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February 3, 2014
Greenland’s fastest glacier sets new speed record
Observations of Jakobshavn Glacier from 2012 and 2013 show the fast-moving glacier has set new records for the speed of ice flowing toward the ocean.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • climate change • glaciers • Ian Joughin • polar science
Solving a physics mystery: Those ‘solitons’ are really vortex rings
The same physics that gives stability to tornadoes lies at the heart of new UW research and could lead to a better understanding of nuclear dynamics in studying fission, superconductors and the workings of neutron stars.
Tag(s): Aurel Bulgac • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Physics • Michael ForbesJanuary 30, 2014
When songs trumped rifles, new book by Guntis Šmidchens
In his new book “The Power of Song,” Šmidchens explores what is often dubbed “the Singing Revolution,” a passive resistance movement that took hold in the Baltic nations.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Scandinavian Studies
Arts Roundup: Drama, Music — and ‘Katinka Bock: A and I’ at the Henry
This week there is a smattering of events with a highlight being the School of Drama’s show “Reading to Vegetables,” directed by Tina Polzin.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Henry Art Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • Undergraduate Theater SocietyJanuary 29, 2014
Deaths attributed directly to climate change cast pall over penguins
Climate change is killing penguin chicks from the world’s largest colony of Magellanic penguins, not just indirectly but directly because of drenching rainstorms and heat.
Tag(s): Center for Ecosystem Sentinels • climate change • College of Arts & Sciences • Dee Boersma • Department of Biology
Neanderthal lineages excavated from modern human genomes
A fossil-free method of sequencing archaic DNA may provide insight into human evolution.
Tag(s): Department of Genome Sciences • evolution • genetics & DNA • genomics • Joshua Akey • School of MedicineJanuary 28, 2014
New book explores mixed success of China’s ‘Emperor Huizong’
Patricia Ebrey, professor of history, is the author of “Emperor Huizong,” a new biography of a Chinese emperor who lived from 1082 to 1135 and ruled for 26 years during China’s Song Dynasty.
Tag(s): books • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of History • Patricia Ebrey • Q&A
Environmental sciences lab ups bar for green labs at UW
A soils lab has achieved the highest score yet in the University of Washington’s 10-month-old Green Laboratory Certification Program.
January 27, 2014
Debra Friedman, UW Tacoma Chancellor, dies
University of Washington Tacoma Chancellor Debra Friedman died on Jan. 26 at the age of 58, following a short battle with lung cancer.
Tag(s): Debra Friedman • UW Tacoma
‘Achieving Health for All’ is topic of 38th Annual Faculty Lecture Feb . 6
Dr. Stephen Gloyd, professor of global health and health services, will discuss creative responses to reducing inequity worldwide.
Tag(s): Department of Global Health • health care and mental health • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • Stephen Gloyd
Facelift complications eased with help of new 3-D imaging technique
New imaging technology from University of Washington engineers allows scientists to analyze what happens within the smallest blood vessels during a cosmetic facelift. This finding could be used to prevent accidents during procedures and help clinicians reverse the ill effects if an injection doesn’t go as planned.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Bioengineering • Ruikang Wang • School of Medicine • Shu-Hong (Holly) Chang • Siavash Yousefi
News digest: Shrunken heads, ethics bowl, Honor: Odegaard renovation
Samoan cruise with blog, shrunken heads || First high school ethics bowl || Odegaard renovation architects honored
January 24, 2014
News writer survives kettlebell workout – with photos from The Whole U’s kickoff event
More than a thousand people participated in a Jan. 24 kettlebell workout as the kickoff event for The Whole U, an initiative to make it easier for UW faculty and staff to access the university’s health, arts, culture and other resources and to connect with people with similar interests.
Tag(s): Human Resources • The Whole U
How strong of a football fan are you? There’s a test for that
UW psychologist Anthony Greenwald has developed a scientific test to measure the strength of one’s support for a football team.
Tag(s): Anthony Greenwald • health care and mental healthJanuary 22, 2014
UW names undergraduate medalists for academic performance
Three students have been named UW academic medalists, the most outstanding students in their respective classes, for 2012-13.
Tag(s): awards
Arts Roundup: Music, dance — and students perform ‘Reefer Madness’
Dance and drama lead this busy week of UW Arts, with the Dance Program’s Dance Faculty Concert and later, “Reefer Madness” by the Undergraduate Theater Society and the School of Drama’s production of “Reading to Vegetables.”
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Drama • School of Music • Undergraduate Theater Society
Gene therapy leads to robust improvements in animal model of fatal muscle disease
The experimental treatment restored muscle function and prolonged lives in animals with a condition similar to X-linked myotubular myopathy in children
Tag(s): Department of Rehabilitation Medicine • genetics & DNA • Martin Childers • regenerative medicine • School of MedicineJanuary 21, 2014
Dental school researchers patent new antibacterial agent
Titanium-based materials can inhibit bacterial growth when bound to metal ions. If proven beneficial in clinical trials, certain titanates could be applied after a dental procedure to prevent infection or decay.
Tag(s): microbes and viruses • School of Dentistry
A new record: UW Combined Fund Drive raises $2.18 million
The 2013 University of Washington Combined Fund Drive raised $2,181,617, pledging $63,789 more than last year.
Tag(s): Human ResourcesJanuary 20, 2014
Montlake Triangle/Rainier Vista project breaks ground, expect Burke-Gilman detour
Burke-Gilman Trail users will see a detour starting the early weeks of February as work on the Montlake Triangle Project – the triangular area from the corner of Northeast Pacific and Montlake to Stevens Way – gets underway.
Tag(s): Capital Projects
Girls frequently play soccer through concussion, study finds
Serious risks are associated with continuing game play immediately after incurring a concussion, yet University of Washington researchers found that many young female soccer players do just that.
Tag(s): athletes • John O'Kane • Melissa Schiff • sports medicineJanuary 17, 2014
UW seismologists expand stadium monitoring for NFC championship game
UW scientists installed a third seismograph at CenturyLink Field this week after the trial by fire of a website and new monitoring tools during last weekend’s Seahawks game.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • earthquakes & seismologyJanuary 16, 2014
UW commits to White House plan to help more students afford college
The University of Washington will participate in a federal initiative announced by President Obama to help more students afford and graduate from college.
Improvisation gives inspiration to Dance Faculty Concert
The UW Dance Program presents an eclectic evening in its annual Faculty Dance Concert, where faculty members choreograph pieces that students perform. This year features pieces created by Jennifer Salk, Jürg Koch and new faculty member Rachael Lincoln.
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Jennifer Salk • Jürg Koch • Rachael Lincoln
Soil production breaks geologic speed record
Samples from steep mountaintops in New Zealand shows that rock can transform into soil more than twice as fast as previously believed possible.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • David Montgomery • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • geologyJanuary 15, 2014
Arts Roundup: Student music recitals, A Far Cry — and ‘Theater from the Inside Out’
This week enjoy a variety of events happening across campus with a highlight being an inside look at the “Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia” at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Drama • School of Music • Undergraduate Theater Society
Data suggest new class of drug may be potent against genital herpes
A new drug, called pritelivir, may offer a new treatment option for patients with genital herpes, a new industry-sponsored – study led by University of Washington researchers has found.
Tag(s): Anna Wald • microbes and viruses
DNA detectives able to ‘count’ thousands of fish using as little as a glass of water
A mere glass full of water from a 1.2 million-gallon aquarium tank is all scientists really needed to identify most of the 13,000 fish swimming there.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • genetics & DNA • Ryan Kelly • School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
News Digest: Free 12th Man earplugs, MLK Day of Service
Clinic offers free Seahawk 12th Man earplugs || Volunteer for MLK Day of Service
Glaciers, streamflow changes are focus of new Columbia River study
University of Washington environmental engineers are launching a new study to try to understand how climate change will affect streamflow patterns in the Columbia River Basin. The team will look at the impact of glaciers on the river system, the range of possible streamflow changes and how much water will flow in the river at hundreds of locations in future years.
Tag(s): Bart Nijssen • College of Engineering • Dennis Lettenmaier • Department of Civil & Environmental EngineeringJanuary 13, 2014
UW President Michael K. Young’s statement on proposed boycott of Israeli universities
As provost and president of the University of Washington, Ana Mari Cauce and I fully endorse the statement from the Association of American Universities, the 62 leading public and private universities in North America and of which the University of Washington is a member, opposing a proposed boycott by American higher education institutions of universities…
DeLap studies urban birds, sketches for book ‘Subirdia’ due out in 2014
Slideshow includes with images sketched by Jack DeLap, UW doctoral candidate in environmental and forestry sciences.
Cognitive training shows some lasting effects in healthy older adults
The national, decade-long ACTIVE study showed that cognitive training can help the elderly maintain certain thinking and reasoning skills useful in everyday life.
Tag(s): aging • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences • neuroscience & brain science • School of Medicine • Sherry L. WillisJanuary 10, 2014
Trial to test using ultrasound to move kidney stones
A clinical trial in Seattle is testing a technique developed at the UW that uses low-power ultrasound to reposition kidney stones.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • Department of Urology • Michael Bailey • School of MedicineJanuary 9, 2014
Scientists to observe seismic energy from Seahawks’ ’12th man’ quakes
University of Washington seismologists this week installed two strong-motion seismometers at CenturyLink Field in Seattle to augment an existing station in recording shaking from “earthquakes” expected on Saturday during the NFC divisional game between the Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints. The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network is preparing a special website at www.pnsn.org/seahawks for the…
Tag(s): Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Big is not bad: Scientists call for preservation of large carnivores
Despite their scary reputation, carnivores deserve credit for all kinds of ecological services when they eat grazing animals that gobble down young trees and other vegetation that could be holding carbon and protecting streams.
Tag(s): Aaron Wirsing • College of the Environment • School of Environmental and Forest SciencesJanuary 8, 2014
Astronomers measure far-off galaxies to 1 percent precision
University of Washington astronomers and colleagues have measured the distance to galaxies six billion light-years away — about halfway back to the Big Bang — to an accuracy of just 1 percent.
Tag(s): astronomy & astrophysics • Department of Astronomy • Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Arts Roundup: Juried open, Garrick Ohlsson — and the Littlefield Organ Series
With the new year come new events to entertain and inspire you. From the School of Music’s Littlefield Organ concert to a piano performance by Garrick Ohlsson presented by the UW World Series, discover what’s happening this coming week in the arts. VIVA! Exhibit: “Celebrating Latino/a Art, Activism & Life” Jan. 6-April 18 | First…
Tag(s): Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Music
Despite declines in smoking rates, number of smokers and cigarettes rises
Population growth since 1980 drives increases in the number of smokers in countries including China and Russia, while Canada, Mexico, and the United States see strong declines
Tag(s): Christopher Murray • Department of Global Health • Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • smokingJanuary 7, 2014
‘Sharecropper’s Troubadour’: The life of singer, union organizer John Handcox
UW historian Michael Honey talks about his latest book, “Sharecropper’s Troubadour: John L. Handcox, the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union, and the African American Song Tradition.”
Tag(s): history • Michael Honey • UW Tacoma« Previous Page Next Page »
