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January 24, 2020
ArtsUW Roundup: Preserving Elephants in the Age of Extinction, Brian Brooks Moving Company, The Best of Everything, and more
This week in the arts, experience a free concert at Benaroya Hall commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, attend a lecture about the story of Shawn Wong’s rediscovery of “No-No Boy,” and more! To learn about more events taking place, visit ArtsUW. Music of Remembrance: Art from Ashes – Free Concert Commemorating the 75th…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • Department of English • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • UW LibrariesJanuary 23, 2020
UW research expands bilingual language program for babies
A study by the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) shows that a bilingual language program for babies can reach more families, and instructors, through online training for teachers.
Tag(s): Department of Linguistics • Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences • I-LABS • Naja Ferjan Ramirez • Patricia KuhlJanuary 22, 2020
Soundbites & b-roll: UW President Ana Mari Cauce addresses World Economic Forum in Davos: ‘Free to Be (LGBTI)’
University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce participated in a “must-watch” panel, “Free to Be (LGBTI)“, Jan. 22 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Tag(s): Ana Mari Cauce • LGBTQ
What’s in Puget Sound? New technique casts a wide net for concerning chemicals
Using a new “non-targeted” approach, UW and UW Tacoma researchers screened samples from multiple regions of Puget Sound to look for potentially harmful compounds that might be present.
Tag(s): C. Andrew James • Center for Urban Waters • College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Edward Kolodziej • UW Tacoma
Community-based counselors help mitigate grief, stress among children orphaned in East Africa
The University of Washington led a clinical trial involving more than 600 children in Kenya and Tanzania, in which community members were trained to deliver mental health treatment, showed improvement in participants’ trauma-related symptoms up to a year after receiving therapy.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Global Health • Department of Psychology • Kevin King • population health • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • Shannon DorseyJanuary 21, 2020
A foundation for ‘safe motherhood’ created with and for the Somali community
On a recent Saturday evening, a dozen women gathered around a table at a community room in the White Center neighborhood of Seattle, settling in with snacks and conversation. The evening’s program would be more education than entertainment, an opportunity to discuss topics so sensitive that, without the group of women assembled that night, might…
Tag(s): Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Anthropology • Department of Global Health • population health • Population Health Initiative • Rachel Chapman • School of Medicine • School of Public Health
Mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people — and now scientists know why
Despite their reputation as blood-suckers, mosquitoes actually spend most of their time drinking nectar from flowers. Scientists have identified the chemical cues in flowers that stimulate mosquitoes’ sense of smell and draw them in. Their findings show how cues from flowers can stimulate the mosquito brain as much as a warm-blooded host — information that could help develop less toxic repellents and better traps.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • Jeffrey Riffell • neuroscience & brain science • population healthJanuary 17, 2020
ArtsUW Roundup: Midori with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, UW Dance Presents, Burke NiteLife, and more
This week in the arts, see a film screening at SAM, partake in a party at the Burke, attend a Department of Dance concert, and more! Film: “Edo Avant Garde: How Japan Invented Modern Art” with filmmaker Linda Hoaglund January 20, 1:00 – 4:00 pm | Seattle Art Museum Visit the Seattle Art Museum for…
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Department of Dance • Meany Center for the Performing ArtsJanuary 16, 2020
Mobile protected areas needed to preserve biodiversity in the high seas
Leaders are updating the laws for international waters that apply to most of the world’s ocean environment. This provides a unique opportunity, argues a UW Bothell marine scientist, to anticipate new techniques that allow protected zones to shift as species move under climate change.
Tag(s): biology • climate change • oceanography • UW BothellJanuary 15, 2020
‘The blob,’ food supply squeeze to blame for largest seabird die-off
When nearly one million common murres died at sea and washed ashore from California to Alaska in 2015 and 2016, it was unprecedented. Scientists from the University of Washington, the U.S. Geological Survey and others blame an unexpected squeeze on the ecosystem’s food supply, brought on by a severe and long-lasting marine heat wave known as “the blob.”
Tag(s): COASST • College of the Environment • Julia Parrish • School of Aquatic and Fishery SciencesJanuary 14, 2020
UW No. 5 best college for veterans, according to new ranking
The University of Washington is among the 10 best colleges for veterans, according to Zippia.com, an online career resource. The UW ranked No. 5 on the list.
Tag(s): Rankings • Student Veteran Life • veterans
Academic, administrator, artist: Paintings by JW Harrington to be displayed at UW Tower
James W. Harrington is not only a UW professor and former administrator — in recent years, he has also become a prolific painter. UW Notebook caught up with him to ask a few questions about his art and his coming exhibit at the UW Tower.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Geography • James W. Harrington • JW Harrington • UW Tacoma
Faculty/staff honors: Consulting assignment in Africa, honorary doctorate in Bern, conservation leadership award
Recent honors to UW faculty and staff include an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern, an award for biodiversity conservation and a consulting assignment for the World Health Organization.
Tag(s): Casey Farquhar • Climate Impacts Group • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Communication • Department of Political Science • Lance Bennett • Meade Krosby • School of Public HealthJanuary 13, 2020
Fisheries management is actually working, global analysis shows
Nearly half of the fish caught worldwide are from stocks that are scientifically monitored and, on average, are increasing in abundance. Effective management appears to be the main reason these stocks are at sustainable levels or successfully rebuilding, according to a new study led by the University of Washington.
Tag(s): Christopher Anderson • College of the Environment • Ray Hilborn • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences • Trevor BranchJanuary 9, 2020
By the numbers: UW in the media in 2019
In 2019, the University of Washington was mentioned in 4,143 news articles around the world. Among those, UW experts were quoted 2,290 times: 1,185 in national or international outlets and 1,105 in regional and local outlets.
Tag(s): Amy Snover • Climate Impacts Group • College of Arts & Sciences • College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • Department of History • Kemi Doll • Margaret O'Mara • Robert Winglee • School of Medicine
ArtsUW Roundup: Low Brow/High Culture exhibit opens in the Allen Library, guest pianist Conor Hanick performs, and more
This week in the arts, attend a film screening at SAM, visit museums on campus for free with your Husky card, and more! Guest Artist Recital: Conor Hanick, piano January 13, 7:30 pm | Brechemin Auditorium Brooklyn-based concert pianist Conor Hanick performs works of Galina Ustvolskaya and Morton Feldman on Monday evening and leads a free master class…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Asian Languages & Literature • DXARTS • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Music • UW Libraries
At gun safety events, 40% of gun owners reported not locking all household guns — even around kids
While waiting for free firearm storage devices at gun safety events held in sporting goods stores across Washington, nearly 3,000 people filled out a one-page survey asking how they stored guns at home and other household information. What the participants reported emphasizes the need for these public events, Seattle Children’s and University of Washington researchers…
Tag(s): Aisha King • Ali Rowhani-Rahbar • Alison C. Roxby • Department of Epidemiology • Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • Seattle Children's HospitalJanuary 6, 2020
Supporting diversity, inclusion in neuroscience: A conversation about the BRAINS Program with UW psychology professor Sheri Mizumori
A conversation with UW psychology professor Sheri Mizumori about the UW-based program Broadening the Representations of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience — or BRAINS for short — designed to accelerate career advancement for postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented populations.
Tag(s): BRAINS • Cara Margherio • Claire Horner-Devine • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Psychology • Joyce Yen • Sheri Mizumori
Honors for three faculty in aeronautics and astronautics
Three faculty members in the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics have received awards for their work.
Tag(s): Behçet Açıkmeşe • College of Engineering • Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics • Justin Little • Uri ShumlakJanuary 3, 2020
ArtsUW Roundup: welcome 2020 with a celebration of Asian American writers, kick-off the Critical Issues Lecture Series, and more
This week in the arts, attend several screenings with the 2020 Southeast Asia x Seattle Film Festival, visit museums on campus for free with your Husky card, and more! Shawn Wong & Tara Fickle January 9, 7:00 pm | The Elliott Bay Book Company Come celebrate the publication of the Third Edition of Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian…
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Asian Languages & Literature • Department of English • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • School of Art + Art History + Design • UW LibrariesDecember 30, 2019
Life could have emerged from lakes with high phosphorus
Life as we know it requires phosphorus, which is scarce. So, how did a lifeless environment on the early Earth supply this key ingredient? A new UW study, published Dec. 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds an answer to this problem in certain types of carbonate-rich lakes.
Tag(s): cell biology • College of the Environment • David Catling • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • evolution • geology • Jonathan Toner
Book notes: Staff member Neile Graham publishes fourth book of poetry, Scotland-inspired ‘The Walk She Takes’
Neile Graham is both a longtime administrator with the College of Built Environments and a published poet — and she has a new book of poetry out, called “The Walk She Takes.”
Tag(s): books • College of Built Environments • Neile GrahamDecember 19, 2019
Mindful travel, Silicon Valley’s evolution, Schumann on viola, Seattle history — UW-authored books, music for the Husky on your list
A teacher discusses respectful world travel, a historian explores Silicon Valley’s evolution, a professor and violist plays the music of Robert Schumann and a late English faculty member’s meditation on Seattle returns … Here’s a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by UW faculty in the last year — and a…
Tag(s): Anu Taranath • books • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Canadian Studies Center • Cecilia Aragon • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Built Environments • College of Engineering • Cuong Vu • Department of Architecture • Department of English • Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering • Information School • Katie Davis • Margaret Willson • Melia Watras • Richard Haag • Richard Karpen • Roger Sale • School of Music • Shawn Wong • Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir • Thaisa Way • Theodore Pietsch • University of Washington PressDecember 18, 2019
Video: Highlights from 2019
As 2019 draws to a close, we present highlights from video stories produced by the UW News team — selections from architecture to zoology, and everything in between
December 17, 2019
Beauty in Brutalism? Architecture professor Alex Anderson reviews the UW’s ‘bunkerlike’ behemoths
A discussion of Brutalist architecture on the UW campus with professor Alex Anderson of the Department of Architecture.
Tag(s): Alex Anderson • College of Built Environments • Condon Hall • Gould Hall • Kane Hall • Schmitz Hall • Suzzallo LibraryDecember 16, 2019
New study seeks to improve the way dentists measure children’s pain during appointments
If you fear a trip to the dentist, you are among a majority of adults that report moderate to high levels of anxiety related to dental care, according to a review of research. And, if you’re afraid of getting into a dental chair, you are more likely to avoid going and are at risk of…
Tag(s): Cameron Randall • School of Dentistry
Faculty/staff honors: Distinguished teaching honor, new editor for environmental health journal, overseeing education in Uganda, Allen School honors
Recent honors to UW faculty and staff include the new editorship of a major journal, a post with the Republic of Uganda and honors from the American College of Physicians, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences • Department of Family Medicine • Douglas Paauw • Joel Kaufman • Joshua Smith • Magdalena Balazinska • Paul Beame • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Sam Luboga • School of Medicine • School of Public Health
Resident orcas’ appetite likely reason for decline of big Chinook salmon
Large, old Chinook salmon have mostly disappeared from the West Coast. A new University of Washington and NOAA study points to the recent rise of resident killer whales, and their insatiable appetite for large Chinook salmon, as the main driver behind the decline of the big fish.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Daniel Schindler • Jan Ohlberger • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences • Tim EssingtonDecember 12, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: wrap up the year at the Burke Museum and Henry Art Gallery and see what’s coming up in 2020
To end the year on a high note, take advantage of visiting the museums on campus (free admission, as always, for UW employees and students)! Burke Museum Daily 10 am – 5 pm | Closed on December 25 and January 1 Experience natural and cultural collections at the Burke Museum. The Burke brings research and…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Dance • Henry Art Gallery • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Drama • School of Music • UW Libraries
Video: Barrels of ancient Antarctic air aim to track history of rare gas
An Antarctic field campaign last winter led by the U.S. and Australia has successfully extracted some of the largest samples of air dating from the 1870s until today. Researchers will use the samples to look for changes in the molecules that scrub the atmosphere of methane and other gases.
Tag(s): climate • College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • polar scienceDecember 11, 2019
Annual notification: Anti-kickback, conflict of interest, whistleblower regulations and hotlines
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR 52.203-7) require the University of Washington to implement procedures designed to prevent and detect violations of the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (41 USC 51-58).
December 10, 2019
UW scientist to lead NASA field study of East Coast snowstorms
To better understand large, disruptive snowstorms, a University of Washington atmospheric scientist will lead a NASA field campaign this winter to fly through major snowstorms along the East Coast. The multi-institutional team will observe snow as it forms in clouds to help with satellite monitoring of snowfall and ultimately improve forecasts.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Lynn McMurdie • weatherDecember 9, 2019
Brian Johnson receives $4.9 million from U.S. Department of Energy to support solar energy systems
Brian Johnson, assistant professor in the UW Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has received a $4.9 million grant across three years from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Tag(s): Brian Johnson • Clean Energy Institute • College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Jackson School researcher explores nexus of politics, religion in new podcast, ‘ReligioPolitics’
Randy Thompson, a postdoctoral researcher with the UW Jackson School of International Studies will explore the nexus of religion and politics in a new podcast, “ReligioPolitics.”
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Eugene Lemcio • Jackson School of International Studies • James Wellman • podcasts • Randy Thompson • ReligioPoltiicsDecember 6, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Jomama Jones performance, Scandinavian 30, and more
This week in the arts, enjoy Beethoven Trio Cycle with School of Music faculty, use the arts to spark dialogue about memory loss, support Indigenous Artists at the Burke, and more! Beethoven Trio Cycle Concert December 9, 7:30 pm | Meany Center Faculty colleagues Craig Sheppard, piano; Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello; and Rachel Lee Priday, violin, present…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Scandinavian Studies • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • Simpson Center for the Humanities
Astronomy fellowship demonstrates effective measures to dismantle bias, increase diversity in STEM
Joyce Yen — director of the University of Washington’s ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change, an NSF-funded body to promote female STEM faculty on campus — recently worked with the Heising-Simons Foundation to dismantle bias and promote diversity in a prominent grant that the Foundation awards to postdoctoral researchers in planetary science. In this Q&A, Yen shares the many, sometimes counterintuitive ways bias can work against goals toward greater diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM fields.
Tag(s): ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change • astronomy & astrophysics • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • College of the Environment • diversity • Joyce Yen • Q&ADecember 4, 2019
Outlook for the polar regions in a 2 degrees warmer world
With 2019 on pace as one of the warmest years on record, a new international study reveals how rapidly the Arctic is warming and examines global consequences of continued polar warming.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • College of the Environment • Kristin Laidre • Polar Science Center • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Warmer temperatures will increase arsenic levels in rice, study shows
UW researchers have found that warmer temperatures, at levels expected under most climate change projections, can lead to higher concentrations of arsenic in rice grains.
Tag(s): climate change • College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • population health • Rebecca Neumann
Joy Williamson-Lott honored for book on civil rights, higher education in South during Jim Crow era
Joy Williamson-Lott, dean of the UW Graduate School and a professor of education, has been honored for her 2018 book “Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order.”
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of English • Joy Williamson-Lott • Roger Sale • Shawn Wong • University of Washington Press • UW Graduate School
Better wildfire and smoke predictions with new vegetation database
Researchers from the University of Washington and Michigan Technological University have created the first comprehensive database of all the wildfire fuels that have been measured across North America. Ultimately, it can help scientists make more informed decisions about fire and smoke situations.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Maureen Kennedy • School of Environmental and Forest Sciences • Susan Prichard • UW Tacoma • wildfires« Previous Page Next Page »
