With the university’s spring quarter beginning Monday, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø staff and student workers in the Student Technology Loan Program spent the week-long spring break gathering, checking and cleaning some 300 laptops and tablets for distribution – and, for the first time, shipping many of those devices to the homes of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students across the country.
Any old fish can swim. But what fish can walk, scoot, clamber over rocks, change color and even fight to the death? That would be the frogfish. A talk with Ted Pietsch, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor of emeritus of aquatic and fishery sciences, about his latest book, “Frogfishes: Biodiversity, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology”
This wasn’t how LaShawnDa Pittman expected to give her final exam review: At her kitchen table, laptop open, coffee cup at the ready, her 12-year-old Chihuahua named Espresso by her side. But as the first week of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s shift to online classes drew to a close, Pittman, an assistant professor of American Ethnic Studies, was talking with her students over the conferencing platform Zoom, first to answer logistical questions about the upcoming exam, then to provide a…
Recent honors to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty and staff have come from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Republic of Lithuania and Google.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Thursday that a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Seattle campus graduate student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student is recovering at home, out of state, and we wish them well.Â
It’s important to maintain human connection, even during a time of social distancing, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø psychology researchers say.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued on Wednesday, March 11, an emergency proclamation that limits large events to minimize risks to public health during the COVID-19 outbreak. Here are how two ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø experts responded to questions about the order.
KUOW’s That’s Debatable on Wednesday will feature two ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty members: Dan Schwartz, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Clean Energy Institute, and Kate Simonen, upcoming chair of the Department of Architecture and director of the Carbon Leadership Forum.
A talk with ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø architecture professor Tyler Sprague about his book “Sculpture on a Grand Scale: Jack Christiansen’s Thin Shell Modernism.” Plus books from Rick Bonus and Yong-Chool Ha.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø President Ana Mari Cauce sat down with Vice President of Student Life Denzil Suite for a candid conversation about how COVID-19 is affecting campus operations, why classes will no longer meet in person for the rest of the quarter and whether a student-led petition had an impact on the decision.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2020 to address the decision to move classes online in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, and address the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø staff member who received a presumptive positive test result.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Friday that a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø staff member who works in the Roosevelt Commons East building has received a presumptive positive test for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The employee is in self-isolation at home. Out of an abundance of caution, the building, which is located west of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Seattle campus in the 4300 block of 11th Ave. NE, has been closed for appropriate cleaning until further notice.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø announced today that starting Monday, March 9, classes will no longer meet in person. For the remainder of the quarter, instructors have been asked to conduct classes and/or exams remotely, as possible, until the quarter concludes on March 20. Final exams will not be conducted in person, but may be conducted online when feasible, and at the instructor’s discretion.Â
The University is asking people to avoid coming to campus this year to comply with Gov. Inslee’s March 11 proclamation that prohibits large gatherings of more than 250 people as our region combats the spread of COVID-19.
Ted Poor, assistant professor of drums in the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Music, has a new album. “You Already Know,” was released Feb. 28 on New Deal/Impulse. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Notebook caught up with Poor for a short Q and A.
Recent honors to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty and staff include a Finnish knighthood, an NIH award to extend a research grant and a new annual award from the Society of General Physiologists.
A new, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-developed data visualization tool draws on bill information made available by the Washington State Legislature to enable students, journalists and voters to visually explore the lawmaking process.
Recent honors to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty and staff members include awards for architectural education and biomaterials research, fellowships in nursing and cloud computing, a professor named among Seattle’s most influential people and a big news year for “a burgeoning band of embodied carbon busters.”
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Sunday that it received negative test results for the fourth of four students who have been tested for coronavirus. Three students had previously also tested negative, and there are no remaining tests pending among any members of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community members.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø geographer Bo Zhao has created an interactive map, updated every few hours, of coronavirus cases around the world.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø was notified by Public Health – Seattle & King County that a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø student from the Seattle campus is being tested for the novel coronavirus. The student traveled from China in January and lives off campus. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community members.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Thursday that it received negative test results for the third of three students who have been tested for coronavirus. Two students had previously also tested negative, and there are no remaining tests pending among any members of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community members.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Tuesday that it received negative test results for the second student of three students who have been tested for coronavirus. One student had previously tested negative, and the University anticipates receiving test results this week for the third student tested. There continue to be no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus among ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community members.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Notebook visits with Allee Monheim, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Libraries public service librarian, who curates the libraries distinctive social media accounts.
Recent honors to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty and staff include an early career award in astronomy, an honorary doctorate from the Delft University of Technology, a seat on Washington state’s new LGBTQ Commission and national honor for an English Department writing program.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø was notified by Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) that three students from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Seattle campus are being screened for the novel (new) coronavirus. These three students recently traveled to Wuhan, China, and developed symptoms after returning. One person lives off campus, and that student’s test was negative for infection. Two students live in on-campus housing and are awaiting their test results. These are not confirmed cases. The two students awaiting test results…
A study by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) shows that a bilingual language program for babies can reach more families, and instructors, through online training for teachers.
James W. Harrington is not only a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor and former administrator — in recent years, he has also become a prolific painter. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Notebook caught up with him to ask a few questions about his art and his coming exhibit at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Tower.
In 2019, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø was mentioned in 4,143 news articles around the world. Among those, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø experts were quoted 2,290 times: 1,185 in national or international outlets and 1,105 in regional and local outlets.
A conversation with ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø psychology professor Sheri Mizumori about the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-based program Broadening the Representations of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience — or BRAINS for short — designed to accelerate career advancement for postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented populations.
Neile Graham is both a longtime administrator with the College of Built Environments and a published poet — and she has a new book of poetry out, called “The Walk She Takes.”
A discussion of Brutalist architecture on the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø campus with professor Alex Anderson of the Department of Architecture.
Recent honors to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty and staff include the new editorship of a major journal, a post with the Republic of Uganda and honors from the American College of Physicians, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Randy Thompson, a postdoctoral researcher with the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Jackson School of International Studies will explore the nexus of religion and politics in a new podcast, “ReligioPolitics.”
Joy Williamson-Lott, dean of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Graduate School and a professor of education, has been honored for her 2018 book “Jim Crow Campus: Higher Education and the Struggle for a New Southern Social Order.”
Donald Hellmann, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø professor emeritus in the Jackson School of International studies and of political science, has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan, in recognition of his contributions in promoting academic exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and the United States. Hellmann, 86, teaches courses on Japanese government and politics, American foreign policy and the international relations of Northeast Asia. He joined the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in 1967, chaired the Japan Program for several years,…
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty members Roxanne Hudson and Magdalena Balazinska have received grants for research to be conducted over the next few years.
Recent honors to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty and staff members include an honorary doctorate from the University of Bucharest, membership in an inaugural class of distinguished fellows in pharmacology, and a leadership position in a national student housing association.
Across its three campuses, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø generated a total impact on the state’s economy of more than $15.7 billion in FY 2018, according to an economic contribution analysis released today. The study further concludes that the economic activity of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø system supported or sustained 100,520 jobs throughout the state.
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø political scientist Megan Ming Francis says there is a dearth of academic book series being published on topics of race, ethnicity and politics. Now, she will start to change that. An associate professor of political science, Francis will be the editor of a new series of books from Cambridge University Press called Cambridge Elements in Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Francis, on leave and at Harvard for the 2019-2020 school year, answered a few questions about the new…