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September 21, 2016
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September 20, 2016
New film about British Holocaust trial has 黑料吃瓜网 connection
“Denial,” a new movie about an American historian’s lengthy court battle with a British Holocaust denier, has a 黑料吃瓜网 connection 鈥� Deborah Lipstadt, the film’s protagonist, taught at the 黑料吃瓜网 early in her career.
September 19, 2016
黑料吃瓜网 wins national nanotechnology startup challenge for breast cancer treatment
Researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网 are among the winners of a startup challenge to shorten the transition time from lab bench to patient. The team, including members of professor Suzie Pun’s research group in the 黑料吃瓜网 Department of Bioengineering, was selected based on its proposal and business plan to develop a targeted drug delivery system for breast cancer.
Award for genetic tracking to rein in pangolin poaching
A team of conservationists at the 黑料吃瓜网 is among the Grand Prize Winners of the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge for a proposal to identify poaching hotspots for pangolins, one of the most trafficked group of mammals in the world.
Microbes help plants survive in severe drought
Plants can better tolerate drought and other stressors with the help of natural microbes, 黑料吃瓜网 research has found. Specifically, plants that are given a dose of microbes stay green longer and are able to withstand drought conditions by growing more leaves and roots and using less water.
September 15, 2016
Poverty decreases, income inequality holds in Washington state
The share of Washingtonians living in poverty dropped from 13.2 percent to 12.2 percent between 2014 and 2015, according to new data released Thursday. Washington was one of 23 states with statistically significant declines in their poverty rates during that period. The remaining 27 states and the District of Columbia saw no change in their poverty rates. “It is good news that the poverty rate has dropped for a second year in a row in Washington state. However, the share…
Floating DNA reveals urban shorelines support more animal life
Researchers are now able to capture the cells of animals, sequence their DNA and identify which species were present at a point in time. A new 黑料吃瓜网 study is the first to use these genetic markers to understand the impact urbanization has on the environment 鈥� specifically, whether animal diversity flourishes or suffers.
September 14, 2016
Allen Library exhibit explores South Asia in art, scholarship
A new exhibit in the 黑料吃瓜网’s Allen Library explores South Asia through art, artifacts, manuscripts, music and more. “Envisaging South Asia: Art, Images, and Scholarship” will be on view through Oct. 31.
The Great 黑料吃瓜网 ShakeOut: An opportunity to practice earthquake preparedness
All across the world, millions of people will be practicing their earthquake-preparedness on Oct. 20. The event 鈥� called the Great ShakeOut 鈥� will commence at 10:20 a.m. for those participating at the 黑料吃瓜网 and across the state. It is an opportunity for people to practice what they should do in the event of an earthquake: Drop, cover and hold on.
黑料吃瓜网 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute receives $1 million gift
The Bernard Osher Foundation has announced a $1 million gift to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the 黑料吃瓜网 (OLLI-黑料吃瓜网). The Institute offers a diverse array of non-credit courses and activities for people 50 and older, giving these adults access to continuing education at the 黑料吃瓜网. The Osher Foundation鈥檚 gift takes the form of a $950,000 endowment and $50,000 bridge grant to support the ongoing work of OLLI-黑料吃瓜网. It鈥檚 the second $1 million award the Foundation has given…
All polar bears across the Arctic face shorter sea ice season
A new 黑料吃瓜网 study finds a trend toward earlier Arctic sea ice melt in the spring and later ice growth in the fall across all 19 polar bear populations, which can negatively impact the feeding and breeding capabilities of the bears.
September 13, 2016
Westerly winds have blown across central Asia for at least 42 million years
The winds that gust across the Tibetan Plateau have done so for far longer than previously believed, showing they are resilient to the formation of mountains and changes in carbon dioxide and temperature.
September 12, 2016
Graduate education in clean energy due for ‘big data’ overhaul
Jim Pfaendtner, 黑料吃瓜网 associate professor of chemical engineering, is leading a new endeavor funded by the National Science Foundation to bring big data to graduate education in clean energy research at the 黑料吃瓜网.
黑料吃瓜网 scientist helping direct NASA field study of clouds off Namibia
黑料吃瓜网 atmospheric scientists are part of a month-long NASA effort to learn how smoke and clouds interact.
黑料吃瓜网 forestry student wins Bullitt Foundation’s top prize for wildlife conservation
A Q&A with Carol Bogezi, a 黑料吃瓜网 doctoral student in environmental and forest sciences who received the 10th annual Bullitt Environmental Prize. The award recognizes people with exceptional potential to become powerful leaders in the environmental movement.
September 8, 2016
How do shark teeth bite? Reciprocating saw, glue provide answers
A recent 黑料吃瓜网 study sought to understand why shark teeth are shaped differently and what biological advantages various shapes have by testing their performance under realistic conditions.
Life after Fitbit: Appealing to those who feel guilty vs. free
Is life better or worse after sticking your Fitbit in a drawer? 黑料吃瓜网 researchers surveyed hundreds of people who had abandoned self-tracking tools and found emotions ranged from guilt to indifference to relief that the tracking experience was over.
September 7, 2016
Feeling they are part of a group increased preschoolers’ interest, success in STEM
Cultivating young children’s interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics has become a leading educational priority, as experts predict that many future jobs will require substantial math and technology skills. Early education in STEM topics, as they鈥檙e known, is critical for boosting later success in school and attracting students to occupations in those fields. But little has been done to optimize STEM curriculum for preschoolers or help children seek out and enjoy STEM tasks. Now, a new study by University…
HemaApp screens for anemia, blood conditions without needle sticks
黑料吃瓜网 engineers have developed HemaApp, which uses a smartphone camera to estimate hemoglobin concentrations and screen for anemia without sticking patients with needles.
September 6, 2016
黑料吃瓜网 law professor named to United Nations working group on business and human rights
When law professor Anita Ramasastry began teaching at the 黑料吃瓜网 in 1996, she was working on an article about banks鈥� responsibilities around human rights, to the bemusement of her peers. The groundbreaking piece focused on the role of Swiss banks during World War II and the dormant accounts of Holocaust victims and their heirs 鈥� unusual territory for a law professor then. “At that time, this wasn’t a field of research and people thought it was a little…
Forefront marks World Suicide Prevention Day Sept. 10 with workshops, documentary film
World Suicide Prevention Day, Sept. 10, is a reminder that we all have a role to play in preventing suicide. Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention, based in the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Social Work and led by Professor Jennifer Stuber, is offering a film and two suicide prevention workshops on Sept. 10.
September 2, 2016
Invasive green crab found on San Juan Island by citizen science volunteers
Earlier this week in Westcott Bay, San Juan Island, a team of volunteer monitors caught an invasive green crab, marking the first confirmation of this global invader in Washington’s inland waters.
August 30, 2016
黑料吃瓜网 student partners with WSECU for temporary art exhibit in the University District
Most landscape architecture projects conjure up an image of a permanent structure meant to be experienced indefinitely. But for Britton Shepard, a 2016 graduate of the 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 landscape architecture master鈥檚 program, it means exploring the temporary nature of urban terrains. Earlier this year, Shepard brought life back to a vacant and demolished lot in the University District 鈥� although it was only a short-lived endeavor. Shepard鈥檚 thesis project 鈥淪ite 1121: Field Notes鈥� centered around a Washington State Employee…
黑料吃瓜网 and City of Auburn launch first Livable City Year partnership
The 黑料吃瓜网 has begun a yearlong partnership with the City of Auburn, under the new Livable City Year program. 黑料吃瓜网 students and professors will work with the City of Auburn to advance the city’s goals for livability and sustainability throughout the upcoming academic year.
August 29, 2016
David Domke to discuss presidential election at Sept. 7 fundraising event
David Domke, chair of the 黑料吃瓜网 Department of Communication, will discuss the wild 2016 presidential campaign and its implications for the country in a luncheon Sept. 7 for the William D. Ruckelshaus Center.
Plants’ future water use affects long-term drought estimates
Many popular long-term drought estimates ignore the fact that plants will be less thirsty as carbon dioxide goes up. Plants’ lower water use could roughly halve some current estimates for the extent of future drought, especially in central Africa and temperate Asia.
New discovery Proxima b is in host star’s habitable zone 鈥� but could it really be habitable?
The world’s attention is now on Proxima Centauri b, a possibly Earth-like planet about 4.22 light-years away. It’s in its star’s habitable zone — but could it in fact be habitable? If so, the planet evolved very different than Earth, say researchers at the 黑料吃瓜网-based Virtual Planetary Laboratory.
August 26, 2016
Interactive map shows where animals will move under climate change
The 黑料吃瓜网 and The Nature Conservancy have created an animated map showing where mammals, birds and amphibians are projected to move in the Western Hemisphere in response to climate change.
August 25, 2016
Report explores factors that might attract children to marijuana edibles
A new report from the 黑料吃瓜网 School of Law’s Cannabis Law and Policy Project identifies factors that make food attractive to children. Commissioned by the state Liquor and Cannabis Board, the report studied research on what makes food appeal to children and the role that marketing and branding play.
August 24, 2016
Statewide housing market strong in second quarter of 2016
Washington state’s housing market remained strong in the second quarter of 2016. Home sale prices and the number of sales were up, although new building permits were down compared with a year ago, according to the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies at the 黑料吃瓜网.
August 21, 2016
Is divorce seasonal? 黑料吃瓜网 research shows biannual spike in divorce filings
To everything there is a season 鈥� even divorce, new research from 黑料吃瓜网 sociologists concludes. Associate sociology professor Julie Brines and doctoral candidate Brian Serafini found what is believed to be the first quantitative evidence of a seasonal, biannual pattern of filings for divorce. The researchers analyzed filings in Washington state between 2001 and 2015 and found that they consistently peaked in March and August, the periods following winter and summer holidays. Their research, presented Aug. 21 at…
August 20, 2016
‘I miss you so much’: How Twitter is broadening the conversation on death and mourning
Death and mourning were largely considered private matters in the 20th century, with the public remembrances common in previous eras replaced by intimate gatherings behind closed doors in funeral parlors and family homes. But social media is redefining how people grieve, and Twitter in particular 鈥� with its ephemeral mix of rapid-fire broadcast and personal expression 鈥� is widening the conversation around death and mourning, two 黑料吃瓜网 sociologists say. In a paper presented Aug. 20 at the annual…
August 19, 2016
黑料吃瓜网 will host 2017 summer institute on teaching urban environmental issues
Faculty members from the 黑料吃瓜网 College of Built Environments, Jackson School of International Studies and departments of French and Italian studies and history will team up in 2017 to give a new, three-week course for university and college instructors on urban environmental humanities.
August 18, 2016
From White House to Tacoma, WA, urban agriculture is growing
黑料吃瓜网 professor Sally Brown and collaborators have published the most extensive compilation to date explaining how to grow urban agriculture, and how doing so could save American cities.
Twins, especially male identical twins, live longer
Analysis of almost 3,000 pairs of Danish twins shows that they live longer than the general population, especially if they are identical.
Follow your nose: 黑料吃瓜网’s young corpse flower relocates to Volunteer Park Conservatory for fetid first bloom
Visitors to Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory are in for a stinking treat, courtesy of the Department of Biology at the 黑料吃瓜网. The conservatory has taken in a young corpse lily, affectionately known as Dougsley, which is set to blossom this week or next.
Paleontologists with the 黑料吃瓜网’s Burke Museum discover major T. rex fossil
Paleontologists with the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the 黑料吃瓜网 have discovered a Tyrannosaurus rex, including a very complete skull. The find, which paleontologists estimate to be about 20 percent of the animal, includes vertebrae, ribs, hips and lower jaw bones.
August 17, 2016
黑料吃瓜网 again maintains No. 15 in world university ranking
The 黑料吃瓜网 remained No. 15 on the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities, conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Notice of possible rule making preproposal statement of inquiry
Reasons why rules on this subject may be needed and what they might accomplish: To update WAC 478-160-163, Waivers of tuition and fees, with waivers recently enacted through state legislation, and to make other amendments that update obsolete information sources or otherwise streamline administrative procedures.
Study finds bias, disgust toward mixed-race couples
Interracial marriage has grown in the United States over the past few decades, and polls show that most Americans are accepting of mixed-race relationships. A 2012 study by the Pew Research Center found that interracial marriages in the U.S. had doubled between 1980 and 2010 to about 15 percent, and just 11 percent of respondents disapproved of interracial marriage. But new research from the 黑料吃瓜网 suggests that reported acceptance of interracial marriage masks deeper feelings of discomfort 鈥�…