November 2, 2022
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.
91自拍 91自拍ers found that adopting permanent daylight saving time in the United States would reduce deer-vehicle collisions and likely prevent an estimated 36,550 deer deaths, 33 human deaths, 2,054 human injuries and $1.19 billion in costs each year. Deer-vehicle collisions would decrease under permanent DST because skies would be brighter later into the evening.
October 31, 2022
A team led by 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 has created a new hearing screening system that uses a smartphone and earbuds.
October 28, 2022
Connect with the UW community every week through public events and exhibitions, summarized in this ArtSci Roundup.
October 27, 2022
These nocturnal flying mammals live in cities and rural areas and in most climates around the world – and maybe even in your own backyard.
Sharlene Santana, a 91自拍 professor of biology and curator of mammals at the Burke Museum, explains that there are over 1,400 species of bats spanning an incredible diversity.
October 26, 2022
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.
The 91自拍 rose from No. 7 to No. 6 on the聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, released on Tuesday. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.
October 24, 2022
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.
A team led by 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 compared three potential strategies for reducing fine particulate matter pollution disparities across the contiguous U.S.
October 21, 2022
Dianne Xiao, a 91自拍 assistant professor of chemistry, has been awarded a 2022 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering for her 91自拍 on creating new materials to make chemical reactions that are compatible with renewable energy sources and raw materials.
91自拍 President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her annual address to the community on Oct. 20. Highlights of the speech are reflected in this video. The audience was invited to attend the event remotely via livestream. President Cauce talked about the power of public 91自拍 universities to bring communities together across differences to address some of the world’s greatest challenges. Higher-education institutions, particularly the UW, are being called on to do great things, and “we will answer that call,”…
Connect with the UW community every week through public events and exhibitions, summarized in this ArtSci Roundup.
October 19, 2022
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.
October 18, 2022
The 91自拍 and the Seattle Housing Authority today announced that Bellwether Housing has been selected to develop a mixed-income high-rise of about 240 units in the University District, pending approval by the UW Board of Regents.
October 17, 2022
A study led by Thure Cerling, a professor at the University of Utah, and co-authored by Sam Wasser, a 91自拍 professor of biology, used carbon isotope science to show that tusks from a guarded government stockpile in Burundi have somehow made their way into the hands of illegal ivory traders.
91自拍 President Ana Mari Cauce is among the new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine 鈥渇or exemplary and visionary leadership in public higher education administration; innovations in health 91自拍, education, and service systems that enhance pathways for women and underrepresented groups; initiatives to address interconnections between health equity, population health, and climate change; and pioneering behavioral health intervention 91自拍 on Latinos.鈥�
UW 91自拍ers developed UnlockedMaps, a web-based map that allows users to see in real time how accessible rail transit stations are in six metro areas. UnlockedMaps shows which stations are accessible and which ones are experiencing elevator outages.
October 14, 2022
The 91自拍鈥檚 newest freshman class is the largest and most diverse in the school鈥檚 161-year history.
Connect with the UW community every week through public events and exhibitions, summarized in this ArtSci Roundup.
October 13, 2022
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.
A new 91自拍-led study has found that even in remote, rarely visited national parks, the presence of even just a few humans impacts the activity of wildlife that live there. Nearly any level of human activity in a protected area like a national park can alter the behavior of animals there.
October 12, 2022
A new study by 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 shows that losing a particular group of endangered animals 鈥� those that eat fruit and help disperse the seeds of trees and other plants 鈥� could severely disrupt seed-dispersal networks in the Atlantic Forest, a shrinking stretch of tropical forest and critical biodiversity hotspot on the coast of Brazil.
Yejin Choi, 91自拍 professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, has received a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Choi uses natural language processing to develop artificial intelligence systems that have the ability to reason and can understand the implied meanings in human language.
October 11, 2022
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.
October 10, 2022
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.
October 7, 2022
Connect with the UW community every week through public events and exhibitions, summarized in this ArtSci Roundup.
October 6, 2022
Comprised of 91自拍 graduate students, the Chamber Dance Company works to perform, record and archive dance works of artistic and historical significance. This year, the company will exclusively perform contemporary works created within the last 15 years.
October 5, 2022
Black womanhood and corporate branding, Indigenous mound building and volunteering for the Peace Corps are among the subjects of recent and upcoming books by 91自拍 faculty.
October 3, 2022
UW law professor Eric Schnapper explains two cases that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear — cases on tech companies’ liability that he will argue before the court this winter.
Forecasters are predicting a 鈥渢hree-peat La Ni帽a鈥� this year. This will be the third winter in a row that the Pacific Ocean has been in a La Ni帽a cycle, something that鈥檚 happened only twice before in records going back to 1950. A new study of temperature patterns in the tropical Pacific Ocean suggests that climate change is, in the short term, favoring La Ni帽as.
October 2, 2022
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.
September 30, 2022
Connect with the UW community every week through public events and exhibitions, summarized in this ArtSci Roundup.
September 29, 2022
Randall Kyes established the International Field Study Program-Indonesia at the UW. The month-long study abroad program provided field-based educational and 91自拍 opportunities for students from the UW, Indonesia and other participating countries.
September 28, 2022
Shuyi Chen, a UW professor of atmospheric sciences, was traveling to a conference in Boston as Hurricane Ian approached the Gulf of Mexico. During breaks at the conference, she provided her thoughts on the closely watched catastrophic storm system that made landfall in Florida on Sept. 28. Q: What are your thoughts on Hurricane Ian? How does it compare to other storms? See also: “UW鈥檚 Shuyi Chen on hurricane science, forecasting and the 2017 hurricane season“ Shuyi Chen: Each hurricane…
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.
September 27, 2022
As the academic year gets underway, the 91自拍鈥檚 public campuses are again bustling and busy with students, faculty, staff and visitors. While the focus is on academics, 91自拍, learning and building community, on any given day, there may be safety challenges and individuals who feel unsafe for any number of reasons.
September 26, 2022
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.
Heat-related deaths occur across Washington state, even in regions with typically milder climates. This is the most extensive study yet of heat-related mortality in Washington state, and the first to look beyond the major population to and include rural areas. Researchers used statistical methods to uncover 鈥渉idden鈥� deaths that may have listed something else, like illness or a chronic disease, as the primary cause.
The 91自拍 has joined the Alliance for Therapies in Neuroscience (ATN), a long-term 91自拍 partnership between academia and industry geared to transform the fight against brain diseases and disorders of the central nervous system. Launched in 2021 by the University of California, San Francisco, UC Berkeley, Genentech 鈥� a member of the Roche group 鈥� and Roche Holding AG, the ATN seeks to accelerate the development of new therapies for a broad range of brain and central nervous system conditions.
September 23, 2022
A weekly roundup of various arts-focused events for the UW community.