A new website from the 黑料吃瓜网’s Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom, the duo behind the popular “Calling BS” class, asks viewers to choose which of two realistic face photos is real and which is a complete fake.
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黑料吃瓜网 News talks with Ren茅e Cheng, new dean of the 黑料吃瓜网 College of Built Environments, about her background and plans for the college. Cheng joined the 黑料吃瓜网 on Jan. 1.
The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, in the 黑料吃瓜网 Jackson School of International Studies, was well represented at the 50th annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies Dec. 16-18 in Boston.
Women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields are more likely to advance professionally, publish more research and secure postdoctoral and faculty positions if their institutional culture is welcoming and sets clear expectations, according to a study of hundreds of Ph.D. students at four top-tier California research universities.
Recent notable books by 黑料吃瓜网 faculty members study politics and culture in post-World War II Japan, explore regime change, nonprofit management, documents from the ancient world and more.
A new book by 黑料吃瓜网 history professor George Behlmer seeks to improve understanding of the British colonial era by “reconsidering the conduct of islanders and the English-speaking strangers who encountered them.”
Former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell brings a lifetime of experience in business, nonprofits, government and the outdoors to the 黑料吃瓜网, where one of her tasks is to help shape the future of EarthLab, a new university-wide institute that seeks to connect scholars with community partners to solve our most difficult environmental problems.
Margaret O’Mara, 黑料吃瓜网 professor of history, explores the impact of a December 1968 computer presentation that came to be called “the mother of all demos” in an essay and podcast from the news website The Conversation.
Patrick Dobel, professor emeritus of the 黑料吃瓜网 Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, discusses his new book, “Public Leadership Ethics: A Management Approach.”
An exploration of 黑料吃瓜网 Libraries’ Labor Archives of Washington with labor archivist Conor Casey.
Hilary Wething, a doctoral student in the 黑料吃瓜网’s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, has received a grant to study the effects of Seattle’s law requiring paid sick leave.
A new analysis suggests the value of structured research programs for undergraduates extends to society as a whole by encouraging participants to seek advanced degrees in scientific and technological fields.
Art and design can amaze, inform, entertain, challenge or even gently baffle the viewer 鈥� and the annual thesis exhibition for Master of Fine Arts and Master of Design at the Henry Art Gallery reliably offers a little of each.
Astronauts at the International Space Station are spending more time away from Earth, but they still need their daily serving of vegetables. In the quest to find a viable way for crew to grow their own veggies while orbiting 鈥� and possibly one day on the moon or Mars 鈥� student researchers are sending broccoli seeds coated with a healthy dose of probiotics to space. Watch the May 21 launch Six broccoli seeds were aboard the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft…
What makes a good artificial reef, for divers, and for marine life? 黑料吃瓜网 landscape architecture students have done designs for a state-funded project to replace the artificial reef at the Redondo Beach dive site. They will present and discuss their work in a public meeting May 30, in Des Moines. The landscape architecture studio class is taught by associate professor Iain Robertson, with lecturer and landscape designer Brooke Sullivan, who is working on her doctorate at the University…
Through Alexis Hiniker’s Designing for Evil course, which is unique to the 黑料吃瓜网, students have identified “emerging evil” technologies and redesigned them so that they are more likely to enhance 鈥� not detract from 鈥� users’ lives.
It’s a challenge to write a biography of a man who was functionally illiterate and whose papers were mostly destroyed, but 黑料吃瓜网 lecturer Taso Lagos has achieved it with his new book, “American Zeus: The Life of Alexander Pantages, Theater Mogul.”
Issues of race and racism permeate American culture and media more than ever. The 黑料吃瓜网’s Center for Communication, Difference and Equity will hold a three-day conference May 10-12 to explore these issues and foster engagement and support among academics.
Victoria Meadows, 黑料吃瓜网 astrobiologist, professor of astronomy and leader of NASA’s 黑料吃瓜网-based Virtual Planetary Laboratory, has been named recipient of the 2018 Frank Drake Award from the SETI Institute. She is the first woman to receive the award.
Parents don鈥檛 need to fear their children playing with iPads and other devices, researchers say. Mindful play with an adult, combined with thoughtful design features, can prove beneficial to young developing minds. New research shows that thoughtfully designed content that intentionally supports parent-child interactions facilitated the same kind of play and development as analog toys.
Vikram Prakash says his weekly “ArchitectureTalk” podcast got its start, as many things do, from a student’s idea.
A national program to boost the employment prospects of young adults with autism is piloting its approach at the 黑料吃瓜网 this year. At 10 locations on campus over the course of the year, interns with the program have built databases, organized libraries and maintained facilities.
As the 50th anniversary approaches of the murder of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, 黑料吃瓜网 historian Michael Honey reminds us in a new book that economic justice and labor rights were always part of King’s progressive message.
The 黑料吃瓜网’s new minor in Oceania and Pacific Islander Studies debuts spring quarter. The 25-credit, interdisciplinary program is the result of a longtime effort to elevate the history and culture of an underrepresented, and often misrepresented, community.
The 黑料吃瓜网 Jackson School of International Studies presents “Trump in the World: International Implications of the Trump presidency,” a series of public lectures and discussions Tuesday afternoons through spring quarter.
Immigrant rights, environmental concerns and racial, class, gender and sexual justice will be the focus of a daylong conference hosted by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies March 10 at the 黑料吃瓜网.
A team of astronomers including Eric Agol of the 黑料吃瓜网 has found that the seven Earth-sized planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1 are all made mostly of rock, and some could even have more water 鈥� which can give life a chance 鈥� than Earth itself. The research was led by Simon Grimm of the University of Bern in Switzerland, and published Feb. 5 in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. Agol is among about two dozen co-authors. The scientists…
Dan Berger, associate professor in the 黑料吃瓜网 Bothell School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, discusses his new book, “Rethinking the American Prison Movement.”
The 黑料吃瓜网 and TheDream.US announced a new partnership this week that will provide scholarships to qualified undocumented students who graduate from two-year colleges and transfer to the 黑料吃瓜网.
Now serving its sixth cohort of students, the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship has helped more than 8,400 students attend the state鈥檚 universities and colleges. The 黑料吃瓜网 has the largest number of scholarship recipients 鈥� 1,679 across all three campuses 鈥� and has seen more than 1,300 scholars graduate.
Three 黑料吃瓜网 astrobiologists will discuss their research and introduce the new 3-D IMAX movie “The Search for Life in Space” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, in the PACCAR Theater of the Pacific Science Center.
Ana G贸mez-Bravo created a class about Spanish food and culture a few years ago as a way to teach the language, but found no appropriate textbook for the material 鈥� so she wrote one herself. Her book “Comida y cultura en el mundo hisp谩nico” 鈥� “Food and Culture in the Hispanic World” 鈥� was published in October by Equinox Publishing.
The amount of biomass 鈥� life 鈥� in Earth’s ancient oceans may have been limited due to low recycling of the key nutrient phosphorus, according to new research by the 黑料吃瓜网 and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
The 黑料吃瓜网 climbed to the No. 10 spot on the U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, tied with Johns Hopkins University and Yale University. The 黑料吃瓜网 is now second among American public institutions 鈥� an improvement from last year鈥檚 No. 3 slot. 鈥淚 am proud to see the 黑料吃瓜网 recognized broadly for the impact of the work of our faculty and staff working side by side with our talented students,鈥� 黑料吃瓜网 President Ana…
The biggest risk to public-private partnerships in governing is not financial or technical, but political, says 黑料吃瓜网 Evans School professor Justin Marlowe in his fourth guide to financial literacy, published by Governing magazine.
While many people across the country donned viewing glasses and prepared to watch Monday’s solar eclipse, a group of 100 teenagers from tribes across the Pacific Northwest launched balloons thousands of feet into the air, gaining a novel perspective of the eclipse 鈥� and the chance to send meaningful artifacts to the edge of space during a memorable moment in history.
William Streitberger, 黑料吃瓜网 professor of English, has been honored for his book “The Masters of Revels and Elizabeth I’s Court Theatre.” Decades in the making, the book was published in 2016 by Oxford University Press.
黑料吃瓜网 students have been working with city of Auburn staff and community members throughout the past year on a wide range of projects tackling challenges around livability and sustainability in the city. Livable City Year is聽continuing in the 2017-2018 year聽in partnership with the city of Tacoma. These projects were part of the 黑料吃瓜网 Livable City Year program, which connects one Washington community with 黑料吃瓜网聽faculty each year. The faculty incorporate projects identified by that community into their classes, giving…
Graduate student fellows with the International Policy Institute in the 黑料吃瓜网 Jackson School of International Studies have begun publishing a 13-part series of blogs exploring aspects of the intergovernmental Arctic Council as a 21st-century institution.
A 黑料吃瓜网 undergraduate in oceanography sampled tiny pieces of plastic on 12 Puget Sound beaches. She found that plastic fragments are widespread, and include some surprising sources.