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.
July 29, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Lux Aeterna, Faculty Trio: Beethoven Piano Trios, Part 3, and More
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 黑料吃瓜网 community every week! This week, attend gallery exhibitions, watch recorded events, and more. While you’re enjoying summer break, connect with campus through 黑料吃瓜网 live webcams of Red Square and the quad. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Unpacking Form and Function: Ceramics August 12, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM聽|聽Online via Zoom Join Associate Curator of Collections…
Climate change to fuel increase in human-wildlife conflict, 黑料吃瓜网 biologist says
Climate change is further exacerbating human-wildlife conflicts by straining ecosystems and altering behaviors, both of which can deepen the contacts 鈥� and potential competition 鈥� between people and animals. In an article published July 30 in the journal Science, Briana Abrahms, an assistant professor of biology at the 黑料吃瓜网 and its Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, calls for expanding research into the many ways that climate change will impact the complex interplay between human activities and wildlife populations.
黑料吃瓜网 to lead new NSF institute for using artificial intelligence to understand dynamic systems
The 黑料吃瓜网 will lead a new artificial intelligence research institute that will focus on fundamental AI and machine learning theory, algorithms and applications for real-time learning and control of complex dynamic systems, which describe chaotic situations where conditions are constantly shifting and hard to predict.
July 28, 2021
Video: scientist tests soil for hidden contaminants in community gardens
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.
July 27, 2021
Possible future for Western wildfires: Decade-long burst, followed by gradual decline
A model of the eastern California forests of the Sierra Nevada looks at the longer-term future of wildfires under future climate change scenarios. Results show an initial roughly decade-long burst of wildfire activity, followed by recurring fires of decreasing area — a pattern that could apply to other hot, dry forests in the West.
July 26, 2021
Scientists model ‘true prevalence’ of COVID-19 throughout pandemic
Two 黑料吃瓜网 scientists have developed a statistical framework that incorporates key COVID-19 data 鈥� such as case counts and deaths due to COVID-19 鈥� to model the true prevalence of this disease in the United States and individual states. Their approach, published the week of July 26 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, projects that in the U.S. as many as 60% of COVID-19 cases went undetected as of March 7, 2021, the last date for which the dataset they employed is available.
July 23, 2021
Older workers needed for 黑料吃瓜网 study on worker safety during COVID-19 pandemic
Public health researchers have learned a lot about how the pandemic affected workers and exacerbated existing health disparities that exist in many communities. However, there鈥檚 still a lot we don鈥檛 know about the experience of workers deemed essential in the food industry and who were at higher risk of contracting COVID-19, such those working in grocery stores, restaurants, delivery and factories. To find out how food workers were or were not protected and how they can be better protected going…
July 22, 2021
Gaming graphics card allows faster, more precise control of fusion energy experiments
黑料吃瓜网 researchers have developed a method that uses a gaming graphics card to control plasma formation in their prototype fusion reactor.
July 20, 2021
New 3D images of shark intestines show they function like Nikola Tesla鈥檚 valve
For more than a century, researchers have relied on flat sketches of sharks鈥� digestive systems to discern how they function 鈥� and how what they eat and excrete impacts other species in the ocean. Now, researchers have produced a series of high-resolution, 3D scans of intestines from nearly three dozen shark species that will advance the understanding of how sharks eat and digest their food.
July 16, 2021
20 黑料吃瓜网 researchers elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2021
Twenty scientists and engineers at the 黑料吃瓜网 are among the 38 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2021, according to a July 15 announcement. New members were chosen for 鈥渢heir outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, and their willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.鈥�
July 15, 2021
Dianne Harris named dean of 黑料吃瓜网 College of Arts & Sciences
黑料吃瓜网 Provost Mark A. Richards today announced Dianne Harris will become dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, beginning Sept. 1.
July 13, 2021
Sheila Edwards Lange selected as chancellor of 黑料吃瓜网 Tacoma
黑料吃瓜网 President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Mark A. Richards today announced the selection of Sheila Edwards Lange, president of Seattle Central College, as chancellor of the 黑料吃瓜网 Tacoma. Her appointment, pending approval by the 黑料吃瓜网 Board of Regents, is set to begin Sept. 16.
From ‘distress’ to ‘unscathed’ 鈥� mental health of 黑料吃瓜网 students during spring 2020
To understand how the 黑料吃瓜网’s transition to online-only classes affected college students’ mental health in the spring of 2020, 黑料吃瓜网 researchers surveyed 147 黑料吃瓜网 undergraduates over the 2020 spring quarter.
ArtSci Roundup: Will Rawls: Everlasting Stranger Performance, Northwest Modernism: Four Japanese Americans, and More
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 黑料吃瓜网 community every week! This week, attend gallery exhibitions, watch recorded events, and more. While you’re enjoying summer break, connect with campus through 黑料吃瓜网 live webcams of Red Square and the quad. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Will Rawls: Everlasting Stranger Performance July 24, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM聽|聽Henry Art Gallery In聽Everlasting Stranger, New York-based choreographer…
July 9, 2021
‘We need to be patient’ 鈥� 黑料吃瓜网’s Dawn Lehman on the collapse of the Champlain Towers South
While there is currently no explanation for why the Champlain Towers South building collapsed, Dawn Lehman, a 黑料吃瓜网 professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been studying photographs, videos, drawings, reports and permits to investigate this tragedy to understand what happened. 黑料吃瓜网 News asked her to help us understand why buildings fail.
Study model explores impact of police action on population health
A specific police action, an arrest or a shooting, has an immediate and direct effect on the individuals involved, but how far and wide do the reverberations of that action spread through the community? What are the health consequences for a specific, though not necessarily geographically defined, population? The authors of a new 黑料吃瓜网-led study looking into these questions write that because law enforcement directly interacts with a large number of people, 鈥減olicing may be a conspicuous yet not-well understood…
Faculty/staff honors: Early career honor in communication, distinguished service award in theoretical computing
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.
July 8, 2021
Mari Ostendorf named 黑料吃瓜网 Vice Provost for Research
黑料吃瓜网 Provost Mark Richards today announced the appointment of Mari Ostendorf as Vice Provost for Research, set to begin Sept. 1. Ostendorf has been serving as Associate Vice Provost for Research in the Office of Research since 2017.
Remotely-piloted sailboats monitor 鈥榗old pools鈥� in tropical environments
A 黑料吃瓜网-led study uses data from remotely-piloted sailboats to better understand cold air pools — pockets of cooler air that form when rain evaporates below tropical storm clouds. These fleeting weather phenomena are thought to influence tropical weather patterns.
July 6, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Will Rawls: Everlasting Stranger, Grit City Think & Drink: Global Themes in World History since 1500 in Five Images, and More
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 黑料吃瓜网 community every week! This week, attend gallery exhibitions, watch recorded events, and more. While you’re enjoying summer break, connect with campus through 黑料吃瓜网 live webcams of Red Square and the quad. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Will Rawls: Everlasting Stranger July 17 – August 15聽|聽Henry Art Gallery In聽Everlasting Stranger, New York-based choreographer and writer Will…
July 1, 2021
How long can a person live? The 21st century may see a record-breaker
A new 黑料吃瓜网 study calculates the probability of living past age 110, which, though rare, likely will increase this century.
Last ice-covered parts of summertime Arctic Ocean vulnerable to climate change
The region north of Greenland and the Canadian Arctic has been termed the Last Ice Area, where sea ice will remain the longest in summertime, providing a refuge for ice-dependent Arctic species. But conditions last summer show that parts of this region are already experiencing less summer ice due to climate change.
June 30, 2021
黑料吃瓜网 releases annual update to Sustainability Action Plan
The 黑料吃瓜网 is announcing the steps it will take in this fiscal year, starting July 1, to reach the targets set in the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Sustainability Action Plan.
June 29, 2021
From the Jackson School: Endowed scholarship for India study, book on angels in ancient Jewish culture
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.
Air pollution from wildfires impacts ability to observe birds
Researchers from the 黑料吃瓜网 provide a first look at the probability of observing common birds as air pollution worsens during wildfire seasons. They found that smoke affected the ability to detect more than a third of the bird species studied in Washington state over a four-year period. Sometimes smoke made it harder to observe birds, while other species were actually easier to detect when smoke was present.
June 28, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Serious Tings, Sonolocations: A Sound Works Series, and More
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 黑料吃瓜网 community every week! This week, watch a 黑料吃瓜网 alum on NBC’s Making It, attend a discussion hosted by the Henry Art Gallery, and more. While you’re enjoying summer break, connect with campus through 黑料吃瓜网 live webcams of Red Square and the quad. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Serious Tings: Wayne Chen in Conversation with Steve…
June 25, 2021
Kristin Esterberg selected as chancellor of 黑料吃瓜网 Bothell
黑料吃瓜网 President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Mark A. Richards today announced the selection of Kristin Esterberg, president of the State University of New York at Potsdam, as chancellor of the 黑料吃瓜网 Bothell. Her appointment, pending approval by the 黑料吃瓜网 Board of Regents, is set to begin Oct. 1.
June 23, 2021
Jana Mohr Lone advocates for children’s voices in new book, ‘Seen and Not Heard’
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?
Ahead of Pride, 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 Manish Chalana describes the changing neighborhood of Capitol Hill
Development has changed the face of the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, says Manish Chalana, associate professor of urban design and planning at the 黑料吃瓜网, but it remains the heart of the city’s LGBTQ community.
June 21, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Indigenous Walking Tour, Sonolocations: A Sound Works Series, and More
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 黑料吃瓜网 community every week! This week, attend several museum exhibitions, the Indigenous walking tour, and more. While you’re enjoying summer break, connect with campus through 黑料吃瓜网 live webcams of Red Square and the quad. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Indigenous Walking Tour Online Owen Oliver, who graduated from the 黑料吃瓜网 with a double major…
June 17, 2021
Washington formally recognizes Juneteenth as a paid holiday in 2022
President Joe Biden鈥檚 signature on legislation Thursday making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a welcome recognition. Our state 鈥� including the 黑料吃瓜网 鈥� looks forward to marking Juneteenth as a paid holiday beginning June 19, 2022.
Researchers discover yessotoxins, produced by certain phytoplankton, to be a culprit behind summer mass shellfish mortality events in Washington
Back in the summers of 2018 and 2019, the shellfish industry in Washington state was rocked by mass mortalities of its crops. Now, researchers think they have figured out why: high concentrations of yessotoxinss, which are produced by blooms of certain phytoplankton. The researchers鈥� findings were published last month in the open-access journal Harmful Algae.
Interim deans named in 黑料吃瓜网 College of the Environment and University Libraries
黑料吃瓜网 Provost Mark A. Richards has announced interim deans for both the College of the Environment and University Libraries.
鈥楢n occasion for unapologetic Black joy, community connection, and reeducation鈥�: 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 LaTaSha Levy discusses Juneteenth
LaTaSha Levy, assistant professor of American ethnic studies at the 黑料吃瓜网, discusses Juneteenth, the myths and omissions in telling its story, and the ongoing importance of fighting for, and celebrating, Black freedom.
June 16, 2021
Pandemic-era crowdfunding more common, successful in affluent communities
A new 黑料吃瓜网 study of requests and donations to the popular crowdfunding site GoFundMe, along with Census data, shows stark inequities in where the money went and how much was donated.
黑料吃瓜网 Ocean Voices program, seeking equity in ocean science, gets key approval from United Nations
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.
June 15, 2021
Video: Mobile health van student volunteers collaborate in service to the community
This summer a 黑料吃瓜网 mobile health outreach van will hit the road, bringing some basic health care services to people without housing who might have a hard time getting to a doctor鈥檚 office.
Drug rebates for insurers tied to higher costs for patients, especially the uninsured
Federal agencies that regulate drug pricing and healthcare insurance are concerned that an industry practice of using rebates to lower drug costs for insurers has led to increases in list prices and out-of-pockets costs for patients. To investigate whether patients with or without insurance were paying more because of rebates to insurers, researchers led by the 黑料吃瓜网 examined cost and price data on more than 400 branded drugs. The study found that rebates were associated with increases in…
ArtSci Roundup: Elaine Cameron-Weir: STAR CLUB REDEMPTION BOOTH, Cruisin’ Around Washington, and More
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 黑料吃瓜网 community every week! In addition to celebrating our graduates this week, attend several museum exhibitions, watch recorded events through Arts黑料吃瓜网 On Demand, and more. While you’re enjoying summer break, connect with campus through 黑料吃瓜网 live webcams of Red Square and the quad. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 黑料吃瓜网 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 黑料吃瓜网-IT.聽 Cruisin’ Around Washington Through October 31 |聽The Burke…