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- Great white sharks like to hang out in ocean eddies, new study says | The Boston Globe2 days ago
Great white sharks like to hang out deep in anticyclonic, or clockwise-spinning, eddies in the ocean, according to new research from the University of Washington and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Peter Gaube, a senior oceanographer in the Applied Physics Laboratory at the UW, is quoted. - Opinion | Don’t turn the Turkish army into a political tool | Foreign Policy2 days ago
"As Turkey once again spirals toward authoritarianism, the June 24 election could be a turning point in relations between soldiers and civilians," writes Özgür Özkan, a doctoral candidate in international studies at the UW. - How to be happy in retirement | KING 52 days ago
Free time and independence from full-time work can have a profound impact on mental health, and studies have shown that retirees experience both an instant and enduring increase in their overall life satisfaction once they leave the workforce. Ali Mokdad, a global health professor at the UW, is quoted. - In opioid crisis, schools are on the front lines but slow to get help | The Seattle Times2 days ago
The nation’s opiate addiction crisis draws attention but less visible are the effects on addicts’ children, in school. Kevin Haggerty, professor of social work at the UW, and Caleb Banta-Green, senior research scientist at the UW Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, are quoted. - Study finds chronic health risks in Alaska fishermen | Tri-City Herald2 days ago
UW and University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have found the presence of risk factors for some chronic health problems to be higher in a sample of Alaska gillnetters than the general population. (This AP story appeared in several outlets) - UW education dean visits Chehalis high school | The Daily Chronicle2 days ago
On Wednesday, May 23, University of Washington’s Mia Tuan, dean of the College of Education, visited Chehalis’ W.F. West High School to observe teachers and students and to be briefed on the Student Achievement Initiative. - Q&A: Washington AD Jen Cohen on her hiring process, Mike Hopkins’ negotiations, Chris Petersen and more | The Seattle Times2 days ago
Jon Wilner chatted with the University of Washington's AD on a hot streak, Jen Cohen, about her management style, the Husky culture and more. - Thousands of professors call Trump’s family-separation policy ‘government-sanctioned child abuse’ | The Chronicle of Higher Education2 days ago
More than 2,000 faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States are protesting the separation of immigrant children from their parents in an open letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. A statement from UW President Ana Mari Cauce is quoted. (Note: This story was published June 19) - Woman, scientist, climate advocate: Can you be all three? | Grist2 days ago
Grist profiles Sarah Myhre, an oceanographer at the UW. - If you're scared of artificial intelligence, you should know it's already everywhere | Popular Science2 days ago
In addition to employing more than 4,000 human moderators, Bumble turned to machine learning to look for photos of guns and shirtless people on its app. Pedro Domingos, professor of computer science and engineering at the UW, is quoted. - How Title X cuts impact UW women’s health | Seattle Weekly2 days ago
Earlier this month, the Trump administration proposed a new rule prohibiting clinics that receive Title X funding from giving referrals and counseling on abortion. Since then, many have pushed back against the proposed changes, voicing concerns that it will be detrimental to women’s health as a whole, especially low-income people. Dr. Sarah Prager, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the UW, is quoted. - Poor care played a role in the deaths of immigrants in ICE custody | Pacific Standard2 days ago
A new report highlights troubling patterns in medical care in immigration detention facilities. Marc Stern, an affiliate professor of public health at the UW, is quoted. - Football matches land on your table thanks to augmented reality | TechCrunch2 days ago
The “Soccer On Your Tabletop” system takes as its input a video of a match, watches it, and then maps the players and field into a 3-D environment. The research is being presented at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in Salt Lake City, and it’s a collaboration between Facebook, Google and the University of Washington. - Yakima Valley not spared as Central Washington suicide rate rises 23 percent | Local | yakimaherald.com2 days ago
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that suicide rates increased in nearly every state from 1999 to 2016, with rates rising more than 30 percent in half the states. Jennifer Stuber, director of Forefront Suicide Prevention at the UW, is quoted. - Do employee-only clubs further isolate Seattle tech workers? | Crosscut2 days ago
As employees at Amazon, Facebook and other key technology companies benefit from the industry’s incredible development and growth, longtime residents are experiencing its effect on affordability, congestion and even culture. Marieka Klawitter, a public policy professor at the UW, is quoted. - Driving? Your phone is a distraction even if you aren’t looking at it | FiveThirtyEight2 days ago
We all know that it’s dangerous to text while driving, but our phones have become overlords that demand our constant attention. Dr. Brian Johnston, a professor of pediatrics at the UW, is quoted. - Facebook can predict a musician’s movement using only an audio clip | Engadget2 days ago
Facebook is now working on an application that uses music alone to govern the movements of an augmented reality avatar. The research, completed in partnership with the UW and Stanford, was presented by Facebook at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference. - In India, experts look to climate trends to tackle malnutrition | News Deeply2 days ago
Officials are increasingly looking to climate data to predict droughts, famines and heat waves and to help plan for – and prevent – the rising rates of moderate and severe malnutrition that have been shown to follow. Kristie Ebi, the director of the UW's Center for Health and the Global Environment, is quoted. - 7 scary things that happen to your body when you don't get enough sleep | Bustle2 days ago
What happens when you don't get enough sleep? A 2017 UW study is referenced. - Allen Institute boosts the size of its mouse brain cell database | GeekWire3 days ago
The Allen Institute for Brain Science has added about 900 virtual mouse brain cells to its Allen Cell Types Database, bringing the total to slightly more than 1,900 cells available for study. Work by research teams at UW Medicine and the Swedish Neuroscience Institute is referenced.
