Recent honors to ϳԹ faculty and staff members have come from the Women in Engineering ProActive Network, Association Media & Publishing and The American Society of Human Genetics.
July 28, 2020
July 28, 2020
Recent honors to ϳԹ faculty and staff members have come from the Women in Engineering ProActive Network, Association Media & Publishing and The American Society of Human Genetics.
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the ϳԹ, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All ϳԹ faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via ϳԹ-IT. Astronomer Emily Levesque: The Last Stargazers Book Launch August 3, 7:00-8:30 PM | Online ϳԹ professor Emily Levesque discusses her new books at (online)…
July 27, 2020
A new study led by the ϳԹ and the University of Leeds uses satellite data over the Southern Hemisphere to understand the makeup of global clouds since the Industrial Revolution. This research tackles one of the largest uncertainties in today’s climate models — the long-term effect of tiny atmospheric particles on climate change.
July 20, 2020
José Alaniz says that comics — especially superhero tales — hooked him and “rewired” his brain at an early age. They also got him drawing his own comics, chronicling his life and the things he observes. Now Alaniz, a ϳԹ professor of Slavic languages and literatures, has published a collection of his own drawings and essays. “The Phantom Zone.”
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the ϳԹ, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All ϳԹ faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via ϳԹ-IT. Virtual Author Event: BJ Cummings, Cecile Hansen And Lynda Mapes Discuss The River That Made Seattle July 27, 7:00-8:00 PM | Online In this event sponsored…
A longitudinal study of more than 230 teens and young adults in Washington state finds that teens may be more likely to use marijuana following legalization – with the proliferation of stores and increasing adult use of the drug — than they otherwise would have been.
July 16, 2020
Seven scientists and engineers at the ϳԹ have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences, according to an announcement July 15 by the academy.
Recent honors to ϳԹ faculty and staff have come from Architect magazine, the Center for Research Libraries, member states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the American Society of Human Genetics.
July 15, 2020
Researchers at the ϳԹ have developed a tiny wireless steerable camera that can ride aboard an insect or an insect-sized robot.
July 13, 2020
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the ϳԹ, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All ϳԹ faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via ϳԹ-IT. Burke Museum Online Mini-Exhibits: Uncovering Pacific Past View at your leisure | Online Archaeology can help us better understand our world, but it is also impactful…
Notable new books by ϳԹ faculty and staff include a study of rebellion at sea, an emeritus faculty member’s Buddhist-focused memoir, a reconsideration of Northwest Coast Native American art with Indigenous perspectives in mind, thoughts on bridging cultural gaps through design — and an award for the editor-in-chief of ϳԹ Press.
July 9, 2020
Chris Petersen, former head football coach at the ϳԹ and Boise State University, has been appointed as the Edward V. Fritzky Endowed Chair in Leadership at the ϳԹ Foster School of Business for the 2020-2021 school year, officials announced today. Established in 2002, this prestigious faculty position is designed to bring distinguished leaders to campus to share their expertise with faculty and students.
July 8, 2020
Nine ϳԹ subjects ranked in the top 10 and the ϳԹ School of Oceanography held its position as No. 1 in the world on the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects list for 2020. The ranking, released June 29, was conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
July 7, 2020
BJ Cummings,community engagement manager for the Superfund Research Program at the ϳԹ, discusses her book “The River that Made Seattle: A Human and Natural History of the Duwamish,” published in July by ϳԹ Press.
July 6, 2020
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the ϳԹ, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All ϳԹ faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via ϳԹ-IT. Seattle Art Fair Online: New Media Artworks and Their Future Lives July 14, 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Online This Seattle Art Fair panel will explore…
July 2, 2020
Sara Griggs describes how the ϳԹ Office of Ceremonies moved its biggest event online for the unique circumstances of the quarantine restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 1, 2020
The Sustainability Action Plan includes five guiding principles and 10 measurable targets along with annual actions to reach those targets. Each year, the ϳԹ will evaluate the immediate actions needed over the next fiscal year to respond to changing realities and needs across our campuses.
June 30, 2020
The ϳԹ and The Nippon Foundation today announced the launch of the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center, an interdisciplinary research group at the ϳԹ that studies changes, responses and solutions to societal issues that emerge in relationship with the oceans. The Center will bring uncompromised, critical voices to policy and public conversations to enable research and studies equaling $32.5 million spread over 10 years.
The ϳԹ and Public Health – Seattle & King County continue to respond to a cluster of cases among residents of Greek houses north of the Seattle campus, and their close contacts.
June 29, 2020
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the ϳԹ, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All ϳԹ faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via ϳԹ-IT. Drop-in Session: Mindfulness of Sounds July 6, 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Zoom This session, hosted by the Center for Child and Family Well-Being and led by…
A new ϳԹ study of people experiencing homelessness in King County finds that unpaid medical bills were their primary source of debt, and that debt extended their period of homelessness by an average of two years.
A talk with Eric Madfis of ϳԹ Tacoma about his new book “How to Stop School Rampage Killing: Lessons from Averted Mass Shootings and Bombings,” published this spring by Palgrave MacMillan.
June 25, 2020
In a study published June 10 in Current Biology, a team from the University of Colorado Boulder and the ϳԹ reports that a group of students at CU Boulder generally got more sleep after widespread stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines were put into place in mid-March.
Beginning June 26, face coverings will be required statewide in Washington. Hilary Godwin, dean of the ϳԹ School of Public Health, offers some practical information about using masks to slow the spread of COVID-19.
June 24, 2020
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the ϳԹ, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All ϳԹ faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via ϳԹ-IT. Drop-in Session: An Embodied Practice: Working with Our Intentions June 29, 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Zoom This session, hosted by the Center for Child and Family…
Genetic clues show that eelgrass growing underwater along Puget Sound shorelines is associated with fewer of the single-celled algae that produce harmful toxins in shellfish. The evidence shows this effect extends 45 feet beyond the edge of the eelgrass bed.
A new online survey for Washington state residents has launched to gather data on how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic downturn have affected food access and economic security. The Washington State Food Security Survey, which went live June 18 and runs through July 31, is open to all Washington state residents aged 18 or over.
It could take another generation before resident fish in the heavily polluted Lower Duwamish Waterway in Seattle will be safe to eat. Yet many fishers from a wide range of cultural backgrounds continue to fish the 5-mile stretch of river for fun, cultural connections and food even as cleanup of this designated Superfund site continues. The Duwamish was listed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Priority (or “Superfund”) List of sites that require cleanup in 2001. Since that time, federal,…
A quick look at several ϳԹ-produced podcasts, from benevolent marketing to Arctic geopolitics — and a classics professor’s work being featured in a podcast produced by the Times Literary Supplement.
June 23, 2020
When schools closed because of the coronavirus, Real Dawgs Read, a ϳԹ program that asks kids to read 30 minutes a day over 30 separate days, was there to fill the gap. During a special session between March 25 and June 5, it experienced its highest level of participation — with 3,240 readers taking part.
With the nation debating its response to COVID-19 and witnessing protests against racial injustice and police violence, undergraduate students enrolled in “Visual Anthropology of Protest Music” examined how communities use music to share their lived experiences and confront oppression.
A team from the ϳԹ used an infrared laser to cool a solid semiconductor by at least 20 degrees C, or 36 F, below room temperature, as they report in a paper published June 23 in Nature Communications.
ϳԹ three-quarters of U.S. workers, or 108 million people, are in jobs that cannot be done from home during a pandemic, putting these workers at increased risk of exposure to disease. This majority of workers are also at higher risk for other job disruptions such as layoffs, furloughs or hours reductions, a ϳԹ study shows. Such job disruptions can cause stress, anxiety and other mental health outcomes that could persist even as the United States reopens its economic…
June 22, 2020
The ϳԹ School of Social Work’s Project Connect supports 15 different research and outreach endeavors, all oriented specifically around community needs during COVID-19.
June 18, 2020
The ϳԹ has issued a face covering policy for all university personnel, students, staff, contractors and visitors who are on campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As a reminder, only employees designated as critical can be working in-person and only at the direction of their supervisor.
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the ϳԹ, and the greater community, together online. Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All ϳԹ faculty, staff, and students have access to Zoom Pro via ϳԹ-IT. Drop-in Session: Cultivating Gratitude in Challenging Time June 22, 6:00 – 7:00 PM | Zoom Noticing what we are grateful for and cultivating practices of gratitude…
June 17, 2020
ϳԹ family physician Morhaf Al Achkar publishes memoir “Being Authentic,” and a Lambda Literary award goes to ϳԹ Tacoma’s Emily Thuma.
Fitness, dance and mindfulness instructors are teaching virtual classes in light of COVID-19 closures, part of ϳԹ Recreation’s effort to make its activities accessible while people are physically distancing during the pandemic.
Using air quality data from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency monitors across the U.S., a ϳԹ-led team looked for changes in two common pollutants over the course of 2020.
June 16, 2020
The COVID-19 Clearinghouse at ϳԹ Law is just one of the ways that faculty and staff across the university have revamped summer research internships and worked with outside partners and employers to involve students in a remote working environment, even for jobs that would normally be out in the field.