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October 24, 2019
NSF invests in cyberinfrastructure institute to harness cosmic data
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and nine collaborating organizations, including the University of Washington, $2.8 million for a two-year “conceptualization phase” of the Scalable Cyberinfrastructure Institute for Multi-Messenger Astrophysics.
Tag(s): astronomy & astrophysics • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Astronomy • DIRAC Institute • eScience Institute • Mario Juric
New fossil trove documents recovery of life on Earth after dinosaur-killing asteroid impact
Scientists have discovered an extraordinary collection of fossils that reveal in detail how life recovered after a catastrophic event: the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • dinosaurs • evolution • Gregory Wilson Mantilla • paleontologyOctober 23, 2019
UW is most innovative U.S. public university; No. 5 in the world, according to Reuters
The University of Washington is listed at No. 5 on the Reuters Top 100: The World’s Most Innovative Universities, released Wednesday. Now in its fifth year, the list ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy.
Tag(s): Rankings
ArtsUW Roundup: the Paco de Lucia Project, CabLab, Jenny Odell at Town Hall, and more
This week in the arts, kick-off School of Drama’s new season, view local artist’s work at the Center for Urban Horticulture, learn about Dakota Sioux artist Mary Sully, and more. Reclaiming our Attention in an Age of Distraction November 1, 7:30 pm | Town Hall Seattle UW Communications Leadership Program presents author and artist Jenny Odell…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies • Center for Urban Horticulture • College of Arts & Sciences • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • UW Graduate School • UW Libraries
UW team sending autonomous surfboard to explore Antarctic waters
This week a UW team is releasing a robotic surfboard to explore the surface ocean around Antarctica.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • College of Engineering • College of the Environment • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • James Girton • Jim Thomson • School of OceanographyOctober 22, 2019
UW is No. 10 on global ranking; No. 2 among US public institutions
The University of Washington maintained its No. 10 spot on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings, released this week. The UW is ranked No. 2 among U.S. public institutions.
Tag(s): RankingsOctober 21, 2019
Humpback whale population on the rise after near miss with extinction
A new study finds that the western South Atlantic humpback population has grown to 25,000 whales. Researchers, including co-authors from the University of Washington, believe this new estimate is now close to pre-whaling numbers.
Tag(s): Andre Punt • College of the Environment • School of Aquatic and Fishery SciencesOctober 18, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Music of Today, School of Art faculty lectures, and more
This week in the arts, celebrate flamenco with the Paco de Lucía Project, attend the opening reception for Irreducible Forms, tour the Henry Art Gallery with Ariel Goldberg, and more. Exhibition Opening: Irreducible Forms October 24 – November 9 | Jacob Lawrence Gallery Celebrate work by the second-year Master of Fine Arts students working in and between…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • DXARTS • Henry Art Gallery • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Music
UW Regents approve five-year contract extension for President Ana Mari Cauce
The University of Washington Board of Regents this week approved a five-year contract extension for President Ana Mari Cauce. The agreement was finalized under authority previously delegated to the board chair.
Tag(s): Ana Mari CauceOctober 17, 2019
Old friends and new enemies: How evolutionary history can predict insect invader impacts
A team led by the University of Washington has developed a way to help foresters predict which nonnative insect invasions will be problematic, and help managers decide where to allocate resources to avoid widespread tree death.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • evolution • Patrick Tobin • School of Environmental and Forest SciencesOctober 16, 2019
Video: UW President Ana Mari Cauce delivers annual address to community
UW President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her annual address to the community Oct. 15 at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on the University of Washington campus.
Tag(s): Ana Mari Cauce • Annual President's Address
Soundbites and b-roll: UW Annual President’s Address 2019
UW President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her annual address to the community Oct. 15 at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on the University of Washington campus.
Tag(s): Ana Mari Cauce • Annual President's AddressOctober 15, 2019
New pronoun option coming for students; celebrate International Pronouns Day Oct. 16
On International Pronouns Day (Oct. 16) the University of Washington community is invited to celebrate the ways in which using someone’s pronouns have a positive impact on the community as a whole.
Tag(s): diversity • Helen Garrett • Jen Self • LGBTQ • Q Center
Deaf infants more attuned to parent’s visual cues, study shows
A University of Washington-led study finds that Deaf infants exposed to American Sign Language are especially tuned to a parent’s eye gaze, itself a social connection between parent and child that is linked to early learning.
Tag(s): Andrew Meltzoff • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Psychology • I-LABS • Rechele Brooks
UW’s Ashleigh Theberge receives Packard Fellowship for research on cell communication signals
Ashleigh Theberge, a University of Washington assistant professor of chemistry, has been named a 2019 Packard Fellow for her research on cell signaling. Every year since 1988, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded Packard Fellowships in Science and Engineering to early-career scientists to pursue the types of innovative projects that often fall outside…
Tag(s): Ashleigh Theberge • cell biology • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Chemistry • Department of Urology • School of Medicine
Piranha fish swap old teeth for new simultaneously
With the help of new technologies, a team led by the University of Washington has confirmed that piranhas — and their plant-eating cousins, pacus — lose and regrow all the teeth on one side of their face multiple times throughout their lives. How they do it may help explain why the fish go to such efforts to replace their teeth.
Tag(s): Adam Summers • College of Arts & Sciences • College of the Environment • Department of Biology • Friday Harbor Laboratories
First smart speaker system that uses white noise to monitor infants’ breathing
UW researchers have developed a new smart speaker skill that lets a device use white noise to both soothe sleeping babies and monitor their breathing and movement.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine • Jacob Sunshine • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • School of Medicine • Shyam GollakotaOctober 14, 2019
To reduce gun violence, lift roadblocks to firearm data
While gun violence in America kills more than 35,000 people a year and as calls for policies to stem the crisis grow, University of Washington researchers point out in a new analysis that barriers to data stand in the way of advancing solutions. “Firearm data availability, accessibility and infrastructure need to be substantially improved to…
Tag(s): Ali Rowhani-Rahbar • Department of Epidemiology • Department of Pediatrics • Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program • Frederick Rivara • Morgan A. Bellenger • School of Medicine • School of Public Health
Fishing for the triple bottom line: profit, planet — and people
In a new study, an interdisciplinary group of researchers used Pacific herring in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, as a case study for modeling the implicit tradeoffs within the triple bottom line that result from various fisheries management decisions.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Melissa Poe • Ocean Modeling Forum • Phil Levin • Puget Sound Institute • Tessa Francis • Washington Sea GrantOctober 11, 2019
New UW center receives NIH grant to improve the fight against cancer
Even successful methods for diagnosing, treating and caring for people who are suffering from cancer are not enough without effective, practical tools and guidance for putting those methods into practice. To bridge this gap between cancer interventions and their implementation within communities across the country, the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute is funding…
Tag(s): Bryan Weiner • Cara Lewis • Department of Global Health • Department of Health Services • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center • Laura-Mae Baldwin • Peggy Hannon • School of Medicine • School of Public HealthOctober 10, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Visit the Burke Museum, attend a Sankai Juku performance, and more.
This week in the arts, attend a Washin Kai recital in classical Japanese, listen to the musical musings of Indigo Mist, converse over coffee, and more. Visit the Burke on Indigenous Peoples’ Day October 14, 10 am – 5pm | Burke Museum As part of Opening Weekend, celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the City of…
Tag(s): African Studies Program • ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Comparative History of Ideas Program • Department of Asian Languages & Literature • Department of Comparative Literature • Department of Dance • DXARTS • Jackson School of International Studies • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Drama • School of Music • Simpson Center for the Humanities • UW Libraries
UW names population health building after Swedish physician and ‘very serious possibilist’ Hans Rosling
Hans Rosling is known internationally for his captivating analysis of global health data, for discovering a paralyzing disease in Africa and explaining its socio-economic causes, and for his intense curiosity and life-long passion for educating students, world leaders and the public. Now, Hans Rosling — a Swedish doctor, statistician, author and professor — will be…
Tag(s): Ali Mokdad • Ana Mari Cauce • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Department of Global Health • Hans Rosling Center for Population Health • Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation • Population Health Initiative • School of Medicine • School of Public Health
Personal comments from Hans Rosling’s family about UW’s new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health
The new building on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus that will be home to some of the key departments at the center of the university’s Population Health Initiative was named in honor of Dr. Hans Rosling on Oct. 10, 2019, by the UW Board of Regents. The $230 million building under construction on the…
Tag(s): Hans Rosling Center for Population Health • Population Health InitiativeOctober 8, 2019
New paper explores race, representation in campaign finance
In American politics, the question of “Who donates?” is linked to the crucial question of “Who governs?” Most campaign donations historically have come from white voters. But new UW-led research indicates that if more candidates of color ran for office, donations from individuals of color would likely increase as well.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Political Science • Jake Grumbach
Genes contribute to dog breeds’ iconic traits
A new study by a research team that included the University of Washington offers new evidence to support what scientists have long suspected about dogs: that some dog behaviors that help characterize breeds — a drive to chase, for example, or aggression toward strangers — are associated with distinct genetic differences among them.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Psychology • genomics • Noah Snyder-MacklerOctober 7, 2019
Soundbites & B-roll: Pop-up gallery portrays homelessness with animals
The University of Washington Center for One Health Research will build “pop-up galleries” in public spaces around Seattle in October that will use autobiographical photographs taken by people experiencing homelessness with their companion animals. The photos will be accompanied by quotes from the participants about the challenges and the important bonds they share with their animals.
Tag(s): Center for One Health Research • Gemina Garland-Lewis • Vickie Ramirez
Pop-up galleries and data: Visualizing the lives of homeless people and their animals
Sparked by a grant from the UW Population Health Initiative, the UW’s Center for One Health Research has created a series of pop-up galleries featuring autobiographical photographs made by people experiencing homelessness with their animal companions. The first gallery was Oct. 4 in UW’s Red Square. Other pop-up gallery events are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday,…
Tag(s): Center for One Health Research • Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences • Gemina Garland-Lewis • Population Health Initiative • School of Law • School of Nursing • School of Public Health • School of Social Work • Vickie Ramirez
How bike sharing in Seattle rose from the ashes of Pronto’s failure
University of Washington transportation researchers looked into why the docked bike-share program Pronto failed while dockless bike sharing has been so successful.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Don MacKenzie • Sustainable Transportation LabOctober 4, 2019
Health disparities, strong social support among state’s LGBTQ community
A report released Oct. 4, the Washington State Equity and Diversity Project, is the first study of its kind to examine the health of LGBTQ people of all ages throughout the state.
Tag(s): Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen • School of Social Work
New metasurface design can control optical fields in three dimensions
A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. As they report in a paper published Oct. 4 in the journal Science Advances, their designed optical element focuses light to discrete points in a 3D helical pattern.
Tag(s): Arka Majumdar • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Department of Physics • Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems • Molecular Engineering & Sciences InstituteOctober 2, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: New Burke Opening, Marianne Stecher lectures for Scandinavian 30, Composite Gestures closing soon, and more
This week in the arts, attend a Chamber Dance Company concert, view photographs from the Henry’s collections, reflect on the race of contemporary ballet, and more. Katja Petrowskaja: A Family Story Between Memory and Forgetting October 7, 6 – 8 pm | Communications Building In conversation with Assistant Professor Sasha Senderovich (Slavic, Jewish Studies), Katja Petrowskaja will discuss her 2013…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Chamber Dance Company • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Dance • Department of Scandinavian Studies • Department of Slavic Languages and Literature • 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 • Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
UW statement on investigation into the conduct of professor John Sahr
University of Washington statement on the investigation into the conduct of professor John Sahr.
Abigail Swann on Science News’ list of 10 young scientists to watch
The University of Washington’s Abigail Swann is honored by Science News on its list of 10 promising early- and mid-career scientists.
Tag(s): Abigail Swann • College of Arts & Sciences • College of the Environment • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Department of Biology
Inspired by Northern clingfish, researchers make a better suction cup
A University of Washington team inspired by the clingfish’s suction power set out to develop an artificial suction cup that borrows from nature’s design. Their prototype actually performed better than the clingfish.
Tag(s): Adam Summers • College of Arts & Sciences • College of the Environment • Department of Biology • Friday Harbor Laboratories • Petra Ditsche • School of Aquatic and Fishery SciencesOctober 1, 2019
Engineering lecture series focuses on future of food
This fall the University of Washington’s annual engineering lecture series will feature three UW engineers and scientists who are working across disciplines to manage the quality and quantity of the food we eat and grow.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • College of the Environment • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Faisal Hossain • Gordon Holtgrieve • Rebecca Neumann • School of Aquatic and Fishery SciencesSeptember 27, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Lecture with Art History professors, dance performance, South Asian film symposium, and more
Start Fall Quarter artfully by attending a welcome back dance party, purchasing your tickets for Burke Opening Weekend, attending a concert, and more. Concert: Garrick Ohlsson October 1, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall – Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater Seattle favorite Garrick Ohlsson returns to Meany Center with a program of Brahms and Chopin. Regarded as a…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Asian Languages & Literature • Department of Dance • Department of Slavic Languages and Literature • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • Meany Hall for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • Stroum Center for Jewish StudiesSeptember 26, 2019
Pay, flexibility, advancement: They all matter for workers’ health and safety, study shows
The terms and conditions of your employment — including your pay, hours, schedule flexibility and job security — influence your overall health as well as your risk of being injured on the job, according to new research from the University of Washington. The analysis takes a comprehensive approach to show that the overall pattern of…
Tag(s): Anjum Hajat • Brian P. Flaherty • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences • Department of Psychology • Noah Seixas • School of Public Health • Trevor Peckham
Income gains for many, but no change in poverty rates for Seattle and King County
The share of Washingtonians living below the federal poverty threshold declined from 11.0 to 10.3 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to new Census data released Thursday.
Tag(s): Jennifer Romich • School of Social Work • West Coast Poverty Center
Galaxy found to float in a tranquil sea of halo gas
An international team of astronomers has analyzed the signal from a fast radio burst — an enigmatic blast of cosmic radio waves lasting less than a millisecond — to characterize the diffuse gas in the halo of a massive galaxy.
Tag(s): astronomy & astrophysics • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Astronomy • Matthew McQuinnSeptember 25, 2019
Fish micronutrients ‘slipping through the hands’ of malnourished people
Millions of people are suffering from malnutrition despite some of the most nutritious fish species in the world being caught near their homes, according to new research published Sept. 25 in Nature.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Edward Allison • School of Marine and Environmental Affairs« Previous Page Next Page »
