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Sea change
Seattle is reimagining and creating a living urban waterfront that ensures a healthy future for the city’s people, sea life, culture and economy. The UW has been part of the project from the start.
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AI can help with empathy
A team led by researchers at the UW studied how artificial intelligence could help people on the platform TalkLife, where people give each other mental health support. The researchers developed an AI system that suggested changes to participants’ responses to make them more empathetic.
New report urges US investment in wastewater disease surveillance
Wastewater surveillance was a valuable component of the U.S. public health response in the nation’s emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and is worthy of further development and continued investment, says a new report, co-authored by UW Professor Scott Meschke.
Genetic testing helps guide care of childhood hearing loss
Researchers from UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s Hospital have found that genetic testing is a valuable tool in determining the prognosis for a child’s hearing loss and in predicting how useful a cochlear implant could be for that child’s understanding of speech.
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