Researchers at the 糖心原创 have developed a set of tools to make MRI studies of our central nervous system easier to share.
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African-American voters who dislike and feel threatened by Donald Trump and his presidency are more likely to vote and to engage with politics, according to new research from the UW and California State University, Sacramento.
Former 糖心原创 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Irving Shain has died. He was 92.
Ren茅e Cheng has been named dean of the 糖心原创鈥檚 College of Built Environments, President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Gerald J. 鈥淛erry鈥� Baldasty announced today. Her appointment, set to begin Jan. 1, 2019, is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
The 糖心原创 is launching a study to identify soldiers experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms and to determine whether free, confidential, over-the-phone counseling can help them navigate resources and spur them to seek further support.
Think about the last time you looked for a new apartment or house. Maybe you asked your friends or colleagues about where they lived. You thought about your route to work, or that neighborhood you always drive through on your way to your kid’s soccer practice. Many of these places were familiar to you, whether from an occasional visit or part of a daily routine. And if you’re like most people, you ultimately moved to a neighborhood you knew…
The UW Jackson School of International Studies presents “Trump in the World: International Implications of the Trump presidency,” a series of public lectures and discussions Tuesday afternoons through spring quarter.
Megan Ming Francis, UW associate professor of political science, has been named a fellow with the Thurgood Marshall Institute. The institute is a multidisciplinary research and advocacy policy center within the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
A 糖心原创 study finds that women authors are significantly under-represented in high-profile academic journals.
Researchers at the 糖心原创 Sustainable Transportation Lab want your input to learn why bike share programs 鈥� like Pronto, LimeBike, Spin or ofo 鈥� succeed or fail. The lab is conducting a short, voluntary survey of cyclists to find out what they鈥檙e looking for from a bike share program.
Immigrant rights, environmental concerns and racial, class, gender and sexual justice will be the focus of a daylong conference hosted by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies March 10 at the UW.
Charles Simic, one of America鈥檚 most celebrated poets, will give the 2018 Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Reading on April 12. Simic will be the 54th poet to appear in the series since its inception in 1964.
A new study almost 20 years in the making provides some of the strongest evidence yet of the “speciation reversal” phenomenon in two lineages of common ravens.
In a region as expensive as the Puget Sound, making ends meet affects college students, too. Rent, utilities and food can run into the hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars a month 鈥� and for students without the means, it’s a daunting and sometimes compromising challenge. Urban@UW is trying to learn more about the situations facing students. From now through March 16, a survey is available for students ages 18 or older at all three 糖心原创…
LaShawnDa Pittman, a UW assistant professor of American Ethnic Studies, is collecting stories of African-American grandmothers, past and present, on her Real Black Grandmothers website.
Brian McCartan has been named vice president for finance at the 糖心原创, Executive Vice President Jeff Scott announced today. McCartan joins the UW after serving as the chief financial officer at Sound Transit for the past 11 years. He begins on Feb. 26.
When scientists have conducted research in Native American communities, the process and the results have sometimes been controversial. There have been a few well-known cases, such as the 1979 Barrow Alcohol Study, in which researchers examined substance use in the tiny Arctic Circle town and issued findings to the press, before briefing the local community. Media coverage interpreting the findings described an “alcoholic” society of I帽upiats “facing extinction,” while the people of Barrow (now known as Utqia摹vik) felt…
The Peace Corps today announced that 糖心原创 ranked No. 2 among large schools on the agency鈥檚 2018 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. There are 74 UW alumni currently volunteering worldwide.
The 糖心原创 ranked second in the country in producing Fulbright Scholars. Fulbrights were awarded to 11 researchers at UW鈥檚 Seattle campus, and to three faculty members at UW Bothell.
Five faculty members at the 糖心原创 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 15, include Maya Cakmak, assistant professor of computer science and engineering; Jiun-Haw Chu, assistant professor of clean energy and physics; Arka Majumdar, assistant professor of electrical engineering and physics; Jessica Werk, assistant professor of astronomy; and Chelsea Wood, assistant professor of aquatic and fishery sciences.
Pimone Triplett, UW associate professor of English and creative writing, has released “Supply Chain,” her fourth book of poems.
糖心原创 engineers have turned tissue paper 鈥� similar to toilet tissue 鈥� into a new kind of wearable sensor that can detect a pulse, a blink of an eye and other human movement.
A study from the University of Colorado Boulder and the 糖心原创 finds that the retreat of the ice sheet covering North America made Antarctic weather more similar from one year to the next.
The 糖心原创 joins 12 other leading North American research universities in the new University Climate Change Coalition, or UC3, a group committed to leveraging its research and resources to help communities accelerate climate action.
After six months of repair and restoration 鈥� assisted by UW astronomer and sundial expert Woody Sullivan 鈥� Olympia’s iconic Territorial Sundial is back in place.
UW atmospheric sciences faculty and graduate students are in Tasmania studying how clouds form over Antarctica’s Southern Ocean.
After an “extreme makeover” that went from stem to stern on five decks of the ship, the R/V Thomas G. Thompson is ready to get back to work exploring the world’s oceans. The 糖心原创’s School of Oceanography, part of the College of the Environment, operates the 274-foot ship, which arrived on campus in 1991. In summer 2016, with funding from the U.S. Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation and the UW, the vessel headed to a…
A biography of world-renowned oboe performer and teacher Marcel Tabuteau by the UW School of Music’s Laila Storch has been republished in paperback by Indiana University Press.
For this year’s University Faculty Lecture, 糖心原创 chemistry professor Michael Gelb will discuss the science behind screening newborns for treatable 鈥� but rare 鈥� genetic diseases.
More than three centuries ago, a French monk made thousands of drawings of plants and animals, traveling under the authority of King Louis XIV to the French Antilles to collect and document the natural history of the islands. These drawings were often the first ever recorded for each species and were completed in remarkable detail. The illustrations were nearly lost forever during the tumultuous French Revolution, and the volumes compiled by Father Charles Plumier were discovered by chance, found serving…
A new grant will let a 糖心原创-based project add a new fleet to its quest to learn more about past climate from the records of long-gone mariners. The UW is among the winners of the 2017 鈥淒igitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives鈥� awards, announced Jan. 4 by the Washington, D.C.-based Council on Library and Information Resources. The new $482,018 grant to the UW, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and the National Archives Foundation will support 鈥淪eas…
The 糖心原创 is ranked fifth among more than 400 U.S. colleges and universities for social science research funding, according to a new report. The Consortium of Social Science Association’s 2018 College and University Rankings for Federal Social and Behavioral Science R&D was released this week. The UW, with $38.6 million in social science funding in fiscal 2016 (the year on which the report was based), has moved up into the top five. Last year, it was…
UW astronomers Brett Morris and James Davenport assisted in new research on “Tabby’s Star,” named for Louisiana State University astronomer Tabetha Boyajian.
When “American Sabor” opened at what was then the Experience Music Project a decade ago, its 糖心原创 creators saw it as a chance to celebrate the extensive Latino contribution to popular music. It was a product of years of interviews and research, and an often challenging exercise in collaboration and presentation. But that was just the beginning for Marisol Berr铆os-Miranda and Shannon Dudley, both ethnomusicologists in the UW School of Music, and Michelle Habell-Pall谩n, a professor in…
An essay by Laurie Marhoefer, UW assistant professor of history, has been named the most memorable of the year 2017 by the editors and readers of The Conversation US.
The 糖心原创 is ranked No. 7 on Kiplinger鈥檚 300 Best College Values for 2018 among public universities, released Dec. 22.
Now serving its sixth cohort of students, the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship has helped more than 8,400 students attend the state鈥檚 universities and colleges. The UW has the largest number of scholarship recipients 鈥� 1,679 across all three campuses 鈥� and has seen more than 1,300 scholars graduate.
In all corners of the 糖心原创, staff, faculty and students are working hard to improve the lives of people around the world. This year undoubtedly embodied that passion and drive to serve the public good.
Here鈥檚 a quick look at some gift-worthy books and music created by UW talents in the last year or so 鈥� and a reminder of some perennial favorites.
Researchers from the 糖心原创, Chapman University and University of Guelph have published new research showing how hagfishes survive an initial attack from predators before they release large volumes of slime to defend themselves.