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June 17, 2015
UW workshop aims to marry NASA data with Earthly needs
Satellites orbiting our planet gather vast amounts of data that have the potential to be used for the greater good — to give residents in flood-prone areas early warning, predict where mosquito-borne disease outbreaks are likely or monitor soil to grow healthier crops. But unlocking that potential requires packaging NASA observations in a way that…
June 16, 2015
Study reveals surprising truths about caregivers
Caregiving is a part of daily life for millions of Americans, particularly the so-called sandwich generation balancing the needs of aging parents with looking after their own children. A new study looks at just who is doing that caregiving, and who they’re caring for — and some of the findings are surprising.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Sociology • Emilio ZagheniJune 15, 2015
UW notified of Office for Civil Rights inquiry
The University of Washington has received notice from the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that a complaint has been filed by a student alleging discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for failing to provide the student with a prompt and equitable grievance process after the student…
New magazine highlights Northwest climate research
Researchers at the UW and many federal, state, municipal and Tribal agencies are looking at what climate change may bring for our region. A new magazine brings together some of these stories, including many featuring UW climate scientists. The inaugural edition of the annual Northwest Climate Magazine was published in May by three regional federal…
Genetic switch lets marine diatoms do less work at higher CO2
Oceanographers found the genetic ‘needles in a haystack’ to gain the first hints at how diatoms — tiny drifting algae that carry out a large part of Earth’s photosynthesis — detect and respond to increasing carbon dioxide from burning of fossil fuels.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Ginger Armbrust • marine microbiology • School of OceanographyJune 12, 2015
UW LEADs nation in female engineering faculty
The University of Washington has the nation’s highest percentage of women in tenure-track engineering faculty positions. An online toolkit based on UW’s leadership workshops for department chairs could help replicate that success at other institutions.
Tag(s): ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change • College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Eve Riskin • Joyce Yen
Microsoft dedicates $10M gift to new UW Computer Science & Engineering building
Microsoft Corp. is awarding a $10 million gift to kick-start a campaign to build a second Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) building on the University of Washington campus as an “investment in students who will become the innovators and creators of tomorrow,”
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Ed Lazowska • Hank Levy • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringJune 11, 2015
2015 Awards of Excellence recognize campus, community contributions
The University of Washington recognized and honored faculty, staff, students and distinguished alumni for the amazing work they do for the UW, for our local communities, for the citizens of Washington, and for our world. The Awards of Excellence were presented at Meany Hall on June 11, 2015. The following is based on remarks made…
140th commencement for UW’s Seattle campus at Husky Stadium June 13
A record 5,600-plus graduates, along with more than 40,000 family members, friends, faculty and other observers, are expected to attend the 140th University of Washington commencement ceremonies June 13 at Husky Stadium.
Conference next week will discuss future of Arctic, sub-Arctic seas
While the Shell drilling platform sits in a Seattle port and its future is hotly debated, a conference on changing Northern waters – including the Chukchi Sea where the oil company plans to use the rig to search for oil – will be held June 15-17 on the UW campus. The symposium is the 10th…
Nearly half of African-American women know someone in prison
African-American adults — particularly women — are much more likely to know or be related to someone behind bars than whites, according to the first national estimates of Americans’ ties to prisoners.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Sociology • Hedwig Lee • Tyler McCormick
How the hawkmoth sees, hovers and tracks flowers in the dark
What researchers have discovered about the hummingbird-sized hawkmoth could help the next generation of small flying robots operate efficiently under a broad range of lighting conditions. The research is published in the June 12 edition of Science.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • Tom Daniel
Greater suicide prevention efforts coming to rural Washington state
Washington state’s rural communities with the highest suicide rates soon will get more resources to help with prevention training and support. Washington Women’s Foundation is giving Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention $100,000 for suicide prevention in six underserved rural communities.
Tag(s): Edwina S. Uehara • Jennifer Stuber • School of Social WorkJune 10, 2015
Arts Roundup: Art breaks, ArtVentures – and 80 days of summer
School may be out for summer, but the arts on campus are heating up. Art Breaks and ArtVentures abound at the Henry Art Gallery, and the Jacob Lawrence Gallery is buzzing with the work of recent grads. Kids and kids at heart will want to check out the daily activities offered at the Burke Museum…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Henry Art Gallery • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Music
Prolific and profound: UW professor named U.S. Poet Laureate
Juan Felipe Herrera, visiting professor of ethnic studies at the University of Washington, was named the 21st United States Poet Laureate on Wednesday. Herrera, who for the past two years has been the California Poet Laureate, is the first Latino honored since the U.S. Consultant in Poetry program began in 1937 (the title changed to…
June 9, 2015
Early intervention improves long-term outcomes for children with autism
Early intervention for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder helps improve their intellectual ability and reduces autism symptoms years after originally getting treatment, a new study shows.
Tag(s): Annette Estes • UW Autism CenterJune 8, 2015
David Shields and UW alum publish new collaborative memoir
The prolific David Shields, New York Times best-selling author and University of Washington professor of English, has a new book out, titled “That Thing You Do With Your Mouth: The Sexual Autobiography of Samantha Matthews as Told to David Shields.” The book is an extended monologue by Matthews — who is Shields’ cousin once removed…
Atmospheric signs of volcanic activity could aid search for life
Planets with volcanic activity are considered better candidates for life than worlds without such heated internal goings-on.
Now, graduate students at the UW have found a way to detect volcanic activity in the atmospheres of faraway planets when they transit, or pass in front of their host stars.
June 5, 2015
Finding his voice: UW aphasia expert’s work with country musician Billy Mize featured in film
Country musician Billy Mize worked with great people in his long career — Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Buck Owens, Glen Campbell and many more. He also worked in a different way with Diane Kendall, now a University of Washington professor of speech and hearing sciences and director of the UW’s Aphasia Research Laboratory. Aphasia is…
June 4, 2015
Warmer, lower-oxygen oceans will shift marine habitats
Warming temperatures and decreasing levels of dissolved oxygen will act together to create metabolic stress for marine animals. Habitats will shift to places in the ocean where the oxygen supply can meet the animals’ increasing future needs.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • College of the Environment • Curtis Deutsch • Department of Biology • oceanography • Raymond Huey • School of OceanographyJune 3, 2015
‘Stable beams’ achieved: Large Hadron Collider at CERN research facility begins recording data
The Large Hadron Collider has started recording data from the highest-energy particle collisions ever achieved on Earth. This new data, the first recorded since 2012, will enable an international collaboration of researchers — including many from the UW — to study the Higgs boson, search for dark matter and develop a more complete understanding of the laws of nature.
Tag(s): Anna Goussioiu • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Physics • Gordon Watts • Henry Lubatti • Joe Rothberg • Large Hadron Collider • Shih-Chieh Hsu
Arts Roundup: Drama, design – and meditation
Don’t stress about upcoming finals this week. Instead, calm the mind and spirit at a Mindfulness Meditation class at Henry Art Gallery. Afterwards, browse the Willem De Rooij exhibit “Bouqet XI,” featuring beautiful floral sculptures that are a playful nod to Holland’s role as a major hub in the international flower trade; and stop by…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • Undergraduate Theater Society
Ocean Modeling Forum to bring human element to herring fishery, others
The Ocean Modeling Forum is trying something very rare — bringing together multiple science models and people who care about a particular ocean resource or fishery to decide what’s most important for its vitality and the communities it serves.
Tag(s): Andre Punt • College of the Environment • Puget Sound Institute • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences • Tessa FrancisJune 2, 2015
UW psychology professor Yuichi Shoda honored for famous long-term study on delayed gratification
University of Washington psychology professor Yuichi Shoda has been honored for his ongoing participation in a well-known — and perhaps slightly misunderstood — long-term study about delayed gratification.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Psychology • Yuichi Shoda
Public policy, business graduate student named next UW student regent
Gov. Jay Inslee has named Vanessa Kritzer, a graduate student at the University of Washington, as the next student member of the UW Board of Regents. The year-long appointment is effective July 1.
Tag(s): UW Board of Regents
UW researchers scaling up fusion hopes with DOE grant
UW researchers are scaling up a novel plasma confinement device with a DOE grant, in hopes of producing a self-sustaining reaction to create fusion energy.
Tag(s): Brian Nelson • clean or renewable energy • College of Engineering • Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics • Uri ShumlakJune 1, 2015
Drumheller Fountain reopens a week early
Drumheller Fountain, one of the University of Washington’s campus icons, reopened Monday, one week ahead of schedule after having been closed by Facilities Services crews April 27 for its biannual cleaning and maintenance. “Drumheller Fountain is the centerpiece of our campus,” maintenance supervisor Dale Baxmann said. “We need to be good stewards of our campus landmarks; responsible…
UW students use open source mapping to aid relief efforts in Nepal
University of Washington civil and environmental engineering students have joined a 4,000-volunteer crowdsourcing effort to turn satellite imagery of Nepal into maps that aid earthquake relief efforts.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Jessica KaminskyMay 29, 2015
History professor Elena Campbell publishes book on Russia and the ‘Muslim question’
Elena I. Campbell, a University of Washington associate professor of history, has published her first book, which studies Russia’s policies toward Muslims in the 19th and 20th centuries and the impact of the “Muslim Question” on the modernizing path the country would follow. “The Muslim Question and Russian Imperial Governance” was published early this spring…
May 28, 2015
How do preschoolers start learning science?
One of the best ways children learn is by copying what they see others do. Now new research shows that this learning strategy can be used even with things that cannot be seen, including invisible scientific concepts. Weight, for example, is a concept that cannot be seen directly, and it puzzles most preschool-aged children. While…
Physicists conduct most precise measurement yet of interaction between atoms and carbon surfaces
UW physicists have conducted the most precise and controlled measurements yet of the interaction between the atoms and molecules that comprise air and the type of carbon surface used in battery electrodes and air filters — key information for improving those technologies.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • David Cobden • Department of Physics • Oscar E. VilchesMay 27, 2015
Arts Roundup: Music, exhibits – and ‘Boy’s Life’
This week, head to the theater to enjoy the School of Drama’s production of the bitingly funny “Boy’s Life” or the Undergraduate Theater Society’s adventurous production of “On the Verge.” Also this week, the School of Music presents the UW Gospel Choir, UW Symphony, and more. 3D4M BFA Show May 27 – June 6 | Jacob…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • exhibits & exhibitions • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Hall for the Performing Arts • Penthouse Theater • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music
Invisible helpers of the sea: Marine bacteria boost growth of tiny ocean algae
Using seawater collected in Seattle, Whidbey Island and other sites, UW oceanographers show that just as with plants on land, a common species of ocean diatom grows faster in the presence of helpful bacteria.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Ginger Armbrust • marine microbiology • oceanography • School of Oceanography
In ‘Unending Hunger,’ poverty knows no borders
As a graduate student and food justice activist in Santa Barbara, California, Megan Carney became aware that many migrant women in the area struggled to feed their families. Her recently published book “The Unending Hunger: Tracing Women and Food Insecurity Across Borders,” examines the personal and political aspects of hunger and tells the stories of…
May 26, 2015
UW EcoCAR 3 team to compete on home turf
Sylvie Troxel didn’t own a driver’s license when she joined the University of Washington’s EcoCAR team as a freshman four years ago. A lifelong bus rider, she knew virtually nothing about cars. She had never manufactured anything before she started working in the UW machine shop where students fabricate the components to turn an iconic…
Seattle sushi chef to speak May 29 on converting to all sustainable fish
How can a sushi bar eliminate some of its most popular fish from the menu and still be profitable? One local establishment accomplished this, claiming that sustainable seafood is more important than profits in the long term. Hajime Sato, owner of Mashiko Japanese restaurant in West Seattle, will speak about his experience converting his sushi…
New Center for Communication, Difference and Equity opens
The University of Washington communication department will open its new Center for Communication, Difference and Equity with public events May 27 to 29, on campus and off. “The CCDE is a space — a physical space, intellectual space and community space — where we as a department and as a university are going to be…
May 22, 2015
Beach scene, text game, draping still life — and pie — in graduate student art show
A look at the annual exhibit for students graduating with master’s degrees in art and design, at the Henry Art Gallery.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Henry Art Gallery • Jes Gettler • School of Art + Art History + DesignMay 21, 2015
UW wins national award for promoting women’s participation in undergraduate computing
The National Center for Women & Information Technology awarded its inaugural grand prize for excellence in recruiting, engaging and supporting women undergraduates in computer science to the University of Washington’s Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). The national nonprofit that works to increase women’s participation in computing and technology selected UW CSE as the…
Arts Roundup: Jazz, yoga – and Cloud Chamber Bowls
The School of Music offers a variety of events this week, highlighting jazz modern, percussion, and the music and instruments of 20th century composer Harry Partch. ArtsUW presents its final Arts Dawgs reception of the year, co-hosted by the School of Art + Art History + Design at the Henry Art Gallery, celebrating the opening of…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • exhibits & exhibitions • Henry Art Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music« Previous Page Next Page »
