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November 24, 2020

91爆料 public health expert calls on state officials, citizens to defend and rebuild public health agencies

Even before the pandemic and disagreements over social restrictions recommended by public health officials across the state, public health agencies in Washington were struggling due to a lack of resources. In recent weeks, firings, resignations and death threats targeting local health officials has led to a staffing crisis in the agencies most responsible for local pandemic response. Now, as these public attacks further cripple public health agencies, a 91爆料 public health expert is calling for action to defend…

Faculty/staff honors: Grants received, a top ‘Innovator Under 35’ and a career political science award

Recent honors and awards for 91爆料 faculty and staff include a top young innovator, a new endowed faculty fellow, research grants awarded and a career achievement award in environmental political science.

Four 91爆料 faculty members named AAAS fellows for 2020

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named four 91爆料 faculty members as AAAS Fellows, according to a Nov. 24 announcement from the organization. The four are part of a cohort of 489 new fellows for 2020, which were chosen by their peers for 鈥渢heir scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.鈥

November 23, 2020

ArtSci Roundup: Ladino Day 2020, Commemorating the Centennial of the Negro Leagues in baseball, Meany Center presents Ragamala Dance Company, and More

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 91爆料, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online 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 Ladino Day 2020 鈥 Revolutionizing Ladino: From the Printing Press to the Smartphone December 6, 10:00 – 11:30 AM | Online The 8th annual Ladino Day…

91爆料 ranked No. 7 nationally for graduate entrepreneurship in 2021 Princeton Review rankings

A commitment to innovation powered the 91爆料 to a No. 7 ranking for graduate entrepreneurship programs by The Princeton Review. The 2021 ranking marks an all-time high 鈥 solidifying 91爆料 and the Foster School of Business as a leader in entrepreneurial education and incubation within the Pac-12 and across the Western United States.

Lisa Graumlich, dean of 91爆料 College of the Environment, named president-elect of AGU

The American Geophysical Union announced that its members have elected Lisa Graumlich, dean of the 91爆料 College of the Environment, as the president-elect starting Jan. 1. After two years in this role Graumlich will begin a two-year term as president of the AGU board beginning in 2023.

ArtSci Roundup: Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust, What to Watch, Read, and Listen to at Home, and Drawing Wild Washington

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 91爆料, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online 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 Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust | In the Bloodlands: History and Memory of the Holocaust in the U.S.S.R. November 24, 4:00 PM | Online As…

November 17, 2020

91爆料 part of $5.8M contract to study wireless charging on moon

A team of organizations 鈥 led by the space technology company Astrobotic and including the 91爆料 and the 91爆料 spinout WiBotic 鈥 has received a $5.8 million contract to develop a line of lightweight, ultrafast wireless chargers that could help both humans and robots live and work on the moon.

November 14, 2020

B-roll: 91爆料 welcomes back Tent City 3 for winter quarter 2021

Download this B-roll here.   The 91爆料 welcomes back Tent City 3 鈥 an organized tent-city community 鈥 to its Seattle campus for 90 days during winter quarter 2021. Move-in is scheduled to begin Dec. 19. The 91爆料 previously hosted Tent City 3 in winter 2017, in the same location it will be next quarter:聽parking lot W35, situated between John M. Wallace Hall and the Fishery Sciences buildings off Northeast Pacific Street. Tent City 3 will provide safe,…

More to watch: 91爆料 Libraries expands online resources during pandemic, emphasizing arts, equity

Students in the arts and other fields will have greater access to research texts and media thanks to an expansion of online resources by 91爆料 Libraries to help meet the needs of remote learning during the pandemic.

November 12, 2020

ArtSci Roundup: Rick Steves at 91爆料 Global Month, Beethoven Piano Trios, Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust, and more

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 91爆料, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online 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 Livestream: Faculty Trio: Beethoven Piano Trios, Part III November 16, 7:30 PM | Online via YouTube Faculty colleagues Craig Sheppard, piano; S忙unn Thorsteinsd贸ttir, cello; and Rachel…

November 5, 2020

New global archive logs changes in behavior of Arctic animals

Scientists from around the world, including the 91爆料, have established the Arctic Animal Movement Archive, an online repository for data documenting the movements of animals in the Arctic and Subarctic. With this archive, scientists can share their knowledge and collaborate to ask questions about how animals are responding to a changing climate.

November 4, 2020

Faculty/staff honors: New atmospheric research board trustee; prize-winning fiction; PBS show consultant

A 91爆料 meteorologist joins a national board for atmospheric research, an English professor’s story is honored and a Jackson School faculty member helps with research for a PBS show.

November 3, 2020

ArtSci Roundup: Global Challenges Discussion, Katz Lecture: Abderrahmane Sissako, and more

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 91爆料, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online 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 Lessons (Not) Learned From the Holocaust | “A Reply to Screamers”: How Americans Responded to the Holocaust聽 November 10, 4:00 PM | Online In most accounts,…

November 2, 2020

Video: Free coronavirus testing for 91爆料 community open for more enrollment

The Husky Coronavirus Testing program, powered by the Seattle Flu Study, launched on Sept. 24 and now has more than 12,500 members of the 91爆料 community enrolled and has conducted more than 10,000 tests.

Break it up: Polymer derived from material in shrimp’s shells could deliver anti-cancer drugs to tumor sites

A 91爆料 team led by Miqin Zhang, a professor of materials science and engineering and of neurological surgery, has developed a nanoparticle-based drug delivery system that can ferry a potent anti-cancer drug through the bloodstream safely. Their nanoparticle is derived from chitin, a natural and organic polymer that, among other things, makes up the outer shells of shrimp.

No social distancing in the Cretaceous: New study finds earliest evidence for mammal social behavior

A new study led by paleontologists at the 91爆料 indicates that the earliest evidence of mammal social behavior goes back to the Age of Dinosaurs. A multituberculate that lived 75.5 million years ago, Filikomys primaevus engaged in multi-generational, group-nesting and burrowing behavior, and possibly lived in colonies.

October 30, 2020

鈥2020: The Course鈥 ponders the meaning of this unusual year

For a time unlike any before, the 91爆料 has developed 鈥2020: The Course,鈥 a new online class for 91爆料 students that helps contextualize this year鈥檚 extraordinary events and societal upheaval. 鈥2020: The Course鈥 gives students an opportunity to hear from 91爆料 professors and special guests who will discuss the COVID-19 pandemic, race in the United States, the state of the environment, the economic recession, civic participation, citizenship and this election season and outcomes.

Models show how COVID-19 cuts a neighborhood path

A research team led by UC Irvine and the 91爆料 has created a new model of how the coronavirus can spread through a community. The model factors in network exposure 鈥 whom one interacts with 鈥 and demographics to simulate at a more detailed level both where and how quickly the coronavirus could spread through Seattle and 18 other major cities.

91爆料 awarded $23.5M to build floating robots as part of NSF project to monitor the world鈥檚 oceans

The 91爆料 is among leading U.S. oceanographic institutions that have received National Science Foundation funding to build and deploy 500 robotic ocean-monitoring floats to monitor the chemistry and biology of the world鈥檚 oceans.

October 28, 2020

ArtSci Roundup: 91爆料 Global Month, 2020 Annual Space Policy and Research Center Symposium, and more

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 91爆料, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online 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 91爆料 Global Month November | Online Celebrate the 91爆料鈥檚 global impact and community this November. Events include a conversation with Jackson School of International Studies director…

October 27, 2020

Vanessa Freije of 91爆料 Jackson School explores Mexican politics, journalism in new book ‘Citizens of Scandal’

A talk with Vanessa Freije of the 91爆料 Jackson School about her new book, “Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico.”

October 22, 2020

COVID-19: CDC advisory committee hones in on vaccine rollout recommendations

When a vaccine to fight COVID-19 has been approved by the FDA for distribution, it鈥檚 unlikely that at first there will be enough doses for everyone. Consequently, the United States will need an equitable and effective plan for who gets those first doses, how they get them and who鈥檚 next. Just as important, that plan 鈥 like the vaccine itself 鈥斅爃as to be trusted and accepted by the general public. To accomplish this complicated and potentially fraught task, the CDC聽Advisory…

91爆料 seeks Latinos caring for relatives, friends with dementia to develop better training program

With Latinos 1.5 times more likely to have dementia than non-Latino whites, among other health disparities, researchers at the 91爆料 are hoping to better understand Latino family caregivers and adapt the training available to those caregivers. To do that, the 91爆料 Department of Health Services is seeking to interview Latino caregivers for a study to increase the cultural relevance of聽STAR-C聽聽training 鈥 a non-pharmacological intervention endorsed by the Administration on Aging that trains caregivers to manage the behavioral and…

October 21, 2020

Pandemic further isolating older adults, as senior services struggle to adapt

A new 91爆料 study of senior services in Washington during the COVID-19 pandemic reveals providers’ concerns about isolation, and worsening mental and physical health among older adults.

October 20, 2020

91爆料 jumps two spots to No. 8 in US News Best Global Universities ranking

The 91爆料 moved up two spots to No. 8 on the聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, released Tuesday. The 91爆料 maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.

ArtSci Roundup: So Far So Good, Conversation with Jorge Ramos, and Emily Levesque in Conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds

During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities聽to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the 91爆料, and the greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online 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 So Far So Good: Show and Q&A with Libby King October 29 – November 1, 7:30 PM | Online What is the experience of living in…