September 1, 2013.

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Related Topix: University of Washington Bothell, New York Institute of Technology

The Spokesman-Review

Medical campus is not full - Tue, 21 May 2013 PST

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Spokane will have a four-year medical program with or without the help of the University of Washington, said Elson Floyd, president of Washington State University.

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Related Topix: Spokane, WA, Washington State University, WSU Spokane

KBKW News

Raymond Fourth Grade Class Visits University of Washington

In keeping with the College Bound theme, fourth grade students from Raymond Elementary School visited the University of Washington on Thursday May 9th.

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Related Topix: Washington

ESPN

Montana lands Washington transfer Breunig

Montana men's basketball coach Wayne Tinkle has announced the signing of 6-foot-8 forward Martin Breunig , who is transferring from the University of Washington.

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Mon May 20, 2013

North King County

Frockt bill to expand health care access signed into law

A bill to help repay school loans for health professionals who work in rural and underserved areas was signed into law today by Gov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Jay Inslee, US House of Representatives, US Governors, Democrat, Medicine, Nursing

Science Daily

Amazon River exhales virtually all carbon taken up by rainforest

Plants use carbon dioxide from the air to grow parts that eventually fall to the ground to decompose or get washed away by the region's plentiful rainfall.

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Related Topix: Weather, Oceanography, Science

The Stranger

Beat Connection's Foggy Dance Mess at Neumos

The fog machine was up high and the lights were down low for Beat Connection's headlining set at Neumos on Friday night.

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KUOW-FM Seattle

UW Students Seek End of Fossil Fuel Investments

Students at the University of Washington want the school to dump its investments in major fossil fuel companies like Exxon and BP as part of a nationwide campaign to combat climate change through public institutions.

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Related Topix: Geology, Science

The Stranger

Is It Safe? Art That Profiles You

Before the Boston bombing - before surveillance first saved the day and then re-terrified us when a phone conversation between the bomber and his wife was revealed to have been recorded because every phone call period is being recorded by the government now - two technology artists at the University of Washington created an artwork that profiles ... (more)

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Daily Mail

Amanda Knox claims she is penniless after facing libel lawsuits over...

Amanda Knox has revealed that she is almost broke because of her huge legal bills - despite a $1.5million book advance.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News

The Spokesman-Review

Scientists creating undersea laboratory - Mon, 20 May 2013 PST

Scientists are eager for access to information from a quarter-billion-dollar lab at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that they hope will teach them about climate change, earthquakes and even the origins of life on Earth and other planets.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Camcorders, Oceanography, Science

Sun May 19, 2013

Fox Sports

Northwest Elite Football Camp Preview

A year ago, David Ajamu wasn't getting much recruiting attention. The 6-foot-6, 240-pound senior-to-be from Shelton, Wash.

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Related Topix: Shelton, WA, Sports, NCAA Sports, Washington Huskies NCAA Football

KHQ-TV Spokane

New lab to give scientists underwater access

Scientists around the world will soon have access to a wealth of data from a lab at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

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Cape Cod Times

LGBT elders grapple with bias, dearth of services

Dinner still needs to be cooked and the table cleared. There are birds to be identified each day in the backyard, and there are worries, too, about weakening knees, diabetes, money and driving at night.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Transgender, Healthcare Law, Law, Boston, MA

Bainbridge Island

Oh, sister: Sorority life in the time of girdles

In the '50s, it wasn't uncommon for magazines like Seventeen to have advertisements for hope chests.

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Related Topix: Entertainment

Sat May 18, 2013

Medical News Today

Breathing Emission Particles Turns HDL Cholesterol From 'Good' To 'Bad'

Main Category: Cholesterol Also Included In: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture ; Cardiovascular / Cardiology Article Date: 18 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Academic researchers have found that breathing motor vehicle emissions triggers a change in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol , altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually ... (more)

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WBNS

Psychiatrist retires commuted to Ketchikan

After 34 years of working at Ketchikan's Gateway Center for Human Services, including 10 years as medical director, Wandal William Winn is calling it a day.

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Related Topix: Anchorage, AK, Alaska, Point MacKenzie, AK, Brigham Young University, University of New Mexico