College of Arts & Sciences
November 6, 2014
Zebrafish stripped of stripes
![Sideview of fish](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/11/04175656/Adult-zebrafish-150x150.jpg)
Within weeks of publishing surprising new insights about how zebrafish get their stripes, University of Washington researchers now explain how to “erase” them.
November 5, 2014
Incorporate more voices to loosen conservation gridlock, scientists urge
![Looking down into treetops and dead snags](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/11/04175723/1CanopyDeadSnag-150x150.jpg)
More diverse voices could help break a deadlock gripping the conservation community, say 238 co-signatories – including a dozen from the University of Washington.
UW study shows direct brain interface between humans
![An example of how the brain to brain interface demonstration would look.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/11/04175803/BrainToBrainSenderReceiver-150x150.jpg)
University of Washington researchers have successfully replicated a direct brain-to-brain connection between pairs of people as part of a scientific study following the team’s initial demonstration a year ago.
October 24, 2014
Large X-ray scanner to produce 3-D images for labs across campus
![A photo of an example of a scanner.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/10/04180027/scanner-TILE-150x150.jpg)
A state-of-the-art imaging machine is coming to the University of Washington for use by researchers in a variety of disciplines.
October 22, 2014
Traditional, tea party conservatives seem split on foreign policy
![A Tea Party Express bus.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/10/04180051/teapartyexpress-tile-150x150.jpg)
Foreign policy looms large as the 2014 midterm elections approach. But traditional conservatives and their tea party counterparts may bring different concerns and motivations to the November ballot, according to a University of Washington political scientist. While traditional conservatives seem most motivated by concern over American security, Christopher Parker, UW professor of political science, suggests…
October 14, 2014
Orphanage care linked to thinner brain tissue in regions related to ADHD
![brain scan image](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/10/04180249/brainscans-150x150.jpg)
Psychological studies of children who began life in Romanian orphanages shows that institutionalization is linked to physical changes in brain structure. The thinning of the cortex leaves a lasting legacy that can explain impulsivity and inattention years later.
October 13, 2014
Northwest artists, writers, arts advocates in ‘Mary Randlett Portraits’
!["Mary Randlett Portraits" was published by UW Press in September.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/10/04180331/McCUE-MaryRandlettPortraits-150x150.jpg)
Frances McCue discusses “Mary Randlett Portraits,” a new book from University of Washington Press she created with the well-known Northwest photographer.
October 10, 2014
Citizen science key to keeping pace with environmental change
![Seven students stand on beach holding bird carcass](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/10/04180407/COASST-interns-on-beach-with-specimen-150x150.jpg)
Better integration of citizen science into professional science is a growing consideration at the UW and elsewhere.
October 8, 2014
Jackson School centers receive $16 million for international education
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The University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies has received funding from the U.S. Department of Education for all eight of its Title VI centers — with grants of more than $16 million to be awarded over four years.
UW fusion reactor concept could be cheaper than coal
![A prototype of the UW's current fusion experiment.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/10/04180459/hitsi_3-150x150.jpg)
University of Washington engineers have designed a concept for a fusion reactor that, when scaled up to the size of a large electrical power plant, would rival costs for a new coal-fired plant with similar electrical output.
October 3, 2014
Not stuff of musty museums: Enlist evolutionary biology against modern threats
![Full-size models of elephant, leopard, rhino on display](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/10/04180502/Animals-march-museaum-elephant-150x150.jpg)
Using evolutionary biology is one way to try to outwit evolution where it is happening too quickly and to perhaps find accommodations when evolution occurs too slowly.
October 2, 2014
Jackson School director discusses goals of new International Policy Institute
![Resat Kasaba, director of the Jackson School of International Studies, discusses the school's new International Policy Institute.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/10/04180514/KASABA-12001-copy1-150x150.jpg)
Resat Kasaba, director of the Henry M. Jackson School director, discusses goals and mission of the school’s new International Policy Institute.
September 23, 2014
Dying brain cells cue new brain cells to grow in songbird
![Sparrow perches among tree branches](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/04180646/Gambels-white-crowned-sparrow-featured-150x150.jpg)
Using a songbird as a model, scientists have described a brain pathway that replaces cells that have been lost naturally and not because of injury.
September 22, 2014
New degree programs aplenty starting with school year
![The University of Washington is offering a number of new degree programs with the start of fall quarter 2014.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/04180704/Thomson-Grieg-Dig-2006-11-0039-150x150.jpg)
Through new degree programs starting this fall, students will learn architecture from a liberal arts perspective, complete social sciences degrees online, become expert in the teaching of science, and much more.
September 18, 2014
World population to keep growing this century, hit 11 billion by 2100
![graph of world population and each continent](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/04180753/WorldPopulation-150x150.jpg)
A study by the UW and the United Nations finds that the number of people on Earth is likely to reach 11 billion by 2100, about 2 billion higher than widely cited previous estimates.
September 11, 2014
Questions of race, state violence explored in ‘The Rising Tide of Color’
!["The Rising Tide of Color: Race, State Violence and Radical Movements Across the Pacific" was published in July by University of Washington Press.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/04180835/RoisingTideof-Color_1500-150x150.jpg)
Moon Ho Jung, associate professor of history, discusses the book he edited, “The Rising Tide of Color: Race, State Violence and Radical Movements across the Pacific,” published by University of Washington Press.
August 26, 2014
Scientists craft a semiconductor junction only three atoms thick
![As seen under an optical microscope, the heterostructures have a triangular shape. The two different monolayer semiconductors can be recognized through their different colors.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/08/04181146/OpticalImage_LHS-150x150.jpg)
Scientists have developed what they believe is the thinnest-possible semiconductor, a new class of nanoscale materials made in sheets only three atoms thick.
August 21, 2014
Cause of global warming hiatus found deep in the Atlantic Ocean
![graph of global temperatures and ocean heat](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/08/04181254/WarmingHiatus-150x150.png)
Observations show that the heat absent from the Earth’s surface is plunging deep in the north and south Atlantic Ocean, and is part of a slow, naturally recurring cycle.
August 16, 2014
Virginity pledges for men can lead to sexual confusion — even after the wedding day
![Hands of a man and woman wearing weddng rings on to pf open bible](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/08/04181309/Wedding-rings-hands-on-bible-150x150.jpg)
Young men receiving support after they pledge to abstain from sex until marriage, can find themselves without advisors and help once they do marry.
August 6, 2014
Penguins at risk world over, scientists urge new strategies
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Scientists writing in the current issue of Conservation Biology call for marine protected areas and partially protected areas to help penguins cope.
July 28, 2014
New protein structure could help treat Alzheimer’s, related diseases
![An abnormal protein, left, is intercepted by the UW’s compound that can bind to the toxic protein and neutralize it, as shown at right.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/07/04181718/Amyloid-lead-150x150.jpg)
University of Washington bioengineers have a designed a peptide structure that can stop the harmful changes of the body’s normal proteins into a state that’s linked to widespread diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and Lou Gehrig’s disease.
July 15, 2014
Sustainable, sharing communities explored in Karen Litfin’s book ‘Ecovillages’
![The forest provides firewood for the 40,000 Tamil villagers who live around Auroville. "Founded in 1968 upon a severely eroded plateau in south India, the first order of business for the pioneers was to revitalize the land. Three million trees later, Auroville is home to over 2,000 people from 43 different countries and is one of the few places on Earth where biodiversity is actually increasing," Litfin writes.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/07/04182007/Photo4_Firewood-for-many-in-Auroville-150x150.jpg)
UW political scientist Karen Litfin spent a year traveling to 14 ecovillages worldwide in researching her book “Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community.”
Brain responses to emotional images predict PTSD symptoms after Boston Marathon bombing
![brain scan showing activation of the amygdala in the left hemisphere](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/07/04182047/Amygdala-activation-brain-scan-150x150.jpg)
By using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans from before the attack and survey data from after, the researchers found that heightened amygdala reaction to negative emotional stimuli was a risk factor for later developing symptoms of PTSD.
July 14, 2014
Months before their first words, babies’ brains rehearse speech mechanics
![A year-old baby sits in a brain scanner, called magnetoencephalography -- a noninvasive approach to measuring brain activity. The baby listens to speech sounds like "da" and "ta" played over headphones while researchers record her brain responses.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/07/04181908/Baby_ILABS-150x150.jpg)
Research from UW’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences shows that in 7- and 11-month-old infants speech sounds stimulate areas of the brain that coordinate and plan motor movements for speech.
July 10, 2014
Students calculate future sea-level rise in Olympia
![Aerial view of Olympia](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/07/04182013/OlympiaWash_from_web-150x150.jpg)
Students in a UW statistics course did a case study on sea-level rise in Olympia. All are co-authors on a new paper that looks at the uncertainties around estimates of rising seas.
June 30, 2014
Rebecca Thorpe studies military spending in new book ‘The American Warfare State’
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UW political scientist Rebecca Thorpe discusses her new book, “The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending.”
June 26, 2014
Foul fumes derail dinner for hungry moths
![moth with flower and exhaust pipe](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/06/04182205/Pollinating-moth_exhaust-150x150.jpg)
New research on how pollinators find flowers when background odors are strong shows that both natural plant odors and human sources of pollution can conceal the scent of sought-after flowers.
June 18, 2014
Global issues at play in book of study-abroad student letters
![“T.I.P.S. to Study Abroad” is available at the University Bookstore and through Amazon. Proceeds from the book will go to the organizations the students met and worked with in India.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/06/04182252/tips_color-150x150.jpg)
Creative letters written by UW undergraduates who studied last summer in Bangalore, India, are gathered in a new book, “T.I.P.S. for Study Abroad.”
June 11, 2014
2014 UW graduates have interesting tales to tell
![A large 'W' is at the north entrance to the UW campus.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2012/08/04210024/w-tile-e1663265184240-150x150.jpg)
UW Today profiles some of 2014’s highest-achieving graduates.
Nearly 1 in 8 American children are maltreated before age 18
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By the time they reach age 18, nearly one in eight of American children experience a confirmed case of maltreatment. Co-author Hedy Lee, a UW assistant professor of sociology, says the study shows that child maltreatment is much more common than previously thought.
June 4, 2014
Back home again: UW ethnomusicologists return heritage music to its roots
![Participants in the Association for Cultural Equity's music October 2013 repatriation ceremony perform and parade. The event, called the "All Our Friends Hill Country Blues Celebration," was held in Tate and Panola counties in Mississippi.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/06/04182738/ShardeThomas-150x150.jpg)
The UW School of Music’s Ethnomusicology Program is helping to bring roots and hill music collected decades ago by folklorist Alan Lomax back to its place of origin, with teaching materials and local ceremonies.
It’s not giant asparagus: Nine-foot agave showing off at botany greenhouse
![People gather around pot with plant that has tall flower spike](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/06/04182748/AgaveSugdenEwingSavolainen1-150x150.jpg)
Stop outside the botany greenhouse to see an agave plant that’s grown a 9-foot-plus flower spike and is about to bloom for the first time in 25 years.
May 28, 2014
PTSD treatment cost-effective when patients given choice
![A woman sits in a dim room](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/05/04182814/stress-150x150.jpg)
A cost-analysis of post-traumatic stress disorder treatments shows that letting patients choose their course of treatment – either psychotherapy or medication – is less expensive than assigning a treatment and provides a higher quality of life for patients.
May 27, 2014
Graduate student art, design projects exhibited at Henry Art Gallery
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With autobiographical oil paintings, informational graphics, a wall-sized photomontage and sculptures resembling inside-out cameras, the annual spring exhibition of graduate student art at the Henry Art Gallery offers a lot for the visitor — as it does every year.
May 21, 2014
Marine apprenticeships give UW undergrads role in animal-ancestor breakthrough
![Three people on beach with buckets](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/05/04183013/Shore-work-150x150.jpg)
Comb jellies – and not sponges – may lay claim as the earliest ancestors of animals, according to new research in Nature.
May 20, 2014
Shrub growth decreases as winter temps warm up
![Campbell Island, New Zealand, hillside covered with the shrub Dracophyllum.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/05/04183110/Dracophyllum-on-Campbell-Island-Photo-by-Janet-Wilmshurst-150x150.jpg)
Many have assumed that warmer winters as a result of climate change would increase the growth of trees and shrubs because the growing season would be longer. But shrubs achieve less yearly growth when cold winter temperatures are interrupted by temperatures warm enough to trigger growth.
May 14, 2014
Arts Roundup: Dance, opera – and the University District Street Fair
![Semele](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/05/04183204/Semele-150x150.jpg)
Dance, opera, exhibition openings and the Roethke Reading fill this especially busy week in the arts. From the MFA Dance Concert to School of Music and Pacific MusicWorks’ production of G.F. Handel’s “Semele,” there’s plenty to see and do on the main stages.
May 12, 2014
Improve grades, reduce failure – undergrads should tell profs ‘Don’t lecture me’
![Man talks with two rows of students in class auditorium](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/05/04183220/Freeman-and-students-discuss-150x150.jpg)
A significantly greater number of students fail science, engineering and math courses that are taught lecture-style than fail with active learning according to the largest analysis ever of studies comparing lecturing to active learning in undergraduate education
May 9, 2014
Memorial June 8 for historian Stephanie Camp
![Stephanie Camp, UW associate professor of history, died on April 2. there will be a campus memorial for her on June 8.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/05/04183235/StephanieCamp_use-150x150.jpg)
Stephanie Camp, University of Washington associate professor of history, died on Wednesday, April 2. There will be a memorial service and reception in remembrance and celebration of Camp’s life at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8, in Kane Hall room 210.
May 7, 2014
UW student briefs lawmakers on global land use, touts undergrad research
![Mollie Holmberg stands next to her poster](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/05/04183336/Holmberg-150x150.jpg)
At an event in Washington, D.C. a UW biology student presented her research into the global connections between consumers and goods that come from agriculture and forest production.
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