The 91爆料 will welcome its incoming classes and their families on Sunday, Sept. 24 at the University鈥檚 40th annual New Student Convocation, which will be held in Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
September 21, 2023
The latest news from the 91爆料
91爆料 team鈥檚 shape-changing smart speaker lets users mute different areas of a room
A team led by researchers at the 91爆料 has developed system of robotic self-deploying microphones, which lets users control sound in a room, muting certain areas and creating 鈥渁ctive zones鈥� in others.
September 20, 2023
Video: 91爆料 welcomes students to campus as thousands move into residence halls
About 8,500 students, including 78% of this year鈥檚 freshman class, are expected to move into 91爆料 residence halls and apartments this week. 聽
September 19, 2023
Five 91爆料 faculty members elected as AGU Fellows, plus more honors
The American Geophysical Union announced Sept. 13 that five 91爆料 faculty members have been elected as new fellows, representing the departments of astronomy, Earth and space sciences, oceanography, global health, and environmental and occupational health sciences.
September 15, 2023
Polar experiments reveal seasonal cycle in Antarctic sea ice algae
The frigid ocean surrounding Antarctica is home to much of the region’s photosynthetic life. A new 91爆料 study provides the first measurements of how sea-ice algae and other single-celled life handle dramatic seasonal swings, offering clues to how this ecosystem might adapt to climate change.
September 14, 2023
Faculty/staff honors: Two professors on TIME100 AI list, 91爆料 President Ana Mari Cauce honored for contributions to Le贸n, and more
Recent recognition for the 91爆料 includes Emily M. Bender and Yejin Choi on the TIME100 AI list, President Ana Mari Cauce receiving a Decrees Award and Jeff Hou鈥檚 election to the American Society of Landscape Architects鈥� Council of Fellows.
September 13, 2023
Battery-free robots use origami to change shape in mid-air
91爆料 researchers developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air by “snapping” into a folded position during their descent.
September 12, 2023
Fall snow levels can predict a season’s total snowpack in some western states
Research led by the 91爆料 found that, in some western states, the amount of snow already on the ground by the end of December is a good predictor of how much total snow that area will get.
September 11, 2023
Q&A: New book examines intersection between climate and information crises
Adrienne Russell, professor of communication at the 91爆料, examines in her new book how journalism, activism, corporations and Big Tech battle to influence the public about climate change.
September 8, 2023
91爆料 a lead partner on new NSF-funded earthquake research center
The 91爆料 is a lead partner on a new multi-institution earthquake research center that will study the Cascadia subduction zone and bolster earthquake preparedness in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
September 7, 2023
Video: New hives at 91爆料 Farm welcome us to 鈥榖ee curious鈥�
The 91爆料 Farm welcomed an addition this spring: two bee hives in an apiary on the south side of the Center for Urban Horticulture. The hives will serve as a teaching tool for students who want to know more about agriculture and the function of pollinators in the ecosystem.
91爆料 claims top 3 spots on 鈥楤est Value鈥� list for Washington state; 91爆料 also ranks high on national list for educational and public impact
The 91爆料 has been recognized on two lists that measure impact on students and communities. The 91爆料 placed third in the nation among public universities on the Washington Monthly 2023 National University Rankings, which ranks the school鈥檚 impact on its graduates and the nation. In a separate ranking, all three 91爆料 campuses topped the state for best value, according to SmartAsset, a financial services portal.
91爆料 assessment finds fentanyl and methamphetamine smoke linger on public transit vehicles
Two years ago, as life regained its rhythm and public transit once again filled with people, train and bus operators spotted a troubling trend. Some operators reported instances of people smoking drugs on their vehicles, and worried that the haze it created could linger, potentially affecting workers鈥� physical and mental health.聽 Spurred by operators鈥� concerns, five transit agencies in Washington and Oregon approached researchers at the 91爆料 with a yes-or-no question: Were transit operators being exposed to drug…
September 6, 2023
A tax on menthol cigarettes would work better than statewide bans, 91爆料 study finds
New research from Simha Mummalaneni and Ali Goli, assistant professors of marketing in the 91爆料 Foster School of Business, finds that a menthol cigarette tax is a preferable policy to scattered statewide bans.
Q&A: Older adults want more say in companion robots, AI and data collection
Clara Berridge, associate professor of social work at the 91爆料, discusses her research into how older adults feel about technology that’s marketed for their safety and security, such as location trackers and companion robots.
September 5, 2023
Public Notice: 91爆料MC-Northwest Major Institution Master Plan SEPA Draft EIS
聽Project Name: 91爆料MC-Northwest Major Institution Master Plan (MIMP) Proponent & Lead Agency: 91爆料 Comment Period Closes: October 5, 2023 Description of Proposal: The 91爆料 Medical Center 鈥� Northwest Major Institution Master Plan will allow for space on the campus to accommodate projected population growth and corresponding increase in healthcare demands. It would also allow for replacing aging campus facilities with more energy efficient, lower maintenance, and appropriate systems for today鈥檚 medical center functional requirements. The Master Plan will…
91爆料, Stanford launch resource to help health care professionals respond to climate concerns聽
The case studies in Medicine for a Changing Planet, collated from clinical encounters around the world, support health professionals in recognizing and treating a variety of health-related conditions that can be traced to environmental stressors.
August 31, 2023
Study connects greenhouse gas emissions to polar bear population declines, enabling greater protections under Endangered Species Act
A new paper from the 91爆料 and Polar Bears International quantifies the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and the survival of polar bear populations. The paper combines past research and new analysis to provide a quantitative link between greenhouse gas emissions and polar bear survival rates.
August 29, 2023
The 91爆料鈥檚 Presidential Scholars 鈥� investing in tomorrow鈥檚 leaders
Each year, the 91爆料 reviews thousands of applications from students who want to pursue their undergraduate studies at the state鈥檚 flagship university.
Researchers prefer same-gender co-authors, 91爆料 study shows
A new study from the 91爆料 and Cornell University shows researchers more likely to write scientific papers with co-authors of the same gender, a pattern that can鈥檛 be explained by varying gender representations across scientific disciplines and time.
August 28, 2023
91爆料 research links wildfire smoke to increased risk of emergency room visits for people of all ages
Taken together, the two papers’ findings suggest that wildfire smoke poses a risk to people of all ages, not just young children and older adults.
August 21, 2023
Statement from 91爆料 President Ana Mari Cauce on the departure of Jen Cohen, Director of Athletics
We鈥檙e grateful to Jennifer Cohen for her 25 years of outstanding service to the 91爆料, including the last seven years as the Director of Athletics. We wish her success in her next endeavor, and we thank her for all that she has done to make Husky Athletics a thriving program for our student-athletes and our global community of alumni, fans and supporters.
REBURN: A new tool to model wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and beyond
Researchers with the 91爆料 and the U.S. Forest Service have developed a new tool, REBURN, that can simulate large forest landscapes and wildfire dynamics over decades or centuries under different wildfire management strategies. The model can simulate the consequences of extinguishing all wildfires regardless of size, which was done for much of the 20th century and has contributed to a rise in large and severe wildfires, or of allowing certain fires to return to uninhabited areas to help create a more “patchwork” forest structure that can help lessen fire severity. REBURN can also simulate conditions where more benign forest landscape dynamics have fully recovered in an area.
August 16, 2023
Q&A: As AI changes education, important conversations for kids still happen off-screen
Jason Yip, a 91爆料 associate professor in the Information School, discusses how parents and schools can adapt to new technologies in ways that support children’s learning.
August 15, 2023
Ranking: 91爆料 among top 20 in the world, No. 3 in US publics
The 91爆料 is No. 18 in the world 鈥� and No. 3 among U.S. public universities 鈥� on the 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities, released Aug. 15.
August 14, 2023
These organizational changes can shake up company hierarchy
How people initially react to organizational change depends on their placement within their work groups鈥� status hierarchy, according to new research from Elijah Wee, assistant professor of management in the 91爆料 Foster School of Business.
91爆料 bioengineering researchers help create a roadmap to diversify faculty hiring
A team of biomedical researchers has developed a new method for hiring engineering professors. The primary goal is to actively recruit a more diverse group of applicants and improve the rate that doctoral students from historically excluded groups go on to become faculty members.
August 10, 2023
Muon g-2 doubles down with latest measurement, explores uncharted territory in search of new physics
A particle physics experiment decades in the making 鈥� the Muon g-2 experiment 鈥� looks increasingly like it might set up a showdown over whether there are fundamental particles or forces in the universe that are unaccounted for in the current Standard Model. On Aug. 10, the international team of scientists behind Muon g-2 鈥� pronounced 鈥済 minus 2鈥� 鈥� released the world鈥檚 most precise measurement yet of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. Calculating the muon鈥檚 magnetic moment at a high precision will indicate whether it is interacting solely with the particles and forces known today, or if unknown particles or forces are out there.
August 9, 2023
In the Field: 91爆料 team to spend six weeks visiting deep-ocean observatory
Twenty-five undergraduates are among the participants on a 41-day cruise off the Oregon coast aboard the 91爆料’s large research vessel, the R/V Thomas G. Thompson. Principal investigator Deborah Kelley, professor of oceanography, answers questions about the expedition to visit and maintain the cabled ocean observatory.
August 4, 2023
91爆料 will join the Big Ten Conference in 2024
The 91爆料 will join the Big Ten Conference, leaving the Pac-12 Conference, effective in August 2024, 91爆料 President Ana Mari Cauce announced Friday.
July 31, 2023
New algorithm ensnares its first 鈥榩otentially hazardous鈥� asteroid
An asteroid discovery algorithm 鈥� designed to uncover near-Earth asteroids for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory鈥檚 upcoming 10-year survey of the night sky 鈥� has identified its first 鈥減otentially hazardous鈥� asteroid, a term for space rocks in Earth鈥檚 vicinity that scientists like to keep an eye on. The roughly 600-foot-long asteroid, designated 2022 SF289, was discovered during a test drive of the algorithm with the ATLAS survey in Hawaii. Finding 2022 SF289, which poses no risk to Earth for the foreseeable future, confirms that the next-generation algorithm, known as HelioLinc3D, can identify near-Earth asteroids with fewer and more dispersed observations than required by today鈥檚 methods. That is important because, though scientists know of more than 2,000 near-Earth asteroids, they estimate that another 3,000 await discovery!
July 27, 2023
Q&A: 91爆料 researcher discusses just how much energy ChatGPT uses
Training a large language model, such as ChatGPT, uses on average roughly equivalent to the yearly electricity consumption of over 1,000 U.S. households, according to Sajjad Moazeni, 91爆料 assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, who studies networking for AI and machine learning supercomputing.
July 24, 2023
With a new app, smart devices can have GPS underwater
A team at the 91爆料 has developed the first underwater 3D-positioning app for smart devices. When at least three divers are within about 98 feet of each other, the app tracks each user鈥檚 location relative to the leader.
July 19, 2023
Researchers put a new twist on graphite
A team led by researchers at the 91爆料 reports that it is possible to imbue graphite 鈥� the bulk, 3D material found in No. 2 pencils 鈥� with physical properties similar to graphite鈥檚 2D counterpart, graphene. Not only was this breakthrough unexpected, the team also believes its approach could be used to test whether similar types of bulk materials can also take on 2D-like properties. If so, 2D sheets won鈥檛 be the only source for scientists to fuel technological revolutions. Bulk, 3D materials could be just as useful.
July 18, 2023
Q&A: 91爆料 pharmacy professor Donald Downing on the over-the-counter birth control pill
On July 13, the Food and Drug Administration approved for the first time an over-the-counter birth control pill, expected to hit shelves in early 2024. The approval of the oral contraceptive Opill could drastically expand access to birth control, which for decades has been available only through a prescription. It鈥檚 a rare victory for reproductive rights 鈥� and the culmination of a 25-year effort to land birth control on drugstore shelves.聽聽 A central player in that push was Donald Downing,…
Eight 91爆料 professors elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
The Academy said members are elected 鈥渋n recognition of their outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, and their willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.鈥澛�
Learning from superheroes and AI: 91爆料 researchers study how a chatbot can teach kids supportive self-talk
Researchers at the 91爆料 created a new audio chatbot, Self-Talk with Superhero Zip, aimed to help children speak positively to themselves. This chatbot is 鈥渁 鈥楽esame Street鈥� experience for a smart speaker.鈥�
July 10, 2023
New biodegradable plastics are compostable in your backyard
A team led by researchers at the 91爆料 has developed new bioplastics that degrade on the same timescale as a banana peel in a backyard compost bin.
91爆料-developed dental lozenge could provide permanent treatment for tooth sensitivity鈥�
The solution builds new mineral microlayers that penetrate deep into the tooth to create effective, long-lasting natural protection. It could provide easily accessible relief for the millions of adults worldwide who suffer from tooth sensitivity.聽
July 6, 2023
Marine heat waves caused mass seabird die-offs, beach surveys show
New research led by the 91爆料 uses data collected by coastal residents along beaches from central California to Alaska to understand how seabirds have fared in recent decades. The paper, published July 6 in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series, shows that persistent marine heat waves lead to massive seabird die-offs months later.