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January 22, 2019

Arts 91探花Roundup: Opening of Rutherford and Son, Faculty Dance Concert, and more.

This week in the arts, attend a lecture about Asian porcelain near the Red Sea in the early eighteenth century, catch the first night of Rutherford and Son, listen to the 91探花Symphony and Seattle Symphony together at Benaroya Hall, and experience the Faculty Dance Concert, featuring choreographers Brian Brooks and Etienne Cakpo,聽plus four new works by 91探花dance faculty. Opening: Rutherford and Son January 23 to February 3 | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse London, 1912:聽Rutherford and Son, a…

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91探花books in brief: Healthy travel, Hebrew in America, principals supporting teachers and more

  Recent notable books by 91探花 faculty members explore the importance of Hebrew to modern America, remember the 1919 Seattle General Strike and look at issues in education, among other topics. Practical advice for healthy travel, near or far A new book by Dr. Christopher Sanford offers simple, practical recommendations for those traveling near or far, short or long term, for work or recreation, to “destinations ranging from rural areas to large cities, in both developing and industrialized…

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Forefront, 91探花Tacoma receive Boeing grants for veteran career services, suicide prevention

Boeing has awarded $300,000 to Forefront Suicide Prevention and 91探花 Tacoma for work with veterans. Forefront, at the 91探花School of Social Work, received $205,000 to expand veteran-specific outreach, and UWT received $95,000 for career services for veterans.

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January 16, 2019

Three awards from US Department of Energy to fuel 91探花solar cell research

Three teams led by 91探花 researchers 鈥� Scott Dunham, Hugh Hillhouse and Devin MacKenzie 鈥� have received competitive awards totaling more than $2.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office for projects that will advance research and development in photovoltaic materials, which are an essential component of solar cells and impact the amount of sunlight that is converted into electricity.

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Arts 91探花Roundup: Guest Artist Recital, Preview and Opening of Rutherford and Son, and more

This week in the arts, partake in an exhibition opening with聽Danny Giles, the 2019 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident, attend the preview of a School of Drama production, and more! Guest Artist Recital Tony Cho, Piano and David Bowlin, Violin January 17, 7:30 PM| Brechmin Auditorium Oberlin Conservatory colleagues Tony Cho, piano, and David Bowlin, violin, perform duo arrangements of chamber music repertoire. Cho, a former piano student of 91探花professor Craig Sheppard, completed a DMA in piano performance at the…

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January 15, 2019

Esports Arena & Gaming Lounge to open at 91探花

Esports 鈥� the phenomenally popular world of competitive video games 鈥� soon will have a home at the 91探花.

This spring, the UW鈥檚 Husky Union Building (HUB) will officially open the doors to the HUB Esports Arena & Gaming Lounge 鈥� a full-service, state-of-the-art gaming center that supports both casual and competitive gaming and virtual reality. The 1,000 square-foot space will serve as the epicenter between student communities, business communities and gaming culture in the Northwest.

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Seattle bike share programs show infrequent helmet use, little disparity in access to bikes among neighborhoods

People riding free-floating bike share rentals in Seattle are wearing helmets infrequently, according to a new analysis conducted by 91探花 researchers. Only 20 percent of bike share riders wore helmets in the study, while more than 90 percent of cyclists wore helmets while riding their own bikes.

Different research on the free-floating bike share systems showed that bikes were usually available in all Seattle neighborhoods across economic, racial and ethnic lines. However, more bikes were located in more-advantaged neighborhoods.

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January 10, 2019

Astronomers find signatures of a ‘messy’ star that made its companion go supernova

On Jan. 10 at the 2019 American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, an international team of astronomers announced that they have identified the type of companion star that made its partner in a binary system, a carbon-oxygen white dwarf star, explode. Through repeated observations of SN 2015cp, a supernova 545 million light years away, the team detected hydrogen-rich debris that the companion star had shed prior to the explosion.

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Evans School researchers study options for possible Washington public bank

If Washington state were to establish a public bank, what type of bank might work best? One that can provide targeted products and services to local governments across the state, says a new report by 91探花researchers from the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance.

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January 9, 2019

ARTS 91探花Roundup: Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Indigo Mist with Special Guest Bill Frisell, and more

This week in the arts, attend the first Critical Issues Lecture with Maria Nordman, go to a performance by 91探花Music faculty band, Indigo Mist, with renowned guitarist Bill Frisell, and more! Critical Issues Lecture Series: Maria Nordman January 10, 7:00 PM| Henry Art Gallery Maria Nordman, a German-American sculptor and conceptual artist, will deliver the first lecture of the Critical Issues Lecture Series, brought to you by the School of Art + Art History + Design with assistance from…

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Minority Ph.D. students in STEM fare better with clear expectations, acceptance

Women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields are more likely to advance professionally, publish more research and secure postdoctoral and faculty positions if their institutional culture is welcoming and sets clear expectations, according to a study of hundreds of Ph.D. students at four top-tier California research universities.

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January 7, 2019

91探花study: Long-term breastfeeding sheds light on whether an infant becomes right- or left-handed

Bottle feeding infants is associated with left-handedness, according to a new study from the 91探花. The study found that the prevalence of left-handedness is lower among breastfed infants as compared to bottle-fed infants. This finding was identified in about 60,000 mother-infant pairs and accounted for known risk factors for handedness.

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The number of single male Magellanic penguins is rising at this breeding colony. Here’s why.

Female Magellanic penguins are more likely to die at sea as juveniles, which has caused a skewed sex ratio of nearly three adult males to every female, as well as population decline of more than 40 percent since 1987 at one of their largest breeding colonies 鈥� Punta Tombo in Argentina.

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How economic theory and the Netflix Prize could make research funding more efficient

In a paper published Jan. 2 in PLOS Biology, two scientists at the 91探花 and North Carolina State University use the economic theory of contests to illustrate how the competitive grant-application system has made the pursuit of research funding inefficient and unsustainable 鈥� and that alternative methods, such as a partial lottery to award grants, could relieve pressure on professors and free up time for research.

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December 24, 2018

New global migration estimates show rates proportionally steady since 1990, high rate of return migration

Two 91探花 scientists have unveiled a new statistical method for estimating migration flows between countries. They show that rates of migration are higher than previously thought, but also relatively stable, fluctuating between 1.1 and 1.3 percent of global population from 1990 to 2015. In addition, since 1990 approximately 45 percent of migrants have returned to their home countries, a much higher estimate than other methods.

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91探花Evans School study of Fauntleroy ferry service proposes improvements to technology, engagement

Suggested upgrades to technology, training and communication 鈥� and funding them appropriately 鈥� lie at the heart of recommendations to the state from 91探花Evans School researchers after a study of service at the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal in West Seattle.

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December 13, 2018

Underwater sensors for monitoring sea life (and where to find them)

A 91探花team created a mechanical eye under the ocean’s surface that could live near renewable-energy sites and use a series of sensors to watch nearby animals. On Dec. 13, the researchers put the newest version of the AMP into the waters of Seattle’s Portage Bay for two weeks of preliminary testing before a more thorough analysis is conducted in Sequim, Washington.

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December 12, 2018

Arts Roundup: Visit the Henry Art Gallery, see Clotilde Jim茅nez’s exhibition, and attend the last event of the year at the Burke

End 2018 artfully by visiting the Henry Art Gallery, seeing聽Clotilde Jim茅nez’s “Apple of My Eye” before it closes, and ringing in the new year and at the same time – saying goodbye – to the old Burke Museum! Visit the Henry Art Gallery The Henry is internationally recognized for bold and challenging exhibitions, for pushing the boundaries of contemporary art and culture, and for being the first to premiere new works by established and emerging artists. Enjoy, learn, and be…

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Teens get more sleep, show improved grades and attendance with later school start time, researchers find

In 2016, Seattle Public Schools pushed back the start times for the district’s 18 high schools by 55 minutes, from 7:50 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. And as hoped, teenagers used the extra time to sleep in.

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Researchers create first sensor package that can ride aboard bees

Farmers can already use drones to soar over huge fields and monitor temperature, humidity or crop health. But these machines need so much power to fly that they can’t get very far without needing a charge. Now, engineers at the 91探花 have created a sensing system that is small enough to ride aboard a bumblebee.