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March 16, 2016

Arts Roundup: Pianist Jeremy Denk, Grupo Corpo 鈥� and White Snow Wood Sculptures

91探花World Series presents three events at Meany Hall this week: the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, pianist Jeremy Denk and Brazilian dance company Grupo Corpo. Visit the Henry Art Gallery to see its newest exhibition, 鈥淧aul McCarthy: White Snow Wood Sculptures,鈥� or catch one of the last performances of the School of Drama鈥檚鈥淏rooklyn Bridge.鈥� Jeremy Denk 7:30 p.m., March 18 | Meany Theater Pianist Jeremy Denk, winner of the prestigious 2014 Avery Fisher Career Prize, performs a…

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New technique tracks ‘heartbeat’ of hundreds of wetlands

91探花researchers have developed a new method to track how wetlands in Eastern Washington behave seasonally, which will also help monitor how they change as the climate warms.

March 15, 2016

Medicine, nursing programs top national rankings; dozens more 91探花programs highly rated

For the 22nd time in the past 23 years, the 91探花聽ranked as the No. 1 primary care medical school聽in the country, according to聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2017 Best Graduate School rankings聽released Tuesday. The rural medicine and family medicine programs have also led the nation since those rankings began in 1992. In a new ranking this year, the UW’s doctor of nursing practice program is first among 149 programs nationwide. See聽all 91探花Medicine and other health sciences graduate…

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Smartwatches can now track your finger in mid-air using sonar

A new sonar technology developed by 91探花 computer scientists and electrical engineers allows you to interact with mobile devices and smartwatch screens by writing or gesturing on any nearby surface 鈥� a tabletop, a sheet of paper or even in mid-air.

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March 14, 2016

NOAA funds Washington Sea Grant to help communities protect their coasts

Washington Sea Grant was recently awarded nearly $900,000 to help coastal communities protect against marine hazards, including tsunamis, winter storms and sea-level rise.

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Documents that Changed the World: ‘Hanging chads’ and butterfly ballots 鈥� Florida, 2000

With the Florida presidential primary a day away, Joe Janes is recalling the time of butterfly ballots and “hanging chads” 鈥� the presidential election of 2000 鈥� in the latest installment of his podcast series, Documents that Changed the World. In the podcasts, Janes, a professor in the 91探花Information School, explores the origin and often evolving meaning of historical documents, both famous and less known. “This one has been on my list for a long time,” Janes said. “But…

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March 11, 2016

TechConnect annual conference March 24

Members of the 91探花community are invited to a free daylong conference for technology professionals at the third-annual 91探花TechConnect Conference聽March 24. Sean Mooney, a professor of biomedical informatics and medical education and 91探花Medicine chief research information officer, will kick off the day with a keynote presentation starting at 8:30 a.m. Internet2 Senior VP and Chief Innovation Officer Florence Hudson will lead a morning session on future-proofing your career and environment through diversity and inclusion. Over 35 speakers from…

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91探花Combined Fund Drive partners with Make-A-Wish to donate airline miles

When Delilah was diagnosed with a congenital liver disorder, her mother Tabitha, recalls, 鈥淒octors told us she wasn鈥檛 going to make it.鈥� She鈥檇 need a new liver. She spent five months in Seattle Children鈥檚 Hospital waiting. It was a time of uncertainty and worry, but doctors eventually found a donor. Along the way, she qualified for a wish through Make-A-Wish庐 Alaska and Washington. Delilah wished to go on a cruise. Help Make-A-Wish grant a wish to every qualified child by…

Video contest challenges students to creatively define climate change

The UW’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is hosting its second-annual contest for undergraduate and high school students in Washington to create videos about what climate change means to them, in three minutes or less.

Arts and entertainment

March 9, 2016

Arts Roundup: ArtVenture, Vicente Amigo 鈥� and Brooklyn Bridge

This week, catch the final events of two series: 91探花Drama鈥檚 Seattle Theatres Lost & Founded play readings and the School of Art + Art History + Design鈥檚 Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice lectures. Hear performances by the 91探花Wind Ensemble, 91探花Symphony, and Latin Grammy Award-winning flamenco guitarist Vicente Amigo. Bring the whole family to campus this weekend for a fairy tale-themed ArtVenture at the Henry Art Gallery. Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice: Park McArthur 7:00 p.m.,…

Quintard Taylor’s BlackPast.org history site gets redesign, first executive director

BlackPast.org, the online reference guide to African-American history started by 91探花 history professor Quintard Taylor, is getting an executive director — Chieko Phillips — and a website redesign.

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Darkening of Greenland ice sheet due mainly to older, melting snow

A study by the 91探花and others finds that the darkening of the Greenland ice sheet is not due to an increase in wildfires, but is a side effect of a warming climate.

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March 8, 2016

Evans School, Ruckelshaus Center featured when public policy administrators gather in Seattle March 17-22

The evolving nature of the public sector will be the topic when professionals and scholars from the UW’s Evans School for Public Policy & Governance and around the world gather in Seattle March 17-22 for the 77th annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration.

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Family technology rules: What kids expect of parents

A new 91探花study is among the first to explore children鈥檚 expectations for parents’ technology use — revealing kids’ feelings about fairness and “oversharing,” the most effective types of household technology rules and families’ most common approaches.

Education

March 7, 2016

91探花increases focus on Indigenous knowledge

A longhouse-style building opened on the 91探花 campus in March 2015, on land where the longhouses and village of the Duwamish tribe once stood. Intellectual House, or w菨色菨b蕯altx史, is a tangible recognition of the area’s original inhabitants. And it is a catalyst for the university鈥檚 recent efforts to ramp up Indigenous learning in departments across campus. Over the past three years, the 91探花College of Arts & Sciences has added seven faculty members focused on Indigenous studies. Those…

March 4, 2016

91探花video on clingfish takes top prize at Ocean 180 competition

A 91探花 team won first place in a science communication video contest that culminated during the recent Ocean Sciences Meeting.

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March 3, 2016

Record percentage of women students in Informatics Program helps iSchool narrow the gender gap

The 91探花Information School’s 2015-16 undergraduate cohort in informatics is not only the school’s largest yet with 210 students, it also includes more women students than ever before 鈥� about 40 percent.

$750,000 Mellon Foundation grant will fund research, collaboration in arts

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the 91探花 a three-year, $750,000 grant to support guest artists in developing new works, and to better integrate arts disciplines into the broader university curriculum.

The grant will support a Creative Fellowships Initiative, under which guest performing artist fellows will be recruited from around the world for one- to three-year residencies in dance, music and theater.

Arts and entertainment

March 2, 2016

Arts Roundup: Strange Coupling, Malpaso Dance Company 鈥� and Faculty Chamber Concert

Chamber music takes center stage at the School of Music this week with a Faculty Chamber Concert and Schubertiade, both on March 6. Watch two different dance productions at Meany Hall, see an exhibition of student work at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, or catch a reading of 鈥楽ons鈥� as part of 91探花Drama鈥檚 New Play Workshop series. Strange Coupling March 2-4 | Jacob Lawrence Gallery This short exhibition shows works by students who are applying to partner with professional artists…

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91探花aids city of Seattle on open data initiative

If people find it easier to get data from the city of Seattle going forward, they can in part thank the 91探花. A team of 91探花faculty members and doctoral students spent the past six months working with the city on a new open data policy unveiled last week by Mayor Ed Murray. The policy requires all city departments to make their data as accessible as possible to the public while upholding privacy and security considerations. The UW…

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March 1, 2016

The Animals to Hendrix: Authors discuss soundtrack of Vietnam War at March 7 event

For soldiers serving in the Vietnam War, music was a salve, a connection to home and a temporary respite from the horrors of combat. In “We Gotta Get Out of This Place,” Rolling Stone鈥檚 #1 Best Music Book of 2015, Doug Bradley and Craig Werner explore the importance of music to U.S. troops in Vietnam, relaying powerful, intimate stories told by veterans themselves. Bradley, a Vietnam veteran, teaches a course on the war with Werner, a professor of Afro-American studies…

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Ice cores, polar bears and whale sounds at 11th Polar Science Weekend

Investigate a real ice core from Greenland, survey microbes from the coldest parts of the world, explore an Arctic ice camp and meet with polar scientists 鈥� many of whom are from the 91探花. It鈥檚 all part of Polar Science Weekend, returning to Seattle’s Pacific Science Center March 4-6. The three-day event features interactive exhibits and opportunities to talk with top polar scientists who work in some of the most remote and challenging places on Earth. New this…

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February 29, 2016

Life or illusion? Avoiding ‘false positives’ in the search for living worlds

New research from the UW-based Virtual Planetary Laboratory will help astronomers better identify 鈥� and thus rule out 鈥� “false positives” in the search for life beyond Earth.

Doctor, patient expectations differ on fitness and lifestyle tracking

With apps and activity trackers measuring every step people take, morsel they eat, and each symptom or pain, patients commonly arrive at doctor’s offices armed with self-tracked data. Yet health care providers lack the capacity or tools to review five years of Fitbit logs or instantaneously interpret data patients have been collecting about themselves, according to new 91探花research.

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NASA data used to track groundwater in Pakistan

Pakistan’s water managers are using NASA satellites to more effectively monitor groundwater supplies, thanks to a partnership with 91探花civil and environmental engineers. It’s part of a larger effort to use the vast amount of data and observations collected by Earth-orbiting satellites to better quality of life in developing countries.

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Statewide home sales, affordability up in fourth quarter of 2015

Home sale prices were up fractionally in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to the third quarter but up 9.7 percent compared with the previous year, according to the UW’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.

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University Book Store to relocate South Campus Store鈥檚 services and products to flagship store

University Book Store announced Thursday聽that it has opted to close its store in the University鈥檚 South Campus building and move its products and services to the flagship store on University Way Northeast. Though the relocation date has yet to be determined, University Book Store is planning for sometime before June. “Our lease was up for renewal, so it was time to evaluate whether we were successfully fulfilling our mission to provide our students with the materials they needed to succeed,”聽said…

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91探花ranks No. 7 on Business First’s top 10 list

The 91探花 was ranked No. 7 by Business First, a Buffalo-based publication,聽for聽America’s top 10 best public colleges and universities, the publication released Tuesday, Feb. 23. Business First, owned by American City Business Journals,聽used a 20-part formula based on academic excellence, prestige, affordability, diversity and economic strength to calculate each of the 477 participating universities’ scores. Out of the six Washington institutions included in the report, the 91探花ranked first, following by Washington State University (No. 112). UC Berkeley…

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February 26, 2016

2016 91探花cherry blossom watch: 100 percent in bloom

The cherry trees in the Quad at 91探花will likely be in full bloom the week of March 14.

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February 25, 2016

Driverless cars could increase reliance on roads

Driverless vehicles could intensify car use 鈥� reducing or even eliminating promised energy savings and environmental benefits, a new study co-authored by a 91探花 researcher finds. If people can work, relax and even hold meetings in their fully automated vehicles, they may drive more.

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Documents that Changed the World: The Declaration of Independence’s deleted passage on slavery, 1776

The latest installment of Information School professor Joe Janes’ podcast series Documents that Changed the World discusses 168 powerful words condemning slavery that were excised from the Declaration of Independence at the last minute.

Herring fishery’s strength is in the sum of its parts, study finds

Just like a strong financial portfolio contains shares from different companies, the diverse subpopulations of herring from different bays and beaches around Puget Sound collectively keep the total population more stable, a new study finds.

Arts and entertainment

February 24, 2016

Arts Roundup: Dance Majors Concert, Vivaldi鈥檚鈥楩our Seasons鈥� 鈥� and Buy Art

It鈥檚 a busy week for the arts: the School of Drama collaborates with Seattle Children鈥檚 Theatre, Pacific MusicWorks presents Vivaldi鈥檚鈥淔our Seasons鈥� and the 91探花Concert and Campus Bands perform their winter quarter concert. Experience contemporary dance at the 91探花Dance Majors concert and head over to the School of Art + Art History + Design鈥檚 annual sale, Buy Art. 鈥淭he Walk Across America for Mother Earth鈥� February 24-28 | Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theater The School of Drama partners with…

91探花, Gonzaga University announce 91探花medical school partnership, launch initiative to advance medical education and research in Spokane region

The 91探花 and Gonzaga University have signed an agreement to continue, enhance and expand medical education and research in Spokane.

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Clean, efficient cookstoves from UW-industry partnership to be manufactured in Kenya

A more efficient and clean wood-burning cookstove 鈥� developed by Vashon Island’s BURN Design Lab and 91探花mechanical engineers 鈥� will reduce the amount of fuel families need to collect or buy by 55 percent. It will also reduce exposure to the harmful particulate pollution produced by traditional cooking flames.

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Employee open forum March 2 for 91探花HR/Payroll Integrated Service Center

91探花employees are invited to attend an open forum March 2 to learn more about the university鈥檚 plans to create an HR/Payroll Integrated Service Center.

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February 23, 2016

For weather forecasting, precise observations matter more than butterflies

Small disturbances, like the flapping of a butterfly’s wings, don’t really matter for weather forecasts. More important is boosting the accuracy of observations at larger scales.

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91探花engineers achieve Wi-Fi at 10,000 times lower power

With “Passive Wi-Fi,” 91探花computer scientists and electrical engineers have generated Wi-Fi transmissions using 10,000 times less power than conventional methods. The system can transmit Wi-Fi signals at rates up to 11 megabits per second — lower than maximum Wi-Fi speeds but 11 times faster than Bluetooth — that can be decoded on any of the billions of devices with Wi-Fi connectivity.

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Four 91探花scientists awarded Sloan Fellowships for early-career research

Four faculty members at the 91探花 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 23, include Bingni Brunton, assistant professor of biology; Christopher Laumann, assistant professor of physics; Matthew McQuinn, assistant professor of astronomy; and Emina Torlak, assistant professor of computer science and engineering. The 126 Sloan Fellows for 2016 were nominated by senior colleagues in their field, department or institution. Committees with the Sloan Foundation then examined each…