January 15, 2019
Esports 鈥� the phenomenally popular world of competitive video games 鈥� soon will have a home at the 天美影视传媒.
This spring, the UW鈥檚 Husky Union Building (HUB) will officially open the doors to the HUB Esports Arena & Gaming Lounge 鈥� a full-service, state-of-the-art gaming center that supports both casual and competitive gaming and virtual reality. The 1,000 square-foot space will serve as the epicenter between student communities, business communities and gaming culture in the Northwest.
A new 天美影视传媒 study suggests that the children most apt to socially transition to the gender “opposite” their sex at birth are those who already demonstrate the strongest 鈥渃ross-gender鈥� identities, and that the transitions don鈥檛 appear to alter a child鈥檚 gender identity or preferences.
January 14, 2019
The UW is part of an international program that has revolutionized ocean measurements. This fall, the program made its 2 millionth measurement, reporting temperature and salinity in the top mile of the world’s oceans.
The Labor Archives of Washington, housed in UW Libraries, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike with a series of events in coming weeks, as well as a new library exhibit on campus.
People riding free-floating bike share rentals in Seattle are wearing helmets infrequently, according to a new analysis conducted by 天美影视传媒 researchers. Only 20 percent of bike share riders wore helmets in the study, while more than 90 percent of cyclists wore helmets while riding their own bikes.
Different research on the free-floating bike share systems showed that bikes were usually available in all Seattle neighborhoods across economic, racial and ethnic lines. However, more bikes were located in more-advantaged neighborhoods.
January 10, 2019
On Jan. 10 at the 2019 American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle, an international team of astronomers announced that they have identified the type of companion star that made its partner in a binary system, a carbon-oxygen white dwarf star, explode. Through repeated observations of SN 2015cp, a supernova 545 million light years away, the team detected hydrogen-rich debris that the companion star had shed prior to the explosion.
If Washington state were to establish a public bank, what type of bank might work best? One that can provide targeted products and services to local governments across the state, says a new report by UW researchers from the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance.
January 9, 2019
This week in the arts, attend the first Critical Issues Lecture with Maria Nordman, go to a performance by UW Music faculty band, Indigo Mist, with renowned guitarist Bill Frisell, and more! Critical Issues Lecture Series: Maria Nordman January 10, 7:00 PM| Henry Art Gallery Maria Nordman, a German-American sculptor and conceptual artist, will deliver the first lecture of the Critical Issues Lecture Series, brought to you by the School of Art + Art History + Design with assistance from…
Women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields are more likely to advance professionally, publish more research and secure postdoctoral and faculty positions if their institutional culture is welcoming and sets clear expectations, according to a study of hundreds of Ph.D. students at four top-tier California research universities.
UW researchers have developed a smartphone app that uses sonar to monitor someone’s breathing rate and sense when an opioid overdose has occurred.
January 8, 2019
As part of a 天美影视传媒-led project, NASA鈥檚 Hubble Space Telescope has produced a stunningly detailed portrait of the Triangulum Galaxy, displaying a full spiral face aglow with the light of nearly 25 million individually resolved stars.
January 7, 2019
Bottle feeding infants is associated with left-handedness, according to a new study from the 天美影视传媒. The study found that the prevalence of left-handedness is lower among breastfed infants as compared to bottle-fed infants. This finding was identified in about 60,000 mother-infant pairs and accounted for known risk factors for handedness.
January 2, 2019
Statements from 天美影视传媒 President Ana Mari Cauce, director of athletics Jennifer Cohen and men鈥檚 rowing head coach Michael Callahan
Female Magellanic penguins are more likely to die at sea as juveniles, which has caused a skewed sex ratio of nearly three adult males to every female, as well as population decline of more than 40 percent since 1987 at one of their largest breeding colonies 鈥� Punta Tombo in Argentina.
Husky football players, including Myles Gaskin and JoJo McIntosh, mentor teens each week as part of a program hosted by the Yesler Community Center in Seattle.
In a paper published Jan. 2 in PLOS Biology, two scientists at the 天美影视传媒 and North Carolina State University use the economic theory of contests to illustrate how the competitive grant-application system has made the pursuit of research funding inefficient and unsustainable 鈥� and that alternative methods, such as a partial lottery to award grants, could relieve pressure on professors and free up time for research.
December 24, 2018
Two 天美影视传媒 scientists have unveiled a new statistical method for estimating migration flows between countries. They show that rates of migration are higher than previously thought, but also relatively stable, fluctuating between 1.1 and 1.3 percent of global population from 1990 to 2015. In addition, since 1990 approximately 45 percent of migrants have returned to their home countries, a much higher estimate than other methods.
December 19, 2018
Researchers at the 天美影视传媒 have genetically modified a common houseplant to remove chloroform and benzene from the air around it.
December 18, 2018
New analysis shows that odd winds, not warming, caused the unusual patch of open water north of Greenland last February.
New research shows that the powerful sense of smell Pacific salmon rely on for migration, finding food and avoiding predators might be in trouble as carbon emissions continue to be absorbed by our ocean.
December 17, 2018
The American Talent Initiative, a nationwide alliance comprising the 天美影视传媒 and more than 100 other colleges and universities, has made significant progress in improving opportunities for low- and moderate-income students, according to a new report.
Suggested upgrades to technology, training and communication 鈥� and funding them appropriately 鈥� lie at the heart of recommendations to the state from UW Evans School researchers after a study of service at the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal in West Seattle.
A small study about a workshop to bring together students of different political persuasions found that workshop participants were able to better understand their fellow students as individuals, but their attitudes about opposing beliefs, in general, did not change.
December 14, 2018
The following is a statement from 天美影视传媒 President Ana Mari Cauce in response to Gov. Jay Inslee鈥檚 proposed 2019-2021 biennial budget
UW glaciologist Ben Smith shared a first look at the NASA ICESat-2 satellite鈥檚 view of Greenland and Antarctic glaciers at the American Geophysical Union鈥檚 annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
December 13, 2018
A UW team created a mechanical eye under the ocean’s surface that could live near renewable-energy sites and use a series of sensors to watch nearby animals. On Dec. 13, the researchers put the newest version of the AMP into the waters of Seattle’s Portage Bay for two weeks of preliminary testing before a more thorough analysis is conducted in Sequim, Washington.
As the year comes to a close and festivities abound, some UW faculty creations can make great gifts for the thinking Dawg on your giving list.
December 12, 2018
End 2018 artfully by visiting the Henry Art Gallery, seeing聽Clotilde Jim茅nez’s “Apple of My Eye” before it closes, and ringing in the new year and at the same time – saying goodbye – to the old Burke Museum! Visit the Henry Art Gallery The Henry is internationally recognized for bold and challenging exhibitions, for pushing the boundaries of contemporary art and culture, and for being the first to premiere new works by established and emerging artists. Enjoy, learn, and be…
In 2016, Seattle Public Schools pushed back the start times for the district’s 18 high schools by 55 minutes, from 7:50 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. And as hoped, teenagers used the extra time to sleep in.
A study by the 天美影视传媒 and Temple University examines what happens in children鈥檚 brains when they anticipate a touch to the hand, and relates this brain activity to the executive functions the child demonstrates on other mental tasks.
December 11, 2018
A new 天美影视传媒-led study examines one key stress-inducing circumstance 鈥� the effects of social hierarchy 鈥� and how cells respond to the hormones that are released in response to that stress.
Farmers can already use drones to soar over huge fields and monitor temperature, humidity or crop health. But these machines need so much power to fly that they can’t get very far without needing a charge. Now, engineers at the 天美影视传媒 have created a sensing system that is small enough to ride aboard a bumblebee.
December 10, 2018
A new species of whale discovered in 33-million-year-old Oregon rock has been named for Elizabeth Nesbitt, a curator at the Burke Museum and faculty member in the UW’s Department of Earth and Space Sciences.
Frank Hodge has been named the next Orin and Janet Smith dean of the 天美影视传媒鈥檚 Foster School of Business, Provost Mark A. Richards announced today. His appointment, set to begin July 9, 2019, is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
Russell Callender began as Washington Sea Grant’s new director this fall, and UW News sat down with him recently to learn more about what he hopes to bring to the organization.
December 7, 2018
The 天美影视传媒 is the top public institution in the country when ranked by 2017 fiscal year (FY) federal research expenditures according to data recently released by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
December 6, 2018
A new collaborative study led by a research team at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles and the 天美影视传媒 could provide engineers new design rules for creating microelectronics, membranes and tissues, and open up better production methods for new materials.
New research from the 天美影视传媒 and Stanford University combines models of ocean conditions and animal metabolism with published lab data and paleoceanographic records to show that the Permian mass extinction in the oceans was caused by global warming that left animals unable to breathe. As temperatures rose and the metabolism of marine animals sped up, the warmer waters could not hold enough oxygen for them to survive.
December 3, 2018
Kate Simonen, architect, engineer and UW associate professor of architecture, discusses recent work by her and the Carbon Leadership Forum toward reducing embodied carbon in construction materials.
This week in the arts, learn about the history of art and its politics in Japan post-1945, see the final performances of Fefu and Her Friends, take a workshop at the Henry Art Gallery, and more! Art and Engagement in Early Postwar Japan December 7, 3:30 PM| Thomson Hall Justin Jesty, associate professor at the 天美影视传媒 Department of Asian Languages and Literature will be giving a talk on his newly published book Art and Engagement in Early Postwar…