News releases
January 3, 2011
Anti-bullying program reduces malicious gossip on school playgrounds
Elementary school students who participated in a three-month anti-bullying program in Seattle schools showed a 72 percent decrease in malicious gossip.
December 30, 2010
Team approach shows successes for depressed patients with diabetes, heart disease
Depression and physical disease were managed together in a primary-care intervention called TEAMCare in a UW/Group Health study. The results for patients: less depression, better control of blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol — and a greater enjoyment of life.
Team-based approach to patient care shows success in fight against depression with diabetes, heart disease
Team-based approach to patient care shows success
December 23, 2010
Layoffs of teachers in Washington state are unrelated to effectiveness
A recent study by researchers Dan Goldhaber and Roddy Theobald of the Center for Education Data and Research at the University of Washington Bothell found that layoff decisions within the teaching profession are disproportionally determined by seniority and other factors unrelated to teaching effectiveness.
December 22, 2010
UW Medicine scientists among international consortium of researchers to conduct first-ever analysis of roundworm genome
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December 20, 2010
Students water-testing tool wins $40,000, launches nonprofit
UW engineering students won an international contest for designing a way to monitor water disinfection by solar rays. The students will share a $40,000 prize from the Rockefeller Foundation and are now working with nonprofits to turn their concept into a reality.
Without intervention, Mariana crow to become extinct in 75 years
Researchers from the University of Washington say the Mariana crow, a forest crow living on Rota Island in the western Pacific Ocean, will go extinct in 75 years.
New book on Martin Luther King Jr. and economic rights: "All Labor Has Dignity”
Michael Honey, a history professor at UW Tacoma, collected, edited and wrote introductions for 16 of Kings speeches on economic justice.
Without intervention, Mariana crow to become extinct in 75 years
Researchers from the University of Washington say the Mariana crow, a forest crow living on Rota Island in the western Pacific Ocean, will go extinct in 75 years.
New book on Martin Luther King Jr. and economic rights: “All Labor Has Dignity”
Martin Luther King Jr.
December 15, 2010
Polar bears still on thin ice, but cutting greenhouse gases now can avert extinction
New research indicates that if humans reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly in the next decade or two, enough Arctic ice is likely to remain intact during late summer and early autumn for polar bears to survive.
December 14, 2010
UW, WSU collaborate in landmark national study of children’s health
The Pacific Northwest Center today announced the launch of a campaign to recruit area families into the National Children’s Study, the largest long-term study of children’s health and development ever undertaken in the United States.
Harborview Medical Center named to Target: Stroke Honor Roll
The UW Medicine Stroke Center at Harborview has been recognized for excellence in emergency stroke care on the Target: Stroke Honor Roll by the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association.
Too much retinoic acid disrupts development in zebra fish embryos
Retinoic acid causes lethal truncation of the embryo which grows all of its body, except its head, by releasing cells from its posterior end
December 13, 2010
Assessing the environmental effects of tidal turbines
UW scientists are helping to prepare for a tidal energy project in Puget Sound. Researchers say this pilot project will have the most comprehensive environmental monitoring of any tidal energy installation to date.
Calculating tidal energy turbines effects on sediments and fish
Engineers are developing computer models to study how changes in water pressure and current speed around tidal turbines affect sediment buildup and fish health.
Decline of West Coast fog brought higher coastal temperatures last 60 years
Summertime fog, a common feature along the West Coast, has declined since 1950 while coastal temperatures have increased slightly, new research shows.
‘Array of arrays coaxing secrets from unfelt seismic tremor events
New technology is letting UW researchers get a much better picture of how episodic tremor events relate to potentially catastrophic earthquakes every 300 to 500 years in the Cascadia subduction zone.
For news media: La Nina, PNW climate experts
Reporters can turn to UW experts on PNW climate variability, effects of La Nina and flooding.
‘Array of arrays’ coaxing secrets from unfelt seismic tremor events
Every 15 months or so, an unfelt earthquake occurs in western Washington and travels northward to Canada’s Vancouver Island.
Decline of West Coast fog brought higher coastal temperatures last 60 years
Summertime fog, a common feature along the West Coast, has decline since 1950 while coastal temperatures have increased slightly.
December 8, 2010
Tackling new terrain: climate change and global health
A new initiative could position the University of Washington as a major player in addressing global health and environmental issues arising from climate change.
NSF awards $3.5 million to prepare math teachers for diverse classrooms
The UW Tacoma is part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation to transform how K-8 mathematics teachers can be trained as they face classrooms in which many students are not native English speakers.
UW Medicine to expand use of Microsoft Amalga to support clinical, translational research
Based on a successful two-year technology pilot program, UW Medicine will expand its use of Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System. The data aggregation platform will support multiple clinical and research initiatives.
UW Medicine to expand use of Microsoft Amalga to support clinical, translational research
Based on the successful results of a two-year technology pilot program, UW Medicine will expand its use of Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS), a data aggregation platform, to support multiple clinical and research initiatives across the health organization.
December 7, 2010
International law permits abusive fathers custody of children
A survey of court cases shows that when battered women living abroad flee their abusive husbands and return to the United States, many times their children are sent back, usually to their fathers.
International law permits abusive fathers custody of children
International law permits abusive fathers custody of children
December 6, 2010
New research shows rivers cut deep notches in the Alps broad glacial valleys
New research shows that notches carved by rivers at the bottom of glacial valleys in the Swiss Alps survive from one glacial episode to the next, protected in part by the glaciers themselves.
December 1, 2010
IQ scores fail to predict academic performance in children with autism
In a study by researchers at the University of Washington, 90 percent of high-functioning children with autism spectrum disorders showed a discrepancy between their IQ score and their performance on reading, spelling and math tests.
Neuroscience of instinct: How animals overcome fear to obtain food
Animals are capable of making instinctive safety decisions, a UW researcher has learned. Professor of Psychology Jeansok Kim demonstrated that rats weigh their odds of safely retrieving food pellets placed at varying distances from a perceived predator.
November 30, 2010
UW Medicine health system tackles, reduces infection rates
Three medical centers — Harborview Medical Center, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center, and UW Medical Center achieve and surpass goals in infection control.
November 24, 2010
Finger-trap tension stabilizes cells’ chromosome-separating machinery
Scientists have discovered an amazingly simple way that cells stabilize their machinery for forcing apart chromosomes.
November 17, 2010
Scientists question widely adopted indicator of fisheries health and evidence for ‘fishing down marine food webs
The most widely used measure for assessing oceans and fisheries led to inaccurate conclusions about half the time it was used, according to research led by a UW fisheries scientist.
A ‘monumental’ opportunity: UW education faculty to lead $40 million Head Start grant
The UW will take the lead among seven institutions in a new five-year, $40 million national Head Start grant to discover and share best practices in teaching and learning for Head Start teachers and others.
Several DNA sequence variations linked to electrical signal conduction in the heart
A study led by a UW cardiologist has produced findings that pave the way for better understanding of abnormal heart rhythms and heart defects.
November 10, 2010
It’s a La Nina year — time to prepare for possible suspended operations at the UW
Since this is a La Nina year — with more than average snowfalls expected — it’s a good time to review the UW’s bad weather policies.
November 9, 2010
Undergraduates’ low-cost ultrasound system wins Gates Foundation grant
UW undergraduate students will travel to Africa to test an ultrasound system aimed at lowering childbirth-related mortality, which kills an estimated 1,000 women each day, almost entirely in the developing world.
Screening test validated for depression in adolescents
A brief questionnaire commonly used with adults is shown to be a suitable depression screening tool for teenagers, too.
November 8, 2010
Tiny marine creatures could help diagnose the health of Puget Sound
University of Washington researchers are using tiny sea creatures called foraminifera to help diagnose the health of Puget Sound.
UW losing 60-year tradition of salmon returning to campus
The decades-long tradition of salmon returning to campus each fall is ending because of new directions in fisheries research and budget cuts.
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