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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…

The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Friday that a 91探花 staff member who works in the Roosevelt Commons East building has received a presumptive positive test for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The employee is in self-isolation at home. Out of an abundance of caution, the building, which is located west of the UW鈥檚 Seattle campus in the 4300 block of 11th Ave. NE, has been closed for appropriate cleaning until further notice.

The 91探花 announced today that starting Monday, March 9, classes聽will聽no longer meet in person.聽For the remainder of the quarter, instructors聽have been asked聽to conduct classes and/or exams remotely, as possible, until the quarter concludes on March 20.聽Final exams will not be conducted in person, but may be conducted online when feasible, and at the instructor鈥檚 discretion.聽

Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff members include awards for architectural education and biomaterials research, fellowships in nursing and cloud computing, a professor named among Seattle’s most influential people and a big news year for “a burgeoning band of embodied carbon busters.”

The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Sunday that it received negative test results for the fourth of four students who have been tested for coronavirus. Three students had previously also tested negative, and there are no remaining tests pending among any members of the 91探花community. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among 91探花community members.

The 91探花 was notified by Public Health 鈥 Seattle & King County聽that a 91探花student from the Seattle campus is being tested for the novel coronavirus. The student traveled from China in January and lives off campus. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among 91探花community members.

The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Thursday that it received negative test results for the third of three students who have been tested for coronavirus. Two students had previously also tested negative, and there are no remaining tests pending among any members of the 91探花community. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among 91探花community members.

The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Tuesday that it received negative test results for the second student of three students who have been tested for coronavirus. One student had previously tested negative, and the University anticipates receiving test results this week for the third student tested. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among 91探花community members.

Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff include an early career award in astronomy, an honorary doctorate from the Delft University of Technology, a seat on Washington state’s new LGBTQ Commission and national honor for an English Department writing program.

The 91探花 was notified by Public Health 鈥 Seattle & King County (PHSKC) that three students from the UW’s Seattle campus are being screened for the novel (new) coronavirus. These three students recently traveled to Wuhan, China, and developed symptoms after returning. One person lives off campus, and that student鈥檚 test was negative for infection. Two students live in on-campus housing and are awaiting their test results. These are not confirmed cases. The two students awaiting test results…

A conversation with 91探花psychology professor Sheri Mizumori about the UW-based program Broadening the Representations of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience 鈥 or BRAINS for short — designed to accelerate career advancement for postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented populations.

Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff include the new editorship of a major journal, a post with the Republic of Uganda and honors from the American College of Physicians, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Donald Hellmann, 91探花professor emeritus in the Jackson School of International studies and of political science, has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan, in recognition of his contributions in promoting academic exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and the United States. Hellmann, 86, teaches courses on Japanese government and politics, American foreign policy and the international relations of Northeast Asia. He joined the 91探花in 1967, chaired the Japan Program for several years,…

91探花faculty members Roxanne Hudson and Magdalena Balazinska have received grants for research to be conducted over the next few years.

Across its three campuses, the 91探花 generated a total impact on the state鈥檚 economy of more than $15.7 billion in FY 2018, according to an economic contribution analysis released today. The study further concludes that the economic activity of the 91探花system supported or sustained 100,520 jobs throughout the state.

91探花 political scientist Megan Ming Francis says there is a dearth of academic book series being published on topics of race, ethnicity and politics. Now, she will start to change that. An associate professor of political science, Francis will be the editor of a new series of books from Cambridge University Press called Cambridge Elements in Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Francis, on leave and at Harvard for the 2019-2020 school year, answered a few questions about the new…