The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded University of Washington researchers $10.8 million as part of a national effort to expand the ENCyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum unveiled an important new addition to its collection—a personal photo album containing 116 pictures taken between May and December 1944 chronicling the life of SS officers and other officials at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

The University of Washington Transportation Office advises motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians to avoid the Husky Stadium on Saturday, June 9, 2007 for the University of Washington graduation ceremony beginning at 1:30 p.m.

When Jeremy Nolan came to the University of Washington in 1999, he thought he'd major in business and become a stockbroker, but four years later, after a research project in Indonesia got him interested in nonhuman primates, he graduated with bachelor's degrees in biology and psychology.

More than 900 scientists, parents and activists from around the world who are focused on understanding the causes of autism and finding treatments for the developmental disorder will gather in Seattle May 3-5 to share the latest research findings at the sixth International Meeting for Autism Research.

At the upcoming "Workshop on Solving Computational Challenges in Medical Imaging," IBM and the University of Washington will show how next-generation technology currently featured in computer entertainment and video-processing platforms is driving advancements in medical imaging.