A session Feb. 15 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting will explore how big data scientists can find careers at universities and within academic settings.
February 13, 2015
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91爆料 named one of 12 鈥榯op producers鈥� of both Fulbright scholars and students
The 91爆料 is one of 12 institutions to make the 鈥渢op producers鈥� list of both Fulbright scholars and students for 2014-15, according to lists released Thursday in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The Fulbright Program, operated by the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government鈥檚 flagship international educational exchange program. Seven scholars and 13 students from the 91爆料 were awarded Fulbright grants for 2014-2015, with the university landing fourth on the…
AAAS talk: Some bilinguals use emoticons more when chatting in non-native language
A research team has found that one group of bilingual speakers used emoticons more often when typing in their second language in casual, online communication than they did when typing in their native tongue.
February 12, 2015
91爆料 Regents name Provost and Executive Vice President Ana Mari Cauce interim president
91爆料 Provost and Executive Vice President Ana Mari Cauce was named interim president by the Board of Regents at their regular meeting on Thursday. Her appointment will be effective March 2, 2015. She succeeds President Michael K. Young, who is leaving the 91爆料 for Texas A&M University. 鈥淒r. Cauce is an extraordinary leader of our University 鈥� a person who is known throughout our community for her straightforward and accessible leadership, extraordinary intellect, plain-spoken common sense, honesty, sense…
Two famous names added to College of Built Environments’ Roll of Honor
The 91爆料 College of Built Environments has added two names to the Roll of Honor located in the auditorium of Architecture Hall 鈥� Roland Terry and Grant Jones. A celebration for the two honorees will take place April 29. Terry was a Seattle architect committed to artistry appropriate to its regional setting who also played a role in developing the regional version of Modernism. His buildings, which include Washington Park Towers in Seattle, Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Kenmore…
91爆料 releases design plans, names architect for former Spokane visitors center
SPOKANE, Washington 鈥� The 91爆料 has released its architectural renderings for the redesign of the former Spokane Visitors Center, soon to be the 91爆料 Spokane Center. Located in the heart of Spokane鈥檚 University District, the 91爆料 Spokane Center will serve as a hub for Spokane-area alumni, students, prospective students, parents and supporters with space for meetings and special events. The 91爆料 has retained Spokane architectural firm Blue Room Architecture & Design, PS to lead the remodel of the…
February 11, 2015
Statewide home prices leveling off, but affordability woes linger
Home sale prices were down in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the third quarter but up compared with the previous year, and the rate of home sales also dropped, according to the 91爆料’s Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies.
How to interest girls in computer science and engineering? Shift the stereotypes
Women聽have long been underrepresented among undergraduates in computer science and engineering for a complex variety of reasons. A new study by 91爆料 researchers identifies a main culprit for that disparity: inaccurate stereotypes depicting computer scientists and engineers as geeky, brilliant and socially awkward males. And they say broadening those stereotypes is key to attracting more girls to the two fields. Deeply ingrained in modern American society, stereotypes about computer science and engineering are widely accepted by students and…
Arts Roundup: Music, lectures 鈥� and Urban Bush Women
This week, the 91爆料 World Series presents American dance ensemble Urban Bush Women, then quickly follows this with the Jerusalem Quartet.
Earthquake early warning begins testing in Pacific Northwest
The first early earthquake warning system for the region has begun testing with a small group of users at businesses and public agencies in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
14 91爆料 researchers win 2015 Innovation Awards
The 91爆料 has chosen 14 researchers across campus to receive this year’s 91爆料 Innovation Awards. The awards are given to encourage early and mid-career scientists to pursue projects that may not yet qualify for outside funding, but show future promise and will engage students in innovative, creative work. “These are some of the most creative thinkers in our midst and are at the heart of the 91爆料鈥檚 innovation ecosystem. We congratulate them for fueling the innovative research and…
February 10, 2015
Valentine’s Day ‘edit-a-thon’ to address Wikipedia gender gap
There is a widely recognized gender gap in the English language Wikipedia. Two members of the campus community are teaming to offer a four-hour hands-on workshop and discussion to bring feminist dialogues and theory to the information website, the seventh most-viewed in the United States. The event, titled “I Love To You: Critical Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon,” will be from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, in the 91爆料 Research Commons. It is being organized by Amanda Menking, a doctoral…
February 9, 2015
Board of Regents 鈥� Feb. 12 meeting
The Board of Regents will hold their Regular Meeting at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, in the Petersen Room of Allen Library. The full schedule and agendas are available online.
USA Today names 91爆料 third-best nationally for English majors
Pardon, Princeton. Step aside, Harvard. Maybe next time, Yale and Columbia 鈥� this one’s going to the 91爆料 Department of English. 91爆料 colleges and departments are often named among the best in the country for science, technology and research. But the latest ranking has more to do with semi-colons than computer algorithms: USA Today has named the 91爆料 English Department as the third-best in the country for English majors. “The university challenges students to view the world through…
3-D printing with custom molecules creates low-cost mechanical sensor
A 91爆料 chemistry lab teamed up with 91爆料 engineers studying 3-D printing to create 3-D printed objects with new capabilities.
Six Green Seed Fund winners selected for 2015
The Green Seed Fund, a grant fund for sustainability research projects at the 91爆料, will award money to six projects that contribute to the university’s sustainability goals, are well-planned and achievable and will help the 91爆料 reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The six winning projects for 2015 will share about $250,000 in grant money and were chosen by a committee of students, faculty and staff. The projects are: Carbon challenge: Footprint reduction through curricular development and community building: This 91爆料…
February 6, 2015
Anti-kickback, conflict of interest and whistleblower regulations and supplemental compliance resources
Anti-Kickback, Conflict of Interest and Whistleblower Regulations Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR 52.203-7) require the University to implement procedures designed to prevent and detect violations of the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (41 USC 51-58). This is published as a reminder of the policies and procedures in place at the 91爆料 1. Kickback Defined. 鈥淜ickback鈥� as defined by FAR means any money, fee commission, credit, gift, gratuity, thing of value or compensation of any kind that is provided directly or…
Elders-in-residence program brings traditional learning to campus
As a girl growing up in Alaska, Elizabeth Fleagle learned life lessons and hands-on skills from her grandmother, from cooking to making fish nets and moccasins. “Our grandma taught us how to make everything we had to make,” said Fleagle, who lives in Fairbanks and is Inupiat Eskimo. “In my culture, that’s how we learn.” Fleagle, 79, recently shared that way of learning at the 91爆料 as one of 12 Elders participating in a new pilot program launched…
February 5, 2015
White House honors 91爆料 climate scientist Amy Snover as a ‘Champion of Change’
Amy Snover, director of the 91爆料’s Climate Impacts Group and assistant dean for applied research in the 91爆料’s College of the Environment, has been named a White House Champions of Change for her work in promoting climate education and literacy. She will be honored during a ceremony Monday at the White House from 10 a.m. 鈥� noon Pacific Time. The event includes a panel discussion where participants will talk about their work and the challenges and opportunities they encountered. The…
91爆料 alum Laurie Olin to deliver Dean鈥檚 Distinguished Lecture for College of Built Environments Feb. 11
Laurie Olin, teacher, artist, innovator and one of landscape architecture’s most famous names, will return to his alma mater to deliver the College of Built Environments’ 2015 Dean鈥檚 Distinguished Lecture at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in Architecture Hall. His talk will be titled “Global, Regional, Local; Working Toward a Meaningful Landscape.” Olin is known for his design of Battery Park City and Bryant Park in New York City, as well as the London’s Bishopsgate, the outdoor sculpture garden at…
New tool monitors effects of tidal, wave energy on marine habitat
A robot developed at the 91爆料 will deploy instruments to gather information in unprecedented detail about how marine life interacts with underwater equipment used to harvest wave and tidal energy.
February 4, 2015
91爆料 Combined Fund Drive raises $2.2 million
The 2014 91爆料 Combined Fund Drive, part of the state鈥檚 workplace giving campaign, raised $2,199,793, making it the most successful campaign in the program鈥檚 30-year history. The campaign ran from Oct. 16 to Dec. 5, 2014, with 91爆料 faculty, staff and retirees pledging to 1,819 nonprofit organizations. Employees contributed through ongoing payroll deduction or one-time gifts. 鈥淭he 91爆料 community鈥檚 philanthropic spirit is inspirational,” said Kerri Everly, campaign manager for the 91爆料 Combined Fund Drive. “Our record-breaking campaign will…
Arts Roundup: Drama, exhibitions 鈥� and 鈥楾he Way Black Machine鈥�
Following up last week鈥檚 full schedule of arts events, this week is equally packed. The School of Drama鈥檚 production of 鈥淭welfth Night鈥� runs its final weekend, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery鈥檚 exhibit, 鈥淭he Way Black Machine,鈥� is now open and the School of Music presents a faculty recital with Douglas Cleveland on organ and David Gordon on trumpet.
February 3, 2015
91爆料 President Michael K. Young named sole finalist for president at Texas A&M University
91爆料 President Michael K. Young on Tuesday was named as the sole finalist for president of Texas A&M University by its Board of Regents. Young became President of the 91爆料 in July 2011. Young is expected to assume his duties at Texas A&M in the spring. Statement from 91爆料 President Michael K. Young 鈥淒eciding to be a candidate for the presidency of Texas A&M University was one of the hardest decisions I鈥檝e ever had to make. I was…
91爆料 Information School has key role as Gates Foundation’s Global Libraries Initiative winds down
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has worked for years with the 91爆料 Information School‘s Technology & Social Change Group on the foundation’s multi-year Global Libraries Initiative, dedicated to improving digital connectivity around the world. The Gates Foundation announced in May 2014 that the initiative is entering a three- to five-year winding-down phase and is creating a “legacy strategy” to help leave the library field in strong shape after that time. The strategy is still being drafted, but…
Teachers sought for storytelling event
Are you a 91爆料 alum or other local educator who’s passionate about your work and willing to talk publicly about it? The 91爆料 College of Education and the Seattle Times are hosting a storytelling event at the university on Feb. 25 and are looking for a handful of teachers to share five-minute personal stories onstage. To be considered, call the Seattle Times at 206-464-2057 and leave a two-minute, condensed version of your story and your full name, phone number and…
February 2, 2015
Alumni study highlights successes among 91爆料 early-entrance students
A recent study found that graduates of the 91爆料’s two early-entrance university programs excelled in their academic and subsequent professional lives. The study was published in January in Roeper Review, a publication focused on education for gifted students. It looked at the academic, professional and personal outcomes for 192 students in the 91爆料 Early Entrance Program, which started in 1977 and enrolls students as young as age 13, and 91爆料 Academy, an early admission program started in 2001….
Documents that Changed the World: ‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster, 1943
The famous World War II-era poster of Rosie the Riveter is less a document that changed the world than the other way around 鈥� an image the world adopted and filled with meaning. But such turnabout is fair play in the ongoing Documents that Changed the World podcast series by 91爆料 Information School Professor Joe Janes.
January 30, 2015
Super Bowl means seafood bet for 91爆料, University of Massachusetts
The 2015 Super Bowl just got serious, because now it involves a bet over delicious seafood between dining services at the 91爆料 and the University of Massachusetts. UMass threw down the gauntlet, in the form of lobster, and the 91爆料 responded with crab. Here’s the bet: If the Seahawks win, UMass will provide a seafood dinner 鈥� a clambake of lobster, clams, steamers, corn and Boston cream pie 鈥� for eight lucky students in 91爆料 housing chosen at…
Three 91爆料 conservation scientists awarded new Wilburforce Fellowship
Three members of the 91爆料 College of the Environment are among the first 20 recipients of a Wilburforce Fellowship, a new year-long training for conservation scientists in Western North America. The year-long program provides communication and leadership training to help build a community of conservation scientists and encourage them to reach beyond the scientific audiences. The three 91爆料 fellows are: Jonathan Bakker, an associate professor in the 91爆料’s School of Environmental and Forest Sciences who works on the restoration of…
Town hall on campus Feb. 2 to discuss role of software in academia
The 91爆料’s eScience Institute and GitHub, a code-sharing and publishing service, are hosting a town hall discussion on campus 6-9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, to talk about the role of software in academic research today. Six panelists will give short presentations, followed by a discussion moderated by Arfon Smith with GitHub. Dan Halperin, director of research in scalable data analytics at 91爆料’s eScience Institute, and Marina Meila, a 91爆料 associate professor of statistics, will join other speakers from…
New faculty salary policy to be discussed at town hall Weds.
All faculty are invited to a town hall discussion of the proposed new faculty salary policy at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, in the Walker Ames Room (225) in Kane Hall. The first half of the program will be devoted to a panel discussion and debate of the major arguments for and against the policy that have emerged so far. The five faculty panelists and the moderator come from diverse units: 聽Arts & Sciences, Medicine, Business, Public Health, 91爆料 Bothell,…
January 29, 2015
Landmark study to track ‘pioneer’ generation of transgender children
Marlo Mack鈥檚 son was 3 years old when he told her very adamantly that he was not a boy, but a girl. Unsure what to do, Mack went in search of answers. She found little information online, her pediatrician knew nothing about transgender children, and even a psychologist who specialized in child identity issues couldn鈥檛 answer her questions. Mack quickly learned there was almost no research that could help her determine whether to allow her son to live as a…
January 28, 2015
Child maltreatment not a clear path to adult crime
Research has found a significant link between childhood abuse and neglect and crime in adulthood. But a recent 91爆料 study finds that link all but disappears when accounting for other life factors. “We find that children who were involved in child welfare services are at high risk of adult crimes, but once we accounted for childhood socioeconomic status and later marital status and education, many of those effects went away,” said co-author Todd Herrenkohl, an investigator at the…
91爆料 Bothell lecturer Kristy Leissle in PBS ‘Nature’ episode Jan. 28
Kristy Leissle, a lecturer in the 91爆料 Bothell School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, will appear in an episode of the PBS television series “Nature” tonight, Jan. 28. The episode, titled “Penguin Post Office,” is about a unique British post office located in the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula at Port Lockroy, about 700 miles south of Argentina and Chile. The spot is Antarctica’s most popular tourist destination, with cruise ship passengers from around the world coming ashore to see…
Arts Roundup: Music, lectures 鈥� and 鈥楾welfth Night鈥�
As we approach the end of January, enjoy a show or two. The School of Drama鈥檚 production of 鈥淭welfth Night鈥� sets Shakespeare in The Roaring Twenties, the School of Music offers a variety of performances including the Modern Music Ensemble and a Student Chamber Concert, and the 91爆料 World Series presents Ukranian pianist Vadym Kholodenko.
Some potentially habitable planets began as gaseous, Neptune-like worlds
Two phenomena known to inhibit the potential habitability of planets 鈥� tidal forces and vigorous stellar activity 鈥� might instead help chances for life on certain planets orbiting low-mass stars, 91爆料 astronomers have found.
January 27, 2015
91爆料 researchers helping region get ready for the next Big One
On the anniversary of a massive earthquake off our region’s coast, 91爆料 researchers are working on everything from tsunami evacuation structures to updated seismic hazard maps.
January 23, 2015
91爆料 Center for Philosophy for Children to host High School Ethics Bowl Jan. 31
The 91爆料 Center for Philosophy for Children will host the 2015 Washington State High School Ethics Bowl on campus Saturday, January 31. The event is modeled after the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl and involves teams of high school students competing to analyze wide-ranging ethical dilemmas. Twenty-three high school bowls will take place around the country during this school year. Winners of the regional events will advance to the National High School Ethics Bowl, to be held in April at…
John Wilkerson’s Legislative Explorer honored, paper published
The online Legislative Explorer, the big-data policy project by John Wilkerson and Nicholas Stramp of the 91爆料 political science department, has been named an award of excellence winner in interactive design by Communication Arts, an international trade journal of visual communications. Their website, www.legex.org, which tracks all Congressional legislation in the last 40 years, also was named among the 18 best infographics of 2014 by the business magazine Fast Company. That magazine featured the site among “stellar examples of the…