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May 26, 2022

Video: Alexes Harris draws attention to low representation of people of color in bone marrow registry

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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.

May 24, 2022

Video: Experts collaborate to troubleshoot necessary fires and harmful smoke

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Forest fire smoke can make you sick, and we’re experiencing more them. In terms of public health, it seems logical to reduce forest fires to limit unhealthy air pollution, but forest managers are increasingly seeing prescribed burning as an essential tool to reduce explosive wildfires. How should we plan to deal with the impacts of these fires?

March 30, 2022

Video: New face mask guidance for 黑料吃瓜网’s 2022 spring quarter

With the start of spring quarter on March 28, face masks became optional 鈥� but still recommended 鈥� inside most 黑料吃瓜网 facilities. In light of the policy change, 黑料吃瓜网 News spoke with several experts about what to expect on campus, how the current science and transmission rates inform our policy, and emotions and feelings we may experience as a result of removing our face coverings.

February 16, 2022

Faculty programs welcome most diverse cohort in recent 黑料吃瓜网 history

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Ang茅lica Amezcua never thought she鈥檇 achieve a doctoral degree, never mind landing a tenure-track job at the 黑料吃瓜网. Raised in Mexico, she moved to California when she was 11, and she鈥檚 the first in her family to earn a Ph. D. She once believed that a career in academia was unattainable due to the obstacles placed in society for people of color.

December 13, 2021

Video: Modeling how debris affects buildings during a tsunami

Researchers are modeling how tsunami debris pushes on a building 鈥� either by hitting it or getting lodged on it and creating a dam. They are also looking for patterns in the way floating debris moves around and against rigid shapes. The information may help in designing buildings in coastal communities that can better withstand damage by floating objects in tsunami events.聽

Video: Great ShakeOut drill tests new earthquake early warning system

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At 10:21 a.m. on Oct. 21, teacher Wade Johnson’s science class at Port Susan Middle School scrambled under their desks as part of the annual Great American ShakeOut. It was Stanwood Camano School District鈥檚 first live test of its earthquake early warning system with all 13 of its schools participating in a 鈥淒rop, Cover, and Hold On鈥� drill.

October 11, 2021

黑料吃瓜网 Resilience Lab aims to change campus culture toward compassion and mindfulness

Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Ed Taylor chats with Director of the 黑料吃瓜网 Resilience Lab Megan Kennedy about how students, faculty and staff can create a more supportive, compassionate environment in which to learn and discover as the 黑料吃瓜网 community comes back to the campuses and recovers from the traumas of the last two years.

September 27, 2021

New Student Convocation on Tuesday afternoon opens 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 2021-22 academic year

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黑料吃瓜网 Associate Professor Wendy Barrington will be the featured speaker at the university鈥檚 38th annual New Student Convocation. Barrington has joint appointments in the Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing in the School of Nursing and the departments of Epidemiology and of Health Systems and Population Health in the School of Public Health.

July 28, 2021

Video: scientist tests soil for hidden contaminants in community gardens

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Soil, particularly in urban areas, can hold contaminants that are unhealthy for people who handle it or eat things grown in the ground. Chemicals left behind by vehicles, air pollution and heavy industry can show up in the ground and in plants. Melanie Malone, assistant professor in 黑料吃瓜网 Bothell鈥檚 School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences investigates these contaminants and their prevalence in shared garden spaces.

June 3, 2021

Anticipation builds for 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 146th commencement, to be held virtually

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Drumheller Fountain is turning purple.

The iconic 黑料吃瓜网 landmark will be illuminated in the school鈥檚 signature color from dusk to dawn as the anticipation builds for the June 12 commencement ceremonies.

The special accent lighting is just one of many features the 黑料吃瓜网 is adding to its already beautiful campus to provide graduates opportunities to pose for photos with family and friends. Special banners will hang on Suzzallo Library and the HUB, among other locations. Sidewalks in the Quad and along Rainier Vista will be decorated and 4-foot-tall block Ws will be strategically placed making already terrific photo ops even better.

May 27, 2021

Video: Suzzallo bonsai a symbol of peace, resilience and inclusiveness

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The potted junipers on the steps of Suzzallo Library are undergoing a transformation. Flanking the entrance to one of 黑料吃瓜网’s most beloved buildings, they are viewed by hundreds of people walking through Red Square each week. Bioengineering postdoctoral researcher Le Zhen is transforming these shrubs into bonsai 鈥� miniature trees that are pruned, nurtured and trained with wire to look like their much older, full-sized counterparts living in nature. He hopes this prominent display of bonsai will signal to members of the AAPI community that 黑料吃瓜网 is safe and welcoming.

May 3, 2021

Earthquake early warnings launch in Washington, completing West Coast-wide ShakeAlert system

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The U.S. Geological Survey, the 黑料吃瓜网-based Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, and state emergency managers on Tuesday, May 4, will activate the system that sends earthquake early warnings throughout Washington state. This completes the rollout of ShakeAlert, an automated system that gives people living in Washington, Oregon and California advance warning of incoming earthquakes.

April 20, 2021

Oral history project captures Washingtonians鈥� pandemic experiences

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Manuel S. Martinez, a lifelong campesino, trabajador and community organizer, recalls the beginning of the pandemic. Interviewed by 黑料吃瓜网 student Adriana Martinez.聽 Zoom, masks, family and politics聽鈥� these are some of the lasting memories shared by participants in a 黑料吃瓜网 student oral history project. Undergraduate seniors in the聽Public Health Global Health major at the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Public Health partnered with the Washington State Historical Society to record the experiences of friends, family and associates living through the…

February 26, 2021

Video: You鈥檝e heard of garage bands 鈥� now you can hear the 鈥樅诹铣怨贤� garage chorale鈥�

The 黑料吃瓜网 Chorale has found an unlikely place to practice. Once a week, 8 of the 60 member singing group meets, standing 6 feet apart, in a campus parking garage for 30 precious minutes. Despite the sounds of passing cars and some machinery whirring nearby, the sound they can make together – in person – is wonderful.

January 27, 2021

On nights before a full moon, people go to bed later and sleep less, study shows

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Sleep cycles in people oscillate during the 29.5-day lunar cycle: In the days leading up to a full moon, people go to sleep later in the evening and sleep for shorter periods of time. The team, led by researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网, observed these variations in both the time of sleep onset and the duration of sleep in urban and rural settings 鈥� from Indigenous communities in northern Argentina to college students in Seattle, a city of more than 750,000. They saw the oscillations regardless of an individual鈥檚 access to electricity, though the variations are less pronounced in individuals living in urban environments.

January 12, 2021

Video: Detecting COVID-19 in wastewater

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When someone has the coronavirus, some of it is shed in their fecal matter. So what we flush has become useful to 黑料吃瓜网 researchers developing a new testing method for COVID-19 in sewage. They’re looking at wastewater that flows from people’s homes, sampling it at manholes and neighborhood pump stations before it goes to sewage treatment plants.