91探花 political scientist Scott Lemieux calls Trump’s Supreme Court pick a conservative “hammerlock” on the nation’s highest court.
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A new study led by the 91探花 found that Muslims and atheists in the United States are more likely than those of Christian faiths to experience religious discrimination. Researchers focused on public schools and tested how principals responded to an individual鈥檚 expression of religious belief.
Alison Cullen, professor and interim dean of the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the 91探花, will study “megafires” with a new $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Education and family planning have long been tied to lower fertility trends. But new research from the 91探花 analyzes those factors to determine, what accelerates a decline in otherwise high-fertility countries.
Political science researchers at the 91探花 examined the factors associated with statewide mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic. When controlling for other factors, states with Republican governors delayed imposing broad indoor mask requirements by nearly a month.
Jake Grumbach, assistant professor of political science at the 91探花, answers questions about mail-in voting.
A new 91探花 study of Seattle-area rental ads shows how certain words and phrases are common to different neighborhoods, helping to reinforce residential segregation.
91探花 psychologists say there are ways to approach interactions with friends and loved ones that can provide a positive path forward and help maintain healthy relationships during the pandemic.
Seattle鈥檚 new hockey team is named for a legendary creature of the sea, and that鈥檚 a perfect fit, according to octopus researchers at the 91探花.
A longitudinal study of more than 230 teens and young adults in Washington state finds that teens may be more likely to use marijuana following legalization 鈥� with the proliferation of stores and increasing adult use of the drug — than they otherwise would have been.
A new 91探花 study of people experiencing homelessness in King County finds that unpaid medical bills were their primary source of debt, and that debt extended their period of homelessness by an average of two years.
The 91探花School of Social Work’s Project Connect supports 15 different research and outreach endeavors, all oriented specifically around community needs during COVID-19.
The COVID-19 Clearinghouse at 91探花Law is just one of the ways that faculty and staff across the university have revamped summer research internships and worked with outside partners and employers to involve students in a remote working environment, even for jobs that would normally be out in the field.
New research from a decades-long study by the 91探花 and the University of Colorado shows long-term benefits from a program to prevent problem behaviors in children.
Meat processing plants face challenges in keeping workers safe during the pandemic. Carrie Freshour, a 91探花assistant professor of geography, and Marissa Baker, an assistant professor in the 91探花Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences聽and an expert on worker safety related to infectious diseases, provides comments on what the industry can do to protect workers.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, in cities where bike-share systems have been introduced, bike commuting increased by 20%, according to a new 91探花study.
What does it feel like to be a mother on this Mother鈥檚 Day? And how can we make the day seem special when life feels so uncertain and stressful? 91探花 psychology professor Liliana Lengua offers some perspective.
New research led by the 91探花 finds that sleep problems in a baby鈥檚 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.
As the push to relax social and economic restrictions for combating the pandemic gain traction, we need to understand personal motives behind what many experts consider a dangerous rush to 鈥渞eopen” and how to protect workers most at risk when communities do 鈥済o back to work.鈥� Three 91探花experts weigh in.
A new international study led by the 91探花 aims to gauge the perception of ethical situations as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves around the world.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the 91探花 community 鈥� students, staff, donors and alumni 鈥� is rethinking traditional programs and services to try to meet the needs that arise. Emergency aid grants and a newly-online food pantry are coming to the rescue.
New research by the 91探花 and the University of Exeter in the U.K., examined the value that college students 鈥� of many races 鈥� place on ethnic cultural centers.
With most states now under stay-at-home orders, 91探花researchers have launched a national study to test whether a motivational, mental health tip each day changes participants鈥� behavior during social distancing, and improves their mental and relational health.
New research by the 91探花 examines factors that contributed to decision-making by governors in all 50 states to combat the novel coronavirus.
With the university鈥檚 spring quarter beginning Monday, 91探花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 鈥� and, for the first time, shipping many of those devices to the homes of 91探花students across the country.
This wasn鈥檛 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 91探花鈥檚 shift to online classes drew to a close, Pittman, an assistant professor of American Ethnic Studies, was talking with her students over the conferencing platform Zoom, first to answer logistical questions about the upcoming exam, then to provide a…
It’s important to maintain human connection, even during a time of social distancing, 91探花psychology researchers say.
KUOW’s That’s Debatable on Wednesday will feature two 91探花 faculty members: Dan Schwartz, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Clean Energy Institute, and Kate Simonen, upcoming chair of the Department of Architecture and director of the Carbon Leadership Forum.
New research from the 91探花 finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic math knowledge.
A new, 91探花-developed data visualization tool draws on bill information made available by the Washington State Legislature to enable students, journalists and voters to visually explore the lawmaking process.
A new 91探花 study of eviction filings from each of Washington鈥檚 39 counties illustrates where, and to whom, evictions hit hardest.
91探花 geographer Bo Zhao has created an interactive map, updated every few hours, of coronavirus cases around the world.
New research by the 91探花鈥檚 Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences finds that altruism may begin in infancy. In a study of nearly 100 19-month-olds, researchers found that children, even when hungry, gave a tasty snack to a stranger in need.
A study by the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences at the 91探花 finds the value of using “parentese,” an exaggerated speaking style that conveys total engagement with a child.
A study by the 91探花’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) shows that a bilingual language program for babies can reach more families, and instructors, through online training for teachers.
The 91探花 led a clinical trial involving more than 600 children in Kenya and Tanzania, in which community members were trained to deliver mental health treatment, showed improvement in participants鈥� trauma-related symptoms up to a year after receiving therapy.
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鈥檚 program would be more education than entertainment, an opportunity to discuss topics so sensitive that, without the group of women assembled that night, might not be discussed at all. Against one wall of the room, a model of the female reproductive system. Standing before them, a doula, one of…
A new 91探花 study finds that families with a father in prison tend to live in neighborhoods with higher poverty.
New findings from the largest study of socially-transitioned transgender children in the world, conducted by researchers at the 91探花, show that gender identity and gender-typed preferences manifest similarly in both cis- and transgender children, even those who recently transitioned.
A new study by the 91探花鈥檚 Social Development Research Group shows how a parent鈥檚 use of marijuana, past or present, can influence their child’s substance use and well-being.