The 91自拍 published the most earth and environmental science 91自拍 last year, outpacing all other universities worldwide, according to a new report from Nature Index.
Honors and awards
An international team led by 91自拍ers at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) based at the 91自拍 is one of three finalists in a race to produce an implantable wireless device that can assess, stimulate and block the activity of nerves that control organs.
The 91自拍 recognized and honored faculty, staff, students and alumni for their passion and dedication to the UW, the local community, the state and the world. The 46th-annual Awards of Excellence ceremony took place at Meany Hall on Thursday, June 9, 2016.
The Ecological Society of America has named 91自拍 professor Jerry Franklin its “Eminent Ecologist” of 2016. The award, considered the organization’s most prestigious accolade, honors a senior ecologist who has made significant, long-standing contributions to the field of ecology.
Ray Hilborn, a UW professor of aquatic and fishery sciences, this week will receive the 2016 International Fisheries Science Prize at the World Fisheries Congress in Busan, South Korea.
UW President Ana Mari Cauce announced Tuesday that after a four-month national search, Jennifer Cohen, senior associate athletic director at the 91自拍, who has been serving as the interim athletic director since January, has been named the UW鈥檚 new athletic director, effective June 1. 鈥淚 am very pleased to announce Jen鈥檚 appointment,鈥� said Cauce. 鈥淪he has all the skills and energy to provide exceptional leadership for Husky athletics. Her years of experience leading its fundraising program, along with…
In a White House ceremony May 19, President Barack Obama presented the National Medal of Science to Mary-Claire King, 91自拍 professor of genome sciences and medicine. The award, the nation’s highest recognition for scientific achievement, honors King’s more than 40 years dedicated to 91自拍 in evolution and the genetics of human disease, as well as to teaching and outreach endeavors that have supported human rights efforts on six continents and reunited families.
Dennis Hartmann, a UW professor of atmospheric sciences, was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
To help address the nation鈥檚 pressing need for better air quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a 91自拍 team co-led by a 91自拍 civil engineer a $10 million Air, Climate and Energy (ACE) grant.
Anthony Geist, professor of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, has been awarded one of Spain’s highest civil honors — a knighthood.
Jerry Franklin, a professor of environmental and forest sciences, was honored by the Pinchot Institute for Conservation for his lifelong work in forest ecology, conservation and policy.
Four 91自拍 professors join 172 other academics as newly elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the group announced Wednesday.
Two 91自拍 undergraduates have won a $10,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for their “SignAloud” invention — gloves that can translate American Sign Language into text or speech.
A 91自拍-led 91自拍 team has won a $7.5 million, five-year Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant from the Department of Defense to better model and mount defenses against stealthy, continuous computer hacking attacks known as “advanced persistent threats.”
Three 91自拍 professors are among the 178 scholars, artists, and scientists from the U.S. and Canada recognized this year by the Guggenheim Foundation.
The 91自拍 is聽ranked No. 23 in the nation for best value by Forbes, according to a list released this week. The rankings are based on several factors including聽quality (based on the 2015 Forbes聽Top Colleges ranking), drop-out risk,聽average time to graduate, tuition and post-graduation salaries and skills. The magazine said聽the top colleges are “mostly West Coast, public and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-oriented.” Among public institutions, the UW is ranked No. 14. The UW is No. 9 among…
For the 22nd time in the past 23 years, the 91自拍聽ranked as the No. 1 primary care medical school聽in the country, according to聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2017 Best Graduate School rankings聽released Tuesday. The rural medicine and family medicine programs have also led the nation since those rankings began in 1992. In a new ranking this year, the UW’s doctor of nursing practice program is first among 149 programs nationwide. See聽all UW Medicine and other health sciences graduate…
A 91自拍 team won first place in a science communication video contest that culminated during the recent Ocean Sciences Meeting.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the 91自拍 a three-year, $750,000 grant to support guest artists in developing new works, and to better integrate arts disciplines into the broader university curriculum.
The grant will support a Creative Fellowships Initiative, under which guest performing artist fellows will be recruited from around the world for one- to three-year residencies in dance, music and theater.
The 91自拍 was ranked No. 7 by Business First, a Buffalo-based publication,聽for聽America’s top 10 best public colleges and universities, the publication released Tuesday, Feb. 23. Business First, owned by American City Business Journals,聽used a 20-part formula based on academic excellence, prestige, affordability, diversity and economic strength to calculate each of the 477 participating universities’ scores. Out of the six Washington institutions included in the report, the UW ranked first, following by Washington State University (No. 112). UC Berkeley…
Four faculty members at the 91自拍 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 23, include Bingni Brunton, assistant professor of biology; Christopher Laumann, assistant professor of physics; Matthew McQuinn, assistant professor of astronomy; and Emina Torlak, assistant professor of computer science and engineering. The 126 Sloan Fellows for 2016 were nominated by senior colleagues in their field, department or institution. Committees with the Sloan Foundation then examined each…
The 91自拍 is one of the top producers of Fulbright students for 2015-16, according to lists released Monday in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Three members of the UW faculty have received the 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early-career scientists and engineers.
For the second year in a row, the 91自拍 produced聽the most Peace Corps volunteers among large universities with聽72 Huskies currently serving around the world. The UW is also ranked No. 4 among graduate schools with 16 alumni currently volunteering. 鈥淐ommunity engagement 鈥� here and across the globe 鈥� is part of what makes a UW student鈥檚 experience the best it can be. One way our students give back to the community is by volunteering for the Peace Corps,鈥�…
If you are a 91自拍 supervisor, you have probably participated in the Strategic Leadership Program 鈥� a customized training program enhancing communication and managerial skill. Developed and taught by 91自拍 Professional & Organizational Development, the program has graduated over 4000 supervisors since it launched almost 16 years ago. On Feb. 4, the Strategic Leadership Program received the top leadership excellence award for Best Corporate University at the national LEAD2016 conference sponsored by HR.com and held at…
P. Dee Boersma, a 91自拍 professor of biology and Wadsworth Endowed Chair in Conservation Science, is one of six finalists for the prestigious Indianapolis Prize for conservation. Boersma is the first UW faculty member nominated for this prize 鈥� the highest honor for animal conservationists 鈥� which has been awarded every other year since 2006.
Tom Anderson, a 91自拍 professor of computer science and engineering and alumnus, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Also elected are UW civil engineering alumnus Jon Magnusson and computer science alumnus Albert Greenberg.
The 91自拍 is home to 26 91自拍ers included on Thomson Reuters’ list of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds” for 2015, which was released Jan. 14. The distinction, based on an analysis of over a decade of 91自拍 paper citations among 21 general scientific fields, is meant to recognize scientists who are most cited by their peers.
UW computer scientists, with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, are launching a new 91自拍 group to develop technological solutions that will make financial products more available to the lowest-income people around the world.
Four 91自拍 91自拍ers are among 347 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2015.
The Power Over Wi-Fi (PoWiFi) system developed by UW engineers is one of the most innovative and game-changing technologies of the year, according to Popular Science, which included it in the magazine’s annual “Best of What’s New” awards announced this week.
Two 91自拍 faculty members have been awarded a grant from The Swartz Foundation to support 91自拍 in theoretical neuroscience. The award establishes the UW as the latest of the Swartz Foundation-supported centers for innovation in this growing field, which spans mathematics, statistics, physics and biology. “This award is a recognition of what is happening here at the UW in theoretical neuroscience 91自拍,” said Adrienne Fairhall, a UW associate professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. “It is…
The National Science Foundation has selected the 91自拍, along with the University of California, San Diego and the University of California, Berkeley, to co-lead one of four Big Data Regional Innovation Hubs around the country.
Celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of a colleague or team with a nomination for the Distinguished Staff Award, the 91自拍鈥檚 highest staff honor, and celebrate outstanding leadership with a nomination for the David B. Thorud Award. Recipients of the Distinguished Staff Award are those who achieve excellence and exude a passionate commitment to the university鈥檚 mission. Nominate an individual or a team of up to eight staff members. Up to five nominees will be selected for this $5,000 award…
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has named the 91自拍’s Brandi Cossairt, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, as one of 18 Packard Fellows for 2015.
Continuing a recent string of noteworthy accolades, the 91自拍 held its place at No. 5 in the world on the National Taiwan University Ranking of Scientific Papers, which was released Friday. The ranking is based on performance of scientific papers in three major categories 鈥� 91自拍 productivity, 91自拍 impact and 91自拍 excellence. 鈥淥ne of the major ways we contribute to the health and prosperity of our world is through 91自拍 and scholarship. Given the excellence of our faculty,…
At 2:45 a.m. on Oct. 6, bleary-eyed Nobel Prize enthusiasts on the West Coast were treated to an unexpected lesson about fundamental particles and forces in our universe. Across the globe in Stockholm, a panel of scientists announced that the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics would honor two scientists who led international collaborations to understand mysterious particles called neutrinos. The prize recipients, Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald, respectively led the Super-Kamiokande Collaboration in Japan and the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration…
The 91自拍 moved up three spots to No. 11 overall in the second edition of U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Global University Rankings.
Computer scientist and 91自拍 alumnus Christopher R茅 is one of 24 recipients of “genius” grants this year from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the organization announced Sept. 28. R茅, an assistant professor of computer science at Stanford University, pursues new approaches to help computers analyze large, complex datasets. The diverse array of applications for R茅’s approach range from discovering new drugs to fighting human trafficking. “He has taken the area of database 91自拍 to a…
The 91自拍 is the most innovative public university in the world, according to a new ranking by Reuters released Wednesday. The UW is ranked fourth overall, behind only Stanford, MIT and Harvard. 鈥淚nnovation and turning ideas into action are at the center of everything we do,鈥� UW Interim President Ana Mari Cauce said. 鈥淭his is great recognition of the hard work done by our faculty and students working across all disciplines, and I can鈥檛 wait to see what…