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September 18, 2014
World population to keep growing this century, hit 11 billion by 2100
A study by the UW and the United Nations finds that the number of people on Earth is likely to reach 11 billion by 2100, about 2 billion higher than widely cited previous estimates.
Tag(s): Adrian Raftery • College of Arts & Sciences • Department of StatisticsSeptember 16, 2014
Health Sciences Digest: Wearable Artificial Kidney, worker wellness, chromosome sort safeguard
Health Sciences Digest: Wearable Artificial Kidney safety testing to begin, low-wage workers value employer wellness initiatives, cells simply avoid chromosome errors
Tag(s): cell biology
Freshman Convocation opens UW’s 2014-15 school year
UW President Michael Young will be the featured speaker at the 31st annual Freshman Convocation Sept. 21 in the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
September 15, 2014
Correcting the record: WSU consultant’s medical school study deeply flawed
The study prepared by Washington State University consultant MGT of America to make the case for a WSU medical school contains a number of deep flaws. Many of the key justifications cited for starting, funding, and accrediting a second public medical school in Washington are based upon faulty assumptions, omissions, and erroneous data that draw…
September 12, 2014
‘Mad Campus’: Art here, there, everywhere
The University of Washington is being transformed into a vast art gallery for a six-week exhibition called “Mad Campus.”
Tag(s): Jamie Walker • School of Art + Art History + DesignSeptember 11, 2014
Questions of race, state violence explored in ‘The Rising Tide of Color’
Moon Ho Jung, associate professor of history, discusses the book he edited, “The Rising Tide of Color: Race, State Violence and Radical Movements across the Pacific,” published by University of Washington Press.
Tag(s): books • College of Arts & Sciences • Dan Berger • Department of History • Moon-Ho Jung • University of Washington Press • UW Bothell
UW-built sensors to probe Antarctica’s Southern Ocean
Floating sensors built at the UW will be central to a new $21 million effort to learn how the ocean surrounding Antarctica influences climate.
Tag(s): climate • College of the Environment • oceanography • School of Oceanography • Stephen RiserSeptember 9, 2014
Board of Regents — Sept. 11 meeting
The Board of Regents will hold meetings Thursday, Sept. 11. The Regular meeting will take place in the Petersen Room of the Allen Library 10:45 a.m. The full schedule and agendas are available online.
Documents that Changed the World: The Star Spangled Banner turns 200
Information School Professor Joe Janes takes a look at “The Star Spangled Banner” for his Documents that Changed the World series.
Tag(s): Documents that Changed the World • Information School • Joe JanesSeptember 8, 2014
Geneticist Mary-Claire King to receive Lasker Foundation Award
Mary-Clare King, a world leader in cancer genetics and the application of genetics to justice for human rights violations, will be honored by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.
Tag(s): Department of Genome Sciences • Mary-Claire King • School of MedicineSeptember 5, 2014
News digest: Waas to lead aeronautics and astronautics; Climate science conference Sept. 9-10
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California blue whales rebound from whaling; first of their kin to do so
The number of California blue whales has rebounded to near historical levels and, while the number of blue whales struck by ships is likely above allowable U.S. limits, such strikes do not immediately threaten that recovery.
Tag(s): Andre Punt • College of the Environment • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences • Trevor Branch • whalesSeptember 4, 2014
Predicting when toxic algae will reach Washington and Oregon coasts
Better understanding of how a deadly algae grows offshore and gets carried to Pacific Northwest beaches has led to a computer model that can predict when the unseen threat will hit local beaches.
Tag(s): Barbara Hickey • College of the Environment • harmful algal blooms • oceanography • Parker MacCready • School of OceanographySeptember 3, 2014
Health Sciences News Digest
Latest news from the UW Health Sciences: Comparative genomes, open notes, teaching Ebola, depression in women
Tag(s): Department of Genome Sciences • health care and mental health • infectious disease • medicine & pharmaceuticals • School of Medicine
Changing temperature powers sensors in hard-to-reach places
University of Washington researchers have taken inspiration from a centuries-old clock design and created a power harvester that uses natural fluctuations in temperature and pressure as its power source.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Joshua Smith • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Shwetak PatelSeptember 2, 2014
Honor: Barry Witham, asbestos training change, Myanmar visitors present Sept. 4
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Dwindling waterways challenge desert fish in warming world
One of Arizona’s largest watersheds – home to many native species of fish already threatened by extinction – is providing a grim snapshot of what could happen to watersheds and fish in arid areas around the world as climate warming occurs.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Julian Olden • School of Aquatic and Fishery SciencesAugust 29, 2014
Revisit 1990s HUB, U District as missing-student mystery unfolds
Nick DiMartino, employee at University Book Store for 44 years, sets his latest novel at the University of Washington in the early 1990s.
Tag(s): Nick DiMartino • University Book StoreAugust 28, 2014
David Battisti, Qiang Fu elected AGU fellows
UW atmospheric scientists David Battisti and Qiang Fu have been elected fellows of the American Geophysical Union.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • David Battisti • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Qiang FuAugust 27, 2014
New smartphone app can detect newborn jaundice in minutes
University of Washington engineers and physicians have developed a smartphone application that checks for jaundice in newborns and can deliver results to parents and pediatricians within minutes.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • James Taylor • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Shwetak PatelAugust 26, 2014
Russian children’s books explored in new Special Collections exhibit
Sandra Kroupa had to learn a lot about Russian children’s literature in a hurry to curate the exhibit now on display in UW Libraries Special Collections. But it wasn’t meant to be that way. Kroupa is the longtime book arts and rare book curator for UW Libraries. The exhibit is “From the Lowly Lubok to…
Tag(s): Sandra Kroupa • UW Libraries
Health Digest: Ebola outbreak, HIV persistence, kids’ sleep routines
UW Health Sciences News Digest: Ebola outbreak, HIV persistence, back-to-school sleep routines
Tag(s): circadian rhythms • health care and mental health • HIV and AIDS • infectious disease
Scientists craft a semiconductor junction only three atoms thick
Scientists have developed what they believe is the thinnest-possible semiconductor, a new class of nanoscale materials made in sheets only three atoms thick.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • David Cobden • Department of Materials Science & Engineering • Department of Physics • Xiaodong XuAugust 25, 2014
Learning by watching, toddlers show intuitive understanding of probability
UW researchers have found that children as young as 2 intuitively use math concepts to help make sense of their world.
UW climbs to No. 7 in national ranking
The Washington Monthly magazine has listed UW seventh in the nation in its 2014 national university rankings.
August 21, 2014
Busy midsummer week for UW undergraduate researchers
The popular Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session allows UW students — and some just arriving — to show off their research.
Tag(s): undergraduate research • Undergraduate Research Program • UW summer programs
Cause of global warming hiatus found deep in the Atlantic Ocean
Observations show that the heat absent from the Earth’s surface is plunging deep in the north and south Atlantic Ocean, and is part of a slow, naturally recurring cycle.
Tag(s): climate change • College of Arts & Sciences • College of the Environment • Department of Applied Mathematics • Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science • Ka-Kit Tung
Washington housing market improves in second quarter of 2014
Washington state’s housing market rebounded from its first quarter performance, as the annual rate of existing home sales rose 6.4 percent in the second quarter of 2014.
Tag(s): Alon Bassok • economics • home sales • Runstad Department of Real Estate • Stephen O'ConnorAugust 20, 2014
Notice of possible rule making: Preproposal statement of inquiry
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 478-120 WAC, Student Conduct Code for the University of Washington.
UW project becomes a focal point in hunt for dark matter
The UW has one of three experiments aimed at detecting elusive dark matter in the universe that have gotten a big financial boost.
August 19, 2014
Shyam Gollakota named one of world’s top innovators under 35
Shyam Gollakota, a University of Washington assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has been named one of this year’s “Innovators Under 35” by global media company MIT Technology Review.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Shyam GollakotaAugust 18, 2014
University of Washington No. 15 in the world
The University of Washington moved up one position to No. 15 on the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities, conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which was released Friday. The UW ranked 13th among U.S. universities and fourth among public institutions worldwide. The ranking considers several indicators…
StopInfo for OneBusAway app makes buses more usable for blind riders
A UW study found that StopInfo, a new hub for bus stop information in the OneBusAway app, is helpful for blind riders and can promote spontaneous and unfamiliar travel. A UW research team launched the program recently in collaboration with King County Metro.
Tag(s): Alan Borning • apps • College of Engineering • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & EngineeringAugust 16, 2014
Virginity pledges for men can lead to sexual confusion — even after the wedding day
Young men receiving support after they pledge to abstain from sex until marriage, can find themselves without advisors and help once they do marry.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of SociologyAugust 15, 2014
Research from 1960s shakes up understanding of West Coast earthquakes
A new study used seabed samples collected by UW graduate students in the late 1960s to question current interpretations of earthquake frequency along the West Coast.
Tag(s): Brian Atwater • College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • earthquakes & seismology • Paul Johnson • School of OceanographyAugust 14, 2014
Stardust sample analysis finds likely interstellar dust
The Stardust mission, the brainchild of a UW astronomer, enlisted help from thousands of citizen scientists to find likely evidence of interstellar dust.
Tag(s): astronomy & astrophysics • Department of Astronomy • Don Brownlee
Seymour Rabinovitch leaves a long UW legacy in chemistry
Seymour Rabinovitch, 95, a professor emeritus who spent four decades in the UW Chemistry Department, died Aug. 2.
August 13, 2014
Snow has thinned on Arctic sea ice
Historic observations and NASA airborne data provide a decades-long record showing that the snowpack on Arctic sea ice is thinning.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • climate change • College of the Environment • Ignatius Rigor • Melinda Webster • polar science • School of Oceanography • sea iceAugust 8, 2014
David Briggs remembrance Aug. 17 at UW
David Briggs, professor emeritus of environmental and forest sciences, will be remembered Sunday, Aug. 17 at the University of Washington Club.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Ancient shellfish remains rewrite 10,000-year history of El Niño cycles
Piles of ancient shells provide the first reliable long-term record for the powerful driver of year-to-year climate changes. Results show that the El Niños 10,000 years ago were as strong and frequent as they are today.
Tag(s): climate change • College of the Environment • Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies • Julian Sachs • School of Oceanography« Previous Page Next Page »
