November 2, 2020
A 91自拍 team led by Miqin Zhang, a professor of materials science and engineering and of neurological surgery, has developed a nanoparticle-based drug delivery system that can ferry a potent anti-cancer drug through the bloodstream safely. Their nanoparticle is derived from chitin, a natural and organic polymer that, among other things, makes up the outer shells of shrimp.
The biggest study yet of West Coast wildfire plumes shows how a smoke plume鈥檚 chemistry changes over time. Results suggest current models may not accurately predict the air quality downwind of a wildfire.
A new study led by paleontologists at the 91自拍 indicates that the earliest evidence of mammal social behavior goes back to the Age of Dinosaurs. A multituberculate that lived 75.5 million years ago, Filikomys primaevus engaged in multi-generational, group-nesting and burrowing behavior, and possibly lived in colonies.
October 30, 2020
For a time unlike any before, the 91自拍 has developed 鈥�2020: The Course,鈥� a new online class for UW students that helps contextualize this year鈥檚 extraordinary events and societal upheaval. 鈥�2020: The Course鈥� gives students an opportunity to hear from UW professors and special guests who will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, race in the United States, the state of the environment, the economic recession, civic participation, citizenship and this election season and outcomes.
October 29, 2020
A preview of the Nov. 6 SPARC Symposium, which will feature a conversation with Andy Weir, author of “The Martian.”
A 91自拍 team led by UC Irvine and the 91自拍 has created a new model of how the coronavirus can spread through a community. The model factors in network exposure 鈥� whom one interacts with 鈥� and demographics to simulate at a more detailed level both where and how quickly the coronavirus could spread through Seattle and 18 other major cities.
The 91自拍 is among leading U.S. oceanographic institutions that have received National Science Foundation funding to build and deploy 500 robotic ocean-monitoring floats to monitor the chemistry and biology of the world鈥檚 oceans.
October 28, 2020
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 UW Global Month November | Online Celebrate the UW鈥檚 global impact and community this November. Events include a conversation with Jackson School of International Studies director…
UW 91自拍ers have developed SoundWatch, a smartwatch app for deaf, Deaf and hard-of-hearing people who want to be aware of nearby sounds.
October 27, 2020
A talk with Vanessa Freije of the UW Jackson School about her new book, “Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico.”
The 91自拍鈥檚 newest class of undergraduate students broke record levels of enrollment across all three campuses, according to the finalized fall 2020 census of enrolled students.
October 22, 2020
When a vaccine to fight COVID-19 has been approved by the FDA for distribution, it鈥檚 unlikely that at first there will be enough doses for everyone. Consequently, the United States will need an equitable and effective plan for who gets those first doses, how they get them and who鈥檚 next. Just as important, that plan 鈥� like the vaccine itself 鈥斅爃as to be trusted and accepted by the general public. To accomplish this complicated and potentially fraught task, the CDC聽Advisory…
With Latinos 1.5 times more likely to have dementia than non-Latino whites, among other health disparities, 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 are hoping to better understand Latino family caregivers and adapt the training available to those caregivers. To do that, the UW Department of Health Services is seeking to interview Latino caregivers for a study to increase the cultural relevance of聽STAR-C聽聽training 鈥� a non-pharmacological intervention endorsed by the Administration on Aging that trains caregivers to manage the behavioral and…
Simple actions can dramatically improve a person’s chances of surviving a landslide, show records from 38 landslides in the U.S. and around the world. People who survived landslides tended to have moved upstairs or to higher ground, among other key actions.
October 21, 2020
A new UW study of senior services in Washington during the COVID-19 pandemic reveals providers’ concerns about isolation, and worsening mental and physical health among older adults.
October 20, 2020
The 91自拍 moved up two spots to No. 8 on the聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, released Tuesday. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 So Far So Good: Show and Q&A with Libby King October 29 – November 1, 7:30 PM | Online What is the experience of living in…
This fall, about three dozen people signed up to help count the salmon in their local streams and creeks. Recruited by 91自拍 Bothell聽teaching professor Jeff Jensen, these volunteers agree to observe a stream location for聽at least half聽an聽hour聽per聽week (while taking coronavirus precautions) to gather vital information about salmon聽in聽streams that flow into Lake Washington and the Sammamish River.
October 19, 2020
Research by Forefront Suicide Prevention at the 91自拍, from visits to 18 gun shows and other community events around Washington state last year, found that engaging people in a community-based setting, in an empathetic conversation focused on safety, resulted in more people locking up their firearms.
The National Academy of Medicine on Monday announced the election of 100 new members, including three from the : Patrick Heagerty, Dr. Joel Kaufman and Sean Sullivan. In addition, David Eaton, dean and vice provost emeritus of the UW鈥檚 Graduate School, was recognized for outstanding service.
A new 91自拍 and NOAA Fisheries study found that sea lions have the largest negative effect on early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River. The results of this study will publish Oct. 18 in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
October 16, 2020
The national Alcohol and Drugs History Society has established an annual book prize in the name of UW history professor William Rorabaugh, who died this spring, calling him “a pioneer in the social history of alcohol.”
October 15, 2020
Climate science has focused on avoiding false alarms when linking extreme weather to climate change. But when meteorologists warn of hazardous weather, they include a second key measure of success — the probability of detection.
Cost of living is up in all Washington counties, for families of all sizes, according to the 2020 Self-Sufficiency Standard for Washington State, a report that identifies the amount of income needed to support families of various sizes without additional help from the government, community or other personal resources.
October 14, 2020
UW President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her annual address to the community Oct. 12 at w菨色菨b蕯altx史 鈥� Intellectual House on the 91自拍 campus. Highlights of the speech are reflected in this video. The audience was entirely virtual this year in accordance with public health guidelines.
October 13, 2020
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World October 20, 4:00 PM | Online via Zoom Join author and Professor of English and Comparative History…
Jennifer Bean, UW associate professor of cinema studies, suggests a few silent film viewing opportunities this fall.
October 12, 2020
A new art installation, Guests of the Great River, now greets visitors to the Burke Museum. The piece consists of 11 large-scale bronze paddles representing the arrival of a Chinookan canoe carrying cultural heroes of the Columbia River region, and with them the knowledge they embody.
This fall the UW鈥檚 annual engineering lecture will feature Stefano Tessaro, an associate professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering.
With a grant from the National Institutes of Health, a five-year, $1.8 million training program at the 91自拍 will fund 25 academic-year graduate fellowships, develop a new training curriculum and contribute to methodological advances in health 91自拍 at the intersection of demography and data science.
October 8, 2020
UW 91自拍ers have created a sensor system that can ride aboard a small drone or an insect, such as a moth, until it gets to its destination.
October 7, 2020
New books by UW faculty members include children’s works profiling STEM 91自拍ers and a personal memoir of an immigrant’s journey to freedom. Also, UW Press remembers a century of publishing, and a book on British colonialism is honored.
A King County initiative to relocate people from homeless shelters to hotel rooms during the pandemic not only limited the spread of COVID-19, but also improved people’s mental health and well-being, and allowed them to focus on long-term goals.
October 6, 2020
During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Curating in Conversation October 13, 6:00 PM | Online via Zoom Marking the one year anniversary of the opening of the New Burke and Northwest Native…
In a paper published Sept. 14 in the journal Nature Physics, a team led by the 91自拍 reports that carefully constructed stacks of graphene 鈥� a 2D form of carbon 鈥� can exhibit highly correlated electron properties. The team also found evidence that this type of collective behavior likely relates to the emergence of exotic magnetic states.
Election security is the theme of a new podcast by James Long, an associate professor of political science at the 91自拍. 鈥淣either Free Nor Fair?鈥� features experts from the UW and elsewhere on topics such as mail-in voting, foreign interference and the role of social media, and resolving disputed elections.
October 5, 2020
As the city of Seattle shut down in March 2020 to try to slow the spread of COVID-19, a group of 91自拍 91自拍ers decided to track how the city would react.
The Southeast Asia Center at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the Libraries at the 91自拍 will spearhead a new initiative of innovative collaborations to explore the effects and consequences of authoritarianism in Southeast Asia and on Southeast Asian American communities in the United States.
When exploring data on Washington workers during the pandemic 鈥� demographics, working conditions, wages and benefits, and risks of exposure to disease 鈥� the authors of a new report found that women hold two-thirds of the jobs in the harshest category of work. 鈥淭he big takeaway from our 91自拍,鈥� said David West, a co-author of the report and an analyst at the Washington Labor Education and Research Center, 鈥渋s how particularly women are working under precarious conditions 鈥� a large…
October 1, 2020
FINAL UPDATE Jan. 11: For more than two months, this post has been updated regularly as cases have been added to the Greek community outbreak. The updates will continue to be provided on the UW COVID-19 Case tracking dashboard, which can be found here. Updates on the Greek community outbreak can be found by hovering over the question mark icon near the top-right corner of the dashboard on that page. UPDATE at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 11:聽As of Monday morning,…