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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 -
What Science and Technology Owe the National Defense
Margaret O’Mara, professor of history, discusses the relationship between science, technology, and the national defense.
09/09/2020 | Slate -
House of Cards
Daniel Bessner, assistant professor of international studies, explains how COVID-19 has affected the American University.
09/08/2020 | The Nation -
How birth control, girls’ education can slow population growth
In a paper published July 23 in Population and Development Review, Daphne Liu, a doctoral student in statistics at the UW, and Adrian Raftery, a UW professor of statistics and sociology, explore two nuanced questions: Is increasing contraceptive use or reducing demand more effective in family planning? And, is it the number of years girls attend school or the overall enrollment of children in school that makes education a factor in fertility?
09/08/2020 | UW News