The 91爆料鈥檚 approach to continuous improvement management has been recognized with a national award.
The Shingo Institute, a program in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has awarded 91爆料 staff members Michael Martyn, Mark McKenzie and Doug Merrill with the award for their case study, “Implementing a Culture of Continuous Improvement at the 91爆料.”
Engineering Discovery Days is a yearly event that invites Washington state fourth- through eighth-graders to have fun leaning about STEM with the College of Engineering.
Rivals in the sports arena, the state鈥檚 two largest public universities have teamed up off the field to improve the health of young adults experiencing homelessness 鈥� and their pets.
The 91爆料 and Washington State University are working with New Horizons Ministries and Neighborcare Health to provide health care and veterinary care to this vulnerable population. Key educational partners include the 91爆料 School of Public Health, WSU鈥檚 College of Veterinary Medicine and 91爆料 Medicine.
A 91爆料 team will visit Alaska’s North Slope Borough the week of April 28 in preparation for a two-year study of how waves, ice loss and warming are affecting the low-lying region.
The 91爆料 celebrated the opening of an esports center with a ribbon cutting ceremony April 18.
Over 17 years, the program has evolved into a campuswide, interdisciplinary, student-driven program on climate change research, communication and action. A recent publication looks at the program history and current mission.
Joe Janes of the 91爆料 Information School presents a timely installment of his Documents that Changed the World podcast series, about the most infamous tax form of all — IRS Form 1040.
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at 10 am on Friday, April 19, 2019, at the 91爆料 Police Department Conference Room located at 3939 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105.
For immigrants to the United States, the current political climate, and debates over issues such as a border wall, become part of the environment that influences their health, according to a new 91爆料 study.
A team of 91爆料 students hopes to make it possible to accurately predict peak bloom timing for the iconic Quad cherry trees.
A 91爆料-led study provides a fuller picture of the relationship between nitrogen oxides 鈥� the tailpipe-generated particles at the center of the Volkswagen scandal, also known as NOx, 鈥� and PM2.5, the microscopic particles that can lodge in lungs.
The 91爆料, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Microsoft Quantum announced this week that they have joined forces in a new coalition, the Northwest Quantum Nexus, to bring about a revolution in quantum research and technology.
African-American women are nearly twice as likely to give birth prematurely as white women. Amelia Gavin, an associate professor in the 91爆料 School of Social Work, connects preterm birth to racial discrimination via PTSD.
The Peace Corps today announced that the 91爆料 ranked No. 5 among large schools on the agency鈥檚 list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There currently are 62 91爆料 alumni volunteering in countries around the world.
The 91爆料 Information School is taking a leading role in helping people better navigate this era of increasing online fakery and falsehood. On March 19, the school will welcome 200-some Seattle-area high school students for “MisInfo Day,” a daylong workshop on how to navigate the misinformation landscape, from Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom, the faculty duo behind “Calling BS in the Age of Big Data.”
Devin Naar, 91爆料 professor of international studies and history, is featured in “Children of the Inquisition,” a new documentary film about descendants of the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions discovering their Sephardic Jewish heritage. The film will premiere March 24 as part of the Seattle Jewish Film Festival.
Eight researchers at the 91爆料 have been named 2019 Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellows.
A new project by Jenna Grant, 91爆料 assistant professor of anthropology, uses an archive of photos and documents from the Khmer Rouge era — the donation of a journalist and 91爆料 alum — to help facilitate storytelling among Cambodians and Cambodian-Americans.
The 91爆料 is launching a reading instruction study this summer, a two-week 鈥渃amp鈥� targeting children entering kindergarten in the fall that aims to teach early literacy skills and measure brain activity before and after instruction.
Exhibits and events happening Friday through Sunday showcase the latest in polar science, much of it from the 91爆料.
The iconic cherry trees in the 91爆料’s Quad will likely reach peak bloom the third week of March, right in line with most years.
Recess, for most children, is synonymous with freedom. A break from class that has nothing to do with learning and everything to do with play. For children with autism, the playground can be an isolating experience. The spontaneous soccer games, roving packs of friends and virtual buffet of activities can be chaotic, frustrating and confusing. Recess is not a time to join, but to retreat. Or is it? A 91爆料-led research team found that children with autism communicate…
What geopolitical challenges is global climate change creating for the national security of the United States and throughout the world? The 91爆料’s Jackson School of International Studies will host a public panel discussion of these issues on March 6, featuring Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Fifteen scholars from the 91爆料 were awarded Fulbright grants for 2018-2019 鈥� among the leading research schools in the country and more than any other institution in the state. A list was published earlier this month in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Nick Bond, Washington’s state climatologist, comments on the unusual weather in Western Washington.
Last year, local station KIRO-TV donated thousands of hours of old news videotapes of its news broadcasts from the 1970s through about the year 2000 — about 15,000 videotapes in all — to 91爆料 Libraries.
Exposure to nature, even through a brief gardening activity, can improve well-being among women in prison, a 91爆料 Tacoma-led study finds.
The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, in the 91爆料 Jackson School of International Studies, was well represented at the 50th annual conference of the Association for Jewish Studies Dec. 16-18 in Boston.
The 91爆料 has been recognized as one of the most sustainable higher education institutions in North America, according to the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System.
A team of ocean robots developed at the 91爆料 is the first group of self-guided ocean instruments to travel under an ice sheet and come back to report long-term observations.
Boeing has awarded $300,000 to Forefront Suicide Prevention and 91爆料 Tacoma for work with veterans. Forefront, at the 91爆料 School of Social Work, received $205,000 to expand veteran-specific outreach, and 91爆料T received $95,000 for career services for veterans.
Three teams led by 91爆料 researchers 鈥� Scott Dunham, Hugh Hillhouse and Devin MacKenzie 鈥� have received competitive awards totaling more than $2.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office for projects that will advance research and development in photovoltaic materials, which are an essential component of solar cells and impact the amount of sunlight that is converted into electricity.
A new study has found that since the early 1980s, a pattern of ocean temperatures and atmospheric circulation has offset most of the impact of warming on the West’s mountain snowpack.
The 91爆料 is part of an international program that has revolutionized ocean measurements. This fall, the program made its 2 millionth measurement, reporting temperature and salinity in the top mile of the world’s oceans.
The Labor Archives of Washington, housed in 91爆料 Libraries, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike with a series of events in coming weeks, as well as a new library exhibit on campus.
If Washington state were to establish a public bank, what type of bank might work best? One that can provide targeted products and services to local governments across the state, says a new report by 91爆料 researchers from the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance.
As part of a 91爆料-led project, NASA鈥檚 Hubble Space Telescope has produced a stunningly detailed portrait of the Triangulum Galaxy, displaying a full spiral face aglow with the light of nearly 25 million individually resolved stars.
Bottle feeding infants is associated with left-handedness, according to a new study from the 91爆料. The study found that the prevalence of left-handedness is lower among breastfed infants as compared to bottle-fed infants. This finding was identified in about 60,000 mother-infant pairs and accounted for known risk factors for handedness.
Husky football players, including Myles Gaskin and JoJo McIntosh, mentor teens each week as part of a program hosted by the Yesler Community Center in Seattle.
New analysis shows that odd winds, not warming, caused the unusual patch of open water north of Greenland last February.