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CO2 levels, leaf thickness and climate change
Two UW scientists, Abigail Swann (assistant professor, biology and atmospheric sciences) and Marlies Kovenock (biology doctoral student), have discovered that plants with thicker leaves may exacerbate the effects of climate change because they would be less efficient in sequestering atmospheric carbon, a fact that climate change models to date have not taken into account.
10/01/2018 | UW News -
Cuong Vu 4Tet: Change in the Air
With guitarist Bill Frisell in tow, Cuong Vu creates a dramatic set of all original tunes that reflects a cross-continental sensability on Change in the Air.
10/01/2018 | PopMatters -
Mickalene's Muses
The UW's Henry Art Gallery is hosting "Muse," a show of Mickalene Thomas's photographs, bringing the well-known painter's photographic oeure to audiences in the PNW.
09/28/2018 | PDN -
Seattle style blogger launches Asian American female web series
Carolyn Yuen-Marino (BA, English, 2010) wanted to see more Asian American representation in pop culture, so she took a leap of faith and produced her own web series.
09/27/2018 | King 5 -
Marshall Islands marches toward zero greenhouse emissions by 2050
Aseem Prakash, founding director of the UW's Center for Environmental Politics, said the Marshall Islands’ move spoke to a growing trend around carbon neutrality.
09/26/2018 | Reuters -
Burst of morning gene activity tells plants when to flower
Research team led by UW Professor Takato Imaizumi discovers gene activity in plants that leads to flowering.
09/25/2018 | UW News -
Practicing mindfulness benefits parents and children, UW study says
UW Psychology research study finds that practicing mindfulness benefits parents and their children.
09/25/2018 | UW News -
Unearthing Seattle’s Deeper Histories through Art and Humanities
Students expose layers hidden beneath the city's staggering wealth, using "dark tourism" to find reasons for protest and celebration--sometimes both at once.
09/25/2018 | Medium -
China Distances Children From Families to Subdue Muslim West
"What we're looking at is something like a settler colonial situation where an entire generation is lost," said Darren Byler, a researcher of Uighur culture at UW.
09/24/2018 | The New York Times -
Faculty Friday: Shannon Dudley
Dudley teaches music of Latin America and the Caribbean, American popular music, Music and Community, Comparative Musicianship and Analysis, and graduate seminars in Ethnomusicology.
09/24/2018 | The Whole U