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April 16, 2020

UW nursing students join frontline efforts to battle COVID-19, meet public health needs

With their education forced online and in-person clinical practice opportunities canceled by the novel coronavirus pandemic, 天美影视传媒 nursing students eager to use their skills and knowledge during this historic challenge to human health and well-being had few options. UW School of Nursing and Public Health-Seattle & King County announce partnership. Unwilling to accept this limited role for nursing students, the UW School of Nursing has partnered with Public Health鈥揝eattle & King County to give students three opportunities to…

Arts and entertainment | UW and the community

April 15, 2020

ArtSci Roundup: Earth Day with the Department of History, Ask Your Farmer, 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 UW, and greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Earth Day 50th Anniversary: Gaia Has a Fever April 22, 2:00 PM聽| Livestream Join the Department of History, College of the Environment聽and UW Earth Day in celebrating…

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Faculty/staff honors: Fellowships in medical and biological engineering; a remembrance of Ellis Goldberg

Recent honors to UW faculty and staff include fellows named by an organization for medical and biological engineering, and a remembrance of political science professor Ellis Goldberg, who died in 2019.

News releases | Population Health | Social science

UW team illustrates the adverse impact of visiting 鈥榡ust one friend鈥� during COVID-19 lockdown

After weeks of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, people of all ages may be asking: What could be the harm of visiting just one friend? Unfortunately, it could potentially undo the goal of social distancing, which is to give the COVID-19 virus fewer opportunities to spread. According to a website set up by researchers at the 天美影视传媒, easing the social distancing rules so that each household could have contact with just one or two others would reconnect…

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April 10, 2020

US approaching peak of 鈥榓ctive鈥� COVID-19 cases, strain on medical resources, new modeling shows

A new data-driven mathematical model of the coronavirus pandemic predicts that the United States will peak in the number of 鈥渁ctive鈥� COVID-19 cases on or around April 20, marking a critical milestone on the demand for medical resources.

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Large majority of state鈥檚 heroin users want to reduce use; syringe programs helping during COVID-19 crisis

A new survey of people who inject illicit drugs in the state of Washington yields positive and important findings for policy makers as the world struggles to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, said authors of the survey by the 天美影视传媒 and Public Health-Seattle & King County. Most people 鈥� 82% 颅鈥� who inject heroin and roughly half of methamphetamine users are interested in reducing or stopping their use and are open to a broad array of services to…

Administrative affairs | For UW employees | UW and the community | UW News blog

April 8, 2020

UW announces commencement ceremony via webcast, invites Class of 2020 to return to Husky Stadium next year

With an in-person commencement ceremony on campus not possible due to the COVID-19 outbreak, The 天美影视传媒鈥檚 graduating seniors, graduate and professional students will be honored in two ways, President Ana Mari Cauce announced Wednesday.

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ArtSci Roundup: Lecture with IVA Professor Whitney Lynn, In Plain Sight Screening, Childhood Bilingualism Talk, 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 UW, and greater community, together online.聽 Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to聽Zoom Pro via UW-IT.聽 Earth Day 50th Anniversary: Gaia Has a Fever April 22, 2:00 PM聽| Livestream Join the Department of History, College of the Environment聽and UW Earth Day in celebrating…

Education | Research | Social science | UW Notebook

April 7, 2020

Education books: Athletics and higher ed, supervising school principals, activist-oriented teaching 鈥� and a conversation with James Banks on his new book of essays

A talk with James Banks, UW professor emeritus of education, about his new book of essays, and three other education books are also noted.

News releases

April 6, 2020

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grants $1 million to support collaborative conservation across three UW organizations

The 天美影视传媒 today announced a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to advance shared conservation services among the UW Libraries, the Henry Art Gallery and the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.聽

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April 3, 2020

Huskies rally to support COVID-19 need for masks, child care

On a typical day, Julianne Dalcanton is an astrophysicist, studying the far reaches of the universe.

These aren鈥檛 typical days. Across the 天美影视传媒, faculty, staff, clinicians and students are stepping forward in a variety of ways to support the COVID-19 response, particularly efforts to help front-line medical personnel.

Arts and entertainment | Education | Environment | For UW employees | Research | UW and the community | UW Notebook

UW-created podcasts: ‘Crossing North’ by Scandinavian Studies 鈥� also College of Education, Information School’s Joe Janes, a discussion of soil health

UW Notebook visits with the producer of “Crossing North,” a podcast by the Scandinavian Studies Department, and notes other podcasts on campus and an appearance by David Montgomery on the podcast “Undark.”

Honors and awards | Research | Science | UW Notebook

Faculty/staff honors: Outstanding educator in landscape architecture, Royal Society of Edinburgh corresponding fellowship 鈥� and the Green Rat Clingfish takes a bow

Recent honors to 天美影视传媒 faculty and staff have come from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the World Register of Marine Species.

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March 27, 2020

Laptops for takeout or delivery: Student technology program readies for spring quarter

With the university鈥檚 spring quarter beginning Monday, UW staff and student workers in the Student Technology Loan Program spent the week-long spring break gathering, checking and cleaning some 300 laptops and tablets for distribution 鈥� and, for the first time, shipping many of those devices to the homes of UW students across the country.

Population Health | Public Health | UW News blog

March 26, 2020

UW researcher identifies workers most harmed by economic disruption due to COVID-19

Only about 25% of the U.S. workforce 鈥� some 35.6 million people 鈥� are in jobs that can easily be done at home, a 天美影视传媒 researcher has determined, as these are the positions in which using a computer is important but interacting with the public is not. These jobs are typically in highly-paid occupational sectors such finance, administration, management, computers, engineering and technology. Consequently 颅鈥� with orders to close businesses and demands that employees work from home growing…

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March 24, 2020

UW researchers to study resilience, well-being among King County residents during pandemic

天美影视传媒 researchers have launched the King County COVID-19 Community Study 鈥� or KC3S 鈥� to gather data through April 19 on how individuals and communities throughout King County are coping with the measures put in place to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Environment | News releases | Research | Science

Ships’ emissions create measurable regional change in clouds

Years of cloud data over a shipping route between Europe and South Africa shows that pollution from ships has significantly increased the reflectivity of the clouds. More generally, the results suggest that industrial pollution’s effect on clouds has masked about a third of the warming due to fossil fuel burning since the late 1800s.

Research | Science | UW and the community | UW Notebook

March 23, 2020

Anatomy of a frogfish: New book explores world of fishes with arms and legs

Any old fish can swim. But what fish can walk, scoot, clamber over rocks, change color and even fight to the death? That would be the frogfish. A talk with Ted Pietsch, UW professor of emeritus of aquatic and fishery sciences, about his latest book, “Frogfishes: Biodiversity, Zoogeography, and Behavioral Ecology”

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Video: UW custodial staff in the midst of massive ‘deep clean’ of campus

When the UW moved to online instruction March 9, UW Facilities Services developed a three-week disinfection plan. Custodial staff are now working through more than 500 classrooms, lecture halls, libraries, auditoriums and shared spaces, with similar efforts under way in Bothell and Tacoma.

Engineering | Environment | News releases | Research | Science

March 19, 2020

鈥楽ushi parasites鈥� have increased 283-fold in past 40 years

A new study led by the 天美影视传媒 finds dramatic increases in the abundance of a worm that can be transmitted to humans who eat raw or undercooked seafood. Its 283-fold increase in abundance since the 1970s could have implications for the health of humans and marine mammals, which both can inadvertently eat the worm.

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鈥楩atal attraction鈥�: Small carnivores drawn to kill sites, then ambushed by larger kin

天美影视传媒 researchers have discovered that large predators play a key yet unexpected role in keeping smaller predators and deer in check. Their 鈥渇atal attraction鈥� theory finds that smaller predators are drawn to the kill sites of large predators by the promise of leftover scraps, but the scavengers may be killed themselves if their larger kin return for seconds.

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March 17, 2020

天美影视传媒 graduate and professional disciplines rank highly in US News鈥� Best Graduate School lists

The 天美影视传媒鈥檚 graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2021 Best Graduate School rankings聽released March 17.