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December 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
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! Highlights of current exhibitions: Until April 16 | Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest, Burke Museum (Free admission for UW students, faculty and staff) Until January 8 | everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt., Henry Art Gallery (Free admission for UW students,…
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 • Ed 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
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! Highlights of current exhibitions: Until April 16 | Body Language: Reawakening Cultural Tattooing of the Northwest, Burke Museum (Free admission for UW students, faculty and staff) Until January 8 | everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt., Henry Art Gallery (Free admission for UW students,…
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.
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! Autumn Quarter: The Big Read: The New Education by Cathy Davidson The College of Arts & Sciences is launching its “Rethinking the Academy” initiative by inviting students, faculty, and staff to join a campus-wide reading experience, followed by conversations about how we can…
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
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! Highlights of current and upcoming exhibitions: October 27 – November 23 | Miha Sarani: Amends, Art Building The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to host Seattle artist Miha Sarani. This exhibition is a broad survey of Sarani’s work, focusing on portraiture while also…
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!
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! Highlights of current and upcoming exhibitions: October 27 – November 23 | Miha Sarani: Amends / November 2, 5 – 8 PM: Reception, Art Building The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to host Seattle artist Miha Sarani. This exhibition is a broad survey…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Center for Environmental Politics • College of Arts & Sciences • 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 • Department of the Comparative History of Ideas • 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 MedicineOctober 24, 2022
Sociology Professor Alexes Harris appointed UW’s first Faculty Regent
Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Alexes Harris, professor of sociology, to the Board of Regents, effective Oct. 21, 2022. Harris becomes the first to hold the new Faculty Regent position on the Board.
Tag(s): Alexes Harris • UW Board of Regents
A new approach, not currently described by the Clean Air Act, could eliminate air pollution disparities
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington compared three potential strategies for reducing fine particulate matter pollution disparities across the contiguous U.S.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Julian Marshall • population health • Yuzhou WangOctober 21, 2022
UW’s Dianne Xiao receives Packard Fellowship for research on new materials for sustainable chemical synthesis
Dianne Xiao, a University of Washington assistant professor of chemistry, has been awarded a 2022 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering for her research on creating new materials to make chemical reactions that are compatible with renewable energy sources and raw materials.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Chemistry • Dianne Xiao
Video: Highlights from 2022 Annual President’s Address
University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her annual address to the community on Oct. 20. Highlights of the speech are reflected in this video. The audience was invited to attend the event remotely via livestream. President Cauce talked about the power of public research universities to bring communities together across differences to address…
Tag(s): Ana Mari Cauce
ArtSci Roundup: Miha Sarani exhibition opening, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman conversation, and more
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! Highlights of current and upcoming exhibitions: Until October 29 |The Traveling Jacob Lawrence Gallery: MFA Group Show, SOIL Art Gallery (Pioneer Square) October 27 – November 23 | Miha Sarani: Amends / November 2, 5 – 8 PM: Reception, Art Building November 6…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Political Science • Department of Psychology • Department of Scandinavian Studies • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center • School of Art + Art History + Design • Stroum Center for Jewish StudiesOctober 19, 2022
These factors have the biggest impact on influencer marketing effectiveness
New research from the University of Washington professor Robert Palmatier examines how factors related to social media influencers, their posts and their followers impact marketing success. The study concluded that reallocating spending based on the study’s insights could result in a 16.6% increase in engagement.
Tag(s): Foster School of Business • Robert PalmatierOctober 18, 2022
UW and SHA tap Bellwether Housing to build mixed-income development in U District
The University of Washington and the Seattle Housing Authority today announced that Bellwether Housing has been selected to develop a mixed-income high-rise of about 240 units in the University District, pending approval by the UW Board of Regents.
Tag(s): Ana Mari CauceOctober 17, 2022
Isotope data strengthens suspicions of ivory stockpile theft
A study led by Thure Cerling, a professor at the University of Utah, and co-authored by Sam Wasser, a University of Washington professor of biology, used carbon isotope science to show that tusks from a guarded government stockpile in Burundi have somehow made their way into the hands of illegal ivory traders.
Tag(s): Center for Environmental Forensic Science • College of Arts & Sciences • conservation • Department of Biology • Samuel Wasser
UW President Ana Mari Cauce elected to National Academy of Medicine for ‘exemplary, visionary leadership’ and research
University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce is among the new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine “for exemplary and visionary leadership in public higher education administration; innovations in health research, education, and service systems that enhance pathways for women and underrepresented groups; initiatives to address interconnections between health equity, population health, and climate change; and pioneering behavioral health intervention research on Latinos.”
Tag(s): Ana Mari Cauce • awards
Q&A: UnlockedMaps provides real-time accessibility information for urban rail transit in six metro areas
UW researchers developed UnlockedMaps, a web-based map that allows users to see in real time how accessible rail transit stations are in six metro areas. UnlockedMaps shows which stations are accessible and which ones are experiencing elevator outages.
Tag(s): Ather Sharif • College of Engineering • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringOctober 14, 2022
UW’s 2022 entering class is largest and most diverse
The University of Washington’s newest freshman class is the largest and most diverse in the school’s 161-year history.
ArtSci Roundup: Grammy winner Morris Robinson, Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest, and more!
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! October 17, 1:30 PM | Guest Artist Interview – Morris Robinson, Brechemin Auditorium, School of Music Building Making his Seattle Opera debut in the role of King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, internationally acclaimed bass and recent GRAMMY winner Morris Robinson visits the…
Tag(s): Annual President's Address • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Center for Communication Difference and Equity • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Asian Languages & Literature • Department of Genome Sciences • Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization • Department of Political Science • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Music • School of Public Health • Simpson Center for the Humanities • Stroum Center for Jewish Studies • University of Washington • UW Alumni Association • UW Graduate School • UW Libraries • UW TacomaOctober 13, 2022
Video: Finding — and keeping — the perfect fit for a prosthetic leg
University of Washington Professor Joan Sanders and her team are creating a new type of prosthetic leg: one that automatically adjusts its fit throughout the day. Their latest prototype detects in real time how well the prosthesis socket and amputation site are fitting and responds by automatically changing the size of the socket, without the need for adjustments to padding or user action.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Bioengineering • Joan Sanders • population health • School of MedicineNext Page »
