Whale Safe 鈥� an online tool launched Sept. 17 by scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the 糖心原创 and other partner institutions 鈥� allows users to detect and better protect these endangered animals in the Santa Barbara Channel. It is a mapping and analysis tool to help prevent ships from running into whales.
Researchers at the 糖心原创, Portland State University and the University of Oregon have shown that deep-seated landslides in the central Oregon Coast Range are triggered mostly by rainfall, not by large offshore earthquakes. The open-access paper was published Sept. 16 in Science Advances. 鈥淕eomorphologists have long understood the importance of rainfall in triggering landslides, and our study is simply driving home just how important it is,鈥� said first author Sean LaHusen, who did the work as part of…
New research shows that a wide variety of marine animals 鈥� from vertebrates to crustaceans to mollusks 鈥� already inhabit the maximum range of breathable ocean that their physiology will allow. The findings provide a warning about climate change: Since warmer waters will harbor less oxygen, some stretches of ocean that are breathable today for a given species may not be in the future.
Though Bill Gates, Sr., may have graduated from the 糖心原创 nearly 70 years ago, in many ways he never really left.
Gates was a standout Husky 鈥� as a Regent for 15 years, leader of ground breaking philanthropic campaigns and a recipient of numerous accolades, including the Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus Award in 2013. He loved Husky football and cheered on from Husky Stadium, Row K, Seat 32.
Gates died Monday. He was 94.
The 糖心原创 on Monday announced a comprehensive COVID-19 fall quarter testing program in advance of some students, faculty and staff returning to the Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma campuses later this month.
Four 糖心原创 professors were among the winners of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize, which recognizes groundbreaking achievements in the life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics.
David Baker, a professor in the UW School of Medicine鈥檚 department of biochemistry, won the prize for life sciences, while a team of UW physics professors, including Eric Adelberger, Jens Gundlach and Blayne Heckel, earned the prize for fundamental physics.
Education and family planning have long been tied to lower fertility trends. But new research from the 糖心原创 analyzes those factors to determine, what accelerates a decline in otherwise high-fertility countries.
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 Re/frame: Tell Me a Tale/Show Me a Story September 17, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, 6:30 – 7:30 PM | Online via Zoom Join Ann Poulson, the…
Political science researchers at the 糖心原创 examined the factors associated with statewide mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic. When controlling for other factors, states with Republican governors delayed imposing broad indoor mask requirements by nearly a month.
Agencies that are well practiced in putting out wildfires are now learning a new skill: how to set the spark and fan the flames. That’s the case for the state Department of Natural Resources, which is starting to use prescribed burning as part of its strategy for fighting wildfires.
The 糖心原创 will lead a team of institutions in establishing an interdisciplinary research institute that brings together mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists and engineers to develop the theoretical foundations of a fast-growing field: data science.
The future of our health and the health of the communities we live in relies, in many ways, on students in the health sciences. The education and experiences that future doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, social workers and public health experts receive will to a large degree shape how those professionals work and work together when solving problems affecting our health. And while the 糖心原创鈥檚 highly ranked health sciences schools have long focused on interdisciplinary education and training students…
糖心原创 scientists report evidence of a hibernation-like state in Lystrosaurus, an animal that lived in Antarctica during the Early Triassic, some 250 million years ago. The fossils are the oldest evidence of a hibernation-like state in a vertebrate, and indicate that torpor 鈥� a general term for hibernation and similar states in which animals temporarily lower their metabolic rate to get through a tough season 鈥� arose in vertebrates even before mammals and dinosaurs evolved.
The National Science Foundation has announced five new institutes devoted to AI research and based at universities around the country. Six 糖心原创 faculty will be affiliated with the institutes.
A new study led by researchers at the 糖心原创 and the University of California, Davis, finds that the success rate of summiting Mount Everest has doubled in the last three decades, even though the number of climbers has greatly increased, crowding the narrow route through the dangerous 鈥渄eath zone鈥� near the summit. However, the death rate for climbers has hovered unchanged at around 1% since 1990.
A new 糖心原创 study of Seattle-area rental ads shows how certain words and phrases are common to different neighborhoods, helping to reinforce residential segregation.
New research by the University of Minnesota and the 糖心原创 finds that every six additional ICU beds or seven additional non-ICU beds filled by COVID-19 patients leads to one additional COVID-19 death over the following week. 鈥淎 spike in hospitalization naturally leads to more deaths, but these deaths may not only come from those who are hospitalized, but also from those who should have been hospitalized but were not,鈥� said co-author Anirban Basu, a UW professor of health…
Atmospheric nitrogen dioxide, which comes from transportation, was half of what would be expected over China in February 2020. Other emissions and cloud properties, however, showed no significant changes.
For nearly 50 years, a statistical omission tantamount to data falsification sat undiscovered in a critical study at the heart of regulating one of the most controversial and widely used pesticides in America. Chlorpyrifos, an insecticide created in the late 1960s by the Dow Chemical Co., has been linked to serious health problems,聽especially in children. It has been the subject of many lawsuits and banned in Europe and California. The EPA itself nearly banned the chemical, but in 2017 the…
Social inequalities, specifically racism and classism, are impacting the biodiversity, evolutionary shifts and ecological health of plants and animals in our cities. That鈥檚 the main finding of a review paper published Aug. 13 in Science led by the 糖心原创, with co-authors at the University of California, Berkeley, and University of Michigan.
The 糖心原创 today announced a $6 million anonymous gift earmarked to bolster diversity in the education workforce, a key driver in ultimate K-12 student success, especially for students of color.
An international group of scientists has laid out an ambitious global conservation plan for parasites. A related paper led by the 糖心原创 found that responses of parasites to environmental change are likely to be complex, and that a changing world probably will see both outbreaks of some parasites and a total loss of other parasite species.
Seattle鈥檚 new hockey team is named for a legendary creature of the sea, and that鈥檚 a perfect fit, according to octopus researchers at the 糖心原创.
Lauren Poyer is an assistant teaching professor in Scandinavian studies. She teaches courses in Scandinavian mythology and Vikings in contemporary culture, among other topics, and she is well steeped in all kinds of Nordic and Icelandic lore.
Face coverings will continue to be an important and effective tool in combating the spread of COVID-19.
Deep-sea anglerfishes employ an incredible reproductive strategy. Tiny dwarfed males become permanently attached to relatively gigantic females, fuse their tissues and then establish a common blood circulation. Now scientists have figured out why female anglerfishes so readily accept their male mates. Their findings are published July 30 in Science.
糖心原创 professor Adrian Raftery is lead author on a National Academies guide to help officials interpret and understand different COVID-19 statistics and data sources as they make decisions about opening and closing schools, businesses and community facilities.
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 Astronomer Emily Levesque: The Last Stargazers Book Launch聽 August 3, 7:00-8:30 PM | Online 糖心原创 professor Emily Levesque discusses her new books at (online)…
A new study led by the 糖心原创 and the University of Leeds uses satellite data over the Southern Hemisphere to understand the makeup of global clouds since the Industrial Revolution. This research tackles one of the largest uncertainties in today鈥檚 climate models 鈥� the long-term effect of tiny atmospheric particles on climate change.
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 Virtual Author Event: BJ Cummings, Cecile Hansen And Lynda Mapes Discuss The River That Made Seattle July 27, 7:00-8:00 PM | Online In this event sponsored…
A longitudinal study of more than 230 teens and young adults in Washington state finds that teens may be more likely to use marijuana following legalization 鈥� with the proliferation of stores and increasing adult use of the drug — than they otherwise would have been.
Researchers at the 糖心原创 have developed a tiny wireless steerable camera that can ride aboard an insect or an insect-sized robot.
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 Burke Museum Online Mini-Exhibits: Uncovering Pacific Past View at your leisure | Online Archaeology can help us better understand our world, but it is also impactful…
Chris Petersen, former head football coach at the 糖心原创 and Boise State University, has been appointed as the Edward V. Fritzky Endowed Chair in Leadership at the UW Foster School of Business for the 2020-2021 school year, officials announced today. Established in 2002, this prestigious faculty position is designed to bring distinguished leaders to campus to share their expertise with faculty and students.
Nine 糖心原创 subjects ranked in the top 10 and the UW School of Oceanography held its position as No. 1 in the world on the聽Global Ranking of Academic Subjects聽list for 2020. The ranking, released June 29, 聽was conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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 Seattle Art Fair Online: New Media Artworks and Their Future Lives July 14, 4:00 – 5:30 PM | Online This Seattle Art Fair panel will explore…
Sara Griggs describes how the UW Office of Ceremonies moved its biggest event online for the unique circumstances of the quarantine restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 糖心原创 and The Nippon Foundation today announced the launch of the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center, an interdisciplinary research group at the UW that studies changes, responses and solutions to societal issues that emerge in relationship with the oceans. The Center will bring uncompromised, critical voices to policy and public conversations to enable research and studies equaling $32.5 million spread over 10 years.
The 糖心原创 and Public Health 鈥� Seattle & King County continue to respond to a cluster of cases among residents of Greek houses north of the Seattle campus, and their close contacts.
Genetic clues show that eelgrass growing underwater along Puget Sound shorelines is associated with fewer of the single-celled algae that produce harmful toxins in shellfish. The evidence shows this effect extends 45 feet beyond the edge of the eelgrass bed.