蘑菇视频 professors Christoph Giebel, Vicente Rafael and Ileana M. Rodr铆guez-Silva will participate in a discussion on about a memorial plaque that was recently removed from Volunteer Park due to concerns about its accuracy.
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Paula Thiele, a communication major who will graduate this spring, became the inaugural scholar to participate in the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 new Scholarship for Immersive Internships in Le贸n, dubbed 鈥溌pain Works!鈥� 鈥斅燼 partnership between the 蘑菇视频 Le贸n Center, 蘑菇视频 Study Abroad and the 蘑菇视频 Career & Internship Center.
The 蘑菇视频 once again has been recognized as a sustainability leader by the 鈥嬧�婼ustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS).
With the start of spring quarter on March 28, face masks became optional 鈥� but still recommended 鈥� inside most 蘑菇视频 facilities. In light of the policy change, 蘑菇视频 News spoke with several experts about what to expect on campus, how the current science and transmission rates inform our policy, and emotions and feelings we may experience as a result of removing our face coverings.
Sherri Berdine has been named Director of Tribal Relations at the 蘑菇视频, 蘑菇视频 Vice President for External Affairs Randy Hodgins announced Monday. Berdine鈥檚 appointment is effective March 28.
The following is a statement from 蘑菇视频 President Ana Mari Cauce following the news that a 蘑菇视频 professor and a 蘑菇视频 staff member were killed聽while diving聽off the coast of Mexico over the weekend.
Gordon Stuart Peek, a 蘑菇视频 alumnus who donated the bells that sit on two sides of Red Square, died peacefully at his home on March 2, 2022. He was 96.
Laada Bilaniuk is a professor of anthropology at the whose expertise is Ukrainian culture and society. The daughter of Ukrainian Americans, she shares insights on the Ukrainian people who are resisting, how the conflict relates to the use of language and the perspective of the local Ukrainian community.
As the green crab invasion in the state worsens, a new analysis method developed by 蘑菇视频 and Washington Sea Grant scientists could help contain future invasions and prevent new outbreaks using water testing and genetic analysis. The results show that the DNA-based technique works as well in detecting the presence of green crabs as setting traps to catch the live animals, which is a more laborious process. Results suggest these two methods could complement each other as approaches to learn where the species鈥� range is expanding.
As the year draws to a close, we present highlights from video stories produced by 蘑菇视频 News during 2021 鈥� a year where the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact our lives.
The 蘑菇视频’s annual Veterans Day ceremony, held on Thursday at the Medal of Honor Memorial near Red Square, featured music by the Husky Marching Band and a formation of 蘑菇视频 Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets.
On Sunday, Nov. 7 we switch from daylight saving time to standard time. A 蘑菇视频 expert in circadian rhythms says that鈥檚 a good thing.
Perry Acworth, 蘑菇视频 Farm manager, talks about different varieties of winter squash 鈥� from the palm-sized pie pumpkin to聽Cucurbita maxima, which can produce giant pumpkins.
At 10:21 a.m. on Oct. 21, teacher Wade Johnson’s science class at Port Susan Middle School scrambled under their desks as part of the annual Great American ShakeOut. It was Stanwood Camano School District鈥檚 first live test of its earthquake early warning system with all 13 of its schools participating in a 鈥淒rop, Cover, and Hold On鈥� drill.
蘑菇视频 President Ana Mari Cauce delivered her 2021 annual address, sharing her perspective on the road ahead as we work together to recover from the pandemic and support equity and well-being for our community of faculty, staff and students.
In 2013, Seattle鈥檚 U District neighborhood lost one of its most cherished businesses. The Continental Greek Restaurant and Pastry Shop, owned by the family of the Jackson School’s Taso Lagos, sat on University Way for nearly 40 years before closing its doors that June. Lagos looks back on the restaurant and what it meant to his family in a memoir due to be released this fall.
蘑菇视频 Associate Professor Wendy Barrington will be the featured speaker at the university鈥檚 38th annual New Student Convocation. Barrington has joint appointments in the Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing in the School of Nursing and the departments of Epidemiology and of Health Systems and Population Health in the School of Public Health.
Student move-in days are a yearly event at the 蘑菇视频, generating excitement among families and fueled by student volunteers. 蘑菇视频 10,000 students聽living in residence halls for the 2021-2022 academic year are moving in September 21 to 24.聽
Researchers at the 蘑菇视频 and 蘑菇视频 Tacoma have been studying arsenic levels in the mud, water and in creatures from lakes in the south Puget Sound area. Eating contaminated fish or snails from these lakes could lead to health risks.
During his senior year,聽Owen聽Oliver created a walking tour of聽蘑菇视频鈥檚聽Seattle campus, highlighting聽the Indigenous presence on campus.
Hardship, change and resilience 鈥� that鈥檚 been the experience of the U District community during the pandemic, just as it鈥檚 been the experience of us all. As students, faculty and staff return to campus in September, they are going to find that the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 front door looks different 鈥� and it is on the precipice of even bigger changes to come.
The new Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub, led by Oregon State University and the 蘑菇视频, will study coastal hazards and community resilience. The National Science Foundation awarded $18.9 million for the hub over five years.
Mary Gresch has been named senior vice president for advancement at the 蘑菇视频, 蘑菇视频 President Ana Mari Cauce announced this week. Gresch鈥檚 appointment is effective Sept. 1.
The Nehemiah Studio, a 蘑菇视频 class on mitigating gentrification in Seattle’s Central District, has been honored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Soil, particularly in urban areas, can hold contaminants that are unhealthy for people who handle it or eat things grown in the ground. Chemicals left behind by vehicles, air pollution and heavy industry can show up in the ground and in plants. Melanie Malone, assistant professor in 蘑菇视频 Bothell鈥檚 School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences investigates these contaminants and their prevalence in shared garden spaces.
Recent honors and achievements by 蘑菇视频 faculty include an early career award for study of family communication and a distinguished service award for decades in support of theoretical computing.
The 蘑菇视频 is announcing the steps it will take in this fiscal year, starting July 1, to reach the targets set in the 蘑菇视频鈥檚 Sustainability Action Plan.
Recent news from the Jackson School of International Studies includes a new endowed scholarship for study of India made possible by two alumni, and a book on angels in ancient Jewish culture by Jewish Studies professor Mika Ahuvia.
In her new book, Jana Mohr Lone of the 蘑菇视频 Center for Philosophy for Children asks, how would the world benefit if children were recognized as independent thinkers?
Development has changed the face of the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, says Manish Chalana, associate professor of urban design and planning at the 蘑菇视频, but it remains the heart of the city’s LGBTQ community.
Back in the summers of 2018 and 2019, the shellfish industry in Washington state was rocked by mass mortalities of its crops. Now, researchers think they have figured out why: high concentrations of yessotoxinss, which are produced by blooms of certain phytoplankton. The researchers鈥� findings were published last month in the open-access journal Harmful Algae.
Ocean Voices, a program of the 蘑菇视频 Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center to advance equity in ocean science, has been named among the first group of actions taken in a United Nations-sponsored, decade-long program of ocean science for sustainable development.
This summer a 蘑菇视频 mobile health outreach van will hit the road, bringing some basic health care services to people without housing who might have a hard time getting to a doctor鈥檚 office.
The 蘑菇视频鈥檚 second virtual commencement was held June 12, 2021. The online ceremony, the second in the school鈥檚 161-year history, celebrated the Class of 2021 with graduates and their families and friends watching the ceremony from more than 30 countries with translations in nine languages.
Shawn Wong, 蘑菇视频 English professor and longtime advocate for Asian American literature, has received the 2021 Stand UP Award from the Association of University Presses.
Two professors with the 蘑菇视频 Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering — Shyam Gollakota and Anna Karlin — have received 2020 honors from the Association for Computing Machinery.
The potted junipers on the steps of Suzzallo Library are undergoing a transformation. Flanking the entrance to one of 蘑菇视频’s most beloved buildings, they are viewed by hundreds of people walking through Red Square each week. Bioengineering postdoctoral researcher Le Zhen is transforming these shrubs into bonsai 鈥� miniature trees that are pruned, nurtured and trained with wire to look like their much older, full-sized counterparts living in nature. He hopes this prominent display of bonsai will signal to members of the AAPI community that 蘑菇视频 is safe and welcoming.
Recent honors for 蘑菇视频 faculty include the 2021 Presburger award for theoretical computer science, an Early Career Faculty Innovator research grant for a collaboration in environmental studies with the Karuk Tribe in California, and a fellowship to explore war regulations and raiding norms among early Arabian Jewish communities.
In his latest book, “Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character: Principles and Best Practices,” Charles Wolfe asks: How can we create urban environments that are truly livable?
The 蘑菇视频 on Monday announced it will require all students on all three of its campuses to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the start of the autumn quarter. The announcement comes with six weeks remaining in the spring quarter to provide time for students who are in the area to get vaccinated before summer.