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January 9, 2023
Climate ‘presses’ and ‘pulses’ impact Magellanic penguins — a marine predator — with guidance for conservationists
Climate change will reshape ecosystems through two types of events: short-term, extreme events — or “pulses” — and long-term changes, or “presses.” Understanding the effects of presses and pulses is essential as conservationists and policymakers try to preserve ecosystems and safeguard biodiversity. Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered how different presses and pulses impacted Magellanic penguins — a migratory marine predator — over nearly four decades and found that, though individual presses and pulses impacted penguins in a variety of ways, both were equally important for the future survival of the penguin population. They also found that these types of climate changes, taken together, are leading to an overall population decline at their historically largest breeding site.
Tag(s): Briana Abrahms • Center for Ecosystem Sentinels • climate change • College of Arts & Sciences • conservation • Dee Boersma • Department of Biology • ecology • T.J. Clark-Wolf
Warming oceans have decimated marine parasites — but that’s not a good thing
Save the … parasites? Analyzing 140 years of parasite abundance in fish shows dramatic declines, especially in parasites that rely on three or more host species. The decline is linked to warming ocean temperatures. Parasitic species might be in real danger, researchers warn — and that means not just fewer worms, but losses for the entire ecosystem.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Chelsea Wood • College of the Environment • Puget Sound • School of Marine and Environmental AffairsJanuary 6, 2023
ArtSci Roundup
Start the new year with lectures, performances, and more! January 9, 7 PM |Feelin Book Event: Bettina Judd in Conversation with Dian Million, Elliott Bay Book Company University of Washington Professors Bettina Judd and Dr. Dian Million gather in support of the former’s new book Feelin: Creative Practice, Pleasure, and Black Feminist Thought (Northwestern University…
Tag(s): Center for Child and Family Well-Being • Department of American Indian Studies • Department of Dance • Department of Gender Women and Sexuality Studies • Department of History • Department of Political Science • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of MusicJanuary 4, 2023
Fredrick Nafukho named UW Vice Provost for the Office of Academic Personnel
University of Washington Provost Mark Richards announced the appointment of Fredrick Muyia Nafukho as the new Vice Provost for the Office of Academic Personnel beginning Feb. 1, pending approval by the Board of Regents. Nafukho also will hold a tenured faculty position in the Department of Management and Organization in the Foster School of Business.
Tag(s): Fredrick Nafukho • Mark RichardsDecember 15, 2022
UW welcomes Tent City 3 for winter quarter
The University of Washington will welcome back Tent City 3 — an organized tent-city community — to its Seattle campus for 90 days during winter quarter 2023. Move-in is scheduled to begin December 17, 2022.
ArtSci Roundup: January Preview
Start the new year with lectures, performances, exhibitions and more.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of American Ethnic Studies • Department of Anthropology • Department of Dance • Department of English • Department of History • Department of Political Science • Henry Art Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Music • Simpson Center for the Humanities • UW Graduate SchoolDecember 14, 2022
Video highlights: UW News in 2022
The year 2022 saw the UW community coming together again with in-person classes, events and fascinating research that make videographers excited to hit “record” and share these scenes with you.
Tag(s): 2022December 13, 2022
New faculty books: Nightlife among Black queer women, hybrid warfare, and decolonizing climate justice
Three new faculty books from the University of Washington cover a variety of topics: nightlife among Black queer women, hybrid warfare and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and decolonizing climate justice.
Tag(s): Department of Gender Women and Sexuality Studies • Division of Social and Historical Studies • Jackson School of International Studies • Kemi Adeyemi • Michelle Montgomery • Sarah Lohmann • UW TacomaDecember 12, 2022
Signals from the ionosphere could improve tsunami forecasts
An underwater volcanic eruption in January 2022 created ripple effects throughout the world’s atmosphere and oceans. University of Washington scientists analyzed that event to show how GPS signals could help monitor future volcanoes and tsunamis.
Tag(s): Brendan Crowell • College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • earthquakes & seismology
UW’s Daniel Chen, ’22, named prestigious Marshall Scholar
University of Washington alumnus Daniel Guorui Chen, Class of 2022, has been named a Marshall Scholar, one of the highest honors available to college graduates in the U.S. Chen plans to attend the University of Cambridge.
Tag(s): Daniel.Chen • Department of Microbiology • Ed Taylor • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center • Information School • Marshall Scholar • Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Trouble falling asleep at night? Chase that daytime light, study shows
A study measuring the sleep patterns of students at the University of Washington found that students fell asleep later in the evening and woke up later in the morning during winter, when daylight hours on the UW’s Seattle campus are limited and the skies are notoriously overcast. Researchers believe the students’ natural circadian clocks were being “pushed back” or delayed in winter because they were not getting enough exposure during the day to natural light, and that getting more daytime light exposure can help reverse this.
Tag(s): circadian rhythms • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • Horacio de la IglesiaDecember 8, 2022
UW brings field geology to students with ‘Virtual Field Geology’
UW’s Virtual Field Geology project has many goals: to make geology field experiences accessible to more people; to document geological field sites that may be at risk from erosion or development; to offer virtual “dry run” experiences; and to allow scientific collaborators to do virtual visits to a field site together. While the pandemic brought new urgency to the project, its developers believe it’s part of a “new normal” for geology research and education.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • geology • Juliet Crider • Reality Lab
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows how several stars ‘stirred up’ the Southern Ring Nebula
In a study published Dec. 8 in Nature Astronomy, an international research team, led by Orsola De Marco of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, analyzed 10 highly detailed exposures taken by the JWST of the Southern Ring Nebula. Their calculations show the central star that ejected the expanding nebula gas was originally three times the mass of the sun, and that unseen companions shaped the nebula’s intricate features.
Tag(s): astronomy & astrophysics • Bruce Balick • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of AstronomyDecember 5, 2022
New blood test can detect ‘toxic’ protein years before Alzheimer’s symptoms emerge, study shows
Researchers at the University of Washington have detected “toxic” small aggregates of a particular protein in the blood of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, as well as in individuals who showed no signs of cognitive impairment at the time the blood sample was taken, but who developed it at a later date. This blood test picks up oligomers — or small, misfolded aggregates — of the amyloid beta protein, which scientists believe triggers the development of Alzheimer’s.
Tag(s): aging • cell biology • College of Engineering • Department of Bioengineering • School of Medicine • Valerie DaggettDecember 2, 2022
ArtSci Roundup: How to Write a DEI Statement in Only 50 Years, Frankenstein Book Chat, School of Music concerts, and more
Connect with the UW community every week through public events and exhibitions, summarized in this ArtSci Roundup.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Department of English • Henry Art Gallery • School of Music • Simpson Center for the Humanities • UW Alumni Association
‘Good manners are good economics’: UW’s Anthony Gill on the value of giving
University of Washington political science professor Anthony Gill explains the social and economic value of gift-giving — and how even unwanted gifts help promote trust and build relationships.
Tag(s): Anthony Gill • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Political ScienceNovember 29, 2022
UW names Jack Martin VP for Marketing and Communications
Jack Martin has been named Vice President for Marketing and Communications at the University of Washington, Senior Vice President for University Advancement Mary Gresch announced Tuesday. Martin’s appointment begins Dec. 1.
Strongest Arctic cyclone on record led to surprising loss of sea ice
The strongest Arctic cyclone ever observed struck in January 2022. A new analysis led by the University of Washington shows that while forecasts accurately predicted the massive storm, models seriously underestimated its impact on sea ice. Results suggest how forecast models for a changing Arctic Ocean could improve.
Tag(s): climate change • College of the Environment • Department of Atmospheric Sciences • Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth • Melinda Webster • polar science • weather
Dr. Gautham Reddy, Faculty Senate chair, outlines priorities for term
Improving faculty dispute resolution policies, promoting ways to improve terms of employment for clinical faculty, reenvisioning the merit and promotion process for faculty on all three University of Washington campuses, and continuing to promote diversity, equity and inclusion practices are top priorities for this year’s UW Faculty Senate Chair Dr. Gautham Reddy, a professor in Department of Radiology in the School of Medicine.
Tag(s): gautham reddy • UW Faculty Senate • UW MedicineNovember 28, 2022
‘Everything that you need is already in you’: Supporting young women of color through the Sisterhood Initiative
The University of Washington’s new Sisterhood Initiative aims to support young women of color through a cohort-based program, building on the success of the UW’s Brotherhood Initiative, which focuses on young men of color.
Tag(s): Brotherhood Initiative • College of Education • Joe Lott • Rashida Love • Sisterhood InitiativeNovember 22, 2022
ArtSci Roundup: Gender & Protests in Iran panel; Languages of Angels performance; Belonging, Queer Relationality, & Black Women’s Labor talk, and more
Connect with the UW community every week through public events and exhibitions, summarized in this ArtSci Roundup.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Gender Women and Sexuality Studies • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • School of Drama • School of Music • Simpson Center for the HumanitiesNovember 21, 2022
Q&A: Managing Washington’s gray wolf population – through fear
Wolf management in Washington has been controversial. Rob Anderson, who obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Washington, explains the dynamic of managing a species through fear.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Geography • Rob AndersonNovember 17, 2022
Annual notification: Anti-kickback, conflict of interest, whistleblower regulations and hotlines
These articles are published as a reminder of the policies and procedures in place at the University of Washington.
November 16, 2022
More US adults carrying loaded handguns daily, study finds
New research led by the University of Washington finds that the number of U.S. adult handgun owners carrying a loaded handgun on their person doubled from 2015 to 2019, and that a larger proportion of handgun owners carried handguns in states with less restrictive carrying regulations.
Tag(s): Ali Rowhani-Rahbar • Department of Epidemiology • Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program • School of Public Health
Q&A: How ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ impacts financial health
Ed deHaan, associate professor of accounting in the University of Washington Foster School of Business, studies the impact of Buy Now Pay Later on financial health. His research finds that BNPL users faced rapid increases in bank overdraft charges and credit card interests and fees.
Tag(s): Ed deHaan • Foster School of Business
Q&A: UW researchers find privacy risks with 3D tours on real estate websites
University of Washington researchers examined 44 3D tours in 44 states across the U.S. to look for potential security issues when personal details were included in the tour.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Rachel McAmis • Tadayoshi Kohno
UW a ‘Most Engaged’ campus for student voting and among top universities worldwide, ranked by reputation
The University of Washington was No. 24 on the Times Higher Education annual reputation ranking, released Wednesday. The UW moved up from No. 28 on last year’s list and remains No. 4 among U.S. public institutions.
Tag(s): RankingsNovember 15, 2022
UW celebrates researchers on Highly Cited Researchers 2022 List
The University of Washington is proud to announce that more than 44 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at UW have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list from Clarivate.
Tag(s): Alejandra Tortorici • Alexandra C. Walls • Ali Mokdad • Bryan Weiner • Celestia Higano • Christopher Murray • Cole Trapnell • David Baker • David Cobden • David Pigott • David Smith • David Veesler • Deborah Nickerson • Di Xiao • E Erskine • E Patchen Dellinger • Evan Eichler • Frank DiMaio • Ganesh Raghu • Gregory Bratman • Guozhong Cao • Hans Ochs • Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation • Janet Englund • Jay Shendure • Jesse Zaneveld • John Stamatoyannopoulos • Julian Olden • L Patrick • Michael Gale • Mohsen Naghavi • Neil King • Ning Zheng • Philip Mease • Piper Meigs Treuting • Rankings • Raphael Gottardo • Riza Daza • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • Simon Hay • Spencer Wood • Stanley Riddell • Steven Brunton • Theo Vos • Thomas Montine • UW Medicine • William Banks • William Catterall • William Noble • William Sheffler • Xiaodong XuNovember 10, 2022
ArtSci Roundup: Book Talk with Cathy Davidson, Poetry with Ricardo Ruiz, Jazz Innovations with School of Music faculty and students, and more.
Connect with the UW community every week through public events and exhibitions, summarized in this ArtSci Roundup.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of English • Department of Political Science • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • UW Graduate SchoolNovember 9, 2022
Fundraising effort to restore, reimagine historic ASUW Shell House is in full swing
Perched on the southeast corner of the University of Washington campus, where the Montlake Cut meets Union Bay, the ASUW Shell House looks as vulnerable as it does majestic. Over the course of a century, the structure built as a critical wartime post later was the home to a group of rowers who captured the nation’s imagination before becoming an all-but-forgotten artifact of the past. Now, propelled by a wave of renewed interest, the 12,000-square-foot wooden structure is the focus of an $18.5 million campaign that will restore and renovate the space.
Tag(s): ASUW Shell House • Denzil Suite • Office of Student lifeNovember 4, 2022
Two College of the Environment faculty recognized by American Geophysical Union
Two UW College of the Environment professors, Ginger Armbrust and Dennis Hartmann, will be honored at the 2022 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in December.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Dennis Hartmann • Department of Atmospheric Sciences • Ginger Armbrust • School of OceanographyNovember 3, 2022
ArtSci Roundup: Assessing the 2022 Midterm Election Results With Implications for the Next Two Years and for 2024, Empires Strick Back: Football and Colonialism, and more
Connect with the UW community every week through public events and exhibitions, summarized in this ArtSci Roundup.
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Center for Environmental Politics • College of Arts & Sciences • Comparative History of Ideas Program • Department of American Ethnic Studies • Department of American Indian Studies • Department of Gender Women and Sexuality Studies • Department of Geography • Department of History • Department of Physics • Department of Political Science • Department of Sociology • Harborview Medical Center • Henry Art Gallery • jackson • Jackson School of International Studies • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • Stroum Center for Jewish Studies • UW Honors ProgramNovember 2, 2022
Study reveals how ancient fish colonized the deep sea
A new University of Washington-led study reports that throughout Earth’s ancient history, there were several periods of time when many fish actually favored the cold, dark, barren waters of the deep sea instead of shallow ocean waters that are warm and full of resources.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of the Environment • Luke Tornabene • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Infants less likely to contract COVID, develop severe symptoms than household caregivers
In one of the first studies to explore how COVID-19 specifically affects older infants, researchers from the University of Washington and at institutions at four other locations in the Western and Southern U.S. found that the number of infected people in a household was the factor most closely linked with the infant’s likelihood of being infected.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • COVID-19 • Department of Anthropology • Melanie Martin
Permanent daylight saving time would reduce deer-vehicle collisions, study shows
University of Washington researchers found that adopting permanent daylight saving time in the United States would reduce deer-vehicle collisions and likely prevent an estimated 36,550 deer deaths, 33 human deaths, 2,054 human injuries and $1.19 billion in costs each year. Deer-vehicle collisions would decrease under permanent DST because skies would be brighter later into the evening.
Tag(s): circadian rhythms • College of the Environment • Laura Prugh • School of Environmental and Forest SciencesOctober 31, 2022
How low-cost earbuds can make newborn hearing screening accessible
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has created a new hearing screening system that uses a smartphone and earbuds.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Justin Chan • population health • Randall Bly • School of Medicine • Shyam Gollakota • UW MedicineOctober 28, 2022
ArtSci Roundup: Democracy and the 2022 Midterm Elections, Hafu ハーフ film screening, and more!
Connect with the UW community every week through public events and exhibitions, summarized in this ArtSci Roundup.
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Center for Environmental Politics • College of Arts & Sciences • Comparative History of Ideas Program • Department of American Ethnic Studies • Department of American Indian Studies • Department of Asian Languages & Literature • Department of Gender Women and Sexuality Studies • Department of Geography • Department of History • Department of Political Science • Department of Sociology • Harborview Medical Center • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Music • Stroum Center for Jewish Studies • UW Drama • UW Graduate School • UW Honors ProgramOctober 27, 2022
Bats are everywhere, but they get special attention around Halloween
These nocturnal flying mammals live in cities and rural areas and in most climates around the world – and maybe even in your own backyard.
Sharlene Santana, a University of Washington professor of biology and curator of mammals at the Burke Museum, explains that there are over 1,400 species of bats spanning an incredible diversity.
October 26, 2022
New study shows how voting methods affect group decision-making
Michael Johnson, professor of management in the University of Washington Foster School of Business, found in a new study that groups that used “multivoting” in unofficial votes were 50% more likely to identify the correct option than those that used plurality or ranked-choice voting.
Tag(s): Foster School of Business • Michael Johnson
UW is No. 6 in the world, according to US News Best Global Universities
The University of Washington rose from No. 7 to No. 6 on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings, released on Tuesday. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.
Tag(s): Ana Mari Cauce • biology • Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences • College of Education • Department of Astronomy • Department of Chemistry • Department of Communication • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences • Department of Geography • Department of Immunology • Department of Mathematics • genetics & DNA • geology • infectious disease • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • physics • politics • public health • Rankings • School of Dentistry • School of Marine and Environmental Affairs • sociology • UW Medicine« Previous Page Next Page »
