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December 3, 2021

Hans Rosling Center wins state, national architectural design and project awards

The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health has won top awards in 2021 from state and national design and construction associations for both its architectural design and unique project delivery approach. The building was designed by The Miller Hull Partnership and the general contractor was Lease Crutcher Lewis. The Design Build Institute of America in November gave the Rosling Center its Award of Excellence in the Education Building category, the award for Best in Design and the culminating Project of…

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December 1, 2021

ArtSci Roundup: 9th Annual Ladino Day, CarolFest, and More

Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 91爆料 community every week! This week, attend concerts, lectures, and more. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91爆料 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 91爆料-IT.聽 Gospel Choir December 6, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall Phyllis Byrdwell, School of Music alumni and聽Minister of Music at Mount Zion Baptist Church of Seattle聽leads the 100-voice gospel choir in songs of praise, jubilation, and other expressions of the Gospel tradition….

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November 23, 2021

ArtSci Roundup: “Working, Together” Seminar Series, First Wednesday Concert Series: 91爆料 Baroque Ensemble, and More

Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 91爆料 community every week! This week, attend concerts, exhibitions, and more. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91爆料 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 91爆料-IT.聽 Roundtable 鈥� Challenging Hegemony: Taiwan, the Baltic, and the EU November 30, 7:00 PM | Online Lithuania鈥檚 recent decision to accept a Taiwan Representative Office has聽created outsized reverberations across Europe, Asia, and the world.聽聽With the decision to utilize the name 鈥淭aiwan,鈥�…

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November 22, 2021

Video: 91爆料 students build purifiers that can remove virus particles, other pollutants

A 91爆料 class that normally is about air pollution has pivoted to focus on another airborne health hazard 鈥� coronavirus aerosols. As part of the class project, students are designing and building air purifiers and testing how effective they are.

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November 18, 2021

ArtSci Roundup: Astria Suparak: Asian futures, without Asians, Jazz Innovations, and More

Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 91爆料 community every week! This week, attend lectures, exhibitions, and more. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91爆料 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 91爆料-IT.聽 Astria Suparak: Asian futures, without Asians November 30, 6:00 PM | Online What does it mean when so many white filmmakers envision futures inflected by Asian culture, but devoid of actual Asian people? This is the central question posed by artist…

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November 17, 2021

A chatbot can help doctors better understand incoming emergency department patients’ social needs

A team led by the 91爆料 developed a chatbot that could ask emergency department visitors about social needs, including housing, food, access to medical care and physical safety.

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Deforestation, climate change linked to more worker deaths and unsafe conditions

Outdoor workers in the world鈥檚 lower-latitude tropical forests may face a greater risk of heat-related deaths and unsafe working conditions because of deforestation and climate warming, according to a study led by The Nature Conservancy, the 91爆料 and Indonesia鈥檚 Mulawarman University. In the study, researchers found that increased temperatures of 0.95 C (1.7 F) in the deforested areas of Berau Regency, Indonesia, between 2002 and 2018 were linked to roughly 118 additional deaths in 2018, and 20 additional…

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November 10, 2021

ArtSci Roundup: Political Science Faculty Panel: Is Democracy Dead?, Benaroya Lecture, and More

Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 91爆料 community every week! This week, attend lectures, exhibitions, and more. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91爆料 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 91爆料-IT.聽 Sharing Indigenous Knowledge Across Boundaries: Fishing Sovereignty in Alaska and British Columbia November 16, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Online Pacific herring are foundational to the lifeways of First Nations and Indigenous communities up and down the coast of British…

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November 8, 2021

US Department of Education renews five-year, $1.9M grant for 91爆料 Educational Talent Search program

As students resume in-person classroom education, 91爆料 staff with the Educational Talent Search (ETS) program also move back into 14 partner middle and high schools in six Washington school districts, helping them gain the skills and confidence to pursue a college degree.

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Creating a supportive environment for veterans, 91爆料 pauses to recognize those with military service

Arriving at the 91爆料鈥檚 Seattle campus, Brandon Green had a familiar feeling of disorientation.

Green, 33, who transferred to the 91爆料 from Everett Community College after spending seven years as a U.S. Army medic, had travelled the U.S. and the globe, including two tours in Afghanistan. He鈥檇 undergone rigorous training and knew what it was like to deploy to foreign, often dangerous places.

Even with all that experience, college life was different.

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November 5, 2021

From the land of the Reindeer People to Red Square: Teacher brings the Mongolian language to the 91爆料

Azjargal Amarsanaa, a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, is teaching the Mongolian language to 91爆料 students for the 2021-22 academic year. It’s the first chance 91爆料 students have had to learn Mongolian in 15 years.

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ArtSci Roundup: DXARTS Fall Concert:聽Real & Imagined Soundworlds, The Importance of Being Earnest, and More

Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 91爆料 community every week! This week, attend lectures, concerts, and more. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91爆料 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 91爆料-IT.聽 DXARTS Fall Concert:聽Real & Imagined Soundworlds November 9, 7:30 PM | Meany Hall–Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater The Department of Digital Art and Experimental Media (DXARTS) is pleased to present a program of the very latest holographic sound works from DXARTS composers…

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November 2, 2021

91爆料 wins funding for 鈥榗linic鈥� to help community navigate technology

When people need legal advice but can鈥檛 afford a lawyer, they often turn to legal clinics where law students can offer representation and advocacy. When community organizations need advice on technology, they soon will be able to turn to a similar type of clinic at the 91爆料.

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ArtSci Roundup: Global Month

November is 91爆料 Global Month!聽 91爆料 Global Month celebrates our University鈥檚 global impact and community.聽During the month of November, we highlight the connections and relationships the 91爆料 has all over the world and the impact of our University鈥檚 global engagement. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91爆料 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 91爆料-IT.聽 Converge: Virtual Series Ongoing Without borders, registration fees or the challenges of travel, last year’s “Convirtual” created a historic gathering…

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Video: Great ShakeOut drill tests new earthquake early warning system

At 10:21 a.m. on Oct. 21, teacher Wade Johnson’s science class at Port Susan Middle School scrambled under their desks as part of the annual Great American ShakeOut. It was Stanwood Camano School District鈥檚 first live test of its earthquake early warning system with all 13 of its schools participating in a 鈥淒rop, Cover, and Hold On鈥� drill.

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Countermarketing based on anti-smoking campaigns reduces buying of sugary 鈥榝ruit鈥� drinks for children

Public health messages such as in the image below 鈥� designed to reduce parents鈥� purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages marketed as fruit drinks for children 鈥� convinced a significant percentage of parents to avoid those drinks, according to a study by researchers at the 91爆料 and the University of Pennsylvania. The 91爆料-led study set out to assess the effect of culturally tailored countermarketing messages on drink choices, similar to stark anti-smoking campaigns, and involved more than 1,600 Latinx parents…

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After California鈥檚 3rd-largest wildfire, deer returned home while trees were 鈥榮till smoldering鈥�

In a rare stroke of luck, researchers from the 91爆料, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, were able to track a group of black-tailed deer during and after California鈥檚 third-largest wildfire, the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire. The megafire, which torched more than 450,000 acres in northern California, burned across half of an established study site, making it possible to record the movements and feeding patterns of deer before, during and after the fire.

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Fossil dental exams reveal how tusks first evolved

Many animals have tusks, from elephants to walruses to hyraxes. But one thing tusked animals have in common is that they鈥檙e all mammals 鈥� no known fish, reptiles or birds have them. But that was not always the case. In a study published Oct. 27 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a team of paleontologists at Harvard University, the Field Museum, the 91爆料 and Idaho State University traced the first tusks back to dicynodonts 鈥� ancient mammal relatives that lived before the dinosaurs.

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October 25, 2021

鈥楽elf-care and resilience鈥� 鈥� 91爆料鈥檚 Elaine Walsh discusses burnout among nurses

The pandemic has left nurses around the country feeling burned out. Their top four feelings, according to a recent survey? Exhausted, overwhelmed, irritable and anxious or unable to relax. 91爆料 News spoke with Elaine Walsh, a 91爆料 School of Nursing associate professor聽and a Nurse Scientist in Resiliency at聽Seattle Children鈥檚 Hospital, to learn more about the conditions that lead to burnout and solutions. Walsh explains burnout is characterized by physical, mental and emotional exhaustion and can involve a feeling of disconnection…

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October 21, 2021

ArtSci Roundup: Maysoon Zayid 鈥� Survival of the Unfittest, BOOK TALK: Automation and Autonomy, and More

Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the 91爆料 community every week! This week, attend lectures, book talks, and more. Many of these opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All 91爆料 faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via 91爆料-IT.聽 Maysoon Zayid 鈥� Survival of the Unfittest October 26, 6:30 PM | Meany Performing Arts Center Join comedian, disability advocate, and author Maysoon Zayid for 鈥淪urvival of the Unfittest.鈥� This one-hour talk will tackle everything from diversity to cats named…

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The Jackson School鈥檚 Taso Lagos reflects on becoming American at his family鈥檚 restaurant, the Continental

In 2013, Seattle鈥檚 U District neighborhood lost one of its most cherished businesses. The Continental Greek Restaurant and Pastry Shop, owned by the family of the Jackson School’s Taso Lagos, sat on University Way for nearly 40 years before closing its doors that June. Lagos looks back on the restaurant and what it meant to his family in a memoir due to be released this fall.