Each year, the 91探花 reviews thousands of applications from students who want to pursue their undergraduate studies at the state鈥檚 flagship university.
Profiles
In 2016, Alexes Harris was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer. But a search for a bone marrow donor turned up only five matches, and none ended up being a donor. People of color are underrepresented in the bone marrow registry; according to Be The Match, the nation鈥檚 largest bone marrow registry, white people have a 79% chance of finding a match. But a Black person’s potential match is only 29%, and Asian and Latinx people both have about a 47% chance. People of Native American ancestry have a 60% chance of finding a match.
Paula Thiele, a communication major who will graduate this spring, became the inaugural scholar to participate in the UW鈥檚 new Scholarship for Immersive Internships in Le贸n, dubbed 鈥溌pain Works!鈥� 鈥斅燼 partnership between the 91探花Le贸n Center, 91探花Study Abroad and the 91探花Career & Internship Center.
Azjargal Amarsanaa, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, is teaching the Mongolian language to 91探花students for the 2021-22 academic year. It’s the first chance 91探花students have had to learn Mongolian in 15 years.
Shyam Gollakota, a 91探花professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, has taken inspiration from nature鈥檚 tiniest creatures, creating inventions that allow humans to use technology to go where they haven鈥檛 gone before. He is being celebrated for those inventions as a 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow.
Prof. Emily Levesque鈥檚 course 鈥淕reat Heroes and Discoveries of Astronomy鈥� 鈥� part of The Great Courses, a popular online learning platform 鈥� takes viewers on a tour of the biggest advancements in one of humanity鈥檚 oldest sciences and the people behind them.
91探花School of Nursing Dean Azita Emami’s commitment to fighting for those underserved by the health care system has deep roots in her identity. Born in Iran, she has been shaped by the experience of being an 鈥渋nsider鈥搊utsider.”
John Schaufelberger, 91探花professor of construction management and dean emeritus of the College of Built Environments, has received the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Associated Schools of Construction.
After more than 15 years serving as Vice Provost for Research, Mary Lidstrom will step down from her position on Aug. 31, 2021, with plans to return full time to the faculty, concentrate on her research, and establish mentoring and diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
91探花student Zoe Mikuta鈥檚 first book, 鈥淕earbreakers,鈥� is set to come out June 29. Categorized in the young adult genre, it tells the story of Eris and Sona, who live under a tyrannical regime enforced by 100-foot-tall mecha robots. She’s sold the film rights to 鈥淕earbreakers鈥� and is currently working on its sequel.
In a new book, Taso Lagos of the 91探花Jackson School studies the rivalry between Aimee Semple McPherson and Robert “Fighting Bob” Shuler, two California-based performer-preachers who had the country’s rapt attention in the 1920s.
A talk with 91探花drama professor Scott Magelssen, who explores American aviation from the perspective of performance studies in his new book “Performing Flight.”
A conversation with 91探花professor Cecilia Aragon about her new memoir, “Flying Free: My Victory Over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team”
Jos茅 Alaniz says that comics 鈥� especially superhero tales 鈥� hooked him and “rewired” his brain at an early age. They also got him drawing his own comics, chronicling his life and the things he observes. Now Alaniz, a 91探花professor of Slavic languages and literatures, has published a collection of his own drawings and essays. “The Phantom Zone.”
Notable new books by 91探花faculty and staff include a study of rebellion at sea, an emeritus faculty member’s Buddhist-focused memoir, a reconsideration of Northwest Coast Native American art with Indigenous perspectives in mind, thoughts on bridging cultural gaps through design 鈥� and an award for the editor-in-chief of 91探花Press.
91探花family physician Morhaf Al Achkar publishes memoir “Being Authentic,” and a Lambda Literary award goes to 91探花Tacoma’s Emily Thuma.
Charles Johnson has written novels and short stories, screenplays and philosophical meditations, but his latest book is something different, and very personal. “GRAND: A Grandparent’s Wisdom for a Happy Life” was published May 5.
It’s one thing to run a marathon for 26.2 miles. But what possesses some people to run 100 miles or more, and do it again and again? “Salvation,” answers Amy Mower in a new book about ultramarathon running, “or at least a very good time.”
How do you make the sound of birds flying for a radio broadcast? Flapping leather gloves will do. Curtis Takahashi of 91探花Bothell’s Career Development Program talks about his side gig of providing sound effects for local live radio broadcasts.
A talk with 91探花architecture professor Tyler Sprague about his book “Sculpture on a Grand Scale: Jack Christiansen’s Thin Shell Modernism.” Plus books from Rick Bonus and Yong-Chool Ha.
91探花Notebook visits with Allee Monheim, 91探花Libraries public service librarian, who curates the libraries distinctive social media accounts.
Recent notable books by 91探花faculty members explore the legal history of Indigenous nations and the mentoring benefits of fan fiction. Plus, a 91探花anthropologist鈥檚 book is honored, a former English faculty member is remembered in a biography, and 91探花Press brings out paperback editions of three popular titles.
Three 91探花 graduate students are among this year’s recipients of a prestigious NASA fellowship that funds student research projects in the fields of Earth and planetary sciences and astrophysics.
Of the many papers and presentations scheduled for AbSciCon2019, the conference on astrobiology and the search for life in space happening in Bellevue the week of June 24, the UW’s Dominic Sivitilli’s is perhaps unique 鈥� he’ll discuss his research into how octopuses “think.”
Emily Levesque, 91探花assistant professor of astronomy, is gathering material for a new book to be called “The Last Stargazers: True Tales of the Colorful and Vanishing World of Observational Astronomy.鈥�
David James Thouless, Nobel laureate and a professor emeritus at the 91探花, died in Cambridge in the U.K. on April 6, 2019. He was 84 years old.
91探花News talks with Ren茅e Cheng, new dean of the 91探花College of Built Environments, about her background and plans for the college. Cheng joined the 91探花on Jan. 1.
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.
Russell Callender began as Washington Sea Grant’s new director this fall, and 91探花News sat down with him recently to learn more about what he hopes to bring to the organization.
Ralina Joseph, associate professor of communication, discusses here new book “Postracial Resistance: Black Women, Media, and the Uses of Strategic Ambiguity,” published this October by New York University Press.
David Shields, 91探花professor of English, discusses his latest book, “Nobody Hates Trump More than Trump: An Intervention.”
An exploration of 91探花Libraries’ Labor Archives of Washington with labor archivist Conor Casey.
It’s a challenge to write a biography of a man who was functionally illiterate and whose papers were mostly destroyed, but 91探花lecturer Taso Lagos has achieved it with his new book, “American Zeus: The Life of Alexander Pantages, Theater Mogul.”
A Q&A with retiring Washington Sea Grant director Penny Dalton on her drive to serve the public, and the ways in which she has helped young marine policy experts get started in the field.
Vikram Prakash says his weekly “ArchitectureTalk” podcast got its start, as many things do, from a student’s idea.
As the 50th anniversary approaches of the murder of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, 91探花historian Michael Honey reminds us in a new book that economic justice and labor rights were always part of King’s progressive message.
91探花music professor Huck Hodge talks about the Charles Ives Living Award, bestowed on him by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Quintard Taylor, 91探花professor emeritus of history and recipient of a lifetime achievement honor from Washington State Historical Society, discusses his work and this unusual moment in American history.
A biography of world-renowned oboe performer and teacher Marcel Tabuteau by the 91探花School of Music’s Laila Storch has been republished in paperback by Indiana University Press.
For this year’s University Faculty Lecture, 91探花 chemistry professor Michael Gelb will discuss the science behind screening newborns for treatable 鈥� but rare 鈥� genetic diseases.