An oceanographer at the 91自拍 is part of a new project to study how glacial dust, created as glaciers grind the rock beneath them into a powder, reacts with seawater to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
October 29, 2021
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ArtSci Roundup: Global Month
November is UW Global Month!聽 UW Global Month celebrates our University鈥檚 global impact and community.聽During the month of November, we highlight the connections and relationships the UW has all over the world and the impact of our University鈥檚 global engagement. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Converge: Virtual Series Ongoing Without borders, registration fees or the challenges of travel, last year’s “Convirtual” created a historic gathering…
How public pension funds can help address climate change
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.
October 28, 2021
Video: UW Farm’s Perry Acworth talks about pumpkins large and small
Perry Acworth, UW Farm manager, talks about different varieties of winter squash 鈥� from the palm-sized pie pumpkin to聽Cucurbita maxima, which can produce giant pumpkins.
Video: Great ShakeOut drill tests new earthquake early warning system
At 10:21 a.m. on Oct. 21, teacher Wade Johnson’s science class at Port Susan Middle School scrambled under their desks as part of the annual Great American ShakeOut. It was Stanwood Camano School District鈥檚 first live test of its earthquake early warning system with all 13 of its schools participating in a 鈥淒rop, Cover, and Hold On鈥� drill.
Countermarketing based on anti-smoking campaigns reduces buying of sugary 鈥榝ruit鈥� drinks for children
Public health messages such as in the image below 鈥� designed to reduce parents鈥� purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages marketed as fruit drinks for children 鈥� convinced a significant percentage of parents to avoid those drinks, according to a study by 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 and the University of Pennsylvania. The UW-led study set out to assess the effect of culturally tailored countermarketing messages on drink choices, similar to stark anti-smoking campaigns, and involved more than 1,600 Latinx parents…
How Dungeness crabs鈥� complex lifecycle will be affected by climate change
Results show that by the end of this century, lower-oxygen water on the Pacific Northwest coast will pose the biggest threat to Dungeness crabs. And while these crabs start as tiny, free-floating larvae, it鈥檚 the sharp-clawed adults that will be most vulnerable.
After California鈥檚 3rd-largest wildfire, deer returned home while trees were 鈥榮till smoldering鈥�
In a rare stroke of luck, 91自拍ers from the 91自拍, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, were able to track a group of black-tailed deer during and after California鈥檚 third-largest wildfire, the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire. The megafire, which torched more than 450,000 acres in northern California, burned across half of an established study site, making it possible to record the movements and feeding patterns of deer before, during and after the fire.
October 27, 2021
Rankings: UW among the best academic universities in the world, according to Times Higher Education
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.
Fossil dental exams reveal how tusks first evolved
Many animals have tusks, from elephants to walruses to hyraxes. But one thing tusked animals have in common is that they鈥檙e all mammals 鈥� no known fish, reptiles or birds have them. But that was not always the case. In a study published Oct. 27 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a team of paleontologists at Harvard University, the Field Museum, the 91自拍 and Idaho State University traced the first tusks back to dicynodonts 鈥� ancient mammal relatives that lived before the dinosaurs.
October 26, 2021
UW rises to No. 7 in US News鈥� Best Global Universities ranking
The 91自拍 climbed one spot to No. 7 on the聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, released on Oct. 26. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.
October 25, 2021
鈥楽elf-care and resilience鈥� 鈥� UW鈥檚 Elaine Walsh discusses burnout among nurses
The pandemic has left nurses around the country feeling burned out. Their top four feelings, according to a recent survey? Exhausted, overwhelmed, irritable and anxious or unable to relax. UW News spoke with Elaine Walsh, a UW School of Nursing associate professor聽and a Nurse Scientist in Resiliency at聽Seattle Children鈥檚 Hospital, to learn more about the conditions that lead to burnout and solutions. Walsh explains burnout is characterized by physical, mental and emotional exhaustion and can involve a feeling of disconnection…
October 21, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Maysoon Zayid 鈥� Survival of the Unfittest, BOOK TALK: Automation and Autonomy, and More
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! This week, attend lectures, book talks, and more. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Maysoon Zayid 鈥� Survival of the Unfittest October 26, 6:30 PM | Meany Performing Arts Center Join comedian, disability advocate, and author Maysoon Zayid for 鈥淪urvival of the Unfittest.鈥� This one-hour talk will tackle everything from diversity to cats named…
UW welcomes robust and diverse 2021 entering class
The 91自拍鈥檚 newest class of undergraduate students is robust and diverse, according to the finalized fall 2021 census of enrolled students.
October 20, 2021
Video: Highlights from 2021 Annual President’s Address
UW President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her 2021 annual address, sharing her perspective on the road ahead as we work together to recover from the pandemic and support equity and well-being for our community of faculty, staff and students.
The Jackson School鈥檚 Taso Lagos reflects on becoming American at his family鈥檚 restaurant, the Continental
In 2013, Seattle鈥檚 U District neighborhood lost one of its most cherished businesses. The Continental Greek Restaurant and Pastry Shop, owned by the family of the Jackson School’s Taso Lagos, sat on University Way for nearly 40 years before closing its doors that June. Lagos looks back on the restaurant and what it meant to his family in a memoir due to be released this fall.
UW students designed a rover to inspect culvert conditions to help fish
UW students created a rover that can inspect sewer pipes or culverts for any damage that could prevent fish from using them during migration.
October 15, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Frontiers of Physics Lecture, Chamber Dance Company:聽30th Anniversary Season, and More
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! This week, attend performances, lectures, and more. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Frontiers of Physics Lecture:聽Gravity: The Biggest Open Question in Fundamental Physics October 20, 7:30 – 9:00 PM | Online The Frontiers of Physics Lecture Series brings聽renowned scientists to the UW to offer free lectures on exciting advances in physics with the…
October 13, 2021
Rankings: UW among best in world for education, social sciences, business and law
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.
October 11, 2021
UW Resilience Lab aims to change campus culture toward compassion and mindfulness
Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Ed Taylor chats with Director of the UW Resilience Lab Megan Kennedy about how students, faculty and staff can create a more supportive, compassionate environment in which to learn and discover as the 91自拍 community comes back to the campuses and recovers from the traumas of the last two years.
October 6, 2021
Rankings: UW among best in world for computer science and engineering
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.
How 鈥榠ce needles鈥� weave patterns of stones in frozen landscapes
A 91自拍 91自拍er is part of an international team that has used modern tools to explain repeating patterns of stones that form in frost-prone landscapes.
October 5, 2021
Education should focus on 鈥榟eads and hearts,鈥� UW 91自拍er says
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.
UW joins USAID鈥檚 $125M project to detect emerging viruses with pandemic potential
To better identify and prevent future pandemics, the 91自拍 has become a partner in a five-year global, collaborative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development. The newly launched Discovery & Exploration of Emerging Pathogens – Viral Zoonoses, or DEEP VZN project, has approximately $125 million in anticipated funding and will be led by Washington State University. The effort will build scientific capacity in partner countries to safely detect and characterize viruses which have the potential to spill…
October 4, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Math Bass: a picture stuck in the mirror, The World of Noh Drama with Takeda Munenori, and More
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! This week, attend gallery exhibitions, lectures, and more. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Math Bass: a picture stuck in the mirror October 16 – March 6 | Henry Art Gallery Los Angeles-based artist聽Math Bass聽(b. 1981, New York, NY) will create a site-specific installation at the聽Henry Art Gallery聽featuring a series of recent oil paintings…
UW鈥檚 Shyam Gollakota named 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow
Shyam Gollakota, a UW professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, has taken inspiration from nature鈥檚 tiniest creatures, creating inventions that allow humans to use technology to go where they haven鈥檛 gone before. He is being celebrated for those inventions as a 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow.
October 1, 2021
Three UW teams awarded NSF Convergence Accelerator grants for misinformation, ocean projects
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.
UW study provides rare window into work life of app-based drivers during pandemic
When you get into the car of the app-based driver you just tapped up on your phone, you expect and hope the driver and the car are safe and capable of getting you where you need to go. Apps rate drivers, which you can see. But what if the driver is sick? What if the car has a mechanical problem? What if the driver has simply had a bad day? What you may not have realized is that the driver…
Politics, health data held almost equal sway in states’ COVID-19 restrictions
New 91自拍 by the 91自拍 shows that states聽eased聽pandemic restrictions, such as gathering limits and business closures,聽based on politics as much as聽COVID-19聽death rates聽or聽case counts.聽
September 30, 2021
Bigleaf maple decline tied to hotter, drier summers in Washington
A new study has found that recent bigleaf maple die-off in Washington is linked to hotter, drier summers that predispose this species to decline. These conditions essentially weaken the tree鈥檚 immune system, making it easier to succumb to other stressors and diseases.
September 29, 2021
UW oceanographer Parker MacCready elected fellow of the AGU
91自拍 oceanographer Parker MacCready is one of 59 new fellows elected this year by the American Geophysical Union.
September 28, 2021
ArtSci Roundup: Fossil Costume Contest, Packaged Black, and More
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week! This week, attend gallery exhibitions, lectures, and more. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Fossil Costume Contest October 2 – 31 | Burke Museum Celebrate the 12th anniversary of聽National Fossil Day with the Burke Museum鈥檚 Fossil Costume Contest! Draw your costume inspiration from the museum’s collection, or the National Park Service National Fossil Day…
Alzheimer鈥檚 data center at UW awarded $35 million to continue mission of free, global access
For 91自拍ers around the world working to understand and treat Alzheimer鈥檚 and eventually find a cure, data from clinical exams of patients suffering from this complex neurodegenerative disease needs to be standardized and accessible. Since 1999, that鈥檚 what the National Alzheimer鈥檚 Coordinating Center (NACC), housed in the UW School of Public Health鈥檚 Department of Epidemiology, has been doing. With funding from the NIH鈥檚 National Institute on Aging, the UW center began collecting data from another set of centers housed in…
New NSF-funded institute to harness AI for accelerated discoveries in physics, astronomy and neuroscience
On Sept. 28, the National Science Foundation announced $15 million, five-year grant to integrate AI tools into the scientific 91自拍 and discovery process. The award will fund the Accelerated AI Algorithms for Data-Driven Discovery Institute 鈥� or A3D3 Institute 鈥� a partnership of nine universities, led by the 91自拍.
September 27, 2021
UW Climate Impacts Group, partner organizations launch the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative
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.
New Student Convocation on Tuesday afternoon opens UW鈥檚 2021-22 academic year
91自拍 Associate Professor Wendy Barrington will be the featured speaker at the university鈥檚 38th annual New Student Convocation. Barrington has joint appointments in the Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing in the School of Nursing and the departments of Epidemiology and of Health Systems and Population Health in the School of Public Health.
September 24, 2021
Video: UW students move into residence halls
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
September 23, 2021
Video: Arsenic makes these south Puget Sound fish unsafe to eat
Researchers at the 91自拍 and UW Tacoma have been studying arsenic levels in the mud, water and in creatures from lakes in the south Puget Sound area. Eating contaminated fish or snails from these lakes could lead to health risks.
September 22, 2021
Get to know the UW campus with Indigenous Walking Tour
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.
Feeling anxious about in-person work, school? Here’s how to ease the transition
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.