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UW professor’s website becomes go-to resource for African-American history
When Professor Quintard Taylor got an email from New Zealand, he realized he was onto something big.02/17/2016 | KPLU -
Old men have sex more than women, if they manage to live long enough
New research shows that a quarter of men over age 85 have had sex in the past year, compared to 10 percent of women in the same age range. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted.02/17/2016 | Broadly -
Study: men think their male classmates are smarter, even when they're not
New research suggests male students are also biased toward their male peers. This can undermine women's confidence and make them feel less included in their field.02/17/2016 | Vox -
UW sends the most students to the Peace Corps
The University of Washington for the second straight year was the top Peace Corps supplier among large universities.
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Men and women give different answers when asked who’s the smartest in class
Dan Grunspan was studying the habits of undergraduates when he noticed a persistent trend: Male students assumed their male classmates knew more about course material than female students.02/16/2016 | The Washington Post -
DNA tests conducted by researchers from the University of Washington helped bring down one of Africa’s biggest kingpins in the illegal elephant ivory trade.
Dr. Sam Wasser, head of UW’s Center for Conservation Biology provides the latest updates on his work in Africa.02/16/2016 -
Europe’s extremists are not Putin’s fault
Europeans should look to Brussels — not Moscow — for the source of their extremism problem, says Scott Radnitz, a professor in the Jackson School.
02/13/2016 | Foreign Policy -
Caught in the act: UW astronomers find a rare supernova ‘impostor’ in a nearby galaxy
After a star explodes as a supernova, it usually leaves behind either a black hole or what’s called a neutron star — the collapsed, high-density core of the former star.02/12/2016 -
UW scientists create ultrathin semiconductor heterostructures for new technological applications
The semiconductors created by a team of UW physicists and engineers could support new uses in clean energy and optically-active electronics.02/12/2016 -
Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction
The LIGO team, which includes UW Physics faculty, opens new window on the universe with observation of gravitational waves from colliding black holes02/11/2016