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Protein design and physics earn UW professors a pair of prestigious Breakthrough Prizes
Researchers at the UW, working on the understanding of gravity, have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in fundamental physics.
09/10/2020 | GeekWire -
2021 Breakthrough Prize Winners Announced: Researcher Who Developed Protein Design Technology Awarded $3 Million
Three physics professors at the UW have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in physics.
09/10/2020 | Forbes -
Is the 9/11 era over?
It’s been almost two decades since the events of 9/11, yet we still live in their shadow. That era-defining terrorist assault on the United States prefigured a new age of military interventions abroad and surveillance powers and security protocols at home. The advent of the “war on terror” saw U.S. forces deployed across a wide arc of the planet, from West Africa to the Middle East, in an avowed worldwide campaign against Islamist militancy. Daniel Bessner, associate professor of international studies at the UW, is quoted.
09/10/2020 | The Washington Post -
SpaceX’s Dark Satellites Are Still Too Bright for Astronomers
SpaceX’s attempts to dim the spacecraft in its megaconstellation fall short of eliminating disruptions to the world’s ground-based observatories. Meredith Rawls, a research scientist in astronomy, is quoted.
09/10/2020 | Scientific American -
CDC says asymptomatic people don't need testing, draws criticism from experts
The CDC this week adjusted its guidance for coronavirus exposure to say people without symptoms “do not necessarily need a test.” Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, is quoted.
09/09/2020 | The Hill -
America Is Trapped in a Pandemic Spiral
Carl Bergstrom, professor of biology, discusses America's "pandemic spiral."
09/09/2020 | The Atlantic -
OPINION: Black Life is Disrupted
UW students, alumni, and faculty explain how COIVD-19 has disrupted Black life.
09/09/2020 | South Seattle Emerald -
English Department discusses coronavirus, ‘politics of care’ in ‘Literature, Language, Culture’ podcasts, videos — plus Devin Naar of Sephardic Studies interviewed on two podcasts
The Department of English has introduced its new "Literature, Language, Culture" Dialogue Series, a series of podcasts and YouTube videos, and Devin Naar, UW professor of history and Jewish studies and chair of the Jackson School’s Sephardic Studies Program was a guest on two podcasts.
09/09/2020 | UW News -
English Department discusses coronavirus, ‘politics of care’ in ‘Literature, Language, Culture’ podcasts, videos — plus Devin Naar of Sephardic Studies interviewed on two podcasts
The Department of English has introduced its new “Literature, Language, Culture” Dialogue Series, a series of podcasts and YouTube videos in which UW humanities faculty discuss their research and teaching — “including the ways our work contributes to how we experience and seek to understand this time of global crisis.”
09/09/2020 | UW News -
Gary Peacock, Master Jazz Bassist, Is Dead at 85
Free-jazz pioneer Gary Peacock (BS, Biology, 1976), has passed away.
09/09/2020 | The New York Times