March 23, 2020
When the 91探花moved to online instruction March 9, 91探花Facilities Services developed a three-week disinfection plan. Custodial staff are now working through more than 500 classrooms, lecture halls, libraries, auditoriums and shared spaces, with similar efforts under way in Bothell and Tacoma.
91探花law professor Hugh Spitzer speaks to the power of state and local governments as officials consider measures to restrict movement to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 19, 2020
A new study led by the 91探花 finds dramatic increases in the abundance of a worm that can be transmitted to humans who eat raw or undercooked seafood. Its 283-fold increase in abundance since the 1970s could have implications for the health of humans and marine mammals, which both can inadvertently eat the worm.
March 18, 2020
91探花researchers watched 25 participants scroll through their Facebook or Twitter feeds while, unbeknownst to them, a Google Chrome extension randomly added debunked content on top of some of the real posts.
91探花 researchers have discovered that large predators play a key yet unexpected role in keeping smaller predators and deer in check. Their 鈥渇atal attraction鈥� theory finds that smaller predators are drawn to the kill sites of large predators by the promise of leftover scraps, but the scavengers may be killed themselves if their larger kin return for seconds.
March 17, 2020
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 2021 Best Graduate School rankings聽released March 17.
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…
91探花researchers are inviting the public to share their experiences on their regular commutes in a survey.
March 16, 2020
Recent honors to 91探花faculty and staff have come from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Republic of Lithuania and Google.
March 15, 2020
The idea of building herd immunity 鈥� increasing the number of infected to such a degree that naturally occurring immunity would outstrip the coronavirus, while isolating the elderly and others at greatest risk of the disease 鈥� has been tossed around in the United States, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.聽 This week, however, U.K. officials appear to be backing away from that approach. But the kind of 鈥渉erd immunity鈥� strategy being discussed in the U.K. does not acknowledge a critical…
March 12, 2020
The 91探花Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Thursday that a 91探花Seattle campus graduate student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student is recovering at home, out of state, and we wish them well.聽
It’s important to maintain human connection, even during a time of social distancing, 91探花psychology researchers say.
Researchers from the 91探花 School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences have discovered that ocean acidification impacts the ability of some oysters to pass down 鈥渕emories鈥� of environmental trauma to their offspring.
March 11, 2020
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued on Wednesday, March 11, an emergency proclamation that limits large events to minimize risks to public health during the COVID-19 outbreak. Here are how two 91探花experts responded to questions about the order.
Rick Mohler, associate professor of architecture, meets with his Research Design Studio students online. Normally a hands-on class with poster-size drawings and tabletop scale models, Mohler’s design studio has shifted to the small screen.
March 10, 2020
A documentary series produced and released this winter by YouTube features 91探花computer scientist Pedro Domingos and members of the UW-based Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.
KUOW’s That’s Debatable on Wednesday will feature two 91探花 faculty members: Dan Schwartz, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Clean Energy Institute, and Kate Simonen, upcoming chair of the Department of Architecture and director of the Carbon Leadership Forum.
March 9, 2020
Rick Mohler, associate professor of architecture in the College of Built Environments, is now teaching his classes using Zoom. His architecture classes usually meet in person, but were conducted entirely online Monday.
A 91探花 researcher calculates that 14.4 million workers face exposure to infection once a week and 26.7 million at least once a month in the workplace, pointing to an important population needing protection.
Students from different backgrounds in the United States enter college with equal interest in STEM fields 鈥� science, technology, engineering and mathematics. But that equal interest does not result in equal outcomes. Six years after starting an undergraduate STEM degree, roughly twice as many white students finished it compared to African American students. A new study by researchers at the 91探花 shows that teaching techniques in undergraduate STEM courses can significantly narrow gaps in course performance between students…
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.
The wildflowers of Mount Rainier鈥檚 subalpine meadows, which bloom once the winter snowpack melts, are a major draw for the more than 1 million visitors to this national park in Washington state each spring and summer. But by the end of this century, scientists expect that snow will melt months earlier due to climate change. New research led by the 91探花 shows that, under those conditions, many visitors would miss the flowers altogether.
March 6, 2020
91探花 President Ana Mari Cauce sat down with Vice President of Student Life Denzil Suite for a candid conversation about how COVID-19 is affecting campus operations, why classes will no longer meet in person for the rest of the quarter and whether a student-led petition had an impact on the decision.
The 91探花 held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2020 to address the decision to move classes online in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, and address the 91探花staff member who received a presumptive positive test result.
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
A 91探花 researcher calculates that 14.4 million workers face exposure to infection once a week and 26.7 million at least once a month in the workplace, pointing to an important population needing protection as the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, continues to break out across the U.S. Marissa Baker, an assistant professor in the 91探花School of Public Health, based her calculations on research she published in 2018 in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. In that paper, Baker…
Late last year, news broke that the star Betelgeuse was fading significantly, ultimately dropping to around 40% of its usual brightness. The activity fueled popular speculation that the red supergiant would soon explode as a massive supernova. But astronomers have more benign theories to explain the star鈥檚 dimming behavior. And scientists at the 91探花 and Lowell Observatory believe they have support for one of them: Betelgeuse isn鈥檛 dimming because it鈥檚 about to explode 鈥� it鈥檚 just dusty. In…
March 5, 2020
Nutritional science expert Anne-Marie Gloster, a lecturer in the 91探花School of Public Health鈥檚 Nutritional Sciences Program and expert in emergency food planning, has put together this list of things to think about and foods to have on hand if you should be called on to stay at home for an extended period. 鈥淪hopping intentionally and feeding ourselves mindfully is a delicious way to reduce our stress during this time of heightened awareness about our personal and community health,鈥� Gloster…
The University is asking people to avoid coming to campus this year to comply with Gov. Inslee鈥檚 March 11 proclamation that prohibits large gatherings of more than 250 people as our region combats the spread of COVID-19.
91探花 President Ana Mari Cauce, joined by Dr. Geoff Gottlieb, head of the UW鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases, met with the members of the AS 91探花Student Senate on March 3 to share the most current information and take questions about the University鈥檚 response and preparations for the novel coronavirus.
March 4, 2020
Updated March 6, 2020: Many of the events in this roundup have been postponed or cancelled. Information for a specific event will be at the link provided for that event. This week in the arts, School of Art faculty Whitney Lynn gives a lecture at the Art Building, 91探花Symphony and combined choirs perform at Meany Hall, Dr. Charlotte Cot茅聽shares lessons from the w菨色菨b蕯altx史 – Intellectual House, and more! To learn about more events taking place,聽visit ArtsUW. Faculty Lecture with…
March 3, 2020
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.
March 2, 2020
P. Dee Boersma, a 91探花professor of biology and director of the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, is a finalist for the 2020 Indianapolis Prize for conservation, to be awarded later this year by the Indianapolis Zoological Society. Sue Moore, a scientist with the center and a 91探花affiliate professor of biology and of aquatic and fishery sciences, has won the 2020 IASC Medal, also known as the Arctic Medal, from the International Arctic Science Committee.
Ted Poor, assistant professor of drums in the 91探花School of Music, has a new album. “You Already Know,” was released Feb. 28 on New Deal/Impulse. 91探花Notebook caught up with Poor for a short Q and A.
91探花researchers interviewed 22 athletes and staff members from three college athletics programs to see how collecting data from college athletes might encroach on their autonomy.
New research from the 91探花 finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is a stronger predictor of learning to program than basic math knowledge.
February 28, 2020
This week in the arts, Art History professor Foong Ping discusses the聽reconceptualizing of the Seattle Asian Art Museum, four Native American Huskies share what 鈥渉ome鈥� means to them, the exhibition As, Not For: Dethroning Our Absolutes opens at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, and more! To learn about more events taking place,聽visit ArtsUW. Concert聽鈥� H茅l猫ne Grimaud March 4, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall French pianist H茅l猫ne Grimaud brings a virtuosic program to Meany Center, performing music from her 2018 recording,聽Memory. In…
February 27, 2020
Throughout the month of November 2019, a team of 91探花 researchers chased storms in the Arctic Ocean. The project, Coastal Ocean Dynamics in the Arctic, or CODA, is looking at how water currents shift and waves hit the coast with more open water, to provide better forecasts and predictions for the region鈥檚 future.