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August 26, 2014
Russian children’s books explored in new Special Collections exhibit
Sandra Kroupa had to learn a lot about Russian children’s literature in a hurry to curate the exhibit now on display in UW Libraries Special Collections. But it wasn’t meant to be that way. Kroupa is the longtime book arts and rare book curator for UW Libraries. The exhibit is “From the Lowly Lubok to…
Tag(s): Sandra Kroupa • UW Libraries
Health Digest: Ebola outbreak, HIV persistence, kids’ sleep routines
UW Health Sciences News Digest: Ebola outbreak, HIV persistence, back-to-school sleep routines
Tag(s): circadian rhythms • health care and mental health • HIV and AIDS • infectious disease
Scientists craft a semiconductor junction only three atoms thick
Scientists have developed what they believe is the thinnest-possible semiconductor, a new class of nanoscale materials made in sheets only three atoms thick.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • David Cobden • Department of Materials Science & Engineering • Department of Physics • Xiaodong XuAugust 25, 2014
Learning by watching, toddlers show intuitive understanding of probability
UW researchers have found that children as young as 2 intuitively use math concepts to help make sense of their world.
UW climbs to No. 7 in national ranking
The Washington Monthly magazine has listed UW seventh in the nation in its 2014 national university rankings.
August 21, 2014
Busy midsummer week for UW undergraduate researchers
The popular Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session allows UW students — and some just arriving — to show off their research.
Tag(s): undergraduate research • Undergraduate Research Program • UW summer programs
Cause of global warming hiatus found deep in the Atlantic Ocean
Observations show that the heat absent from the Earth’s surface is plunging deep in the north and south Atlantic Ocean, and is part of a slow, naturally recurring cycle.
Tag(s): climate change • College of Arts & Sciences • College of the Environment • Department of Applied Mathematics • Department of Atmospheric Sciences • Ka-Kit Tung
Washington housing market improves in second quarter of 2014
Washington state’s housing market rebounded from its first quarter performance, as the annual rate of existing home sales rose 6.4 percent in the second quarter of 2014.
Tag(s): Alon Bassok • economics • home sales • Runstad Department of Real Estate • Stephen O'ConnorAugust 20, 2014
Notice of possible rule making: Preproposal statement of inquiry
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 478-120 WAC, Student Conduct Code for the University of Washington.
UW project becomes a focal point in hunt for dark matter
The UW has one of three experiments aimed at detecting elusive dark matter in the universe that have gotten a big financial boost.
August 19, 2014
Shyam Gollakota named one of world’s top innovators under 35
Shyam Gollakota, a University of Washington assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has been named one of this year’s “Innovators Under 35” by global media company MIT Technology Review.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Shyam GollakotaAugust 18, 2014
University of Washington No. 15 in the world
The University of Washington moved up one position to No. 15 on the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities, conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which was released Friday. The UW ranked 13th among U.S. universities and fourth among public institutions worldwide. The ranking considers several indicators…
StopInfo for OneBusAway app makes buses more usable for blind riders
A UW study found that StopInfo, a new hub for bus stop information in the OneBusAway app, is helpful for blind riders and can promote spontaneous and unfamiliar travel. A UW research team launched the program recently in collaboration with King County Metro.
Tag(s): Alan Borning • apps • College of Engineering • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringAugust 16, 2014
Virginity pledges for men can lead to sexual confusion — even after the wedding day
Young men receiving support after they pledge to abstain from sex until marriage, can find themselves without advisors and help once they do marry.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of SociologyAugust 15, 2014
Research from 1960s shakes up understanding of West Coast earthquakes
A new study used seabed samples collected by UW graduate students in the late 1960s to question current interpretations of earthquake frequency along the West Coast.
Tag(s): Brian Atwater • College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • earthquakes & seismology • Paul Johnson • School of OceanographyAugust 14, 2014
Stardust sample analysis finds likely interstellar dust
The Stardust mission, the brainchild of a UW astronomer, enlisted help from thousands of citizen scientists to find likely evidence of interstellar dust.
Tag(s): astronomy & astrophysics • Department of Astronomy • Don Brownlee
Seymour Rabinovitch leaves a long UW legacy in chemistry
Seymour Rabinovitch, 95, a professor emeritus who spent four decades in the UW Chemistry Department, died Aug. 2.
August 13, 2014
Snow has thinned on Arctic sea ice
Historic observations and NASA airborne data provide a decades-long record showing that the snowpack on Arctic sea ice is thinning.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • climate change • College of the Environment • Ignatius Rigor • Melinda Webster • polar science • School of Oceanography • sea iceAugust 8, 2014
David Briggs remembrance Aug. 17 at UW
David Briggs, professor emeritus of environmental and forest sciences, will be remembered Sunday, Aug. 17 at the University of Washington Club.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Ancient shellfish remains rewrite 10,000-year history of El Niño cycles
Piles of ancient shells provide the first reliable long-term record for the powerful driver of year-to-year climate changes. Results show that the El Niños 10,000 years ago were as strong and frequent as they are today.
Tag(s): climate change • College of the Environment • Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies • Julian Sachs • School of OceanographyAugust 7, 2014
Ocean’s most oxygen-deprived zones to shrink under climate change
Predictions that the lowest-oxygen environments in the ocean will get worse may not come to pass. UW research shows climate change, by weakening the trade winds, will shrink these extremely low-oxygen waters.
Tag(s): climate change • College of the Environment • Curtis Deutsch • oceanography • School of Oceanography
Rebuilding part of the Large Hadron Collider – with Legos
UW students used Legos to build a replica of the Atlas detector, part of the Large Hadron Collider that made physics history. (With video)
August 6, 2014
Penguins at risk world over, scientists urge new strategies
Scientists writing in the current issue of Conservation Biology call for marine protected areas and partially protected areas to help penguins cope.
Tag(s): Center for Ecosystem Sentinels • College of Arts & Sciences • Dee Boersma • Department of BiologyAugust 5, 2014
Funding approval a big step forward for Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
With a key funding approval, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, an international astronomy project of which the University of Washington is a founding member, is taking a major step toward becoming a reality.
Tag(s): Andrew Connolly • Department of Astronomy • Large Synoptic Survey Telescope • Zeljko IvezicAugust 4, 2014
No-power Wi-Fi connectivity could fuel Internet of Things reality
University of Washington engineers have designed a new communication system that uses radio frequency signals as a power source and reuses existing Wi-Fi infrastructure to provide Internet connectivity to battery-free devices.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Joshua Smith • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Shyam GollakotaAugust 1, 2014
Determination of non-significance — UW Police Department Facility
University of Washington — Determination of non-significance (DNS) Project Name: UW Police Department Facility Description of Proposal: Construction of a proposed three-story (two above-grade levels plus a basement), approximately 29,241-gross square foot building. The building would provide space for approximately 93 staff members and would include offices, a dispatch/communications center, records storage, identification lab, evidence…
A unique lab class: UW students explore nation’s largest dam removal
A spring research apprenticeship course had nine undergraduates living at Friday Harbor Labs and studying what will happen to sediment released by dam removals on the Elwha River.
Tag(s): Andrea Ogston • College of the Environment • Elwha River • Friday Harbor Laboratories • RV Clifford A. Barnes • School of OceanographyJuly 31, 2014
Rovy Branon named vice provost for UW Educational Outreach
University of Washington President Michael K. Young and Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced today the selection of Rovy Branon as the new vice provost for UW Educational Outreach, effective Oct. 15, 2014. The appointment is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents. “Rovy Branon’s prior leadership experiences make him uniquely qualified for this…
Companion planets can increase old worlds’ chance at life
Having a companion in old age is good for people — and, it turns out, might extend the chance for life on certain Earth-sized planets in the cosmos as well.
Tag(s): astronomy & astrophysics • Department of Astronomy • planetary science • Rory Barnes • Virtual Planetary LaboratoryJuly 30, 2014
Availability of a draft environmental impact statement — Animal Research and Care Facility
Project Name: Animal Research and Care Facility (ARCF) Proponent: University of Washington Description: The University is proposing to construct a new state of the art” two-story below-grade structure approximately 96,000 square feet of building development to replace currently non-compliant facilities and provide centralized holding and procedure space for the Department of Comparative Medicine (DCM) and…
Dissolvable fabric loaded with medicine might offer faster protection against HIV
University of Washington bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibers that quickly dissolve when in contact with moisture, releasing higher doses of the drug than possible with other materials.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Bioengineering • HIV and AIDS • Kim Woodrow • School of MedicineJuly 29, 2014
UW sophomore part of America’s Got Talent tonight
A UW student takes center stage on America’s Got Talent. (With video)
Huge waves measured for first time in Arctic Ocean
The first measurements of waves in the middle of the Arctic Ocean recorded house-sized waves during a September 2012 storm. More sensors are going out this summer to study waves in newly ice-free Arctic waters.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Jim Thomson • polar science • sea ice
Health Sciences News Digest 7.29.2014
News from the UW Health Sciences: Alzheimer’s impact on our aging population, hunger cues, trauma treatment study, avoiding burnout, training new neuroscientists, an AIDS-free generation
Tag(s): aging • diet • health care and mental health • HIV and AIDS • neuroscience & brain scienceJuly 28, 2014
UW alum, Bremerton native wins global architecture award
World-renowned architect and UW alumnus Steven Holl recently received a 2014 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award in architecture, joining the likes of I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas.
More than half of new state academy of sciences members are UW faculty
The Washington State Academy of Sciences has added 18 new members, 10 from the University of Washington.
New protein structure could help treat Alzheimer’s, related diseases
University of Washington bioengineers have a designed a peptide structure that can stop the harmful changes of the body’s normal proteins into a state that’s linked to widespread diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • Department of Bioengineering • Department of Chemistry • Gabriele Varani • James Bryers • School of Medicine • Valerie DaggettJuly 25, 2014
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Budget or bust: Primer on public finance teaches government officials the basics
Many newly elected or appointed officials arrive knowing next to nothing about public finance. That’s why Justin Marlowe of the Evans School of Public Affairs wrote this basic guide to public finance.
Tag(s): economics • elections & government • Evans School of Public Policy & Governance • Justin MarloweJuly 23, 2014
Historical guide ‘Shaping Seattle Architecture’ returns in second edition
Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, UW professor of architecture, discusses the second edition of “Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects.” Ochsner edited both editions, working with a five-person editorial board.
Tag(s): architecture • College of Built Environments • Jeffrey Ochsner • University of Washington Press« Previous Page Next Page »
