91自拍 statement on the investigation into the conduct of professor John Sahr.
October 2, 2019
The latest news from the UW
Abigail Swann on Science News鈥� list of 10 young scientists to watch
The 91自拍’s Abigail Swann is honored by Science News on its list of 10 promising early- and mid-career scientists.
Inspired by Northern clingfish, 91自拍ers make a better suction cup
A 91自拍 team inspired by the clingfish’s suction power set out to develop an artificial suction cup that borrows from nature’s design. Their prototype actually performed better than the clingfish.
October 1, 2019
Engineering lecture series focuses on future of food
This fall the 91自拍’s annual engineering lecture series will feature three UW engineers and scientists who are working across disciplines to manage the quality and quantity of the food we eat and grow.
September 27, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Lecture with Art History professors, dance performance, South Asian film symposium, and more
Start Fall Quarter artfully by attending a welcome back dance party, purchasing your tickets for Burke Opening Weekend, attending聽a concert, and more. Concert: Garrick Ohlsson October 1, 7:30 pm | Meany Hall 鈥� Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater Seattle favorite Garrick Ohlsson returns to Meany Center with a program of Brahms and Chopin.聽 Regarded as a leading exponent of the music of Fr茅d茅ric Chopin, he commands an enormous repertoire ranging over the entire piano literature. Ohlsson鈥檚 program highlights his well-earned reputation…
September 26, 2019
Pay, flexibility, advancement: They all matter for workers’ health and safety, study shows
The terms and conditions of your employment 鈥� including your pay, hours, schedule flexibility and job security 鈥� influence your overall health as well as your risk of being injured on the job, according to new 91自拍 from the 91自拍. The analysis takes a comprehensive approach to show that the overall pattern of employment conditions is important for health, beyond any single measure of employment, such as wages or contract type. “This 91自拍 is part of a growing…
Income gains for many, but no change in poverty rates for Seattle and King County
The share of Washingtonians living below the federal poverty threshold declined from 11.0 to 10.3 percent between 2017 and 2018, according to new Census data released Thursday.聽
Galaxy found to float in a tranquil sea of halo gas
An international team of astronomers has analyzed the signal from a fast radio burst 鈥� an enigmatic blast of cosmic radio waves lasting less than a millisecond 鈥� to characterize the diffuse gas in the halo of a massive galaxy.
September 25, 2019
Fish micronutrients 鈥榮lipping through the hands鈥� of malnourished people
Millions of people are suffering from malnutrition despite some of the most nutritious fish species in the world being caught near their homes, according to new 91自拍 published Sept. 25 in Nature.
Joel Migdal, founder of International Studies Program, to mark UW retirement with public lecture, workshop, Oct. 3
Joel S. Migdal, professor in the UW Jackson School of International Studies, will celebrate retirement after 39 years at the UW on Oct. 3 with a daylong workshop featuring current and former students, followed by a lecture on 鈥淪tate and Society: Then and Now.鈥�
September 23, 2019
Soundbites: UW convocation 2019
Convocation welcomes the entering class and officially marks the beginning of the academic year, with classes starting Sept. 25. More than 6,000 people were expected to attend this year鈥檚 event.
Video: New UW students welcomed at 2019 convocation
Convocation welcomes the entering class and officially marks the beginning of the academic year. UW classes begin Sept. 25. More than 6,000 people were expected to attend this year鈥檚 event.
September 20, 2019
Video: 2019 move-in days for campus Huskies
The 91自拍 welcomed nearly 10,000 students during Husky move-in days Sept. 18-20.
Two UW ice 91自拍ers to participate in year-long drift across Arctic Ocean
Two UW 91自拍ers 鈥� Bonnie Light, a principal physicist at the UW’s Applied Physics Laboratory and an affiliate associate professor of atmospheric sciences, and Madison Smith, a recent UW graduate who is now doing her postdoctoral 91自拍 at the UW 鈥� will join for the fifth of the six two-month legs, in summer 2020.
Soundbites: 2019 move-in days for Huskies
The 91自拍 is welcoming nearly 10,000 students who will live on campus this fall during Husky move-in days Sept. 18-20.
ArtsUW Roundup: Visit Arts Buzz at Dawg Daze, buy tickets to the Burke Opening Weekend, and more
In the arts, attend an opening reception at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, hear from School of Art + Art History +聽Design faculty, visit the Allen Library for a concert, and more! School of Art + Art History + Design Faculty Lectures Six faculty members will each give presentations during autumn quarter as part of the promotion process. They are listed below in order of date. All lectures take place in the聽Art Building. Free聽|聽More info Navigating Uncertainty Jason Germany,聽Assistant Professor, Industrial…
September 19, 2019
New student convocation Sept. 22 opens UW鈥檚 2019-2020 school year
91自拍 communication professor Matt McGarrity, founder of the UW Speaking Center, will be the featured speaker at the university鈥檚 36th annual Convocation. The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, in the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies receives $1.8M grant
The UW Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies has received a $1.8 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which will fund four years of work at the UW around Native student support, academics, 91自拍 and cultural programs.
Introducing VPLanet: A virtual planet simulator for modeling distant worlds across time
UW astrobiologist Rory Barnes and co-authors have created software that simulates multiple aspects of planetary evolution across billions of years, with an eye toward finding and studying potentially habitable worlds.
Plasma flow near sun’s surface explains sunspots, other solar phenomena
A new model for plasma flow within the sun provides novel explanations for sunspots, the 11-year sunspot cycle, solar magnetic reversals and other previously unexplained solar phenomena.
September 16, 2019
UW is a 鈥楪reat College to Work For鈥�
The 91自拍 has been recognized as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥� for the sixth consecutive year, according to a new survey from The Great Colleges to Work For program.
Americans would rather drive themselves to work than have an autonomous vehicle drive them, study says
Are you willing to ride in a driverless car? Researchers at the 91自拍 studied how Americans’ perceived cost of commute time changes depending on who’s driving.
KATRIN cuts the mass estimate for the elusive neutrino in half
An international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in its quest to measure the mass of the neutrino, one of the most abundant, yet elusive, elementary particles in our universe. At the 2019 Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics conference in Toyama, Japan, leaders from the KATRIN experiment reported Sept. 13 that the estimated range for the rest mass of the neutrino is no larger than 1 electron volt, or eV.
September 12, 2019
ArtsUW Roundup: Hugo House documentary, exhibition opening at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, concert in the library, and more!
In the arts, attend a film screening about Hugo House produced by Frances McCue and directed by Ryan K. Adams, go to an exhibition opening at Jacob Lawrence Gallery, buy tickets for the New Burke Opening, and more! Hugo House documentary “Where the House Was” September 21, 7:30 pm | Northwest Film Form For almost two decades,聽Hugo House聽has been a place for writers in Seattle. Now, a new documentary about the literary venue鈥檚 history 鈥� and the demolition of its…
Enhancing the way epilepsy is managed by engaging community pharmacists
The 91自拍鈥檚 School of Pharmacy announced on Thursday, Sept. 12, a collaboration with global biopharmaceutical company UCB to improve access to care for people living with epilepsy.This interdisciplinary project will explore ways in which community pharmacists can better support people living with this neurological disorder. The roughly 3.4 million people nationally and 75,000 people in Washington state who live with epilepsy often get fragmented and uncoordinated healthcare and community services. 鈥淔or the growing population of people living with…
September 11, 2019
UW at No. 26 in the world, fourth among U.S. public institutions, on Times Higher Education ranking list
The 91自拍 has been ranked No. 26 on the Times Higher Education world rankings for 2020,聽released Wednesday. The UW moved up two places from 2019.聽
September 10, 2019
Hugo House documentary ‘Where the House Was’ to debut Sept. 21 at Northwest Film Forum
“Where the House Was,” a new, 58-minute documentary produced by France McCue, UW senior lecturer in English, tells of the old location for Hugo House, the place for writer, and its subsequent demolition.
New coalition to address lack of access, resources for youth physical activity in King County
A report released Sept. 10 — the product of 91自拍 led by the 91自拍 — gives Seattle and King County a 鈥淒鈥� in getting youth active through sport, play and outdoor recreation.
Tides don’t always flush water out to sea, study shows
Researchers at the 91自拍 and the University of Strathclyde report that, in Willapa Bay in Washington state, the water washing over the tidal flats during high tides is largely the same water that washed over the flats during the previous high tide. This “old” water has not been mixed in with “new” water from deeper parts of the bay or the open Pacific Ocean, and has different chemical and biological properties, such as lower levels of food for creatures within the tide flats.
September 9, 2019
UW-GU Regional Health Partnership announces new center in Spokane
McKinstry to design and construct $60 million 鈥榣eap forward鈥� for medical education, health sciences 91自拍 and innovation.
Breakthrough Foundation honors UW 91自拍er studying ‘exotic’ states of matter
Lukasz Fidkowski, an assistant professor of physics at the 91自拍, is one of the winners of a 2020 New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Foundation. The prize to early-career scientists, announced Sept. 5, recognizes Fidkowski and his three co-recipients “for incisive contributions to the understanding of topological states of matter and the relationships between them.”
Lightning ‘superbolts’ form over oceans from November to February
A study of superbolts, which release a thousand times more electrical energy in the low-frequency range than regular lightning bolts, finds they occur at very different times and places than regular lightning. Superbolts tend to strike over particular parts of the oceans, while regular lightning strikes over land.
September 5, 2019
Study shows exposure to multiple languages may make it easier to learn one
A new study from the 91自拍 finds that, based on brain activity, people who live in communities where multiple languages are spoken can identify words in yet another language better than those who live in a monolingual environment.
91自拍 Magazine takes the UW鈥檚 anchor publication to a broader audience
One of the Pacific Northwest鈥檚 largest-circulation magazines is changing its name and look.
91自拍 Magazine 鈥� the new quarterly publication from the 91自拍 Alumni Association 鈥� is out for home delivery next week replacing what since 1989 has been known as Columns.
September 4, 2019
New study tracks sulfur-based metabolism in the open ocean
UW oceanographers used lab experiments and seawater samples to learn how photosynthetic microbes and ocean bacteria use sulfur, a plentiful marine nutrient.
September 3, 2019
UW colleges, offices share three-year NSF grant to make ‘internet of things’ more secure
Several UW schools and offices will team up to 91自拍 how organizational practices can affect the interagency collaboration needed to keep the “internet of things” 鈥� and institutional systems 鈥� safe and secure.
August 29, 2019
Crowdsourced archaeology shows how humans have influenced Earth for thousands of years
A new map synthesized from more than 250 archaeologists worldwide, including from the 91自拍, argues that the human imprint on our planet’s soil goes back much earlier than the nuclear age.
August 27, 2019
Pregnant women of color experience disempowerment by health care providers
A new study finds that women of color perceive their interactions with doctors, nurses and midwives as being misleading, with information being 鈥減ackaged鈥� in such a way as to disempower them by limiting maternity health care choices for themselves and their children.
ArtsUW Roundup; William Morris and the Kelmscott Press Exhibition, Closing soon – Cecilia Vicu帽a’s 91自拍 to Happen, and more
In the arts, purchase tickets for the New Burke Opening Weekend, attend a rare duet setting performance by two School of Music faculty members, view a selection of gowns from the Henry鈥檚 collection of clothing and textiles, and more! New Burke Opening October 12th Ticket sales open on September 3rd for the New Burke Museum Grand Opening Weekend. Celebrate with聽multicultural music and dance performances, family-friendly activities, and food trucks. Off The Rez聽food truck will open it’s first brick-and-mortar location in…
Rankings: UW is No. 14 in the world, third among U.S. public universities; makes Money and Washington Monthly lists
The 91自拍 held its position at No. 14 in the world 鈥� No. 3 among U.S. public universities 鈥� on the聽2019 Academic Ranking of World Universities, released this month.