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February 6, 2013
Smartphones, tablets help UW researchers improve storm forecasts
Atmospheric scientists are using pressure readings from some new smartphones and tablet computers to improve short-term thunderstorm forecasts. A weather station in every pocket would offer an unprecedented wealth of data.
Tag(s): Cliff Mass • College of the Environment • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Gregory Hakim • weather
UW regent, REI head Jewell named to Interior post
February 5, 2013
UW is first again for Peace Corps volunteers, joined by WWU and Gonzaga
The University of Washington is No. 1 again among large universities (more than 10,000 students) for alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps.
Rogelio Riojas to receive UW’s 2013 Odegaard Award
Rogelio Riojas, president and chief executive officer for Sea Mar Community Health Centers, is the 2013 recipient of the Charles E. Odegaard Award.
Tag(s): Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
Scholars urge Supreme Court to keep Voting Rights Act provisions ensuring equal access
Political science and law scholars from the UW and elsewhere file a brief saying the Supreme Court should fully uphold the Voting Rights Act in a case out of Shelby County, Alabama.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Political Science • School of LawFebruary 4, 2013
Ralina Joseph studies multiraciality in new book ‘Transcending Blackness’
Ralina Joseph, UW associate professor of communications, discusses her book, “Transcending Blackness: From the New Millennium Mulatta to the Exceptional Multiracial.”
Tag(s): Department of Communication
News Digest: Testing school-student computerized lessons, ‘Gun Violence: A Public-Health Crisis’ forum tonight
Grade school, junior high students sought for study of computerized lessons || Public Health co-hosts “Gun Violence: A Public-Health Crisis” tonight
Tag(s): College of Education • School of Public HealthFebruary 1, 2013
Turning necessity into success
School of Dentistry launches Center for Global Oral Health
The new center will promote collaborations in dental research and education, including faculty and student exchanges, with partners around the world.
January 31, 2013
Arts Roundup: Music, theater, art, lectures — and ‘Short Takes on Plastics’
The drama “Burn This” continues, the School of Art has multiple events and the Kirkland Choral Society stops by for a visit.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Henry Art Gallery • School of Music • Undergraduate Theater Society
Cyclone did not cause 2012 record low for Arctic sea ice
A huge Arctic cyclone in August was not responsible for the historic minimum seen soon after in Arctic sea-ice extent.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • Axel Schweiger • climate change • Jinlun Zhang • sea iceJanuary 29, 2013
More sex for married couples with traditional divisions of housework
Married couples who divide chores in traditional ways have more sex than couples who share so-called men’s and women’s work.
News Digest: Explore global food law Feb. 8, Honor: Nina Isoherranen
Explore global food law at Feb. 8 UW conference || Nina Isoherranen honored for early-career achievement
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Jackson School of International Studies • School of Law • School of Pharmacy
Pioneer of human values in technology design to give University Faculty Lecture
Information School professor Batya Friedman will give the University Faculty Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 in Room 130 of Kane Hall.
Tag(s): Information School
University District Livability Partnership to unveil Commercial Revitalization Plan Jan. 31
The public is invited to participate in the unveiling of the University District Livability Partnership’s Commercial Revitalization Plan Thursday, Jan. 31.
Beer’s bitter compounds could help brew new medicines
A UW researcher has determined the precise configuration of substances derived from hops that give beer its distinctive flavor, a finding that could lead to important new pharmaceuticals.
Tag(s): medicine & pharmaceuticalsJanuary 25, 2013
Kidney disease is diabetics’ deadliest threat
January 24, 2013
Astronomy to go: UW readies new portable planetarium
The University of Washington astronomy department is readying a traveling planetarium to take to schools for outreach — and collaboration — in Seattle and beyond. It may look like a carnival bouncy house or an inflatable igloo, but the portable planetarium is in fact an innovative tool for teaching and spreading interest in astronomy. The…
Arts Roundup: Dance, art, music, historical photos — and undergraduates stage ‘Burn This’
A new Henry Art Gallery exhibit, a classical pianist performs Nirvana and Radiohead and the visiting Compagnie Marie Chouinard continues the campus celebration of “The Rite of Spring.”
Tag(s): School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • Undergraduate Theater Society
Organic ferroelectric molecule shows promise for memory chips, sensors
A paper in Science describes an organic crystal that shows promise as a cheap, flexible, nontoxic material for the working parts of memory chips, sensors and energy-harvesting devices.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Mechanical Engineering • Jiangyu Li • sustainability
Admissions: A rise in minority applicants
Recent admissions statistics show that more minority students are applying to the UW.
January 23, 2013
Greenland ice core shows Antarctica vulnerable to warming
A UW scientist’s work aided a Greenland ice study that could indicate where Earth is headed with climate change.
Better outlook for dwindling black macaque population in Indonesia
Hunting and habitat loss harm the critically endangered Sulawesi black macaque, but new research shows the population has stabilized in the past decade.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of PsychologyJanuary 22, 2013
Seized ivory could help UW biologist stop poachers
Brain structure of infants predicts language skills at 1 year
Researchers at UW’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences have found that the anatomy of certain brain areas – the hippocampus and cerebellum – can predict children’s language abilities at 1 year of age.
Tag(s): I-LABSJanuary 18, 2013
Documents that changed the world: The fraudulent ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’
Joe Janes investigates the 1900-era anti-Semitic manifesto “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”
Tag(s): Information SchoolJanuary 17, 2013
Arts Roundup: Exhibits, lectures, books on stage — and a dance collaboration
A busy week in UW arts, including a dance concert and staging great novels with Book-It Repertory.
Tag(s): ArtsUW • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music
News Digest: Reflection on Martin Luther King, Report to Stakeholders now online
Reflecting on Martin Luther King, Jr. and sacred songs || Financial, research, learning highlights part of Report to Stakeholders now online
Scientific families: Dynasty
UW students envision designs for a school for girls in Afghanistan — with slide show
The classroom challenge: Design a school for girls in Afghanistan that’s pleasant and safe, using available materials.
Tag(s): College of Built Environments • Department of Architecture
Early signals warn of prolonged sports concussion symptoms
Researchers found little correlation between loss of consciousness and duration of concussion symptoms.
MLK and sacred songs that feed the soul
January 16, 2013
High school athletes take lead from coaches in reporting concussive symptoms
New laws in many states require school athletes to be taught about concussion, but education alone is ineffective if it does not translate into students reporting possible symptoms.
A family’s lost story found, and the Sephardic Studies Initiative
For Devin Naar, the Sephardic Studies Initiative is not just a valuable historical archive, it has also been a personal journey revealing an untold family story from World War II.
January 15, 2013
Celebrations start Thursday, service opportunities during MLK holiday weekend
A number of events and volunteer opportunities for UW faculty, staff and students are planned in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
International study: Where there’s smoke or smog, there’s climate change
A new international assessment found that soot, or black carbon, is a major contributor to global warming — second only to carbon dioxide.
Tag(s): black carbon • climate change • College of the Environment • Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Sarah DohertyJanuary 14, 2013
Salmon runs boom, go bust over centuries
Salmon runs are notoriously variable: strong one year, and weak the next. New research shows that the same may be true from one century to the next.
Tag(s): Alaska • College of the Environment • salmon • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Potential harvest of most fish stocks largely unrelated to abundance
Fisheries managers should sharpen their ability to spot environmental conditions that hamper or help fish stocks, and not assume that abundance translates to sustainable harvest.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • fisheries biology • Ray Hilborn • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences • sustainability
Robert Stacey selected as dean of College of Arts and Sciences
Robert C. Stacey, a UW professor of history and interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as the next dean of the college effective Feb. 15.
New book by James Wellman explores the rise, effect of Pastor Rob Bell
James Wellman, UW associate professor of American religion, talks about his book, “Rob Bell and a New American Christianity.”
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