In 2016, Seattle Public Schools pushed back the start times for the district’s 18 high schools by 55 minutes, from 7:50 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. And as hoped, teenagers used the extra time to sleep in.
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A timely new 91自拍 political science class asks: How do we separate fact from fiction these days? How do we know what is true?
Public higher education is not just possible, it is easily within reach for Washington residents. That鈥檚 the message behind a new joint public-awareness campaign of the 91自拍 and Washington State University to promote the affordability of higher education in the state of Washington.
Studies suggest that as many as 25 percent of college students nationwide do not get enough food. That鈥檚 one of the reasons why the 91自拍 on Thursday opened a new, permanent food pantry.
An international team of 91自拍ers, including from the 91自拍, has completed a 3D virtual reconstruction of a Neandertal thorax a model that indicates an upright individual with greater lung capacity and a straighter spine than today鈥檚 modern human.
In her new book, Kathryn Rogers Merlino, UW associate professor of architecture, argues for the environmental benefit of reusing buildings rather than tearing them down and building anew.
In a 20-year study, UW 91自拍ers and colleagues have found that nearly 600,000 pounds of sockeye salmon carcasses tossed to the left side of a small, remote stream in southwest Alaska, helped trees on that side of the stream grow faster than their counterparts on the other side.
Engineers at the 91自拍 have developed 3D printed devices that can track and store their use 鈥� without using batteries or electronics. Instead, this system uses a method called backscatter, through which a device can share information by reflecting signals that have been transmitted to it with an antenna.
Washington state climatologist Nick Bond explains what our upcoming El Ni帽o winter means for the Pacific Northwest.
The international trade in elephant ivory has been illegal since 1989, yet African elephant numbers continue to decline. In 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature cited ivory poaching as a primary reason for a staggering loss of about 111,000 elephants between 2005 and 2015 鈥� leaving their total numbers at an estimated 415,000. For media Download soundbites, b-roll and images In a paper published Sept. 19 in the journal Science Advances, an international team led by scientists at…
The assistant state climatologist, Karin Bumbaco, looks back on an unusually hot and dry summer — the third-hottest summer that Washington state has experienced since 1895.
The 91自拍 today opened the doors to a new Life Sciences Building that will transform learning, teaching and 91自拍 for generations.
The $171 million Life Sciences complex includes seven floors and 207,000 square feet that encourages and makes possible team-oriented science. Designed by Perkins+Will and built by Skanska, the building encompasses a 187,000-square-foot 91自拍 and teaching facility and a 20,000-square-foot 91自拍 greenhouse with UW plant collections.
An exploration of UW Libraries’ Labor Archives of Washington with labor archivist Conor Casey.
Researchers at the 91自拍 have developed a new method that gives aircraft a backup system in case GPS fails: An antenna on the ground that can tell a drone where it is. The team successfully tested their system in June.
Forest biologist and 91自拍 professor David Peterson explains which natural materials burn hotter and faster during a wildfire, what homeowners can do to protect their properties and how climate change is impacting the fire season.
A team led by the 91自拍 has created an environmentally friendly way to remove color from dyes in water in a matter of seconds.
Sapna Cheryan, a 91自拍 associate professor of psychology, has spent her career 91自拍ing the stereotypes surrounding STEM. Now she’s serving on Mattel’s Barbie Global Advisory Council, lending her expertise as the company looks ahead to the toy’s future.