April 3, 2012
Deborah Trout has spent her life helping to create artificial worlds. Maybe thats why she turns to the natural one when she isnt working. She is a costume designer in the School of Drama, and in her spare time she hits local waterfront parks as a beach naturalist
Ingrid Daubechies, a professor of mathematics at Duke University and head of the International Mathematical Union, will give a public talk Monday, April 9 in the Paul Allen Center. She will give another more technical talk Tuesday morning.
April 2, 2012
Technological advances make radiofrequency instruments a stronger complement to radiation therapy in treating spinal and pelvic tumors.
A 91爆料 Tacoma researcher has discovered that sex-offender registries include people who are not actually living within the community,such as individuals who have died, been deported, are in jail or have moved out of state.
March 30, 2012
The fourth Environmental Innovation Challenge was the biggest yet. The winning team proposes to replace concrete lane dividers with ones made from recycled rubber tires. Other student teams presented their prototypes for emergency shelters, rooftop gardens, nonstick cookware and other green businesses.
In several journal editorials and testimony before the National Academy of Sciences, a 91爆料 professor presents opinions on reforming scientific enterprise.
Enjoy plants and animals of the 91爆料 Botanic Gardens as captured by 91爆料 alumnus Art Wolfe in a slideshow for the current edition of Columns magazine.
March 29, 2012
Head for Paws-On Science: Husky Weekend, March 30, 31 and April 1, at Pacific Science Center, for 50 stations featuring 91爆料 research. 91爆料 faculty, staff, students and their families receive a 20 percent discount on admission during the event, as do 91爆料 alums.
Spring quarter is under way, creativity is flowing and arts events are back on the calendar. The Quad’s flowering cherry trees might be the biggest campus stars just now 鈥� poetry in pink 鈥� but there’s art, film and music aplenty sharing the bill with the blooms.
In case scenarios, medical, nursing, and pharmacy students learned how to tell a patient’s family that a serious error has occurred.
March 28, 2012
Evidence from fossilized raindrop impressions from 2.7 billion years ago indicates that an abundance of greenhouse gases most likely caused the warm temperatures on ancient Earth.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will be the 91爆料s commencement speaker in ceremonies June 9 at CenturyLink Field.
March 27, 2012
91爆料 anthropologists report that Tsimane men have less baseline testosterone compared with U.S. men, but show the same increase in testosterone following a soccer game.
Ina Ray Hutton rose to fame in the 1930s and was known as blonde bombshell of rhythm. But she had a secret that could have damaged her stardom.
Similarities of effective charter schools studied || 91爆料 “Trash-In” set April 11
John S. Edwards, emeritus professor of zoology, died March 25 at the age of 80.
March 26, 2012
In early 2012, 10 91爆料 honors students and eight former prison inmates came together for an unusual course: life after time in prison.
Researchers have devised a nanoscale sensor to electronically read the sequence of a single DNA molecule, a technique that is fast and inexpensive and could make DNA sequencing widely available.
Kelli Trosvig has been appointed vice president for 91爆料 information technology and chief information officer for the university, 91爆料 President Michael Young announced today.
March 23, 2012
Students want better wireless and electrical connections on campus, while faculty would like more consistent and more flexible configurations of classroom technology, a new survey shows.
This change may release fuel and materials for the rapid growth of the early embryo and the formation of layers that will later become organs.
Middle school students who felt more emotional support from teachers reported a delay in alcohol and other illicit substance initiation.
March 22, 2012
This spring break week, while things are slower, we have two arts events arising from the darker side. One is a reading by a poet who worked at Hanford, and the other is an art exhibit that takes on social issues such as racism and inequality.
The answer is: Any day now 鈥� probably by the weekend 鈥� and for about three weeks, depending on the weather. And dont worry, they’ll be spectacular. And of course the question is, when will the blossoms bloom?
An odd, previously unseen landform could provide a window into the geological history of Mars, according to new research by 91爆料 geologists.
March 21, 2012
Christopher Marshall, of Wasilla, Alaska, left 91爆料 Medical Center today without a heart. Instead he used a portable power supply for his recently implanted circulatory device.
91爆料 Summer Youth Programs open for registration || Parents shouldn’t ignore children’s head injuries
March 20, 2012
A new online portal and smartphone app lets Washington and Oregon residents enter the addresses of their homes, schools, workplaces or kids’ day care centers to check if they’re in harm’s way should a tsunami hit. The tool, being publicized on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the Tohoku tsunami, was developed by researchers at the Applied Physics Laboratory.
March 19, 2012
Pediatricians who showed an unconscious preference for European Americans tended to prescribe better pain-management for white patients than they did for African-American patients, new 91爆料 research shows.
91爆料 graduating medical students — along with newly minted M.D.s across America — learned March 16 where they will do their residency training.
Cherry trees in full bloom in our nation’s capital could be as much as four weeks earlier by 2080 depending on how much warming occurs. So says an analysis conducted at the 91爆料 that relied on the 91爆料’s own cherry trees as one test of a computer model used in the project.
91爆料TV and KOMO 4 today announced a new broadcast partnership to share stories about the people, places and discoveries from the 91爆料 through the 91爆料TV television series, “91爆料|360.鈥� Beginning on Saturday, March 24 at 4:30 p.m., KOMO 4 will air “91爆料|360鈥� right before their evening news broadcast.
March 15, 2012
If your dog could talk, what would she say? A fanciful new book by Hazard Adams, 91爆料 professor emeritus of comparative literature, explores this scenario as the dogs of fictitious Hilltown give voice to resist a new leash law.
Arts events have slowed as winter quarter ends, but theres still much to see. The Burke Museum has discussions of food as its “Hungry Planet鈥� exhibit continues and the Henry Art Gallery remains busy with several exhibits — including a Winslow Homer classic.
Lecture on nanomedicine, treating cancer || Honor: business-diversity efforts recognized || 91爆料 plans Autism Awareness Month events for public || Papers uncover political, human sides of school closure || Husky Green Award nominations due March 26
March 14, 2012
New research shows that at least one group of small mammals, the multituberculates, actually flourished in the last 20 million years of dinosaurs reign and survived their extinction.
91爆料 scientists traced a brain circuit that mediates the loss of appetite in mice. They also discovered potential therapeutic targets.
March 13, 2012
The 91爆料 began this week notifying applicants to the Seattle campus of their acceptance into the freshman class starting fall 2012.
Numerous 91爆料 professional and graduate programs were among the top 10 in the 2013 annual rankings provided March 14 by U.S. News & World Report.
March 12, 2012
Greenroads, a rating system developed at the 91爆料 to promote sustainable roadway construction, awarded its first official certification to a Bellingham project that incorporates porcelain from recycled toilets.