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November 19, 2020
The 2020 census: deadlines, politics and what may come next
The 2020 census has been subject to court fights, shifting deadlines and pandemic-related process adjustments. Sara Curran, director of the UW Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, explains the developments with this year’s count.
Tag(s): Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Sociology • Evans School of Public Policy & Governance • Jackson School of International Studies • Sara Curran
UW ranked No. 7 nationally for graduate entrepreneurship in 2021 Princeton Review rankings
A commitment to innovation powered the University of Washington to a No. 7 ranking for graduate entrepreneurship programs by The Princeton Review. The 2021 ranking marks an all-time high — solidifying UW and the Foster School of Business as a leader in entrepreneurial education and incubation within the Pac-12 and across the Western United States.
Tag(s): Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship • CoMotion • Foster School of Business • RankingsNovember 18, 2020
UW introduces new minor in data science
Responding to the burgeoning amounts of data being generated across disciplines, and the development of new tools for working with these data, the University of Washington now offers a minor track for non-STEM students in data science. It’s one of the first such programs in the country.
Tag(s): Ben Marwick • data science
Lisa Graumlich, dean of UW College of the Environment, named president-elect of AGU
The American Geophysical Union announced that its members have elected Lisa Graumlich, dean of the UW College of the Environment, as the president-elect starting Jan. 1. After two years in this role Graumlich will begin a two-year term as president of the AGU board beginning in 2023.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Lisa Graumlich • School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
ArtSci Roundup: Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust, What to Watch, Read, and Listen to at Home, and Drawing Wild Washington
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via UW-IT. Lessons…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Cinema & Media Studies • Department of Dance • Department of English • Department of History • Department of Political Science • Department of Slavic Languages and Literature • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • Stroum Center for Jewish Studies • University Book Store • UW Alumni Association • UW LibrariesNovember 17, 2020
UW part of $5.8M contract to study wireless charging on moon
A team of organizations — led by the space technology company Astrobotic and including the University of Washington and the UW spinout WiBotic — has received a $5.8 million contract to develop a line of lightweight, ultrafast wireless chargers that could help both humans and robots live and work on the moon.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Joshua Smith • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringNovember 14, 2020
B-roll: UW welcomes back Tent City 3 for winter quarter 2021
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…
November 13, 2020
Addressing homelessness: UW to welcome back Tent City 3 for winter quarter 2021
Homelessness is a crisis in Washington and across the U.S. Last year, an annual count revealed that in King County alone, 11,200 people reported being homeless at the time of the survey. The numbers have only increased during the pandemic.
Tag(s): homelessness
More to watch: UW Libraries expands online resources during pandemic, emphasizing arts, equity
Students in the arts and other fields will have greater access to research texts and media thanks to an expansion of online resources by UW Libraries to help meet the needs of remote learning during the pandemic.
Tag(s): Academic Video Online • Classical Scores Library • Drama Online Core Collection • UW LibrariesNovember 12, 2020
ArtSci Roundup: Rick Steves at UW Global Month, Beethoven Piano Trios, Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust, and more
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via UW-IT. Livestream:…
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Communication • Department of Geography • Department of History • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Music • Stroum Center for Jewish StudiesNovember 9, 2020
Professor Margaret O’Mara on history around election concessions nationally and in Washington
Concessions from U.S. presidents usually happen quickly, without drama, says UW history professor Margaret O’Mara.
Tag(s): Department of History • Margaret O'Mara • politicsNovember 5, 2020
New global archive logs changes in behavior of Arctic animals
Scientists from around the world, including the University of Washington, have established the Arctic Animal Movement Archive, an online repository for data documenting the movements of animals in the Arctic and Subarctic. With this archive, scientists can share their knowledge and collaborate to ask questions about how animals are responding to a changing climate.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Laura Prugh • School of Environmental and Forest SciencesNovember 4, 2020
Faculty/staff honors: New atmospheric research board trustee; prize-winning fiction; PBS show consultant
A University of Washington meteorologist joins a national board for atmospheric research, an English professor’s story is honored and a Jackson School faculty member helps with research for a PBS show.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • College of the Environment • David Crouse • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Department of English • Devin Naar • Jackson School of International Studies • Sephardic Studies Program • Shuyi ChenNovember 3, 2020
ArtSci Roundup: Global Challenges Discussion, Katz Lecture: Abderrahmane Sissako, and more
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via UW-IT. Lessons…
Tag(s): African Studies Program • ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Comparative History of Ideas Program • Department of American Ethnic Studies • Department of Dance • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • Department of History • Henry Art Gallery • Jackson School of International Studies • Jazz • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • Meany Hall for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • Select Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies • Simpson Center for the Humanities • Stroum Center for Jewish StudiesNovember 2, 2020
Video: Free coronavirus testing for UW community open for more enrollment
The Husky Coronavirus Testing program, powered by the Seattle Flu Study, launched on Sept. 24 and now has more than 12,500 members of the UW community enrolled and has conducted more than 10,000 tests.
Tag(s): COVID-19 • population health
Break it up: Polymer derived from material in shrimp’s shells could deliver anti-cancer drugs to tumor sites
A University of Washington team led by Miqin Zhang, a professor of materials science and engineering and of neurological surgery, has developed a nanoparticle-based drug delivery system that can ferry a potent anti-cancer drug through the bloodstream safely. Their nanoparticle is derived from chitin, a natural and organic polymer that, among other things, makes up the outer shells of shrimp.
Tag(s): cancer • College of Engineering • Department of Materials Science & Engineering • Department of Neurological Surgery • Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems • Miqin Zhang • Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute • School of Medicine
Flying through wildfire smoke plumes could improve smoke forecasts
The biggest study yet of West Coast wildfire plumes shows how a smoke plume’s chemistry changes over time. Results suggest current models may not accurately predict the air quality downwind of a wildfire.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Joel Thornton • pollution • wildfires
No social distancing in the Cretaceous: New study finds earliest evidence for mammal social behavior
A new study led by paleontologists at the University of Washington indicates that the earliest evidence of mammal social behavior goes back to the Age of Dinosaurs. A multituberculate that lived 75.5 million years ago, Filikomys primaevus engaged in multi-generational, group-nesting and burrowing behavior, and possibly lived in colonies.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • evolution • Gregory Wilson Mantilla • paleontologyOctober 30, 2020
‘2020: The Course’ ponders the meaning of this unusual year
For a time unlike any before, the University of Washington has developed “2020: The Course,” a new online class for UW students that helps contextualize this year’s extraordinary events and societal upheaval. “2020: The Course” gives students an opportunity to hear from UW professors and special guests who will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, race in the United States, the state of the environment, the economic recession, civic participation, citizenship and this election season and outcomes.
Tag(s): College of Education • Information School • Undergraduate Academic AffairsOctober 29, 2020
UW Space Policy and Research Center brings researchers, policymakers together for online symposium Nov. 6
A preview of the Nov. 6 SPARC Symposium, which will feature a conversation with Andy Weir, author of “The Martian.”
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • College of the Environment • Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • Jackson School of International Studies • Kristi Morgansen • Ryan Calo • Saadia Pekkanen • School of Law • Space Policy and Research Center • Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic • Tim Elam • William Covington
Models show how COVID-19 cuts a neighborhood path
A research team led by UC Irvine and the University of Washington has created a new model of how the coronavirus can spread through a community. The model factors in network exposure — whom one interacts with — and demographics to simulate at a more detailed level both where and how quickly the coronavirus could spread through Seattle and 18 other major cities.
Tag(s): Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology • College of Arts & Sciences • COVID-19 • Department of Sociology • eScience Institute • population health • Zack Almquist
UW awarded $23.5M to build floating robots as part of NSF project to monitor the world’s oceans
The University of Washington is among leading U.S. oceanographic institutions that have received National Science Foundation funding to build and deploy 500 robotic ocean-monitoring floats to monitor the chemistry and biology of the world’s oceans.
Tag(s): Alison Gray • College of the Environment • oceanography • School of Oceanography • Stephen RiserOctober 28, 2020
ArtSci Roundup: UW Global Month, 2020 Annual Space Policy and Research Center Symposium, and more
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via UW-IT. UW…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of History • Department of Political Science • Henry Art Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music
SoundWatch: New smartwatch app alerts d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing users to birdsong, sirens and other desired sounds
UW researchers have developed SoundWatch, a smartwatch app for deaf, Deaf and hard-of-hearing people who want to be aware of nearby sounds.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering • Jon Froehlich • Leah Findlater • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringOctober 27, 2020
Vanessa Freije of UW Jackson School explores Mexican politics, journalism in new book ‘Citizens of Scandal’
A talk with Vanessa Freije of the UW Jackson School about her new book, “Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico.”
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Jackson School of International Studies • Vanessa Freije
Enrollment strong for the University of Washington’s fall 2020 entering class
The University of Washington’s newest class of undergraduate students broke record levels of enrollment across all three campuses, according to the finalized fall 2020 census of enrolled students.
Tag(s): University of WashingtonOctober 22, 2020
COVID-19: CDC advisory committee hones in on vaccine rollout recommendations
When a vaccine to fight COVID-19 has been approved by the FDA for distribution, it’s unlikely that at first there will be enough doses for everyone. Consequently, the United States will need an equitable and effective plan for who gets those first doses, how they get them and who’s next. Just as important, that plan…
Tag(s): Beth Bell • COVID-19 • Department of Global Health • population health • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • vaccines
UW seeks Latinos caring for relatives, friends with dementia to develop better training program
With Latinos 1.5 times more likely to have dementia than non-Latino whites, among other health disparities, researchers at the University of Washington are hoping to better understand Latino family caregivers and adapt the training available to those caregivers. To do that, the UW Department of Health Services is seeking to interview Latino caregivers for a…
Tag(s): Department of Health Services • Magaly Ramirez • population health • School of Public Health
Simple actions can help people survive landslides, UW analysis shows
Simple actions can dramatically improve a person’s chances of surviving a landslide, show records from 38 landslides in the U.S. and around the world. People who survived landslides tended to have moved upstairs or to higher ground, among other key actions.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Joseph Wartman • landslide • population healthOctober 21, 2020
Pandemic further isolating older adults, as senior services struggle to adapt
A new UW study of senior services in Washington during the COVID-19 pandemic reveals providers’ concerns about isolation, and worsening mental and physical health among older adults.
Tag(s): Carolyn Parsey • Clara Berridge • COVID-19 • Department of Health Services • Department of Neurology • Evans School of Public Policy & Governance • Population Health Initiative • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • School of Social Work • Scott AllardOctober 20, 2020
UW jumps two spots to No. 8 in US News Best Global Universities ranking
The University of Washington moved up two spots to No. 8 on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities rankings, released Tuesday. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.
Tag(s): Rankings
ArtSci Roundup: So Far So Good, Conversation with Jorge Ramos, and Emily Levesque in Conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via UW-IT. So…
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Astronomy • Department of Communication • Emily Levesque • Jorge Ramos
Video: Local stream watchers add to salmon science
This fall, about three dozen people signed up to help count the salmon in their local streams and creeks. Recruited by University of Washington Bothell teaching professor Jeff Jensen, these volunteers agree to observe a stream location for at least half an hour per week (while taking coronavirus precautions) to gather vital information about salmon in streams that flow into Lake Washington and the Sammamish River.
Tag(s): Jeffrey Jensen • UW BothellOctober 19, 2020
Conversation about suicide prevention leads to safe gun storage, study finds
Research by Forefront Suicide Prevention at the University of Washington, from visits to 18 gun shows and other community events around Washington state last year, found that engaging people in a community-based setting, in an empathetic conversation focused on safety, resulted in more people locking up their firearms.
Tag(s): Ali Rowhani-Rahbar • Department of Epidemiology • Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program • Forefront • Jennifer Stuber • School of Public Health • School of Social Work
Three UW faculty members elected to National Academy of Medicine; emeritus professor earns service award
The National Academy of Medicine on Monday announced the election of 100 new members, including three from the : Patrick Heagerty, Dr. Joel Kaufman and Sean Sullivan. In addition, David Eaton, dean and vice provost emeritus of the UW’s Graduate School, was recognized for outstanding service.
Tag(s): Joel Kaufman • Patrick Heagerty • School of Pharmacy • School of Public Health • Sean D. Sullivan
Early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon take the brunt of sea lion predation on the Columbia
A new University of Washington and NOAA Fisheries study found that sea lions have the largest negative effect on early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River. The results of this study will publish Oct. 18 in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Sarah Converse • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences • School of Environmental and Forest SciencesOctober 16, 2020
New annual book prize named for late UW historian William Rorabaugh
The national Alcohol and Drugs History Society has established an annual book prize in the name of UW history professor William Rorabaugh, who died this spring, calling him “a pioneer in the social history of alcohol.”
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of History • William RorabaughOctober 15, 2020
Are climate scientists being too cautious when linking extreme weather to climate change?
Climate science has focused on avoiding false alarms when linking extreme weather to climate change. But when meteorologists warn of hazardous weather, they include a second key measure of success — the probability of detection.
Tag(s): climate change • College of the Environment • Dale Durran • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • weather
For single adults and families alike, higher cost of living in all Washington counties
Cost of living is up in all Washington counties, for families of all sizes, according to the 2020 Self-Sufficiency Standard for Washington State, a report that identifies the amount of income needed to support families of various sizes without additional help from the government, community or other personal resources.
Tag(s): Center for Women's Welfare • Diana Pearce • Lisa Manzer • School of Social WorkOctober 14, 2020
Video: Highlights from UW President Ana Mari Cauce’s annual address
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.
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