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May 29, 2019
UW, collaborating institutions awarded $9.5 million for detecting autism earlier in childhood
A multicenter research team that includes the University of Washington Autism Center has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant to further evaluate whether brain imaging can help detect very high risk of autism spectrum disorder in early infancy.
Tag(s): Annette Estes • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Radiology • Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences • School of Medicine • Stephen Dager • UW Autism Center
Video: Origami-inspired materials are designed to soften impact
University of Washington researchers have developed a novel solution to change the feeling of impact when one thing hits another. It has potential for use in spacecraft, cars and beyond — inspired by origami.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics • Jinkyu YangMay 24, 2019
UW books in brief: Mindful travel in an unequal world, day laborers in Brooklyn, activist educators
Recent notable books by University of Washington faculty explore mindful international travel, men seeking work as day laborers, and activist teachers.
Tag(s): Anu Taranath • books • Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky • Christopher Sanford • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Education • Department of American Ethnic Studies • Department of English • Devin Naar • Jackson School of International Studies • Stroum Center for Jewish Studies • University of Washington Press
Origami-inspired materials could soften the blow for reusable spacecraft
University of Washington researchers used the paper folding art of origami to develop a novel solution to help reduce the forces associated with impact — like in car crashes, football helmets, landing spacecraft and more.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics • Jinkyu YangMay 23, 2019
Tiny fishes fuel life on coral reefs
In a paper published May 23 in Science, a team of international researchers from Simon Fraser University, University of Washington and other institutions reveals that the iconic abundance of fishes on reefs is fueled by an unlikely source: tiny, bottom-dwelling reef fishes.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of the Environment • Luke Tornabene • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Hot spots in rivers that nurture young salmon ‘flicker on and off’ in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region
Chemical signatures imprinted on tiny stones that form inside the ears of fish show that two of Alaska’s most productive salmon populations, and the fisheries they support, depend on the entire watershed.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • College of the Environment • Daniel Schindler • Department of Biology • salmon • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences • Sean BrennanMay 21, 2019
ARTSUW Roundup: Eleventh Improvised Music Project Festival (IMPFest XI), Graduation Exhibitions, The Learned Ladies, and more!
This week in the arts, stop by one of the School of Art + Art History + Design’s Graduation Exhibitions, see The Learned Ladies performed in the United States’ first Theatre in the Round, attend IMPFest XI, featuring UW Jazz Studies faculty, students and seasoned professionals of international renown, and more! 2019 School of Art…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • Henry Art Gallery • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music
Help by design: Art assists science at UW Design Help Desk
Sometimes when science gets stuck, art can come to the rescue. Such is the case, a new study shows, with the UW Design Help Desk, which guides faculty, students and staff in improving the more artistic aspects of presenting research or reports — figures, diagrams, posters and such.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Jason Petz • Jonathan Cook • Karen Cheng • Kieran O'Mahony • School of Art + Art History + DesignMay 20, 2019
Scientists use molecular tethers and chemical ‘light sabers’ to construct platforms for tissue engineering
In a paper published May 20 in the journal Nature Materials, a team of researchers from the University of Washington unveiled a new strategy to keep proteins intact and functional in synthetic biomaterials for tissue engineering. Their approach modifies proteins at a specific point so that they can be chemically tethered to the scaffold using light. Since the tether can also be cut by laser light, this method can create evolving patterns of signal proteins throughout a biomaterial scaffold to grow tissues made up of different types of cells.
Tag(s): Cole DeForest • College of Engineering • Department of Bioengineering • Department of Chemical Engineering • Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine • Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute • School of MedicineMay 16, 2019
Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’
University of Washington researchers have defined for the first time what children mean when they say technology is “creepy.”
Tag(s): Alexis Hiniker • Information School • Jason YipMay 15, 2019
ARTSUW Roundup: newly launched ARTSUW website, JACK Quartet performance, Heisenberg, Print Sale, Screening at LANGSTON, MFA Dance Concert, and more!
This week in the arts, partake in an audio augmented reality (AR) experience with hundreds of others on Red Square, explore the newly redesigned ARTSUW website, attend JACK Quartet, and more! Inspiring arts exploration: ArtsUW website redesigned with students in mind “We want the arts to be part of the DNA of every student’s experience.” That…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Asian Languages & Literature • Department of Dance • DXARTS • Henry Art Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • undergraduate research
First smartphone app that can hear ear infections in children
Researchers at the UW have created a new smartphone app that can detect fluid behind the eardrum by simply using a piece of paper and the phone’s microphone and speaker.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Randall Bly • School of Medicine • Shyam GollakotaMay 14, 2019
Provost announces new initiative to bolster Ph.D. student recruitment and support
The University of Washington today announced a new $5 million initiative to strengthen recruitment and support of Ph.D. students. Mark Richards, the university’s provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, introduced the effort during the Provost Town Hall this afternoon.
Tag(s): Mark RichardsMay 13, 2019
UW Information School’s Hala Annabi creates new ‘Autism @ Work Playbook’
Hala Annabi, associate professor in the UW Information School, is creator of the new “Autism @ Work Playbook,” a resource to guide organizations toward creating well-supported employment opportunities for individuals on the autism spectrum.
Tag(s): autism • Hala Annabi • Information School
From counseling services to commissary items, how the private sector shapes ‘offender-funded justice’
An article by University of Washington sociology professor Alexes Harris focuses on the role of the private sector in collecting court-imposed fines and fees.
Tag(s): Alexes Harris • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of SociologyMay 10, 2019
Chemists take a closer look at the spot where water meets air
A study published April 18 in the journal Science by researchers at Yale University and the University of Washington provides the first direct measurement of the behavior of bonded oxygen and hydrogen atoms perched on the surface of water.
Tag(s): Anne McCoy • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Chemistry
UW students face food, housing insecurity, survey shows
Early results from a faculty-led survey on the University of Washington’s three campus estimate the extent of food and housing insecurity among students.
Tag(s): Christine Stevens • College of Built Environments • Evans School of Public Policy & Governance • Lynne Manzo • Rachel Fyall • The Doorway Project • Urban@UW • UW Bothell • UW TacomaMay 9, 2019
Former cleantech executive leads development of University of Washington energy research and technology center
The University of Washington and its Clean Energy Institute named Kevin Klustner executive director of the Center for Advanced Materials and Clean Energy Technologies, or CAMCET. When complete, CAMCET will be a 340,000-square-foot building that will bring together UW scientists and engineers with industry, civic and nonprofit partners to accelerate clean energy solutions for a healthy planet.
Tag(s): Center for Advanced Materials and Clean Energy Technologies • Clean Energy Institute • clean or renewable energy • College of Engineering • Daniel Schwartz • Department of Chemical Engineering • Kevin Klustner • NW IMPACT • Washington Clean Energy TestbedsMay 8, 2019
One-third of the world’s longest rivers remain free-flowing, new analysis finds
Just over one-third of the world’s 246 longest rivers remain free-flowing, according to a new study published May 8 in Nature. Dams and reservoirs are drastically reducing the diverse benefits that healthy rivers provide to people and nature across the globe.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Julian Olden • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
ARTSUW Roundup: Peruvian Textiles, This Moment, Innovation the Nordic Way, International Experimental Music Ensemble, MFA Concert, and more!
This week in the arts, examine up-close a selection of Peruvian textiles from the Henry’s collection, attend a lecture about Nordic innovation at the Nordic Museum, go to a graduation exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, and more! From the Collection: Peruvian Textiles May 9, 6:30 pm | Henry Art Gallery Quipus, knotted strings used for…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Classics • Department of Dance • Department of Scandinavian Studies • DXARTS • Ethnomusicology Program • Henry Art Gallery • Jazz • MFA Dance Concert • Musical Theater • Musical Theater Program • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • Simpson Center for the HumanitiesMay 6, 2019
Seattle-area universities and colleges declare Affordable Housing Week, May 13-17
The presidents of four Seattle-area universities and colleges have joined forces to declare May 13-17, 2019 as Affordable Housing Week on their campuses. Dr. John Mosby, president of Highline College; Dr. Daniel J. Martin, president of Seattle Pacific University; Stephen V. Sundborg, S.J., president of Seattle University; and Dr. Ana Mari Cauce, president of University of Washington, have signed proclamations or otherwise affirmed the importance of safe, healthy, affordable homes in communities of opportunity. The higher-education institutions join King County and 25 King County cities, including Seattle, in recognizing the benefits of affordable housing to everyone in the community.
Tag(s): homelessness
Security cameras in nursing homes aim to protect the vulnerable but present ethical dilemmas
With reports of crimes against nursing home residents gaining media attention around the country, seven states have passed laws regulating the use of cameras in care facilities. An assistant professor in the University of Washington School of Social Work outlines the list of legal and moral issues that surveillance raises.
Tag(s): Clara Berridge • School of Social WorkMay 3, 2019
Researchers take a bottom-up approach to synthesizing microscopic diamonds for bioimaging, quantum computing
Researchers at the University of Washington, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discovered that they can use extremely high pressure and temperature to introduce other elements into nanodiamonds, making them potentially useful in cell and tissue imaging, as well as quantum computing.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Materials Science & Engineering • Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems • Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory • Peter PauzauskieMay 2, 2019
Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet
In a paper published May 2 in Nature Communications, a University of Washington team reports that two major forces have shaped bat skulls over their evolutionary history — echolocation and diet — generating a huge diversity of skull shapes across 1,300 bat species today.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • evolution • Sharlene SantanaMay 1, 2019
Arsenic-breathing life discovered in the tropical Pacific Ocean
In oxygen-poor parts of the ocean, some microorganisms survive by breathing arsenic. This holdover from the ancient Earth was not thought to still exist in the open ocean.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Gabrielle Rocap • genomics • marine microbiology • microbes and viruses • oceanography • School of Oceanography
US public support for undocumented immigrants seeking citizenship stronger if pathway includes military service, UW research shows
Americans appear more willing to support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants if that path includes serving in the United States military, according to new research from UW political scientists Sophia Jordán Wallace and Geoffrey Wallace.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Political Science • Geoffrey Wallace • immigration • Sophia Jordán Wallace
Chemical records in teeth confirm elusive Alaska lake seals are one of a kind
Lifelong chemical records stored in the canine teeth of an elusive group of harbor seals show that the seals remain in freshwater their entire lives and are likely a distinct population from their relatives in the ocean. Their home territory, Iliamna Lake, is in the heart of the proposed Pebble Mine project.
Atmospheric scientist Chris Bretherton elected to National Academy of Sciences
Chris Bretherton, a professor of atmospheric sciences and of applied mathematics, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Tag(s): Chris Bretherton • College of Arts & Sciences • College of the Environment • Department of Applied Mathematics • Department of Atmospheric SciencesApril 30, 2019
Flowering plants, new teeth and no dinosaurs: New study sheds light on the rise of mammals
A new study published April 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences identified three factors critical in the rise of mammal communities since they first emerged during the Age of Dinosaurs: the rise of flowering plants; the evolution of tribosphenic molars in mammals; and the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs, which reduced competition between mammals and other vertebrates in terrestrial ecosystems.
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • Caroline Strömberg • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • dinosaurs • ecology • evolution • Gregory Wilson Mantilla • paleontology
ARTSUW Roundup: Photographer Abelardo Morell, Guest Pianist Yekwon Sunwoo, and more!
This week in the arts, partake in a West African Dance Masterclass with Live Drumming with Etienne Cakpo, attend a concert with guest pianist Yekwon Sunwoo, see “This Moment”, presented by UW School of Drama’s Musical Theater cohort, and more! Monsen Photography Lecture: Abelardo Morell May 3, 6:30 pm | Henry Art Gallery Abelardo Morell…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Dance • Henry Art Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • Meany Hall for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • UW Libraries
UW OMA&D receives $3.6 million gift commitment from Armon Dadgar and Joshua Kalla to support underrepresented students
The University of Washington today announced a $3.6 million gift commitment awarded over 12 years to the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity (OMA&D). The gift commitment will fund full scholarship packages for approximately 30 underrepresented undergraduate students based on financial need.
Tag(s): Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity
Explore and dive to the depths of Puget Sound May 4 with UW’s aquatic science open house
Families, students and children are invited to get their hands wet on Saturday with “Our Watery World,” the University of Washington’s second annual aquatic science open house.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences • School of OceanographyApril 29, 2019
Case study in ‘lean’ management wins prestigious award
The University of Washington’s approach to continuous improvement management has been recognized with a national award.
The Shingo Institute, a program in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has awarded UW staff members Michael Martyn, Mark McKenzie and Doug Merrill with the award for their case study, “Implementing a Culture of Continuous Improvement at the UW.”
Patterns of compulsive smartphone use suggest how to kick the habit
UW researchers conducted in-depth interviews to learn why we compulsively check our phones.
Tag(s): Alexis Hiniker • College of Engineering • Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering • Information SchoolApril 26, 2019
Video: Kids have fun with science at Engineering Discovery Days
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.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Engineering Discovery Days
Soundbites: Engineering Discovery Days
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.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Engineering Discovery Days
UW, WSU community partnership: Improving the health of homeless youth and their pets
Rivals in the sports arena, the state’s two largest public universities have teamed up off the field to improve the health of young adults experiencing homelessness – and their pets.
The University of Washington and Washington State University are working with New Horizons Ministries and Neighborcare Health to provide health care and veterinary care to this vulnerable population. Key educational partners include the UW School of Public Health, WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and UW Medicine.
Tag(s): homelessness • One Health Clinic • Peter Rabinowitz • School of Public Health • UW MedicineApril 25, 2019
Public talks kick off study of ice loss, warming and coastal changes in northern Alaska
A UW team will visit Alaska’s North Slope Borough the week of April 28 in preparation for a two-year study of how waves, ice loss and warming are affecting the low-lying region.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Jim Thomson • polar scienceApril 24, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Philip Glass’s Hydrogen Jukebox, George Rodriguez’s exhibition opening at MadArt, west coast premiere of ‘Nina Simone: Four Women,’ and more!
This week in the arts, attend an original, gender-expansive adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet; see the dancer-illusionists of MOMIX; experience the Seattle premiere of the chamber opera Hydrogen Jukebox, composed by Philip Glass, with libretto by Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, presented by the students of the UW Vocal Theatre Works program will present the Seattle…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • DXARTS • Henry Art Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of MusicApril 22, 2019
Brains of blind people adapt to sharpen sense of hearing, study shows
Research from the University of Washington uses functional MRI to identify two differences in the brains of blind individuals — differences that might be responsible for their abilities to make better use of auditory information.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Psychology • Elizabeth Huber • Ione Fine« Previous Page Next Page »
