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- A transgender AI researcher's nightmare scenarios for facial recognition software | VentureBeat12 hours ago
For International Women’s Day last month in Berlin, some ticket machines used automatic gender recognition, a form of facial recognition software, to give female riders discounts on their tickets. As well-intentioned as that may seem, UW artificial intelligence researcher Os Keyes is worried about how such systems will negatively impact the lives of transgender people or those who do not adhere to strict binary definitions of male or female. - Report on deportations out of Boeing Field | KUOW16 hours ago
A new report from the UW Center for Human Rights shows that the federal government has deported approximately 34,000 people on flights out of Boeing Field since 2010. - Preventing drugs from getting into wastewater, water supply system | KOMO 416 hours ago
Two UW chemical engineering students are interviewed on KOMO 4 about their invention to prevent drugs from getting into the water system. - Photographer captures breathtaking images of rare and elusive weather phenomenon | Accuweather16 hours ago
A rare and elusive weather phenomenon was photographed last weekend in the central United States as severe thunderstorms swept across the region. Information from the UW Department of Earth and Space Sciences is referenced. - Three ways to build a strong AI-training pipeline | Nature16 hours ago
Nature talks to UW artificial intelligence researcher Oren Etzioni about how to ensure the health of academic programms in the field in the United States. - Thousands of people deported out of Boeing Field, report reveals | KING 516 hours ago
More than 30,000 people have been flown out of Boeing Field on deportation flights, a report from the University of Washington Center for Human Rights reveals. - Opinion: In WA's affirmative action debate, fear-mongering abounds | Crosscut16 hours ago
"Listening to the opposition to Initiative 1000 last week made me feel like some kind of bogeyman. The term “affirmative action” seems to equate to “Mueller report” as cause for apprehension among contemporary conservatives," writes Glenn Nelson for Crosscut. The UW's enrollment numbers are referenced. - Brains of blind people rewire themselves to sharpen their hearing | IFLScience16 hours ago
Similar to the origin story of the masked vigilante Daredevil, researchers have shown how the brains of people who are blind from a young age can "rewire" to sharpen their sense of hearing and compensate for their loss of vision. The UW's Kelly Chang, a graduate student in psychology, and Ione Fine, professor of psychology, are quoted. - Trump administration has EPIC plan to develop the world’s smartest weather forecasting model | The Washington Post16 hours ago
It was October 2012 when the European weather prediction model beat its American counterpart in forecasting Hurricane Sandy’s hard left turn into the U.S. coastline. What scientists had known for years — that the European forecast model was superior to the American — caught the attention of the U.S. public and Congress. Cliff Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the UW, is quoted. - ‘Audacious’ science ideas win huge funding boosts after selection by TED group | Science | AAAS16 hours ago
Last week, TED’s Audacious Project announced its second cohort of grantees, who will each receive tens of millions of dollars from donors. David Baker’s team at the University of Washington School of Medicine received $45 million to support the work of the Institute for Protein Design. - What nurses want you to know about the reality and challenges of the job | KING 516 hours ago
After a Washington State lawmaker made disparaging comments about nurses "playing cards," those who work in the profession said there are plenty of things patients don’t understand about the field. Anne Hirsch, associate dean for academic affairs at the UW School of Nursing, is quoted. - UW Medicine and kidney stone prevention | KING 516 hours ago
What can we learn from someone who has had over 250 kidney stones? Doctors at UW Medicine are treating the Seattle man who has been stone free since adopting their recommendations. Dr. Jonathan Harper, associate professor of urology at the UW, is interviewed. - More than 30K immigrants have been deported via Boeing Field — King County says no more | Crosscut16 hours ago
Ahead of a revealing report released by the UW Center for Human Rights, King County Executive Dow Constantine signed an order Tuesday that aims to ban the hundreds of deportation flights chartered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement that have left from Boeing Field. - Over eight years, the government has deported about 34,000 people via Boeing Field — King County wants it stopped | The Seattle Times16 hours ago
As University of Washington researchers prepared to release a report highlighting King County’s “collaboration” with flights deporting immigrants, county Executive Dow Constantine signed an order Tuesday that seeks – eventually – to ban such flights from using the airport he oversees. Angelina Godoy, director of the Center for Human Rights at the UW, is quoted. - Americans are seeing highest minimum wage in history (without federal help) | The New York Times17 hours ago
The federal minimum wage rose to $7.25 an hour 10 years ago. It hasn’t budged since. For Americans living in the 21 states where the federal minimum wage is binding, inflation means that the minimum wage has lost 16 percent of its purchasing power. The UW minimum wage study is referenced. - Permanent daylight saving time passes Washington state House 90-6, heads to Inslee’s desk | The Seattle Times17 hours ago
A bill to put Washington state permanently on daylight saving time has passed the state House of Representatives 90-6 and now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk for a signature. The UW's Steve Calandrillo, professor of law, and Dr. David Avery, professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, are mentioned. - Men who have children later in life may prime their kids for longevity | New Scientist17 hours ago
Men who have children later in life may pass on changes acquired from their environment, a phenomenon reminiscent of Lamarckian evolution. Dan Eisenberg, associate professor of anthropology at the UW, is quoted. - Alzheimer's: Synthetic protein blocks toxic beta-amyloid | Medical News Today2 days ago
Alzheimer's is a relentless disease in which toxic clusters of beta-amyloid protein collect in brain cells. Now, scientists have designed a synthetic peptide, or small protein, that can block beta-amyloid in its early and most harmful stages. Valerie Daggett, professor of bioengineering at the UW, is quoted. - UW opens gaming arena | KREM 22 days ago
The UW has opened its Esports Arena & Gaming Lounge, making the university the largest institution in the country to have a dedicated gaming facility. - Can a divided Washington agree on a revamped sex-ed policy? | Seattle Met2 days ago
Washington state schools could be due for a progressive sex ed overhaul, even addressing the same issues of power and consent many adults currently grapple with in the wake of the #MeToo movement. Meghan Eagen-Torkko, assistant professor of nursing and health studies at UW Bothell, is quoted.
