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April 8, 2019
How societal attitudes, political rhetoric affect immigrants’ health
For immigrants to the United States, the current political climate, and debates over issues such as a border wall, become part of the environment that influences their health, according to a new University of Washington study.
Tag(s): Jane Lee • School of Social Work • Yuanjin Zhou
Water and wastewater disinfection can help prevent the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria, but what about their genes?
A UW team tested how well current water and wastewater disinfecting methods affect antibiotic resistance genes in bacterial DNA. While these methods work well to deter bacterial growth, they had varied success in either degrading or deactivating a representative antibiotic resistance gene.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Michael DoddApril 4, 2019
April ‘Weather Madness’: UW wins top team, individual prizes in national forecasting contest, now enters tournament round
A University of Washington team placed first in a national weather forecasting contest that began in September. A UW graduate student also developed a model that for the first time beat out all human competitors.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Lynn McMurdie • weather
Golden State Warriors President and COO Rick Welts to deliver UW’s 2019 commencement address
Rick Welts, president and chief operating officer of the back-to-back NBA Champion Golden State Warriors, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018, and a University of Washington alumnus, will be the featured speaker at the UW’s Commencement exercises Saturday, June 15.
Tag(s): Rick WeltsApril 3, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Ballet Preljocaj, Sara Siestreem, Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, and more!
This week in the arts, explore the private studios of the Master of Fine Arts students in Painting + Drawing at the Sandpoint Studios + Gallery and talk with the artists about their completed artworks and work in progress, experience the music of Harry Partch on his original instruments, participate in a Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon…
Tag(s): Henry Art Gallery • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • Meany Hall for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Music
UW virtuoso of mobile sensing technology receives ACM Prize in Computing
A University of Washington professor, Shwetak Patel, is the recipient of the 2018 ACM Prize in Computing for contributions to creative and practical sensing systems for sustainability and health, the Association for Computing Machinery or ACM announced today.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Shwetak PatelApril 1, 2019
UW students spearhead efforts to predict peak bloom for cherry trees
A team of UW students hopes to make it possible to accurately predict peak bloom timing for the iconic Quad cherry trees.
Tag(s): cherry blossoms • College of the Environment • School of Environmental and Forest Sciences • Soo-Hyung Kim • UW FacilitiesMarch 29, 2019
North Dakota site shows wreckage from same object that killed the dinosaurs
A new excavation site in North Dakota shows evidence from the day a giant meteor struck Earth, marking the beginning of the end for the dinosaurs and 75 percent of animal life.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • dinosaurs • Mark Richards • paleontology
Soundbites: UW Quad cherry blossoms reach peak bloom
UW arborist Sara Shores explains that the iconic cherry trees in the University of Washington’s Quad have reached peak bloom, and this weekend will be prime viewing to see the blossoms.
Tag(s): cherry blossoms • Sara ShoresMarch 26, 2019
Advice from UW pharmacists on senior use of marijuana
Marijuana use among older adults has soared in recent years despite little being known about the effectiveness and safety of the drug in people 65 and older. That’s resulted in more seniors asking health care providers about marijuana use: Is it safe? How much to use? Where to buy?
Tag(s): School of Pharmacy • Zach Marcum
ARTSUW Roundup: Reading with African-American Writers’ Alliance, Emanuel Ax performance, Graduation Exhibition, and Memory and Place Exhibition
This week in the arts, join members of the African-American Writers’ Alliance as they present new works written in response to the content and themes of Edgar Arceneaux’s Library of Black Lies, attend Pianist Emanuel Ax’s performance, and before that, stop by the graduation exhibition at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery! Reading: African-American Writers’ Alliance March…
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
Air quality agencies can breathe easier about current emissions regulations
A University of Washington-led study provides a fuller picture of the relationship between nitrogen oxides — the tailpipe-generated particles at the center of the Volkswagen scandal, also known as NOx, — and PM2.5, the microscopic particles that can lodge in lungs.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Joel Thornton • pollution
New tool maps a key food source for grizzly bears: huckleberries
Researchers have developed a new approach to map huckleberry distribution across Glacier National Park that uses publicly available satellite imagery. Tracking where huckleberry plants live now — and where they may move under climate change — can help biologists predict where grizzly bears will also be found.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • School of Environmental and Forest SciencesMarch 21, 2019
Video: Snow may have delayed some blooms for the first day of spring
The first day of spring seems especially significant this year — record warm temperatures in the Northwest are marking the change of seasons. But our blooms may be a couple weeks behind schedule after February’s snow and cold weather, according to Ray Larson, curator at UW Botanic Gardens.
Tag(s): Center for Urban Horticulture • Ray Larson • UW Botanic Gardens
UW, Microsoft, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory establish new Northwest Quantum Nexus for a quantum revolution in science, technology
The University of Washington, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Microsoft Quantum announced this week that they have joined forces in a new coalition, the Northwest Quantum Nexus, to bring about a revolution in quantum research and technology.
Tag(s): Clean Energy Institute • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • Department of Chemical Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Department of Physics • Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems • Jim Pfaendtner • Kai-Mei Fu • Microsoft • Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute • Northwest Quantum Nexus • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory • UW Quantum X
Hundreds of bubble streams link biology, seismology off Washington’s coast
The first survey of methane vent sites off Washington’s coast finds 1,778 bubble columns, with most located along a north-south band that is in line with a geologic fault.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • geology • oceanography • Paul Johnson • School of Oceanography
How discrimination, PTSD may lead to high rates of preterm birth among African-American women
African-American women are nearly twice as likely to give birth prematurely as white women. Amelia Gavin, an associate professor in the University of Washington School of Social Work, connects preterm birth to racial discrimination via PTSD.
Tag(s): Amelia Gavin • Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology • School of Social Work
With a ‘hello,’ Microsoft and UW demonstrate first fully automated DNA data storage
UW and Microsoft researchers have demonstrated the first fully automated system to store and retrieve data in manufactured DNA — a key step in moving the technology out of the research lab and into commercial data centers.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Karin Strauss • Luis Ceze • Microsoft • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringMarch 20, 2019
Soundbites: Snow may have delayed some blooms for the first day of spring
The first day of spring, when daylight hours begin to exceed nighttime hours, seems especially significant this year — record warm temperatures in the Northwest are marking the change of seasons. But our blooms may be a couple weeks behind schedule after February’s snow and cold weather.
Tag(s): Ray Larson • UW Botanic Gardens
University of Washington among Peace Corps’ top 5 volunteer-producing schools in 2019
The Peace Corps today announced that the University of Washington ranked No. 5 among large schools on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There currently are 62 UW alumni volunteering in countries around the world.
Tag(s): Peace CorpsMarch 19, 2019
Managed retreat due to rising seas is a public health issue
Sea-level rise associated with climate change is a concern for many island and coastal communities. While the dangers may seem far off for large coastal cities like Miami or New Orleans, the advancing oceans are already displacing some small indigenous communities, and many others are at risk around the world.
Tag(s): Andrew Dannenberg • College of Built Environments • Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences • School of Public HealthMarch 18, 2019
Information School to welcome high school students March 19 for ‘MisInfo Day’ – from ‘Calling BS’ faculty duo
The UW Information School is taking a leading role in helping people better navigate this era of increasing online fakery and falsehood. On March 19, the school will welcome 200-some Seattle-area high school students for “MisInfo Day,” a daylong workshop on how to navigate the misinformation landscape, from Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom, the faculty duo behind “Calling BS in the Age of Big Data.”
Tag(s): Calling BS in the Age of Big Data • Carl Bergstrom • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • Franziska Roesner • Information School • Jevin West • Kate StarbirdMarch 14, 2019
Jackson School’s Devin Naar featured in documentary premiering March 24 at Seattle’s Jewish Film Festival
Devin Naar, UW professor of international studies and history, is featured in “Children of the Inquisition,” a new documentary film about descendants of the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions discovering their Sephardic Jewish heritage. The film will premiere March 24 as part of the Seattle Jewish Film Festival.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Devin Naar • Jackson School of International Studies • Sephardic Studies Program • Stroum Center for Jewish StudiesMarch 13, 2019
New method to assess platelet health could help ER doctors
UW researchers have created a novel system that can measure platelet function within two minutes and can help doctors determine which trauma patients might need a blood transfusion upon being admitted to a hospital.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Emergency Medicine • Department of Mechanical Engineering • Harborview Medical Center • Nathan Sniadecki • Nathan White • School of Medicine • UW MedicineMarch 12, 2019
Eight postdoctoral researchers at the University of Washington receive awards from the Washington Research Foundation
Eight researchers at the University of Washington have been named 2019 Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellows.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • College of the Environment • School of Medicine
ARTSUW Roundup: The Bomba Experience, Seattle Symphony with UW Music Faculty, and more
This week in the arts, see In the Heart of America, experience recent augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) projects from UW students, attend a free concert with the Seattle Symphony and UW School of Music faculty, and more! In the Heart of America March 6 – 17 | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse In the…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • exhibits & exhibitions • Henry Art Gallery • Jacob Lawrence Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music
A school that values diversity could have health benefits for students of color
Students of color who attend schools with a culture and mission statements that emphasize the value of diversity show better cardiovascular health than peers whose schools do not express such values, according to a new study.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Cynthia Levine • Department of PsychologyMarch 11, 2019
University of Washington graduate and professional disciplines rank highly in US News’ Best Graduate School lists
The University of Washington’s graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Graduate School rankings released March 12.
Tag(s): Evans School of Public Policy & Governance • School of Medicine • School of Nursing • School of Social Work
When coyote parents get used to humans, their offspring become bolder, too
When coyote parents are habituated to humans, their offspring are more habituated, too — potentially leading to negative interactions between coyotes and humans.
Tag(s): biology • Christopher Schell • ecology • UW Tacoma
Black and Hispanic Americans bear a disproportionate burden from air pollution
Black and Hispanic Americans bear a disproportionate burden from air pollution generated mainly by non-Hispanic white Americans, according to new research from a team led by the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Julian Marshall
How to train your robot (to feed you dinner)
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a robotic system that can feed people who need someone to help them eat.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Siddhartha SrinivasaMarch 7, 2019
UW anthropologist connects communities to archive of Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia
A new project by Jenna Grant, UW assistant professor of anthropology, uses an archive of photos and documents from the Khmer Rouge era — the donation of a journalist and UW alum — to help facilitate storytelling among Cambodians and Cambodian-Americans.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Anthropology • Jenna Grant • Judith Henchy • UW LibrariesMarch 5, 2019
FASER detector at the Large Hadron Collider to seek clues about hidden matter in the universe
On March 5, the CERN research board approved a new experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva to search for evidence of fundamental dark matter particles. UW scientists are part of this endeavor, the Forward Search Experiment — or FASER — which seeks to answer one of the outstanding questions in particle physics: What is dark matter made of?
Tag(s): Bill Kuykendall • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • Department of Mechanical Engineering • Department of Physics • Large Hadron Collider • physics • Shih-Chieh Hsu
Reading summer camp? Study to examine how soon-to-be kindergartners are wired for literacy
The University of Washington is launching a reading instruction study this summer, a two-week “camp” targeting children entering kindergarten in the fall that aims to teach early literacy skills and measure brain activity before and after instruction.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences • I-LABS • Jason YeatmanMarch 4, 2019
University of Washington and Aga Khan University sign agreement to further population health, research, service and education
The University of Washington today signed a memorandum of understanding with the Aga Khan University to codify partnership activities already underway and to leverage complementary strengths to further expand research, service and education in low- and middle-income countries.
Tag(s): Aga Khan University • Population Health Initiative • University of Washington
Fake faces: UWs ‘Calling BS’ duo opens new website asking ‘Which face is real?’
A new website from the UW’s Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom, the duo behind the popular “Calling BS” class, asks viewers to choose which of two realistic face photos is real and which is a complete fake.
Tag(s): Calling BS in the Age of Big Data • Carl Bergstrom • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • Information School • Jevin West
ARTSUW Roundup: Opening of “In the Heart of America,” Dance Majors Concert, Emerson String Quartet, and more!
This week in the arts, attend a performance with Emerson String Quartet, partake in the Strange Coupling silent and live auction, see the film screening of “The Gold Fish Casino,” and more! In the Heart of America March 6 – 17 (previews March 2 & 5) | Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse In the shadow…
Tag(s): ArtsUW • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Dance • Department of Germanics • Henry Art Gallery • Meany Center for the Performing Arts • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music
Mystery of green icebergs may soon be solved
Research by UW’s Stephen Warren suggests that some icebergs are green because they contain frozen, iron-rich seawater from certain regions of East Antarctica.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • polar science • Stephen WarrenMarch 1, 2019
Video: Amarilys Ríos shares the ‘bomba’ experience
Amarilys Ríos is a professional percussionist, singer and dancer from San Juan, Puerto Rico. In this video she gives an introduction to “bomba,” an Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance tradition in which dancers lead the drummer to sound out their improvised movements. “Bomba is a way of expression and communication” with key ingredients, explains…
Tag(s): Amarilys Rios • College of Arts & Sciences • Ethnomusicology Program • School of MusicFebruary 28, 2019
Polar science, climate change and, yes, dance mix this weekend at Pacific Science Center
Exhibits and events happening Friday through Sunday showcase the latest in polar science, much of it from the University of Washington.
Tag(s): polar science • Polar Science Center • Polar Science Weekend« Previous Page Next Page »
