乱伦社区

Skip to content

Author: UW News staff

January 31, 2024

Determination of non-significance: Lot E18 Solar Canopy Project

Official Notice image

Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-340 and WAC 478-324-140, the 乱伦社区 hereby provides public notice of: DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE Project Name: Lot E18 Solar Canopy Project Proponent/Lead Agency: 乱伦社区鈥揝eattle Campus Comment Period Closes: February 14 2024 Description of Proposal: The University is proposing to install an approximately 4,820 SF solar canopy over 30 existing parking spaces in parking lot E18.聽 The solar canopy would generate approximately 84kW of electrical power connecting to the City of…

January 18, 2024

Preliminary permit process starting for UW housing redevelopment plan

aerieal shot of UW

乱伦社区 development partner Greystar submitted permit numbers paperwork this week for a multiphase plan to invest in some of the University鈥檚 existing housing in the neighborhoods east of the main Seattle campus to increase housing options, affordability for its students, faculty, and families, and improve student housing quality.

January 12, 2024

UW finance, planning and budgeting merge to better serve faculty, staff and students

Three business people head shots

President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Tricia Serio announced an organizational and leadership restructuring in the areas of finance, planning and budgeting aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of these areas鈥� service to the University community. The changes, which take effect Tuesday, Jan. 16, come after an external review determined a unified organization will better serve faculty and academic personnel, as well as staff and students.

January 9, 2024

Video: UW football fans grateful for ‘amazing’ season

Cheering woman shakes purple pompom in stadium crowd

At Monday鈥檚 CFP National Championship Game in Houston, Husky Nation turned out, proud in purple and gold, and cheering on a UW team that was undefeated this season. Tens of thousands of fans packed NRG Stadium 鈥� some fresh off the Huskies鈥� Sugar Bowl win in New Orleans 鈥� and stayed to the end. Though UW lost to Michigan, as one fan said, 鈥淲e鈥檒l get there again.鈥�

Determination of non-significance: N26 and E2 Lots Fleet Charging Project

Official Notice image

Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-340 and WAC 478-324-140, the 乱伦社区 hereby provides public notice of: DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE Project Name: N26 and E2 Lots Fleet Charging Project Proponent/Lead Agency: 乱伦社区鈥揝eattle Campus Comment Period Closes: January 23, 2024 Description of Proposal: The University is proposing to install approximately 80 electric vehicle charging stations in the E2 parking lot and 38 charging stations in the N26 lot. Minor excavation will occur to support installation of electrical…

January 5, 2024

Husky football players take their skills from the field to the classroom and beyond

Holly Barker, a 乱伦社区 teaching professor of anthropology, and three current members of the UW football team 鈥� Ulumoo Ale, Makell Esteen and Faatui Tuitele 鈥� are studying how the skills they develop to maximize their chances of victory on the field have applications outside the stadium. Their work, which is ongoing, is showing that the research methods and analytical abilities of student-athletes are applicable in academic and research settings, as well as jobs in a variety of fields.

December 21, 2023

UW statement regarding the outcome of the 乱伦社区 Police Department employment trial

Official Notice image

We are disappointed in the decision reached by a King County Superior Court jury today in a racial harassment and retaliation case brought by four former officers and one current UWPD officer. Our attorneys are reviewing options for our next steps, including the potential for an appeal. The 乱伦社区 is committed to providing a safe, secure and welcoming working environment for all staff. This case alleged issues that took place largely under previous leadership and went unreported through…

December 19, 2023

Scientists reveal superconductor with on/off switches

Researchers led by Jiun-Haw Chu, a 乱伦社区 associate professor of physics, and Philip Ryan, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 Argonne National Laboratory, have found a superconducting material that is uniquely sensitive to outside stimuli, enabling the superconducting properties to be enhanced or suppressed at will. This discovery could enable new opportunities for switchable, energy-efficient superconducting circuits.

December 5, 2023

Sleep experts, physicians address effects of increased travel on student-athletes, offer recommendations

A view of an airplane wing out the window during sunset.

With several university athletic programs around the country 鈥� including the 乱伦社区 鈥斅燼nnouncing moves to new conferences that will likely increase travel for student-athletes, a group of sleep and circadian scientists and physicians have published a white paper describing the significance of repeated, chronic jet lag on student-athlete health and performance 鈥� both in academics and in sports, and suggesting strategies to reduce the consequences of travel across time zones.

Annual notification: Anti-kickback, Conflict of Interest, Whistleblower Act, Hotlines

Official Notice image

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR 52.203-7) require the 乱伦社区 to implement procedures designed to prevent and detect violations of the Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 (41 USC 51-58). In addition, state regulations (RCW 42.40) require the university to provide annual notification to employees of the procedures and protections under the Whistleblower Act. These articles are published as a reminder of the policies and procedures in place at the 乱伦社区. Kickback Defined. 鈥淜ickback鈥� as defined by the FAR means…

November 13, 2023

UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences maintains No. 1 global ranking; more than two dozen UW subjects in top 50

campus entrance

Six 乱伦社区 subjects ranked in the top 10, and atmospheric sciences maintained its position as No. 1 in the world on the聽Global Ranking of Academic Subjects聽list for 2023. The ranking, released at the end of October, was conducted by researchers at the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, a fully independent organization dedicated to research on higher education intelligence and consultation.

November 10, 2023

UW honors veterans in ceremony

ROTC at the 乱伦社区鈥檚 Veterans Day ceremony.

The 乱伦社区鈥檚 annual Veterans Day ceremony, held on Friday at the Medal of Honor Memorial near Red Square, honored those who have served and featured music by the Husky Marching Band. UW alum Dr. John Hess, ’72, was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award by President Ana Mari Cauce. While serving in the Army, he transformed the way the medical world treats trauma patients, specifically in kids with congenital heart disease. UW Magazine spoke with Hess about…

November 9, 2023

‘Pull Together’ campaign launches ahead of ‘The Boys in the Boat’ theatrical release

Pull Together: The 1936 crew made history. So can you.

Ahead of the Dec. 25 release of 鈥淭he Boys in the Boat,鈥� the 乱伦社区 鈥� joined by The Seattle Times, Microsoft and additional community partners 鈥� is launching a six-week “Pull Together” campaign to support young people and celebrate the civic spirit of our city and region.聽

October 17, 2023

Closing in on the elusive neutrino

In a paper published Sept. 6 in Physical Review Letters, an international team of researchers in the United States, Germany and France reported that a distinctive strategy they have used shows real promise to be the first approach to measure the mass of the neutrino. Once fully scaled up, their collaboration 鈥� Project 8 鈥� could also reveal how neutrinos influenced the early evolution of the universe as we know it.

October 13, 2023

Determination of non-significance: East Campus Dock lmprovements

Pursuant to the provisions of WAC 197-11-340 and WAC 478-324-140, the 乱伦社区 hereby provides public notice of: DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE Project Name: East Campus Dock lmprovements Proponent/Lead Agency: 乱伦社区鈥揝eattle Campus Comment Period Closes: October 27, 2023 Description of Proposal: The UW is proposing to repair, replace, and remove several docks located along the shoreline of Union Bay in Lake Washington. The dock improvements result in replacement of five, removal of four, and extension of one dock,…

“Ways of Knowing” Episode 8: Translation

When you hear a cover of a favorite song, comparisons are inevitable. There are obvious similarities 鈥� the lyrics, the melody 鈥� but there are also enough differences to make each version unique. Those deviations say more than you might expect.     Maya Angela Smith, associate of professor of French at the 乱伦社区, introduces translation studies through the lens of the song 鈥淣e Me Quitte Pas.鈥� Originally recorded by Jacques Brel 鈥� a French-speaking Belgian man 鈥�…

“Ways of Knowing” Episode 7: Material Culture

Picture a series of uniform mounds of earth, each about 6-feet high. Enclosing 50 acres, the mounds form an octagon that is connected to a circle. This is The Octagon Earthworks, located in central Ohio, and it鈥檚 one of thousands of Indigenous mounds across the eastern half of North America.     Chadwick Allen is a professor of English and American Indian studies at the 乱伦社区, and he studies Native American earthworks and cultural erasure. The Octagon Earthworks,…

“Ways of Knowing” Episode 6: Visual Literacy

An empty wallet, a hairbrush, a diaper. These are just a few of the items left behind by migrants at the United States-Mexico border, photographed for a 2021 article in the Los Angeles Times. In this episode, Diana Ru铆z discusses how the same images can be used on both sides of the same debate. In this case, pro- and anti-immigration. Ru铆z, assistant professor of cinema and media studies at the 乱伦社区, describes how the photos evoked empathy and…

“Ways of Knowing” Episode 5: Disability Studies

Who gets to be a superhero? What about a villain? It depends on where you look. In the 1940s, comic book villains were often distinguished from heroes through physical disability. That changed in the 1960s and 70s, when it became more common for heroes 鈥� think Daredevil and Professor X 鈥� to be built around disability. In this episode, he analyzes the physical depictions of superheroes and villains through the decades. Jos茅 Alaniz, professor of Slavic languages and literatures at…

“Ways of Knowing” Episode 4: Environmental Humanities

Centuries ago, writers depicted the natural world as terrifying and dangerous, no place for humans. But that fear, in the decades to come, gradually turned to appreciation, awe and joy, for poets and artists, sightseers and backpackers.     Louisa Mackenzie, associate professor of comparative history of ideas at the 乱伦社区, describes how the view of nature has evolved. What was once frightening is now enticing 鈥� what Mackenzie calls the 鈥渨ilderness impulse.鈥� In her translation of 鈥淟a…

“Ways of Knowing” Episode 3: Close Reading Redux

The autobiography of Frederick Douglass, published in 1845, was a standard bearer of the abolitionist movement. Having escaped slavery as a young man, Douglass became a famous activist, orator, statesman and businessman.   But it is another aspect of his story that is just as intriguing to Habiba Ibrahim, professor of English at the 乱伦社区: Douglass never knew, nor is there an official record of, his exact age. Then, with the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida…

“Ways of Knowing” Episode 2: Close Reading

鈥淒over Beach,鈥� a poem by 19th century British writer Matthew Arnold, can be read as both a romantic lament and, as many scholars have concluded, a dark, existential commentary on the loss of religious faith.     Through close reading, a way of reading for insight, not information, 乱伦社区 English Professor Charles LaPorte dissects 鈥淒over Beach.鈥� Focusing on the inconsistencies of rhythm and rhyme of the poem, LaPorte demonstrates how we can use close reading to study any…

“Ways of Knowing” Episode 1: Reading

What marks the start of the Anthropocene 鈥� the geological epoch marked by human impact on the planet? The debate hinges, in part, on how we define 鈥渟ignature events,鈥� the important information left behind as clues. But finding signature events transcends the study of the Anthropocene; it鈥檚 how we read to make meaning of a text, a collection of data, even a piece of art.   Jesse Oak Taylor, associate professor of English at the 乱伦社区, uses a…