A team of staff and students are sewing masks and offering them for free to 91探花housing, custodial, dining and food service workers.
April 23, 2020
The latest news from the UW
Smart farming via satellite: NASA profiles 91探花researcher Faisal Hossain’s tech-based irrigation advisory system for Earth Day
Noting the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, NASA has featured UW-led research by Faisal Hossain that uses satellite data to help farmers manage water more efficiently.
ArtSci Roundup: Labor On-line: A Virtual Seminar Series, The Henry’s Re/Frame moves online, and more
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 Film Screening: “Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat” with Kota Takeuchi April 28, 3:30 – 5:00 PM聽| Zoom Event Artist聽Kota Takeuchi聽will screen and talk about his short…
April 22, 2020
A contact-tracing app that helps public health agencies and doesn’t compromise your privacy
Researchers from the 91探花 and 91探花Medicine, along with volunteers from Microsoft, have developed a new contact-tracing app called CovidSafe.
91探花 releases new Sustainability Strategy
The 91探花 today released the draft of a new Sustainability Strategy that will guide university actions across a broad spectrum of sustainability policy for the next five years.
April 20, 2020
A conversation with Dan Chirot about his new book ‘You Say You Want a Revolution,’ exploring radical idealism
A conversation with international studies professor Dan Chirot about his new book, “You Say You Want a Revolution: Radical Idealism and its Tragic Consequences.”
April 16, 2020
91探花nursing students join frontline efforts to battle COVID-19, meet public health needs
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…
Dose of nature at home could help mental health, well-being during COVID-19
In light of stay-at-home orders, 91探花 researchers say studies show there is much to be gained from nature close to home, whether in a yard, on neighborhood walks or even indoors.
‘Hands-on’ classes online? How some instructors are adapting to a new teaching environment
When the 91探花announced it was moving its spring quarter 2020 classes entirely online to combat the novel coronavirus, instructors across campus faced a new, uncharted challenge.
April 15, 2020
ArtSci Roundup: Earth Day with the Department of History, Ask Your Farmer, and more
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 Earth Day 50th Anniversary: Gaia Has a Fever April 22, 2:00 PM聽| Livestream Join the Department of History, College of the Environment聽and 91探花Earth Day in celebrating…
Public notice: Determination of non-significance (Health Sciences Education Building)
Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-340 and WAC 478-324-140, the 91探花 hereby provides public notice of: Determination of non-significance
Public notice: Determination of non-significance (Softball Performance Facility)
Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-340 and WAC 478-324-140, the 91探花 hereby provides public notice of: Determination of non-significance
Public notice: Determination of non-significance (Founders Hall)
Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-340 and WAC 478-324-140, the 91探花 hereby provides public notice of: Determination of non-significance
91探花Center for Philosophy for Children helps families explore 鈥榖ig questions鈥� around COVID-19
The 91探花Center for Philosophy for Children created a resource list of books and short videos to explore the big questions around COVID-19 鈥� about loneliness and isolation, boredom, illness and death, as well as fear and uncertainty.
Faculty/staff honors: Fellowships in medical and biological engineering; a remembrance of Ellis Goldberg
Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff include fellows named by an organization for medical and biological engineering, and a remembrance of political science professor Ellis Goldberg, who died in 2019.
April 14, 2020
How families can use technology to juggle childcare and remote life
91探花researchers are beginning a national study to help families discover technology that helps them both successfully navigate home-based learning and combat social isolation.
April 13, 2020
UW鈥檚 3D printed COVID-19 face shields: From innovation to delivery
When the first U.S. COVID-19 patient emerged in Washington, 91探花Medicine, as the state鈥檚 foremost provider of advanced medical care, was thrust into the role of trailblazer. Its clinicians and researchers have since mustered a speedy and sometimes ingenious response.
91探花team illustrates the adverse impact of visiting 鈥榡ust one friend鈥� during COVID-19 lockdown
After weeks of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, people of all ages may be asking: What could be the harm of visiting just one friend? Unfortunately, it could potentially undo the goal of social distancing, which is to give the COVID-19 virus fewer opportunities to spread. According to a website set up by researchers at the 91探花, easing the social distancing rules so that each household could have contact with just one or two others would reconnect…
‘I saw you were online’: How online status indicators shape our behavior
After surveying smartphone users, 91探花researchers found that many people misunderstand online status indicators but still carefully shape their behavior to control how they are displayed to others.
April 10, 2020
US approaching peak of 鈥榓ctive鈥� COVID-19 cases, strain on medical resources, new modeling shows
A new data-driven mathematical model of the coronavirus pandemic predicts that the United States will peak in the number of 鈥渁ctive鈥� COVID-19 cases on or around April 20, marking a critical milestone on the demand for medical resources.
Local response to 91探花social isolation study leads to national effort
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.
Large majority of state鈥檚 heroin users want to reduce use; syringe programs helping during COVID-19 crisis
A new survey of people who inject illicit drugs in the state of Washington yields positive and important findings for policy makers as the world struggles to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, said authors of the survey by the 91探花 and Public Health-Seattle & King County. Most people 鈥� 82% 颅鈥� who inject heroin and roughly half of methamphetamine users are interested in reducing or stopping their use and are open to a broad array of services to…
April 8, 2020
91探花announces commencement ceremony via webcast, invites Class of 2020 to return to Husky Stadium next year
With an in-person commencement ceremony on campus not possible due to the COVID-19 outbreak, The 91探花鈥檚 graduating seniors, graduate and professional students will be honored in two ways, President Ana Mari Cauce announced Wednesday.
ArtSci Roundup: Lecture with IVA Professor Whitney Lynn, In Plain Sight Screening, Childhood Bilingualism Talk, and more
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 Earth Day 50th Anniversary: Gaia Has a Fever April 22, 2:00 PM聽| Livestream Join the Department of History, College of the Environment聽and 91探花Earth Day in celebrating…
April 7, 2020
Education books: Athletics and higher ed, supervising school principals, activist-oriented teaching 鈥� and a conversation with James Banks on his new book of essays
A talk with James Banks, 91探花professor emeritus of education, about his new book of essays, and three other education books are also noted.
April 6, 2020
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grants $1 million to support collaborative conservation across three 91探花organizations
The 91探花 today announced a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to advance shared conservation services among the 91探花Libraries, the Henry Art Gallery and the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.聽
April 3, 2020
Huskies rally to support COVID-19 need for masks, child care
On a typical day, Julianne Dalcanton is an astrophysicist, studying the far reaches of the universe.
These aren鈥檛 typical days. Across the 91探花, faculty, staff, clinicians and students are stepping forward in a variety of ways to support the COVID-19 response, particularly efforts to help front-line medical personnel.
Watch videos of 91探花students’ ideas for public toilets, road safety and job matches in India
A 91探花study abroad program empowers students from all disciplines to apply their skills to real-life problems.
April 1, 2020
Study synthesizes what climate change means for Northwest wildfires
A 91探花 study, published this winter in Fire Ecology, takes a big-picture look at what climate change could mean for wildfires in the Northwest, considering Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana.
UW-created podcasts: ‘Crossing North’ by Scandinavian Studies 鈥� also College of Education, Information School’s Joe Janes, a discussion of soil health
91探花Notebook visits with the producer of “Crossing North,” a podcast by the Scandinavian Studies Department, and notes other podcasts on campus and an appearance by David Montgomery on the podcast “Undark.”
Jodi Sandfort named dean of the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
Jodi Sandfort has been named the next dean of the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the 91探花, Provost Mark Richards announced April 1.
March 31, 2020
Republican governors delayed key COVID-19 social distancing measures
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.
91探花researchers need your (digital) coughs
91探花researchers are developing an app that will allow health organizations to monitor coughs from self-quarantined COVID-19 patients from home.
March 30, 2020
Three 91探花students selected as 2020 Goldwater Scholars
Three undergraduate students at the 91探花 are among 396 around the country who have been named Goldwater Scholars for 2020.
Faculty/staff honors: Outstanding educator in landscape architecture, Royal Society of Edinburgh corresponding fellowship 鈥� and the Green Rat Clingfish takes a bow
Recent honors to 91探花 faculty and staff have come from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the World Register of Marine Species.
March 27, 2020
Laptops for takeout or delivery: Student technology program readies for spring quarter
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.
March 26, 2020
91探花researcher identifies workers most harmed by economic disruption due to COVID-19
Only about 25% of the U.S. workforce 鈥� some 35.6 million people 鈥� are in jobs that can easily be done at home, a 91探花 researcher has determined, as these are the positions in which using a computer is important but interacting with the public is not. These jobs are typically in highly-paid occupational sectors such finance, administration, management, computers, engineering and technology. Consequently 颅鈥� with orders to close businesses and demands that employees work from home growing…
March 24, 2020
91探花researchers to study resilience, well-being among King County residents during pandemic
91探花 researchers have launched the King County COVID-19 Community Study 鈥� or KC3S 鈥� to gather data through April 19 on how individuals and communities throughout King County are coping with the measures put in place to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Ships’ emissions create measurable regional change in clouds
Years of cloud data over a shipping route between Europe and South Africa shows that pollution from ships has significantly increased the reflectivity of the clouds. More generally, the results suggest that industrial pollution’s effect on clouds has masked about a third of the warming due to fossil fuel burning since the late 1800s.
March 23, 2020
Anatomy of a frogfish: New book explores world of fishes with arms and legs
Any old fish can swim. But what fish can walk, scoot, clamber over rocks, change color and even fight to the death? That would be the frogfish. A talk with Ted Pietsch, 91探花professor of emeritus of aquatic and fishery sciences, about his latest book, “Frogfishes: Biodiversity, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology”