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In 2021, 黑料吃瓜网 registrar Helen Garrett announced that, for the first time, the 黑料吃瓜网 would allow graduates to use a chosen first name for their diplomas. The policy change was the result of efforts led by Vern Harner, a 黑料吃瓜网 doctoral student in social work, and a change.org petition that earned over 30,000 signatures, demonstrating the power of the trans community.
The Burke Museum at the 黑料吃瓜网 in Seattle today announced it is one of six recipients of the 2022 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation鈥檚 highest honor given to museums and libraries that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities. The award is given by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Burke Museum is the only institution in Washington to be selected.
With the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, 黑料吃瓜网 students modified a 2019 Chevrolet Blazer to use electrification, advanced propulsion systems and automated vehicle technology. It鈥檚 an opportunity for students 鈥� across four years 鈥� to take a car from design to a consumer-ready product.
In 2016, Alexes Harris was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer. But a search for a bone marrow donor turned up only five matches, and none ended up being a donor. People of color are underrepresented in the bone marrow registry; according to Be The Match, the nation鈥檚 largest bone marrow registry, white people have a 79% chance of finding a match. But a Black person’s potential match is only 29%, and Asian and Latinx people both have about a 47% chance. People of Native American ancestry have a 60% chance of finding a match.
Recent recognition of the聽 includes the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring for Joyce Yen, the election of J. Nathan Kutz as a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics fellow and the recognition of Alexina Kublu with the 2022 Inuit Language Recognition Award.
In his new book, 黑料吃瓜网 history professor Moon-Ho Jung traces how Asian radicals organized and confronted the U.S. empire and were labeled criminally seditious as a result.
Two 黑料吃瓜网 faculty members are among 180 experts in the arts, humanities, law and the sciences chosen as 2022 Guggenheim Fellows, according to an April 7 announcement from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Jordanna Bailkin, a professor in the Department of History, and Emily Levesque, an associate professor in the Department of Astronomy, are among the new class of fellows, which were selected from a pool of nearly 2,500 applicants.
Two 黑料吃瓜网 professors have been honored by the Ecological Society of America for their knowledge and contributions to the field of ecology.
An artist in residence at the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Music, Steve Rodby produced “Mirror, Mirror,” which won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. He now has 14 Grammy Awards.
Robert and Saadia Pekkanen, both professors in the 黑料吃瓜网 Jackson School of International Studies, are co-editors of the first Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics, published online in September 2020 and in print in January 2022. They worked with dozens of collaborators around the world to add the topic to the respected collection of Oxford Handbooks that presents surveys of original research.
In his book “The Sovereign Trickster,” 黑料吃瓜网 history professor Vicente L. Rafael examines the authoritarian rule of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and tries to make sense of a global shift to the political right.
Recent recognition of the聽 includes the Butts-Whiting Award for L. Lincoln Johnson, INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine鈥檚 Jesse L. Moore 2022 Supplier Diversity Award, Ben Brunjes鈥� fellowship with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Policy Planning and Liaison, and the recognition of Yong Wei as a NOAA Ambassador of Tsunami Risk Assessment.
In France, a political controversy arose when a gender-neutral pronoun was added to a respected dictionary. This controversy made a new volume co-edited by the 黑料吃瓜网’s Louisa Mackenzie especially relevant. It describes how nonbinary French speakers are changing their language to reflect their identity.
A new book by Gregg Colburn, assistant professor of real estate at the 黑料吃瓜网, explores the factors that drive homelessness, and the cultural and economic shift that can ultimately benefit all 鈥� housed and unhoused.
Laada Bilaniuk is a professor of anthropology at the whose expertise is Ukrainian culture and society. The daughter of Ukrainian Americans, she shares insights on the Ukrainian people who are resisting, how the conflict relates to the use of language and the perspective of the local Ukrainian community.
The 鈥淛eopardy! College National Championship鈥� brought together undergraduate students from 36 U.S. colleges and universities. Kaden Lee, a 黑料吃瓜网 junior from Medical Lake, Washington, majoring in aeronautics and astronautics, appeared in the tournament on Feb. 11.
Two faculty members at the 黑料吃瓜网 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 15, are聽Brianna Abrahms, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology, and Yulia Tsvetkov, an assistant professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.
Samson Jenehke, a 黑料吃瓜网 professor in both the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Anna Karlin, a 黑料吃瓜网 professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, announced Feb. 9 by the academy.
The 黑料吃瓜网 Custodian Project is advocating for custodians, lifting their voices and raising awareness about their important roles on campus. As part of the project, an art exhibit called 鈥�(in)Visibility鈥� is hanging in 黑料吃瓜网 Tower through March. It features photos taken by 16 custodians, paired with their testimonials.
The 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Seattle campus saved more than 5 tons of food from being thrown away in 2020, preventing unnecessary waste and helping feed people in the community who struggle with food security.
Four current faculty members and the incoming executive director of the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture have been named AAAS Fellows, according to a Jan. 26 announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 564 new fellows from around the world elected in 2021, who are recognized for 鈥渢heir scientifically and socially distinguished achievements鈥� in science and engineering.
The 黑料吃瓜网 School of Pharmacy鈥檚 Drug Interaction Database 鈥� the core research tool from the school鈥檚 nonprofit Drug Interaction Solutions team 鈥� is celebrating both a national award for innovation and two decades of independent funding through licensing agreements with companies, research institutes and regulatory agencies around the globe.
In 2000, the late David Bowie recorded his album “Toy,” which went unreleased due to the financial struggles of his record label. On Jan. 7, it was finally released, and it features Cuong Vu, 黑料吃瓜网 professor of music and chair of the jazz studies department. Vu look back at working with Bowie, the music industry and music education.
Ang茅lica Ch谩zaro is one of six researchers around the country to be named a “Freedom Scholar” by the Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group Health Foundation.
The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health has won top awards in 2021 from state and national design and construction associations for both its architectural design and unique project delivery approach. The building was designed by The Miller Hull Partnership and the general contractor was Lease Crutcher Lewis. The Design Build Institute of America in November gave the Rosling Center its Award of Excellence in the Education Building category, the award for Best in Design and the culminating Project of…
Azjargal Amarsanaa, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, is teaching the Mongolian language to 黑料吃瓜网 students for the 2021-22 academic year. It’s the first chance 黑料吃瓜网 students have had to learn Mongolian in 15 years.
In 2013, Seattle鈥檚 U District neighborhood lost one of its most cherished businesses. The Continental Greek Restaurant and Pastry Shop, owned by the family of the Jackson School’s Taso Lagos, sat on University Way for nearly 40 years before closing its doors that June. Lagos looks back on the restaurant and what it meant to his family in a memoir due to be released this fall.
Shyam Gollakota, a 黑料吃瓜网 professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, has taken inspiration from nature鈥檚 tiniest creatures, creating inventions that allow humans to use technology to go where they haven鈥檛 gone before. He is being celebrated for those inventions as a 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow.
Hardship, change and resilience 鈥� that鈥檚 been the experience of the U District community during the pandemic, just as it鈥檚 been the experience of us all. As students, faculty and staff return to campus in September, they are going to find that the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 front door looks different 鈥� and it is on the precipice of even bigger changes to come.
The Nehemiah Studio, a 黑料吃瓜网 class on mitigating gentrification in Seattle’s Central District, has been honored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Recent honors and achievements by 黑料吃瓜网 faculty include an early career award for study of family communication and a distinguished service award for decades in support of theoretical computing.
Recent news from the Jackson School of International Studies includes a new endowed scholarship for study of India made possible by two alumni, and a book on angels in ancient Jewish culture by Jewish Studies professor Mika Ahuvia.
In her new book, Jana Mohr Lone of the 黑料吃瓜网 Center for Philosophy for Children asks, how would the world benefit if children were recognized as independent thinkers?
Ocean Voices, a program of the 黑料吃瓜网 Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center to advance equity in ocean science, has been named among the first group of actions taken in a United Nations-sponsored, decade-long program of ocean science for sustainable development.
Recent honors and achievements for 黑料吃瓜网 faculty include an award for humanitarian contributions to computer science, early career research recognition and support, and the guest-editing of a new anthology of Black American literature.
Shawn Wong, 黑料吃瓜网 English professor and longtime advocate for Asian American literature, has received the 2021 Stand UP Award from the Association of University Presses.
Two professors with the 黑料吃瓜网 Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering — Shyam Gollakota and Anna Karlin — have received 2020 honors from the Association for Computing Machinery.
Recent honors for 黑料吃瓜网 faculty include the 2021 Presburger award for theoretical computer science, an Early Career Faculty Innovator research grant for a collaboration in environmental studies with the Karuk Tribe in California, and a fellowship to explore war regulations and raiding norms among early Arabian Jewish communities.
Scott Radnitz, associate professor in the Jackson School of International Studies, discusses his new book, “Revealing Schemes: The Politics of Conspiracy in Russia and the Post-Soviet Region,” published by Oxford University Press.
A new 黑料吃瓜网 Libraries digital exhibit explores the history of the 黑料吃瓜网’s century-old fight song, “Bow Down to Washington” in text, video and lots of music.