With a $2 million private donation, the UW Academic Medical Center will establish programs to enhance positive interactions of patients and visitors with health-care providers and staff.
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Web site advertises research studies to potential volunteers

Researchers seeking volunteers for their studies can now advertise on a centralized UW Web site.
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Pre-med advisors visit UW

About 50 pre-med advisors from colleges and universities in the WWAMI region, as well as Oregon, California and Utah, visited Seattle last week to learn more about how to help prepare students for medical school at the UW.
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The Digital Anatomist project by the UW Structural Informatics Group has been named one of Popular Science's "50 Best Of The Web."

The annual award recognizes the Web site for providing an intriguing visual experience of science. Winning sites are featured in a special nine-page section in the magazine's September issue and are listed in a directory on the Popular Science Web site.