In a study published June 10 in Current Biology, a team from the University of Colorado Boulder and the 蘑菇视频 reports that a group of students at CU Boulder generally got more sleep after widespread stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines were put into place in mid-March.
A new online survey for Washington state residents has launched to gather data on how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic downturn have affected food access and economic security. The Washington State Food Security Survey, which went live June 18 and runs through July 31, is open to all Washington state residents aged 18 or over.
With the nation debating its response to COVID-19 and witnessing protests against racial injustice and police violence, undergraduate students enrolled in 鈥淰isual Anthropology of Protest Music鈥� examined how communities use music to share their lived experiences and confront oppression.
The 蘑菇视频 has issued a face covering policy for all university personnel, students, staff, contractors and visitors who are on campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As a reminder, only employees designated as critical can be working in-person and only at the direction of their supervisor.
The 蘑菇视频 Board of Regents on Thursday approved the University鈥檚 2020-21 budget, which seeks to continue prioritizing its academic mission while also responding to the financial pressures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the universe was in its infancy, it contained no stars at all. And an international team of scientists is closer than ever to detecting, measuring and studying a signal from this era that has been traveling through the cosmos ever since that starless era ended some 13 billion years ago.
New research from a decades-long study by the 蘑菇视频 and the University of Colorado shows long-term benefits from a program to prevent problem behaviors in children.
Mary Lidstrom, vice provost for research at the 蘑菇视频, talks about the evolving picture of research at the 蘑菇视频 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a paper published May 29 in Nature Communications, a team of scientists at the 蘑菇视频, the University of Minnesota and the Johns Hopkins University reports that differences in visual motion perception in autism spectrum disorder are accompanied by weaker neural 鈥渟uppression鈥� in the visual cortex of the brain, which may help scientists understand sensory hypersensitivity in people with ASD.
A 蘑菇视频 sleep expert sat down with 蘑菇视频 News to provide some perspective on sleep during the pandemic, and what we can do to help ourselves and our families get through this time a little more well-rested.
Three professors are teaming for a study of the mobility impacts of the coronavirus 鈥� and they are inviting 蘑菇视频 faculty, staff and students to complete a short online survey to assist the research.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, based at the 蘑菇视频, will host an online event on the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, featuring seismologists from the 蘑菇视频 and other institutions who can explain the events before, during and after the historic blast. The virtual event will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Monday, May 18, on the PNSN鈥檚 YouTube channel — exactly 40 years after the blast. The group will stream prerecorded talks from…
In a letter to the White House Coronavirus Task Force, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) drew upon the testimony by Hilary Godwin, dean of the 蘑菇视频 School of Public Health, in calling for federal guidelines be established for the aviation industry and the traveling public.聽
What does it feel like to be a mother on this Mother鈥檚 Day? And how can we make the day seem special when life feels so uncertain and stressful? 蘑菇视频 psychology professor Liliana Lengua offers some perspective.
A new international study led by the 蘑菇视频 aims to gauge the perception of ethical situations as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves around the world.
A team of staff and students are sewing masks and offering them for free to 蘑菇视频 housing, custodial, dining and food service workers.
The 蘑菇视频 today released the draft of a new Sustainability Strategy that will guide university actions across a broad spectrum of sustainability policy for the next five years.
The 蘑菇视频 Center for Philosophy for Children created a resource list of books and short videos to explore the big questions around COVID-19 鈥� about loneliness and isolation, boredom, illness and death, as well as fear and uncertainty.
With an in-person commencement ceremony on campus not possible due to the COVID-19 outbreak, The 蘑菇视频鈥檚 graduating seniors, graduate and professional students will be honored in two ways, President Ana Mari Cauce announced Wednesday.
A 蘑菇视频 study abroad program empowers students from all disciplines to apply their skills to real-life problems.
蘑菇视频 researchers are developing an app that will allow health organizations to monitor coughs from self-quarantined COVID-19 patients from home.
Three undergraduate students at the 蘑菇视频 are among 396 around the country who have been named Goldwater Scholars for 2020.
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 蘑菇视频 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…
蘑菇视频 researchers are inviting the public to share their experiences on their regular commutes in a survey.
The idea of building herd immunity 鈥� increasing the number of infected to such a degree that naturally occurring immunity would outstrip the coronavirus, while isolating the elderly and others at greatest risk of the disease 鈥� has been tossed around in the United States, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.聽 This week, however, U.K. officials appear to be backing away from that approach. But the kind of 鈥渉erd immunity鈥� strategy being discussed in the U.K. does not acknowledge a critical…
The 蘑菇视频 Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases (ACCD) announced Thursday that a 蘑菇视频 Seattle campus graduate student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student is recovering at home, out of state, and we wish them well.聽
It’s important to maintain human connection, even during a time of social distancing, 蘑菇视频 psychology researchers say.
A documentary series produced and released this winter by YouTube features 蘑菇视频 computer scientist Pedro Domingos and members of the 蘑菇视频-based Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.
KUOW’s That’s Debatable on Wednesday will feature two 蘑菇视频 faculty members: Dan Schwartz, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Clean Energy Institute, and Kate Simonen, upcoming chair of the Department of Architecture and director of the Carbon Leadership Forum.
蘑菇视频 President Ana Mari Cauce sat down with Vice President of Student Life Denzil Suite for a candid conversation about how COVID-19 is affecting campus operations, why classes will no longer meet in person for the rest of the quarter and whether a student-led petition had an impact on the decision.
Nutritional science expert Anne-Marie Gloster, a lecturer in the 蘑菇视频 School of Public Health鈥檚 Nutritional Sciences Program and expert in emergency food planning, has put together this list of things to think about and foods to have on hand if you should be called on to stay at home for an extended period. 鈥淪hopping intentionally and feeding ourselves mindfully is a delicious way to reduce our stress during this time of heightened awareness about our personal and community health,鈥� Gloster…
The University is asking people to avoid coming to campus this year to comply with Gov. Inslee鈥檚 March 11 proclamation that prohibits large gatherings of more than 250 people as our region combats the spread of COVID-19.
蘑菇视频 President Ana Mari Cauce, joined by Dr. Geoff Gottlieb, head of the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases, met with the members of the AS蘑菇视频 Student Senate on March 3 to share the most current information and take questions about the University鈥檚 response and preparations for the novel coronavirus.
P. Dee Boersma, a 蘑菇视频 professor of biology and director of the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels, is a finalist for the 2020 Indianapolis Prize for conservation, to be awarded later this year by the Indianapolis Zoological Society. Sue Moore, a scientist with the center and a 蘑菇视频 affiliate professor of biology and of aquatic and fishery sciences, has won the 2020 IASC Medal, also known as the Arctic Medal, from the International Arctic Science Committee.
The Peace Corps announced today that the 蘑菇视频 ranked No. 10 among large schools on the agency鈥檚 list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2020. There are 55 Huskies currently volunteering in countries around the world.
Victoria Meadows, professor of astronomy at the 蘑菇视频 and director of the 蘑菇视频’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory, talks about how upcoming missions like the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to characterize the atmospheres of potentially Earth-like exoplanets and may even detect signs of life. Meadows is delivering a talk on this subject on Feb. 15, 2020 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Seattle.
At a Saturday afternoon session, researchers from the 蘑菇视频 and federal agencies will discuss the emerging research on Pacific Northwest megaquakes.
While travel bans are frequently used to stop the spread of an emerging infectious disease, a new 蘑菇视频 and Johns Hopkins University study of published research found that the effectiveness of travel bans is mostly unknown.
The 鈥檚 design program in the School of Art + Art History + Design earned top honors on the 2020 list of 鈥淏est Graphic Design Programs鈥� by the online site聽Animation Career Review. 蘑菇视频 was the top ranked school in Washington, among the top 10 on the West Coast and ranked 7th out of 40 public institutions.
Steve Kramer, a professor of 蘑菇视频 civil and environmental engineering, has been elected to the聽National Academy of Engineering.聽Kramer is among 87 members and 18 international members newly elected to the academy, one of the highest professional distinctions in engineering.