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Faculty/staff honors: Early career honor in communication, distinguished service award in theoretical computing
Kristina Scharp, assistant professor in the Department of Communication, has recieved the 2021 International Communication Association Early Career Scholar Award
07/09/2021 | UW News -
Awards for Teaching, Leadership & More
From Distinguished Teaching Awards to Graduate Medals, it's awards season at the UW.
July 2021 Perspectives -
Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest and Canada cooked shellfish alive by the millions
Amid the crushing summer heat wave that has slammed the Pacific Northwest and parts of Canada, Alyssa Gehman, a marine ecologist who lives by the sea in Vancouver, B.C., walked down to the shore to go for a swim. As expected, the beach was packed with others looking to beat the heat. She made her way to the edge of the water. It smelled like putrid shellfish — cooking. Emily Carrington, professor of biology at the UW, is quoted.
07/08/2021 | The Washington Post -
Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest and Canada cooked shellfish alive by the millions
The third and — hopefully — final wave of COVID-19 infections sweeping through the country could be a prolonged affair that stretches into the autumn. And the momentum of the virus means that we end up “overshooting” the herd immunity threshold, experts have said. Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology at the UW, is quoted.
07/08/2021 | The Washington Post -
Including Tree Equity In The Climate Pledge: Here’s How Amazon Can Help Address The Heat Island Effect
Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, discusses Amazon's climate pledge.
07/08/2021 | Forbes -
Dean's Medalists Shine Despite Difficult Year
Four medalists, four unique journeys. The Dean's Medal honors a top student in each of the College's four divisions.
July 2021 Perspectives -
New Bridges Center Report Revisits Lessons of Puget Sound's $15 Minimum Wage
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies has issued a new report, Puget Sound’s Fight for $15: Family Experiences and Policy Impacts of Increasing the Minimum Wage.
07/07/2021 | Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies -
Opinion: Trump’s cult of animosity shows no sign of letting up
"In 2016, Donald Trump recruited voters with the highest levels of animosity toward African Americans, assembling a 'schadenfreude' electorate — voters who take pleasure in making the opposition suffer — that continues to dominate the Republican Party, even in the aftermath of the Trump presidency," writes columnist Thomas Edsall. Christopher Parker, professor of political science at the UW, is quoted.
07/07/2021 | The New York Times -
Seattle-based Icosavax, which is developing COVID-19 vaccines, files for IPO 4 years after launch
Seattle-based Icosavax has filed to go public via an IPO, just four years after it launched out of the University of Washington. The company, a spin-out from the UW’s Institute for Protein Design, is developing vaccines to resemble naturally occurring viruses. The UW’s Neil King, assistant professor of biochemistry, and David Baker, director of the institute, are mentioned.
07/07/2021 | GeekWire -
Telling Stories Still Untold
“I’ve spent my time preparing for a career in telling stories like mine that are still untold,” says Lindsey Muszkiewicz, Dean's Medalist in the Humanities
07/07/2021 | College of Arts & Sciences