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January 18, 2018

Civil War-era U.S. Navy ships鈥� logs to be explored for climate data, maritime history

A new grant will let a 蘑菇视频-based project add a new fleet to its quest to learn more about past climate from the records of long-gone mariners. The 蘑菇视频 is among the winners of the 2017 鈥淒igitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives鈥� awards, announced Jan. 4 by the Washington, D.C.-based Council on Library and Information Resources. The new $482,018 grant to the 蘑菇视频, the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and the National Archives Foundation will support 鈥淪eas…

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January 17, 2018

Arts Roundup: Performances by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, 蘑菇视频 Symphony, Scholarship Chamber Group and more

This week in the arts, watch dancers tell a story of resilience in their final performance of an exciting trilogy, become enchanted by the 蘑菇视频 Symphony at Benaroya Hall, and see undergraduate students perform challenging works from the piano and strings repertoire.

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Scale-eating fish adopt clever parasitic methods to survive

A small group of fishes 鈥� possibly the world’s cleverest carnivorous grazers 鈥� feeds on the scales of other fish in the tropics. A team led by biologists at the 蘑菇视频’s Friday Harbor Laboratories is trying to understand these scale-feeding fish and how this odd diet influences their body evolution and behavior.

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Researchers program biomaterials with ‘logic gates’ that release therapeutics in response to environmental triggers

Drug treatments can save lives, but sometimes they also carry unintended costs. After all, the same therapeutics that target pathogens and tumors can also harm healthy cells. To reduce this collateral damage, scientists have long sought specificity in drug delivery systems: A package that can encase a therapeutic and will not disgorge its toxic cargo until it reaches the site of treatment 鈥� be it a tumor, a diseased organ or a site of infection. In a paper published Jan….

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A ‘touching sight’: How babies’ brains process touch builds foundations for learning

  Touch is the first of the five senses to develop, yet scientists know far less about the baby鈥檚 brain response to touch than to, say, the sight of mom’s face, or the sound of her voice. Now, through the use of safe, new brain imaging techniques, 蘑菇视频 researchers provide one of the first looks inside the infant’s brain to show where the sense of touch is processed 鈥� not just when a baby feels a touch to…

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January 11, 2018

Can the president really do that? Two 蘑菇视频 law professors give answers in new book

Can the president single-handedly toss out environmental rules designed to combat global warming? Force states like Washington to help聽enforce federal immigration laws? Fire Robert Mueller? No, no, and not directly, say Lisa Manheim and Kathryn Watts, professors of law at the 蘑菇视频, in a new book. The answers, of course, are more complicated than a word or two. But every news cycle seems to raise a variation of the same question: Can he do that? Manheim and Watts,…

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January 10, 2018

Arts Roundup: Trojan Women: A Love Story, Faculty Dance Concert, Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert: Sepideh Raissadat, and performances by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company

This week in the arts, experience a modern portrayal of a classic Greek Tragedy, see the annual Faculty Dance Concert featuring new collaborations with students and guest artists, hear an internationally renowned classical vocalist showcase her work with 蘑菇视频 students, and watch dancers tell a story of resilience in the first performance of an exciting trilogy.

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January 9, 2018

Mark Richards, former dean at UC Berkeley, named provost at the 蘑菇视频

蘑菇视频 President Ana Mari Cauce today named Mark Richards provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. The appointment is effective July 1, 2018. Richards, a geophysicist, is a professor of Earth and planetary science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he previously served as dean of mathematical and physical sciences from 2002 to 2014, and simultaneously as executive dean of the College of Letters and Science from 2006 to 2014. 鈥淥ur University is gaining an outstanding…

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January 8, 2018

蘑菇视频 Reality Lab launches with $6M from tech companies to advance augmented and virtual reality research

The 蘑菇视频 Reality Lab is launching with $6 million from Facebook, Google, and Huawei to accelerate innovation in augmented and virtual reality and educate the next generation of researchers and practitioners.

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January 5, 2018

蘑菇视频 ranks No. 5 nationally for social science research funding

    The 蘑菇视频 is ranked fifth among more than 400 U.S. colleges and universities for social science research funding, according to a new report. The Consortium of Social Science Association’s 2018 College and University Rankings for Federal Social and Behavioral Science R&D was released this week. The 蘑菇视频, with $38.6 million in social science funding in fiscal 2016 (the year on which the report was based), has moved up into the top five. Last year, it was…

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January 3, 2018

Space dust, not aliens: Two 蘑菇视频 astronomers assist in new research on ‘mysterious’ star

蘑菇视频 astronomers Brett Morris and James Davenport assisted in new research on “Tabby’s Star,” named for Louisiana State University astronomer Tabetha Boyajian.

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Arts Roundup: Performances by violinist Itzhak Perlman, Tak谩cs Quartet with special guest Erika Eckert, a riveting play 鈥� Trojan Women: A Love Story and more

This week in the arts, listen to a duo performance of piano professors, hear the internationally acclaimed Tak谩cs String Quartet, promising young pianist Scott Cuellar, immerse yourself in the post-apocalyptic world of Trojan Women: A Love Story, and attend a performance by Grammy and Emmy Award Winning violinist Itzhak Perlman.

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Popular exhibit on Latino music debuts as a book: A Q&A with 蘑菇视频 faculty authors of ‘American Sabor’

  When “American Sabor” opened at what was then the Experience Music Project a decade ago, its 蘑菇视频 creators saw it as a chance to celebrate the extensive Latino contribution to popular music. It was a product of years of interviews and research, and an often challenging exercise in collaboration and presentation. But that was just the beginning for Marisol Berr铆os-Miranda and Shannon Dudley, both ethnomusicologists in the 蘑菇视频 School of Music, and Michelle Habell-Pall谩n, a professor in…

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Essay by 蘑菇视频 historian Laurie Marhoefer named most memorable of 2017 by The Conversation US

An essay by Laurie Marhoefer, 蘑菇视频 assistant professor of history, has been named the most memorable of the year 2017 by the editors and readers of The Conversation US.

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December 21, 2017

蘑菇视频 a leader in supporting Washington’s STEM students

Now serving its sixth cohort of students, the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship has helped more than 8,400 students attend the state鈥檚 universities and colleges. The 蘑菇视频 has the largest number of scholarship recipients 鈥� 1,679 across all three campuses 鈥� and has seen more than 1,300 scholars graduate.

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Promoting self-esteem among African-American girls through racial, cultural connections

    For African-American students, data, alongside societal attitudes and stereotypes, often present a negative picture: a wide academic achievement gap separating them from their white peers. Higher rates of discipline and absenteeism. Discrimination by other students, teachers and the larger community. And just last summer, a study indicated that black girls, from an early age, are perceived as more aggressive and sexual 鈥� less innocent 鈥� than white girls. But what if, a 蘑菇视频 education professor reasoned,…

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December 13, 2017

蘑菇视频 project seeks sustainable blueprint for hydropower dams

A new NSF-funded project will use findings in the Mekong River basin as an example of how three critical issues 鈥� feeding people, generating energy and maintaining functioning ecosystems 鈥� can be addressed thoughtfully and progressively in the developing world.

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蘑菇视频 celebrates fundraising and construction milestones for second computer science building

The 蘑菇视频 celebrated two major fundraising and construction milestones on Wednesday for the Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering, which will allow the 蘑菇视频 to double its annual computer science and engineering degree production.

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Thoughts on macroeconomics by 蘑菇视频’s Fabio Ghironi among Bloomberg columnist’s ‘must-reads’ of 2017

Bloomberg News columnist Noah Smith has listed a paper by 蘑菇视频 economist Fabio Ghironi as among “must-read” papers and books on economics in the year 2017.

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December 7, 2017

蘑菇视频 announces ambitious public commitment to educate more high-achieving low-income students

蘑菇视频 is among the first schools to announce public commitments through the American Talent Initiative. The 蘑菇视频 aims to graduate an additional 125 low- to low-middle-income students per cohort by 2025.

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A literary view of the human era: ‘Anthropocene Reading’

The Anthropocene epoch 鈥� the proposed name for this time of significant human effect on the planet and its systems 鈥� represents a new context in which to study literature. A new book of essays co-edited by Jesse Oak Taylor, 蘑菇视频 associate professor of English, argues that literary studies, in turn, also can help us better understand the Anthropocene.

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New research shows hydropower dams can be managed without an all-or-nothing choice between energy and food

The 蘑菇视频, Arizona State University and other collaborators have proposed a method in the Dec. 8 issue of Science that allows hydroelectric dam operators to generate power in ways that protect 鈥� and possibly improve 鈥� food supplies and businesses throughout the Mekong river basin in Southeast Asia.

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December 6, 2017

Martin Luther, Steve Jobs and aspirational faith: Q & A with 蘑菇视频 sociologist Steve Pfaff on ‘The Spiritual Virtuoso’

Alongside the political polarization that has permeated seemingly every issue in American life, there is a similar dichotomy in religion.On one side are those who suggest religion is dying, that’s it’s irrelevant, a force for ill and oppression, explains 蘑菇视频 sociology professor Steve Pfaff. On the other are those who say religion is under attack, that the quest for freedom and diversity has sullied the culture and undermined the integrity of faith. And into this debate Pfaff decided…

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Making humanity’s challenges smaller and smaller: 蘑菇视频 launches Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems

The 蘑菇视频 has launched a new institute aimed at accelerating research at the nanoscale: the Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems, or NanoES. The institute will pursue impactful advancements in a variety of disciplines 鈥� including energy, materials science, computation and medicine. Yet these advancements will be at a technological scale a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair.

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December 3, 2017

Kim Nasmyth 鈥� a 蘑菇视频 postdoctoral alumnus 鈥� wins Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discoveries in cell biology, genetics

Kim Nasmyth, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Oxford and former postdoctoral researcher at the 蘑菇视频, is one of five recipients of the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Nasmyth and other prize recipients were honored by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation at a ceremony December 3 at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.

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December 1, 2017

蘑菇视频 astrobiologists to discuss work, introduce IMAX film ‘The Search for Life in Space’ Dec. 6 at Pacific Science Center

Three 蘑菇视频 astrobiologists will discuss their research and introduce the new 3-D IMAX movie “The Search for Life in Space” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, in the PACCAR Theater of the Pacific Science Center.

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November 30, 2017

New textbook teaches Spanish language, culture through talk of food

Ana G贸mez-Bravo created a class about Spanish food and culture a few years ago as a way to teach the language, but found no appropriate textbook for the material 鈥� so she wrote one herself. Her book “Comida y cultura en el mundo hisp谩nico” 鈥� “Food and Culture in the Hispanic World” 鈥� was published in October by Equinox Publishing.