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June 27, 2014
Portland’s 1990s bookmobile stars in staffer’s mystery series
Barbara Cantwell, a UW Libraries staff member, is the co-author of “Corpse of Discovery,” the second book in a series of mysteries featuring “fiery-haired librarian Hester Freelove McGarrigle” and Portland’s old library bookmobile.
Tag(s): Barbara Cantwell • UW LibrariesJune 26, 2014
Nanopore technique rapidly decodes long DNA strands
A low-cost technique may make DNA sequencing more convenient and less cumbersome, perhaps eventually replacing large lab machines with hand held devices.
Tag(s): Department of Genome Sciences • genetics & DNA • physics • School of Medicine
Foul fumes derail dinner for hungry moths
New research on how pollinators find flowers when background odors are strong shows that both natural plant odors and human sources of pollution can conceal the scent of sought-after flowers.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • Jeffrey Riffell • neuroscience & brain science
Ask the crowd: Robots learn faster, better with online helpers
University of Washington computer scientists have shown that crowdsourcing can be a quick and effective way to teach a robot how to complete tasks.
Tag(s): Center for Neurotechnology • College of Engineering • Maya Cakmak • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Rajesh Rao
Notice of Expedited Rule Making
Housekeeping changes to Title 478 WAC rules are intended to keep the university’s rules accurate and up to date.
June 25, 2014
Shellfish center – named after UW’s Ken Chew – to tackle shellfish declines
Washington state’s newest shellfish hatchery has been named after longtime faculty member Ken Chew.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Kenneth Chew • School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
News digest: 35,000 to stadium July 4 weekend, transportation-safety research, new poetry, staff awards
Compiled by the Office of News and Information.
June 24, 2014
Rhoads leaving UW commercialization; Jandhyala takes new innovation post
Linden Rhoads will leave her post as UW vice provost for commercialization; Vikram Jandhyala will take over the new position of vice provost for innovation.
Tag(s): Center for CommercializationJune 23, 2014
Ferroelectric switching seen in biological tissues
University of Washington researchers have shown that a favorable electrical property is present in a type of protein found in organs that repeatedly stretch and retract, such as the lungs, heart and arteries. These findings are the first that clearly track this phenomenon, called ferroelectricity, occurring at the molecular level in biological tissues.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Mechanical Engineering • Jiangyu Li
Zippy, electric micro cars coming to campus for sustainability research
The University of Washington is one of four institutions receiving four Innova Dash all-electric micro vehicles this summer. They will be able to communicate data such as position, speed and battery charge directly to the UW’s network, which will provide the information to various research projects.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • College of Engineering • Daniel Kirschen • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • PacTrans • Payman Arabshahi • Yinhai WangJune 20, 2014
UW students’ electric-hybrid car takes 2nd in international competition
The University of Washington’s Advanced Vehicle Works team won second place in the international EcoCAR 2 competition this month for turning a Chevrolet Malibu into a highly efficient hybrid vehicle running on electric grid energy and biodiesel.
Tag(s): College of Engineering • Department of Mechanical EngineeringJune 18, 2014
Global issues at play in book of study-abroad student letters
Creative letters written by UW undergraduates who studied last summer in Bangalore, India, are gathered in a new book, “T.I.P.S. for Study Abroad.”
Tag(s): Anu Taranath • College of Arts & Sciences • Comparative History of Ideas Program • Department of English
Health Sciences News Digest
News from the UW Health Sciences: Muscular dystrophy research center, UW Medicine part of a care network for Boeing employees, and a Q&A with Aaron Katz, a UW expert on health systems and policy.
Scientists ready to study magma formation beneath Mount St. Helens
Scientists are embarking on research to improve volcanic eruption forecasting by learning more about how a deep-underground feeder system creates and supplies magma to Mount St. Helens.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Department of Earth and Space Sciences • geology • volcanoesJune 17, 2014
UW news office, advancement services, Columns win national awards
UW units have won medals in the annual awards program sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
Tag(s): University of Washington Magazine • UW NewsJune 16, 2014
Ferries for science: Instrument will monitor flow in Puget Sound
The UW, the state Department of Ecology and Washington State Ferries are working together to get a better understanding of water circulation in Puget Sound.
Tag(s): Applied Physics Laboratory • College of Engineering • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering • Jim Thomson • oceanography • Puget Sound
Accounting graduate named as next UW student regent
Gov. Jay Inslee has named Marnie Brown, a recent accounting graduate who will pursue a master’s degree, as the next student member of the UW Board of Regents.
Sensor in eye could track pressure changes, monitor for glaucoma
University of Washington engineers have designed a low-power sensor that could be placed permanently in a person’s eye to track hard-to-measure changes in eye pressure. The sensor would be embedded with an artificial lens during cataract surgery and would detect pressure changes instantaneously, then transmit the data wirelessly using radio frequency waves.
Tag(s): Brian Otis • College of Engineering • Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering • Karl Bohringer • Tueng ShenJune 13, 2014
News digest: NeuroFutures Conference, Honors: David Wright, Richard Haag, UWTV
Compiled by the Office of News and Information
June 12, 2014
Health Sciences News Digest
News from the UW Health Sciences: Seafaring Neolithic people, communal bike programs, and high-utilizer patients
2014 Awards of Excellence recognize campus, community contributions
The University of Washington’s 44th annual Awards of Excellence ceremony was conducted June 12.
Tag(s): awards
New computer program aims to teach itself everything about anything
Computer scientists from the University of Washington and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle have created the first fully automated computer program that teaches everything there is to know about any visual concept.
Tag(s): Ali Farhadi • Carlos Guestrin • College of Engineering • Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering • Santosh DivvalaJune 11, 2014
Arts Roundup: Year-end student exhibitions abound
Though graduation and summer are approaching, there is still a lot to see on campus, including exhibitions at the Henry Art Gallery and Odegaard Undergraduate Library.
Tag(s): Henry Art Gallery • School of Art + Art History + Design
Memorial June 15 for UW photographer, lecturer John Stamets
John Stamets, longtime University of Washington photographer and lecturer in the Department of Architecture, died last weekend. He was 64. He is remembered as a talented photographer and a dedicated teacher and mentor to students. There will be a public celebration of Stamets’ life and work from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 15,…
Tag(s): College of Built Environments • Department of Architecture • Husky Stadium • John Stamets
2014 UW graduates have interesting tales to tell
UW Today profiles some of 2014’s highest-achieving graduates.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering • Kim Woodrow • School of Law
Nearly 1 in 8 American children are maltreated before age 18
By the time they reach age 18, nearly one in eight of American children experience a confirmed case of maltreatment. Co-author Hedy Lee, a UW assistant professor of sociology, says the study shows that child maltreatment is much more common than previously thought.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of SociologyJune 10, 2014
Students mine history for their own Documents that Changed the World installment
Undergraduates working with University of Washington Information School Professor Joe Janes looked to American and European history for their own installments of Janes’ podcast series, Documents that Changed the World.
Tag(s): Documents that Changed the World • Information School • Joe Janes
139th commencement for UW’s Seattle campus at Husky Stadium June 14
A record 5,300-plus graduates and an audience of more than 40,000 are expected to attend the 139th University of Washington commencement ceremonies June 14.
June 6, 2014
Board of Regents — June 12 Regular Meeting
The Board of Regents will hold a Regular Meeting on Thursday, June 12, at 11:45 a.m. in the Petersen Room of Allen Library. The full agenda is available online.
Ocean technology course ends spring quarter with a splash
A University of Washington undergraduate class has students design, build and test their own Internet-connected oceanographic sensors. The students are getting their feet wet, literally, in a new type of oceanography.
Tag(s): College of the Environment • Ginger Armbrust • Miles Logsdon • School of Oceanography
International award cites UW for leadership in sustainability
The University of Washington is the only U.S. university named as a 2014 Sustainable Campus Excellence Award winner.
June 4, 2014
Back home again: UW ethnomusicologists return heritage music to its roots
The UW School of Music’s Ethnomusicology Program is helping to bring roots and hill music collected decades ago by folklorist Alan Lomax back to its place of origin, with teaching materials and local ceremonies.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Ethnomusicology Program • Patricia Campbell • School of Music
Arts Roundup: Drama, art — and University Symphony
As spring quarter comes to a close and summer quickly approaches, we encourage you to take advantage of some of the final arts events until next fall. Highlighting the week are a variety of performances from the School of Music, School of Drama’s “The Workroom” and the Undergraduate Theater Society’s “Dog Sees God.”
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • Undergraduate Theater Society
It’s not giant asparagus: Nine-foot agave showing off at botany greenhouse
Stop outside the botany greenhouse to see an agave plant that’s grown a 9-foot-plus flower spike and is about to bloom for the first time in 25 years.
Tag(s): College of Arts & Sciences • Department of Biology • Doug Ewing • UW GreenhouseJune 3, 2014
UW Health Digest
Recent UW health sciences news: E-health in small practices, summer safety, stopping farm worker assaults
UW Libraries hosts digital collection of activist Gary Greaves’ interviews
Interviews from the 1990s by Seattle-area activist Gary Greaves on how the area changed after the 1962 World’s Fair are now offered online by UW Libraries.
Tag(s): Frances McCue • Gary Greaves • UW LibrariesJune 2, 2014
UW experts offer free resources to help caregivers boost babies’ brains
UW’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences has a new online library to showcase the latest in how young children learn – and what their caregivers can do to help kids be ready to start school.
Tag(s): I-LABSMay 29, 2014
News digest: Empowering blind students, personal stories of identity, pro staff nominations
Compiled by the Office of News and Information.
Retirees honored for more than 10,000 years of service to UW
Some 480 faculty and staff members retired between spring 2013 and spring 2014 and were invited to the event earlier this month at the UW Club
Tag(s): awards • UW Retirement AssociationMay 28, 2014
Arts Roundup: Drama, Gospel — and the Burke trivia night
Rounding out spring quarter is a variety of events to keep you entertained. From the Undergraduate Theater Society’s production of “Dog Sees God” to various music performances presented by the School of Music at Meany Theater, prepare yourself for the rest of spring quarter because it’s looking bright!
Tag(s): Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture • School of Art + Art History + Design • School of Drama • School of Music • Undergraduate Theater Society« Previous Page Next Page »
