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  As the World Health Organization steps up its efforts to eradicate a once-rampant tropical disease, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ study suggests that monitoring, and potentially treating, the monkeys that co-exist with humans in affected parts of the world may be part of the global strategy. Yaws, an infectious disease that causes disfiguring skin lesions and bone destruction — stems from a bacterium, Treponema pallidum, that also has been found in certain primates in Africa and Asia. The disease, treatable…

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ landed at No. 9 with 45 subjects ranked in the top 10 in the Center for World University Rankings’ inaugural subjects ranking. The ranking features the top global universities in 227 subjects covering all academic disciplines in the sciences and social sciences. This is the highest the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has placed in a global subject ranking.

The Disklavier is an electromagnetic piano that — like the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-created encephalophone recently reported on by the Seattle Times — is played by brain waves alone, via an electroencephalogram. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ audiences can see and hear this new technology in “Music of Today: The DXARTS Spring Concert,” April 6, in Meany Hall.

The University is proposing a site selection and construction of a new above and below grade building to create a physical convening space and compelling catalyst for Population Health endeavors across all three Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ campuses, the region and the world, creating a high profile marker for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s commitment to Population Health, as outlined in President Ana Mari Cauce’s May 2016 address to the community.

Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, former president of Spelman College and Bennett College, and recently retired director of the National Museum of African Art, will be the featured speaker at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Commencement exercises Saturday, June 10.

Public Notice University Of Washington Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-455 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and WAC 478-324-140, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ hereby provides public notice of the: Availability of a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) Project Name: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Bothell/Cascadia College Campus Master Plan Proponent: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Bothell and Cascadia College Description of Proposal: The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Bothell and Cascadia College Campus Master Plan will guide development, building on the 2010 (rev 2011) Campus Master Plan…

For the 23rd time in the past 24 years, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ ranked as the No. 1 primary care medical school in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 Best Graduate School rankings released Tuesday. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Information School jumped from No. 3 to No. 2 in the nation for library and information studies programs.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ polar scientists are holding the 12th annual Polar Science Weekend, Friday through Sunday, March 3-5, at Pacific Science Center in Seattle. This year’s lineup includes a simulation from NASA of its new ICESat-2 instrument. Visitors can get scanned by an instrument above their head that measures a person’s height using an infrared distance sensor. The real ICESat-2 satellite, scheduled for launch in 2018, will map the Earth’s ice surfaces to very high precision, from space. During the…

The Peace Corps announced Tuesday that the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ) ranked No. 2 among large schools on the agency’s 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. There are 73 Huskies currently volunteering worldwide. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ ranks No. 3 all-time for total volunteers and has achieved elite top three status in the large school category for 13 consecutive years.

University of British Columbia and the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ announced the establishment of the Cascadia Urban Analytics Cooperative to use data to help cities and communities address challenges from traffic to homelessness. The effort will bring faculty, students, and community stakeholders together to solve problems, and is made possible thanks to a $1-million gift from Microsoft.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ astronomy professor Eric Agol is part of the large team of researchers that has just announced confirmation of several Earth-sized, potentially habitable planets orbiting a star about 40 light-years away.

Scientists at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and the state Department of Natural Resources intend to test a management approach that mimics natural disturbance patterns and processes across a large portion of the Olympic Peninsula, an area known for having the most rainfall in the lower 48 states, high tree-growth rates and old-growth forests, part of which remain today.

A new, two-part project led by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Kristin Laidre aims to explore the interacting effects of climate change and subsistence hunting on polar bears, while also illuminating the cultural value of the species to indigenous peoples and the role they play in conservation.

Cleantech Businesses and Academic Researchers can Prototype and Test Clean Energy Devices, Software and Systems at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds A new facility for accelerating the clean energy innovation cycle opened in Seattle Feb. 16. The Clean Energy Institute, a research unit at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, created the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds to increase the rate at which breakthrough science and engineering discoveries turn into market-adopted clean energy technologies. The state-of-the-art user facility has labs for manufacturing prototypes,…

Maritime communities take various forms around the planet and through the centuries. Margaret Willson, affiliate associate professor of anthropology and Canadian Studies Arctic Program at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, is the author of “Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge,” published in 2016 by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Press. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Today asked Willson a few questions about the book, in advance of her talk Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. at Seattle’s Center for Wooden Boats. How did you get interested in…

Recently published research from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory (VPL) using ancient Earth as a stand-in for hypothetically habitable exoplanets has been highlighted by NASA in a feature article. Leading the research was Giada Arney, who was a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ astronomy doctoral student when doing the work and is now with NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center.

Ralina Joseph, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ associate professor of communication, has guest co-edited a special triple issue of the interdisciplinary journal Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society with her former mentor and dissertation adviser, Jane Rhodes of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Joseph’s own article in the issue focuses on the creator of the television show “Grey’s Anatomy,” set in Seattle. The special edition, the guest editors wrote, resulted from a panel discussion called “The Right…

The STARS program, which offers engineering students from economically or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds extra academic support, will receive a one-time grant of $2.2 million from the Opportunity Expansion Fund passed by the Washington Legislature and funded by Microsoft.

It’s almost unheard-of for a university class to spark global press attention — and offers of book deals — before instruction even begins. But such is the case with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Information School’s new course, “Calling Bullshit in the Age of Big Data.”

AccessMap – a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ project spearheaded by the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology — launched a new online travel planner offering customizable suggestions for people who need accessible or pedestrian-friendly routes when getting from point A to B in Seattle.

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-based Forefront will host a memorial for Washington state residents who died by suicide and join firearms dealers, veterans’ organizations, pharmacists, health care providers and suicide attempt and loss survivors to advocate for two legislative bills as part of Suicide Prevention Education Day.

Poet activists from around the nation will gather for daylong Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ conference Feb. 3 on creativity in activism — and then give full voice to that creativity in performances 7 – 10 p.m. at the Seattle Public Library. All are welcome.