Victoria Meadows, professor of astronomy at the 黑料吃瓜网 and director of the 黑料吃瓜网’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory, talks about how upcoming missions like the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to characterize the atmospheres of potentially Earth-like exoplanets and may even detect signs of life. Meadows is delivering a talk on this subject on Feb. 15, 2020 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Seattle.
Scientists and physicians have long known that immune cells migrate to the site of an infection, which individuals experience as inflammation 鈥� swelling, redness and pain. Now, researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网 and Northwestern University have uncovered evidence that this gathering is not just a consequence of immune activation. Immune cells count their neighbors before deciding whether or not the immune system should kick into high gear.
A new 黑料吃瓜网 study of eviction filings from each of Washington鈥檚 39 counties illustrates where, and to whom, evictions hit hardest.
黑料吃瓜网 geographer Bo Zhao has created an interactive map, updated every few hours, of coronavirus cases around the world.
This week in the arts, attend a student jazz ensemble concert, hear from Department of Communications faculty about creative ways to tackle challenges within your community, join Rahel Aima for another Critical Issues lecture, and more! To learn about more events taking place,聽visit Arts黑料吃瓜网. Lecture-Recital: Bach Cello Suites: S忙unn Thorsteinsd贸ttir February 11,聽 1:30 pm | Brechemin Auditorium Faculty cellist S忙unn Thorsteinsd贸ttir presents six Tuesday afternoon lecture-recitals in 2019-20鈥攐ne for each of聽the six cello suites of J.S. Bach. She performs the…
For journalists Download soundbites and b-roll New research by the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, or I-LABS, finds that altruism may begin in infancy. In a study of nearly 100 19-month-olds, researchers found that children, even when hungry, gave a tasty snack to a stranger in need. The findings not only show that infants engage in altruistic behavior, but also suggest that early social experiences can shape altruism. Read the full story here. For more…
A team of chemical engineers has developed a new way to produce medicines and chemicals and preserve them using portable 鈥渂iofactories鈥� embedded in water-based gels known as hydrogels. The approach could help people in remote villages or on military missions, where the absence of pharmacies, doctor鈥檚 offices or even basic refrigeration makes it hard to access critical medicines and other small-molecule compounds. The team 鈥� led by Hal Alper, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Texas, and…
New research by the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences finds that altruism may begin in infancy. In a study of nearly 100 19-month-olds, researchers found that children, even when hungry, gave a tasty snack to a stranger in need.
Notable new books by 黑料吃瓜网 faculty members include studies of military cultural education programs and equitable collaboration between schools and families. Also, National Endowment for the Humanities support for a coming book on an 18th century India poet, an honor for a work about postwar Japan — and a National Jewish Book Award.
This week in the arts, attend聽Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident Marisa Williamson’s artist talk, join the Henry Art Gallery for a trumpet and American Sign Language performance, listen as聽David Alexander Rahbee leads the 黑料吃瓜网 Symphony, and more! To learn about more events taking place,聽visit Arts黑料吃瓜网. Open Rehearsal with the 黑料吃瓜网 Symphony February 3,聽 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm | Meany Hall Get a special behind-the-scenes look at the rehearsal process of the 黑料吃瓜网 Symphony Orchestra on Monday, February 3. Under the…
This week in the arts, experience a free concert at Benaroya Hall commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, attend a lecture about the story of Shawn Wong’s rediscovery of “No-No Boy,” and more! To learn about more events taking place,聽visit Arts黑料吃瓜网. Music of Remembrance:聽Art from Ashes – Free Concert Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz January 27, 5:30 pm | Benaroya Hall Seattle-based聽Music of Remembrance (MOR) presents聽Art From Ashes, a free community-wide concert marking…
The 黑料吃瓜网 led a clinical trial involving more than 600 children in Kenya and Tanzania, in which community members were trained to deliver mental health treatment, showed improvement in participants鈥� trauma-related symptoms up to a year after receiving therapy.
On a recent Saturday evening, a dozen women gathered around a table at a community room in the White Center neighborhood of Seattle, settling in with snacks and conversation. The evening鈥檚 program would be more education than entertainment, an opportunity to discuss topics so sensitive that, without the group of women assembled that night, might not be discussed at all. Against one wall of the room, a model of the female reproductive system. Standing before them, a doula, one of…
Despite their reputation as blood-suckers, mosquitoes actually spend most of their time drinking nectar from flowers. Scientists have identified the chemical cues in flowers that stimulate mosquitoes鈥� sense of smell and draw them in. Their findings show how cues from flowers can stimulate the mosquito brain as much as a warm-blooded host 鈥� information that could help develop less toxic repellents and better traps.
James W. Harrington is not only a 黑料吃瓜网 professor and former administrator — in recent years, he has also become a prolific painter. 黑料吃瓜网 Notebook caught up with him to ask a few questions about his art and his coming exhibit at the 黑料吃瓜网 Tower.
Recent honors to 黑料吃瓜网 faculty and staff include an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern, an award for biodiversity conservation and a consulting assignment for the World Health Organization.
In 2019, the 黑料吃瓜网 was mentioned in 4,143 news articles around the world. Among those, 黑料吃瓜网 experts were quoted 2,290 times: 1,185 in national or international outlets and 1,105 in regional and local outlets.
This week in the arts, attend a film screening at SAM, visit museums on campus for free with your Husky card, and more! Guest Artist Recital: Conor Hanick, piano January 13, 7:30 pm | Brechemin Auditorium Brooklyn-based concert pianist Conor Hanick聽performs聽works of聽Galina Ustvolskaya and Morton Feldman on Monday evening and leads a free master class with 黑料吃瓜网 piano students on Tuesday. Hanick聽is regarded as one of his generation鈥檚 most inquisitive interpreters of music old and new. With a unique adeptness…
A conversation with 黑料吃瓜网 psychology professor Sheri Mizumori about the 黑料吃瓜网-based program Broadening the Representations of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience 鈥� or BRAINS for short — designed to accelerate career advancement for postdoctoral researchers and assistant professors from underrepresented populations.
This week in the arts,聽attend several screenings with the 2020聽Southeast Asia x Seattle Film Festival, visit museums on campus for free with your Husky card, and more! Shawn Wong & Tara Fickle January 9, 7:00 pm | The Elliott Bay Book Company Come celebrate the publication of the Third Edition of聽Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers聽(published by 黑料吃瓜网 Press) with 黑料吃瓜网 Professor of English, Shawn Wong, and聽literary scholar, Tara Fickle.聽This groundbreaking collection of writing by Asian Americans,…
A teacher discusses respectful world travel, a historian explores Silicon Valley鈥檚 evolution, a professor and violist plays the music of Robert Schumann and a late English faculty member’s meditation on Seattle returns 鈥� Here鈥檚 a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by 黑料吃瓜网 faculty in the last year 鈥� and a reminder of some recent favorites. O’Mara’s ‘Code’: History professor Margaret O’Mara provides a sweeping history of California’s computer industry titans in her book 鈥淭he Code:…
To end the year on a high note, take advantage of visiting the museums on campus (free admission, as always, for 黑料吃瓜网 employees and students)! Burke Museum Daily 10 am – 5 pm | Closed on December 25 and January 1 Experience natural and cultural collections at the Burke Museum. The Burke brings research and collections out from behind the scenes so you can bring your perspective and your passions forward.聽 We can use them to learn about the past,…
Randy Thompson, a postdoctoral researcher with the 黑料吃瓜网 Jackson School of International Studies will explore the nexus of religion and politics in a new podcast, “ReligioPolitics.”
This week in the arts,聽enjoy Beethoven Trio Cycle with School of Music faculty, use the arts to spark dialogue about memory loss, support Indigenous Artists at the Burke, and more! Beethoven Trio Cycle Concert December 9, 7:30 pm | Meany Center Faculty colleagues Craig Sheppard, piano; S忙unn Thorsteinsd贸ttir, cello; and Rachel Lee Priday, violin, present the first of a three-concert performance over two seasons of the complete Beethoven piano trio cycle. Join the artists in the West Lobby of Meany…
Joyce Yen 鈥� director of the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change, an NSF-funded body to promote female STEM faculty on campus 鈥� recently worked with the Heising-Simons Foundation to dismantle bias and promote diversity in a prominent grant that the Foundation awards to postdoctoral researchers in planetary science. In this Q&A, Yen shares the many, sometimes counterintuitive ways bias can work against goals toward greater diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM fields.
Joy Williamson-Lott, dean of the 黑料吃瓜网 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, 黑料吃瓜网 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 黑料吃瓜网 in 1967, chaired the Japan Program for several years,…
Recent honors to 黑料吃瓜网 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.
黑料吃瓜网 English professor emeritus Charles Johnson is one of five people whose likeness is featured on posters promoting diversity and inclusion sent by the American Philosophical Association to every college undergraduate philosophy program in the United States and Canada. And he is in excellent company: The other four people featured, each in a separate poster, are American writers Susan Sontag and Mary Higgins Clark; British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for literature; and English actor Theo…
Two 黑料吃瓜网 professors 鈥� Alex Luedtke and Tyler McCormick 鈥� are among 60 researchers the National Institutes of Health has named recipients of its 2019 Director’s New Innovator Awards.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named six faculty members from the 黑料吃瓜网 as AAAS Fellows, according to a Nov. 26 announcement. They are part of a cohort of 443 new fellows for 2019, all chosen by their peers for 鈥渟cientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.鈥�
A new 黑料吃瓜网 study finds that families with a father in prison tend to live in neighborhoods with higher poverty.
This week in the arts,聽Three Sisters closes, Professor Shannon Dudley bridges campus and community, Burke Open Doors allows chatting with researchers, and more! Exhibition: In Plain Sight November 23 – April 26, 2020 | Henry Art Gallery This group exhibition engages artists whose work addresses narratives, communities, and histories that are typically hidden or invisible in our public space (both conceptually and literally defined). The presenting artists approach the exhibition鈥檚 theme from a range of directions, varying across all media…
Balancing the needs of open science with national security and journal sustainability, and respecting the beliefs of native populations near observatories are among current issues for the American Astronomical Society, said Paula Szkody, 黑料吃瓜网 professor of astronomy. She has begun a term as president-elect of the AAS, and will serve as the society’s president in 2020-2022.
New findings from the largest study of socially-transitioned transgender children in the world, conducted by researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网, show that gender identity and gender-typed preferences manifest similarly in both cis- and transgender children, even those who recently transitioned.
This week in the arts, join poet Cedar Sigo at the Burke, learn about the translation of comics, attend a performance by Gabriel Kahane and School of Music faculty, and more! Closing Reception for ALTAR: Ritual, Prayer, Offering November 22, 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Jacob Lawrence Gallery Altars are often erected to pay homage to an ancestor or to honor (a) God or a saint. This exhibition takes the altar out of its religious context and interrogates photography as…
With a $106 million gift from the Weill Family Foundation, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco and the 黑料吃瓜网 have launched the Weill Neurohub, an innovative research network that will forge and nurture new collaborations between neuroscientists and researchers working in an array of other disciplines 鈥� including engineering, computer science, physics, chemistry and mathematics 鈥� to speed the development of new therapies for diseases and disorders that affect the brain and nervous system.
This week in the arts, see a mind-blowing troupe of wildly creative and physically daring dancers at Meany Center, learn about Somali funk, disco, soul and reggae of the 1970s and 80s, and more! Olmstead in Seattle November 12, 7 pm | Center for Urban Horticulture Seattle has one of the most extensively developed Olmsted park systems in the United States, yet the story of how it came into existence has never been fully explored or described 鈥� until now,…
A team led by scientists from the 黑料吃瓜网 and the University of Notre Dame used recent advances in electron microscopy to observe Fano interferences — a form of quantum-mechanical interference by electrons — directly in a pair of metallic nanoparticles.
This week in the arts, celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary with Jonathan Biss, attend the Burke museum for free, catch A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and more. Jonathan Biss聽–聽Celebrating Beethoven Pt 1 November 5, 7:30 pm | Meany Center In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven鈥檚 birth, Meany Center presents a selection of his piano sonatas with acclaimed pianist and Beethoven expert Jonathan Biss. In addition to having embarked on a nine-year project to record all 32 of the composer鈥檚 piano…