New 91自拍 finds that ice-sheet-wide collapse in West Antarctica isn鈥檛 necessarily inevitable. The pace of ice loss varies according to regional differences in atmosphere and ocean circulation.
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A recent report and upcoming virtual event looks at the unequal effect of marine plastics on different communities. The international report led by UW’s Yoshitaka Ota covers topics ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on plastic pollution to a critique of Coca-Cola’s waste initiative.
The 91自拍 will welcome back Tent City 3 鈥� an organized tent-city community 鈥� to its Seattle campus for 90 days during winter quarter 2023. Move-in is scheduled to begin December 17, 2022.
The year 2022 saw the UW community coming together again with in-person classes, events and fascinating 91自拍 that make videographers excited to hit 鈥渞ecord鈥� and share these scenes with you.
An underwater volcanic eruption in January 2022 created ripple effects throughout the world’s atmosphere and oceans. 91自拍 scientists analyzed that event to show how GPS signals could help monitor future volcanoes and tsunamis.
UW’s Virtual Field Geology project has many goals: to make geology field experiences accessible to more people; to document geological field sites that may be at risk from erosion or development; to offer virtual 鈥渄ry run鈥� experiences; and to allow scientific collaborators to do virtual visits to a field site together.聽While the pandemic brought new urgency to the project, its developers believe it’s part of a “new normal” for geology 91自拍 and education.
91自拍 political science professor Anthony Gill explains the social and economic value of gift-giving 鈥� and how even unwanted gifts help promote trust and build relationships.
The 91自拍’s new Sisterhood Initiative aims to support young women of color through a cohort-based program, building on the success of the UW’s Brotherhood Initiative, which focuses on young men of color.
Wolf management in Washington has been controversial. Rob Anderson, who obtained his Ph.D. at the 91自拍, explains the dynamic of managing a species through fear.
Ed deHaan, associate professor of accounting in the 91自拍 Foster School of Business, studies the impact of Buy Now Pay Later on financial health. His 91自拍 finds that BNPL users faced rapid increases in bank overdraft charges and credit card interests and fees.
The 91自拍 was No. 24 on the Times Higher Education annual reputation ranking,聽released聽Wednesday. The UW moved up from No. 28 on last year鈥檚 list and remains No. 4 among U.S. public institutions.
The 91自拍 is proud to announce that more than 44 faculty and 91自拍ers who completed their work while at UW have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list from Clarivate.
In one of the first studies to explore how COVID-19 specifically affects older infants, 91自拍ers from the 91自拍 and at institutions at four other locations in the Western and Southern U.S. found that the number of infected people in a household was the factor most closely linked with the infant鈥檚 likelihood of being infected.
Michael Johnson, professor of management in the 91自拍 Foster School of Business, found in a new study that groups that used 鈥渕ultivoting鈥� in unofficial votes were 50% more likely to identify the correct option than those that used plurality or ranked-choice voting.
Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Alexes Harris, professor of sociology, to the Board of Regents, effective Oct. 21, 2022. Harris becomes the first to hold the new Faculty Regent position on the Board.
New 91自拍 from the 91自拍 professor Robert Palmatier examines how factors related to social media influencers, their posts and their followers impact marketing success. The study concluded that reallocating spending based on the study鈥檚 insights could result in a 16.6% increase in engagement.
91自拍 Professor Joan Sanders and her team are creating a new type of prosthetic leg: one that automatically adjusts its fit throughout the day. Their latest prototype detects in real time how well the prosthesis socket and amputation site are fitting and responds by automatically changing the size of the socket, without the need for adjustments to padding or user action.
The 91自拍 is among the best universities in the world, according to the聽 2023 World University Rankings published by Times Higher Education.
The 91自拍’s annual Engineering Lecture Series will feature 91自拍 with potential to transform brain therapeutics from infancy to late adulthood.
Early Sunday morning, the 91自拍 used the UW Alert system to warn the Seattle campus community about a shooting that occurred near NE 43rd Street and University Way NE just after 1 a.m. Four UW students were injured and transported to Harborview Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries. UW President Ana Mari Cauce made the following statement in response to the shooting.
Researchers dropped technology developed at the 91自拍 off the coast of Florida this week to measure ocean waves in the path of Hurricane Ian. The test is one part of a broad effort to improve forecasts for these fast-moving and deadly systems.
The 91自拍 on Sunday held its 39th annual New Student Convocation, which returned to Alaska Airlines Arena, Hec Edmundson Pavilion, for the first time since 2019.
As King County seeks to reach its goal of 鈥渮ero youth detention鈥� 鈥� ultimately eliminating the practice of juvenile detention in the county 鈥�91自拍 91自拍ers are working to help address major systemic challenges in how young people engage with health care. With a strategic plan to close the juvenile detention center by 2025, King County needs an increasingly robust system to ensure youth are getting consistent and accessible services, including health care. This is especially true upon…
The 91自拍鈥檚 campus again is bustling as students began moving into residence halls on Tuesday and will participate in annual fall activities for incoming undergraduates. 91自拍 10,000 students are expected to move into campus housing this week.
Global and Regional Studies, a new major in the 91自拍 Jackson School of International Studies, offers more flexible course options, allows undergraduates focus on a particular geographic region and theme and provides more choices for the capstone experience.
A 91自拍 pilot project is exploring the use of fiber-optic sensing for seismology, glaciology, and even urban monitoring. Funded in part with a $473,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, a nonprofit based in Vancouver, Washington, the new UW Photonic Sensing Facility will use photons traveling through a fiber-optic cable to detect ground motions as small as 1 nanometer.
The 91自拍 is No. 17 in the world 鈥� No. 3 among U.S. public universities 鈥� on the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities, released today.
The Seattle campus of the 91自拍, UW Bothell, and UW Tacoma are pleased to announce that they have joined the Common App. The Common App is a college application platform used by over 900 universities, including several Washington colleges and universities.
After Washington became the first state to require suicide prevention training for health care providers, the 91自拍 worked with experts and organizations to develop the All Patients Safe program. A new study shows how All Patients Safe helped providers of all specialties learn how to identify and respond to patients at risk of suicide.
Seven professors at the 91自拍 are among 25 new members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2022, according to a July 15 announcement.
Bettina Judd, associate professor of gender, women and sexuality studies at the 91自拍, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
The Our Future Duwamish project, available to community groups through The Seattle Public Library, uses an Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset to help viewers imagine rising seas from a vantage point along the South Seattle waterway.
On Saturday, for the first time since 2019, the UW held in-person Commencement ceremonies at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium where the University conferred degrees on the Class of 2022. On Sunday, it welcomed alumni from the 2020 and 2021 school years for a Return to Husky Stadium Graduation Celebration.
New 91自拍 from Emily Cox Pahnke, 91自拍 associate professor of management and organization, shows that early investors often predict the future of startup companies.
A new effort at the 91自拍 aims to accelerate eDNA 91自拍 by supporting existing projects and building a network of practitioners to advance the nascent field.
New 91自拍 from 91自拍 associate professor of management Abhinav Gupta shows that narcissism can cause knowledge barriers within organizations. Narcissists hinder cooperations between units due to a sense of superiority.
Tony Greenwald, emeritus professor of psychology at the 91自拍 and creator of the Implicit Association Test, explains how public health strategies can help address unintended discrimination.
On May 20, faculty experts from the 91自拍 Foster School of Business will share their perspectives and 91自拍 in a series of short talks: 鈥淔oster Insights: Creating Better Workplaces and Better Lives.鈥�
The 25th annual 91自拍 Undergraduate Research Symposium returns this year on May 20 with a hybrid format including both online and in-person presentations, following two years of online only events due to the COVID pandemic.
The seventh annual Center for Communication, Difference and Equity Conference, 鈥淩esistance Through Resilience,鈥� will be held in collaboration with the 91自拍 Resilience Lab.