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Research by Forefront Suicide Prevention at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, from visits to 18 gun shows and other community events around Washington state last year, found that engaging people in a community-based setting, in an empathetic conversation focused on safety, resulted in more people locking up their firearms.

Cost of living is up in all Washington counties, for families of all sizes, according to the 2020 Self-Sufficiency Standard for Washington State, a report that identifies the amount of income needed to support families of various sizes without additional help from the government, community or other personal resources.

With a grant from the National Institutes of Health, a five-year, $1.8 million training program at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ will fund 25 academic-year graduate fellowships, develop a new training curriculum and contribute to methodological advances in health research at the intersection of demography and data science.

New books by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty members include children’s works profiling STEM researchers and a personal memoir of an immigrant’s journey to freedom. Also, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Press remembers a century of publishing, and a book on British colonialism is honored.

A King County initiative to relocate people from homeless shelters to hotel rooms during the pandemic not only limited the spread of COVID-19, but also improved people’s mental health and well-being, and allowed them to focus on long-term goals.

Election security is the theme of a new podcast by James Long, an associate professor of political science at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. “Neither Free Nor Fair?â€� features experts from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and elsewhere on topics such as mail-in voting, foreign interference and the role of social media, and resolving disputed elections.

The Department of English has introduced its new “Literature, Language, Culture” Dialogue Series, a series of podcasts and YouTube videos — and Devin Naar of Sephardic Studies is interviewed on two podcasts

Political science researchers at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ examined the factors associated with statewide mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic. When controlling for other factors, states with Republican governors delayed imposing broad indoor mask requirements by nearly a month.

Social inequalities, specifically racism and classism, are impacting the biodiversity, evolutionary shifts and ecological health of plants and animals in our cities. That’s the main finding of a review paper published Aug. 13 in Science led by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, with co-authors at the University of California, Berkeley, and University of Michigan.

Recent honors and grants to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ individuals and units have come from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the Marconi Society — and the White House.

Recent honors to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty and staff have come from Architect magazine, the Center for Research Libraries, member states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the American Society of Human Genetics.

Notable new books by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty and staff include a study of rebellion at sea, an emeritus faculty member’s Buddhist-focused memoir, a reconsideration of Northwest Coast Native American art with Indigenous perspectives in mind, thoughts on bridging cultural gaps through design — and an award for the editor-in-chief of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Press.

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.

A quick look at several Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-produced podcasts, from benevolent marketing to Arctic geopolitics — and a classics professor’s work being featured in a podcast produced by the Times Literary Supplement.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ family physician Morhaf Al Achkar publishes memoir “Being Authentic,” and a Lambda Literary award goes to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Tacoma’s Emily Thuma.

What does it feel like to be a mother on this Mother’s Day? And how can we make the day seem special when life feels so uncertain and stressful? Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ psychology professor Liliana Lengua offers some perspective.

Recent notable books by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ faculty members look at gentrification and inequity in a New York neighborhood, skin lighteners though history, female agency in Arthurian legend and biographical epitaphs in China across many centuries.