Washington state’s housing market rebounded from its first quarter performance, as the annual rate of existing home sales rose 6.4 percent in the second quarter of 2014.
August 21, 2014
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August 20, 2014
Notice of possible rule making: Preproposal statement of inquiry
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 478-120 WAC, Student Conduct Code for the 91爆料.
91爆料 project becomes a focal point in hunt for dark matter
The 91爆料 has one of three experiments aimed at detecting elusive dark matter in the universe that have gotten a big financial boost.
August 19, 2014
Shyam Gollakota named one of world’s top innovators under 35
Shyam Gollakota, a 91爆料 assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has been named one of this year’s “Innovators Under 35” by global media company MIT Technology Review.
August 18, 2014
91爆料 No. 15 in the world
The 91爆料 moved up one position to No. 15 on the 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities, conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which was released Friday. The 91爆料 ranked 13th among U.S. universities and fourth among public institutions worldwide. The ranking considers several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, papers published in Nature and Science magazines,…
StopInfo for OneBusAway app makes buses more usable for blind riders
A 91爆料 study found that StopInfo, a new hub for bus stop information in the OneBusAway app, is helpful for blind riders and can promote spontaneous and unfamiliar travel. A 91爆料 research team launched the program recently in collaboration with King County Metro.
August 16, 2014
Virginity pledges for men can lead to sexual confusion 鈥� even after the wedding day
Young men receiving support after they pledge to abstain from sex until marriage, can find themselves without advisors and help once they do marry.
August 15, 2014
Research from 1960s shakes up understanding of West Coast earthquakes
A new study used seabed samples collected by 91爆料 graduate students in the late 1960s to question current interpretations of earthquake frequency along the West Coast.
August 14, 2014
Stardust sample analysis finds likely interstellar dust
The Stardust mission, the brainchild of a 91爆料 astronomer, enlisted help from thousands of citizen scientists to find likely evidence of interstellar dust.
Seymour Rabinovitch leaves a long 91爆料 legacy in chemistry
Seymour Rabinovitch, 95, a professor emeritus who spent four decades in the 91爆料 Chemistry Department, died Aug. 2.
August 13, 2014
Snow has thinned on Arctic sea ice
Historic observations and NASA airborne data provide a decades-long record showing that the snowpack on Arctic sea ice is thinning.
August 8, 2014
David Briggs remembrance Aug. 17 at 91爆料
David Briggs, professor emeritus of environmental and forest sciences, will be remembered Sunday, Aug. 17 at the 91爆料 Club.
Ancient shellfish remains rewrite 10,000-year history of El Ni帽o cycles
Piles of ancient shells provide the first reliable long-term record for the powerful driver of year-to-year climate changes. Results show that the El Ni帽os 10,000 years ago were as strong and frequent as they are today.
August 7, 2014
Ocean’s most oxygen-deprived zones to shrink under climate change
Predictions that the lowest-oxygen environments in the ocean will get worse may not come to pass. 91爆料 research shows climate change, by weakening the trade winds, will shrink these extremely low-oxygen waters.
Rebuilding part of the Large Hadron Collider 鈥� with Legos
91爆料 students used Legos to build a replica of the Atlas detector, part of the Large Hadron Collider that made physics history. (With video)
August 6, 2014
Penguins at risk world over, scientists urge new strategies
Scientists writing in the current issue of Conservation Biology call for marine protected areas and partially protected areas to help penguins cope.
August 5, 2014
Funding approval a big step forward for Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
With a key funding approval, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, an international astronomy project of which the 91爆料 is a founding member, is taking a major step toward becoming a reality.
August 4, 2014
No-power Wi-Fi connectivity could fuel Internet of Things reality
91爆料 engineers have designed a new communication system that uses radio frequency signals as a power source and reuses existing Wi-Fi infrastructure to provide Internet connectivity to battery-free devices.
August 1, 2014
Determination of non-significance — 91爆料 Police Department Facility
91爆料 — Determination of non-significance (DNS) Project Name: 91爆料 Police Department Facility Description of Proposal: Construction of a proposed three-story (two above-grade levels plus a basement), approximately 29,241-gross square foot building. The building would provide space for approximately 93 staff members and would include offices, a dispatch/communications center, records storage, identification lab, evidence storage, locker/fitness rooms, conference rooms, community multipurpose/training rooms and fleet parking. Proponent: 91爆料 Location of Proposal: 3939 15th Avenue NE The site is…
A unique lab class: 91爆料 students explore nation’s largest dam removal
A spring research apprenticeship course had nine undergraduates living at Friday Harbor Labs and studying what will happen to sediment released by dam removals on the Elwha River.
July 31, 2014
Rovy Branon named vice provost for 91爆料 Educational Outreach
91爆料 President Michael K. Young and Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced today the selection of Rovy Branon as the new vice provost for 91爆料 Educational Outreach, effective Oct. 15, 2014. The appointment is subject to approval by the 91爆料 Board of Regents. 鈥淩ovy Branon鈥檚 prior leadership experiences make him uniquely qualified for this important leadership position,鈥� 91爆料 Provost Ana Mari Cauce said. 鈥淭here is wide ranging consensus that his values, vision, and goals are similar to those of…
Companion planets can increase old worlds’ chance at life
Having a companion in old age is good for people 鈥� and, it turns out, might extend the chance for life on certain Earth-sized planets in the cosmos as well.
July 30, 2014
Availability of a draft environmental impact statement — Animal Research and Care Facility
Project Name: Animal Research and Care Facility (ARCF) Proponent: 91爆料 Description: The University is proposing to construct a new state of the art鈥� two-story below-grade structure approximately 96,000 square feet of building development to replace currently non-compliant facilities and provide centralized holding and procedure space for the Department of Comparative Medicine (DCM) and the Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC). Below-grade development would also include an expanded loading dock that would contain an access corridor to link the…
Dissolvable fabric loaded with medicine might offer faster protection against HIV
91爆料 bioengineers have discovered a potentially faster way to deliver a topical drug that protects women from contracting HIV. Their method spins the drug into silk-like fibers that quickly dissolve when in contact with moisture, releasing higher doses of the drug than possible with other materials.
July 29, 2014
91爆料 sophomore part of America’s Got Talent tonight
A 91爆料 student takes center stage on America’s Got Talent. (With video)
Huge waves measured for first time in Arctic Ocean
The first measurements of waves in the middle of the Arctic Ocean recorded house-sized waves during a September 2012 storm. More sensors are going out this summer to study waves in newly ice-free Arctic waters.
Health Sciences News Digest 7.29.2014
News from the 91爆料 Health Sciences: Alzheimer’s impact on our aging population, hunger cues, trauma treatment study, avoiding burnout, training new neuroscientists, an AIDS-free generation
July 28, 2014
91爆料 alum, Bremerton native wins global architecture award
World-renowned architect and 91爆料 alumnus Steven Holl recently received a 2014 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award in architecture, joining the likes of I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas.
More than half of new state academy of sciences members are 91爆料 faculty
The Washington State Academy of Sciences has added 18 new members, 10 from the 91爆料.
New protein structure could help treat Alzheimer’s, related diseases
91爆料 bioengineers have a designed a peptide structure that can stop the harmful changes of the body’s normal proteins into a state that’s linked to widespread diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and Lou Gehrig’s disease.
July 25, 2014
News Digest: Honors: Christopher Adolph and Ruth Johnston
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Budget or bust: Primer on public finance teaches government officials the basics
Many newly elected or appointed officials arrive knowing next to nothing about public finance. That’s why Justin Marlowe of the Evans School of Public Affairs wrote this basic guide to public finance.
July 23, 2014
Historical guide ‘Shaping Seattle Architecture’ returns in second edition
Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, 91爆料 professor of architecture, discusses the second edition of “Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects.” Ochsner edited both editions, working with a five-person editorial board.
July 22, 2014
91爆料 named 鈥楪reat College to Work For鈥�
91爆料 is recognized as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥� by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Oso disaster had its roots in earlier landslides
The 91爆料 is part of a new study that shows the disastrous landslide that killed 43 people at Oso, Washington, involved the 鈥渞emobilization鈥� of a 2006 landslide in the same place.
July 21, 2014
Sean D. Sullivan named dean of 91爆料 School of Pharmacy
91爆料 President Michael K. Young and Provost Ana Mari Cauce announced Monday the selection of Sean D. Sullivan as the new dean of the 91爆料 School of Pharmacy, effective Sept. 15. The appointment is subject to approval by the 91爆料 Board of Regents. 鈥淒r. Sullivan occupies a very prominent position nationally and internationally in pharmacy practice and education,鈥� said Cauce. 鈥淲e have had the great good fortune to have him on our faculty for the past 22 years….
July 18, 2014
Sloan Digital Sky Survey 鈥� including 91爆料 鈥� now to view entire sky
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a consortium of institutions of which the 91爆料 is part, will soon expand its view to see the entire sky, and even peer into the Milky Way’s galactic center.
July 17, 2014
Geophysicists prep for massive ‘ultrasound’ of Mount St. Helens
Dozens of geophysicists and volunteers will deploy 3,500 seismic sensors at Mount St. Helens next week in an unprecedented study of the volcano’s plumbing.
July 16, 2014
Tracking the breakup of Arctic summer sea ice
An international team has placed sensors on and under Arctic sea ice to monitor this season’s retreat. Scientists hope to understand the physics of the ice edge in order to predict summer conditions in the Arctic Ocean.
July 15, 2014
Sustainable, sharing communities explored in Karen Litfin’s book ‘Ecovillages’
91爆料 political scientist Karen Litfin spent a year traveling to 14 ecovillages worldwide in researching her book “Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community.”