The research happening here at the 天美影视传媒 鈥� across all three campuses 鈥� is exceptional and selecting only a handful of stories to feature from the hundreds, if not thousands, that came out聽this year is a monumental task.
Using UW Today鈥檚 page view data, and , we have narrowed it down to these highlights showcasing the impact and ambition of the UW’s work regionally and around the world聽鈥� listed here in chronological order.
February 24, 2016
The UW and Gonzaga University signed an agreement to continue, enhance and expand medical education and research in Spokane.
The agreement makes Gonzaga a partner in the UW鈥檚 regional, community-based medical education program and sets in motion plans to advance health related research, entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary health sciences teaching in Spokane.
April 7, 2016
Technology companies routinely build sprawling data centers to store all the baby pictures, financial transactions, funny cat videos and email messages its users hoard.
But a new technique developed by UW and Microsoft researchers could shrink the space needed to store digital data that today would fill a Walmart supercenter down to the size of a sugar cube.聽The team of computer scientists and electrical engineers has detailed one of the first complete systems to encode, store and retrieve digital data using DNA molecules, which can store information millions of times more compactly than current archival technologies.
May 19, 2016
In a White House ceremony May 19, President Barack Obama presented the National Medal of Science to Mary-Claire King, UW professor of genome sciences and medicine.
The award, the nation鈥檚 highest recognition for scientific achievement, honors King鈥檚 more than 40 years dedicated to research in evolution and the genetics of human disease, as well as to teaching and outreach endeavors that have supported human rights efforts on six continents and reunited families.
July 19, 2016
Nearly 25,000 species of fish live on our planet, and UW professor Adam Summers wants to scan and digitize them all.
That means each species will soon have a high-resolution, 3-D , available to all and downloadable for free. Scientists, teachers, students and amateur ichthyologists will be able to look at the fine details of a smoothhead sculpin鈥檚 skeleton, or 3-D print an exact replica of an Arctic alligatorfish.
Rough movie, but fun to see and make
— Malorie Hayes, PhD (@Fishy_Hayes)
July 25, 2016
The City of Seattle passed its $15 minimum wage ordinance in June 2014, and that December commissioned a UW team to conduct a five-year study of the law鈥檚 impacts.
The ongoing research is led by professors Jacob Vigdor and Mark Long with Jennifer Romich, associate professor in the UW School of Social Work, and other co-authors from the Evans School, the School of Public Health and the Washington Employment Security Department.
August 18, 2016
Twins not only have a bestie from birth 鈥� they also live longer than singletons. And those two factors may be related, according to new UW research.
While twins have been subjects in countless studies that try to separate the effects of nature from nurture, this UW study is the first to actually look at what being a twin means for life expectancy. Analysis shows that twins have lower mortality rates for both sexes throughout their lifetimes.
August 18, 2016
Paleontologists with the UW鈥檚聽听丑补惫别 a Tyrannosaurus rex, including a very complete skull.
The find, which paleontologists estimate to be about 20 percent of the animal, includes vertebrae, ribs, hips and lower jaw bones. The team, led by UW biology professor Greg Wilson, discovered the T. rex during an expedition to the Hell Creek Formation in northern Montana 鈥� an area that is world-famous for its fossil dinosaur sites.
August 21, 2016
To everything, there is a season 鈥� even divorce, new research from UW聽sociologists concludes.
Associate sociology professor Julie Brines and doctoral candidate Brian Serafini found what is believed to be the first quantitative evidence of a seasonal, biannual pattern of filings for divorce. The researchers analyzed filings in Washington state between 2001 and 2015 and found that they consistently peaked in March and August, the periods following winter and summer holidays.
https://twitter.com/JoeBerkowitz/status/768262973752311808
October 4, 2016
鈥淧rofessor Thouless鈥� work is a perfect example of why curiosity-driven basic science is so vital,鈥� UW President Ana Mari Cauce. 鈥淣ot only did his discoveries open up entirely new fields of research, but they also have had implications for the electronic devices that power our world today and those that may do so in the future 鈥� everything from advanced superconductors to quantum computers to other applications we can hardly imagine. We are tremendously proud of this recognition of the seminal importance of his work.鈥�
The UW launched the public phase of its most ambitious philanthropic campaign in history, with a goal of raising $5 billion by the year 2020.
The campaign, called 鈥淏e Boundless 鈥� For Washington, For the World,鈥� focuses on four key priorities: transforming the student experience, expanding the impact of the UW鈥檚 research, empowering possibility through innovation, and driving the public good. The earliest phases of the campaign began in 2010, and the UW has already received more than $3 billion toward its goal.
October 25, 2016
In May, the UW launched the Population Health Initiative, which aims to bring together the research and resources of the UW and partners around the Puget Sound and beyond to improve the health and well-being of people around the world.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in October awarded a $210 million gift that will serve as a catalyst for the vision, funding construction of a new building to house several UW units working in population health, as well as serving as a place for faculty, students and collaborators from the many university departments and global partners that are part of the effort to come together in their work.
The initiative’s goal is聽to develop a 25-year vision to improve population health locally and globally by focusing on three key areas: human health, environmental resiliency, and social and economic equity.
October 27, 2016
Denny Hall 鈥� the UW’s oldest and now newest building 鈥� reopened in October after a 16-month restoration. Take a look at the journey the building and its patrons have taken in the last 121 years.
December 14, 2016
From UW Bothell Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences:
Our class of 43 students created this response to the as our final project. On December 8, 2016 we stood shoulder-to-shoulder, alongside, other classmates, deans, faculty and staff of the UW Bothell campus to denounce hate and Islamophobia.