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- Gerberding: A real bell tower at last
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The bell tower in Gerberding Hall—which has stood empty since the building’s construction in 1953—has acquired a new set of eight bells. A gift of the Gordon Stuart Peek Foundation, the bells are being installed this week. Our photographers recorded the bells’ progress from storage crates into the tower on Monday, April 28. Work continues inside the tower. The dedication and first public ringing of the bells will be on May 31.
- BFA students showcased in upcoming exhibits
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Who are the next generation of great artists? What traditions and inspirations are they drawing upon to create the next great work? One answer can be found at the UW School of Art spring BFA shows at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.
- Early Childhood and Family Studies program: Reaching students early with quality education
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The new College of Education undergraduate degree path in Early Childhood and Family Studies answers a longtime need in a creative and interdisciplinary way, its creators say.
- Bionic eyes: Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision
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Engineers at the UW have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights.
- Kiplinger's Personal Finance: UW top value
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A national magazine has ranked the University of Washington as the country’s ninth-best public college for economic value and academics.
- UW leads in Peace Corps volunteers
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For the second year in a row, the UW tops the list of colleges and universities sending the most number of volunteers to the Peace Corps.
- The Dream Project
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A program dreamed up by a UW student teaches undergraduates about higher-education policy and helps disadvantaged high school students apply to college.
