A statement from the 窪蹋勛圖厙 in response to allegations U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made during a speech at Georgia Tech on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.


A statement from the 窪蹋勛圖厙 in response to allegations U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made during a speech at Georgia Tech on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.

New research reveals significant changes to the circulation of the North Pacific and its impact on the initial migration of humans from Asia to North America. It provides a new picture of the circulation and climate of the North Pacific at the end of the last ice age, with implications for early human migration.

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR 52.203-7) require the 窪蹋勛圖厙 to implement procedures designed to prevent and detect violations of the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (41 USC 51-58). In addition, state regulations (RCW 42.40) require the university to provide annual notification to employees of the procedures and protections under the Whistleblower Act. These articles are published as a reminder of the policies and procedures in place at the 窪蹋勛圖厙. 1. Kickback Defined. Kickback as defined by the FAR…

Online access to health care is crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. 窪蹋勛圖厙 20 窪蹋勛圖厙 undergraduates are part of a nationwide organization collecting used video-enabled devices and donating them to medical facilities for low-income and senior patients.

At the current rate of global warming, mass coral bleaching is expected to become more frequent and severe worldwide. An international consortium of scientists, including a coral researcher from the 窪蹋勛圖厙, has created the first-ever common framework for increasing comparability of research findings on coral bleaching.

Recent honors and awards for 窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty and staff include a top young innovator, a new endowed faculty fellow, research grants awarded and a career achievement award in environmental political science.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named four 窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty members as AAAS Fellows, according to a Nov. 24 announcement from the organization. The four are part of a cohort of 489 new fellows for 2020, which were chosen by their peers for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

The global pandemic is hurting the seafood industry, and American fishmongers may flounder without more government aid, according to the largest study of COVID-19s impacts on U.S. fisheries.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 is proud to announce that more than 50 窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty and researchers have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list from Clarivate.

A commitment to innovation powered the 窪蹋勛圖厙 to a No. 7 ranking for graduate entrepreneurship programs by The Princeton Review. The 2021 ranking marks an all-time high solidifying 窪蹋勛圖厙 and the Foster School of Business as a leader in entrepreneurial education and incubation within the Pac-12 and across the Western United States.

The American Geophysical Union announced that its members have elected Lisa Graumlich, dean of the 窪蹋勛圖厙 College of the Environment, as the president-elect starting Jan. 1. After two years in this role Graumlich will begin a two-year term as president of the AGU board beginning in 2023.

A team of organizations led by the space technology company Astrobotic and including the 窪蹋勛圖厙 and the 窪蹋勛圖厙 spinout WiBotic has received a $5.8 million contract to develop a line of lightweight, ultrafast wireless chargers that could help both humans and robots live and work on the moon.

A 窪蹋勛圖厙 meteorologist joins a national board for atmospheric research, an English professor’s story is honored and a Jackson School faculty member helps with research for a PBS show.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 is among leading U.S. oceanographic institutions that have received National Science Foundation funding to build and deploy 500 robotic ocean-monitoring floats to monitor the chemistry and biology of the worlds oceans.

Simple actions can dramatically improve a person’s chances of surviving a landslide, show records from 38 landslides in the U.S. and around the world. People who survived landslides tended to have moved upstairs or to higher ground, among other key actions.
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 moved up two spots to No. 8 on theU.S. News & World Reports Best Global Universities rankings, released Tuesday. The 窪蹋勛圖厙 maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.

The National Academy of Medicine on Monday announced the election of 100 new members, including three from the : Patrick Heagerty, Dr. Joel Kaufman and Sean Sullivan. In addition, David Eaton, dean and vice provost emeritus of the 窪蹋勛圖厙s Graduate School, was recognized for outstanding service.

Jennifer Bean, 窪蹋勛圖厙 associate professor of cinema studies, suggests a few silent film viewing opportunities this fall.

This fall the 窪蹋勛圖厙s annual engineering lecture will feature Stefano Tessaro, an associate professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.

With a grant from the National Institutes of Health, a five-year, $1.8 million training program at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 will fund 25 academic-year graduate fellowships, develop a new training curriculum and contribute to methodological advances in health research at the intersection of demography and data science.

Recent honors to 窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty have come from the American Institute for Aeronautics & Astronautics, the American Society of Composites, the Coalition for Excellence in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology and the Dance Educators Association of Washington.

The proposed 窪蹋勛圖厙 Medical Center Northwest Behavioral Health Teaching Facility is intended to provide innovative and integrated behavioral health care and teaching services to address the shortage of such services in the state of Washington. It would include the construction of a new building on the site of the existing D-wing building, would be up to seven stories tall, and provide approximately 210,000 square feet of above grade building space.

A new study combines ice cores, geologic records and computer models to understand the past, present and future of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The results show that emissions this century have a big influence on how much ice will be lost from Greenland.

窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty member Ian Schnee, associate teaching professor in the Department of Philosophy, was the featured speaker at the 窪蹋勛圖厙s 37thannual New Student Convocation. The virtual ceremony was held Sept. 27 and was livestreamed to audiences around the world. A recording is available here.

Whale Safe an online tool launched Sept. 17 by scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 and other partner institutions allows users to detect and better protect these endangered animals in the Santa Barbara Channel. It is a mapping and analysis tool to help prevent ships from running into whales.

Dr. Sverre Vedal, 窪蹋勛圖厙 professor emeritus of environmental and health sciences, served on an expert committee for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine studying the long-term respiratory health impacts of military service in Southeast Asia.

Megan Ming Francis, 窪蹋勛圖厙 associate professor of political science, has been named one of 12 grant-supported “Freedom Scholars” in a new $3 million initiative by the Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group Health Foundation, working together.

Four 窪蹋勛圖厙 professors were among the winners of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize, which recognizes groundbreaking achievements in the life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics.
David Baker, a professor in the 窪蹋勛圖厙 School of Medicines department of biochemistry, won the prize for life sciences, while a team of 窪蹋勛圖厙 physics professors, including Eric Adelberger, Jens Gundlach and Blayne Heckel, earned the prize for fundamental physics.

The Department of English has introduced its new “Literature, Language, Culture” Dialogue Series, a series of podcasts and YouTube videos — and Devin Naar of Sephardic Studies is interviewed on two podcasts

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 has joined forces with schools across the country to be part of the Public Interest Technology University Network, or PIT-UN.

Three new rankings out this month place 窪蹋勛圖厙 among the best schools in the nation and the world.

A 窪蹋勛圖厙-led team has developed a box that can decontaminate N95 respirator masks using ultraviolet light.

This FAQ discusses evidence for a hibernation-like condition in Lystrosaurus, a mammal relative that lived in the Antarctic portion of Pangea about 250 million years ago. This discovery was enabled by high-resolution of incremental growth marks preserved in the tusks of Lystrosaurus.

The National Science Foundation has announced five new institutes devoted to AI research and based at universities around the country. Six 窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty will be affiliated with the institutes.
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 is No. 16 in the world No. 3 among U.S. public universities on the2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities, released this month.

Recent honors and grants to 窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty and staff have come from the American Chemical Society, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National Science Board and the family of engineers Ganesh and Hema Moorthy.

In his latest book, Rick Bonus discusses how Pacific Islander students at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 used the ocean as a metaphor to create community for themselves and change their university.

Recent honors and grants to 窪蹋勛圖厙 individuals and units have come from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the Marconi Society and the White House.

Deep-sea anglerfishes employ an incredible reproductive strategy. Tiny dwarfed males become permanently attached to relatively gigantic females, fuse their tissues and then establish a common blood circulation. Now scientists have figured out why female anglerfishes so readily accept their male mates. Their findings are published July 30 in Science.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 was recognized this week in two separate rankings for its global impact in teaching and research, as well as for its value to graduates compared to cost of attendance.