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April 12, 2017
Arts Roundup: Amazing Animals, Marc Seales — and Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
This week in the arts, wrap up spring break at the Burke; hear a noted Northwest jazz pianist; see classically-inspired textural print works in Edmonds; experience the School of Art’s Painting + Drawing Graduate Exhibition; and hear the UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band present their spring quarter concert. AMAZING ANIMALS: WATER & SKY EDITION…
Undergraduate Theater Society unleashes ‘Wolves’ April 13-23
The story of Little Red Riding Hood takes on a new dimension in the UW Undergraduate Theater Society’s new production, “Wolves,” by Steve Yockey, running April 13 to 23 in the Cabaret Theater in Hutchinson Hall.
Tag(s): Undergraduate Theater Society
Why treating animals may be important in fighting resurgent tropical disease
As the World Health Organization steps up its efforts to eradicate a once-rampant tropical disease, a University of Washington study suggests that monitoring, and potentially treating, the monkeys that co-exist with humans in affected parts of the world may be part of the global strategy. Yaws, an infectious disease that causes disfiguring skin lesions…
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Anthropology • Department of Global Health • Department of Medicine • Lisa Jones-Engel • School of Medicine • School of Public Health • Sheila LukehartApril 11, 2017
New cloud-based payroll system coming to UW in June
In June, the UW’s antiquated, 35-year-old payroll software system will be replaced by Workday, a modern, easy-to-use, cloud-based software system. Workday has the potential to transform the way we work at the University, making us more streamlined and employee friendly.
Tag(s): Human Resources
University of Washington and Starbucks to create unique coffeehouse destination at Suzzallo Library
The University of Washington and Starbucks Coffee Company are coming together to create a world-class coffeehouse destination in the historic and iconic Suzzallo Library. The design of the new café, set to open this fall, will honor the library’s rich history and legacy.
Tag(s): Pamela Schreiber • Suzzallo Library • UW Housing & Food Services
Technology to improve rockfall analysis on cliffs could save money, lives
University of Washington civil engineers have developed a new, automated technology to analyze the potential for rockfalls from cliffs onto roads and areas below.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Joseph WartmanApril 10, 2017
USGS, partners launch a unified, West Coast-wide earthquake early warning system
Events Monday celebrated the launch of a West Coast-wide earthquake early warning prototype system, and initial test users in Washington and Oregon.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • earthquakes & seismology • John Vidale • Pacific Northwest Seismic Network • ShakeAlertApril 5, 2017
Arts Roundup: Jacob Lawrence, 3D4M Grad Exhibition, A Final Look at the Wild Nearby, and Dido and Aeneas
This week in the arts, get one final look at the Burke’s Wild Nearby; see student’s capstone in ceramics, glass, and sculpture; celebrate the centennial of Jacob Lawrence; experience an experimental performance using a mind-driven instrument; and hear voice students in a monumental Baroque opera. Music of Today: DXARTS 7:30 p.m., April 6| Meany Theater The University…
April 4, 2017
The science of sight: Transplant recipient, UW professor to share perspectives on vision restoration
UW psychology professor Geoffrey Boynton and corneal transplant recipient Michael May to speak April 5.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Psychology • Geoffrey BoyntonApril 3, 2017
UW lands at No. 9 with 45 subjects ranked in the top 10 in Center for World University Rankings inaugural subject list
The University of Washington landed at No. 9 with 45 subjects ranked in the top 10 in the Center for World University Rankings’ inaugural subjects ranking. The ranking features the top global universities in 227 subjects covering all academic disciplines in the sciences and social sciences. This is the highest the UW has placed in a global subject ranking.
Tag(s): Rankings
UW security researchers show that Google’s AI tool for video searching can be easily deceived
University of Washington security researchers have shown that Google’s new tool that uses machine learning to automatically analyze and label video content can be deceived by inserting a photograph periodically into videos. After they inserted an image of a car into a video about animals, for instance, the system thought the video was about an Audi.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Radha PoovendranMarch 31, 2017
Music played by EEG featured in DXARTS Spring Concert April 6
The Disklavier is an electromagnetic piano that — like the UW-created encephalophone recently reported on by the Seattle Times — is played by brain waves alone, via an electroencephalogram. UW audiences can see and hear this new technology in “Music of Today: The DXARTS Spring Concert,” April 6, in Meany Hall.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • DXARTS • Juan Pampin • Richard Karpen • School of Music • Stuart DempsterMarch 29, 2017
Arts Roundup: Last chance for Chuck Close Photographs, Piano and Cello Faculty Recital, Brechemin Piano Series; Music of Today: DXARTS
This week in the arts, get a last look at the comprehensive survey of the photographic work of Chuck Close; hear faculty artists play Beethoven; enjoy piano works from School of Music students; check out groundbreaking new works and modern classics by faculty and guest composers. Chuck Close Photographs Through April 2| Henry Art Gallery Don’t…
Tackling resilience: Finding order in chaos to help buffer against climate change
A new paper by the University of Washington and NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center aims to provide clarity among scientists, resource managers and planners on what ecological resilience means and how it can be achieved.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • School of Marine and Environmental Affairs • Terrie KlingerMarch 28, 2017
After much media attention, UW Information School’s ‘Calling BS’ class begins
The very name of the class, when proposed, seemed to fire imaginations nationwide and beyond. Now with the beginning of spring quarter, the UW Information School’s new course “Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data” is getting started.
Tag(s): Calling BS in the Age of Big Data • Carl Bergstrom • Information School • Jevin West
Public notice: Availability of a final supplemental environmental impact statement
The University is proposing a site selection and construction of a new above and below grade building to create a physical convening space and compelling catalyst for Population Health endeavors across all three UW campuses, the region and the world, creating a high profile marker for the UW’s commitment to Population Health, as outlined in President Ana Mari Cauce’s May 2016 address to the community.
Parents who play ‘Pokémon GO’ with kids: ‘It wasn’t really about the Pokémon’
In the first study to survey and interview parents who play Pokémon GO with their children, families report a number of side benefits, including increased exercise, more time spent outdoors and opportunities for family bonding.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering • Information School • Jason Yip • Jin Ha Lee • Julie Kientz
Using a method from Wall Street to track slow slipping of Earth’s crust
An algorithm for stock prices can be used with GPS data to automatically detect slow-slip earthquakes at a single station, offering a new way to monitor seismic activity.
Tag(s): Brendan Crowell • College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • earthquakes & seismologyMarch 27, 2017
15 years of success for UW center in recruiting, supporting female STEM faculty
In the 15 years since the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change opened its doors, the UW has nearly doubled the number of female faculty across 19 science, technology, engineering and math departments.
Tag(s): ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • College of the Environment • diversity • diversity, equity and inclusion in academia • Eve Riskin • Joyce Yen
Distinguished educator and humanitarian Dr. Johnnetta Cole to be UW’s 2017 commencement speaker
Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, former president of Spelman College and Bennett College, and recently retired director of the National Museum of African Art, will be the featured speaker at the University of Washington’s Commencement exercises Saturday, June 10.
Tag(s): Ana Mari CauceMarch 23, 2017
Jackson School to offer lectures for students on ‘Trump in the World’
Faculty with the UW Jackson School of International Studies will explore the impact of the 2016 election on their respective areas of expertise in a new two-credit class titled “Trump in the World: International Implications of the Trump Presidency.”
Tag(s): Anand Yang • Angelina Godoy • College of Arts & Sciences • Daniel Chirot • Devin Naar • Ernesto Penas • Jackson School of International Studies • Kathie Friedman • Resat Kasaba • Sabine Lang • Scott Radnitz • Vanessa Freije
UW Chemistry to establish a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship thanks to $12 million commitment from professor emeritus Larry Dalton and Nicole Boand
Building upon a long legacy of supporting scientific innovation and education, professor emeritus Larry Dalton and his wife, Nicole Boand, have committed $12 million to the UW Department of Chemistry.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Chemistry • Larry DaltonMarch 22, 2017
Race, health, justice topics for March 31 UW symposium on medical ethics
The interdisciplinary 2017 Benjamin Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics on March 31, titled “Race, Health & Justice,” will explore inequities in health and health care and place them in political, economic and historical context.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of English • Department of Philosophy • Department of Sociology • School of Medicine • School of Nursing • School of Social WorkMarch 21, 2017
Hans Dehmelt — Nobel laureate and UW professor emeritus — has died at age 94
Hans Georg Dehmelt, Nobel physics laureate and professor emeritus at the University of Washington, died in Seattle on March 7, 2017 at age 94. Dehmelt was a celebrated scientist who, in a research career spanning more than half a century, developed methods to isolate atoms and subatomic particles and measure their fundamental properties with high accuracy.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Physics • Hans DehmeltMarch 20, 2017
Public notice: Availability of a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) — UW Bothell/Cascadia College Campus Master Plan
Public Notice University Of Washington Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-455 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and WAC 478-324-140, the University of Washington hereby provides public notice of the: Availability of a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) Project Name: University of Washington Bothell/Cascadia College Campus Master Plan Proponent: University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia…
March 15, 2017
How to conserve polar bears — and maintain subsistence harvest — under climate change
A new analysis shows a properly-managed subsistence harvest of polar bears can continue under climate change.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • Eric Regehr • polar science • Polar Science Center
Adrian Raftery receives Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day Medal for contributions to statistics
On March 15 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland honored Adrian Raftery, a professor of statistics and sociology at the University of Washington, for his diverse contributions to the field of statistics. Kenny presented Raftery with the St. Patrick’s Day Medal, which is awarded each year by Science Foundation…
Tag(s): Adrian Raftery • awards • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Sociology • Department of StatisticsMarch 14, 2017
In times of plenty, penguin parents keep feeding their grown offspring
A research team led by University of Washington biology professor Dee Boersma reports that fully grown Galapagos penguins who have fledged — or left the nest — continue to beg their parents for food. And sometimes, probably when the bounty of the sea is plentiful, parents oblige and feed their adult offspring.
Tag(s): Center for Ecosystem Sentinels • College of Arts & Sciences • Dee Boersma • Department of Biology • ecology • evolutionMarch 13, 2017
UW Medicine’s primary care, family and rural medicine programs lead nation again; many other UW disciplines highly ranked
For the 23rd time in the past 24 years, the University of Washington ranked as the No. 1 primary care medical school in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Graduate School rankings released Tuesday. The UW’s Information School jumped from No. 3 to No. 2 in the nation for library and information studies programs.
New from author David Shields: ‘Other People: Takes & Mistakes’
UW English professor and New York Times best-selling author David Shields has a new book out and — perhaps unsurprisingly — it’s getting excellent reviews. Shields has a couple of local book events coming up for “Other People: Takes & Mistakes.”
Rapid decline of Arctic sea ice a combination of climate change and natural variability
Dramatic declines in Arctic sea ice during the past four decades are due to a mixture of global warming and a natural decades-long hot spot over Greenland.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • Axel Schweiger • climate change • College of the Environment • David Battisti • Department of Atmospheric Sciences • polar science • Polar Science Center • sea ice
Crowdfunding for medical bills a Band-Aid, not a cure-all, UW Bothell study finds
Crowdfunding campaigns to pay for medical costs have become a booming industry, but the majority of such campaigns do not reach their financial goal, according to new research from the University of Washington, Bothell.
Tag(s): Lauren Berliner • Nora Kenworthy • Simpson Center for the Humanities • UW BothellMarch 9, 2017
$50M endowment establishes the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington
A $50 million endowment for the newly established Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering will propel the UW to the forefront of computer science education and innovation for generations to come.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Ed Lazowska • Hank Levy • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringMarch 8, 2017
Arts Roundup: Cino Nights, Pippin, a Faculty Recital and the Elements of Architecture
This week in the arts, see a former medical marijuana dispensary transformed into a makeshift theater cafe; experience the School of Drama’s telling of the Tony-winning Pippin; hear a faculty piano recital; see Shen Wei Dance Arts defy categorization in a fusion of calligraphy, dance, and choreography; and get a framework of the Elements of…
March 7, 2017
‘Pippin’: Dance, drama, music team for UW Musical Theater Program’s third production, March 8-19
Director Wilson Mendieta discusses “Pippin,” the third production of the UW’s Musical Theater Program, running March 8 – 19 in the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater.
Tag(s): Musical Theater • Musical Theater Program • Wilson Mendieta
‘Black swan’ events strike animal populations
A new analysis by the University of Washington and Simon Fraser University is the first to document that black swan events also occur in animal populations and usually manifest as massive, unexpected die-offs.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences • Trevor Branch
Round 2 of UW cherry blossom season is underway
Full bloom for the iconic cherry trees in the UW’s Quad is expected the week of March 26, 2017.
Tag(s): cherry blossoms • Sara ShoresMarch 3, 2017
‘Poor writing makes for poor science’: Scott Montgomery publishes new edition of popular ‘Guide to Communicating Science’
Scientific research that doesn’t get communicated to the public may as well not have happened at all, says Scott Montgomery in the second edition of “The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science.”
Tag(s): books • College of Arts & Sciences • Jackson School of International Studies • Q&A • Scott L. MontgomeryMarch 1, 2017
Arts Roundup: Brechemin Piano Series, Dobet Gnahoré, PIPPIN and more
As March marches in, UW welcomes an assortment of musical productions to campus. Enjoy a free performance by UW music students; experience the diverse musical talents of African artist Dobet Gnahoré; and see the School of Drama, School of Music, and Dance Program team up to tell the classic story of PIPPIN. Brechemin Piano Series…
Tag(s): Meany Hall for the Performing Arts • School of Drama • School of Music • UW Drama
Notice of possible rule making: Preproposal statement of inquiry
The University’s student conduct code is being considered for further amendment concerning disciplinary proceedings based on changes to federal guidance and recent interpretation of state law.
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