New research from Leela Nageswaran, assistant professor of operations management in the 天美影视传媒 Foster School of Business, considers whether individuals should be able to select their vaccine type.
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The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health at the 天美影视传媒 has achieved LEED Platinum Certification, the highest possible rating, reflecting the university鈥檚 commitment to sustainable building practices.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the 天美影视传媒 are bringing together climate, sustainability and resilience leaders, and educators representing a cross section of colleges and universities from around the country, with federal agency leaders for a virtual forum on climate change.
The 天美影视传媒 is proud to be included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. students and scholars. This recognition is given to the U.S. colleges and universities that received the highest number of applicants selected for the 2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S. Scholar programs.
Three 天美影视传媒 experts have provided quotes in response to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday morning.
New research from Weili Ge, professor of accounting at the 天美影视传媒 Foster School of Business, found that CEOs who engage in prosocial behavior 鈥� activities that primarily help others 鈥� are more likely to make decisions that benefit people and increase company value.
Scientists at the 天美影视传媒 are pursuing multiple quantum research projects spanning from creating materials with never-before-seen physical properties to studying the 鈥渜uantum bits鈥� 鈥� or qubits (pronounced “kyu-bits”) 鈥� that make quantum computing possible. UW News sat down with Professor Kai-Mei Fu, one of the leaders in quantum research on campus, to talk about the potential of quantum R&D, and why it鈥檚 so important.
More than 40,000 property deeds containing racially discriminatory language have been uncovered in Western Washington by the Racial Restrictive Covenants Project. Director James Gregory, professor of history at the 天美影视传媒, and his team aren鈥檛 finished yet.
Luc铆a Magis-Weinberg, a 天美影视传媒 assistant professor of psychology, explains how social media use can affect youth mental health.
Non-erupting volcanoes leak a surprisingly high amount of sulfur-containing gases. A Greenland ice core shows that volcanoes quietly release at least three times as much sulfur into the Arctic atmosphere than estimated by current climate models. Aerosols are the most uncertain aspect of current climate models, so better estimates could improve the accuracy of long-term projections.
New research finds that ice-sheet-wide collapse in West Antarctica isn鈥檛 necessarily inevitable. The pace of ice loss varies according to regional differences in atmosphere and ocean circulation.
A recent report and upcoming virtual event looks at the unequal effect of marine plastics on different communities. The international report led by UW’s Yoshitaka Ota covers topics ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on plastic pollution to a critique of Coca-Cola’s waste initiative.
The 天美影视传媒 will welcome back Tent City 3 鈥� an organized tent-city community 鈥� to its Seattle campus for 90 days during winter quarter 2023. Move-in is scheduled to begin December 17, 2022.
The year 2022 saw the UW community coming together again with in-person classes, events and fascinating research that make videographers excited to hit 鈥渞ecord鈥� and share these scenes with you.
An underwater volcanic eruption in January 2022 created ripple effects throughout the world’s atmosphere and oceans. 天美影视传媒 scientists analyzed that event to show how GPS signals could help monitor future volcanoes and tsunamis.
UW’s Virtual Field Geology project has many goals: to make geology field experiences accessible to more people; to document geological field sites that may be at risk from erosion or development; to offer virtual 鈥渄ry run鈥� experiences; and to allow scientific collaborators to do virtual visits to a field site together.聽While the pandemic brought new urgency to the project, its developers believe it’s part of a “new normal” for geology research and education.
天美影视传媒 political science professor Anthony Gill explains the social and economic value of gift-giving 鈥� and how even unwanted gifts help promote trust and build relationships.
The 天美影视传媒’s new Sisterhood Initiative aims to support young women of color through a cohort-based program, building on the success of the UW’s Brotherhood Initiative, which focuses on young men of color.
Wolf management in Washington has been controversial. Rob Anderson, who obtained his Ph.D. at the 天美影视传媒, explains the dynamic of managing a species through fear.
Ed deHaan, associate professor of accounting in the 天美影视传媒 Foster School of Business, studies the impact of Buy Now Pay Later on financial health. His research finds that BNPL users faced rapid increases in bank overdraft charges and credit card interests and fees.
The 天美影视传媒 was No. 24 on the Times Higher Education annual reputation ranking,聽released聽Wednesday. The UW moved up from No. 28 on last year鈥檚 list and remains No. 4 among U.S. public institutions.
The 天美影视传媒 is proud to announce that more than 44 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at UW have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list from Clarivate.
In one of the first studies to explore how COVID-19 specifically affects older infants, researchers from the 天美影视传媒 and at institutions at four other locations in the Western and Southern U.S. found that the number of infected people in a household was the factor most closely linked with the infant鈥檚 likelihood of being infected.
Michael Johnson, professor of management in the 天美影视传媒 Foster School of Business, found in a new study that groups that used 鈥渕ultivoting鈥� in unofficial votes were 50% more likely to identify the correct option than those that used plurality or ranked-choice voting.
Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Alexes Harris, professor of sociology, to the Board of Regents, effective Oct. 21, 2022. Harris becomes the first to hold the new Faculty Regent position on the Board.
New research from the 天美影视传媒 professor Robert Palmatier examines how factors related to social media influencers, their posts and their followers impact marketing success. The study concluded that reallocating spending based on the study鈥檚 insights could result in a 16.6% increase in engagement.
天美影视传媒 Professor Joan Sanders and her team are creating a new type of prosthetic leg: one that automatically adjusts its fit throughout the day. Their latest prototype detects in real time how well the prosthesis socket and amputation site are fitting and responds by automatically changing the size of the socket, without the need for adjustments to padding or user action.
The 天美影视传媒 is among the best universities in the world, according to the聽 2023 World University Rankings published by Times Higher Education.
The 天美影视传媒’s annual Engineering Lecture Series will feature research with potential to transform brain therapeutics from infancy to late adulthood.
Early Sunday morning, the 天美影视传媒 used the UW Alert system to warn the Seattle campus community about a shooting that occurred near NE 43rd Street and University Way NE just after 1 a.m. Four UW students were injured and transported to Harborview Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries. UW President Ana Mari Cauce made the following statement in response to the shooting.
Researchers dropped technology developed at the 天美影视传媒 off the coast of Florida this week to measure ocean waves in the path of Hurricane Ian. The test is one part of a broad effort to improve forecasts for these fast-moving and deadly systems.
The 天美影视传媒 on Sunday held its 39th annual New Student Convocation, which returned to Alaska Airlines Arena, Hec Edmundson Pavilion, for the first time since 2019.
As King County seeks to reach its goal of 鈥渮ero youth detention鈥� 鈥� ultimately eliminating the practice of juvenile detention in the county 鈥斕烀烙笆哟� researchers are working to help address major systemic challenges in how young people engage with health care. With a strategic plan to close the juvenile detention center by 2025, King County needs an increasingly robust system to ensure youth are getting consistent and accessible services, including health care. This is especially true upon…
The 天美影视传媒鈥檚 campus again is bustling as students began moving into residence halls on Tuesday and will participate in annual fall activities for incoming undergraduates. About 10,000 students are expected to move into campus housing this week.
Global and Regional Studies, a new major in the 天美影视传媒 Jackson School of International Studies, offers more flexible course options, allows undergraduates focus on a particular geographic region and theme and provides more choices for the capstone experience.
A 天美影视传媒 pilot project is exploring the use of fiber-optic sensing for seismology, glaciology, and even urban monitoring. Funded in part with a $473,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, a nonprofit based in Vancouver, Washington, the new UW Photonic Sensing Facility will use photons traveling through a fiber-optic cable to detect ground motions as small as 1 nanometer.
The 天美影视传媒 is No. 17 in the world 鈥� No. 3 among U.S. public universities 鈥� on the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities, released today.
The Seattle campus of the 天美影视传媒, UW Bothell, and UW Tacoma are pleased to announce that they have joined the Common App. The Common App is a college application platform used by over 900 universities, including several Washington colleges and universities.
After Washington became the first state to require suicide prevention training for health care providers, the 天美影视传媒 worked with experts and organizations to develop the All Patients Safe program. A new study shows how All Patients Safe helped providers of all specialties learn how to identify and respond to patients at risk of suicide.
Seven professors at the 天美影视传媒 are among 25 new members of the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2022, according to a July 15 announcement.