This FAQ discusses evidence for a hibernation-like condition in Lystrosaurus, a mammal relative that lived in the Antarctic portion of Pangea about 250 million years ago. This discovery was enabled by high-resolution of incremental growth marks preserved in the tusks of Lystrosaurus.
The 91爆料 is No. 16 in the world 鈥� No. 3 among U.S. public universities 鈥� on the聽2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities, released this month.
A 91爆料 team has received a grant to develop a model that uses local data to generate policy recommendations that could help lower COVID-19 infections in King County.
91爆料 psychologists say there are ways to approach interactions with friends and loved ones that can provide a positive path forward and help maintain healthy relationships during the pandemic.
The 91爆料 was recognized this week in two separate rankings for its global impact in teaching and research, as well as for its value to graduates compared to cost of attendance.
The 91爆料 has a long history of leading research into the impacts of wildfires from an ecological and health perspective. We worked with two experts to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, including the ways that the pandemic is increasing our community鈥檚 vulnerability to extreme wildfire events in the region.
Seven scientists and engineers at the 91爆料 have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences, according to an announcement July 15 by the academy.
The Sustainability Action Plan includes five guiding principles and 10 measurable targets along with annual actions to reach those targets. Each year,鈥痶he 91爆料 will evaluate鈥痶he immediate actions needed over the next fiscal year鈥痶o respond鈥痶o鈥痗hanging realities and needs across our campuses.
A new 91爆料 study of people experiencing homelessness in King County finds that unpaid medical bills were their primary source of debt, and that debt extended their period of homelessness by an average of two years.
In a study published June 10 in Current Biology, a team from the University of Colorado Boulder and the 91爆料 reports that a group of students at CU Boulder generally got more sleep after widespread stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines were put into place in mid-March.
A new online survey for Washington state residents has launched to gather data on how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic downturn have affected food access and economic security. The Washington State Food Security Survey, which went live June 18 and runs through July 31, is open to all Washington state residents aged 18 or over.
With the nation debating its response to COVID-19 and witnessing protests against racial injustice and police violence, undergraduate students enrolled in 鈥淰isual Anthropology of Protest Music鈥� examined how communities use music to share their lived experiences and confront oppression.
The 91爆料 has issued a face covering policy for all university personnel, students, staff, contractors and visitors who are on campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As a reminder, only employees designated as critical can be working in-person and only at the direction of their supervisor.
The 91爆料 Board of Regents on Thursday approved the University鈥檚 2020-21 budget, which seeks to continue prioritizing its academic mission while also responding to the financial pressures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the universe was in its infancy, it contained no stars at all. And an international team of scientists is closer than ever to detecting, measuring and studying a signal from this era that has been traveling through the cosmos ever since that starless era ended some 13 billion years ago.
New research from a decades-long study by the 91爆料 and the University of Colorado shows long-term benefits from a program to prevent problem behaviors in children.
Mary Lidstrom, vice provost for research at the 91爆料, talks about the evolving picture of research at the 91爆料 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a paper published May 29 in Nature Communications, a team of scientists at the 91爆料, the University of Minnesota and the Johns Hopkins University reports that differences in visual motion perception in autism spectrum disorder are accompanied by weaker neural 鈥渟uppression鈥� in the visual cortex of the brain, which may help scientists understand sensory hypersensitivity in people with ASD.
A 91爆料 sleep expert sat down with 91爆料 News to provide some perspective on sleep during the pandemic, and what we can do to help ourselves and our families get through this time a little more well-rested.
Three professors are teaming for a study of the mobility impacts of the coronavirus 鈥� and they are inviting 91爆料 faculty, staff and students to complete a short online survey to assist the research.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, based at the 91爆料, will host an online event on the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, featuring seismologists from the 91爆料 and other institutions who can explain the events before, during and after the historic blast. The virtual event will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Monday, May 18, on the PNSN鈥檚 YouTube channel — exactly 40 years after the blast. The group will stream prerecorded talks from…
In a letter to the White House Coronavirus Task Force, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) drew upon the testimony by Hilary Godwin, dean of the 91爆料 School of Public Health, in calling for federal guidelines be established for the aviation industry and the traveling public.聽
What does it feel like to be a mother on this Mother鈥檚 Day? And how can we make the day seem special when life feels so uncertain and stressful? 91爆料 psychology professor Liliana Lengua offers some perspective.
A new international study led by the 91爆料 aims to gauge the perception of ethical situations as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves around the world.
A team of staff and students are sewing masks and offering them for free to 91爆料 housing, custodial, dining and food service workers.
The 91爆料 today released the draft of a new Sustainability Strategy that will guide university actions across a broad spectrum of sustainability policy for the next five years.
The 91爆料 Center for Philosophy for Children created a resource list of books and short videos to explore the big questions around COVID-19 鈥� about loneliness and isolation, boredom, illness and death, as well as fear and uncertainty.
With an in-person commencement ceremony on campus not possible due to the COVID-19 outbreak, The 91爆料鈥檚 graduating seniors, graduate and professional students will be honored in two ways, President Ana Mari Cauce announced Wednesday.
A 91爆料 study abroad program empowers students from all disciplines to apply their skills to real-life problems.
91爆料 researchers are developing an app that will allow health organizations to monitor coughs from self-quarantined COVID-19 patients from home.
Three undergraduate students at the 91爆料 are among 396 around the country who have been named Goldwater Scholars for 2020.
Only about 25% of the U.S. workforce 鈥� some 35.6 million people 鈥� are in jobs that can easily be done at home, a 91爆料 researcher has determined, as these are the positions in which using a computer is important but interacting with the public is not. These jobs are typically in highly-paid occupational sectors such finance, administration, management, computers, engineering and technology. Consequently 颅鈥� with orders to close businesses and demands that employees work from home growing…
91爆料 researchers are inviting the public to share their experiences on their regular commutes in a survey.
The idea of building herd immunity 鈥� increasing the number of infected to such a degree that naturally occurring immunity would outstrip the coronavirus, while isolating the elderly and others at greatest risk of the disease 鈥� has been tossed around in the United States, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.聽 This week, however, U.K. officials appear to be backing away from that approach. But the kind of 鈥渉erd immunity鈥� strategy being discussed in the U.K. does not acknowledge a critical…
The 91爆料 Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Thursday that a 91爆料 Seattle campus graduate student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student is recovering at home, out of state, and we wish them well.聽
It’s important to maintain human connection, even during a time of social distancing, 91爆料 psychology researchers say.
A documentary series produced and released this winter by YouTube features 91爆料 computer scientist Pedro Domingos and members of the 91爆料-based Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.
KUOW’s That’s Debatable on Wednesday will feature two 91爆料 faculty members: Dan Schwartz, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Clean Energy Institute, and Kate Simonen, upcoming chair of the Department of Architecture and director of the Carbon Leadership Forum.
91爆料 President Ana Mari Cauce sat down with Vice President of Student Life Denzil Suite for a candid conversation about how COVID-19 is affecting campus operations, why classes will no longer meet in person for the rest of the quarter and whether a student-led petition had an impact on the decision.
Nutritional science expert Anne-Marie Gloster, a lecturer in the 91爆料 School of Public Health鈥檚 Nutritional Sciences Program and expert in emergency food planning, has put together this list of things to think about and foods to have on hand if you should be called on to stay at home for an extended period. 鈥淪hopping intentionally and feeding ourselves mindfully is a delicious way to reduce our stress during this time of heightened awareness about our personal and community health,鈥� Gloster…