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Video: UW-led research links wildfire smoke exposure with increased dementia risk
November 25, 2024
An analysis of the health care records of 1.2 million Southern California residents found that higher long-term smoke exposure was associated with a significant increase in the odds that a person would be diagnosed with dementia. Exposure to non-wildfire PM2.5 also increased a person’s risk of dementia, but to a much lesser degree.
UW’s incoming class welcomed at New Student Convocation
September 20, 2024
The University of Washington will welcome its incoming classes and their families on Sunday, Sept. 22 at the University’s annual New Student Convocation, which will be held in Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
Video: UW welcomes incoming fall students to on-campus housing
September 18, 2024
Mild fall temperatures this week helped welcome the first group of students who moved into University of Washington residence halls and apartments. More than 10,000 students are expected to live in UW housing this year, including more than 77.5% of the freshman class. This year’s incoming class is expected to be around 7,150, according to…
UW researchers develop a stretchable, wearable device that lights up an LED using only the warmth of your skin
September 10, 2024
UW researchers have developed a flexible, durable electronic prototype that can harvest energy from body heat and turn it into electricity that can be used to power small electronics, such as batteries, sensors or LEDs. This device is also resilient — it still functions even after being pierced several times and then stretched 2,000 times.
Q&A: UW researcher aims to understand common women's sports injuries
July 23, 2024
Several common injuries seem to haunt women's sports. Jenny Robinson, a University of Washington assistant professor, is interested in designing better methods to help female athletes train to prevent and recover from injuries.
Video: Admissions director answers six commonly asked questions about applying to the UW's Seattle campus
March 11, 2024
Six of the most commonly asked questions about how competitive it is to get into the UW and how admissions decisions are made are answered in this video featuring Paul Seegert, Director of Admissions on the Seattle campus.
Holiday blahs? Why social connection, even talking to strangers, can help
December 12, 2023
Milla Titova, assistant teaching professor of psychology and director of the Happiness and Well-Being Lab at the UW, offers strategies for joy this holiday season.
New research aims to reduce fatal bird collisions on campus
November 20, 2023
A project in the UW College of Built Environments, led by researcher Judy Bowes, is examining how building architecture contributes to bird collisions, and the ways bird-safe glass and other designs can help address the problem.
Q&A: Can AI in school actually help students be more creative and self-directed?
September 25, 2023
Katie Davis, a University of Washington associate professor in the Information School, discusses how generative AI might support learning, instead of detracting from it, if kids can keep their agency.
Video: UW welcomes students to campus as thousands move into residence halls
September 20, 2023
About 8,500 students, including 78% of this year’s freshman class, are expected to move into UW residence halls and apartments this week.
Thousands cheer on UW graduates as more than 7,000 degrees conferred at Husky Stadium
June 10, 2023
More than 7,000 degrees were conferred to University of Washington graduates Saturday at the 148th Commencement at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium.
Video: Lummi Nation School students visit UW to talk to International Space Station astronaut
February 17, 2023
Students from the Lummi Nation School visited the University of Washington in earlh February for a real-time Q&A with astronaut Josh Cassada aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Cassada helped do space research on a plant science experiment the students sent to the ISS.
UW’s Daniel Chen, ’22, named prestigious Marshall Scholar
December 12, 2022
University of Washington alumnus Daniel Guorui Chen, Class of 2022, has been named a Marshall Scholar, one of the highest honors available to college graduates in the U.S. Chen plans to attend the University of Cambridge.
UW’s incoming class, one of the university’s largest and most diverse, welcomed at New Student Convocation
September 26, 2022
The University of Washington on Sunday held its 39th annual New Student Convocation, which returned to Alaska Airlines Arena, Hec Edmundson Pavilion, for the first time since 2019.
Video: UW welcomes students back to campus with move-in days
September 21, 2022
The University of Washington’s campus again is bustling as students began moving into residence halls on Tuesday and will participate in annual fall activities for incoming undergraduates. About 10,000 students are expected to move into campus housing this week.
Video: Classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022 honored in weekend graduation celebrations
June 12, 2022
On Saturday, for the first time since 2019, the UW held in-person Commencement ceremonies at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium where the University conferred degrees on the Class of 2022. On Sunday, it welcomed alumni from the 2020 and 2021 school years for a Return to Husky Stadium Graduation Celebration.
Video: Alexes Harris draws attention to low representation of people of color in bone marrow registry
May 26, 2022
In 2016, Alexes Harris was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer. But a search for a bone marrow donor turned up only five matches, and none ended up being a donor. People of color are underrepresented in the bone marrow registry; according to Be The Match, the nation’s largest bone marrow registry, white people have…
Video: Experts collaborate to troubleshoot necessary fires and harmful smoke
May 24, 2022
Forest fire smoke can make you sick, and we're experiencing more them. In terms of public health, it seems logical to reduce forest fires to limit unhealthy air pollution, but forest managers are increasingly seeing prescribed burning as an essential tool to reduce explosive wildfires. How should we plan to deal with the impacts of…
Multi-state study of monetary sanctions finds widespread inequities, far-reaching consequences
March 2, 2022
Alexes Harris, professor of sociology at the University of Washington, discusses her team's five-year, eight-state study of legal financial obligations, and their findings that court-imposed fines and fees perpetuate inequality.
Video: UW students build purifiers that can remove virus particles, other pollutants
November 22, 2021
A UW class that normally is about air pollution has pivoted to focus on another airborne health hazard — coronavirus aerosols. As part of the class project, students are designing and building air purifiers and testing how effective they are.
Video: Standard time is better for us, UW expert says
November 4, 2021
On Sunday, Nov. 7 we switch from daylight saving time to standard time. A University of Washington expert in circadian rhythms says that’s a good thing.
Video: Great ShakeOut drill tests new earthquake early warning system
October 28, 2021
At 10:21 a.m. on Oct. 21, teacher Wade Johnson's science class at Port Susan Middle School scrambled under their desks as part of the annual Great American ShakeOut. It was Stanwood Camano School District’s first live test of its earthquake early warning system with all 13 of its schools participating in a “Drop, Cover, and…
Video: UW students move into residence halls
September 24, 2021
Student move-in days are a yearly event at the UW, generating excitement among families and fueled by student volunteers. About 10,000 students living in residence halls for the 2021-2022 academic year are moving in September 21 to 24.
Video: Arsenic makes these south Puget Sound fish unsafe to eat
September 23, 2021
Researchers at the University of Washington and UW Tacoma have been studying arsenic levels in the mud, water and in creatures from lakes in the south Puget Sound area. Eating contaminated fish or snails from these lakes could lead to health risks.
B-roll: Preparations for UW Commencement 2021
June 10, 2021
Purple night time lighting on Drumheller Fountain is just one of many features the UW is adding to its already beautiful campus to provide graduates opportunities to pose for photos with family and friends.
Soundbites & B-roll: Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, partners activate earthquake early warnings
May 6, 2021
Earthquake early warnings launched May 4 in Washington state. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network helped develop the system, processes the data for the alerts, and operates hundreds of seismic stations across the state that detect the first signs of an earthquake.
UW’s new Mobile Health & Outreach Van will serve community and student experience
April 30, 2021
Getting basic health care to medically underserved populations in Seattle, while providing real-world experience for students hoping to practice in a health care field, takes wheels. Now, through a student-led, interdisciplinary effort by health science departments at the University of Washington, those “wheels” — on the new UW Mobile Health & Outreach Van — are…
Thousands of baby sea stars born at UW lab are sign of hope for endangered species
April 27, 2021
Scientists at the University of Washington, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, are raising sunflower sea stars in captivity, with the goal of learning more about this species and exploring eventual reintroduction to the wild, if determined to be advisable.
Arguing on the internet: UW researchers studying how to make online arguments productive
April 19, 2021
UW researchers worked with almost 260 people to understand online disagreements and to develop potential design interventions that could make these discussions more productive and centered around relationship-building.
New system that uses smartphone or computer cameras to measure pulse, respiration rate could help future personalized telehealth appointments
April 1, 2021
A UW-led team has developed a method that uses the camera on a person's smartphone or computer to take their pulse and breathing rate from a real-time video of their face.
Soundbites & B-roll: UW arborist on cherry blossom viewing tips
March 12, 2021
UW arborist Sara Shores recommends looking for cherry blossoms in your local parks and neighborhood streets. There are dozens of different varieties of blossoming cherry and plum trees in the Seattle area, with blooms visible from early February until May, for some species.
Can’t solve a riddle? The answer might lie in knowing what doesn’t work
March 4, 2021
With the help of about 200 human puzzle-takers, a computer model and functional MRI images, University of Washington researchers have learned more about the processes of reasoning and decision making, pinpointing the brain pathway that springs into action when problem-solving goes south.
'Audeo' teaches artificial intelligence to play the piano
February 4, 2021
A UW team created Audeo, a system that can generate music using only visual cues of someone playing the piano.
UW installs strikingly unique public sculpture at new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health
January 28, 2021
Workers unwrap The Seated IV sculpture by Wangechi Mutu at the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health on Monday, Jan. 25.Mark Stone/University of Washington At nearly 7 feet tall, "The Seated IV" first graced the Metropolitan Museum of Art's facade in September 2019 as part of a commission titled The NewOnes, will free Us. Four "Seated"…
Soundbites & B-roll: Detecting COVID-19 in wastewater
January 13, 2021
When someone has the coronavirus, some of it is shed in their fecal matter. So what people flush has become useful material to University of Washington researchers who are developing a new testing method for COVID-19 in sewage.
New treatment allows some people with spinal cord injury to regain hand and arm function
January 12, 2021
Using physical therapy combined with a noninvasive method of stimulating nerve cells in the spinal cord, University of Washington researchers helped six Seattle area participants regain some hand and arm mobility.
Soundbites & B-roll: UW students join vaccination effort
December 20, 2020
Journalists: download this video here. Keely Robinson (UW nursing student), Kendra Nguyen (UW pharmacy student) and Emily Wang (UW pharmacy student) talk about being a student and their role in upcoming COVID-19 vaccination clinics. ### Kiyomi Taguchi ktaguchi@uw.edu / 206-685-2716
The Smellicopter is an obstacle-avoiding drone that uses a live moth antenna to seek out smells
December 7, 2020
A team led by the UW has developed Smellicopter: an autonomous drone that uses a live antenna from a moth to navigate toward smells. Smellicopter can also sense and avoid obstacles as it travels through the air.
B-roll: UW welcomes back Tent City 3 for winter quarter 2021
November 14, 2020
Download this B-roll here. The University of Washington welcomes back Tent City 3 — an organized tent-city community — to its Seattle campus for 90 days during winter quarter 2021. Move-in is scheduled to begin Dec. 19. The UW previously hosted Tent City 3 in winter 2017, in the same location it will be…
Video: Highlights from UW President Ana Mari Cauce's annual address
October 14, 2020
UW President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her annual address to the community Oct. 12 at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on the University of Washington campus. Highlights of the speech are reflected in this video. The audience was entirely virtual this year in accordance with public health guidelines.
Soundbites: UW researchers examine deceptive ads on news websites
September 28, 2020
In this video: Franziska Roesner, associate professor in the Allen School Eric Zeng, graduate research assistant in the Allen School Journalists: download soundbites here With the election season ramping up, political ads are being splashed across the web. In the age of misinformation, how can news consumers tell if the ads they're seeing are legitimate? USA…
Soundbites & B-roll: UW students move into residence halls
September 22, 2020
University of Washington students living in residence halls began moving in on Tuesday, and about 4,000 students total will move in this week. This number is less than half the UW’s normal residence hall capacity.
B-roll: UW Health Sciences Education Building breaks ground
August 31, 2020
UW Health Sciences leadership and Washington state legislators celebrated the start of construction of the Health Sciences Education Building with a small, physically distanced groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 27.
Soundbites: UW epidemiologist says face masks can be a tool for community health
July 31, 2020
Face coverings will continue to be an important and effective tool in combating the spread of COVID-19, public health experts say.
Soundbites: UW public health experts on benefits of face coverings
June 25, 2020
Beginning June 26, face coverings will be required statewide in Washington. Hilary Godwin, dean of the UW School of Public Health, offers some practical information about using masks to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Soundbites & B-roll: UW's 2020 virtual commencement
June 13, 2020
More than 18,000 new University of Washington graduates were recognized in a first-ever online ceremony Saturday. All three UW campuses held a joint event that was broadcast around the globe and watched by thousands of graduates and their families in more than 40 countries.
Soundbites: UW dean of public health gives advice on where and how (and how not) to wear masks
May 18, 2020
Beginning May 18, King County is directing people to wear face coverings in most public settings. Expert Hilary Godwin answers questions about the directive and shares information about using face coverings.
B-roll: RV Thomas G. Thompson comes home
May 11, 2020
The UW’s large research vessel, the RV Thomas G. Thompson, returned May 8 to its home port after more than two years exploring the world’s oceans. A scheduled cruise in Tahiti has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the return is roughly two months earlier than planned.
Local response to UW social isolation study leads to national effort
April 10, 2020
With most states now under stay-at-home orders, UW researchers have launched a national study to test whether a motivational, mental health tip each day changes participants’ behavior during social distancing, and improves their mental and relational health.
Soundbites: Law professor Hugh Spitzer on regulating human movement
March 23, 2020
UW 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.
Soundbites & B-roll: Instructor Rick Mohler's architecture class goes online
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.
Soundbites & B-roll: Marissa Baker on workplace disease exposure
March 9, 2020
A University of Washington 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.
Soundbites & B-roll: UW rural nursing program
March 3, 2020
On March 3, Premera Blue Cross announced a $4.7 million grant to the University of Washington to establish the Rural Nursing Health Initiative to place current students in rural practices in Washington state.
Premera Blue Cross teams with the UW to establish rural nursing program
March 3, 2020
Premera Blue Cross, a leading health plan in the Pacific Northwest, today announced a $4.7 million grant to the University of Washington to establish the Rural Nursing Health Initiative to place current students in rural practices in Washington state.
Soundbites & B-roll: Minimum wage and health
February 11, 2020
A UW study found that increases in minimum wages primarily had no effect on health overall. However, they did find a mix of negative and positive effects associated with the health of certain groups of working-age people.
Soundbites & B-roll: UW expert answers questions about the novel coronavirus pandemic
February 7, 2020
Dr. Judith Wasserheit, chair of the UW Department of Global Health in the School of Public Health and part of the UW MetaCenter for Pandemic Preparedness and Global Health Security, answers questions about the novel coronavirus outbreak, its spread, the level of concern and how to best protect yourself. For journalists Download soundbites and b-roll…
Soundbites & B-roll: Altruistic babies
February 5, 2020
For journalists Download soundbites and b-roll New research by the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, or I-LABS, finds that altruism may begin in infancy. In a study of nearly 100 19-month-olds, researchers found that children, even when hungry, gave a tasty snack to a stranger in need. The findings not…
Soundbites & b-roll: UW President Ana Mari Cauce addresses World Economic Forum in Davos: 'Free to Be (LGBTI)'
January 22, 2020
University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce participated in a “must-watch” panel, “Free to Be (LGBTI)“, Jan. 22 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Soundbites & b-roll: HuskySat-1
November 5, 2019
'HuskySat-1' is among seven student-built satellites from around the country that launched Saturday morning, Nov. 2, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia coast.
Soundbites and b-roll: UW Annual President's Address 2019
October 16, 2019
UW President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her annual address to the community Oct. 15 at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on the University of Washington campus.
Soundbites & B-roll: Pop-up gallery portrays homelessness with animals
October 7, 2019
The University of Washington Center for One Health Research will build “pop-up galleries” in public spaces around Seattle in October that will use autobiographical photographs taken by people experiencing homelessness with their companion animals. The photos will be accompanied by quotes from the participants about the challenges and the important bonds they share with their…
Soundbites: UW convocation 2019
September 23, 2019
Convocation welcomes the entering class and officially marks the beginning of the academic year, with classes starting Sept. 25. More than 6,000 people were expected to attend this year’s event.
Soundbites: 2019 move-in days for Huskies
September 20, 2019
The University of Washington is welcoming nearly 10,000 students who will live on campus this fall during Husky move-in days Sept. 18-20.
B-roll: UW Population Health Building topping out
August 2, 2019
The University of Washington today announced the topping out of the new $230 million Population Health Building. The UW also has selected two artists whose work will help tell the story of the education and research that will take place within the new facility. Construction of the eight-story building at the corner of 15th Avenue Northeast and…
Soundbites: UW hosts student robotics 'moon landing' challenge
July 30, 2019
A robotics challenge July 20th at the UW featured twenty-eight teams of middle and high schoolers from Forks to Walla Walla and from Bellingham to Olympia. The event marked a half-century since the Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon and two U.S. astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked its surface.
B-roll: Middle school students study mechanics, gravity at UW engineering camp
July 11, 2019
Sixty middle school students from all over Washington state came for a week-long camp on the UW campus in late June. The camp, which is part of the Early Learning Institute, culminated in a chance to improve the basic design of a toy-sized "gravity car."
B-roll: Karen Fredriksen Goldsen and the GenPride Center
June 24, 2019
The GenPride Center is the first and only multipurpose LGBTQ senior center in Seattle and King County. It was founded by Karen Fredriksen Goldsen, a University of Washington professor of social work, with the goal of combating social isolation experienced by many LGBTQ older adults.
Soundbites: UW Commencement 2019
June 18, 2019
More than 6,000 graduates attended the University of Washington's 144th commencement ceremonies held June 15 at Husky Stadium. UW President Ana Mari Cauce presided as nearly 13,795 degrees were conferred.
Soundbites: Graham Pruss on vehicle residency
June 4, 2019
Graham Pruss has been researching vehicle residency in Seattle for nearly a decade. He established the methodology for counting the vehicle-resident population for All Home’s annual point-in-time count, conducted on one night each January.
Soundbites: UW marching band says thank you to Grant County
June 4, 2019
The Husky Marching Band returned to central Washington June 2 to say thank you to the Grant County community after a bus crash there last Thanksgiving.
Soundbites: Engineering Discovery Days
April 26, 2019
Engineering Discovery Days is a yearly event that invites Washington state fourth- through eighth-graders to have fun leaning about STEM with the College of Engineering.
Soundbites: UW Esports Arena & Gaming Lounge opens
April 19, 2019
The UW celebrated the opening of an esports center with a ribbon cutting ceremony April 18.
Soundbites: UW Quad cherry blossoms reach peak bloom
March 29, 2019
UW arborist Sara Shores explains that the iconic cherry trees in the University of Washington’s Quad have reached peak bloom, and this weekend will be prime viewing to see the blossoms.
Soundbites: Snow may have delayed some blooms for the first day of spring
March 20, 2019
The first day of spring, when daylight hours begin to exceed nighttime hours, seems especially significant this year -- record warm temperatures in the Northwest are marking the change of seasons. But our blooms may be a couple weeks behind schedule after February’s snow and cold weather.
