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September 9, 2013
Brotmans receive Gates Volunteer Service Award
Nearly half of state’s distracted drivers are texting
In our state, texting on a hand-held device diverts drivers’ attention more than any other distraction.
Tag(s): Beth Ebel • Department of Pediatrics • Harborview Medical Center
Breaking deep-sea waves reveal mechanism for global ocean mixing
Oceanographers for the first time recorded an enormous wave breaking miles below the surface in a key bottleneck for global ocean circulation.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • Matthew Alford • oceanography • School of OceanographySeptember 6, 2013
UW’s big bet on cheap classes
September 5, 2013
News Digest: UW 14th on Teach for America list, program scores perfect 100, UW Botanic Gardens showcases vendors
UW 14th on Teach for America list || College Assistance Migrant Program scores perfect 100 || UW Botanic Gardens showcases venues and vendors
Redesigned feminine hygiene product tackles problem of human trafficking
A group of University of Washington graduate students wanted to help save victims of human trafficking. Along the way they won two prestigious national design awards for their efforts and hope to raise money to help even more people.
Tag(s): School of Art + Art History + DesignSeptember 4, 2013
Pico-world dragnets: Computer-designed proteins recognize and bind small molecules
Computer-designed proteins that can recognize and interact with small biological molecules are now a reality. Scientists have succeeded in creating a protein molecule that can be programmed to unite with three different steroids.
Tag(s): Institute for Protein Design
KUOW inaugurates new two-hour program
KUOW launched “The Record on KUOW” Tuesday with more than a half-dozen segments focused on local, national and international news and information.
Researchers hope to protect against another HIV-like outbreak
Researchers examining virus transmission from monkeys to humans in Bangladesh found some people are infected with multiple strains of simian foamy virus.
September 3, 2013
Research cruise makes discoveries about Cacadia megaquake fault
Huskies vault to No. 20 in new AP poll
UW welcomes Bjong Yeigh, UW Bothell chancellor
Bjong “Wolf” Yeigh takes the helm this week as chancellor at the University of Washington Bothell.
Tag(s): UW BothellAugust 30, 2013
New ocean forecast could help predict fish habitat six months in advance
UW researchers and federal scientists have developed the first long-term seasonal forecast of conditions for the Northwest ocean ecosystem.
Tag(s): climate change • College of the Environment • Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies • Nick Bond • ocean acidification • Samantha Siedlecki • School of OceanographyAugust 28, 2013
UW student archaeologists wind up summer at Tel Dor site
Scenes from the summer 2013 at the UW Tel Dor Archeological Excavation and Field School.
Tag(s): archaeology • Department of Classics • Sarah Stroup
Town Hall to host discussion of tea party and reactionary politics
August 27, 2013
Researcher controls colleague’s motions in 1st human brain-to-brain interface
University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motions of a fellow researcher.
Tag(s): Andrea Stocco • Chantel Prat • College of Engineering • health care and mental health • I-LABS • neuroscience & brain science • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Rajesh RaoAugust 26, 2013
Husky Stadium recognized as ‘Game Changer’ in sustainability
The National Resources Defense Council featured Husky Stadium in its list of ten “Collegiate Game Changers”— athletic programs that excel in green practices.
Microneedle patch could replace standard tuberculosis skin test
A team led by University of Washington engineers has created a patch with tiny, biodegradable needles that can penetrate the skin and precisely deliver a tuberculosis test. The researchers published their results online Aug. 26 in the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Materials Science & Engineering • Marco Rolandi
UW Tacoma offers behind-the-scenes U.S. Open experience
UW ranked 13th nationally by Washington Monthly, 9th in “Bang for Buck”
Washington Monthly, which ranks universities based upon social mobility, research production and commitment to service, has ranked the University of Washington 13th among national universities for 2013.
August 23, 2013
One-of-a-kind shell collection donated to Burke Museum
August 21, 2013
Physicists pinpoint key property of material that both conducts and insulates
UW scientists have made the first-ever accurate determination of a solid-state triple point, the temperature and pressure at which three different solid phases can coexist stably.
Tag(s): David Cobden • physics
Julie Kientz named one of world’s top innovators under 35
Julie Kientz, a UW assistant professor of human centered design & engineering, has been named one of the world’s top 35 innovators under age 35 by MIT Technology Review magazine.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering • Julie Kientz • Shwetak PatelAugust 20, 2013
Network would move the classroom to the reservation
Barry Witham chronicles rustic repertory in new book, ‘A Sustainable Theatre’
Barry Witham, drama professor emeritus, discusses his new book, “A Sustainable Theatre: Jasper Deeter at Hedgerow.”
Tag(s): Barry Witham • history • School of Drama • sustainability • theaterAugust 19, 2013
Medical students learn practical skills with unique tools
University of Washington again ranked 16th best in world
The University of Washington again ranked 16th among universities around the world in a recent study by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Students from unique summer research programs share their work
Undergraduates who participated in a variety of research programs over the summer will share their work
Magma can survive in upper crust for hundreds of millennia
Research shows reservoirs of silica-rich magma, which causes the most explosive volcanic eruptions, can persist in Earth’s upper crust for hundreds of thousands of years without erupting.
August 16, 2013
News Digest: New annual-leave sharing program for organ donors, Honor: Allan Devol and Barbara Hickey
UW launches annual-leave sharing program for organ donors || UW oceanographers named AGU Fellows
UW Dentistry tackles a job for Huskies: mouth guards
The winning smiles of the UW Huskies will be protected on the football field with customized mouth guards from UW Pediatric Dentistry.
Tag(s): School of Dentistry • sports medicine
Helping Puget Sound shed its armor
August 14, 2013
Scientists want a detailed picture of Mount St. Helens’ plumbing
Earth scientists are laying plans for a two-year study designed to develop a better understanding of how Mount St. Helens gets its supply of volcanic magma.
UW geographer devises a way for China to resolve its ‘immigration’ dilemma
University of Washington geographer Kam Wing Chan is in China this week, explaining how that country can dismantle its 55-year-old system that limits rural laborers from moving to and settling in cities and qualifying for basic social benefits.
Tag(s): Department of Geography • Kam Wing Chan
Earth orbit changes were key to Antarctic warming that ended last ice age
New ice core research shows that the warming that ended the last ice age in Antarctica began at least 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.
UW garners highest score possible, named again to Green Honor Roll
The University of Washington has again been named to the Princeton Review’s Green Honor Roll, receiving the highest score possible for the 2012-13 academic year.
Tag(s): sustainability • UW SustainabilityAugust 13, 2013
Wireless devices go battery-free with new communication technique
University of Washington engineers have created a new wireless communication system that allows devices to interact with each other without relying on batteries or wires for power.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • David Wetherall • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Joshua Smith • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Shyam GollakotaAugust 12, 2013
A chilly epic: Biologist Julia Sidorova’s novel, ‘The Age of Ice’
Julia Sidorova, research scientist for the UW Department of Pathology, discusses her debut novel, “The Age of Ice.” She’ll be at the Elliot Bay Book Company at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14.
Tag(s): Julia Sidorova
Progress made in linking some forms of epilepsy to genetics
Some epilepsy patients who have both seizures and speech abnormalities share something else in common — mutations on the same gene.
Tag(s): Department of Pediatrics • genetics & DNAAugust 8, 2013
Ocean acidification center another example of state leading the nation
Washington’s governor and state legislators in the last session created a hub at the University of Washington to coordinate research and monitoring of ocean acidification and its effects on local sea life such as oysters, clams and fish.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • College of the Environment • School of Marine and Environmental Affairs« Previous Page Next Page »
