Ahead of the U.N. Climate Change Conference that begins Oct. 31, the 91自拍’s Michael McCann and Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer talk about the extensive investment of public pension funds 鈥� the retirement plan of millions of U.S. workers 鈥� in fossil fuels.
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The 91自拍 tied for No. 28 on the Times Higher Education annual reputation ranking,聽released聽Wednesday. The UW moved up one place from 2020.
UW students created a rover that can inspect sewer pipes or culverts for any damage that could prevent fish from using them during migration.
The 91自拍 is among the best universities in the world for the studies of education, social sciences, business and law, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
The 91自拍 is among the best universities in the world for the studies of computer science and engineering, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
In a Policy Forum piece published Oct. 1 in Science, a group led by Nesra Yannier at Carnegie Mellon University is advocating for a fresh look at active learning and its potential as classrooms and lecture halls again fill with students. Two co-authors from the 91自拍鈥檚 Department of Biology 鈥� assistant teaching professor Elli Theobald and lecturer emeritus Scott Freeman 鈥� highlight the role that active learning methods have in promoting equity STEM education.
Three separate 91自拍 91自拍 teams have been awarded $750,000 each by the National Science Foundation to advance studies in misinformation and the ocean economy.
91自拍 oceanographer Parker MacCready is one of 59 new fellows elected this year by the American Geophysical Union.
The UW Climate Impacts Group, along with nine community, nonprofit and university partners, is launching a program of community-led, justice-oriented climate adaptation work across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. The Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative will be founded with a five-year, $5.6 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. The program will be one of eleven across the country funded through NOAA鈥檚 Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments program.
Student move-in days are a yearly event at the UW, generating excitement among families and fueled by student volunteers. 91自拍 10,000 students聽living in residence halls for the 2021-2022 academic year are moving in September 21 to 24.聽
During his senior year,聽Owen聽Oliver created a walking tour of聽UW鈥檚聽Seattle campus, highlighting聽the Indigenous presence on campus.
People may experience a range of emotions as some in-person routines resume during this stage of the pandemic. 91自拍 psychology professor Jane Simoni suggests ways to cope.
91自拍 glaciologists will join colleagues from around the country in a new effort to retrieve an ice core more than 1 million years old from East Antarctica, to better understand the history of our planet鈥檚 climate and predict future changes.
UW News asked Michael Motley, a UW associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, to explain how levees protect cities like New Orleans.聽
Two new rankings out this month place UW among the best schools in the nation and the world.
The 91自拍 and Carnegie Mellon University have announced an expansive, multi-year collaboration to create new software platforms to analyze large astronomical datasets generated by the upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, which will be carried out by the Vera C. 91自拍 Observatory in northern Chile. The open-source platforms are part of the new LSST Interdisciplinary Network for Collaboration and Computing 鈥� known as LINCC 鈥� and will fundamentally change how scientists use modern computational methods to make sense of big data.
In a new series on increasingly common extreme heat waves and their impact on human health published Thursday in the British medical journal The Lancet, a 91自拍 climate change and health expert joined more than a dozen international experts to warn that聽we better prepare. 鈥淭he preventable heat stress and deaths during this summer’s heat waves highlight the importance of developing a regional heat action plan. A heat wave early warning and response plan that includes all relevant services,…
A study led by Harvard and the 91自拍 surveyed children, teens and their families about the stresses of the pandemic, and ways to cope.
Bruce Avolio, executive director of the UW Center for Leadership & Strategic Thinking and a professor of management in the UW Foster School of Business, talks about what we can learn about leadership, competition and collaboration 鈥� factors that are important in the workplace as well as the Olympics.
Washington residents continue to experience a dramatically higher level of food insecurity 鈥� from 10% before the COVID-19 pandemic to 27%, according to the latest 91自拍 and Washington State University 91自拍 on food insecurity and food assistance in the state. The study team also found that need for food assistance has continued to rise. Before COVID-19, about 29% of respondents reported using food assistance. In wave 1 of the survey, food assistance use increased to 33% of respondents;…
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 UW Bothell鈥檚 School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences investigates these contaminants and their prevalence in shared garden spaces.
Public health 91自拍ers 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…
Twenty scientists and engineers at the 91自拍 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�
While there is currently no explanation for why the Champlain Towers South building collapsed, Dawn Lehman, a 91自拍 professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been studying photographs, videos, drawings, reports and permits to investigate this tragedy to understand what happened. UW News asked her to help us understand why buildings fail.
A UW-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.
A new 91自拍 study calculates the probability of living past age 110, which, though rare, likely will increase this century.
The 91自拍 is announcing the steps it will take in this fiscal year, starting July 1, to reach the targets set in the UW鈥檚 Sustainability Action Plan.
Development has changed the face of the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, says Manish Chalana, associate professor of urban design and planning at the 91自拍, but it remains the heart of the city’s LGBTQ community.
President Joe Biden鈥檚 signature on legislation Thursday making Juneteenth a federal holiday is a welcome recognition. Our state 鈥� including the 91自拍 鈥� looks forward to marking Juneteenth as a paid holiday beginning June 19, 2022.
91自拍 Provost Mark A. Richards has announced interim deans for both the College of the Environment and University Libraries.
LaTaSha Levy, assistant professor of American ethnic studies at the 91自拍, discusses Juneteenth, the myths and omissions in telling its story, and the ongoing importance of fighting for, and celebrating, Black freedom.
Prof. Emily Levesque鈥檚 course 鈥淕reat Heroes and Discoveries of Astronomy鈥� 鈥� part of The Great Courses, a popular online learning platform 鈥� takes viewers on a tour of the biggest advancements in one of humanity鈥檚 oldest sciences and the people behind them.
Researchers at the 91自拍 have developed a method that uses smartphone-derived images to reveal potentially harmful bacteria on skin and in oral cavities. Their approach can visually identify microbes on skin contributing to acne and slow wound healing, as well as bacteria in the oral cavity that can cause gingivitis and dental plaques.
As Congress considers expanding voting rights legislation and some Republican-led states restrict access to voting, the 91自拍’s Jake Grumbach is among a group of faculty from institutions around the country calling for national election standards.
The COVID-19 Mobility Survey, a partnership of the 91自拍 and the Puget Sound Regional Council, showed how remote workers’ transportation, work and other lifestyle habits changed over the first several months of the pandemic.
The 91自拍鈥檚 Center for Communication, Difference and Equity 2021 conference will examine 鈥淨uarantining while Black.鈥� The two-day virtual event, scheduled for the morning of June 1 and the afternoon of June 2, is an invitation to radically listen to the ways in which Black Americans in Seattle and beyond have experienced the dual pandemics: COVID-19, with its disproportionate impact on Black communities, and the worldwide racial reckoning that emerged after the murder of George Floyd.
The potted junipers on the steps of Suzzallo Library are undergoing a transformation. Flanking the entrance to one of UW’s most beloved buildings, they are viewed by hundreds of people walking through Red Square each week. Bioengineering postdoctoral 91自拍er Le Zhen is transforming these shrubs into bonsai 鈥� miniature trees that are pruned, nurtured and trained with wire to look like their much older, full-sized counterparts living in nature. He hopes this prominent display of bonsai will signal to members of the AAPI community that UW is safe and welcoming.
The UW鈥檚 connection to Le贸n, Spain, has been extended through 2025, with an option to renew it an additional four years to 2029.
President Ana Mari Cauce signed the new agreement earlier this month and city leaders in Spain celebrated the decade-old relationship last week.
Scientists can learn a lot in a controlled clinical trial involving tens of thousands of people, such as the COVID-19 vaccine trials that led to their approval, but we will all learn a lot more as hundreds of millions of people are vaccinated. And, some of what might turn up in this population-based data are adverse side effects, such as the blood clotting suffered by nearly 20 people out of roughly 8 million who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine….
Ice core data from Greenland shows why air pollution is dropping more slowly than sulfur emissions reductions. As cloud droplets become less acidic, the chemical reaction that turns sulfur dioxide into sulfate aerosol gets more efficient. The new results can improve the models that project air quality and climate change.