June 29, 2017
Anind K. Dey has been named dean of the Information School at the 91爆料, President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Jerry Baldasty announced this week. Dey comes to the 91爆料 from Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, where he is the Charles M. Geschke professor and director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute. His appointment is subject to approval by the 91爆料 Board of Regents. 鈥淎nind brings great knowledge, insight and experience to the iSchool and the 91爆料,鈥�…
A 91爆料 undergraduate in oceanography sampled tiny pieces of plastic on 12 Puget Sound beaches. She found that plastic fragments are widespread, and include some surprising sources.
A multi-year survey of the nutritional, physiological and reproductive health of endangered southern resident killer whales suggests that up to two-thirds of pregnancies failed in this population from 2007 to 2014. The study links this orca population’s low reproductive success to stress brought on by low or variable abundance of their most nutrient-rich prey, Chinook salmon.
In the middle of the 20th century, cities began to change. The popularity of the automobile and the construction of interstate highways fueled the growth of suburbs, while discriminatory housing policies segregated neighborhoods and helped create the phenomenon of “white flight” away from downtowns. Decades later, the average white person still lives farther from the city center than the average person of color, a 91爆料 researcher says, even with the resurgence of downtown living in many…
June 27, 2017
For the first time, 91爆料 researchers have delivered targeted treatment for essential tremor – the world’s most common neurological movement disorder – by decoding brain signals to sense when patients’ limbs are shaking.
New 91爆料 research finds large earthquakes can trigger underwater landslides thousands of miles away, weeks or months after the quake occurs.
June 26, 2017
Seeking to protect coastal communities from these devastating impacts, an interdisciplinary team of 91爆料 students authored a policy case for lawmakers. Their case won the inaugural APRU-New York Times Asia-Pacific Case Competition, besting submissions from 31 universities across the Americas, Asia and Australasia
A new 91爆料 microscope could provide real-time results during cancer-removal surgeries, potentially eliminating the 20 to 40 percent of women who have to undergo multiple lumpectomy surgeries because cancerous breast tissue is missed the first time around.
June 20, 2017
The National Institutes of Health has renewed a major grant that funds a 91爆料-led research center to understand malaria in India.
June 19, 2017
Researchers uncover design principles to make polymers that can transport both ions and electrons, which will help create new devices like biosensors and flexible bioelectronic implants
June 16, 2017
A video camera captures an interview with a man named Spirit, who relaxes in an outdoor plaza on a sunny afternoon. Of his nearby service dogs, Kyya and Miniaga, he says, “They mean everything to me, and I mean everything to them.” In another video, three sweater-clad dogs scamper around a Los Angeles park, while their companion, Judie, tells their backstory. And in still another clip, Myra races her spaniel mix, Prince, down a neighborhood street. The images have an…
June 14, 2017
Gov. Jay Inslee has named Jaron Goddard as the next student member of the 91爆料 Board of Regents for the 2017-18 school year.
June 13, 2017
Absurdity and abstraction, artistic dualisms, long-held family memories 鈥� and even some gentle voodoo 鈥� mingle together in the annual exhibition by 91爆料 art and design graduate students, on display through June 25 at the Henry Art Gallery.
Managing a casino might not be the first career path envisioned with a degree from the 91爆料. But 22 tribes across Washington state depend on tribal casino resorts to provide jobs, generate revenue to operate tribal governments and promote economic development. So for 91爆料 students who call those reservations home 鈥� or simply want a job in Indian Country 鈥� the gaming industry looms large. That鈥檚 the thinking behind a professional program that, for the first time, will…
June 8, 2017
91爆料TV and Eric Chudler, executive and education director of 91爆料’s Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, received an Emmy庐 Award from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on Saturday for the program “BrainWorks: Exercise and the Brain” in the Health/Science Program/Special category.
WideOpen is a new open-source tool developed at the 91爆料 to help advance open science by automatically detecting datasets that are overdue for publication. Already, more than 400 datasets have been made public as a result.
The Division of Enrollment Management has reorganized and created a new shared-services unit 鈥� Enrollment Information Services.
About 5,700 graduates, along with 50,000-plus family members, friends, faculty and other observers, are expected to attend the 142nd 91爆料 commencement ceremonies June 10 at Husky Stadium.
June 7, 2017
A team led by the 91爆料 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has for the first time discovered magnetism in the 2-D world of monolayers, or materials that are formed by a single atomic layer. The findings, published June 8 in the journal Nature, demonstrate that magnetic properties can exist even in the 2-D realm 鈥� opening a world of potential applications.
Issues of social justice, incarceration and the politics of race and gender 鈥� past and present 鈥� will be the focus as hundreds of scholars, teachers, labor activists and artists gather at the 91爆料 June 22-25 for the annual conference of the Labor and Working-Class History Association.
June 6, 2017
A new study published May 30 in the Journal of Mammalogy describes a newly discovered third species of flying squirrel in North America 鈥� now known as Humboldt’s flying squirrel, or Glaucomys oregonensis. It inhabits the Pacific Coast region of North America, from southern British Columbia to the mountains of southern California.
June 5, 2017
A popular podcast by Joe Janes of the 91爆料 Information School is now a book. “Documents that Changed the Way We Live” is being published this month by Rowman & Littlefield.
June 2, 2017
The announcement that a third collision of black holes has been detected three billion light years away validates the work of hundreds of scientists, including teams at the 91爆料 and 91爆料 Bothell.
91爆料 Continuum College is re-engineering education for working adults through a new program called Career Accelerator. The program boosts critical career knowledge for professionals, helping them achieve gains in data analytics, data science, machine learning, programming and project management.
91爆料 security researchers have developed a new system called SeaGlass to detect anomalies in the cellular landscape that can indicate where and when cell phone surveillance devices are being used.
June 1, 2017
As the United Nations Oceans Conference convenes in New York, a new paper calls on marine scientists to focus on social issues such as human rights violations in the seafood industry
Adults who smoke marijuana often cut back after becoming parents 鈥� but they don鈥檛 necessarily quit. The influence of a significant other and positive attitudes toward the drug overall, in addition to the onset of parenthood, also are factors in whether someone uses marijuana. It’s a changing landscape for marijuana use, as laws ease and cultural acceptance grows 鈥� in Washington state and elsewhere around the country. Against that backdrop, the study by the 91爆料’s Social Development…
Researchers from the 91爆料 and Smithsonian Institution have reported the first observed case of lionfish preying upon a fish species that had not yet been named. Their results, published May 25 in PLOS ONE, may indicate an uncertain future for other fish found in the largely unexplored deep-ocean coral reefs.
May 31, 2017
This week in the arts, hear the Harry Partch Ensemble聽perform with students and faculty; experience a concert-drama combining the music of Verdi with video testimony from survivors of the Terez铆 concentration camp; get a final look at the Henry’s exhibit from the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art; see an聽Obie Award-winning adaptation of Calderon de la Barca’s classic聽Life Is a Dream;聽and聽catch the next installments of the School of Art + Art History + Design’s Graduation Exhibitions. HARRY PARTCH ENSEMBLE: MUSIC…
A new 91爆料 study finds that people who believe climate change is a problem and see economic, environmental and/or social benefits to using tidal energy are more likely to support such projects. Also, connecting pilot projects to the electricity grid is an important factor in garnering public support.
May 30, 2017
A new study finds that drone deliveries emit less climate-warming carbon dioxide pollution than truck deliveries in some 鈥� but not all 鈥� scenarios.
May 25, 2017
91爆料 synthetic biology researchers have demonstrated a new method for digital information processing in living cells, analogous to the logic gates used in electric circuits. The team built the largest circuits published to date in eukaryotic cells, using DNA instead of silicon and solder.
For years, scientists have discussed whether and how to share data from painstaking research and costly experiments. Some are further along in their efforts toward “open science” than others: Fields such as astronomy and oceanography, for example, involve such expensive and large-scale equipment and logistical challenges to data collection that collaboration among institutions has become the norm. Meanwhile, a variety of academic journals, including several in the Nature Research family, are turning their attention to another aspect of the research…
May 23, 2017
This week in the arts, hear The University Singers, Women鈥檚 Choir, and Men鈥檚 Glee Club on one stage; see award-winning playwright Jos茅 Rivera’s adaptation of the聽classic Life is a Dream, dig dinos at the Burke; check out the latest installment of the School of Art Graduation Exhibitions; and聽listen to a master drummer聽performs with his students. 91爆料 SINGS Friday, May 26, 7:30PM|聽Meany聽Theater The University Singers, Women鈥檚 Choir, and Men鈥檚 Glee Club present their popular year-end concert, directed by Geoffrey Boers.聽More info….
Wolves and other top predators need large ranges to be able to control smaller predators whose populations have expanded to the detriment of a balanced ecosystem, a new study in Nature Communications finds.
May 22, 2017
Evidence from the age of the dinosaurs to today shows that chemical weathering of rocks is less sensitive to global temperature, and may depend on the steepness of the surface. The results call into question the role of rocks in setting our planet’s temperature over millions of years.
A 91爆料-led international team of astronomers has used data gathered by the Kepler Space Telescope to observe and confirm details of the outermost of seven exoplanets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1.
May 18, 2017
Washington state鈥檚 housing market showed the continuing effects of high demand in the first quarter of 2017, according to the 91爆料’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.
As tourists and residents visit Seattle’s downtown waterfront, it may not be immediately apparent they are walking on arguably the largest, most ambitious urban seawall project in the world that prioritizes habitat for young fish and the invertebrates they feed on.
May 17, 2017
A study of a Greenland ice core shows that during large climate swings, chemically reactive oxidants shift in a different direction than expected, which means we need to rethink what controls these molecules in our air.