Overlake Medical Center Offers Free Health Screenings

Overlake Medical Center is offering free health screenings in celebration of the second annual Eastside Vitality Health Month.  All September long, Overlake Medical Clinics across the Eastside have been hosting health fairs intended to familiarize Eastside residents with primary care physicians and cardiologists in their communities. Eastside Vitality Health Month’s final event will take place […]

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Quicker, More Precise Cancer Treatment Offered at Overlake

Overlake Medical Center is now treating cancer patients more quickly and with greater precision than ever before. The new TrueBeam radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatment system from Varian Medical Systems is an innovative, image-guided radiotherapy technology that enables a radically different approach to cancer treatment. With TrueBeam, doctors are able to identify the optimal treatment approach […]

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3, 2, 1, Liftoff!

The sun rises on Raisbeck Aviation High School’s first day The countdown is over – it’s time for liftoff at Raisbeck Aviation High School! The high school’s new, state-of-the-art facility opened its doors today, welcoming students to the first day of the 2013-14 school year. While there are many things that make Raisbeck Aviation High […]

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President Obama Recognizes WGU as a Leader in Higher Education

  WGU Washington News For Immediate Release Contact for media inquiries:  Contact for enrollment information: Jake Riddell, Public Relations Manager  877.214.7004 (206) 512-0025  washington.wgu.edu [email protected] President Obama Recognizes Online Western Governors University for Innovation and Affordability The United States’ first competency-based university cited as leader in the President’s Plan to Make College More Affordable SEATTLE, (August […]

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WGU Washington Commits to Another Year with No Tuition Increase

WGU Washington News For Immediate Release Contact for media inquiries:  Contact for enrollment information: Jake Riddell, Public Relations Manager,  877.214.7004 (206) 512-0025 washington.wgu.edu [email protected] WGU Washington Commits to Another Year with No Tuition Increase Online university has not raised tuition since its founding in 2011 SEATTLE, (August 22, 2013) Great news for cost-conscious college students: […]

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Kirkland students accepted into scholars program at Museum of Flight

JUNE 18, 2013 · 1:19 PM Four Kirkland students will participate in one of the four Washington Aerospace Scholars summer residency sessions held in June and July at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Washington Aerospace Scholars is a competitive educational program, based at Seattle’s Museum of Flight, for high school juniors from across Washington […]

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Planetary Resources raises over $200,000 on day one of crowdfunding for space telescope

By Clara Moskowitz Published May 30, 2013 Space.com A commercial asteroid-mining company aiming to launch a crowdfunded space telescope raised more than $200,000 on the first day of its campaign. Planetary Resources, a private venture aiming to mine near-Earth space rocks for water, minerals and other resources, announced Wednesday that it would build and launch […]

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Bellevue space company turns to Kickstarter for interstellar telescope

BY JOSH KERNS  on May 29, 2013 @ 2:02 pm Updated: 2:35 pm – 5/29/13 ) Planetary Resources announced the Kickstarter campaign at a launch event Wednesday at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. A Bellevue company that wants to mine precious metals from asteroids is hoping a new crowdfunding campaign will help pay for an ambitious new space telescope. The company’s founders say the […]

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