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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ President Ana Mari Cauce, joined by Dr. Geoff Gottlieb, head of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases, met with the members of the ASÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Student Senate on March 3 to share the most current information and take questions about the University’s response and preparations for the novel coronavirus.

For journalists Download soundbites and b-roll   New research by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, or I-LABS, finds that altruism may begin in infancy. In a study of nearly 100 19-month-olds, researchers found that children, even when hungry, gave a tasty snack to a stranger in need. The findings not only show that infants engage in altruistic behavior, but also suggest that early social experiences can shape altruism. Read the full story here. For more…

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Center for One Health Research will build “pop-up galleriesâ€� in public spaces around Seattle in October that will use autobiographical photographs taken by people experiencing homelessness with their companion animals. The photos will be accompanied by quotes from the participants about the challenges and the important bonds they share with their animals.

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ today announced the topping out of the new $230 million Population Health Building. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ also has selected two artists whose work will help tell the story of the education and research that will take place within the new facility. Construction of the eight-story building at the corner of 15th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Grant Lane began in April 2018. Workers today will “top outâ€� the building — a term builders use to mark the completion of the…

A robotics challenge July 20th at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ featured twenty-eight teams of middle and high schoolers from Forks to Walla Walla and from Bellingham to Olympia. The event marked a half-century since the Apollo 11 mission landed on the moon and two U.S. astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, walked its surface.

The annual thesis exhibition by graduating art and design students with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Art + Art History + Design brings together the dreamy and the practical to cohabit at the Henry Art Gallery. This year’s exhibit features the work of 10 artists and 11 designers, and will be at the Henry through June 23.