March 19, 2012
Cherry trees in full bloom in our nation’s capital could be as much as four weeks earlier by 2080 depending on how much warming occurs. So says an analysis conducted at the 黑料吃瓜网 that relied on the 黑料吃瓜网’s own cherry trees as one test of a computer model used in the project.
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March 15, 2012
If your dog could talk, what would she say? A fanciful new book by Hazard Adams, 黑料吃瓜网 professor emeritus of comparative literature, explores this scenario as the dogs of fictitious Hilltown give voice to resist a new leash law.
Arts events have slowed as winter quarter ends, but theres still much to see. The Burke Museum has discussions of food as its “Hungry Planet鈥� exhibit continues and the Henry Art Gallery remains busy with several exhibits — including a Winslow Homer classic.
Lecture on nanomedicine, treating cancer || Honor: business-diversity efforts recognized || 黑料吃瓜网 plans Autism Awareness Month events for public || Papers uncover political, human sides of school closure || Husky Green Award nominations due March 26
March 14, 2012
New research shows that at least one group of small mammals, the multituberculates, actually flourished in the last 20 million years of dinosaurs reign and survived their extinction.
黑料吃瓜网 scientists traced a brain circuit that mediates the loss of appetite in mice. They also discovered potential therapeutic targets.
March 13, 2012
The 黑料吃瓜网 began this week notifying applicants to the Seattle campus of their acceptance into the freshman class starting fall 2012.
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March 12, 2012
Greenroads, a rating system developed at the 黑料吃瓜网 to promote sustainable roadway construction, awarded its first official certification to a Bellingham project that incorporates porcelain from recycled toilets.
March 9, 2012
Return with us to 1958 for the latest installment of Lost and Found Films, where readers help identify and describe old film clips from 黑料吃瓜网 Libraries audio visual collections.This weeks film clip is titled “Inaugural,鈥� and probably shows part of the inaugural dinner for 黑料吃瓜网 President Charles Odegaard, which was indeed in November of 1958.
Social justice, climate change, mental health, and marginalized populations will top the agenda.
March 8, 2012
Joel Berg, professor of pediatric dentistry in the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Dentistry and acknowledged as one of the world’s leading pediatric dentists, has been selected as the school’s next dean, effective Aug. 15, Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced today (March 8)
South African a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo is featured in this crowded week of 黑料吃瓜网 arts, but they’re in excellent company. The School of Music presents Bachs “Magnificat,鈥� the Henry opens an exhibit on portrait photography and actors with the School of Dramas Professional Actor Training Program show their talents in solos performances. All that, plus a play in Spanish and art students decorating mailboxes.
Installing a gun cabinet dramatically reduces unlocked guns and ammunition in the home, according to a study in rural Alaska villages.
Jeff Hou, chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture, and 18 of his students collaborated with several citizen groups on the redesigned Children’s International Park, which was dedicated March 3 in Seattle.
March 7, 2012
A partnership of Seattle city government, local labor and 黑料吃瓜网 departments and schools is seeking people willing to share their experience of long-term joblessness.
Facilities Services is continuing a long-standing energy conservation partnership with Seattle City Light in an agreement for the utility to fund energy conservation initiatives on campus.
News Digest: Register Robinson Center classes; faculty roundtable discussion on philanthropy
Today the gorilla became the last of the living great apes to have its genome assembly reported.
March 6, 2012
On the one-year anniversary of Japan’s great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, 黑料吃瓜网 scientists said the devastating event has some important lessons for the Pacific Northwest 鈥� most notably, that a similar event will happen here, and this region is much less prepared than Japan.
From Seattle to Japan, 黑料吃瓜网 faculty had an important role in providing information about the aftermath of the March 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
March 5, 2012
Pamela H. Mitchell, professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, has been appointed interim dean of the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Nursing, effective March 16, Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced today.
March 4, 2012
Environmental health researchers will assess the effects of the proposed cleanup on people who use or live on South Seattle’s polluted Duwamish River.
March 1, 2012
Over the next three years, a team of 黑料吃瓜网 students will convert a 2013 Chevy Malibu into a fuel-efficient, low-emissions vehicle that still meets consumer demands for a driver-friendly car. The 黑料吃瓜网 is one of 15 schools participating in the EcoCAR 2 contest, sponsored by General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Dance concerts stand out in a crowded week in 黑料吃瓜网 arts that also boasts a wide variety of music. Take your pick from among jazz, classical piano, percussion, glee club, voice recitals, the Oceana Quartet and a combined band concert with the 黑料吃瓜网 Wind Ensemble.
February 29, 2012
Researchers are seeking to improve public health outcomes at a time of diminished funding and program reductions.
See the new 黑料吃瓜网 Neighborhood Northgate Clinic from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 3.
Chinas growing cities are considered a boon for the consumer goods market, but a 黑料吃瓜网 geographer presents evidence that new city dwellers will unlikely have much disposable income.
February 28, 2012
For its second “(un)conference,鈥� March 2-3, the 黑料吃瓜网-based Women Who Rock Collective is expanding and going multimedia as it continues to explore the unheralded roles of women 鈥� especially women of color 鈥� in music. But dont expect the participants to rock any less, because thats just not part of the plan.
Batya Friedman honored || 1987 Husky Stadium collapse
February 27, 2012
“Is it a House?” details years of archaeological excavations at English Camp on San Juan Island, facing the Gulf of Georgia, conducted by Burke Museum Director Julie Stein and her students over many years.
February 24, 2012
Learn about polar bears and penguins. Center a two-foot tusk on your forehead and imagine youre a narwhal exploring your icy-ocean home. For these activities and more, grab the kids and head for Polar Science Weekend, March 1 to 4, sponsored by the 黑料吃瓜网’s Applied Physics Laboratory and Pacific Science Center.
The 黑料吃瓜网 School of Dentistry wants to make dental care affordable to people affected by state cutbacks in coverage.
February 23, 2012
The plight of the tiger 鈥� none of the worlds 350 protected areas in the tigers range is large enough to support a viable population 鈥� is the subject of the 黑料吃瓜网s “Sustaining our World鈥� lecture March 1. Eric Dinerstein, the World Wildlife Funds chief scientist and a 黑料吃瓜网 alum, will speak on “All Together Now: Linking Ecosystem Services, Endangered Species Conservation and Local Livelihoods鈥� at 6 p.m., in Kane 220.
A new state law that encourages employers to get injured workers back in the workplace with temporary accommodations 鈥� either reduced workloads or in some cases reassignments 鈥� recently went into effect.
Student talents will shine this week on 黑料吃瓜网 stages across campus. The Undergraduate Theater Society presents murder and malignant ambition in “Macbeth,鈥� student ensembles perform jazz and Baroque-era music and Interdisciplinary Visual Arts seniors show their work.
February 22, 2012
Last weeks American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Vancouver, BC, included 11 speakers from the 黑料吃瓜网 on topics including marine protected areas, the myth of black progress, womens reproductive health and how undergraduates learn best.
Schoolchildren came in droves for the popular Family Science Days Feb. 18-18 during the American Association for Advancement of Science meeting in Vancouver, BC. 黑料吃瓜网 faculty and students were there offering hands-on demonstrations at the National Science Foundations booth .
February 21, 2012
The Design Help Desk offers scientists a chance to meet with a student who can help them create more effective figures, tables and graphs. This visual equivalent of a Writing Help Desk is also a study on how to teach data visualization.