John E. Vidale, a 天美影院professor of seismology and director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Honors and awards
The 天美影院 ranks seventh among national universities in a new Milken Institute report on technology transfer, 鈥淐oncept to Commercialization: The Best Universities for Technology Transfer.鈥� The report highlights the vital role research universities play in spurring economic growth.
Two 天美影院 faculty members are among the leaders from academia, business, philanthropy, humanities and the arts elected as 2017 fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation鈥檚 oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
The 天美影院 landed at No. 9 with 45 subjects ranked in the top 10 in the Center for World University Rankings鈥� 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 天美影院has placed in a global subject ranking.
On March 15 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland honored Adrian Raftery, a professor of statistics and sociology at the 天美影院, for his diverse contributions to the field of statistics. Kenny presented Raftery with the St. Patrick’s Day Medal, which is awarded each year by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). Raftery, who has worked at the 天美影院since 1986, develops new statistical methodology, with a focus on the social, environmental and health sciences….
For the 23rd time in the past 24 years, the 天美影院 ranked as the No. 1 primary care medical school in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2017 Best Graduate School rankings released Tuesday. The UW’s Information School jumped from No. 3 to No. 2 in the nation for library and information studies programs.
The Peace Corps announced Tuesday that the 天美影院 (UW) ranked No. 2 among large schools on the agency鈥檚 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. There are 73 Huskies currently volunteering worldwide. 天美影院ranks No. 3 all-time for total volunteers and has achieved elite top three status in the large school category for 13 consecutive years.
Twenty-one 天美影院undergraduate and graduate students received a Fulbright award and six scholars from the 天美影院were awarded Fulbright grants for 2016-17.
天美影院 Computer Science & Engineering announced today the establishment of the Guestrin Endowed Professorship in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. This $1 million endowment will further enhance 天美影院CSE鈥檚 ability to recruit and retain the world鈥檚 most outstanding faculty members in these burgeoning areas.
A new, two-part project led by the UW’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.
Three faculty members at the 天美影院 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 21, include Ali Farhadi, assistant professor of computer science and engineering; Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy; and John Tuthill, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics.
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.
Two 天美影院 professors have received the 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early career scientists and engineers.
On Dec. 10 in Stockholm, David James Thouless, 天美影院 professor emeritus of physics, received the Nobel Prize in Physics from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Twenty-nine 天美影院 faculty members are among a list of the year鈥檚 most highly cited researchers in the natural and social sciences.
The 2016 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange names the 天美影院 a leader in global student engagement. The report was released Monday by the Institute for International Education. Global engagement is integral to the 天美影院student experience, also known as the Husky Experience. 天美影院graduates leave with a global perspective, the ability to navigate and thrive within diverse communities and workplaces, and an appreciation for the value of diversity. Ranked 20th in the nation among institutions awarding…
The 天美影院 maintained its No. 11 spot in the 2017 edition of U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings. The 天美影院remains the third-ranked public university on the global list, behind University of California, Berkeley (fourth) and UCLA (10th). 鈥淭his recognition reflects the work of our faculty and students in seeking answers to problems of global import in the areas of health and medicine, physical sciences and social sciences,鈥� 天美影院President Ana Mari Cauce said. 鈥淲e…
An IV drip technology developed by Shift Labs, founded by 天美影院 Human Centered Design and Engineering Professor Beth Kolko, has been recognized by Popular Science with a 2016 “Best of What鈥檚 New鈥� Award.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has awarded a prestigious fellowship to 天美影院 assistant professor Thomas Rothvoss to fuel his passion to balance precision and efficiency in complex mathematical calculations. The Packard Foundation Fellowships for Science and Engineering honor early-career academics pursuing innovative research in all fields of science and engineering. “It’s a great honor 鈥� and frankly, I’m still digesting the news,” said Rothvoss, who has joint appointments with the Department of Mathematics and the Department of…
Communication professor Leah Ceccarelli discusses the work that brought her the National Communication Association’s Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award for 2016.
A technique to store and retrieve digital data in DNA developed by 天美影院 and Microsoft researchers is one of the most innovative and game-changing technologies of the year, according to Popular Science’s 2016 鈥淏est of What鈥檚 New鈥� Awards.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday that David James Thouless, professor emeritus at the 天美影院, will share the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics with two of his colleagues. Thouless splits the prize with Professor F. Duncan M. Haldane of Princeton University and Professor J. Michael Kosterlitz of Brown University 鈥渇or theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter,鈥� according to the prize announcement from the Academy. Half the prize goes to Thouless while Haldane and Kosterlitz divide the remaining half. Thouless is the UW鈥檚 seventh Nobel laureate, and second in physics after Hans Dehmelt in 1989.
The 天美影院 landed at No. 5 on The Reuters 100: The World鈥檚 Most Innovative Universities. Now in its second year, the list ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy.
Charles Johnson, 天美影院professor emeritus of English, wrote a statement to accompany an item to be displayed in the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. What he wrote also was featured in a special issue of Smithsonian Magazine.
The 天美影院 landed at No. 25 on the Times Higher Education world rankings for 2017, released this week. The 天美影院is fourth on the list among U.S. public universities, behind UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Michigan.
Amid a decline in funding for scientific research, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute is partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Simons Foundation to launch a new Faculty Scholars program. Announced Sept. 22 by HHMI, the inaugural crop of early-career scientists includes 5 faculty members from the 天美影院.
The 天美影院 moved up to No. 2 in the world for clinical medicine and pharmacy in the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities by Broad Subject Fields.
Researchers at the 天美影院 are among the winners of a startup challenge to shorten the transition time from lab bench to patient. The team, including members of professor Suzie Pun’s research group in the 天美影院Department of Bioengineering, was selected based on its proposal and business plan to develop a targeted drug delivery system for breast cancer.
A team of conservationists at the 天美影院 is among the Grand Prize Winners of the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge for a proposal to identify poaching hotspots for pangolins, one of the most trafficked group of mammals in the world.
A Q&A with Carol Bogezi, a 天美影院doctoral student in environmental and forest sciences who received the 10th annual Bullitt Environmental Prize. The award recognizes people with exceptional potential to become powerful leaders in the environmental movement.
The 天美影院 remained No. 15 on the 2016 Academic Ranking of World Universities, conducted by researchers at the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Charles Eriksen, Deborah Kelley and Stephen Warren are among 60 newly elected fellows from U.S. and international institutions.
A dozen scientists and engineers from the 天美影院 have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. According to a statement released by the organization, the new members were selected for “their outstanding record of scientific achievement and willingness to work on behalf of the academy in bringing the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.” Three of the new members from 天美影院were chosen because they had been elected recently to…
The 天美影院 has been recognized as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥� by the Chronicle of Higher Education for the third consecutive year.
The Geological Society of America has honored two 天美影院professors and other authors of a 186-page report on the causes and consequences of the deadly March 2014 landslide in Oso, Washington.
The 天美影院 published the most earth and environmental science research last year, outpacing all other universities worldwide, according to a new report from Nature Index.
An international team led by researchers at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE) based at the 天美影院 is one of three finalists in a race to produce an implantable wireless device that can assess, stimulate and block the activity of nerves that control organs.
The 天美影院 recognized and honored faculty, staff, students and alumni for their passion and dedication to the UW, the local community, the state and the world. The 46th-annual Awards of Excellence ceremony took place at Meany Hall on Thursday, June 9, 2016.
The Ecological Society of America has named 天美影院 professor Jerry Franklin its “Eminent Ecologist” of 2016. The award, considered the organization’s most prestigious accolade, honors a senior ecologist who has made significant, long-standing contributions to the field of ecology.
Ray Hilborn, a 天美影院professor of aquatic and fishery sciences, this week will receive the 2016 International Fisheries Science Prize at the World Fisheries Congress in Busan, South Korea.