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May 7, 2018
Author Charles Johnson — with new story collection ‘Night Hawks’ out — discusses the anatomy of a short story
Charles Johnson, UW professor emeritus of English, has released his fourth book of short stories, “Night Hawks.” He discusses his creative process for short story-writing.
Tag(s): books • Charles Johnson • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of EnglishMay 3, 2018
UW welcomes Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary
Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary is scheduled to visit the University of Washington on Friday morning.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Scandinavian Studies • Jackson School of International Studies • University of Washington
Atomically thin magnetic device could lead to new memory technologies
In a study published online May 3 in the journal Science, a University of Washington-led team announced that it has discovered a method to encode information using magnets that are just a few layers of atoms in thickness. This breakthrough may revolutionize both cloud computing technologies and consumer electronics by enabling data storage at a greater density and improved energy efficiency.
Tag(s): Clean Energy Institute • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • Department of Materials Science & Engineering • Department of Physics • Xiaodong XuMay 2, 2018
Hilary Godwin named dean of the School of Public Health
Hilary Godwin has been named the next dean of the University of Washington’s School of Public Health, President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Jerry Baldasty announced today. Her appointment, set to begin July 15, 2018, is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
Tag(s): Hilary Godwin • School of Public Health • University of Washington
UW, plaintiffs reach agreement on ADA lawsuit regarding parking facilities on campus
The University of Washington announced today it has reached agreement with a group of three plaintiffs in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuit alleging violations in the University’s parking facilities on the Seattle campus.
Tag(s): University of Washington
Researchers develop an app for crowdsourced exercise plans, which rival personal trainers in effectiveness
Researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle University have created CrowdFit, a platform for exercise planning that relies on crowdsourcing from nonexperts to create workout regimens guided by national exercise recommendations and tailored around user schedules and interests.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering • Gary Hsieh • Sean Munson
Center for Communication, Difference and Equity to explore issues of race and media in conference May 10-12
Issues of race and racism permeate American culture and media more than ever. The UW’s Center for Communication, Difference and Equity will hold a three-day conference May 10-12 to explore these issues and foster engagement and support among academics.
Tag(s): Center for Communication Difference and Equity • Department of Communication • Negin Dahya • Ralina Joseph • Sareeta Amrute • Sonnet RetmanMay 1, 2018
UW statement regarding ongoing negotiations with academic student employees
The UW has proposed a three-year contract which includes annual wage increases over the next three years, a continuation of high-quality health insurance fully paid by the university and the continuation of waivers on many student-approved fees. The UW has also agreed to pay for two 50 percent ASE employees to partner with SafeCampus to develop and conduct a sexual harassment and prevention training program to address ASE-specific issues.
Arts Roundup: Artist Talk with Sharon Lockhart, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, MFA Dance Concert, and more
This week in the arts, experience a rock-opera-style ballet that pays homage to David Bowie’s iconic and chameleonic spirit, attend a lecture with American artist Sharon Lockhart, see the premiere of six conceptually diverse dance pieces, and more. Harry Partch Festival 7:30 p.m., May 11 – 13 | Meany Theater Twentieth century American composer Harry…
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Dance • Harry Partch • Henry Art Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • MFA Dance Concert • School of Music
UW astrobiologist Victoria Meadows receives SETI Institute’s Frank Drake Award
Victoria Meadows, University of Washington astrobiologist, professor of astronomy and leader of NASA’s UW-based Virtual Planetary Laboratory, has been named recipient of the 2018 Frank Drake Award from the SETI Institute. She is the first woman to receive the award.
Tag(s): astrobiology • awards • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Astronomy • NASA Astrobiology Institute • Victoria Meadows • Virtual Planetary Laboratory
Apps for children should emphasize parent and child choice, researchers say
Parents don’t need to fear their children playing with iPads and other devices, researchers say. Mindful play with an adult, combined with thoughtful design features, can prove beneficial to young developing minds. New research shows that thoughtfully designed content that intentionally supports parent-child interactions facilitated the same kind of play and development as analog toys.
Tag(s): Alexis Hiniker • College of Engineering • Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering • Information School • Julie Kientz • Microsoft • University of WashingtonApril 30, 2018
Q&A: Washington Sea Grant’s Penny Dalton a leader, mentor in ocean policy field
A Q&A with retiring Washington Sea Grant director Penny Dalton on her drive to serve the public, and the ways in which she has helped young marine policy experts get started in the field.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Penny Dalton • Q&A • Washington Sea GrantApril 27, 2018
UW researcher, Fulbright Scholar, spent winter above the Arctic Circle
Oceanographer Cecilia Peralta Ferriz is spending the academic year in Tromsø, Norway, to collaborate with colleagues who study flow out of the Arctic Ocean.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • polar science • School of Oceanography
UW ranks No. 5 on Forbes’ Best Value Colleges 2018
The University of Washington this week ranked No. 5 on the Forbes list of Best Value Colleges 2018. The UW rose from 23rd place in the 2016 ranking.
Tag(s): University of WashingtonApril 26, 2018
Community efforts to prevent teen problems have lasting benefits
Want to prevent kids from using drugs and make it stick into young adulthood? Get the community involved and intervene before they’re teens, say researchers from the University of Washington. A new, longitudinal study from the UW Social Development Research Group shows that young adults who grew up in communities that used a coordinated,…
Tag(s): David Hawkins • Richard Catalano • Sabrina Oesterle • School of Social Work • Social Development Research GroupApril 25, 2018
Arts Roundup: Stroum Lectures with Gary Shteyngart, Harry Partch Festival, and more
This week in the arts, visit a graduation exhibit featuring the works of Interdisciplinary Visual Arts students, see Tony Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS in the 1980s, attend a lecture by award-winning author and frequent New Yorker contributor Gary Shteyngart, learn about themes related to Seattle Art Museum’s exhibition ‘Figuring History’ with Catharina Manchanda, and…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • Jackson School of International Studies • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
UW breaks ground on new Population Health building
A crowd of dignitaries gathered Wednesday for the official groundbreaking of the university’s new 290,000-square-foot Population Health Building, a facility that will house the Population Health Initiative launched by the UW in 2016.
Tag(s): Department of Global Health • Gates Foundation • Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation • Population Health Initiative • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • University of Washington
UW faculty selected as authors, editors of international report on climate change
About twice each decade, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, looks at what is known about the science of climate change, the extent to which human activities are changing the Earth’s climate, and what risks these changes pose to human and natural systems. Organized into three working groups, each assessment is…
Tag(s): climate change • College of the Environment • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Department of Global Health • Jeremy Hess • Kristie Ebi • Kyle Armour • School of Medicine • School of Public Health
Breaking bottlenecks to the electronic-photonic information technology revolution
Researchers at the University of Washington, working with researchers from the ETH-Zurich, Purdue University and Virginia Commonwealth University, have achieved an optical communications breakthrough that could revolutionize information technology. They created a tiny device, smaller than a human hair, that translates electrical bits (0s and 1s of the digital language) into light, or photonic bits, at speeds 10s of times faster than current technologies.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Chemistry • Larry Dalton
World’s deepest fish named to 10 ‘remarkable new species’ list for 2017
The World Register of Marine Species has named the Mariana snailfish one of its 10 “remarkable new species” discovered in 2017. The team that discovered and named the small fish includes Mackenzie Gerringer, a postdoctoral researcher at the UW’s Friday Harbor Laboratories.
Tag(s): Friday Harbor LaboratoriesApril 24, 2018
Washington Research Foundation awards fellowships to UW researchers
Seven University of Washington researchers have been selected as Washington Research Foundation fellows. This fellowship funds 10 researchers who work in STEM fields to perform mentored research projects over the next three years.
Tag(s): Washington Research FoundationApril 19, 2018
Vikram Prakash’s ‘ArchitectureTalk’ podcast explores topics ‘at the edge of the known’
Vikram Prakash says his weekly “ArchitectureTalk” podcast got its start, as many things do, from a student’s idea.
Tag(s): College of Built Environments • Department of Architecture • podcasts • Vikram Prakash
Researchers achieve HD video streaming at 10,000 times lower power
Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a new HD video streaming method that doesn’t need to be plugged in. Their prototype skips the power-hungry components and has something else, like a smartphone, process the video instead.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Joshua Smith • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Shyam GollakotaApril 18, 2018
Arts Roundup: Barry Liberman and Friends Master Class, Scholarship Chamber Group: Discovery Trio, Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist: Spanish Flamenco Artist Ricardo Garcia, and more
This week in the arts, attend a master class taught by Seattle Symphony artist, see Tony Kushner’s epic tale of AIDS in the 1980s, explore music throughout the past four centuries, hear 13-year-old violinist perform in UW Keyboard Program’s quarterly series, and listen to a special blend of Flamenco music with a guest artist.
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Henry Art Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music
Screen reader plus keyboard helps blind, low-vision users browse modern webpages
By using a keyboard to provide tactile feedback along with with a screen reader, blind and low-vision users were three times more successful at navigating complex modern webpages, similar to a typical Airbnb booking site.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Jennifer Mankoff • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringApril 17, 2018
Daniel Bessner’s ‘Democracy in Exile’ explores brain drain from Germany in 1930s, effect on U.S. foreign policy
Daniel Bessner, assistant professor in the Jackson School, has a new book from Cornell University Press: “Democracy in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual.”
Tag(s): books • College of Arts & Sciences • Daniel Bessner • Jackson School of International StudiesApril 16, 2018
Statement on UW School of Dentistry financial deficit
A statement from Victor Balta, UW spokesperson, on the financial deficit in the University of Washington School of Dentistry.
UW Jackson School researcher: Alternative energy is key to long-term health
Halting the spread of disease involves a combination of health care and societal practices — from access to doctors and vaccines to clean water and adequate resources. Many of those solutions rely on electricity and transport fuels, whether for refrigeration, diagnosis and treatment, or distribution. But with two of the major energy sources the…
Tag(s): clean or renewable energy • College of Arts & Sciences • Jackson School of International Studies • Scott L. MontgomeryApril 12, 2018
Peptide-based biogenic dental product may cure cavities
Researchers at the University of Washington have designed a convenient and natural product that uses proteins to rebuild tooth enamel and treat dental cavities.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Chemical Engineering • Department of Materials Science & Engineering • Department of Oral Health Sciences • School of Dentistry
UW’s Kristina Olson wins NSF Waterman Award for studies of ‘how children see themselves and the world’
The National Science Foundation today named Kristina Olson, University of Washington associate professor of psychology, winner of this year’s Alan T. Waterman Award. The Waterman Award is the U.S. government’s highest honor for an early career scientist or engineer, recognizing an outstanding scientist under the age of 40 or within 10 years of receiving…
Tag(s): Cheryl Kaiser • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Psychology • Kristina Olson
Circumbinary castaways: Short-period binary systems can eject orbiting worlds
Planets orbiting “short-period” binary stars, or stars locked in close orbital embrace, can be ejected off into space as a consequence of their host stars’ evolution, according to new research from the University of Washington.
Tag(s): astronomy & astrophysics • College of Arts & Sciences • David Fleming • Department of Astronomy • Rodrigo Luger • Rory Barnes • Tom Quinn • Virtual Planetary LaboratoryApril 10, 2018
UW’s Samuel Wasser receives prestigious Albert Schweitzer Medal
A University of Washington professor has been awarded the prestigious Albert Schweitzer Medal for his work for developing noninvasive tools for monitoring human impacts on wildlife. Samuel K. Wasser was honored in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening. The award was presented by Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell.
Tag(s): Center for Environmental Forensic Science • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • Samuel WasserApril 9, 2018
After 30 years of R&D, breakthrough announced in dark matter detection technology, definitive search to begin for axion particles
This week, the Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) announced that it has achieved the necessary sensitivity to “hear” the telltale signs of dark matter axions. This technological breakthrough is the result of more than 30 years of research and development, with the latest piece of the puzzle coming in the form of a quantum-enabled device that allows ADMX to listen for axions more closely than any experiment ever built.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Physics • Gray Rybka • Leslie RosenbergApril 6, 2018
University of Washington professor recognized by Guggenheim Foundation
A University of Washington professor is among the 173 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada recognized this year by the Guggenheim Foundation. Christian Lee Novetzke, associate director, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and director, Center for Global Studies, was among the winners chosen from more than 3,000 applicants.
Tag(s): awards • Christian Novetzke • College of Arts & Sciences • Jackson School of International StudiesApril 4, 2018
Arts Roundup: Angels in America Part II, The Brink: Demian DinéYazhi’, Kollar American Art Lecture, Calidore String Quartet, and more
In the arts, see the School of Drama’s Mainstage performance of Angels in America, “a story about locating hope in the midst of chaos,” attend a guest artist recital titled “Colors and Characters,” hear School of Music faculty perform in Ballard, see the Henry’s new exhibition that explores the entangled relationships between the land, Native cultures, and colonial, capitalist economic and political systems, and celebrate art at the Henry’s annual gala and dance party!
Tag(s): Henry Art Gallery • School of Drama • School of Music
‘Differences can be a part of their skills’: Pilot program at UW offers on-the-job training for young adults with autism
A national program to boost the employment prospects of young adults with autism is piloting its approach at the UW this year. At 10 locations on campus over the course of the year, interns with the program have built databases, organized libraries and maintained facilities.
Tag(s): David Rahbee • Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences • Gary Stobbe • Jill Locke • Julianne Siebens • UW Adult Autism Clinic
UW’s newest icon — a carillon of bells atop Kane Hall — to be dedicated Thursday
A new carillon — the only such instrument in Western Washington — will ring in full concert at the University of Washington for the first time Thursday.
Tag(s): University of WashingtonApril 3, 2018
Bowhead whales, the ‘jazz musicians’ of the Arctic, sing many different songs
Bowhead whales are constantly changing their tune, unlike the only other whale species that sings, the humpback.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • biology • College of the Environment • Kate Stafford • oceanography • polar science • School of Oceanography
New arboretum trail daylights creek, gives greater access to wetlands
A new trail that winds through Washington Park Arboretum is bringing to focus plants previously hidden and a stream that used to be underground in pipes and culverts. The UW together with Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Arboretum Foundation on Sunday, April 8 will celebrate the trail opening with festivities along the path.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Fred Hoyt • Ray Larson • School of Environmental and Forest Sciences • UW Botanic Gardens
Four UW students honored by Goldwater Foundation
Three University of Washington undergraduates are among 211 students nationwide named as 2018 Goldwater Scholars. One UW student received honorable mention.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering« Previous Page Next Page »
