A weekly roundup of various arts-focused events for the 91爆料 community.
September 23, 2022
The latest news from the 91爆料
September 22, 2022
Deepest scientific ocean drilling effort sheds light on Japan鈥檚 next 鈥榖ig one鈥�
A 2018 expedition that drilled farther into the seafloor than ever before — almost 2 miles — sought to take measurements of stress as close as possible to a tectonic fault off the coast of Japan. Surprisingly, the researchers found little built-up tectonic stress. The findings could help to better understand earthquakes in subduction zones around the world.
91爆料 systems experts put health of kids at the center as King County seeks to reach 鈥榸ero youth detention鈥�
As King County seeks to reach its goal of 鈥渮ero youth detention鈥� 鈥� ultimately eliminating the practice of juvenile detention in the county 鈥�91爆料 researchers are working to help address major systemic challenges in how young people engage with health care. With a strategic plan to close the juvenile detention center by 2025, King County needs an increasingly robust system to ensure youth are getting consistent and accessible services, including health care. This is especially true upon…
September 21, 2022
Video: 91爆料 welcomes students back to campus with move-in days
The 91爆料鈥檚 campus again is bustling as students began moving into residence halls on Tuesday and will participate in annual fall activities for incoming undergraduates. About 10,000 students are expected to move into campus housing this week.
New Global and Regional Studies major offers undergraduates a customizable window on the world
Global and Regional Studies, a new major in the 91爆料 Jackson School of International Studies, offers more flexible course options, allows undergraduates focus on a particular geographic region and theme and provides more choices for the capstone experience.
September 19, 2022
A smartphone’s camera and flash could help people measure blood oxygen levels at home
In a proof-of-principle study, 91爆料 and University of California San Diego researchers have shown that smartphones are capable of detecting blood oxygen saturation levels down to 70%. This is the lowest value that pulse oximeters should be able to measure, as recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
September 15, 2022
91爆料 breaks ground on $102 million Interdisciplinary Engineering Building
Wearing purple hard hats and using gold-plated shovels, officials from the 91爆料 broke ground Thursday on a new, $102 million Interdisciplinary Engineering Building to be constructed along Stevens Way east of the Husky Union Building. Once complete, the state-of-the-art 70,000-square-foot building will be an example of a student-focused learning facility backed by both public and private investments. The project aims to fuel economic growth and create a pipeline of future, local engineering talent.
New direction for 91爆料 Botanic Gardens focuses on diversity, equity and inclusion
New Directions in Public Gardens, a speaker series created by the 91爆料 Botanic Gardens, will conclude in September with the final speaker and a town hall. Past guests addressed topics like engaging with local Indigenous populations and opportunities for public land to support urban food systems and engage with BIPOC communities.
September 13, 2022
Q&A: 91爆料 researchers develop a reactor that can destroy ‘forever chemicals’
91爆料 researchers have created a reactor that can completely break down hard-to-destroy chemicals.
September 9, 2022
Pandemic federal programs helped kids in need get access to 1.5 billion meals every month
When schools closed during the first year of the pandemic, an immediate and potentially devastating problem surfaced: How would millions of children in struggling families get the school meals many of them depended on? The U.S. Congress responded by authorizing the Department of Agriculture to roll out two major programs. It launched the 鈥済rab and go school meals,鈥� which helped schools provide prepared meals for off-site consumption and distributed funding for the state-operated Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) program, which gave…
September 8, 2022
91爆料 Board of Regents votes to exit direct fossil fuel investments by 2027
The 91爆料 Board of Regents on Thursday approved a resolution to begin exiting all direct investments in fossil-fuel companies with the goal of complete divestiture by Fiscal Year 2027. The resolution includes a commitment not to renew indirect investments in funds primarily focusing on fossil-fuel extraction or reserves. Both commitments include allowances for firms contributing to the transition to sustainable energy.
September 7, 2022
These female hummingbirds evolved to look like males 鈥� apparently to evade aggression
1 in 5 adult female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds look like males. New research from the 91爆料 shows that this is a rare case of “deceptive mimicry” within a species: Females with male-like plumage are trying to pass themselves off as males, and as a result receive a benefit in the form of reduced aggression from males.
August 29, 2022
Black-owned restaurants disproportionately impacted during pandemic
A new study led by the 91爆料 uses cellphone location data to estimate the number of visits to Black-owned restaurants in 20 U.S. cities during the first year of the pandemic. The study finds that despite the “Black-owned” labelling campaign launched by companies such as Yelp, the number of visits to Black-owned restaurants dropped off after an initial spike and was inconsistent around the country.
August 25, 2022
鈥楧angerous鈥� and 鈥榚xtremely dangerous鈥� heat stress to become more common by 2100
A new study projects the number of days with “dangerous” and “extremely dangerous” mixtures of heat and humidity by the end of this century. Even if global warming is limited to 2 degrees Celsius, results show that deadly heat waves will become much more common in the mid-latitudes, and many tropical regions will experience “dangerous” heat for about half the year.
August 23, 2022
Beach trash accumulates in predictable patterns on Washington and Oregon shores
Volunteers spent thousands of hours recording trash on beaches in Washington and Oregon to show that certain beaches, and certain areas of a single beach, are 鈥渟ticky zones鈥� that accumulate litter. Finding patterns for where litter lands could help to better prevent and remove trash in the marine environment.
August 17, 2022
New 91爆料 Photonic Sensing Facility will use fiber-optic cables for seismic sensing, glaciology and more
A 91爆料 pilot project is exploring the use of fiber-optic sensing for seismology, glaciology, and even urban monitoring. Funded in part with a $473,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, a nonprofit based in Vancouver, Washington, the new 91爆料 Photonic Sensing Facility will use photons traveling through a fiber-optic cable to detect ground motions as small as 1 nanometer.
August 15, 2022
91爆料 to host college students for NASA-funded lunar rover challenge
The 91爆料 received a nearly $500,000 grant to run one of NASA鈥檚 Artemis Student Challenges in which participants turn a model lunar lava tube into a habitat suitable for housing humans on the moon or Mars.
Global ranking: 91爆料 is No. 17 in the world
The 91爆料 is No. 17 in the world 鈥� No. 3 among U.S. public universities 鈥� on the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities, released today.
August 12, 2022
New faculty books: How your brain works, cycling around the world and more
Recent and upcoming books from 91爆料 faculty include those from the Jackson School of International Studies, the Department of Psychology and the Runstad Department of Real Estate.
August 11, 2022
Bird behavior influenced by human activity during COVID-19 lockdowns
For birds that inhabit developed areas of the Pacific Northwest, the reduction in noise and commotion from COVID-19 lockdowns may have allowed them to use a wider range of habitats in cities, a new 91爆料 study has found.
August 8, 2022
Q&A: Story collection from 91爆料 professor tackles messy emotions of domestic relationships
Maya Sonenberg, professor of English at the 91爆料, highlights common feelings that are often silenced due to shame and societal expectations in her new short story collection, “Bad Mothers, Bad Daughters.”
August 5, 2022
New study calculates retreat of glacier edges in Alaska鈥檚 Kenai Fjords National Park
As glaciers worldwide retreat due to climate change, managers of national parks need to know what鈥檚 on the horizon to prepare for the future. A new study from the 91爆料 and the National Park Service measures 38 years of change for glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park south of Anchorage. The study, published Aug. 5 in The Journal of Glaciology, finds that 13 of the 19 glaciers show substantial retreat, four are relatively stable, and two have advanced. It also finds trends in which glacier types are disappearing fastest.
August 4, 2022
91爆料 to construct new Interdisciplinary Engineering Building, expanding contemporary educational spaces for students
The 91爆料 will break ground this fall on a new, $90 million Interdisciplinary Engineering Building, thanks in part to a $10 million donation from Boeing. Once complete, the state-of-the-art building will be a leading example of a student-focused learning facility backed by both public and private investments. The state of Washington has also dedicated $50 million to support the project that aims to fuel economic growth and create a pipeline of future, local engineering talent.
August 2, 2022
Popular map for exploring environmental health disparities, vulnerabilities in Washington gets an update
Since it first launched in 2019, Washington state鈥檚 Environmental Health Disparities Map has been used to help decisionmakers and government agencies engage with overburdened communities to clean up contamination, improve buildings and electric grids, plant trees and many other projects. Using a complex matrix of data, this open-access, interactive map ranks Washington鈥檚 nearly 1,500 U.S. census tracts by health risks due to environmental degradation and economic and health disparities. It acts as a guide for state agencies and the legislature…
July 28, 2022
The 91爆料鈥檚 three campuses join the Common App
The Seattle campus of the 91爆料, 91爆料 Bothell, and 91爆料 Tacoma are pleased to announce that they have joined the Common App. The Common App is a college application platform used by over 900 universities, including several Washington colleges and universities.
How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything
A 91爆料 team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects 鈥� including a 3D-printed bunny, a doorstop-shaped wedge, a tennis ball and a drill.
July 27, 2022
Craig Wilson promoted to chief of 91爆料 Police Department
Craig Wilson has been promoted to chief of police at the 91爆料 Police Department, 91爆料 Vice President for Student Affairs Denzil Suite and 91爆料 Interim Vice President for Campus & Community Safety Sally Clark announced Wednesday. Wilson鈥檚 appointment is effective Aug. 1.
July 25, 2022
New study challenges old views on what鈥檚 鈥榩rimitive鈥� in mammalian reproduction
Which group of mammals has the more “primitive” reproductive strategy 鈥� marsupials, with their short gestation periods, or humans and other placental mammals, which have long gestation periods? For decades, biologists viewed marsupial reproduction as “more primitive.” But 91爆料 scientists have discovered that a third group of mammals, the long-extinct multituberculates, had a long gestation period like placental mammals. Since multituberculates split off from the rest of the mammalian lineage before placentals and marsupials had even evolved, these findings question the view that marsupials were 鈥渓ess advanced鈥� than their placental cousins.
July 22, 2022
Novel HIV combination therapies could prevent viral escape and rebound
New research by scientists at the 91爆料, the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization and the University of Cologne indicates that carefully designed cocktails of broadly neutralizing antibodies could help treat HIV while minimizing the risk of the virus evolving to 鈥渆scape鈥� treatment.
July 20, 2022
91爆料 atmospheric sciences achieves No. 1 global ranking; nearly three dozen 91爆料 subjects in top 50
Eight 91爆料 subjects ranked in the top 10 and Atmospheric Sciences moved to its position as No. 1 in the world on the聽Global Ranking of Academic Subjects list for 2022. The ranking, released Tuesday, was conducted by researchers at the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, a fully independent organization dedicating to research on higher education intelligence and consultation.
July 19, 2022
Suicide prevention training for health care providers a first step in longer-term efficacy
After Washington became the first state to require suicide prevention training for health care providers, the 91爆料 worked with experts and organizations to develop the All Patients Safe program. A new study shows how All Patients Safe helped providers of all specialties learn how to identify and respond to patients at risk of suicide.
July 15, 2022
Seven 91爆料 faculty members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
Seven professors at the 91爆料 are among 25 new members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2022, according to a July 15 announcement.
July 14, 2022
91爆料 professor鈥檚 new book and course on sexual harassment in engineering seek to disrupt culture of silence
Denise Wilson, a 91爆料 professor of electrical and computer engineering, is working to end the prevalence of sexual harassment in engineering. She and her colleague Jennifer VanAntwerp of Calvin University are co-authors of 鈥淪ex, Gender, and Engineering: Harassment at Work and in School,鈥� published in April by Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
July 13, 2022
Determination of non-significance: Basketball Training Facility / Health & High Performance Center
Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-340 and WAC 478-324-140, the 91爆料 hereby provides public notice of: Determination of non-significance for the Basketball Training Facility / Health & High Performance Center project.
July 12, 2022
91爆料 study strengthens evidence of link between air pollution and child brain development
Air pollution is not just a problem for lungs. Increasingly, research suggests air pollution can influence childhood behavioral problems and even IQ. A new study led by the 91爆料 has added evidence showing that both prenatal and postnatal exposure to air pollution can harm kids. The study, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, found that children whose mothers experienced higher nitrogen dioxide聽(NO2) exposure during pregnancy, particularly in the first and second trimester, were more likely to have behavioral problems….
New faculty books: Threats to US democracy, early history of gay rights, and more
Federalism, queer history, the impact of the Russian Revolution on Jewish communities, and the evolution of Filipinx American studies are among the subjects of recent and upcoming books by 91爆料 faculty.
July 11, 2022
ClearBuds: First wireless earbuds that clear up calls using deep learning
91爆料 researchers created ClearBuds, earbuds that enhance the speaker’s voice and reduce background noise.
July 8, 2022
Sweetened beverage taxes produce net economic benefits for lower-income communities
New research led by 91爆料 professors James Krieger and Melissa Knox found that sweetened beverage taxes redistributed dollars from higher- to lower-income households.
July 5, 2022
Determination of non-significance: Site W27 Project
Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-340 and WAC 478-324-140, the 91爆料 hereby provides public notice of: Determination of non-significance
Tamara F. Lawson named dean of the School of Law
Tamara F. Lawson has been named to the next Toni Rembe Endowed Deanship of the 91爆料鈥檚 School of Law, Provost Mark A. Richards announced today. Her appointment, set to begin Aug. 16, is subject to approval by the 91爆料 Board of Regents.