The smell of salt air, a mile high and 900 miles inland In a surprise with implications for air quality, researchers find that chemistry involving airborne chloride, thought to be restricted to sea spray, occurs at similar rates in air nearly 900 miles from any ocean.
March 8, 2010 Campus Judge upholds freeze of UW faculty salaries King County Superior Court Judge Carol Schapira today upheld the University of Washington's decision last spring to temporarily suspend pay increases for its faculty due to the state budget situation.
March 1, 2010 Campus Federal stimulus funds for UW create 2,000 jobs directly and indirectly The University of Washington has to date received $191.2 million from various federal agencies for research under the year-old American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This stimulus money, coming in the form of 420 individually awarded grants, is expected to result in the creation of 2,000 jobs, directly and indirectly.
Earthquake engineers release report on damage in Haiti A team of experts led by a UW civil engineer traveled to Haiti to evaluate the impact of the magnitude-7 earthquake. The report to the U.S. Geological Survey and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute finds no surface evidence of the fault, but widespread damage related to poor building practices.
Feb. 19, 2010 EnvironmentSocial Science Local social dynamics key to success of tropical marine conservation areas As biologists and ecologists propose ever-larger conservation areas in the tropics, ones that encompass multiple countries, social scientists say it's local people banding together with their community leaders who ultimately determine the success or failure of such efforts in many parts of the world.
Arctic Sea Ice Experts
University of Washington experts from the Applied Physics Laboratory and
atmospheric sciences give perspectives and reasons behind the 2007
record-setting ice-extent minimum in the Arctic Ocean.
'Puter Profs
Experts who can address a variety of computer-related issues
Biology and Belief
A list of faculty who can provide information to journalists working on stories about the controversy over the teaching of evolution and intelligent design.