At first, La TaSha Levy was worried her class on Black Lives Matter would be almost out of date. After all, who hasn’t seen the signs, heard the slogans, watched 鈥� or perhaps even participated in 鈥� marches to protest racism and violence against African Americans? But that was just it, realized Levy, a new assistant professor of American Ethnic Studies at the 黑料吃瓜网. What most people know of Black Lives Matter is just a slogan. “Black Lives…
Officer-involved shootings. Federal investigations. Body cameras. Civilian review boards. Black Lives Matter. Blue Lives Matter. In cities around the country, the relationship between police and community is fraught with tension 鈥� sometimes the direct result of violent incidents, sometimes the reverberations of problems elsewhere. And almost always, talk of police reform is in the air. But rather than enact changes after the fact, argues Barry Friedman, the Jacob D. Fuchsberg professor of law and director of the Policing Project at…
Two 黑料吃瓜网 faculty members are among the leaders from academia, business, philanthropy, humanities and the arts elected as 2017 fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation鈥檚 oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
The lead investigator of the research team that discovered Proxima Centauri b, the closest exoplanet, will join 黑料吃瓜网 astrobiologists May 3 to discuss the planet’s potential for life and even the possibility of sending spacecraft to the world.
Ernest Mark Henley, a celebrated nuclear physicist and 黑料吃瓜网 administrator, died on March 27, 2017, at age 92.
The story of Little Red Riding Hood takes on a new dimension in the 黑料吃瓜网 Undergraduate Theater Society’s new production, “Wolves,” by Steve Yockey, running April 13 to 23 in the Cabaret Theater in Hutchinson Hall.
In June, the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 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.
黑料吃瓜网 psychology professor Geoffrey Boynton and corneal transplant recipient Michael May to speak April 5.
The Disklavier is an electromagnetic piano that 鈥� like the 黑料吃瓜网-created encephalophone recently reported on by the Seattle Times 鈥� is played by brain waves alone, via an electroencephalogram. 黑料吃瓜网 audiences can see and hear this new technology in “Music of Today: The DXARTS Spring Concert,” April 6, in Meany Hall.
Faculty with the 黑料吃瓜网 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.”
黑料吃瓜网 English professor and New York Times best-selling author David Shields has a new book out and 鈥� perhaps unsurprisingly 鈥� it’s getting excellent reviews. Shields has a couple of local book events coming up for “Other People: Takes & Mistakes.”
Director Wilson Mendieta discusses “Pippin,” the third production of the 黑料吃瓜网’s Musical Theater Program, running March 8 鈥� 19 in the Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater.
Full bloom for the iconic cherry trees in the 黑料吃瓜网’s Quad is expected the week of March 26, 2017.
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.”
黑料吃瓜网 polar scientists are holding the 12th annual Polar Science Weekend, Friday through Sunday, March 3-5, at Pacific Science Center in Seattle. This year’s lineup includes a simulation from NASA of its new ICESat-2 instrument. Visitors can get scanned by an instrument above their head that measures a person’s height using an infrared distance sensor. The real ICESat-2 satellite, scheduled for launch in 2018, will map the Earth’s ice surfaces to very high precision, from space. During the…
黑料吃瓜网 historian Margaret O’Mara discusses the CSPAN 2017 Presidential Historians Survey. She participated in this ranking of the nation’s presidents in 10 categories of effectiveness.
Twenty-one 黑料吃瓜网 undergraduate and graduate students received a Fulbright award and six scholars from the 黑料吃瓜网 were awarded Fulbright grants for 2016-17.
黑料吃瓜网 Computer Science & Engineering announced today the establishment of the Guestrin Endowed Professorship in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. This $1 million endowment will further enhance 黑料吃瓜网 CSE鈥檚 ability to recruit and retain the world鈥檚 most outstanding faculty members in these burgeoning areas.
黑料吃瓜网 astronomy professor Eric Agol is part of the large team of researchers that has just announced confirmation of several Earth-sized, potentially habitable planets orbiting a star about 40 light-years away.
The 黑料吃瓜网 Undergraduate Theater Society will present “Medea” Feb. 23 through March 5 in the Cabaret Theater of Hutchinson Hall, home of the School of Drama.
A new, two-part project led by the 黑料吃瓜网’s Kristin Laidre aims to explore the interacting effects of climate change and subsistence hunting on polar bears, while also illuminating the cultural value of the species to indigenous peoples and the role they play in conservation.
Maritime communities take various forms around the planet and through the centuries. Margaret Willson, affiliate associate professor of anthropology and Canadian Studies Arctic Program at the 黑料吃瓜网, is the author of “Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge,” published in 2016 by 黑料吃瓜网 Press. 黑料吃瓜网 Today asked Willson a few questions about the book, in advance of her talk Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at Seattle’s Center for Wooden Boats. How did you get interested in…
Recently published research from the 黑料吃瓜网’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory (VPL) using ancient Earth as a stand-in for hypothetically habitable exoplanets has been highlighted by NASA in a feature article. Leading the research was Giada Arney, who was a 黑料吃瓜网 astronomy doctoral student when doing the work and is now with NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center.
Ralina Joseph, 黑料吃瓜网 associate professor of communication, has guest co-edited a special triple issue of the interdisciplinary journal Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society with her former mentor and dissertation adviser, Jane Rhodes of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Joseph’s own article in the issue focuses on the creator of the television show “Grey’s Anatomy,” set in Seattle. The special edition, the guest editors wrote, resulted from a panel discussion called “The Right…
It’s almost unheard-of for a university class to spark global press attention 鈥� and offers of book deals 鈥� before instruction even begins. But such is the case with the 黑料吃瓜网 Information School’s new course, “Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data.”
Thousands of photos of glaciers, volcanoes, rivers and other natural phenomena are now easily viewed by the public through the 黑料吃瓜网 Libraries. 黑料吃瓜网 Libraries’ Special Collections this fall released a new Glacier and Landforms Photograph Collection. The collection is designed to provide online access to photos of glaciers, geology and related subjects. At launch, the collection includes material from three photographers, and more will be added over time. Don Easterbrook, professor emeritus of geology at Bellingham’s Western Washington…
Jennifer Nemhauser leads a research laboratory of scientists, all immersed in the complex world of plant hormones. But last year, the 黑料吃瓜网 professor of biology boosted her lab’s roster with some unexpected talent. Claire Cowie 鈥斅燼n artist, 黑料吃瓜网 alumna and lecturer 鈥斅爏pent three months in 2016 as a part-time artist-in-residence in Nemhauser’s lab. On Feb. 3, Cowie will deliver a talk to share her experiences and help spread the word about the benefits both she and Nemhauser see…
A statement from Denzil Suite, vice president for student life at the 黑料吃瓜网, regarding an event purported to be taking place Monday on Red Square.
Researchers from across the 黑料吃瓜网 are presenting their work at the American Meteorological Society’s annual meeting this week in Seattle.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) announced today the foundation鈥檚 commitment to invest $279 million in IHME to expand its work over the next decade.
The year 2016 was officially the hottest in recent history, beating previous records in 2014 and 2015. 黑料吃瓜网 scientists let you hear the data speak for itself.
The 黑料吃瓜网 Dance Program will team with the “vertical dance company” BANDALOOP for part of its annual Dance Faculty Concert, to be held Jan. 20 鈥� 22 in Meany Hall.
黑料吃瓜网 School of Law professor Sean O’Connor has filed a brief in the famous “Blurred Lines” music copyright case, arguing for full composition credit for those who worked in the “aural tradition” and did not use traditional musical notation.
Using big data to address human services 鈥� including health, foster care and the challenges of homelessness 鈥� will be the focus of a workshop next week at Seattle City Hall hosted by the 黑料吃瓜网 and City of Seattle along with MetroLab Network, a recent White House initiative to improve cities through university-city partnerships.
A new national program at the 黑料吃瓜网 鈥� LATTICE 鈥� aims to diversify the national engineering faculty population by building supportive communities during the critical transition from graduate studies to permanent tenure-track positions.
Autonomous floating sensors built at the 黑料吃瓜网 are being deployed to track conditions in the waters surrounding Antarctica.
Two 黑料吃瓜网 professors have received the 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early career scientists and engineers.
黑料吃瓜网 President Ana Mari Cauce, the first Cuban-born president of a major American university,聽was on board the first West Coast commercial flight to Havana on Thursday. Cauce left Cuba with her family when she was 3 years old. 鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled at this new spirit of openness and the opportunity for us to build greater ties with the people of Cuba,鈥� said Cauce. 鈥淲e have much to share and learn about the Cuban people鈥檚 work in health care and education. This…
The research happening here at the 黑料吃瓜网 鈥� across all three campuses 鈥� is exceptional and selecting only a handful of stories to feature from the hundreds, if not thousands, that came out this year is a monumental task. Using 黑料吃瓜网 Today鈥檚 page view data, social media reach and news coverage, we have narrowed it down to these highlights showcasing the impact and ambition of the 黑料吃瓜网’s work regionally and around the world 鈥� listed here in chronological order.
Joe Janes’ latest Documents that Changed the World podcast is about Sir Ronald Fisher, the man who set the mark of “statistical significance” for ages afterward at 5 percent, no more no less.