Learn about care and recovery from complicated spinal cord injuries–from vertebroplasty to disc replacement– from national and UW experts
The University of Washington’s video channel UWTV is now on YouTube. UWTV presents a wide variety of programs covering science, medicine and the humanities. UWTV is already broadcast on cable and online at www.uwtv.org, but the new YouTube channel will make it easier for users to search for programs and to view with mobile devices, [...]
Next June, UWTV will add six new lectures to its psychology lecture series. The talks, which will be broadcast and podcast, will include two talks each on addiction and the mind, social networks, and language and the brain. The series, the Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lectures, is made possible by a bequest from Professor Edwards. You can [...]
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