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Group won't wait any longer for 4-year university

Enough is enough.

The notion of a four-year university in Kitsap has been tossed around for decades.

There has been zero result.

Now, a small group of professionals, community members and mothers of…

EvCC students transfer success

Many students opt to start their academic careers at a community college in order to save money. Others simply like the convenience of staying near home. But new statistics suggest that a community college may give them an advantage if they transfer to a four-year university.
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Seven charged in University of Washington frat brawl

Seven men accused of forcing their way into a University of Washington fraternity house to settle an earlier slight have been charged with burglary.
King County prosecutors contend the young men armed themselves and barged into the Delta Upsilon frat house on July 18. The men were…

More Americans Saving For Vacations Than College Tuition: Report

Remember when Whitney Houston sang, "I believe the children are our future"? Nope.

More Americans are saving today for a big-ticket purchase in the short term -- like a car, a vacation or a home improvement project -- than for their children's college education, according…

UW researchers to help develop chips of living cells

Researchers around the country will soon begin to grow tissue cells inside three-dimensional chips, in hopes of mimicking any organ for drug testing, a revolutionary project aimed at taking humans out of the early phases of clinical trials.

A team of Seattle…

Don't shortchange liberal arts, says Evergreen biologist

A well-rounded member of society requires more than just classes in math and science. That's according to the provost at The Evergreen State College, a biologist by training who is convening a group of academics this week to talk about gently pushing back against the current focus on…

Amazon Offers Tuition Payment in Nursing, Aircraft Mechanics

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) will offer pre-paid tuition for some employees to study areas such as aircraft mechanics, nursing and computer-aided design, stepping up efforts to retain workers ahead of the holiday shopping season.

Amazon will pay as much as 95 percent of…

UW frat-house intruders incite brawl; 7 arrested

Six members of a University of Washington fraternity were injured and seven intruders arrested after a brawl Wednesday night that began with a dispute over a woman the night before, according to police and witnesses.

Several members of the Delta Upsilon fraternity…

Gloomy Forecast for States, Even if Economy Rebounds

The fiscal crisis for states will persist long after the economy rebounds as they confront rising health care costs, underfunded pensions, ignored infrastructure needs, eroding revenues and expected federal budget cuts, according to a report issued here Tuesday by a task force of respected…

Tour de Promotion and Tenure

Navigating the Tour de France has a few things in common with the ride toward promotion and tenure: multiple stages over varied terrain (some mountainous, some medium, some flat) over a long distance (nearly 3500 kilometers) with few rest days (two, in fact).
Teamwork is at the…

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