Oceanographer Deborah Kelley is one of the lead authors of a first-of-its-kind atlas of the deep sea, titled “Discovering the Deep.”
May 19, 2015
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May 18, 2015
David Shields’ book 鈥� now a James Franco film 鈥� to screen at Hugo House
“I Think You’re Totally Wrong: A Quarrel,” a film directed by James Franco based on 91探花English Professor David Shields‘ latest book, with former student Caleb Powell, will be shown at Seattle literary venue Hugo House at 7 p.m. May 30, 31 and June 1. The screenings will be U.S. premiere for the film, which made its world debut May 3 at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver, B.C. “Life is serious business,鈥� Shields said recently. “We all have…
Runstad Center graduate student team wins low-income housing challenge
An interdisciplinary team of 91探花graduate students and its proposal for a 69-unit affordable housing development in Tacoma’s Wedge neighborhood has won the 24th annual Bank of America Low-Income Housing Challenge, held May 14 in San Francisco. The team was organized by the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies, which is in the 91探花College of Built Environments. Members were Ben Broesamle and Sam Yimparsit of the Master of Science in Real Estate program, Zi Cai and Genevieve Hale-Case of…
Study: 44 percent of parents struggle to limit cell phone use at playgrounds
A new 91探花 study finds that cell phone use at playgrounds is a significant source of parental guilt, and that caregivers absorbed in their phones were much less attentive to children’s requests.
May 15, 2015
Washington Sea Grant鈥檚 Ed Melvin wins presidential award for seabird-saving streamer lines
A Washington Sea Grant staff scientist is sharing top honors for developing gear that nearly eliminates seabird bycatch in long-line fisheries from the West Coast to South Africa.
Chemical tags in ear bones track Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon
A chemical signature recorded on the ear bones of Chinook salmon from Alaska’s Bristol Bay region could tell scientists and resource managers where they are born and how they spend their first year of life.
David Ferry to give annual Theodore Roethke reading May 28
Poet David Ferry will give the 52nd annual Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Reading at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 28, Kane Hall’s room 130, also known as the Roethke Auditorium. The event is free and the public is invited. Ferry is the author of eight books of poetry, including “Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations,” which won the 2012 National Book Award for Poetry and was praised by The New Yorker as “one of the great books of poetry of this young…
May 14, 2015
91探花Regents vote to divest from coal companies
The 91探花 Board of Regents on Thursday voted to prohibit direct investment of endowment funds in publicly traded companies whose principal business is the mining of coal for use in energy generation. The Board also reaffirmed the importance of the University鈥檚 wide-ranging sustainability efforts. The vote is the culmination of a process that began in December 2012, when Divest UW, a student campaign representing more than 20 registered student organizations, sent a petition to then-President Michael K. Young…
91探花Regents appoint Presidential Search Advisory Committee, authorize Chair to contract with national search firm
The 91探花 Board of Regents took another critical step in selecting its next president Thursday by naming the members of its Presidential Search Advisory Committee and selecting a national search firm to assist in the process. Kenyon Chan, chancellor emeritus and professor at 91探花Bothell, will chair the committee comprising 27 additional members, including Regents, faculty, staff, students and members of the public. The Regents have also held open forums, one each in Seattle, Tacoma and Bothell, with…
91探花Regents approve new name for Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
The Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the 91探花 has a new name following approval by the university鈥檚 Board of Regents during a meeting Thursday. Effective July 1, the university鈥檚 largest graduate degree program will be known as the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. 鈥淭he Regents鈥� action is welcomed and an exciting development in our program鈥檚 history,鈥� said Sandra O. Archibald, dean and professor. 鈥淭he new name recognizes our intellectual and practical…
May 13, 2015
Arts Roundup: Dance, music 鈥� and a barnyard fungus
This week the MFA Dance Concert and Pilobolus take the lead. The School of Music also has a busy week, presenting the Voice Divisional Recital as well as Jazz Innovations and an evening of music from Zimbabwe with visiting artists Paul Mataruse and Clair Jones.
Friday Harbor Labs event May 16 features marine science, scuba demos
If you’re looking for an escape this weekend, hop a ferry to Friday Harbor on San Juan Island and check out 91探花marine science research ranging from invertebrates and plankton to quirky fish and ocean acidification. The UW’s Friday Harbor Laboratories will host its annual open house Saturday, May 16, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the campus in Friday Harbor, about a mile from the ferry terminal. The event is free and open to the public. Organizers expect more…
May 12, 2015
91探花wave expert to appear tonight on TV’s ‘The Deadliest Catch’
The lead-up to the 11th season of The Deadliest Catch, the hit reality TV show about crab fishing in Alaska, is “The Bait,” in which captains of crab boats discuss some of the elements featured on the program. Tonight a 91探花 oceanographer will talk to the captains about one of the main reasons that the show gets its name: big waves. Jim Thomson, an oceanographer with the 91探花Applied Physics Laboratory, will be on the segment that first…
Top student climate change films to screen May 15 at Town Hall
Short clips ranging from Claymation and music videos to documentary and animated shorts that tell the story of what climate change means to local high school and college students will be shown in a first-ever video contest put on by the UW’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. Update:聽Watch the winning videos Ten of the top three-minute videos will be screened at Town Hall in Seattle at 7 p.m. Friday, May 15. A panel of judges that includes musical and…
Housing market strong, affordability issues linger in first quarter of 2015
Washington state’s housing market was strong in the first quarter of 2015, according to the UW’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.
May 11, 2015
Atmospheric scientist Bob Houze awarded Symons Gold Medal
The Royal Meteorological Society has awarded Robert Houze, a 91探花professor of atmospheric sciences, the Symons Gold Medal. The London-based society awards this international honor every two years to recognize distinguished work in meteorology, and it is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the field. Houze will deliver the society’s Symons Gold Medal Lecture May 20 in London on “The many ways that mountains affect precipitation: A broader view of orographic precipitation.” Houze earned his undergraduate degree from…
91探花author reads from ‘The Unending Hunger’ at Kane Hall May 14
Mention Santa Barbara, California, and many people might envision beaches, celebrities and ritzy homes in the so-called “American Riviera.” But Megan Carney saw a much different side of the area while attending graduate school at the University of California’s campus there. Through her work on food justice advocacy initiatives, Carney learned that the Santa Barbara region had one of the highest rates of poverty in the nation and some of the highest levels of food insecurity in California. “It’s a…
May 8, 2015
May 19 lecture: How ‘The Terminator’ could change 3-D manufacturing
The metallic shapeshifting villain from 鈥淭he Terminator鈥� movies has inspired innovations in 3-D printing to be featured in 91探花Bioengineering鈥檚 annual Robert F. Rushmer Lecture on Tuesday, May 19, 4:30 p.m. Joseph M. DeSimone, a prolific inventor, serial entrepreneur, renowned scholar and CEO will discuss “Breakthroughs in Imprint Lithography and 3-D Additive Fabrication鈥� that could pave the wave for efficient and scalable 3-D manufacturing. The lecture in the William H. Foege South Auditorium (Room S060) is free and open to…
New book celebrates work, legacy of 91探花landscape architect Richard Haag
Thaisa Way, associate professor of landscape architecture in the 91探花College of Built Environments, discusses her book, “The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag: From Modern Space to Urban Ecological Design.”
91探花Press launches new food-focused book series
From the popularity of farmers markets to greater awareness about obesity, Americans are more interested than ever in what they eat and where it comes from. Once simply a question of what’s for dinner, food has become a focal point for concerns about health, sustainability and the environment. Recognizing food’s increased importance in popular culture and academia, the 91探花 Press is launching a new book series called “Food, People, Planet” that aims to explore food from various social…
May 7, 2015
91探花researchers hack a teleoperated surgical robot to reveal security flaws
91探花 researchers easily hacked a next generation teleoperated surgical robot 鈥� one used only for research purposes 鈥� to test how easily a malicious attack could hijack remotely-controlled operations in the future and to make those systems more secure.
Anthropologist Ruth Behar to deliver 40th annual Stroum Lectures May 18, 20
Ruth Behar, professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan, will deliver the 40th annual Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures at 7:30 p.m. May 18 and 20, in room 220 of Kane Hall. Together, the lectures are titled “Dreams of Sefarad: Explorations of Modern Sephardic Identity, from Istanbul to Havana and Seattle.” They are presented by the 91探花Stroum Center for Jewish Studies. The May 18 lecture will be titled “Places: Loss and Memory.” Advance notes say the talk will…
May 6, 2015
Arts Roundup: Art, artifacts 鈥� and ‘The Magic Flute’
May starts strong, bursting with arts events for the community to enjoy. The School of Art + Art History + Design begins the month with the Painting + Drawing BFA graduation show, followed by the Kollar American Art Lecture featuring Kenneth Haltman. The School of Music starts its run of 鈥淭he Magic Flute,鈥� co-presented with Pacific MusicWorks, and the Burke Museum hosts the annual Artifact ID Day.
Catherine Brazil named 91探花director for Spokane and Eastern Washington relations
Catherine Brazil, who brings more than two decades of public affairs experience in Eastern Washington, has been appointed director of government and community relations for Spokane and Eastern Washington at the 91探花, effective May 26, 2015. In this new role, Brazil will represent the 91探花and coordinate government, business and community relations from the new 91探花Spokane Center. Brazil will be a critical voice for the 91探花and the School of Medicine in Spokane, building and maintaining relationships…
Fishermen, communities need more than healthy fish stocks
The Fishery Performance Indicators are the most comprehensive, global tool that considers social factors in addition to the usual biological measures when gauging a fishery’s health.
91探花mapping app turns art into a sharable walking route
The Trace app turns a digital sketch that you draw on your smartphone screen 鈥� heart, maple leaf, raindrop 鈥� into a walking route that you can send to a friend. The recipient of the “gift” receives step-by-step walking directions that eventually reveal the hidden shape on a map.
May 5, 2015
Documents that Changed the World: The Exaltation of Inanna, 2300 BCE
In the latest installment of his Documents that Changed the World podcast series, Joe Janes looks back more than 4,000 years at the Exaltation of Inanna, and what might be the first-ever claim of authorship.
May 4, 2015
91探花lecturer joins Farm Sanctuary president for May 8 talk on ethics of eating meat
Bill Clinton and Prince have embraced it, as have Moby, Ellen DeGeneres and Alec Baldwin. Veganism has moved from the foodie fringes into the mainstream in recent years, as celebrities and others are adopting a plant-based diet over concerns about health, animal welfare and the environment. Vegan celebrity chefs, meat-free products in grocery stores and a proliferation of innovative new restaurants boasting cruelty-free cuisine have helped broaden veganism’s appeal. 91探花lecturer Katie Gillespie will join Farm Sanctuary co-founder Gene Baur…
Puget Sound’s clingfish could inspire better medical devices, whale tags
Researchers at the 91探花’s Friday Harbor Laboratories are looking at how the biomechanics of clingfish could be helpful in designing devices and instruments to be used in surgery and even to tag and track whales in the ocean.
May 1, 2015
UW, academic student employee union reach tentative agreement on new contract
After months of negotiations, and just hours before the current collective bargaining agreement expired, the 91探花 and UAW 4121, representing nearly 4,500 academic student employees (ASEs) including teaching assistants, research assistants, readers, graders and tutors, reached a tentative agreement Thursday for a new three-year contract. A ratification vote by union members on the contract will take place in the coming weeks. 鈥淲e are very pleased that the negotiations concluded successfully and we were able to reach agreement with…
91探花biologist wins Saruhashi Prize for top woman scientist
Keiko Torii, a 91探花professor of biology, this month was awarded the 35th annual Saruhashi Prize, given each year to a female researcher in the natural sciences. Each year, one woman scientist receives the award recognizing both exceptional research accomplishments and mentoring of other women scientists. “I am especially pleased that the selection committee recognized and highly valued my demonstrated mentoring of women postdocs balancing career and family,” Torii said. She has helped several researchers in her lab balance starting…
April 30, 2015
Seafloor sensors record possible eruption of underwater volcano
Sensors on the ocean’s floor installed by 91探花researchers show that late on April 23, a seismic event took place on the 3,000-foot underwater volcano off Oregon’s coast.
Sustainability progress should precede seafood market access, researchers urge
A team of researchers has evaluated fishery improvement projects, which are designed to bring seafood from wild fisheries to the certified market while promising sustainability in the future. In a policy paper appearing May 1 in Science, they conclude these projects need to be fine tuned to ensure that fisheries are delivering on their promises.
Engineering a better solar cell: 91探花research pinpoints defects in popular perovskites
A new 91探花study demonstrates that perovskite materials — superefficient crystal structures that have recently taken the scientific community by storm — contain previously undiscovered flaws that can be engineered to improve solar cells and other devices even further.
91探花Regents seek public input at open forums as presidential search begins
The 91探花 Board of Regents began the process of selecting its next president, and board Chairman Bill Ayer is inviting students, faculty, staff and the public to a series of open forums about what they are looking for in the next leader of the university.
April 29, 2015
Arts Roundup: Piano, drama鈥攁nd IMPFest
Drama and opera fill this busy week in the arts. From the final weekend of the School of Drama鈥檚 production of 鈥淏us Stop鈥� to the upcoming 91探花School of Music and Pacific MusicWorks collaborative production of 鈥淭he Magic Flute,鈥� there鈥檚 plenty to see on the University鈥檚 main stages. Also, don鈥檛 forget to check out the Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFest) over the weekend at the Ethnic Cultural Center.
Antarctic ice core shows northern trigger for ice age climate shifts
91探花glaciologists were part of a team that used a new Antarctic ice core to discover which region triggered sudden global-scale climate shifts during the last ice age.
91探花Tacoma junior wins prestigious Udall Scholarship
Faith Ramos, a junior studying sustainable urban development at 91探花Tacoma, was named one of 50 students nationally to receive聽the prestigious Udall Scholarship. Ramos聽worked for 15聽years in arts and other nonprofits, including for National Parks programs that bring economically disadvantaged youth to the parks, before enrolling at聽 91探花Tacoma. She also has a strong background in filmmaking and singlehandedly produced, shot, edited, and narrated the documentary, 鈥淗eart & Sold,鈥� which addresses gentrification in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. She is an…
91探花autism center marks 15 years of research and service
When the 91探花 Autism Center opened its doors in 2000, the notion that the disorder could be detected in preschool-aged children was controversial. “We were diagnosing kids between 3 and 4 years of age,” recalled Steve Dager, a 91探花professor of radiology and the center’s former interim director. “People were still skeptical that you could diagnose autism that early.” Much has changed since then. Researchers can now diagnose autism in some children before 12 months. Autism’s prevalence has…
April 28, 2015
91探花apparatus measures single electron’s radiation to try to weigh a neutrino
91探花researchers and their collaborators used an experiment in the physics building to measure the energy of a single electron emitted by radioactive decay, a key step in their strategy to measure the mass of the elusive neutrino.