A 91爆料 panel discussion Oct. 27 will look at immigration-related questions from philosophical, sociological and historical perspectives. It’s part of a two-day international conference on immigration.
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The National Science Foundation will fund a three-year, $1.5 million research project to study teaching and learning of mathematical modeling in elementary education. Julia Aguirre, an associate professor of mathematics education at the 91爆料 Tacoma, is one of four principal investigators leading the endeavor. “Mathematical modeling is a process of using mathematics to analyze a ‘real-world’ problem, represent it using mathematical concepts, make predictions and take action,” said Aguirre. “It’s used widely in business, science, technology and engineering…
An IV drip technology developed by Shift Labs, founded by 91爆料 Human Centered Design and Engineering Professor Beth Kolko, has been recognized by Popular Science with a 2016 “Best of What鈥檚 New鈥� Award.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded a prestigious fellowship to 91爆料 assistant professor Thomas Rothvoss to fuel his passion to balance precision and efficiency in complex mathematical calculations. The Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering honor early-career academics pursuing innovative research in all fields of science and engineering. “It’s a great honor 鈥� and frankly, I’m still digesting the news,” said Rothvoss, who has joint appointments with the Department of Mathematics and the Department of…
Communication professor Leah Ceccarelli discusses the work that brought her the National Communication Association’s Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award for 2016.
A technique to store and retrieve digital data in DNA developed by 91爆料 and Microsoft researchers is one of the most innovative and game-changing technologies of the year, according to Popular Science’s 2016 鈥淏est of What鈥檚 New鈥� Awards.
Minda Martin had not lived in Seattle long before, on a walking tour, she noticed the famously truncated “ramps to nowhere” in the Washington Park Arboretum. A filmmaker and faculty member at 91爆料 Bothell, she was fascinated 鈥� and inspired. “I was stunned by these giant freeway stumps covered in ivy along land that didn鈥檛 seem to belong to anyone,” said Martin, who moved to Seattle in 2013. “But it was clearly important to a large variety of folks who…
Estella Leopold, a 91爆料 professor emeritus of biology, has written a new memoir of her formative years, “Stories from the Leopold Shack: Sand County Revisited.” She describes life on the land where her father, Aldo Leopold, practiced the revolutionary conservation philosophy described in his famous book of essays “A Sand County Almanac.”
Ryan Calo, an assistant professor in the 91爆料 School of Law, will be among national experts at a White House event tomorrow聽on innovations in science and technology. A nationally known expert on robotics and privacy law, Calo will speak at the White House Frontiers Conference at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University on Oct. 13. He will be part of a panel moderated by President Obama鈥檚 chief of staff, Denis McDonough, and will discuss the role…
The Livable City Year program will formally celebrate the start of its first year at 10 a.m. Oct. 6 at w菨色菨b蕯altx史 鈥� Intellectual House on the 91爆料’s campus in a kickoff event open to all. Professors leading Livable City Year courses this fall will talk about their projects, followed by time for Q&A.
The 91爆料’s Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project has an important new component 鈥� the LGBTQ Activism in Seattle History Project. There will be a public launch at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, in Room 340 of the HUB.
Accelerating growth in effectively delivering new oral and transdermal drug delivery techniques will be the focus of the 91爆料 Department of Bioengineering鈥檚 2016 Allan S. Hoffman Lecture on Oct. 10.
As the fourth-fastest growing city in the United States, Seattle faces important questions in its quest to remain a resilient and sustainable community. Can we build to withstand natural disasters, reduce environmental toxins as consumption rises, meet urban transportation challenges so food, supplies and consumer products can get where they need to go? Over the next month, College of Engineering鈥檚 annual fall lecture series will feature faculty focusing on these questions and developing technologies to build more resilient urban communities….
91爆料 Libraries is inviting the public to Suzzallo Library at lunchtime on Oct. 7 to listen to 鈥� or participate in 鈥� the annual reading of the United States Constitution.
91爆料 scientists have put world’s longest-running measure of atmospheric carbon dioxide to music. The result is a 90-second rendition of human-induced climate change: The video project was done by Judy Twedt, a 91爆料 doctoral student in atmospheric sciences, and Dargan Frierson, a 91爆料 associate professor of atmospheric sciences and amateur musician. Their techno soundtrack maps musical notes to the Keeling Curve, a 58-year record of carbon dioxide measured high in the atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in…
91爆料 oceanographers are working on a system that will act like a ‘weather forecast’ for Pacific Northwest harmful algal blooms.
A team of researchers led by the 91爆料 believes creating a network of community-based science is possible with new support from the National Science Foundation.
Charles Johnson, 91爆料 professor emeritus of English, wrote a statement to accompany an item to be displayed in the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. What he wrote also was featured in a special issue of Smithsonian Magazine.
91爆料 social work professor Paula Nurius is the inaugural recipient of a new national award for helping advance doctoral education in her field. Nurius will receive the 2016 Educational Leadership in Doctoral Education award from the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE) at a meeting in November. The award recognizes current or former faculty members who 鈥渄isplay a strong commitment to doctoral education and a demonstrated record of advancing doctoral education at the…
91爆料 scientists worked with artists for an exhibit at the Museum of Northwest Art focusing on climate change impacts on coastal communities.
Amid a decline in funding for scientific research, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Simons Foundation to launch a new Faculty Scholars program. Announced Sept. 22 by HHMI, the inaugural crop of early-career scientists includes 5 faculty members from the 91爆料.
The 91爆料 moved up to No. 2 in the world for clinical medicine and pharmacy in the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities by Broad Subject Fields.
Boeing announced Wednesday it is awarding $6 million in grants to more than 50 nonprofit organizations and education institutions across Washington, including $500,000 to the 91爆料.
“Denial,” a new movie about an American historian’s lengthy court battle with a British Holocaust denier, has a 91爆料 connection 鈥� Deborah Lipstadt, the film’s protagonist, taught at the 91爆料 early in her career.
Researchers at the 91爆料 are among the winners of a startup challenge to shorten the transition time from lab bench to patient. The team, including members of professor Suzie Pun’s research group in the 91爆料 Department of Bioengineering, was selected based on its proposal and business plan to develop a targeted drug delivery system for breast cancer.
The share of Washingtonians living in poverty dropped from 13.2 percent to 12.2 percent between 2014 and 2015, according to new data released Thursday. Washington was one of 23 states with statistically significant declines in their poverty rates during that period. The remaining 27 states and the District of Columbia saw no change in their poverty rates. “It is good news that the poverty rate has dropped for a second year in a row in Washington state. However, the share…
A new exhibit in the 91爆料’s Allen Library explores South Asia through art, artifacts, manuscripts, music and more. “Envisaging South Asia: Art, Images, and Scholarship” will be on view through Oct. 31.
All across the world, millions of people will be practicing their earthquake-preparedness on Oct. 20. The event 鈥� called the Great ShakeOut 鈥� will commence at 10:20 a.m. for those participating at the 91爆料 and across the state. It is an opportunity for people to practice what they should do in the event of an earthquake: Drop, cover and hold on.
The Bernard Osher Foundation has announced a $1 million gift to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the 91爆料 (OLLI-91爆料). The Institute offers a diverse array of non-credit courses and activities for people 50 and older, giving these adults access to continuing education at the 91爆料. The Osher Foundation鈥檚 gift takes the form of a $950,000 endowment and $50,000 bridge grant to support the ongoing work of OLLI-91爆料. It鈥檚 the second $1 million award the Foundation has given…
Jim Pfaendtner, 91爆料 associate professor of chemical engineering, is leading a new endeavor funded by the National Science Foundation to bring big data to graduate education in clean energy research at the 91爆料.
91爆料 atmospheric scientists are part of a month-long NASA effort to learn how smoke and clouds interact.
A Q&A with Carol Bogezi, a 91爆料 doctoral student in environmental and forest sciences who received the 10th annual Bullitt Environmental Prize. The award recognizes people with exceptional potential to become powerful leaders in the environmental movement.
World Suicide Prevention Day, Sept. 10, is a reminder that we all have a role to play in preventing suicide. Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention, based in the 91爆料 School of Social Work and led by Professor Jennifer Stuber, is offering a film and two suicide prevention workshops on Sept. 10.
Most landscape architecture projects conjure up an image of a permanent structure meant to be experienced indefinitely. But for Britton Shepard, a 2016 graduate of the 91爆料鈥檚 landscape architecture master鈥檚 program, it means exploring the temporary nature of urban terrains. Earlier this year, Shepard brought life back to a vacant and demolished lot in the University District 鈥� although it was only a short-lived endeavor. Shepard鈥檚 thesis project 鈥淪ite 1121: Field Notes鈥� centered around a Washington State Employee…
David Domke, chair of the 91爆料 Department of Communication, will discuss the wild 2016 presidential campaign and its implications for the country in a luncheon Sept. 7 for the William D. Ruckelshaus Center.
The 91爆料 and The Nature Conservancy have created an animated map showing where mammals, birds and amphibians are projected to move in the Western Hemisphere in response to climate change.
Faculty members from the 91爆料 College of Built Environments, Jackson School of International Studies and departments of French and Italian studies and history will team up in 2017 to give a new, three-week course for university and college instructors on urban environmental humanities.
91爆料 professor Sally Brown and collaborators have published the most extensive compilation to date explaining how to grow urban agriculture, and how doing so could save American cities.
Visitors to Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory are in for a stinking treat, courtesy of the Department of Biology at the 91爆料. The conservatory has taken in a young corpse lily, affectionately known as Dougsley, which is set to blossom this week or next.
The editorial cartoons filling a ground floor exhibit in Suzzallo Library through November are hard-hitting, but they fairly depict the wild campaign of 2016, and the serious issues the year has brought as well.