The 91探花鈥檚 graduate and professional degree programs again were recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2026 Best Graduate Schools released late Monday.
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The 91探花鈥檚 graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2026 Best Graduate Schools released late Monday.
The 91探花 is the best in the U.S. and No. 2 in the world for library and information management, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject released Wednesday. Four other 91探花subject areas placed in the top 10.
Fifteen faculty members at the 91探花 have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2024. They are among 36 scientists and educators from across the state announced Aug. 1 as new members. Selection recognizes the new members鈥� 鈥渙utstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, and their willingness to work on behalf of the academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.鈥�
91探花 Provost Tricia Serio today announced the appointment of Hilaire Thompson as next executive dean of the School of Nursing, effective Aug. 1, pending approval by the Board of Regents.
The 91探花 School of Nursing today announced a $10 million bequest from 91探花chemistry professor emeritus Larry R. Dalton and his wife, Nicole A. Boand.
Working with teens, 91探花researchers have designed RESeT: a snowy virtual world with six activities intended to improve mood. In a 3-week study of 44 Seattle-area teens, researchers found that most used the technology about twice a week without being prompted and reported lower stress levels after using the environment.
The 91探花 has been named one of the world鈥檚 top universities, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject released Wednesday.
The 91探花鈥檚 graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2025 Best Graduate Schools rankings released late Monday.
The Academy said members are elected 鈥渋n recognition of their outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, and their willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.鈥澛�
91探花 Provost Mark 聽Richards announced that Allison Webel has agreed to serve as interim executive dean of the School of Nursing, effective Aug. 1, until a new permanent dean is selected.
The 91探花鈥檚 graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2024 Best Graduate Schools聽rankings released late Monday.
As King County seeks to reach its goal of 鈥渮ero youth detention鈥� 鈥� ultimately eliminating the practice of juvenile detention in the county 鈥�91探花 researchers are working to help address major systemic challenges in how young people engage with health care. With a strategic plan to close the juvenile detention center by 2025, King County needs an increasingly robust system to ensure youth are getting consistent and accessible services, including health care. This is especially true upon…
Seven professors at the 91探花 are among 25 new members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2022, according to a July 15 announcement.
Two 91探花 nursing and midwife experts in maternal health have provided the following quotes on the issue of restricting abortion or making it illegal 鈥� seen as increasingly likely due to the Supreme Court draft opinion, leaked to Politico on Monday. Molly Altman is an assistant professor in the 91探花School of Nursing and nurse midwife, whose scientific research focuses on respectful and equitable care during pregnancy and childbirth. Meghan Eagen-Torkko is associate professor and Director of Nursing…
The 91探花鈥檚 graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2023 Best Graduate School rankings聽released Tuesday.
The pandemic has left nurses around the country feeling burned out. Their top four feelings, according to a recent survey? Exhausted, overwhelmed, irritable and anxious or unable to relax. 91探花News spoke with Elaine Walsh, a 91探花School of Nursing associate professor聽and a Nurse Scientist in Resiliency at聽Seattle Children鈥檚 Hospital, to learn more about the conditions that lead to burnout and solutions. Walsh explains burnout is characterized by physical, mental and emotional exhaustion and can involve a feeling of disconnection…
91探花 Associate Professor Wendy Barrington will be the featured speaker at the university鈥檚 38th annual New Student Convocation. Barrington has joint appointments in the Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing in the School of Nursing and the departments of Epidemiology and of Health Systems and Population Health in the School of Public Health.
The 91探花 School of Nursing tied for second-best in the nation for its undergraduate programs, according to a new ranking from U.S. News & World Report.
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.”
With a lethal, airborne virus spreading fast, hospitals had to change how they treated patients and policies for how caregivers provided that treatment. But for maternity patients and nurses some of those changes had negative outcomes, according to a new 91探花 study. 鈥淲e found that visitor restrictions and separation policies were harming families and nurses. The effects for patients included loneliness, isolation and mistrust, while nurses described mistrust and low morale,鈥� said Molly Altman, lead author of the…
By the end of February, around 350 91探花students had signed up to be volunteer vaccinators in clinics from Tacoma to Marysville.
Insomnia 鈥� trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or waking up too early 鈥� is a common condition in older adults. Sleeplessness can be exacerbated by osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis causing joint pain. While there are effective therapies for treating insomnia in older adults, many people cannot get the treatment they need because they live in areas with limited access to health care, either in person or over the internet. With telephones nearly universal among the elderly, however,…
Systemic racism has for generations undermined the health of individuals and communities across America, a public health crisis that has made the pandemic even more deadly and destructive for people of color. Recognizing that nurses play a central role in and hold major responsibility for the health of individuals and communities hit hard by historic racial inequity, the 91探花 School of Nursing is launching the Center for Antiracism in Nursing. 鈥淭here is much work to do to become…
As an experienced nurse midwife, whose scientific research focuses on respectful and equitable care during pregnancy and childbirth, the 91探花鈥檚 Molly Altman has been studying pregnancy and childbirth during the pandemic alongside colleagues across the 91探花and in affected communities. While her work is being distilled into formal studies that will be submitted for peer review, Altman, an assistant professor in the 91探花School of Nursing, believes it is important to begin discussions for improving this area of…
Even before the pandemic and disagreements over social restrictions recommended by public health officials across the state, public health agencies in Washington were struggling due to a lack of resources. In recent weeks, firings, resignations and death threats targeting local health officials has led to a staffing crisis in the agencies most responsible for local pandemic response. Now, as these public attacks further cripple public health agencies, a 91探花 public health expert is calling for action to defend…
The future of our health and the health of the communities we live in relies, in many ways, on students in the health sciences. The education and experiences that future doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, social workers and public health experts receive will to a large degree shape how those professionals work and work together when solving problems affecting our health. And while the 91探花鈥檚 highly ranked health sciences schools have long focused on interdisciplinary education and training students…
As businesses and public spaces reopen across the nation, the old-school public health detective work known as contact tracing is becoming a major component of the battle to contain the novel coronavirus that causes the deadly COVID-19 disease. It鈥檚 an investigative strategy long used for finding and informing people exposed to contagious diseases, such as measles and STDs, and now agencies across the country focused on combating the pandemic need support to expand their workforce to conduct contact-tracing interviews and…
A 91探花sleep expert sat down with 91探花News to provide some perspective on sleep during the pandemic, and what we can do to help ourselves and our families get through this time a little more well-rested.
With their education forced online and in-person clinical practice opportunities canceled by the novel coronavirus pandemic, 91探花 nursing students eager to use their skills and knowledge during this historic challenge to human health and well-being had few options. 91探花School of Nursing and Public Health-Seattle & King County announce partnership. Unwilling to accept this limited role for nursing students, the 91探花School of Nursing has partnered with Public Health鈥揝eattle & King County to give students three opportunities to…
On March 3, Premera Blue Cross announced a $4.7 million grant to the 91探花 to establish the Rural Nursing Health Initiative to place current students in rural practices in Washington state.
Premera Blue Cross, a leading health plan in the Pacific Northwest, today announced a $4.7 million grant to the 91探花 to establish the Rural Nursing Health Initiative to place current students in rural practices in Washington state.
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.”
Sparked by a grant from the聽 91探花Population Health Initiative,聽the UW鈥檚 Center for One Health Research has created a series of pop-up聽galleries featuring autobiographical photographs made by people experiencing homelessness with their animal companions. The first gallery was Oct. 4 in UW’s Red Square. Other pop-up gallery events are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, at Occidental Square聽in Seattle鈥檚 Pioneer Square district; Oct. 10 in Seattle鈥檚 Cal Anderson Park; and Oct. 13 in the Ballard Commons Park. The…
A new study finds that women of color perceive their interactions with doctors, nurses and midwives as being misleading, with information being 鈥減ackaged鈥� in such a way as to disempower them by limiting maternity health care choices for themselves and their children.
The SHARE-NW project is a five-year effort to identify, gather and visualize data in four Northwest states to help rural communities more effectively address health disparities and achieve health equity.
A novel type of body awareness training helps women recover from drug addiction, according to new research from the 91探花. People in the study made marked improvement, and many improvements lasted for a year.
The 91探花鈥檚 graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2020 Best Graduate School rankings released March 12.
A member of the British House of Lords is scheduled to deliver the Elizabeth Sterling Soule Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 21st, as part of the 91探花 School of Nursing鈥檚 Centennial celebrations and the Nursing Now initiative in the State of Washington. Baroness Mary Watkins of Tavistock, a professor of nursing and alternate chair of the global Nursing Now Initiative which launched locally this week, will speak about the transformational role that nurses can play to achieve health equity…
The 91探花 today opened the doors to Othello- 91探花 Commons, a new multifunctional partnership space in the heart of Southeast Seattle鈥檚 Othello neighborhood.