May 26, 2020
The 91探花 today announced a $250,000 gift from 91探花Regent Blaine Tamaki and his wife, Preciosa Tamaki, to the School of Law to support efforts to increase diversity, provide students with greater access to mental health resources, and support the work of 91探花Law faculty and students in the Tribal Court Clinic, part of the Native American Law Center.
May 22, 2020
The dean of the 91探花School of Public Health shares information about using face coverings, including what kinds of masks are appropriate to wear and how they protect people.
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.
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.”
May 21, 2020
Three professors are teaming for a study of the mobility impacts of the coronavirus 鈥� and they are inviting 91探花faculty, staff and students to complete a short online survey to assist the research.
A 5-year, up to $300 million grant from NOAA establishes the new Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies, a UW-based institute with partners at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Oregon State University. The institute will lead collaborative, multidisciplinary research and education activities around oceans and climate.
May 19, 2020
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91探花faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Former Prime Minister of Italy Talk May 28, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM | YouTube streaming Join us for a virtual event addressing the European response…
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.
May 18, 2020
Beginning May 18, King County is聽directing聽people to wear face coverings in most public settings. Expert Hilary Godwin answers questions about the directive and shares information about using face coverings.
COVID-19 is a lot more deadly than the flu, according to a new study by the 91探花 published May 7 in the journal Health Affairs. The study鈥檚 results also project a grim future if the U.S. doesn鈥檛 put up a strong fight against the spread of the virus.
May 15, 2020
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91探花faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Faculty Recital: S忙unn Thorsteinsd贸ttir, cello May 21, 4:00 PM | Online streaming School of Music聽cello faculty聽S忙unn Thorsteinsd贸ttir聽performs some of Bach’s most famous cello suites from her…
One of the essential roles that is often not seen is the work of our campus photographers. They continue to capture the visual stories and people on campus in a time when many of us aren鈥檛 there to see them ourselves. 91探花News asked one of our campus photographers to share some of his favorite photos he鈥檚 taken this spring, and to describe what it鈥檚 like working on campus now.
Historical observations collected off California since the 1950s suggest that anchovies thrive where the water is breathable 鈥� a combination of the oxygen levels in the water and the species鈥� oxygen needs, which are affected by temperature. Future projections suggest that the waters off Mexico and Southern California could be uninhabitable by 2100.
May 14, 2020
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.
May 13, 2020
Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff have come from the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Washington Native Plant Society, the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Republic of Ghana.
May 12, 2020
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, based at the 91探花, will host an online event on the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, featuring seismologists from the 91探花and other institutions who can explain the events before, during and after the historic blast. The virtual event will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Monday, May 18, on the PNSN鈥檚 YouTube channel — exactly 40 years after the blast. The group will stream prerecorded talks from…
May 11, 2020
In a letter to the White House Coronavirus Task Force, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) drew upon the testimony by Hilary Godwin, dean of the 91探花 School of Public Health, in calling for federal guidelines be established for the aviation industry and the traveling public.聽
The UW鈥檚 large research vessel, the RV Thomas G. Thompson, returned May 8 to its home port after more than two years exploring the world鈥檚 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.
Research projects funded for 2020 by EarthLab’s Innovation Grants Program will study how vegetation might reduce pollution, help an Alaskan village achieve safety and resilience amid climate change, organize a California river’s restoration with tribal involvement, compare practices in self-managed indigenous immigrant communities and more.
May 8, 2020
Two 91探花 students have been named 2020 Udall Scholars. Sierra Campbell and Taylor Owens join only 55 students nationally to receive this prestigious honor.
May 7, 2020
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.
May 6, 2020
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.
Recent honors to 91探花 faculty and staff have come from the Association of Asian Studies, the American Society of Public Administration, the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography and Cascade Public Media.
May 5, 2020
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91探花faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Best Seat in the House May 12 | Online streaming Each week the聽Department of Dance will be featuring one or two dance films or performance footage…
May 4, 2020
Farming and food production can be made more compatible with bird and wildlife conservation, says 91探花ornithologist John Marzluff in his latest book, “In Search of Meadowlarks: Birds, Farms, and Food in Harmony with the Land”
May 1, 2020
91探花 researchers have discovered that the abundance of tiny microplastic contaminants in Pacific oysters from the Salish Sea is much lower than previously thought.
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91探花faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling May 7, 6:30 – 8:00 PM聽| Zoom Event This event features writer and poet聽Sara Marie Ortiz聽(Acoma Pueblo) and聽Gene Tagaban聽(Cherokee, Tlingit, Filipino)….
April 30, 2020
Loss of ice from Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets since 2003 have contributed 0.55 inches to global sea level rise, with about two thirds coming from Greenland ice. The new, detailed satellite measurements provide a global picture of ice sheet change 鈥� and insights into the future of Greenland and Antarctica.
April 29, 2020
Recent notable books by 91探花faculty members look at gentrification and inequity in a New York neighborhood, skin lighteners though history, female agency in Arthurian legend and biographical epitaphs in China across many centuries.
The 91探花 and its Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Toledo have formed the U.S. Manufacturing of Advanced Perovskites Consortium, or US-MAP. This research and development coalition aims to accelerate the domestic commercialization of perovskite technologies.
April 28, 2020
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.
A new study looks at temperature increases in counties across the United States where crops are grown. It also looks at different strategies the industry could adopt to protect workers鈥� health.
April 27, 2020
A little after 10 p.m. on March 19, 91探花 graduate students Anne Massey and David Coomes happened to be online when they received an email聽that would give them an unexpected role in Washington鈥檚 rapidly evolving response to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus. As context, the World Health Organization had just declared the spread of the virus a pandemic, the state of Washington had gone from having the country鈥檚 first positive test for the virus to having the…
The 91探花Asian Languages & Literature Department has been awarded a four-year $1.3 million “flagship” grant from the the Institute for International Education that will support the expanded study of Chinese language and culture across the UW.
Researchers at the 91探花 and the University of Idaho report that, for a bacterial pathogen already resistant to an antibiotic, prolonged exposure to that antibiotic not only boosted its ability to retain its resistance gene, but also made the pathogen more readily pick up and maintain resistance to a second antibiotic and become a dangerous, multidrug-resistant strain.
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.
April 24, 2020
Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff have come from the American Education Research Association, the Association for Psychological Science and the SeaDoc Society.
April 23, 2020
Three 91探花 faculty members, including President Ana Mari Cauce, are among the 2020 fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation鈥檚 oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Trisha Davis, professor and chair of biochemistry at the 91探花School of Medicine, and Tatiana Toro, the Craig McKibben and Sarah Merner Professor of Mathematics, are also among the 276 artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, non-profit and private sectors who were announced as new fellows Thursday.