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Meet the real-life kraken: the octopus
July 30, 2020
Seattle’s new hockey team is named for a legendary creature of the sea, and that’s a perfect fit, according to octopus researchers at the University of Washington.
Face coverings an important tool to fight COVID-19
July 30, 2020
Face coverings will continue to be an important and effective tool in combating the spread of COVID-19.
Students create videos, capping new UW class on music as a form of protest
June 23, 2020
With the nation debating its response to COVID-19 and witnessing protests against racial injustice and police violence, undergraduate students enrolled in “Visual Anthropology of Protest Music” examined how communities use music to share their lived experiences and confront oppression.
Virtual classes offer fitness and mindfulness at home
June 17, 2020
Fitness, dance and mindfulness instructors are teaching virtual classes in light of COVID-19 closures, part of UW Recreation's effort to make its activities accessible while people are physically distancing during the pandemic.
Video: UW’s 145th commencement is held virtually
June 13, 2020
More than 18,000 new University of Washington graduates were recognized in a first-ever online ceremony Saturday, June 13. All three UW campuses held a joint event that was broadcast around the globe and watched by thousands of graduates and their families in more than 40 countries.
Health care workers march to protest racism as a public health risk
June 9, 2020
Thousands of doctors, nurses, health care workers and public health experts from the University of Washington and other medical institutions turned out in downtown Seattle on June 6 to demand an end to systemic racism and calling for police reform.
How cloth face masks protect people during the pandemic
May 22, 2020
The dean of the UW School of Public Health shares information about using face coverings, including what kinds of masks are appropriate to wear and how they protect people.
B-roll: RV Thomas G. Thompson comes home
May 11, 2020
The UW’s large research vessel, the RV Thomas G. Thompson, returned May 8 to its home port after more than two years exploring the world’s oceans. A scheduled cruise in Tahiti has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the return is roughly two months earlier than planned.
Sleep difficulties in the first year of life linked to altered brain development in infants who later develop autism
May 7, 2020
New research led by the University of Washington finds that sleep problems in a baby’s first 12 months may not only precede an autism diagnosis, but also may be associated with altered growth trajectory in a key part of the brain, the hippocampus.
Face masks sewn for UW housing, dining, custodial staff
April 23, 2020
A team of staff and students are sewing masks and offering them for free to UW housing, custodial, dining and food service workers.
Dose of nature at home could help mental health, well-being during COVID-19
April 16, 2020
In light of stay-at-home orders, University of Washington researchers say studies show there is much to be gained from nature close to home, whether in a yard, on neighborhood walks or even indoors.
'Hands-on' classes online? How some instructors are adapting to a new teaching environment
April 16, 2020
When the UW announced it was moving its spring quarter 2020 classes entirely online to combat the novel coronavirus, instructors across campus faced a new, uncharted challenge.
How families can use technology to juggle childcare and remote life
April 14, 2020
UW researchers are beginning a national study to help families discover technology that helps them both successfully navigate home-based learning and combat social isolation.
UW’s 3D printed COVID-19 face shields: From innovation to delivery
April 13, 2020
When the first U.S. COVID-19 patient emerged in Washington, UW Medicine, as the state’s foremost provider of advanced medical care, was thrust into the role of trailblazer. Its clinicians and researchers have since mustered a speedy and sometimes ingenious response.
Huskies rally to support COVID-19 need for masks, child care
April 3, 2020
On a typical day, Julianne Dalcanton is an astrophysicist, studying the far reaches of the universe. These aren’t typical days. Across the University of Washington, faculty, staff, clinicians and students are stepping forward in a variety of ways to support the COVID-19 response, particularly efforts to help front-line medical personnel.
Laptops for takeout or delivery: Student technology program readies for spring quarter
March 27, 2020
With the university’s spring quarter beginning Monday, UW staff and student workers in the Student Technology Loan Program spent the week-long spring break gathering, checking and cleaning some 300 laptops and tablets for distribution – and, for the first time, shipping many of those devices to the homes of UW students across the country.
UW custodial staff in the midst of massive 'deep clean' of campus
March 23, 2020
When the UW moved to online instruction March 9, UW Facilities Services developed a three-week disinfection plan. Custodial staff are now working through more than 500 classrooms, lecture halls, libraries, auditoriums and shared spaces, with similar efforts under way in Bothell and Tacoma.
‘It’s a good test’: UW faculty, students adjust to an online end to the quarter, prepare for spring
March 17, 2020
This wasn’t how LaShawnDa Pittman expected to give her final exam review: At her kitchen table, laptop open, coffee cup at the ready, her 12-year-old Chihuahua named Espresso by her side. But as the first week of the University of Washington’s shift to online classes drew to a close, Pittman, an assistant professor of American…
An architecture class goes online
March 11, 2020
Rick Mohler, associate professor of architecture, meets with his Research Design Studio students online. Normally a hands-on class with poster-size drawings and tabletop scale models, Mohler's design studio has shifted to the small screen.
Video: President Cauce on the decision to end in-person classes for the quarter
March 6, 2020
University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce sat down with Vice President of Student Life Denzil Suite for a candid conversation about how COVID-19 is affecting campus operations, why classes will no longer meet in person for the rest of the quarter and whether a student-led petition had an impact on the decision.
Press conference: University of Washington's response to COVID-19
March 6, 2020
The University of Washington held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2020 to address the decision to move classes online in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, and address the UW staff member who received a presumptive positive test result.
President Cauce, Dr. Geoff Gottlieb discuss UW COVID-19 response at ASUW senate meeting
March 5, 2020
University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce, joined by Dr. Geoff Gottlieb, head of the UW’s Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases, met with the members of the ASUW Student Senate on March 3 to share the most current information and take questions about the University’s response and preparations for the novel coronavirus.
Premera Blue Cross teams with the UW to establish rural nursing program
March 3, 2020
Premera Blue Cross, a leading health plan in the Pacific Northwest, today announced a $4.7 million grant to the University of Washington to establish the Rural Nursing Health Initiative to place current students in rural practices in Washington state.
Video: Warming Arctic means less ice, bigger waves
February 27, 2020
Throughout the month of November 2019, a team of University of Washington researchers chased storms in the Arctic Ocean. The project, Coastal Ocean Dynamics in the Arctic, or CODA, is looking at how water currents shift and waves hit the coast with more open water, to provide better forecasts and predictions for the region’s future.
UW's new broadcast meteorology course is first on West Coast
January 30, 2020
The University of Washington has long boasted one of the country's top programs in atmospheric sciences. Now, the UW is also teaching undergraduates how to share that knowledge online and on TV as a broadcast meteorologist.
A foundation for ‘safe motherhood’ created with and for the Somali community
January 21, 2020
On a recent Saturday evening, a dozen women gathered around a table at a community room in the White Center neighborhood of Seattle, settling in with snacks and conversation. The evening’s program would be more education than entertainment, an opportunity to discuss topics so sensitive that, without the group of women assembled that night, might…
By the numbers: UW in the media in 2019
January 9, 2020
In 2019, the University of Washington was mentioned in 4,143 news articles around the world. Among those, UW experts were quoted 2,290 times: 1,185 in national or international outlets and 1,105 in regional and local outlets.
Highlights from 2019 in video
December 18, 2019
As 2019 draws to a close, we present highlights from video stories produced by the UW News team — selections from architecture to zoology, and everything in between
Barrels of ancient Antarctic air aim to track history of rare gas
December 12, 2019
An Antarctic field campaign last winter led by the U.S. and Australia has successfully extracted some of the largest samples of air dating from the 1870s until today. Researchers will use the samples to look for changes in the molecules that scrub the atmosphere of methane and other gases.
Washington's first student-built satellite preparing for launch
October 31, 2019
After years of preparation, a tiny satellite built by UW students is scheduled to launch early Saturday, Nov. 2, from a NASA flight facility in Virginia. The launch will be broadcast live on NASA TV.
Precision mapping with satellite, drone photos could help predict infections of a widespread tropical disease
October 28, 2019
A team led by the University of Washington and Stanford University has discovered clues in the environment that help identify transmission hotspots for schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease that is second only to malaria in its global health impact.
Spider myths, facts from the Burke Museum's spider expert
October 28, 2019
This video features Rod Crawford, the curator of arachnids at the University of Washington's Burke Museum. He has spent decades studying spiders and says there are many common myths about spiders that he is regularly asked about.
Video: UW President Ana Mari Cauce delivers annual address to community
October 16, 2019
UW President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her annual address to the community Oct. 15 at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on the University of Washington campus.
Pop-up galleries and data: Visualizing the lives of homeless people and their animals
October 7, 2019
Adam and Chief taking a rest after playing ball along the Elliot Bay trail before finding a place to sleep for the night. Adam & Chief wrote: “I don’t think I’ve ever had a dog that I could just give away because I became homeless. However, you have to make that a priority. Every single second…
Video: New UW students welcomed at 2019 convocation
September 23, 2019
Convocation welcomes the entering class and officially marks the beginning of the academic year. UW classes begin Sept. 25. More than 6,000 people were expected to attend this year’s event.
Video: 2019 move-in days for campus Huskies
September 20, 2019
The University of Washington welcomed nearly 10,000 students during Husky move-in days Sept. 18-20.
Wildfires west of the Cascades: Rare, but large and severe
August 23, 2019
More than 99 percent of wildfires in the last 40 years have been east of the Cascade Crest. But evidence that suggests Western Washington also has a history of large wildfires, each burning hundreds of thousands of acres. We might not be familiar with them, because most happened centuries ago.
How ergonomic is your warehouse job? Soon, an app might be able to tell you
August 19, 2019
Researchers at the UW have used machine learning to develop a new system that can monitor factory and warehouse workers and tell them how ergonomic their jobs are in real time.
Video: UW hosts student robotics 'moon landing' challenge
July 30, 2019
A robotics challenge July 20th at the UW featured twenty-eight teams of middle and high schoolers from Forks to Walla Walla and from Bellingham to Olympia. The event marked a half-century since the Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon and two U.S. astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked its surface.
Video: 'Pickled' sharks from the UW Burke Museum fish collection
July 17, 2019
The Burke Museum at the University of Washington has North America's largest fish collection that includes a number of sharks, including many species that live in Pacific Northwest waters.
Video: Friend or foe? Fun facts about sharks
July 12, 2019
In honor of Shark Awareness Day on July 14, UW News sat down with Katherine Maslenikov, manager of the UW Fish Collection, to learn about sharks in the Pacific Northwest and other fun facts about sharks.
Creating community, battling loneliness among LGBTQ seniors
June 24, 2019
Research shows that LGBTQ older adults are at higher risk for social isolation. To that end, UW social work professor Karen Fredriksen Goldsen helped establish an LGBTQ senior center in Seattle.
Video: Surprising discoveries in coral reefs found in low-light waters
June 20, 2019
Jacqueline Padilla-Gamiño, an assistant professor in the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, spent up to eight hours at a time in the cramped quarters of a submersible watercraft, studying the largest known coral reef in the mesophotic zone, located in the Hawaiian Archipelago.
Video: Largest-ever class graduates from UW
June 14, 2019
More than 8,000 graduates attended the University of Washington's 144th commencement ceremonies on Saturday.
Video: The Wikipedia gender gap
June 12, 2019
Wikipedia is one of the most successful online communities in history, yet it struggles to attract and retain editors who are women — another example of the gender gap online.
Video: UW MFA + MDes students exhibit thesis work at Henry Art Gallery
June 4, 2019
The annual thesis exhibition by graduating art and design students with the University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design brings together the dreamy and the practical to cohabit at the Henry Art Gallery. This year's exhibit features the work of 10 artists and 11 designers, and will be at the Henry…
UW marching band says thank you to Grant County after Thanksgiving bus accident
June 3, 2019
The Husky Marching Band returned to central Washington on Sunday to say thank you to the Grant County community after a bus crash there last Thanksgiving.
Seattle’s forgotten street community: UW anthropologist talks about the unique circumstances of vehicle residency
May 31, 2019
Vehicle residents are a significant proportion of Seattle's unsheltered population. The University of Washington's Graham Pruss, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, has studied vehicle residency for a decade and speaks about the challenges and solutions facing this community.
Video: Origami-inspired materials are designed to soften impact
May 29, 2019
University of Washington researchers have developed a novel solution to change the feeling of impact when one thing hits another. It has potential for use in spacecraft, cars and beyond -- inspired by origami.
Video: Kids have fun with science at Engineering Discovery Days
April 26, 2019
Engineering Discovery Days is a yearly event that invites Washington state fourth- through eighth-graders to have fun leaning about STEM with the College of Engineering.
Video: New Esports Arena opens at UW
April 19, 2019
The UW celebrated the opening of an esports center with a ribbon cutting ceremony April 18.
Video: Soon, kidneys-on-a-chip will rocket to space station
April 18, 2019
UW scientists are sending a kidney-on-a-chip experiment into space. At an altitude of 250 miles, astronauts will help study how reduced gravity in space affects kidney physiology.
UW students spearhead efforts to predict peak bloom for cherry trees
April 1, 2019
A team of UW students hopes to make it possible to accurately predict peak bloom timing for the iconic Quad cherry trees.
Video: Snow may have delayed some blooms for the first day of spring
March 21, 2019
The first day of spring seems especially significant this year — record warm temperatures in the Northwest are marking the change of seasons. But our blooms may be a couple weeks behind schedule after February’s snow and cold weather, according to Ray Larson, curator at UW Botanic Gardens.
New method to assess platelet health could help ER doctors
March 13, 2019
UW researchers have created a novel system that can measure platelet function within two minutes and can help doctors determine which trauma patients might need a blood transfusion upon being admitted to a hospital.
Video: Amarilys Ríos shares the 'bomba' experience
March 1, 2019
Amarilys Ríos is a professional percussionist, singer and dancer from San Juan, Puerto Rico. In this video she gives an introduction to "bomba," an Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance tradition in which dancers lead the drummer to sound out their improvised movements. “Bomba is a way of expression and communication” with key ingredients, explains…
Bill & Melinda Gates Center opens a new era of computer science education and innovation at the University of Washington
February 28, 2019
The University of Washington today marked the official opening of the new Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering on its Seattle campus. The building doubles the space available to UW’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering to enable a new wave of computing innovation and to educate more…
Quad cherry blossoms expected to peak end of March, if weather cooperates
February 21, 2019
The iconic cherry trees in the University of Washington's Quad will likely reach peak bloom the third week of March, right in line with most years.
Video: The UW's annual budget explained
February 19, 2019
This video takes a look at the UW's revenue and operating budget from the 2018-2019 academic year. We explain where the money comes from and how it is spent.
Video: Washington's state climatologist comments on Puget Sound snowstorms
February 8, 2019
Nick Bond, Washington's state climatologist, comments on the unusual weather in Western Washington.
Early spring rain boosts methane from thawing permafrost by 30 percent
February 4, 2019
A UW-led team has found that early spring rainfall warms up a thawing permafrost bog in Alaska and promotes the growth of plants and methane-producing microbes.
First-of-its-kind center hosts tools to analyze the effects of natural disasters
January 23, 2019
A center housed at the University of Washington offers a new way for scientists to get their hands on state-of-the-art equipment to study the effects of natural disasters. The RAPID Facility, which is the first of its kind in the world, contains over 300 instruments that are available for researchers around the world to use.
UW opens Othello Commons in Southeast Seattle
January 16, 2019
The University of Washington today opened the doors to Othello-UW Commons, a new multifunctional partnership space in the heart of Southeast Seattle’s Othello neighborhood.
Video: UW Husky football players mentor Seattle youth
January 2, 2019
Husky football players, including Myles Gaskin and JoJo McIntosh, mentor teens each week as part of a program hosted by the Yesler Community Center in Seattle.
Teens get more sleep, show improved grades and attendance with later school start time, researchers find
December 12, 2018
In 2016, Seattle Public Schools pushed back the start times for the district's 18 high schools by 55 minutes, from 7:50 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. And as hoped, teenagers used the extra time to sleep in.
UW political scientist Mark Smith asks: How do we know what's true?
November 19, 2018
A timely new University of Washington political science class asks: How do we separate fact from fiction these days? How do we know what is true?
UW joins with WSU to promote affordability of public higher education
November 18, 2018
Public higher education is not just possible, it is easily within reach for Washington residents. That’s the message behind a new joint public-awareness campaign of the University of Washington and Washington State University to promote the affordability of higher education in the state of Washington.
UW opens permanent food pantry on campus
November 1, 2018
Studies suggest that as many as 25 percent of college students nationwide do not get enough food. That’s one of the reasons why the University of Washington on Thursday opened a new, permanent food pantry.
Study reconstructs Neandertal ribcage, offers new clues to ancient human anatomy
October 30, 2018
An international team of researchers, including from the University of Washington, has completed a 3D virtual reconstruction of a Neandertal thorax a model that indicates an upright individual with greater lung capacity and a straighter spine than today’s modern human.
Valuing older buildings: Architecture professor's book argues for reuse rather than wrecking ball
October 25, 2018
In her new book, Kathryn Rogers Merlino, UW associate professor of architecture, argues for the environmental benefit of reusing buildings rather than tearing them down and building anew.
Sockeye carcasses tossed on shore over two decades spur tree growth
October 23, 2018
In a 20-year study, UW researchers and colleagues have found that nearly 600,000 pounds of sockeye salmon carcasses tossed to the left side of a small, remote stream in southwest Alaska, helped trees on that side of the stream grow faster than their counterparts on the other side.
Researchers develop 3D printed objects that can track and store how they are used
October 9, 2018
Engineers at the University of Washington have developed 3D printed devices that can track and store their use — without using batteries or electronics. Instead, this system uses a method called backscatter, through which a device can share information by reflecting signals that have been transmitted to it with an antenna.
Video: Washington's state climatologist predicts this will be an El Niño year
October 2, 2018
Washington state climatologist Nick Bond explains what our upcoming El Niño winter means for the Pacific Northwest.
DNA testing of illegal ivory seized by law enforcement links multiple ivory shipments to same dealers
September 19, 2018
The international trade in elephant ivory has been illegal since 1989, yet African elephant numbers continue to decline. In 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature cited ivory poaching as a primary reason for a staggering loss of about 111,000 elephants between 2005 and 2015 — leaving their total numbers at an estimated 415,000.…
Video: Dry and warm — summer 2018 conditions in Washington state
September 15, 2018
The assistant state climatologist, Karin Bumbaco, looks back on an unusually hot and dry summer -- the third-hottest summer that Washington state has experienced since 1895.
New Life Sciences Building is a nexus for modern-age teaching and research at the University of Washington
September 7, 2018
The University of Washington today opened the doors to a new Life Sciences Building that will transform learning, teaching and research for generations. The $171 million Life Sciences complex includes seven floors and 207,000 square feet that encourages and makes possible team-oriented science. Designed by Perkins+Will and built by Skanska, the building encompasses a 187,000-square-foot…
Working class heroes: A look inside the Labor Archives of Washington
August 28, 2018
An exploration of UW Libraries' Labor Archives of Washington with labor archivist Conor Casey.
Flying blind: How a drone can soar without using GPS
August 15, 2018
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new method that gives aircraft a backup system in case GPS fails: An antenna on the ground that can tell a drone where it is. The team successfully tested their system in June.
UW forest biologist on wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, California
August 13, 2018
Forest biologist and University of Washington professor David Peterson explains which natural materials burn hotter and faster during a wildfire, what homeowners can do to protect their properties and how climate change is impacting the fire season.
Harmful dyes in lakes, rivers can become colorless with new, sponge-like material
August 1, 2018
A team led by the University of Washington has created an environmentally friendly way to remove color from dyes in water in a matter of seconds.
Battling STEM stereotypes, UW’s Sapna Cheryan helps Barbie evolve
July 13, 2018
Sapna Cheryan, a University of Washington associate professor of psychology, has spent her career researching the stereotypes surrounding STEM. Now she's serving on Mattel's Barbie Global Advisory Council, lending her expertise as the company looks ahead to the toy's future.
