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August 1, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: The American Superhero, 500 Years of Prints, and more
In the arts, visit an exhibition of portraits and stories that celebrates differences, highlights our commonalities, and embraces what makes us each uniquely American, explore a collection of prints that date back to the 1490s, and more! Exhibition | The American Superhero July 25 – October 4 | UW Tower Mezzanine Lounge There is a…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Dance • Henry Art Gallery • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • School of Art + Art History + DesignJuly 30, 2019
UW study: House move during early pregnancy linked to heightened premature birth risk
Moving to a new residence during the first three months of pregnancy is linked to a heightened risk of premature birth and low birthweight, as well as a slightly higher risk of a smaller-than-expected-size baby, according to new research from the University of Washington published online today in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Tag(s): Department of Epidemiology • Julia Bond • School of Public Health
Soundbites: UW hosts student robotics ‘moon landing’ challenge
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.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • Robert Winglee • Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium
Video: UW hosts student robotics ‘moon landing’ challenge
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.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • Robert Winglee • Washington NASA Space Grant ConsortiumJuly 29, 2019
Medicaid expansion may prevent child neglect, UW study shows
More than 4 million reports of child maltreatment involving about 7.5 million children were made in 2017 to Child Protective Services. While much work has been done to reduce these high rates of child abuse and neglect in the United States, few programs have been consistently effective.
Tag(s): Department of Epidemiology • Emily Brown • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • Seattle Children's Hospital
Stressed at school? Art therapy reduces teenage girls’ headaches
In a pilot study led by the UW, researchers explored art-based mindfulness activities that schools could use to reduce headaches, a common side effect of stress in adolescent girls. After three weeks of twice-weekly mindfulness and art therapy sessions, eight teenage girls reported experiencing significantly fewer headaches.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering • Elin BjörlingJuly 26, 2019
UW moves up to No. 5 on Kiplinger’s list of ‘best value’ public universities
The University of Washington is now fifth on Kiplinger’s list of best values among U.S. public universities, according to a new ranking published this week. Last year, the UW placed No. 7.
Tag(s): RankingsJuly 25, 2019
Decades after a grade-school program to promote social development, adults report healthier, more successful lives
University of Washington researchers have found that that “good life” in adulthood can start in grade school, by teaching parents and teachers to build stronger bonds with their children, and to help children form greater attachments to family and school.
Tag(s): David Hawkins • Richard Catalano • Rick Kosterman • School of Social Work • Social Development Research GroupJuly 24, 2019
How to consider nature’s impact on mental health in city plans
An international team led by the UW and Stanford has created a framework for how city planners and municipalities around the world can start to measure the mental health benefits of nature and incorporate those into plans and policies for cities and their residents.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Greg Bratman • health care and mental health • School of Environmental and Forest Sciences • urbanizationJuly 23, 2019
What motivates people to join — and stick with — citizen science projects?
After more than 20 years, the UW’s Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, or COASST, is itself the subject of scientific study. Social scientists are studying the program’s success to extract lessons for all citizen science efforts.
Tag(s): COASST • College of the Environment • Julia Parrish • School of Aquatic and Fishery SciencesJuly 22, 2019
University of Washington to create UW Center for an Informed Public with $5 million investment from Knight Foundation
The University of Washington today announced a $5 million investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to create the UW Center for an Informed Public, led by an interdisciplinary group whose mission is to resist strategic misinformation, promote an informed society, and strengthen democratic discourse. The Center is also funded by a $600,000 award from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Tag(s): Chris Coward • College of Engineering • Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering • Emma Spiro • Information School • Jevin West • Kate Starbird • Ryan Calo • School of LawJuly 19, 2019
Offspring of pregnant women exposed to high level of pollutants may have lower IQs
A new study found that pregnant women exposed to higher levels of air pollutants had children with lower IQs, compared to the children of women exposed to lower levels.
Tag(s): Christine Loftus • Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences • School of Public HealthJuly 18, 2019
François Baneyx named director of UW’s CoMotion and Interim Vice Provost for Innovation
François Baneyx has been named the new director of CoMotion and Interim Vice Provost of Innovation at the University of Washington, Provost Mark Richards announced today. Baneyx fills a position formerly held by Vikram Jandhyala, who died in March. “François is a respected researcher, teacher and innovator with connections throughout academia and industry, as well…
Tag(s): Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales • College of Engineering • CoMotion • Department of Chemical Engineering • Francois Baneyx
Scientists discover how the mosquito brain integrates diverse sensory cues to locate a host to bite
A team, led by researchers at the University of Washington, has discovered how the female mosquito brain integrates visual and olfactory signals to identify, track and hone in on a potential host for her next blood meal: After the mosquito’s olfactory system detects certain chemical cues, the mosquito uses her visual system to scan her surroundings for certain shapes and fly toward them, presumably associating those shapes with potential hosts.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • Jeffrey Riffell • neuroscience & brain science • population healthJuly 17, 2019
Video: ‘Pickled’ sharks from the UW Burke Museum fish collection
The Burke Museum at the University of Washington has North America’s largest fish collection that includes a number of sharks, including many species that live in Pacific Northwest waters.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Katherine Maslenikov
UW steady at No. 28 in the world, fourth among U.S. public institutions; No. 1 on CNBC US public colleges that pay off the most
The University of Washington was recognized this week for its global impact in teaching and research, as well as for its value to graduates compared to cost of attendance.
Tag(s): Rankings
UW hosts student robotics challenge Friday to mark 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing
This Friday, teams of 5th- through 12th-grade students from across Washington state will complete a challenge in Kane Hall to mimic the 1969 Apollo moon landing, using drones and Lego robots.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • Robert Winglee • Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium
First-ever visualizations of electrical gating effects on electronic structure could lead to longer-lasting devices
Scientists have visualized the electronic structure in a microelectronic device for the first time, opening up opportunities for finely tuned, high-performance electronic devices. Physicists from the University of Washington and the University of Warwick developed a technique to measure the energy and momentum of electrons in operating microelectronic devices made of atomically thin — so-called 2D — materials.
Tag(s): Clean Energy Institute • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • David Cobden • Department of Materials Science & Engineering • Department of Physics • Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems • Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute • Xiaodong Xu
Magdalena Balazinska named director of UW’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Magdalena Balazinska has been named the new director of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. The appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2020, and is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Magdalena Balazinska • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringJuly 16, 2019
8 UW professors elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2019
Eight scientists and engineers from the University of Washington have been elected this year to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
Tag(s): Anne McCoy • Chris Bretherton • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • College of the Environment • Department of Atmospheric Sciences • Department of Chemistry • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences • Department of Mechanical Engineering • Department of Pharmacology • Department of Physics • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences • Elaine Faustman • Evans School of Public Policy & Governance • Mari Ostendorf • Mark Long • Martin Savage • Nephi Stella • Per Reinhall • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • Washington State Academy of Sciences
ArtsUW Roundup: writing workshop, exhibition opening, festival:festival, and more
In the arts, stop by the Allen Library North Lobby for a free lunchtime concert with UW Voice students, take a writing workshop hosted by the Henry Art Gallery and Hugo House, stop by James Coupe’s exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, partake in a free two-day arts festival – festival:festival – that presents and…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • DXARTS • Henry Art Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Music • UW LibrariesJuly 12, 2019
Video: Friend or foe? Fun facts about sharks
In honor of Shark Awareness Day on July 14, UW News sat down with Katherine Maslenikov, manager of the UW Fish Collection, to learn about sharks in the Pacific Northwest and other fun facts about sharks.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Katherine Maslenikov • UW Fish Collection
UW School of Law receives $3.75 million gift to support environmental law
The University of Washington today announced a $3.75 million gift to the School of Law that will support UW Law graduates pursuing public interest environmental law, enhancing their opportunities to gain the experience and knowledge necessary to tackle some of Washington’s and the world’s most pressing environmental issues.
Tag(s): School of LawJuly 11, 2019
B-roll: Middle school students study mechanics, gravity at UW engineering camp
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.”
Tag(s): Early Engineering Institute • UW GEAR-UP program
Super salty, subzero Arctic water provides peek at possible life on other planets
A UW team has discovered thriving communities of bacteria in Alaskan “cryopegs,” trapped layers of sediment with water so salty that it remains liquid at below-freezing temperatures. The setting may be similar to environments on Mars, Saturn’s moon Titan, or other bodies farther from the sun.
Tag(s): astrobiology • College of the Environment • Jody Deming • oceanography • polar science • School of Oceanography
National attention, praise for new Silicon Valley history ‘The Code’ by UW historian Margaret O’Mara
Her sweeping new book about the history of Silicon Valley has UW history professor Margaret O’Mara on a busy national book tour this summer. The book, “The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America,” was published this month by Penguin Press and is receiving many positive reviews.
Tag(s): books • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of History • Margaret O'Mara
UW recognized as Commute Trip Reduction Champion
The University of Washington was recognized with platinum-level distinction, the highest, at the City of Seattle’s 2019 Commute Trip Reduction Champion Awards on June 5, 2019.
Tag(s): Transportation Services • UW FacilitiesJuly 9, 2019
UW professors to receive 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Six University of Washington professors are to receive a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, according to an announcement July 2 from the White House. The award, also known as the PECASE, is the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early-career scientists and engineers “who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.”
Tag(s): awards • Center on Human Development and Disability • Clean Energy Institute • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • College of the Environment • Department of Chemical Engineering • Department of Epidemiology • Department of Mechanical Engineering • Department of Physics • Elizabeth Nance • eScience Institute • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center • Jiun-Haw Chu • Laura Prugh • Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute • Sara Lindström • School of Environmental and Forest Sciences • School of Public Health • Steve Brunton
Alison Cullen named interim dean of UW Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
Alison Cullen has been named interim dean of the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, Provost Mark A. Richards announced earlier this month. Her appointment, set to begin Sept. 1, is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
Tag(s): Alison Cullen • Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
Coral reefs shifting away from equator, new study finds
Coral reefs are retreating from equatorial waters and establishing new reefs in more temperate regions, according to new research by the University of Washington and other institutions.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Jacqueline Padilla-Gamiño • School of Aquatic and Fishery SciencesJuly 5, 2019
UW books in brief: US credit markets in history, ‘value sensitive’ design, the lasting effects of reproductive slavery, and more
Recent notable books by UW faculty members explore how the U.S. government has historically used credit to create opportunity, how “reproductive slavery” has left lasting ramifications and how technology design benefits from human values.
Tag(s): Alys Eve Weinbaum • Arbella Bet-Shlimon • Batya Friedman • books • College of Arts & Sciences • David Hendry • Department of English • Department of Sociology • Juliet Shields • Sarah QuinnJuly 3, 2019
Joy Williamson-Lott named dean of UW Graduate School
Joy Williamson-Lott has been named the next dean of the University of Washington’s Graduate School, Provost Mark A. Richards announced today. Her appointment, set to begin July 16, is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
Tag(s): College of Education • Joy Williamson-Lott • UW Graduate School
UW School of Oceanography ranks No. 1 in global ranking; more than two dozen areas in top 50
The University of Washington’s School of Oceanography again is ranked No. 1 in the world on the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects list for 2019. The ranking, released in June, was conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Tag(s): RankingsJuly 2, 2019
ARTSUW: Carrie Yamaoka, Seattle Piano Institute, and Angélica Maria Millán Lozano + Camilo Godoy
In the arts, celebrate the opening of Carrie Yamaoka at the Henry Art Gallery, partake in events on campus hosted by the Seattle Piano Institute, and attend Angélica Maria Millán Lozano + Camilo Godoy’s exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery! Carrie Yamaoka: recto/verso July 13 – November 3 | Henry Art Gallery Brooklyn-based artist Carrie…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • Henry Art Gallery • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of MusicJuly 1, 2019
How you and your friends can play a video game together using only your minds
UW researchers created a method for two people help a third person solve a task using only their minds.
Tag(s): Andrea Stocco • Center for Neurotechnology • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • Department of Psychology • I-LABS • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Rajesh Rao
Study shows that management and evolution give hope to coral reefs facing the effects of climate change
A new study released July 1 in Nature Climate Change gives hope for coral reefs. Launched by the nonprofit Coral Reef Alliance, with lead and senior authors at the University of Washington, the study is one of the first to demonstrate that management that takes evolution and adaptation into account can help rescue coral reefs from the effects of climate change.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Daniel Schindler • evolution • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences • Tim Essington • Tim WalsworthJune 27, 2019
Astrobiology outreach: UW’s mobile planetarium lands at space conference
UW astronomy professor Rory Barnes shows off the astronomy department’s Mobile Planetarium to colleagues at AbSciCon2019, the national conference on astrobiology in Bellevue. He takes it to schools with a presentation on astrobiology for K12 students.
Tag(s): astrobiology • Astrobiology Program • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Astronomy • Rory Barnes • UW Mobile Planetarium
LGBTQ Asian Americans seen as more ‘American’
For Asian Americans who are gay or lesbian, their sexual orientation may make them seem more “American” than those who are presumed straight. A new University of Washington study, the latest in research to examine stereotypes, identity and ideas about who is “American,” focuses on how sexual orientation and race come together to influence others’ perceptions.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Psychology • Linda Zou • Sapna CheryanJune 24, 2019
B-roll: Karen Fredriksen Goldsen and the GenPride Center
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.
Tag(s): Aging with Pride • Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen • School of Social Work
Creating community, battling loneliness among LGBTQ seniors
Research shows that LGBTQ older adults are at higher risk for social isolation. To that end, UW social work professor Karen Fredriksen Goldsen helped establish an LGBTQ senior center in Seattle.
Tag(s): Aging with Pride • Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen • School of Social Work« Previous Page Next Page »